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Theodore Roosevelt expresses his lack of knowledge about the political situation in New Mexico even though Robert Munro Ferguson, Alford Warriner Cooley, and George Curry have fed Roosevelt information. Roosevelt ends his letter by asking to see Cutting whenever possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-14
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his appreciation for Charles Dwight Willard’s frank and sincere letter, as well as his admiration for Willard’s work. Roosevelt discusses his “genuine sympathy” for the common, hard-working man and outlines his views on democracy as both a form of government and as an ideal. Roosevelt also discusses the pros and cons of initiative, referendum, and recall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt pleads with James Rudolph Garfield not to ask him to write a foreword, as it would be pointless to make another statement on the subject. Roosevelt has already written to West and Ernest Thompson Seton about the Boy Scouts, and that statement could still be used if necessary. Roosevelt wants Garfield to join him at Oyster Bay the next time he visits New York so that they can discuss politics, particularly Taft’s “blunders.” Taft’s reliance upon Congress in relation to the matter with Mexico is, Roosevelt feels, a failure of a president’s duty to lead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
President Roosevelt thanks William Kent for the information he sends about Maltby, and might borrow from Kent’s speech on democracy in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-06
President Roosevelt thanks French Ambassador Jusserand for the books he sent. Roosevelt tells Jusserand he is glad to have the distraction of his upcoming African Safari. Roosevelt shares his thoughts about leaving office, and the duty of a president to make the office as strong as possible, while at the same time not grasping for permanent power. Roosevelt discusses the problems with Turkey and Venezuela, adding that he wishes France could solve everything.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-03
President Roosevelt agrees with Cecil Spring Rice that the love of ease and luxury in the upper classes of the English-speaking world and France is dangerous. Germany does not suffer this problem, but instead is in danger from the vices of industrialism, as is Japan. Roosevelt hopes that Russia may steer a middle course between bureaucracy and anarchy. Roosevelt thinks Spring Rice may idealize the past too much, and says that “it is our business to do everything we can to be both decent and efficient under conditions as we actually find them.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-21
President Roosevelt would like to meet with Howard Pyle regarding Delaware politics and the “reformers” before Pyle publishes his article. Roosevelt believes that his political theories have been applied in practice. He directs Pyle to look at the “Latitude and Longitude among Reformers” section of Strenuous Life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-17
Charles L. Maurer invites Theodore Roosevelt on behalf of the Historical Political Club at Ursinus College to address them on November 6th regarding political science subjects.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-20
Warren H. Hixon asks Theodore Roosevelt how he would define “Rooseveltism.” Hixon has been assigned to speak briefly on the topic to the Friday Night club of Chesterton, Indiana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
J. M. Conover asks Theodore Roosevelt for advice on preparing “for a clean political career.” He inquires if a college course in political science is preferable to one in law and if a statesman must even be a lawyer. Conover apologies for any impudence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20
William F. King encloses a letter written to New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell. He discusses the political climate in New York and mentions the Rosenthal Japanese silk case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-26
Print shows a large frog labeled “La Ligue Patriotique” and “Paul Déroulède” sitting on a lily pad labeled “Anti-Semitism”; standing on the shore is a man, wearing a phrygian cap and holding a paper that states “Vive La Republique,” watching the frog explode.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-03-22
Print shows a large female figure labeled “France” holding a flag that states “The Truth at Any Cost” and a fasces, while diminutive male figures tug at her dress. The latter are labeled “Militarism, Jesuitism, Imperialism, Orleanism, [and] Socialism.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-09-13
Two-page manuscript by Vice President Roosevelt about Oliver Cromwell on White House stationery. Text is comparing Cromwell to George Washington.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901
J. Pierpont Morgan labeled “Flim-Flam Journalism,” John D. Rockefeller labeled “Flim-Flam Business,” and Edward Henry Harriman labeled “Flim-Flam Politics” gather around a table watching a toy of Theodore Roosevelt sitting on an egg-shaped base labeled “Personal Popularity” rocking back and forth.
The Wobble, a child’s toy of amusement and not skill, was patented in 1906 and was popular when this cartoon was drawn. They were made of tin or wood or paper mache (especially its clone, the Roly Poly) and children were frustrated or amused when the figures proved impossible to fall.