Latta, Maurice, 1869-1948

John Ellis Roosevelt received President and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s wills. John Ellis Roosevelt mentions that the witnesses have failed to provide their addresses. Although this omission does not affect the validity of the wills, it may constitute a small fine for the witnesses. He has therefore taken the liberty of indicating “Washington, D.C.,” as their address, and asks Loeb to advise him if this is not correct.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-06

President Roosevelt rolls up a “message to the Senate and House of Representatives” “guaranteed to make a noise when opened.” A teddy bear stares as Roosevelt rolls up two sticks of dynamite and an “alarm clock” as Maurice Latta heads toward the United States Capitol building.

comments and context

Comments and Context

As the weeks counted down to the Republican National Convention, the practical perception of President Roosevelt as a lame duck accelerated. However, he would be president for a full ten months after this cartoon’s publication, and no one should have expected a man like Roosevelt to slow down in activities, or controversies.

President Roosevelt updates Secretary of War Taft on travel arrangements for their upcoming trip to Panama and comments on Taft’s tariff speech. He advises Taft to write a temperate letter for publication in response to Herbert Ross’s recent article.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-01

Secretary of the Navy Metcalf updates President Roosevelt on the coal supply of the fleet traveling to the Pacific. The Navy Department has been unable to find coal at reasonable prices from American ships, and so has organized coal from foreign ships following regulations set in 1904. Metcalf has supplied opinions from Attorney General Bonaparte, and will proceed with this plan unless Roosevelt provides instructions to the contrary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-18

Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon returns to William Loeb a letter that had been shared with him by Maurice Latta.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-04

Representative Parsons believes that the Judiciary Nominator’s ticket could cost Republicans thousands of votes, specifically because there are no Orthodox Jews on the ticket and certain parts of New York City are not represented. Parsons also notes the absence of respected Judge Rosalsky and the fact that there are more Democrats than Republicans. A circular letter sent out by the Nominators gave the false impression that men active in politics are forever disqualified from being judges.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-03

Secretary of War Taft writes President Roosevelt about the course of events likely to be followed in Cuba. Taft predicts that when a quorum cannot be reached in Congress, President Tomás Estrada Palma will resign and ask the United States to intervene. American troops will then land in Cuba and proclaim a provisional government unless Roosevelt directs otherwise.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-28

In a series of telegrams, Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt on the political situation in Cuba and the attempts to elect new government officials.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-28

Benjamin F. Barnes asks Rudolph Forster if he has a letter from Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. Forster responds that he does not recall the letter and Maurice Latta has been unable to find it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-02