Your TR Source
William Jennings Bryan, as Moses, beams rays of “Radicalism” and “Conservatism,” and holds his own version of the Ten Commandments. Among the small group of followers in the background are James K. Jones and Tom Loftin Johnson.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-19
Richard Wagner’s opera Lohengrin is being performed. At center, William Jennings Bryan appears in the role of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, who has just arrived, to the delight of “Miss Democracy,” standing on the left, in the role of Elsa, and to the chagrin of Perry Belmont and Thomas Fortune Ryan, standing on the right, who are playing the roles of Friedrich of Telramund and his wife Ortrud. James K. Jones plays the role of the King, seated on a throne on the left beneath a shield labeled “Jefferson.” A large supporting cast appears on each side.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-08-15
James K. Jones posts a campaign poster labeled “Conservatism” for William Jennings Bryan, covering up an earlier campaign poster showing Bryan and labeled “In His Roaring Farce Free Silver,” which covers an even earlier poster for Bryan labeled “Populism.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-07-25
William Jennings Bryan, walking along railroad tracks and following a sign “To Salt River,” drags a carpet bag which contains a gold cross, crown of thorns, bellows, and possibly a megaphone. Following him are Arthur Brisbane who is carrying a doll-like William Randolph Hearst, James K. Jones, Charles A. Towne, Richard F. Pettigrew, and Gardner F. Williams.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-07-20
An old woman labeled “Democratic Party” stands in the “Democratic Intelligence Bureau” managed by “J.K. Jones” who is sitting behind a desk. She is “looking for help” and taking a good look at several prospective candidates, from left: David B. Hill “No objection to dirty work,” William Jennings Bryan “Used to waiting,” Richard Olney “Old but regular,” Edward M. Shepard “Will do anything,” Alton B. Parker “Neat and quiet,” and Arthur P. Gorman “Willing and obliging.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-05-20
William Jennings Bryan, as a pope wearing robes and a tiara labeled “16 to 1,” sits on a throne on a low pedestal labeled “Kansas City Platform.” Two Swiss guards stand next to him. The one on the left is labeled “Jones,” and the other on the right is labeled “Stone.” Caption: But Democrats have lost faith in his infallibility.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-25
Several men, identified as “Hill, Jones, Olney, Clark, Bailey, Shepard, Watterson, [and] Lamont,” carry planks of lumber which are identified as Democratic policies from previous election platforms and proposed new planks. As they construct the new “Democratic Platform,” Puck points to a plank they have forgotten, “Tariff Reform,” which sits on a platform in the background on the right. In the background on the left stands William Jennings “Bryan” holding a “Free Silver” plank of rotten wood. Caption: Puck — You are neglecting the only plank you ever did win with, – and the only one you ever can win with!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-04-16
Arkansas Senator James K. Jones holds a “senatorship” shotgun from which he fires several rounds. A torn “Democracy” flag is in the background of the “Arkansas election.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-10
A statement issued by President Roosevelt refutes a false article in The Sun which states that he overruled then-Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s recommendations regarding pipeline permits for the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, to the benefit of the Standard Oil Company. Roosevelt asserts that this article is patently false, and that a so-called report detailing this incident is a falsehood. Rather, the permits were granted based on legislature, and Roosevelt believes that he has never ignored his Interior Secretaries’ recommendations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-16
President Roosevelt confirms he has received Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock’s letter from October 29th concerning James K. Jones and Theodore N. Barnsdall. He no longer wishes to speak on the matter and agrees with Hitchcock’s views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-03
