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In an informal letter, Ambassador Collier describes the atmosphere in Spain in regard to the new king and the current ministries. He also describes how he is getting along as the new Ambassador in Spain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-31
Ambassador White was received very cordially by King Victor Emmanuel III, and White impressed on the King President Roosevelt’s desire to push for peace between Russia and Japan. After failing to get Roosevelt’s support, German Emperor William II attempted to get Italy and Spain to support him against France, in regards to Morocco, but these plans came to naught. White reports that there is a great increase in school attendance in the Italian southern states by both children and adults who are afraid they will not be allowed to enter America if they are unable to read. White visited with Secretary of State John Hay and found him much rested, and also met with the new Russian ambassador, Nicholas Mouravieff, who said that he believes that Russia will have a form of representative government soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-06
This radio documentary describes Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 presidential campaign, highlighting his progressive policies. Although Roosevelt was unsuccessful in this campaign, the progressive movement gained much from his leadership. Many of the issues he strove to address are ones with which America still wrestles today.
2012
The printed version of a speech Robert M. La Follette gave at the All Southwestern Conference for Social Centers on February 2, 1911. He advocates for the development of civic and social centers as a way to increase civic participation, especially in rural communities, which he says will strengthen democracy and increase civic progress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-17
Extracts from numerous letters address the need to act against the ills of the day, including political corruption, partisanship, influence of money in elections, and the attack on democratic electoral principals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-24
Arthur P. Gorman attempts to have one foot on the “Dem. nomination” donkey and the other on the “democracy” donkey as he attempts to juggle several balls and knives: “shrewdness,” “canal opposition,” “leadership,” “Negro question,” “popularity,” and “influence.” Caption: Signor Gormani in his astounding act of trying to bring two mules together going in opposite directions whilst performing a dangerous piece of juggling.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12
Dame Democracy, labeled with “obstruction” tugs the coattails of Uncle Sam who has begun to set off towards Panama carrying a shovel, pickax, and suitcase.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-17
President Roosevelt goes to light a “Post Office scandal” stick of dynamite as three men—New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, and Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay—tell him to stop. Meanwhile, “Miss Democracy” looks on while Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker rides in on a fire wagon. Caption: Chorus from the doorway: “Don’t do it, Teddy! It is dangerous!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan throw bricks at one another and unintentionally hit William H. Taft in the head. Bryan’s brick bounces off Roosevelt’s head originally while Roosevelt’s bounces off “Jeffersonian Democracy.” Bryan says, “Take that you inventor of the fake ‘square deal.” We’ve got you going now!!” Roosevelt replies, “Moneycoddle!”
At the beginning of a long career in cartooning — but not political cartooning — James Calvert Smith drew anti-Roosevelt cartoons during the president’s second administration. He virtually used a blunderbuss as well as a pen, so broad and rather unfocused were his attacks.
A raven labeled as “Commoner / W. J. Bryan” stands on top of a donkey head with the label of “democracy.”
Robert Carter was a talented political cartoonist who drew for papers in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston over the course of his career. The political perspectives he represented in his drawings varied. During President Roosevelt’s second term, Carter worked for William Randolph Hearst and often received up to half a page of newspaper to fill with his detailed cartoons. Hearst also featured Carter’s work in the opening pages of his “City Life” and “American Magazine” Sunday sections. Several years later, Winsor McCay’s art would fill these spots.
This tape recording presents the audio from several Edison Amberol cylinders which originally recorded speeches by Theodore Roosevelt given in 1912. Speeches presented here include “The Right of the People to Rule,” “The Farmer and the Businessman,” “Social and Industrial Justice,” and “The Progressive Covenant.” Additionally, there are several iterations of Roosevelt’s address to the Boys Progressive League in 1912, including one prefaced by an introduction by Daniel Carter Beard, the founder of the organization the Sons of Daniel Boone, which later merged with the Boy Scouts of America.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1969-05-20
Oscar S. Straus II, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, hosts the annual awards ceremony. Hermann Hagedorn, executive director, introduces Arthur Holly Compton, a nuclear physicist, and Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, recipients of the Distinguished Service Medals in Science and Public Service. In their acceptance speeches, Compton speaks on public service and the importance of a free society working together towards a unified goal, as was done during the second world war, and Dewey speaks on the worldwide application of the “American Dream,” and the shifting struggles between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additional brief remarks are presented by Anne Lyon Haight, who comments on an upcoming merger of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the Women’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1955-10-27
Silas McBee writes to President Roosevelt about a statement he made concerning Abraham Lincoln and the notion of strong people and a strong government. McBee expresses his admiration of Lincoln but argues that George Washington also held these ideas and had them before Lincoln. He closes his letter by referring to Lincoln’s birthday as a “Holy Day of the Nation.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Silas McBee admires the “matchless democracy” of Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt’s sentences about Lincoln have inspired McBee to deeper study. McBee also gives credit to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington in forming a strong country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Sheet music and lyrics for “San Juan,” including a message from Silvio Contreras, Maria Teresa Vera, and Justo Quijano written during World War II. The authors explain that the music and title represent Cuba’s struggle for independence as an example for the current struggle against Nazism and Fascism. The song celebrates the leadership of Calixto Garcia Iniguez and praises Theodore Roosevelt, “the immortal Yankee” who fought with Garcia for Cuba. The final page is an explanation for using “San Juan” as the song title.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1943-07-04
A woman labeled “Democracy,” carrying a satchel with papers labeled “Free Trade,” is lamenting being turned out of her home into a shower of torn paper labeled “Protection Sentiment.” The door of “Meh own home” is labeled “Southern Senator.”
Instead of Shakespeare or the Bible, Puck turned for a cartoon inspiration to contemporary, cheap stage melodramas in this cartoon by Udo J. Keppler. The over-dramatic daughter, turned away from her family home in the midst of a paper-blizzard, bemoans her fate.
Theodore Roosevelt views the war as a battle between militarism and democracy. Currently, Russia and Japan are allied with democracy, but with their “alien” institutions and ideals they may “menace civilization.” To do her duty, the United States must be the “just man armed” and avoid pacifism. Roosevelt, and his views, are unpopular and he no longer desires to be a political candidate. He fears his candidacy would be interpreted as greedy ambition. Roosevelt is also opposed by many Catholics due to his previous policies and recent statements. His victory in the Barnes libel suit was also a victory for his supporters as it showed they were right about “boss rule and crooked business.” Roosevelt feels he has done his share in the progressive movement and can no longer take a leading role. The public has had enough of reform and Roosevelt’s presence will now hinder, rather then benefit, the cause.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-03
President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd in Lincoln, thanking them for their greeting and thanking the veterans for their service. He then discusses “good government” and its relationship to individual character. He also congratulates the citizens on their prosperity and educational system.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-27
President Roosevelt addresses citizens at his first stop in Minnesota. He remarks on ex-Congressman and ex-Secretary Windon, whom Roosevelt knew personally. Roosevelt also addresses the veterans in the audience.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-04
A hand labeled “Fifty-Third Congress” holds a frying pan labeled “Democracy” in which is a man labeled “Democrat.” The pan is being held over an open fire labeled “Republicanism,” which is consuming logs labeled “Extravagant Appropriations, Pension Frauds, [and] McKinleyism.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-07-04