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President Roosevelt congratulates Herbert Knox Smith on his engagement to Gertrude E. Dietrich, daughter of former Nebraska Senator Charles Henry Dietrich.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-14
Senators Charles Henry Dietrich and Joseph Hopkins Millard would like to speak with President Roosevelt before any promises are made to Representative David H. Mercer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-23
Puck directs a large floodlight to illuminate a cave. Charles H. Dietrich, Joseph R. Burton, and J. Edward Addicks shy away from the light. Pennsylvania governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, as a court jester, holds up a large sheet of paper labeled “Press Gag Law.” A man running to the right holds a paper labeled “R.R. Rebates.” Another man, possibly John D. Rockefeller, stands next to containers labeled “Paper Trust, Oil Trust, [and] Gas Trust,” and a diminutive figure, possibly New York State Senator Thomas F. Grady, stands behind Pennypacker, holding up a paper labeled “Anti-Cartoon Bill.” An octopus labeled “Mormonism” is visible at the entrance to the cave on the left.
The main point of Udo J. Keppler’s cartoon — the origin of Puck‘s pushback — is the infamous “Anti-Cartoon” legislation proposed by Pennsylvania Governor Samuel Pennypacker, passed as the Salus-Grady Act in 1903, and kept on the books until the end of Pennypacker’s term, but never enforced. The law was supported by Pennypacker and followed the unsuccessful passage of an earlier bill sponsored by Republican Representative Frederick Taylor Pusey. That bill, on which the subsequent law was modeled, would have outlawed “any cartoon or caricature or picture portraying, describing or representing any person, either by distortion, innuendo or otherwise, in the form or likeness of beast, bird, fish, insect, or other unhuman [sic] animal, thereby tending to expose such person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.”
President Roosevelt wishes to make clear that he did not promise Senator Mitchell the Alaska collectorship. Roosevelt asserts that the only promised appointment he spoke to Mitchell about was that of George W. Bibee. Roosevelt will carefully read Mitchell’s letter, then will plan to meet with Mitchell and Senator Simon together.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-12
President Roosevelt speaks in Hastings. He thanks the crowd for its greeting and the veterans of the Civil War and the First Nebraska Regiment for their service. He also thanks the crowd for the support he has had from them politically, their efforts in planting trees, and the diversification of their crops.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-27
Senator Hanna asks President Roosevelt if H. C. Lindsay will be appointed United States District Attorney for Nebraska sooner rather than later in order for him to qualify and take charge of the office in time for the reorganization of their state committee in August.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-15
Charles Gates Dawes supports the reappointment of W. S. Summers as United States District Attorney for Nebraska. The Nebraska senatorial contingent is divided on the matter, with Senator Joseph Hopkins Millard supporting Summers and Senator Charles Henry Dietrich supporting another candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-18
Senator McLaurin writes to ask President Roosevelt to not consider him for any federal appointments as any position given him would seem like a reward for his switching to the Republican party. He has also been considered for federal appointments before and failed to receive them so he does not wish to fail again. He points out that he has several friends that have recommended him for the position on the Court of Claims and that his speech distancing himself from the Democratic Party occurred before his attempt at the office. McLaurin understands that his time in the Senate is short.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-15
Elizabeth Strong Worthington writes on behalf of her friend, Mrs. L. C. Bowman, a survivor of the Plum Creek Massacre of 1864. Mrs. Bowman has been widowed a second time and is in need of assistance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901