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock a letter he received on behalf of Theodore N. Barnsdall regarding the leasing of oil and gas lands in Indian Territory and Oklahoma. As Roosevelt is not especially familiar with the issue, he asks Hitchcock for his opinion on the matter, and will likely solicit opinions from other members of the cabinet as well. Roosevelt outlines the various leases, sub-leases, and agreements Barnsdall entered into in involvement in the oil and gas trade. Roosevelt asks for detailed comments on the various points of the letter so that he will be able to respond knowledgeably. In a postscript, he also asks Hitchcock to send a copy of this letter to Alban B. Butler for his commentary, as he is a reputable, independent oil operator who can offer his knowledge of the issues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-18
President Roosevelt does not remember who Colonel Alban B. Butler is, and tells Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to have Butler write to him. A written statement on the matter will be preferable to a personal interview.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17
Boies Penrose writes to set up a meeting between President Roosevelt, Arkansas Senator James K. Jones, and Pennsylvania oil magnate Theodore N. Barnsdall to discuss “serious complications in Indian Territory over gas and oil matters.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-02
William Jennings Bryan, William Randolph Hearst, and Alton B. Parker are at the starting line of a race. Bryan wears weights on his legs that read “Kansas City platform” and “Chicago platform” and has a feather in his hat that reads, “I got a new job,” Hearst rides a “regular in both campaigns” barrel with deflated wheels, and Parker rides a donkey with “1896” and “1900” on his legs. David B. Hill gives Parker advice while Grover Cleveland watches Democratic National Committee Chairman James K. Jones write down odds. George Gray, Richard Olney, Arthur P. Gorman, and Dame Democracy watch from a covered box. Uncle Sam watches from behind.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-27
Senator Penrose apologizes to William Loeb for not replying to his telegram concerning James K. Jones and Theodore N. Barnsdall interviewing President Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. Penrose has instructed Jones and Barnsdall “to make their interview as brief as possible.” There is a brief note in shorthand.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-08
William Jennings Bryan and James K. Jones dig up a grave labeled, “16 [to] 1 Free Silver. Politely executed by a large and enthusiastic body of voters Nov. 1896.” Other tombstones in the cemetery are labeled with other political issues that have failed. Caption: “They think they can put new life into a very dead issue.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-12-01
Print shows diminutive gladiators labeled “Jones,” “J.D. Sayers” with large sword labeled “State Anti-Trust Laws,” “Bryan” with large sword labeled “Demagogism,” “Hearst,” “Pingree,” “Hogg of Texas” with sword labeled “State Law,” Theodore Roosevelt with sword labeled “Roosevelt,” and “Alger,” and also Joseph Pulitzer. A crowd in the background carries banners that state “Down with Trusts” and “Down with Dept. Stores.” They are struggling against a large gladiator wearing armor labeled “Trusts, Power to Undersell Competitors, Vested Rights, Right to Buy and Sell, Natural Right of Association, Business Progress, Steady Work, [and] Payment of Good Wages.” The gladiator is carrying a shield labeled “Constitution of the U.S.” and a sword labeled “Low Prices.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-07-26
William Jennings Bryan hangs onto a large wheel labeled “Prosperity” spinning very fast as part of an engine. James K. Jones is attempting to stop the wheel by sticking a piece of lumber into the spokes, but it is spinning so fast that the wood splinters in his hands.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-12-16
An encampment of the Democrat/Populist presidential candidate and his followers dances around a campfire labeled “Repudiation.” Depicted are, from left, “Peffer, Jerry Simpson, Teller, Vest, Watson, Bryan, Sewall, Sen. J. P. Jones, Jones, Altgeld, Bland, [and] Stewart.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-11-04
Print shows William Jennings Bryan wearing a plumed hat labeled “1900” and riding on a rocking horse labeled “Presidential Aspirations,” leading a small army, among whom are William Joel Stone, James K. Jones, James Stephen Hogg (carrying a blunderbuss labeled “Anti-Expansionist”), and Benjamin R. Tillman, as well as a “Silver Republican” and a “Populist,” while others carry flags labeled “Anti-Trust” and “Free Silver.” They have emerged from a fortress labeled “16 to 1” and are following a rocky road, with some rocks labeled “1896,” toward a fortress topped with the White House. Caption: The same old cry in the same old place.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-11-15