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John L. Davis informs Theodore Roosevelt the people want him to be the next president because he is able to meet with kings and emperors as well as farmers. Davis believes the voters will pick Roosevelt, if they have the chance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-12
Ambassador Tower encloses his entire correspondence regarding Edwin Lefevre’s desire to interview German Emperor William II. Lefevre wants to write an article in an American newspaper about the character and personality of William II and hoped to personally meet with the German emperor. Although it was not possible because William II was traveling, Tower informs Roosevelt that the Imperial Foreign Office was sympathetic to Lefevre’s intentions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-17
Edwin Lefevre thanks Ambassador Tower for attempting to arrange an audience with German Emperor William II for Lefevre and only regrets that he probably put Tower to “some trouble.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-14
Ambassador Pourtalès informs Ambassador Tower that Edwin Lefevre cannot be received by German Emperor William II because the emperor is traveling extensively and can only receive official visits. Pourtalès, however, does appreciate Lefevre’s kind intentions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-13
Ambassador to Germany Tower informs Edwin Lefevre that he brought Lefevre’s request to have a personal audience with Emperor William II to German Minister for Foreign Affairs Heinrich Leonhard von Tschirschky und Bögendorff, and provided him with copies of Lefevre’s correspondence. The German minister did not reply, except to state that William II does not intend to return to Berlin in the near future. Tschirschky und Bögendorff planned to write Tower in a few days.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-11
Edwin Lefevre informs Ambassador to Germany Tower that he plans to write an appreciation of German Emperor William II as a companion study to one about President Roosevelt that will be released soon. He is visiting Germany in the hopes of speaking with William II in order to gain a personal impression of him. Lefevre compares his study to H. G. Wells’s study of Roosevelt, which brought him great admiration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-07
Secretary of State Root sends President Roosevelt a copy of an interview which Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer did with Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, on the Russian New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-04
George Otto Trevelyan was delighted to hear about President Roosevelt’s victory in the presidential election, and comments about a letter he had previously received from Roosevelt that he values highly. Trevelyan believes the difference in government between the United States and England is that the former elects the ruler while the latter elects the party. Trevelyan envies Roosevelt for having John Morley as a guest, since he considers Morley and the late Henry Sidgwick to be “the most delightful company of our time.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
President Roosevelt is draped in an American flag and wears a crown as he gestures to an American eagle. Caption: Jupiter (to the American Eagle): Now, then, keep quiet and listen to me–and don’t flap!
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-05
In the first vignette, an African American man is labeled as the “proposed usher of the black rod.” In the second vignette, Secretary of War William H. Taft is labeled, “a nifty lord-in-waiting–waiting still for the nomination.” In the third vignette, Gifford Pinchot holds a tennis racket and is labeled, “first lord of the inner closet, with insignia of office.” In the fourth vignette, Henry Huttleston Rogers, Edward Henry Harriman, and John D. Rockefeller are labeled, “a group of bad barons in attitutes expressive of deep dissatisfaction and possible rebellion. In the fifth vignette is a “suggestion for royal coat of arms.” There is the big stick–;”Of course there can be but one sceptre.” The coat of arms includes the motto, “In votes we trust to bust the trusts.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-11
President Roosevelt, dressed like French Emperor Napoleon I, stands next to a picture of Napoleon I with “the stick” underneath the picture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-18
President Roosevelt sits on a throne with a large crown and his big stick as a scepter. Beneath his feet is a rug, “U.S. Constitution.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04
President Roosevelt and Kaiser William II look at each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-16
A female figure labeled “Peace” stands in a barber shop, holding a large pair of shears labeled “Disarmament.” Sitting in the shop are the heads of state from “Spain, U.S. [Uncle Sam], Austria, Japan, Italy, France, England, Germany, [and] Russia,” each with bayonets and artillery as hair. A sign on the wall states “No hair tonic used here.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-05-30
Thomas Fortune Ryan, J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Edward Henry Harriman appear as sheikhs listening to a diminutive Grover Cleveland, labeled “Insurance Arbiter,” standing at a desk, shaking a stick at them. Caption: What shall we do with our ex-president? – Anything but this.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-01-24
Meiji, the Emperor of Japan, peers over the top of a large globe from the east toward Europe where the rulers of several nations stand with Nicholas II, the wounded and crippled emperor of Russia. There is concern among the European leaders about where Japan will turn after defeating Russia.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-05-17
In a rowdy classroom at the “Pan-American School,” Uncle Sam is the teacher admonishing Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela, who holds a slingshot, planning a prank. Four other adults are present, “Holland, France, England, [and] Germany.” Three native children are sitting at desks. One is shooting a spitball that hits “Holland” in the face. Caption: In the Pan-American school.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-12
At center a valentine card features President Roosevelt as Cupid. Around the outside are other valentines featuring two European leaders, American industrial and political figures, a Russian admiral, a writer identified only as “Tom,” and a Wall Street con artist.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-02-08
Three statues labeled “Cook, Walking Delegate, [and] Head Waiter” stand on the left and three statues labeled “Coachman, Car Porter, [and] Janitor” stand on the right. People are bowing down, kneeling, and performing other acts of veneration before them. In the center, Puck has unfurled a banner showing citizens pulling down the equestrian statue of King George III. Caption: Puck — Where is the spirit of ’76? This is what your forefathers did to King George.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-03-09
The Russian Bear eyes a house of cards. Each card is labeled a different country, “England, France, Germany, Japan, U.S., Austria, China, Italy, [and] Turkey”, and the king on each card bears some facial characteristics of the ruler of the country, including Uncle Sam. A dove of “Peace” has landed on top of the cards. The bear’s right paw and claws are touching the “Japan” card.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-01-20