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President Roosevelt is shown sailing a ship, sitting on a seat labeled “2nd Term.” Senator Hanna has dropped a megaphone labeled “Managership” and is being thrown overboard as the boom, labeled “My Boom – Teddy,” hits him. Caption: Teddy-“Why, Mark, must you be going?”
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1904
Senator Hanna is shown derailed by the powerful locomotive President Roosevelt is driving behind him. Caption: It will go hard with the handcar when the Strenuosity Limited comes along.
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1902
Mark Hanna stands in the doorway of a room labeled Roosevelt’s Presidential Training Quarters. Theodore Roosevelt has been practicing on a 1904 Practice Dummy. Cartoon is regarding the 1904 President Election.
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1902-03-25
Theodore Roosevelt is shown beating a man labeled “1904” in a wrestling match as Mark Hanna looks on nervously. Cartoon is regarding the 1904 President Election.
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1902-03-26
President Roosevelt and his cabinet share a “Vapor Bath Cabinet” being heated by a lamp labeled “Strenuous Policy,” as Marcus Alonzo Hanna looks on from outside. Secretary of State John Hay and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock are shown sweating, while President Roosevelt is shown to be staying cool without a problem. Cartoon is regarding Hanna’s 1904 presidential aspirations.
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1902-04-03
Marcus Alonzo Hanna is shown sitting on a throne, using the White House as a footstool, holding out bail money to an incarcerated Estes G. Rathbone. Cartoon is regarding Hanna’s 1904 presidential aspirations.
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1902-04-18
President Roosevelt and Senator Hanna are shown on a merry-go-round trying to capture a ring labeled “Republican nomination for president, 1904.” Caption: Mark – If Teddy misses, the ring is mine.
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1902-05-29
A “Corporate Leach” cheers for Senator Hanna outside the window of the White House as President Roosevelt looks on. Under the window, the “White House cat” says, “I’m off for the Philippines.”
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1902-06-08
President Roosevelt, on a horse labeled “1904,” talks with farmer “Hanna,” seated on the fence of his cornfield, labeled “capital and labor.” Caption: “Your crops, Neighbor, must require a great deal of trouble.”
“Nope, I just sit around and watch ’em grow!”
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1902-06-05
President Roosevelt swims in a “Pool of Popularity” while a large man who has donned Roosevelt’s shed Rough Rider clothing stands in the foreground. The clothes are an ill fit, and beneath the breeches extend pantaloons with dollar signs on them.
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1902-06-14
Scrapbook of cartoons covering the 1904 presidential election, collected from various newspapers dated 1903 and 1904.
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1903-1904
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. Theodore Roosevelt, while passing through Bismarck, denied supporting General Logan and James Gillespie Blaine for the 1888 presidential election. He refused to express an opinion on political questions.
1886-08-12
President Roosevelt begins his letter to Cecil Spring Rice discussing the presidential election and how Alton B. Parker and the Democratic Party chose to campaign. Roosevelt mentions his plans to send Ambassador to Italy George von Lengerke Meyer to St. Petersburg, and spends the rest of the letter discussing Japan and Russia. The Japanese government treats Americans well, while Russia has treated the United States, England, and Japan poorly. However, Roosevelt believes the Japanese Army groups all white men together and considers such men inferior to themselves, as evidenced by the experience of American military attachés in Japan. The president opines that Russia is the main enemy of Japan, as long as it focuses on China, Korea, and Manchuria. However, if Japan desires to become a maritime power, it could threaten the United States, England, and the Netherlands. Roosevelt concludes his letter by saying, “[W]e must trust in the Lord and keep our powder dry and our eyes open.”
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1904-12-27
President Roosevelt enjoyed reading the book by George Otto Trevelyan’s son, George Macaulay Trevelyan, and comments that he finds reading a great comfort, a “dissipation which I have to sometimes try to avoid, instead of an irksome duty.” The presidential campaign is now opening and Roosevelt has been told he will be nominated without opposition, although he does not know who the Democrats will nominate and what the ultimate result of the election will be. Roosevelt feels that the American system of government is somewhat inferior to the British system in that “the Presidential office tends to put a premium upon a man’s keeping out of trouble rather than upon his accomplishing results,” whereas this is not as much the case for Prime Ministers. Roosevelt feels that his actions in ending the anthracite coal strike, and his dealings in Cuba and Panama, speak for themselves and have been for the good of the American people, but he knows that his actions have also earned him opponents.
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1904-05-28
President Roosevelt tells Sir George Otto Trevelyan of his happiness regarding the recent 1904 presidential election, and remarks that he is glad people decided to support the positive message of the Republican Party, rather than the negativity of the Democratic Party. The president attributes his victory to the clear-cut message in his speeches and addresses as well as those canvassing for him. Roosevelt discusses the differences between the American president and other political leaders and believes the American president is more like the British prime minister than the French president. he additionally reflects on his intention not to run for a third term. Even without the convention of only two terms, the president believes it would be better for Secretary of War William H. Taft or Elihu Root to succeed him; they are similar in policy, but would have fresh thoughts and ways. Roosevelt concludes by discussing his recent reading. He praises a section from one of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches after his reelection and equates certain American political leaders to characters in Charles Dickens’s works.
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1904-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt agrees that it was phenomenal to start a new party and defeat the Republicans. Governor Wilson was the strongest possible Democrat but his vote total was reduced to less than what William Jennings Bryan received in 1908. Roosevelt expects the Democrats to hold power for some time but the Progressives must remain prepared to serve the nation.
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1912-11-12
The odds were too long on Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign and their only option is to maintain the Progressive Party as an independent political party. He is not concerned about the name of the party but thinks that using Progressive Republican Party would alienate progressive Democrats and provide an opening to Republican political bosses. Roosevelt would like to discuss the political situation with Seth Bullock.
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1912-11-12
Although Theodore Roosevelt ended up losing the state, Frank Harper was encouraged by the early returns from Vermont and Roosevelt’s success in Lewis P. Thayer’s county. The Progressive Party has a “firm stand” in almost every state.
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1912-11-11
If Theodore Roosevelt had known of Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall’s bet he would have forbidden Weigall from taking such heavy odds. Governor Wilson could not be beaten as his nomination satisfied all sections of the Democratic Party. However, Roosevelt does not regret the campaign as they fought for a “higher ideal.”
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1912-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from Sir Alfred E. Pease and learn of his recent marriage. He describes the attempt on his life as a “mere trifle” compared to Pease’s hunting experiences. Roosevelt made a “good fight” during the presidential election and has no regrets. Governor Woodrow Wilson could not be defeated as his candidacy “satisfied all sections of the Democratic Party” but President William H. Taft was beaten.
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1912-11-08