Folk, Joseph Wingate, 1869-1923

Charles Nagel writes to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock about the possible nomination of Missouri Governor Joseph Wingate Folk as the Democratic Party’s nominee in 1904. Nagel discusses Folk’s chances, the state of the Democratic Party, and the local political situation. Nagel states that Folk’s supporters include “the worst machine men and lobbyists of this state,” and he worries about the influence they may have over Folk.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-11

Creator(s)

Nagel, Charles, 1849-1940

Republican Campaign Songs features twenty-one pieces by J. A. Parks in support of President Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign. An announcement on the inside front cover explains that the songs were printed before the Democratic National Convention in order to meet “early demand.” As such, the songs were arranged to allow for any two-syllable name of a Democratic candidate, national or local, to be used in the appropriate places, marked by asterisks in the lyrics.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Parks, J. A. (James Asher), 1863-1945

An ark labeled “Democratic Principles” has run aground in the receding waters of the flood near a landscape labeled “Republican Power.” The ark is full of Democrats labeled “Wilson, Parker, Watterson, Shepard, Johnson, Owen, Gray, Havens, Harmon, Tillman, Clark, Mack, Williams, Gore, Folk, [and] Gaynor.” Flying toward the ark is the Democratic donkey as a dove carrying a large tree branch labeled “Democratic Victories, Revolt Against the Tariff, [and] Reduced Republican Majorities.” Caption: It ought to be obvious by this time that the waters are receding.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-10-19

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Supporters of a “Square Tariff Deal,” carried in an ark by “Folk, Clark, Gore, Harmon, [and] Beveridge,” march on Jericho, blowing ram-horns labeled “The Voice of the People” causing the walls of Jericho labeled “Graft Tariff” and “Standpat Republicanism” to crumble. Among those marching are “Bacon, Borah, Bristow, Clapp, Dolliver, La Follette, [and] Wilson” and on horseback “Cummins.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-10-05

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus, singing and playing a lyre labeled “Harmony,” attracts a motley group of wild animals identified as: G. Gray, Kern, Folk, Gompers, McCarren, Mitchell, Hearst, Guffey, Watterson, Stone, Eliot, Williams, T. Johnson, Belmont, Sullivan, Pulitzer, Conners, Ryan, Parker, Murphy, and Johnson. One unidentified animal, similar to Williams, sits in a large tree, crawling through the branches above Bryan. Caption: Orpheus Bryan and the Democratic beasts.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-08-05

Theodore Roosevelt appears as “Mikado Roosevelt” with a large cast of characters standing behind him: “Pish Tush Root,” “Landis,” “Pooh Bah Taft,” “Burroughs,” “Heney,” “Cortelyou,” “Steffens,” “La Follette,” “Folk,” “Garfield,” “Riis,” “Loeb,” and “Koko Bonaparte,” who is holding a large sword labeled “Department of Justice.” John D. Rockefeller labeled “Flim-Flam Business,” and Edward Henry Harriman labeled “Flim Flam Finance,” are kneeling on the stage awaiting execution. Caption: “My object all sublime / I shall achieve in time — / To let the punishment fit the crime — / The punishment fit the crime. — / And make each prisoner pent / Unwillingly represent / A source of infinite merriment, / Of infinite merriment.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-01-08

Nicholas Murray Butler has just returned from a trip out West and details three points about his travels in regards to the upcoming presidential election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-02

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

James Sullivan Clarkson reports to President Roosevelt about attorney Joseph Wingate Folk’s successes in prosecuting cases in the Missouri “boodle” trials. According to Clarkson’s friend Joseph L. Hanley, the Snyder case, the Butler case, and the case involving the confidential secretary of the governor who was indicted for naturalization frauds, are all before the Supreme Court of Missouri. Clarkson will send a thorough report to William Loeb in the morning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-04

Creator(s)

Clarkson, James Sullivan, 1842-1918

Lincoln Steffens is sending President Roosevelt’s invitation to Joseph Wingate Folk.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-30

Creator(s)

Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

Lincoln Steffens asks President Roosevelt to meet with Joseph Wingate Folk who wants Roosevelt’s help in removing an obstacle in his pursuit of “boodlers.” Steffens has not forgotten about the Internal Revenue Service matter and will soon be gathering more information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-28

Creator(s)

Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

Chief Post Office Inspector Cochran submits testimony concerning conversations between Senator Joseph Ralph Burton and himself involving the Rialto Grain and Securities Company (formerly known as the Brooks Brokerage and Commission Company). He prefaces his testimony with noting Burton’s connection with the Dr. Peebles Institute of Health, a previous fraud case. Cochran details how Burton has been acting on behalf of Hugh C. Dennis and has been attempting to obtain evidence held by Inspector Dice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-20

Creator(s)

Cochran, William E., 1854-1927

This article describes President Roosevelt as the “overwhelming choice” of state legislators in South Dakota and Nebraska, as illustrated by the results of a poll.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-02

Creator(s)

Unknown