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Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon holds a gavel and holds the docile lamb of the “House” under his thumb. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt holds a big stick behind his back and watches as an unruly “Senate” goat eats the “railway rate bill.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-01
President Roosevelt appears everywhere in the “Republican National Convention.” He holds the gavel to nominate himself as president and is supported by the “Northern States,” “Western States,” “Southern States,” and “Eastern States.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-29
Alton B. Parker uses a “courage” and “honor” gavel to hold down a “St. Louis telegram” on a cannon. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt holds a string to pull the trigger on a “Republican campaign gun” to which Dame Democracy is tied by a rope.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-13
On the left side, President Roosevelt holds a “message” firearm that shoots projectiles at “The Capitol.” Caption: The president’s message was loaded after all. On the right sign are two different vignettes: a scene of men looking at papers with the caption of “scene in Senate after hearing of the Secret Service paragraph” and a drawing of Vice President-elect J. S. Sherman. At the bottom, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon bangs two gavels at different times and damages them. Caption: Speaker Cannon smashed gavels in rapid succession.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-16