Indiana

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson updates President Roosevelt on his visits to states and campaigning for the upcoming election. He has recently been in Wisconsin, and believes that Roosevelt “may dismiss all concern from your mind about the electoral vote.” Wilson has also observed the effect of William Jennings Bryan’s visit to Indiana, and comments on the strength of the Republican Party’s organization there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-30

Uncle Sam looks up at the sky and sees several eclipses: a “partial eclipse in New York” with Charles Evans Hughes, a “partial eclipse in Penns.” with Philander C. Knox, a “partial eclipse in Wisconsin” with Robert M. La Follette, a “partial eclipse in Indiana” with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, a “partial eclipse in Illinois” with Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, a “total eclipse in Chicago,” and a “partial eclipse in Ohio” with William H. Taft. “My world” with President Roosevelt is about to overshadow Taft.

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Things were looking up in 1908. . .or at least people were looking up to the heavens. An unusually high number of solar and lunar eclipses were due that year, and the spectacular once-in-a-lifetime Halley’s Comet was due to brighten the skies in 1910. All were matters of public discussion and newspaper feature stories.

President Roosevelt holds “that big stick” as he whacks the table on the stage of the Republican National Convention. In the crowd, signs for “Ohio,” “New York,” “Pennsylvania,” “Vermont,” “Kansas,” “Indianne,” “Missuri,” and “Illinois” can be seen. Caption: The next Republican National Convention.

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Cartoonist Albert Turner Reid’s vision of the 1908 Republican Presidential Convention was meant to suggest, as per the caption, a nightmare for Democrats — not, as the bare cartoon would suggest, a captive and frightened hall of delegates, nervous eyes and anxious expressions. In fact most Republicans clamored for Roosevelt to break his declination pledge and decide to run again.

President Roosevelt bangs the lectern as he addresses delegates that all look like himself from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and New York. A messenger dressed like Roosevelt brings him a message. On the wall is a flag that has four large “R’s” and two big sticks.

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This cartoon from early in C. R. Macauley’s association with the New York World humorously asserts President Roosevelt’s utter dominance of the Republican Party. As a president he was popular with the public, and he had been a famed celebrity, but control of the party and its apparatus, as suggested by Macauley, was another matter.

William H. Taft stands with a gavel in his hand as the delegates select President Roosevelt as the nominee. In the audience are Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, and New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. A balloon in the top right-hand corner shows William Jennings Bryan and William Randolph Hearst holding signs that read, “Gov’t Ownership” and “Socialism” respectively as they step on Minnesota Governor John Albert Johnson.

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Whether cartoonist Tyler McWhorter drew this cartoon as a prophecy or a hopeful dream, it was another cartoonist’s speculation on whether President Roosevelt would break his pledge of Election Night 1904 that he would not allow his name to be put into nomination in 1908. With its long caption, it also might have been an illustration for an article, or part of series. In any event the St. Paul Dispatch drawing was pasted in the White scrapbook, and presumably seen by the president.

President Roosevelt and his horse jump over a hurdle with the names of several different states on it: “Indiana,” “New Jersey,” “Connecticut,” “New York,” and “West Virginia.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-09

Russell B. Harrison writes primarily on Indiana politics where the Republicans had off year defeats and the Philippine-American War is damaging the Republican party image. He also thanks President Roosevelt for naming a military post in Indianapolis after his father, President Benjamin Harrison.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-30

President Roosevelt describes his daily routine with the family, and how he has been playing tennis and was injured while riding. Roosevelt says he keeps working as if there were no election and George B. Cortelyou is running the campaign. He adds updates from the campaign in New York, Maryland, and Indiana.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-10-23

Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as Don Quixote stands with shield and lance next to a well on which stands a suit of armor labeled “Indiana Organization.” To the right of Fairbanks, in the background, is a hobby horse. The full moon above shows the face of President Theodore Roosevelt. Caption: The flower of Indiana knighthood keeping watch over his boiler-plate.

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To history, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks is a largely forgotten figure, both as senator from Indiana and as Theodore Roosevelt’s vice president, 1905-1909.

President Roosevelt addressing a packed crowd

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-12-19

President Roosevelt delivering a speech to the crowds.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-13

President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd, with a star spangled banner on the stage.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-17

President Roosevelt stands on stage speaking to a crowd. On the stage other men sit at desks and in the background a large building is visible.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-17

President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-17

President Roosevelt expresses his disgust at lynching and mob violence. The best method to discourage lynching is to ensure that “justice under the forms of law shall be as expeditious and even-handed as possible.” When a community discriminates against someone due to their color, the path is paved for discrimination in other areas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-09

Theodore Roosevelt explains to John D. Rhoades that he cannot do a full speaking tour of Indiana due to the time constraints of his campaign. Roosevelt prefers to leave his speaking schedule in the hands of the campaign managers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-26

Theodore Roosevelt describes in detail the challenging issue of race in the Progressive Party, as well as the Republican and Democratic Parties. He says, “We have made the Progressive issue a moral, not a racial issue.” Roosevelt concludes that the Progressive Party, as well as Southern black men, will be best served by appealing to Southern white men who support civil rights.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-01

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Bradley Gilman’s letter and discusses the topics of marriage, divorce, and African Americans as voters and legislative representatives. Roosevelt argues the need for federal government to control marriage, divorce, and polygamy. Roosevelt asserts the need to incorporate African American representatives for the Progressive movement from states like New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, or Indiana at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He writes of the inequality faced by African Americans, particularly in the South, and their absence from legislative bodies in Southern states. In his argument, Roosevelt references Booker T. Washington and writes of the Republican Party’s use of uneducated African American representation as a corrupt tactic that won the candidacy for William H. Taft with William Barnes and Simon Guggenheim.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-24

Theodore Roosevelt informs Senator Alsop that he is working on a synopsis of the cases. He invites Alsop, Frank S. Butterworth, Herbert Knox Smith, Mr. Goodwin, and William S. Cowles to meet him at Oyster Bay. Roosevelt writes that J. Henry Roraback’s letter has the Georgia and Indiana cases.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-02

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Senator Alsop that Senator Joseph M. Dixon is in New York City going over the cases in Georgia and Indiana and will send the evidence to Alsop.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-28