Gun shy
President Roosevelt holds a “legislation” gun that is smoking as two dogs—”the Senate” and “the House”—run away.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-31
Your TR Source
Sioux City journal (Sioux City, Iowa : 1887)
[The tariff revision ride]
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In the first half of the cartoon, President Roosevelt rides a “Congress” horse toward a “tariff revision” hurdle that Uncle Sam holds up. Caption: The Grand Stand: “Go it, Teddy! Go it, Cong—” In the second half, Congress reaches the hurdle and stops, but Roosevelt has jumped over the hurdle. Caption: “—Aw, h—!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-13
New York Republican delegation
President Roosevelt holds the reins to the “New York Republican delegation” horse as child-like New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell each hold the end of a rein. Caption: Senator Platt and Gov. Odell have agreed to share between them the control of the New York Republican delegation.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-28
Grover Cleveland: “Say, if it’s all the same to you, Miss Democracy, I guess I’ll let you go the rest of the way alone”
Grover Cleveland looks at the “Dem Party” as they walk “to the White House.” New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell and New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt stand behind a tree and shine a flashlight.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-01