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Governor of Puerto Rico Hunt reports that after a conference, the government of Puerto Rico believes it is fair to express confidence in Commissioner of the Interior William H. Elliott to replace A. R. Cruzen as Collector of Customs. Should Elliott be chosen, and Regis Henri Post replaces Elliott, everyone agrees that Edward S. Wilson should be made auditor.
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1904-01-05
A woodpecker with the face of Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker uses an “anti-trust amendment bill” to peck at a sign that reads, “Sherman anti-trust law—Iron clad. Cannot be punctured.” President Roosevelt rushes away from the United States Capitol building and toward the woodpecker with his gun.
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1904-02-20
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!”
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1903-07-03
In the first vignette, President-elect William H. Taft walks into the “White House” and waves good bye to President Roosevelt who carries his big stick. In the second, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks walks away from the “Capitol” holding a jar of “buttermilk” and “to Indiana.” In the third, New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt sits at an “Express Co.” desk and writes “memoirs.” In the fourth, Colorado Senator Henry Moore Teller walks out of the Senate saying, “I’ve been there 30 years.” Caption: Senator Teller will take a rest. In the fifth, Secretary of State Elihu Root sits down in a chair labeled “New York Senatorship” and says, “I guess I’ll take it easy now!” In the sixth, Philander C. Knox climbs into a “State Dept” chair. In the seventh, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds a “lawyer” piece of wood and walks “to Cincinnati.”
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1909-02-01
President Roosevelt wears an olive branch crown and rides in a chariot followed by “Trusts,” “Morgan,” “Foraker,” “Bryan,” “Rockefeller,” “Tillman,” “Harriman,” “Haskell,” “Hearst,” “Pulitzer,” “Congress,” a “stork,” “undesirable citizens,” “grafters,” “muckrakers,” and “nature fakirs.” A dove tries to escape the “peace” cage.
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1909-02-07
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna is tied to the ground and has an “Ohio State Convention” funnel in his mouth. President Roosevelt holds a “Roosevelt indorsement” hose that Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is about to turn on. Caption: Roosevelt to Foraker—”Turn on the water, Joe.”
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1903-05-27
Ohio Senators Marcus Alonzo Hanna and Joseph Benson Foraker both try to drive the Republican elephant. Foraker points toward the “immediate endorsement entrance” that has a sign: “to the Roosevelt enclosure.” A little raccoon says, “Come on!!” Hanna points to the “later endorsement entrance.”
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1903-05-26
Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker pulls a rope attached to the “Roosevelt tackle” that has Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna on it. Hanna holds a “presidential boom” sack and is headed for the “haymow” in the “Ohio G. O. P. farm.” There is a weather vane on the barn with an elephant that says, “Roosevelt 1904.”
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1903-05-28
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna hands President Roosevelt an “endorsement” bouquet as he looks at Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. On the wall is an “Ohio Convention” banner.
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1903-06-03
President Roosevelt holds his big stick and runs toward Joseph Pulitzer and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker who hold morning star clubs labeled “Panama” and “Brownsville” respectively.
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1908-12-17
Ohio Senator Theodore E. Burton looks at Charles Phelps Taft who appears forlorn as President-Elect William H. Taft pulls at a string tied to Charles Taft’s coat. Charles Taft says, “I guess I’ll be goin’!” Beside Taft and Burton is a bubble with several men fighting in it and a sign that reads “Ohio Senatorial Field.” Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker runs away. Caption: What was expected.
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1909-01-01
President Roosevelt wears a mask and sits at a desk with Secret Service reports. On the wall are “Rogue’s Gallery no. 1–Members of Congress,” a “list of undesirable citizens–Harriman, Rockefeller, Foraker, Haskell, and Tilman,” and a March 1909 calendar. On the other wall is a sign–“Old Sleuth Hawkshaw & Co.: Private Investigations. Shadowing”–and some disguises, including “mollycoddle masks,” “Ananias masks,” “malefactors of great wealth,’ and a coat “for the frivolous judge disguise.” On the ground are “gum shoes” and a “Muck Rake” cat.
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1909-01-10
In the upper left, there is a “coat of arms.” There is a gloved hand holding a lantern above a banner that reads, “I turn on the dark lantern.” Underneath is a masked, bearded face and a big stick breaking a pitchfork. The coat of arms says, “All men are liars.” In the upper right, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds a President Roosevelt doll. Caption: Foraker takes his turn. On the bottom, South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman uses his pitchfork to remove the lid of the “White House” pot. Caption: Tillman threatens to lift the lid.
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1909-01-13
President Roosevelt is teaching in a schoolroom of chaos as President-elect William H. Taft opens the “Congress” door. The “House Resentment Committee” throws items at the president who holds his big stick. There are two notes on the blackboard: “Our teacher is no good. B. T.” and “Do we love our Teacher?” Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker and South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman fold paper airplanes while Maine Senator Eugene Hale tries to take a “naval appropriations” stick. Caption: Getting square with the old teacher.
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1909-01-14
President Roosevelt fires his “no. 2 for birds” shotgun at a “Panama lyre-bird” (Joseph Pulitzer) in the African wilderness. Meanwhile, a “Congress” lion and “Foraker & Brownsville” hippopotamus stay in the background. Roosevelt is surrounded by his big stick–“for fighting at close quarters”–a typewriter, a notebook, a wireless box, a camera, a “no. 6 for lions etc.” gun, a toothbrush, and a book entitled “Wild Animals and Their Habits.”
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1908-12-16
Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker raises an “amendment” toward President Roosevelt. Foraker is behind a small hill that has the sign of “Foraker’s Forte” with a “Brownsville Affair” flag. Roosevelt fires his revolver in his left hand and holds a “special message” sword in his right hand as he says, “Surrender, haul down that flag!!”
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1908-12-16
President Roosevelt cleans Joseph Pulitzer in a “reform” washtub. Around Roosevelt is a basket of “more rascals.” There is also a globe, “Congressional rascals,” Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, and three newspapers–“N. Y. World,” “Indianapolis News,” and “disreputable journalism.” In the back are men hanging on the clothesline: Edward Henry Harriman, “trusts,” “Post Office rascal,” “lumber rascal,” “coal rascal,” and “political rascal.”
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1908-12-18
A man rows a boat on tempestuous water with Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, and T. Coleman Du Pont. President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan stand on a cliff on the edge of the water.
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1908-09-27
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.”
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1908-09-28
Crowds cheer from the stands with the labels of “West,” “North,” and “East” and William H. Taft rushes with the football of “Roosevelt policies” down the field. Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell is carried off the field on a stretcher asking, “Whazza matter. Am I hurt?” Meanwhile on the field, President Roosevelt tackles William Jennings Bryan by the head as Thomas Louis Hisgen, Eugene W. Chafin, and Eugene V. Debs huddle on the field: “What are we going to do about it?” Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker stumbles off the field on crutches.
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1908-09-30