Crane, Winthrop Murray, 1853-1920

Part four of Hearings before the committee on interstate commerce starts part way through a hearing in which Mr. Martin answers questions from the senators regarding the dissolution of trusts and the consequences to stockholders. A statement of Andrew Jaritz begins on page 174 in which Jaritz presents his ideas and conclusions on the permanent and progressive habits of economic legislation and the need for economic principles. Jaritz suggests the government frame trusts within the context of the economy and work for the people to set reasonable prices and prevent waste by the producers and the consumers. The government could then profit from the savings and continue regulating and enforcing economic legislation by forming a new department of economic policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-17

Stephen E. Siry provides a detailed account of the trolley car accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on September 3, 1902 that injured President Roosevelt and killed Secret Service agent William Craig. Siry covers Roosevelt’s travel in New England before the accident; describes the collision between a trolley car and the president’s horse drawn carriage; and details the aftermath of the incident, including Roosevelt’s desire to reassure the nation that he was safe. Siry also examines the treatment of the wound to Roosevelt’s leg and the subsequent travel plans that were altered and abandoned as his condition worsened. 

Four photographs supplement the article, including three from the day of the accident. 

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt, dressed as a child, eating from a jam jar reading “second term” while reaching for a jam jar reading “third term” as President William H. Taft, Elihu Root, and Senator Winthrop Murray Crane stand by waiting.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-1912

President Roosevelt holds several letters in his hands and others are around him: “weekly sermon to voters,” “why Taft should win,” “credentials for Crane,” “5000 words of abuse of Bryan,” “letter ordering dismissal of Du Pont,” and “letter denouncing Foraker.” Roosevelt says, “This is my heir, my campaign, my man, the the best friend labor ever had.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

Although William H. Taft was the Republican presidential nominee in 1908, in the last two months of the campaign, political cartoonists generally focused on the incumbent president, Theodore Roosevelt — alone, as an actor, and in opposition to Democrat William Jennings Bryan — more than on Taft. The reasons for this were simple, and many: Roosevelt remained popular, possessor of great public interest and affection; it was his “My Policies” that formed the nub of campaign debates and proposals; and increasingly injected himself in to the campaign. It easy to overlook, but cartoonist Edward Joseph McBride subtly characterized the Roosevelt-Taft relationship by depicting a small and supine Taft in the shadows, tethered and behind Roosevelt.

Pictures of the twelve men that will represent the United States Senate at the funeral of Senator R. A. Alger.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-26

This cartoon includes depictions of a number of guests at the twentieth anniversary celebration of the Gridiron Club.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-09

President Roosevelt’s decision to extend the term of Horace I. Pinkham as postmaster in Haverhill, Massachusetts, against the recommendation of Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner, who wanted Charles M. Hoyt appointed, is likely to set a precedent in the state. Pinkham’s appointment was insisted upon by Attorney General William H. Moody, who is of Haverhill, and Roosevelt decided a member of the president’s cabinet should have the right to determine the postmaster of their city.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-31

John Callan O’Laughlin sees no improvement in the Republican political situation and shares his thoughts on various issues with Theodore Roosevelt. He discusses the insurgents’ relationship with President William H. Taft and his recent appointments to the Supreme Court and other administrative agencies. Taft swung around to the tariff commission plan, recognizing it as an important issue for the upcoming campaign. O’Laughlin does not think the ship subsidy bill will pass, although there is an appropriation for constructing fortifications for the Panama Canal. The national committee will not meet next month. The administration knows Taft’s renomination depends upon Roosevelt’s approval or his refusal to be nominated. The Japan question is “muddled,” and there are various “pin pricks which cannot but be harmful” to the countries’ relationship. O’Laughlin disagrees with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge about Senator William Lorimer’s case and asks Roosevelt for a statement on the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-31

President Roosevelt issues a memorandum on his personal relationships with several people, including Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, George H. Lyman, Francis C. Lowell, and Winthrop Murray Crane. Roosevelt seeks to add some additional context to a memorandum by Lodge, and comments on when he came to know these men, and how, if at all, his personal relationships shaped his actions in giving or not giving certain people positions in the administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-10

