Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

Charles G. Washburn writes to John W. Weeks about their mutual concerns related to the Department of Justice’s enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Washburn summarizes the history of the Sherman Act. He discusses the effect of the 1897 Trans-Missouri case and efforts by politicians, including Theodore Roosevelt, to amend the Sherman Act. Washburn also describes a number of cases which have gone to court under the Sherman Act. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-28

Creator(s)

Washburn, Charles G. (Charles Grenfill), 1857-1928

The author explains the situation surrounding Apolinario Mabini’s banishment from the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-24

Creator(s)

Unknown

Filipino leader Apolinario Mabini has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-17

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

President Roosevelt informs Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he met with Edward H. Van Ingen and agrees with their plan of action via letter. Roosevelt has already written to District Attorney Henry L. Burnett about the letter and plans to meet with Burnett, Van Ingen, and William Williams together. He also comments on the trust legislation and the actions of Congressmen George Frisbie Hoar and Charles E. Littlefield. Roosevelt encloses a letter to New York Police Commissioner F. V. Greene and discusses the information he provided Greene.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-02-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Bishop tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he enjoyed his editorial about Senator George Frisbie Hoar and is going to show it to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-12-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad Joseph Bucklin Bishop liked his message about Panama. He writes that he hopes his message will counter Senator George Frisbie Hoar’s resolution and comments on the press coverage of Bishop’s editorial regarding Hoar.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Senator George F. Hoar, as an old woman waving an umbrella, yells at Uncle Sam as he confidently walks away from her with a shovel on his shoulder and papers labeled “Canal Plans” under his arm. Two diminutive figures labeled “Colombia” and “Philippines” are standing next to Hoar.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-01-20

Seven men dressed as Roman senators are labeled “T.C. Tillman, Lodge, Stewart, Morgan, Quay, [and] Hoar.” George F. Hoar is speaking to the others while pointing at a diminutive President Roosevelt standing in their midst. Caption: Senator Hoar’s Decree–Hereafter, when he wants to talk, let him ask us and say “please.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-02-25

A statue labeled “Thomas Jefferson The Father of Expansion” stands at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, with Puck directing the attention of George Frisbie Hoar and other anti-expansionists Edward Atkinson, Carl Schurz, and Charles Francis Adams, who look on in disbelief.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-04-15

George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, David B. Hill, and former Massachusetts Governor George S. Boutwell place their “Anti-Expansion Speech” at the feet of a huge American soldier holding a rifle and the American flag, while opposite them Filipinos place guns and swords at the soldier’s feet. Caption: The American Filipinos and the Native Filipinos will have to submit.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-06-04

Anti-imperialists George Frisbie Hoar, Carl Schurz, Edward Atkinson, Charles Francis Adams, and Andrew Carnegie are drowning in “Quicksand of Public Opinion,” with the U.S. Capitol building in the background.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-08-27

George F. Hoar sits on the U.S. Capitol dome using a telegraph to send a “wireless” message “Keep it up! We are with you!” across a body of water to the insurgent forces fighting against American troops in the Philippines. At the base of the Capitol are several men waving “Anti-Expansion” banners.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-02-26

Representatives of the “Democratic, Republican, Populist, [and] Prohibition” parties carry a larger-than-life-sized President William McKinley on a sedan chair, and wave their hats as a show of support for McKinley’s policies. Behind them, on the right, are standing William Jennings “Bryan,” former senator George Frisbie “Hoar,” and Edward “Atkinson” (head of the Anti-Imperialist League) dressed like Filipinos. The U.S. Capitol building is in the background. Caption: All parties support him now, – except the unreconstructed Filipinos.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-05-29

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

Illustration showing Senator George Frisbie Hoar having a troubled sleep due to writing on his bedroom wall, as stated at the Ohio Republican convention in Columbus, Ohio, April 1900: “We have faith in American patriotism, character, and capacity, and we know that American government will extend the inestimable blessings of freedom, law, and civilization to the peoples who are brought under our protection” signed, “Rep. State Platforms.” Also shows a portrait of the Filipino insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo on the wall.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-05-23

President William McKinley stands on the steps to the U.S. Capitol, holding up two flags, one labeled “Expansion” and the other labeled “Sound Money.” Tiny figures at the foot of the steps show William Jennings Bryan and his “Anti-Expansion” and “16 to 1” followers trying to dislodge the flag poles.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-08-29

Illustration showing Senator George Frisbie Hoar standing, full-length, wearing a child’s nightgown, holding up in his right hand a candle labeled “Twaddle” and clutching a wooden doll labeled “Philippine Question.” Hoar was generally an anti-Imperialist, though Republican, and a fervent proponent of immediate independence for the Philippine Islands.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-01-17

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

President Roosevelt thanks Samuel W. Small and Mr. Howell for their aid. Roosevelt believes that Senator Francis Marion Cockrell and Senator James B. McCreary will support the Panama treaty. He has been surprised at the opposition in the Southern states and if it could be arranged he would retire from politics to get the treaty passed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

George B. Cortelyou encloses a letter from President Roosevelt to Senator George Frisbie Hoar for Secretary of War Root’s confidential reading.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-23

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

President Roosevelt informs Governor Taft that he will speak with Cardinal Gibbons regarding the influence of the friars on the Filipino movement for a church independent of the Catholic Church. Roosevelt requests Taft’s opinon on the effect of Apolinario Mabini’s return.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt met with Oliver Wendell Holmes and is satisfied with him as a United States Supreme Court nominee. Roosevelt wrote to Senator George Frisbie Hoar to inform him of Holmes’s selection and asks Senator Lodge to also contact Hoar.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919