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Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
Theodore Roosevelt is glad to see the meeting of the big business interests take place in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt believes in a strong relationship between Congress and the people who are so impacted by the legislation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-15
Theodore Roosevelt describes his approach for handling the trusts. He does not want to limit the industry of the United States and corporations that may be benefiting the country. Roosevelt believes there should be an amendment to the Constitution that gives the federal government more power in dealing with corporations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09
President Wilson as Virgil labeled “Government” guides Dante labeled “Business” on his journey through Hell. They have emerged from a cave to view the stars overhead that spell “Co-operation.” Includes four lines of verse from Dante’s Inferno.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-02-14
Print shows a ship labeled “Wrecked Corporation” and “Insurance Co. Bankrupt” that has wrecked on rocks with a darkened lighthouse labeled “Trust” and “Justice” nearby. The light has been snuffed by “Judge” and “Corruption.” Victims of the wreck, some clinging to the ship, others in the water, are labeled “Policy Holder” and “Pillaged Policy Holder.” A rope from the ship to shore is held by a “Receiver,” a “Lawyer,” and a “Shore Shark,” and is coiled around a money bag labeled “Fee.” Another “Lawyer,” using a gaff, reaches for a barrel labeled “Fees” that bobs in the water near the ship. Standing near the lighthouse is a man labeled “Referee” who is holding a pan labeled “False Beacon” that spews illuminated smoke labeled “By Order of the Court.” The man burns papers labeled “Waste, Outrageous Extravagance, Extortion, [and] Cost.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-15
Draft of a speech with handwritten corrections. President Roosevelt praises the Puritans for their “iron sense of duty” and “will to do the right.” Everyone should strive for a “life of effort” and the Puritan’s descendants must try to shape modern industrial civilization with the same “justice and fair dealing.” These altered conditions call for different laws and government methods, including greater control over business and corporations. Good laws and institutions must also be based on a “high quality of individual citizenship.”
1907-08-20
Governor Roosevelt is happy to hear that General Johnson’s health is improving, and confides to Johnson that New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt Platt and the Franchise Bill have been recent “trouble(s)” for him. Roosevelt also mentions a recent visit by businessman, John Campbell “Jack” Greenway to the Executive Mansion.
1899-05-10
Warren C. Browne writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the workingman’s opinion on labor and corporations for the upcoming election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-18
An editorial on the upcoming 1908 United States presidential election describes the contest as “a battle of giants.” It confidently declares President Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican Party candidate. Roosevelt has built a strong “personal following.” The Democratic Party must be prepared.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10