Gray, George, 1840-1925

Proof for a newspaper article that describes political activities the year before the national party conventions, when many politicians are already active in the presidential race. Both Democrats and Republicans are already trying to shape public opinion toward conservative platforms and “safe and sane” candidates. Republicans in New York are trying to kill support for William Jennings Bryan in the South. Others are actively against a third term for President Roosevelt. Despite this activity, however, Bryan and Roosevelt remain popular, and no other political candidacy has gained much headway. The press and Senator Jonathan Bourne are advocating for another term for Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-28

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

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

Black ink cartoon with nine presidential candidates, including President Roosevelt, sitting in chairs, each identified with a sign about their head. Standing in front of the candidates are three graduates. In the foreground is a pile of rolled diplomas and signs with the names of several states.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904

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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Comments and Context

Orpheus was not in the underworld, but cartoonist Udo J. Keppler made the dismal swamp seem almost as pleasant in this loosely constructed allegory. The portly and unheroic-looking William Jennings Bryan had a heroic task, nonetheless, to tame the various and potentially deadly creatures.

William Jennings Bryan shoots off fireworks labeled “Nomination, Platform, Enthusiasm, Permanent Organization, Keynote, Issues, Nominating Speech, Second Speech, Vice Presidency, Resolutions, [and] Temporary Organization” while indicating that George Gray and John Albert Johnson should stand back for their safety, reminding them of “what happened to Alton” Parker in 1904, who is standing in the background with his arm in a sling. Caption: “Stand back, boys! You’re too young and inexperienced! Remember what happened to Alton!”

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Comments and Context

At first glance the Puck cover drawing for the Fourth of July appears to be standard patriotic theme, and because it coincides with 1908’s Democratic presidential nominating convention, the prominent role of William Jennings Bryan seems logical.

Members of President Roosevelt’s Cabinet have advised him not to serve as arbitrator in the Venezuela crisis, but speculation is already underway that he may have to act in that capacity. If he were to do so, possible associates on whom he might rely include Attorney General Philander C. Knox, Judge George Gray, and Assistant Secretary of State David Jayne Hill. Although arbitration by The Hague Convention has been urged on the country, Venezuela is opposed to such arbitration.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1902-12-23

Bishop encloses a copy of an article he wrote on Judge George Gray, to let his readers know what Judge Gray said about the coal strike. Bishop tells President Roosevelt that his own situation is still unsettled (regarding his position at the Commercial Advertiser, where his editor had tried to fire him) but it looks a little better.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-05

Secretary of State Hay has received the letter from Alejandro Woss y Gil, President of the Dominican Republic, to President Roosevelt announcing the appointment of George Gray as the third arbiter in the arbitration of the affairs of the San Domingo Improvement Company. The letter has been added to the files.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-03

Secretary of State Hay relays that the Department of State received word from the United States charge d’affaires at San Domingo City that George Gray, Associate Justice of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, has been appointed as third arbitrator regarding the San Domingo Improvement Company matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-01

Judge Gray recommends the appointment of John P. Nields as United States District Attorney for the District of Delaware.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-03

Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt about the President’s Syracuse speech, improvements at Ellis Island due to Mr. Williams, and sends clippings regarding Judge Gray.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-07

Postmaster General Payne forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Judge George Gray and notes that if Gray were to seek nomination as a candidate for the presidency, his views are more consistent with the Republican than the Democratic party. Payne also comments on a newspaper article covering the actions of a Lutheran Synod, noting that this Synod turned the Germans in Wisconsin and Illinois against the Republican party in a previous election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-29

Newspaper article extolling Judge George Gray’s suitability as the Democratic presidential candidate, although President Roosevelt will likely win the election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-27

Postmaster General Payne relays a conversation he had with Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. Quay opposes an extra session of Congress and does not want President Roosevelt to include any specific financial legislation in his message. He is confident in Roosevelt’s nomination but unsure of the election. Quay spoke with John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, and Mitchell believes that miners will support Judge George Gray if he is the Democratic presidential candidate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-26

Jams Sullivan Clarkson has been trying to protect President Roosevelt’s time by dissuading David M. Parry from meeting with him regarding the controversy in the Post Office and by encouraging Roosevelt to decline an invitation to a banquet of international insurance men. Clarkson remarks that the financial panic seems to have passed, the Democrats wish to nominate Judge Gray, the death of Judge Long was a serious matter, and that General Batcheller is in the country and can give Roosevelt valuable information about diplomatic and commercial matters in Egypt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-29

Benjamin Franklin Tracy suggest to President Roosevelt that he advise Judge Gray to accept the position of mediator in the labor disputes at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in the anthracite regions of the Appalachian Mountains.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-27

Though President Roosevelt has been accused of withholding Grover Cleveland’s name as chairman of the Coal Strike Arbitration Board, that is a libelous accusation not supported by the facts. In fact, Roosevelt greatly desired Cleveland’s involvement, for he believed that the cooperation of the current President and an ex-President would have a weighty impact on the citizenry, especially since the two leaders would be “separated in political faith but united in one effort for the common welfare.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-24

Biographical information on George Gray which highlights his recent work on the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05

John M. Wilson is serving with the Anthracite Coal Commission and has been conducting interviews with witnesses for the miners. They have already heard over 80 and had considered ending the repetition, but decided against it. Wilson thanks President Roosevelt for his courtesy in writing him regarding a recent occurrence at the Commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-11