Essay

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04

Creator(s)

Ulrich, Bartow A.

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-07

Creator(s)

Messmith

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-09-03

Creator(s)

Gamble, Robert Jackson, 1851-1924

Language

English

Lee C. Spooner believes Americans share the sentiment that poverty can and must be abolished and proposes how this can be accomplished, primarily by turning competition into cooperation. He argues that the laborers are the enemy of the republic, as they either turn to crime or revolution. To feel the responsibility of citizenship, the laborer must first own property. Spooner proposes they be granted a one-acre, suburban tract of land with a house through a federal initiative. Next, the prohibition of liquor will prevent laborers from wasting their earnings. Instead, they can then invest their earnings in federally regulated trusts. This redistribution of wealth will bring “socialism by purchase” and the end of poverty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-19

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-03-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

From a paper on socialism, this excerpt states how Theodore Roosevelt saw the danger of a strong socialist party, but also understood the party had grown from real discontent. Roosevelt effectively ended the movement by addressing the issues that drove people toward socialism, and acted as a president for all the people,

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-22

Samuel Strasbourger writes of the importance of this moment when President Taft has called a special session of Congress to deal with tariffs, reciprocity, and other big issues facing the nation. Strasbourger believes the Republican Party can continue to make the country and its people prosperous if they stick to Republican principles. Taft will need to continue to be firm and courageous, willing to be vilified to do what is right for the country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-22

Creator(s)

Bisbee, F. W.

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-23

Creator(s)

Bisbee, F. W.

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-09-23

Creator(s)

Hubbard, Adele C., 1856-1926

Language

English

The writer reports on the political situation in California, now that Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna has died. It appears likely that the Republicans will nominate President Roosevelt at their state convention next week. If William Randolph Hearst is nominated for the Democrats, there will be a fight to carry California, but it is likely Roosevelt will win the state. If Alton B. Parker or another conservative Democrat is nominated, it is all but certain that he will win it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04

Edited pages from a biography of President Roosevelt, written shortly after the 1904 Republican Convention where he was renominated for the presidency. The pages include a history of Roosevelt’s professional and literary life.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-09

Creator(s)

World War I-Causes,

Recipient

,

Theodore Roosevelt writes about the importance of a good understanding between the United States and Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12

Laura A. Hull Morris writes a vivid description of insomnia, including imagery of devils, torments, lions, and other things.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07

A school-aged child’s report on President Roosevelt’s inauguration, describing the events of the day, Roosevelt’s biography and character, and service during the Spanish-American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-06

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-14

Creator(s)

Bangs, E., Mrs.

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-04

Creator(s)

Butler, J. A.

Language

English

Parker H. Sercombe argues that the Senate should be abolished as an aristocratic body that does not promote scientific thinking has no place in a democracy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-31

John Vanderbilt, who attended Columbia Law School at the same time as Theodore Roosevelt, recalls a time when Roosevelt balanced on a narrow mantel and read a law book with incredible concentration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910