McCarren, Patrick Henry, 1849-1909

An African-American man holds two hands of playing cards. One hand includes cards that feature the faces of President Roosevelt, Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou, J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles W. Fairbanks, New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell, and New York Lieutenant Governor Frank Wayland Higgins. The other hand includes cards that feature the faces of Patrick Henry McCarren, Charles Francis Murphy, William Jennings Bryan, David B. Hill, Alton B. Parker, and Henry Gassaway Davis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10

Creator(s)

Nankivell, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1869-1959

A number of Republican and Democratic politicians play a game of baseball while large crowds look on. President Roosevelt is the pitcher while Charles W. Fairbanks is the catcher. The “voter” stands at the “White House” home base while Alton B. Parker tries to run to home base. Thomas Taggart tells Parker, “Get ready to slide, Judge.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-11

Creator(s)

Unknown

An article in the New-York Tribune reprints a portion of an interview with New York Republican State Committee Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff. Topics of discussion include the successful Republican showing in the recent election, Woodruff’s support of President Roosevelt’s financial policies, the likelihood of Roosevelt’s renomination for a third presidential term, and the future of the Republican Party and Independence League fusion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

Edward M. Shepard made a speech in support of the local democratic ticket in Brooklyn, New York, in which he denounced President Roosevelt for making speeches that create fear about future business conditions and sow discontent between the classes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

A newspaper clipping from the The Brooklyn Eagle discusses the entry of both President Roosevelt and Governor Charles Evans Hughes into the canvass. At present, New York State Republican Committee Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff’s candidates have an advantage over Senator Patrick Henry McCarren’s candidates, but voters should focus on the issues rather than theatrics.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10

Creator(s)

Unknown

An article describes the acrimonious negotiations which took place ahead of the planned debate between Timothy L. Woodruff and Senator Patrick Henry McCarren. The key issues included the exact topic to be debated and how it should be presented, the speaking time to be allotted to each participant, who would open and close the debate, and the political makeup of the audience. Woodruff agreed to allow McCarren both the opening and closing statements after his representative in the negotiations threatened to cancel the debate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-28

Creator(s)

Unknown

Timothy L. Woodruff and Patrick Henry McCarren, leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties of Brooklyn respectively, will debate the question “Resolved, That Theodore Roosevelt and his administration are responsible for the present disturbance in the financial world” at a date to be determined. Both men challenged each other at seemingly the same time. Woodruff left it to McCarren to set the date of the debate, and suggested Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, as the venue. Woodruff is known as a strong debater, in particular for his controversial debate with then-district attorney John Proctor Clarke in 1899.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-24

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt is ready to make a counter-attack against the Democratic Party. Roosevelt is especially frustrated by Alton B. Parker’s plea about the common law being sufficient. According to Roosevelt, Parker will not use the federal powers of the U.S. to take a firm stand against the trusts. Roosevelt suggests to George B. Cortelyou that they should have people at party headquarters who can “receive all people and talk to them pleasantly.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes Frank Wayland Higgins regarding Higgins’s candidacy for governor of New York. Roosevelt urges Higgins to announce his candidacy as soon as he is able, and to make sure the voters know who he is and what he will do. The Democrats are putting the Republicans on the defensive, and the Republicans should push back by attacking D. Cady Herrick, the opposing Democratic nominee for governor, for his actions as a judge. Roosevelt links Higgins’s candidacy with his own, and believes they should emphasize the national issues, rather than being on the defensive with state-level issues.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus, singing and playing a lyre labeled “Harmony,” attracts a motley group of wild animals identified as: G. Gray, Kern, Folk, Gompers, McCarren, Mitchell, Hearst, Guffey, Watterson, Stone, Eliot, Williams, T. Johnson, Belmont, Sullivan, Pulitzer, Conners, Ryan, Parker, Murphy, and Johnson. One unidentified animal, similar to Williams, sits in a large tree, crawling through the branches above Bryan. Caption: Orpheus Bryan and the Democratic beasts.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-08-05

The unknown author warns that several Republican district leaders in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York, have made arrangements with Patrick Henry McCarren and Mr. Murphy. He suggests putting “the fear of God” in these leaders.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-19

Creator(s)

Unknown