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P. M. Cartmell tells Theodore Roosevelt an anecdote about two pieces of mail getting mixed up, and hopes that a similar situation occurring with Roosevelt leads to similarly positive outcomes. Cartmell previously wrote to Roosevelt about his book Instinct and Intelligence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-06
An angel labeled “National Credit” with wings labeled “Sound Financial Policy” and “Repeal of Sherman Silver Law” rises above the flames of the wreck of the “U.S. Treasury.” Among the wreckage lie William McKinley bowled over by the “McKinley Bill,” John Sherman being crushed under the weight of large silver coins, Green B. Raum sitting in an empty safe labeled “U.S. Treasury,” with Benjamin Harrison and Charles Foster hanging onto the safe, and William A. Peffer among the lumber on the left.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-09-27
William McKinley is pictured as a snowman holding papers labeled “Prohbitory [sic] Tariff.” He is melting beneath a blazing sun labeled “Business Revival.” In the foreground, Matthew S. Quay and James D. Cameron try to scoop up the slush while Whitelaw Reid holds up a newspaper to block the sun. Standing on ladders are Charles W. Foster holding a thermometer that registers “Hot” and a fan, and Joseph B. Foraker holding up an umbrella labeled “Ohio Popularity” to keep the sun off McKinley. Benjamin Harrison is sitting on a fence in the background, whittling. Caption: And the protectionists can’t keep their snow man from rapidly melting away.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-03-14
Print shows a policeman labeled “Gov. Foster” grabbing the arm of a diminutive man labeled “Hoadly” who is holding a piece of fruit labeled “Dem. Nomination 83” that he has stolen from a street vendor who is an old woman labeled “Ohio Democracy” knitting behind her table of fruit labeled “Nomination Appointment Office.” Papers extending from the pocket of the policeman are labeled “Indiana ‘Soap’ Campaign 1880” and “Theft of the Presidency 1877.” Caption: Honest Charley Foster is horrified to find Hoadly filching.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-08-08
Grover Cleveland is unsure if he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination if it were offered to him. Charles Foster, one of Cleveland’s friends, believes that Cleveland does not want the nomination but would accept it out of duty to the Democratic Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-13
Grover Cleveland is unsure if he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination if it were offered to him. Charles Foster, Cleveland’s friend and former governor of Ohio, believes that Cleveland does not want the nomination but would accept it out of duty to the Democratic Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-13