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Patrons in a library are seated, each listening to a book through a phonograph. At the bottom right a patron is listening to The Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt. Brander Matthews enclosed this cartoon in a letter to President Roosevelt.
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This political cartoon shows President Roosevelt glaring at an upheaval in Colorado, which most likely represents a strike, while his feet are tied to a stake in the ground labeled “Nomination.”
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1904-08-05
Cartoon depicting Sam Davis’s support of the Goldfield miners’ strike and lockout.
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1907-04-04
President Roosevelt gestures to the figure of Secretary of War Taft, dressed in his Rough Rider hat and armed with his Big Stick, and asks Uncle Sam if he would take Taft for his third term.
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1907-03-23
A political cartoon depicting President Theodore Roosevelt and lawyer Francis Heney comparing hunting kills. Roosevelt’s two dead bears identify him as a boodler and a land thief, and Heney’s bears are labeled grafter and U.S. Senator.
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1907-03-25
Cartoon depicts how President Roosevelt would “tackle” the Panic of 1907.
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1907-03-28
President Roosevelt peeks out of the “President’s Office / Army Affairs” at an old woman labeled the “meddlesome Senate.” She holds a bag: “Brownsville.”
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1908-05-11
President Roosevelt uses his patented “Roosevelt invigorator” with “necessary measures,” “anti-injunction,” “anti-trust,” and “currency legislation” to blow into the mouth of a “Do Nothing 60th Congress” elephant costume that appears to be on Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon who says, “A storm must be brewing.” Roosevelt’s big stick lies on the ground with the United States Capitol building in the background.
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1908-05-06
President Roosevelt rolls up a “message to the Senate and House of Representatives” “guaranteed to make a noise when opened.” A teddy bear stares as Roosevelt rolls up two sticks of dynamite and an “alarm clock” as Maurice Latta heads toward the United States Capitol building.
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1908-04-30
President Roosevelt holds up his “latest message showing how Congress has fallen down on much needed and much promised legislation!” to Uncle Sam–“The Country.” An old man labeled “Congress” says “Oh! Yaw-w-w-ah! Now Theodore–surely–not another one!–Heavens, man! How you bore me!!” Caption: Roosevelt–“Oh, very well! I guess the country will be interested!”
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1908-04-29
A Japanese woman holding an umbrella looks adoringly at an American eagle. Caption: Japan (to American eagle)–But how sweet of you to come all this way on purpose to see me! Eagle–Why, yes; I thought you’d be pleased!–Punch.
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1908-04-19
Three men struggle under tariff burdens–“on the salaried man,” “on labor,” and “on farmer”–as the “one cent newspaper publisher” refuses to pick up the “tariff on wood pulp.”
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1908-04
President Roosevelt holds a “bill providing for two battleships” as the “Senate” says, “Only two!” Roosevelt replies, “Two every year, tho!”
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1908-04-28
Uncle Sam looks up at the sky and sees several eclipses: a “partial eclipse in New York” with Charles Evans Hughes, a “partial eclipse in Penns.” with Philander C. Knox, a “partial eclipse in Wisconsin” with Robert M. La Follette, a “partial eclipse in Indiana” with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, a “partial eclipse in Illinois” with Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, a “total eclipse in Chicago,” and a “partial eclipse in Ohio” with William H. Taft. “My world” with President Roosevelt is about to overshadow Taft.
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1908-05-01
A crowd of people cheer at a picture of President Roosevelt that reads, “We are proud that he is a Republican from New York.”
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1908-04-13
President Roosevelt swings “the big stick” at battleships hanging from a tree as “Congress” holds onto the branch. A paper begins to fall to the ground: “pledge of 2 battleships each year in future.” A little boy labeled “Navy” watches the battleships fall.
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1908-04-28
President Roosevelt fires a “rapid-firing message gun” from the White House at Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon as a “third term” animal looks over Roosevelt’s shoulder. Cannon bends over as he is hit with “forest reserves,” “postal bank law,” “anti-injunction,” “executive control,” “power over securities,” and “control of wealth.” The United States Capitol building is in the distance and a “big maul” gavel and “former messages” are on the ground.
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1908-04-29
President Roosevelt runs away from William H. Taft carrying a “big stick” and “my policies.” Caption: Delivering Big Sticks and Supplies to the “Hamilton County Ring Killers’ Brigades!” Attention, Comrades! Forward–March!
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1908-04-15
William H. Taft sits beside a well-dressed Republican elephant who says, “Poor girl! She’s been making over that same old hat ever since I can remember.” William Jennings Bryan sits beside an older lady labeled “democracy” and “Bryanism,” who says, “Gra-cious! Now aren’t those new styles just the limit!” Bryan scowls and says, “Fierce!”
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1908-04-19
President Roosevelt tries to get a car labeled “Congress” to start with Uncle Sam, in the back seat, holding “needed legislation” and “urgent legislation” in his hands. A happy Democratic donkey looks on.
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1908-04-09