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Nelson W. Aldrich stands next to a horse labeled “Central Bank” which he is offering to Uncle Sam who is inspecting the horse’s teeth labeled “Wall St. Interests.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-12-22
President Taft struggles to conduct an orchestra composed of two groups of musicians. On the left, playing the “Eastern Conservatism” on stringed instruments, are “Root, Crane, Smoot, Depew, Aldrich, [and] Gallinger.” On the right, playing the “Western Conservatism” on horns and percussion instruments, are “Knute Nelson, Dolliver, Cummins, Clapp, Bristow, [and] La Follette.” Caption: Pity the poor leader of the Washington Symphony Orchestra.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-12-22