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Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Barbour for the letter. Roosevelt was direct in his recent letter to the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-13
A marching band plays in front of the “Headquarters of the New Silver Party” next to a notice that states, “Now is the time to join – Step right in,” and a poster that states, “Triumph of the New Silver Party.” Joseph C. Sibley is sitting at a desk in the “headquarters” next to a notice that states “For President Jos. C. Sibley.” Members of the band are identified as “Stewart, Bland, [and] Gen. Warner.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-04-03
Progressive Party presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt puts his arms around California governor Hiram Johnson, his running mate. He tells Johnson to remember that he is a member of the Progressive Party and no longer a Democrat. Caption: “Hiram, remember you’re a bull moose and not an ass.”
This cartoon reveals the fact that, as exuberant as was Theodore Roosevelt on the stump, his Progressive Party running mate Hiram Johnson was generally viewed as more of a loose cannon. He was so difficult to deal with that the Progressive Party leaders asked former Senator Albert Beveridge, and not Johnson, to fulfill Roosevelt’s speaking engagements after the latter was shot during the presidential campaign.
An old woman sits on a bench, holding a purse labeled “G.O.P.,” with Benjamin Harrison on the left and William McKinley on the right, vying for her attentions. Caption: Old Party (coyly)–Oh! you presidential aspirants are such flirts!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-06-13
An old woman with a broom labeled “Spoils System” evicts from the “Democratic Home” a young woman labeled “Civil Service Reform” carrying a bag labeled “Civil Service Laws.” On the street are Benjamin Harrison, Whitelaw Reid, and Thomas B. Reed, laughing. In the background, on the left, is the “Republican Home” with an old woman labeled “G.O.P.” looking out the window. A large padlock labeled “Spoils System” bars the gate. On the right is the “Mugwump Home” where a woman is standing with open arms to welcome the young woman labeled “Civil Service Reform.” Caption: But she will always find a hearty welcome and kind treatment at the old reliable independent home.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-06-20
An old woman labeled “G.O.P.” sits on a throne with her arms around two men labeled “Monopolist” and “Fraudulent Pension Grabber” who are winking at the viewer. Caption: Mrs. G.O.P. – “These are my jewels!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-04-25
David B. “Hill” holds a knife labeled “Spite” and sneaks up behind a woman labeled “National Democratic Party” who is sitting at a table, reading a paper labeled “Wilson Bill.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-04-25
A woman labeled “Democratic Party” peers through an opening labeled “Jeffersonian Principles” in an underground shelter, while a tornado rages overhead with dark clouds labeled “Indignation, Dissatisfaction, Defeat, [and] Hard Times.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-05-02
A small dog wearing a collar labeled “Boutelle” is bound with heavy chains and a large padlock labeled “Democratic Majority.” The dog sits outside a doghouse labeled “Minority Kennel.” He is exposed to the cold and snow of winter.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-02-14
The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant are depicted in a stable eating hay. They both turn to look at a small goat labeled “Consumers’ Party” that has just arrived to join them in the stable.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-07-28
Three women cyclists are labeled “Republican Party, Dem. Party, [and] Populist Party.” The Democrat has hit broken glass and ruined her front tire and the Populist is having a bumpy ride on the rocks along the side of the road. They cannot keep up with the Republican cyclist. Caption: Democratic Party–She needn’t put on so much style; – the wind may soon get out… [text missing].
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-07-03
Puck dances with two elderly women labeled “Republican Party” and “Democratic Party.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt addresses the issue of machine party politics in New York. He touches on the gubernatorial race and various Senators in the state legislature, including Charles Francis Murphy and William Barnes. Roosevelt is campaigning for a non-machine politics candidate, “stalwart of good government, the unflinching fighter for real reform, Frederick M. Davenport.” Roosevelt continues to cover tariffs while mentioning the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act and the Revenue Act of 1913.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914
Six policemen labeled “Chafin, Taft, Debs, Watson, Hisgen, [and] Bryan” gather around a young boy labeled “Reactionary Voter” standing on “Radical Ave.” The boy appears confused by all the political parties represented by the various candidates – Eugene W. Chafin of the Prohibition Party, William H. Taft of the Republican Party, Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party of America, Thomas E. Watson of the Populist Party, Thomas L. Hisgen of the United States Independent Party, and William Jennings Bryan of the Democratic Party. Caption: Chorus of Kindly Cops — Don’t you know where you belong, little boy? / The Waif — No-o-o! I’m a-all turned round. Boo-hoo!
“The Lost Child” is a curious cartoon in the Puck Magazine canon, and in its portrayal of the contemporary political situation. S. D. Ehrhart, who had been moonlighting or freelancing for a small radical publication The Square Deal, presents an unusual scenario in the double-page cartoon.
Vignettes depict the presidential candidates for the 1908 election, each learning their fortunes regarding the outcome of the election. Norman Edward Mack as a palm reader tells William Jennings Bryan that his “line of ambition is phenomenally long. Likewise your line of talk. You can’t lose.” Frank H. Hitchcock as a seer gazing into a crystal ball, which shows the face of Theodore Roosevelt, tells William H. Taft that he sees “nothing but success.” Thomas L. Hisgen is reading cards labeled “W. R. Hearst.” Thomas E. Watson sees the word “Cinch” in the stars. Eugene W. Chafin is reading tea leaves. Eugene V. Debs is dropping hot lead into a cauldron showing the White House.
Puck had grown comfortable with double-page cartoons comprised of vignettes on a theme, and ran them approximately once a month. This cartoon is a rare three-man “jam,” the central drawings by Will Crawford. In keeping with the magazine’s routine depictions, Republican William H. Taft is happy and confident; his Democrat rival William Jennings Bryan is unkempt, seedy, and in need of a shave (the power of subconscious graphic subtleties!)
Outline of Francis Curtis’s book, The Republican Party: A History of its Fifty Years’ Existence and a Record of its Measures and Leaders, 1854-1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt, as the biblical Lot, flees Sodom and Gomorrah which are engulfed in flames labeled “Partisan Politics.” Caption: Lot Roosevelt and the political Sodom and Gomorrah.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-07-13
Performance of “Bull Moose march” by Rachel Nozny, flute, and Beverly Everett, piano. The flute part was added and arranged by Beverly Everett. The original sheet music was composed and published by Brookes C. Peters and distributed in 1912 by T. B. Harms Co. of New York.
Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.
Dedicated to the Progressive Party, this composition has a cover design that features an illustration of a moose head framed by a circle.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1912
The sheet music for “Bull Moose March” by Erwin R. Schmidt is a new edition and noted as the “First and Original March, Dedicated to the National Progressive Convention, Chicago, August 5, 1912.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1912