President Roosevelt issues a memorandum on his personal relationships with several people, including Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, George H. Lyman, Francis C. Lowell, and Winthrop Murray Crane. Roosevelt comments on when he came to know these men, and how, if at all, his personal relationships shaped his actions in giving or not giving certain people positions in the administration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-10

President Roosevelt informs Senator Lodge that he cannot grant the request for warships to visit Boston during Old Home Week.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-22

After a newspaper reported that Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and Winthrop Murray Crane were at odds about support in Massachusetts for William H. Taft for in the upcoming presidential election, both sides denied the story. An unnamed person close to Crane says he has not been as welcome lately at the White House as he had been before, and believes this is because Crane refuses to “fall down and worship false gods.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-20

Massachusetts Senator Winthrop Murray Crane is opposed to Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and President Roosevelt in supporting William H. Taft in the upcoming presidential election. Crane has threatened to resign his seat rather than be forced on the matter. Details of Crane’s objections and state of mind are discussed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-18

In anticipation of Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock making a visit to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, William H. Taft reports a recent conversation a third party had with Hitchcock. The latter expressed his intent to oppose Taft’s nomination for the presidency and to press for President Roosevelt to run for a third term. Hitchcock believes that Taft has made an unfavorable impression on a number of important figures in the Midwest. Taft implies that Hitchcock’s views might be influenced by those of Winthrop Murray Crane.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-29

President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that after a second operation his leg seems to be recovering after his recent carriage accident. Roosevelt then reports on the situation with the Anthracite Coal Strike and his discussions with various parties. He plans to invite the mine operators to come speak with him in three or four days, requesting a good faith effort to come to an agreement with the miners. He will also meet with representatives from the coal miners at some point.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-09-30

President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that Winthrop Murray Crane, Governor of Massachusetts, is visiting and asks if Lodge and his wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge, will join them for dinner. Roosevelt asks Lodge if he would care to take a walk this afternoon, as there are matters he would like to discuss with him.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-05

Theodore Roosevelt thanks George von Lengerke Meyer for the salmon and for what he said regarding the libel suit. Roosevelt would like to arrange a visit with Meyer and Frank B. Kellogg, but does not see what can be done about “getting the Republicans and Progressives together.” Roosevelt feels that the Progressives are “sundered” from the Republican Party by two causes. The first is the “utter dishonesty” of men such as Boies Penrose, William Barnes, Winthrop Murray Crane, Elihu Root, and their associates who “stole the convention” last summer. The second cause is that the Progressive Party, unlike the Republican Party, have in their platform “applied the principles of Abraham Lincoln to the present day.” Roosevelt will never again work with a party controlled by the men guilty of the theft last June or with any party that “does not take in their entirety the principles of Abraham Lincoln applied to the needs of the present day.”

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1913-06-09

Theodore Roosevelt tells George von Lengerke Meyer he is not sure there is anything to be done to make things better in politics. Roosevelt believes Republican leaders “stole the nomination” in Chicago, Illinois, and that such action “creates a train of evil consequences so extensive that it is almost impossible by any single act afterwards to undo the evil.” It was extraordinary to see men such as Bishop William Lawrence and President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University “explicitly or implicitly, endorse the lowest forms of political immorality.” Roosevelt compares the Progressive platform to that of Abraham Lincoln and the early Republicans, and accuses the men who object to these principles of being the “spiritual heirs of the Cotton Whigs.” He believes that what happened in Chicago makes it likely that Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic Party will win the fall presidential election. When Roosevelt returns, he would like for Meyer and Frank B. Kellogg to visit him.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1913-10-07

An exemplary ballot of the Republican Party for the presidential primary of April 30, 1912, issued by the Taft League of Massachusetts. The ballot includes names of candidates as well as instructions for casting a vote.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

Creation Date

1912-04-30

Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1912