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A man labeled “Cuba” looks at a fence, “Annexation,” in front of grass labeled “Prosperity.” Caption: “A tempting crop.”
The one-panel cartoons of “H” were deceptively simple, yet routinely addressed and explained well issues of the day, generously aided by news-summary captions that most political cartoons neglected to employ.
Secretary of War William H. Taft tells two men standing on the island of Cuba, “Now quit scrapping and stop your foolin’.”
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1906-10
President Roosevelt, who wears an “1898 San Juan” hat, holds up a “big stick” as he stands on “Florida” and looks at “Cuba.” Caption: He finds inspiration in the president’s alert handling of the Cuban question.
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1906-08
An “Isle of Pines” toddler runs toward President Roosevelt, who is working on the “President’s Message—Deficit—Panama Canal,” and says, “Papa! Papa!” Roosevelt responds, “G-r-r-r-r-r!” There is a map of the “Isla de Pinos” on the wall. A “Cuba” mother says, “Baby! Come back here!!” A small pig says, “Say kid, you’re interrupting this message.”
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1906
Several little boys—”South America,” “Cuba,” “Porto Rico,” “Hawaii,” and the “Philippines”—sit at a table. Uncle Sam, seated at one end, reads the “President’s Message.” President Roosevelt uses the “big stick” to tap “Cuba” on the head.
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1904-12-07
The Cuban supplementary treaty was signed this morning, but Secretary of State Hay will not send it for a couple of days.
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1903-01-26
Message given by President Roosevelt to Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Fifty-seventh Congress in which Roosevelt describes his legislative priorities for the year.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1902
Article marked titled, “Delay for Cuban Reciprocity.” Senator Gorman has consolidated the Democratic minority to oppose Cuban reciprocity, forcing the Republicans to agree to delay a vote for at least six months rather than face possible defeat of the reciprocity treaty. President Roosevelt intends to “keep the nation’s pledge” to Cuba and therefore plans to call for a special session later in the year to address the issue.
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1903-03-13
The House of Delegates of Puerto Rico submits a resolution to the United States Congress seeking protection for Puerto Rican sugars.
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1902-01-04
Richard Harding Davis offers his thoughts on the most important elements to bring along while hiking or marching long distances, backed up by his experiences as a war correspondent.
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1905-04
Matthew Elting Hanna reports on the “sanitary, social, political, and economical conditions” of Santiago de Cuba.
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1902-10-03
Senator Beveridge does not expect any Michigan opposition to Cuban reciprocity. He believes that the next election will be a Republican landslide across the country.
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1902-09-26
Call for stronger leadership from President Roosevelt to oppose Congressional Republicans and the beet-sugar lobby.
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1902
Arguments against President Roosevelt breaking with the Republican Party over Cuban reciprocity.
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1902
Typed excerpt from Chapter VII of Theodore Roosevelt’s Autobiography, The War of America the Unready, in which he reviews his actions during the battle for the San Juan Hills.
1913
President Roosevelt has written the requested note wishing success to the new Republic of Cuba.
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1902-06-01
Benjamin F. Montgomery quotes a telegram he received from Tomás Estrada Palma in which Estrada Palma, the chief magistrate of the Republic of Cuba, expresses Cuba’s gratitude to the United States.
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1902-05-20
President Tomás Estrada Palma thanks President Roosevelt for his declaration that would end the American occupation of Cuba when the government was transferred to a republic. Estrada Palma writes that this transfer has been completed. He thanks Roosevelt and the United States for their “act of justice” that allowed for the creation of a sovereign Cuba. He also thanks Roosevelt for his statements of friendship and hopes that the Republic of Cuba and the United States continue to share this bond for many years.
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1902-05-20
This article corrects a mistake made in a previous article of this title, regarding Captain William E. English’s report of how and where President Roosevelt became wounded during the Spanish American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
President Roosevelt is pictured as a teacher, looking out the window of his classroom at a bear, a bison, and an elk on a fine day for hunting. At the front of the room on the blackboard is written, “Extra Session/Lesson/Panama Canal/Cuban Treaty.” The U.S. Congressmen are the students seated at their desks. Caption: Roosevelt–Boys: “This hurts me more than it does you.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903