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A well-dressed union representative labeled “Walking Delegate” stands outside a prison cell, holding a paper that states “Law to Prohibit Convict Labor in State Prisons.” A dejected prisoner sits in the cell. Caption: But idleness, misery and insanity for the unfortunate convict.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-10.
President Roosevelt’s message to Congress at the beginning of the third session of the fifty-eighth Congress in 1904. In this message, Roosevelt discusses various aspects of the state of the union and introduces the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt discusses progressive legislation, global economics, and capitalism in his speech titled, “The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood”.
1911-10-10
In his speech to the Saint Louis, Missouri City Club, Theodore Roosevelt shares his opinion on public service, describes his own service and he makes the case for social progressivism. Among his examples of public servants, Roosevelt mentions past Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, and Franklin Pierce.
1912-03-28
Theodore Roosevelt explains his relationship with Cornelius Newton Bliss while he was in a position of power for the Republican Party and that while he respects Bliss, he was never stopped from prosecuting a company or person by Bliss’s advice. John D. Archbold and Senator Boise Penrose know this and that is why they have attacked Roosevelt in their testimony to Congress. Archbold and Penrose know that Roosevelt is the people’s champion as the Progressive Party candidate and will hinder their dishonest work if he were elected.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1912-09-22
Richard A. Anthony writes to President Roosevelt to urge him to speak out against Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s bill concerning the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. Anthony describes his discussion with Lawrence F. Abbott concerning Roosevelt’s Panama policy and comments favorably on Roosevelt’s policy towards labor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-01
John Robert Procter and Henry F. Greene of the United States Civil Service Commission respond to President Roosevelt’s request for information regarding steps taken to cease assignment of laborers for classified work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-29
Report on the work of the Pennsylvania Industrial Commission classification.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912
William F. King proposes a scheme to force the anthracite coal miners back to work by repealing the Miners’ License Act of Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-08
George Gunton is preparing a state paper on corporations, reciprocity, labor unions, eight-hour work days, alien contract labor, immigration, and Chinese exclusion. He believes President Roosevelt will receive the paper by Tuesday morning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-26