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Congressional record – senate

Congressional record – senate

Senator Metcalf submits seven bills on behalf of himself, as well as Senators Henry M. Jackson and Paul J. Fannin, designating areas in several national parks as wilderness areas. Accompanying these proposals are statements from Jackson and from Secretary of the Interior Nathaniel Reed.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1976-02-17

Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior to Carl B. Albert

Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior to Carl B. Albert

The Assistant Secretary of the Interior forwards a number of recommendations to Speaker of the House Albert along with enclosed draft legislation to be referred to appropriate committees. The proposals and legislation relate to increasing the area of various national parks and designating areas as wilderness areas.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1975

Willie Taft

Willie Taft

“Willie Taft” highlights the policies of William H. Taft with a focus of tariffs. On the cover is an illustration of Taft.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1908

After the hold-up

After the hold-up

William L. Wilson stands in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled “Wilson’s Free List” which contains papers labeled “Free Wool.” He has an umbrella labeled “Income Tax” under his left arm. Sitting next to him on the street is the donkey labeled “Dem. Party” that he had been riding. Several men, four of them identified as “Gorman, Brice, McPherson, [and] Faulkner,” have robbed him of papers labeled “Free Iron, Free Sugar, Free Lumber, [and] Free Coal” and are walking up the street toward the U.S. Capitol, visible in the background. Caption: “Gee whiz! And it’s a wonder they left that!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-06-06

The mystery explained

The mystery explained

Speaker of the House, Thomas B. Reed, is a watchdog asleep at his desk on papers labeled “Dingley Tariff Section 22” while a scoundrel labeled “Railroad Lobby” inserts an amendment. Caption: Speaker Reed says he doesn’t know how the discriminating duty “slipped in.” This is how.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-09-22

That settles it!

That settles it!

President Cleveland holds a cat by the tail. The cat has ribbons labeled “Bland Seignorage [and] Silver Bill.” Cleveland has used the ribbons to tie a rock labeled “Veto” to the cat, which he drops over a cliff.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-03-21

A relic of the dark ages

A relic of the dark ages

John Bull stands in the “House of Lords,” looking over a curtain at an old man wearing a crown and robe, clutching a large book labeled “Mediæval Traditions of the British Peerage” and a large scroll of paper labeled “Hereditary Right to Obstruct Popular Legislation.” At his feet are papers labeled “Peoples’ Measures.” Caption: John Bull–Roseberry [sic] says he can be mended, but I guess he’d better be ended!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-12-12

A painful prophetic vision

A painful prophetic vision

A well-dressed, grand old woman sits in a chair, with a comb labeled “Republican Party” in her hair, and newspapers on the floor around her with headlines “Evening Reporter – Commerce Picking Up All Along the Line” and “Morning Verity – Trade Getting Brisk Since the Passage of the Wilson Bill.” She is holding the “Daily Facts – Increased Activity in Business on Account of the New Tariff.” There is a steaming pot of tea on the table next to her. She is imagining a scene where a street in the business district is filled with a procession of women shoppers carrying placards that state, “Under the Democratic Tariff We Live in a Golden Age of Business!!!”, “1896 – We, the Shopping Women of America, Favor the Democrats Because Their Tariff Bill Favors Our Pocket Books!!!”, and “Thanks to the Democrats Shopping is Now a Joy Forever.” Caption: The Republican Party sees the Democrats, in 1896, winning back their old and powerful ally, the “shopping woman.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-10-24