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A large hand labeled “The Public” depresses a lever on a large bottle labeled “Sulzer” in which the face of William Sulzer appears. A stream of seltzer water labeled “Direct Primaries” splashes two diminutive figures labeled “Barnes” and “Murphy.” Caption: It requires only a little pressure to start something.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-06-11
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.
Orpheus was not in the underworld, but cartoonist Udo J. Keppler made the dismal swamp seem almost as pleasant in this loosely constructed allegory. The portly and unheroic-looking William Jennings Bryan had a heroic task, nonetheless, to tame the various and potentially deadly creatures.
Theodore Roosevelt will continue to support Canadian reciprocity. He is not surprised that New York supported Charles Francis Murphy and William Barnes. Roosevelt informed Barnes that he “had no intention of making war upon him,” and that he hoped Barnes would act decently.
1911-02-03
Charles F. Murphy stands in an alley in the red light district, illuminated by a red streetlamp labeled “Tammany,” forcing a woman labeled “N.Y. State Democracy” to get out of the alley and onto the main street.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-02-01
In a speech titled “Elementary Honor, Theodore Roosevelt responds to President William H. Taft.
1912
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop, saying Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed his letter. Roosevelt discusses the results of the recent elections in the United States. He comments on the elections in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, New Jersey, and New Mexico and the implications for the entire country.
1911-11-11
William Barnes asks President Roosevelt to appoint Fred C. Ham to consular service. Former New York Governor Frank Swett Black will take charge of the state’s campaign in the fall. Barnes discusses the head of New York City’s Tammany Hall, Charles Francis Murphy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-08
William Michael Byrne writes to Benjamin F. Barnes of his attendance at a reception with distinguished men including former New York Governor David B. Hill, Judge Alton B. Parker, Charles F. Murphy, and Secretary of War Elihu Root. He also writes of Catholic Club business.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-13
Francis C. Travers writes to President Roosevelt of Travers’ experience as chairman of the Archbishop’s Reception in New York. Travers was pleased to see a gathering of clans including David Bennett Hill and Charles Francis Murphy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-13