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The first circular of the Society of American Wars of the United States provides details about the new society, including its establishment, structure, organization, and various qualifications for membership. Additionally, the letter encourages members to urge their Congressional representatives to pass a law which would make illegal any desecration of the American flag.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-01
Theodore Roosevelt hopes the delegates to the State Convention of Utah will align with other states to overcome “boss rule and the rule of special interests” to ensure democracy and “the cause of progressive Republicanism.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05
President Roosevelt has heard that Idaho Governor Frank Robert Gooding has received contributions from mine owners to help in the prosecution of the alleged murderers of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg, and tells Idaho Statesman owner Calvin Cobb that if this is true it would represent “the grossest impropriety.” The government must show that it is a neutral party and is not working on behalf of either the mine owners or the Western Federation of Miners. Roosevelt has previously condemned labor unions sending money to the accused, and just as strongly condemns capitalists sending in money to support the prosecution. He asks that Cobb show this letter to Gooding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-20
President Roosevelt fears that the number of private and special pension bills being passed by Congress has grown too large. Important matters are being ignored in favor of granting favors. Roosevelt does not want to use the veto power on minor legislation but “the danger line in this class of legislation” is being approached.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-11
Elijah E. Knott pleads for William Jennings Bryan to support Theodore Roosevelt and fight for the people’s rights against special privilege. Knott encloses a cartoon calls “Bird of a Feather,” which Knott believes to be expressive of the truth.
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1912-03-11
Governor Stubbs requests that Theodore Roosevelt deliver some public speeches to encourage his supporters against the special privileges that are supporting President Taft. The people of Kansas are hoping that Roosevelt can make several stops in their state.
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1912-03-07
J. Horace McFarland contradicts a recent statement by Theodore Roosevelt, saying that he both does “have influence, and ought to have influence,” and cannot divest himself of it. McFarland spoke with Senator Elihu Root recently about a treaty concerning Niagara Falls, and has found that Root plans to stick to the text of the treaty regardless of is effect on the waterfall. McFarland expresses his concern about several other legislative topics, and feels that the American Civic Association may need Roosevelt’s help in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-02
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward asks permission of President Roosevelt to share a previous letter of his with the Governor-Elect of Massachusetts, Curtis Guild. While she has thus far followed Roosevelt’s wish to keep the letter private, Ward would like to impress some slight political pressure for the anti-vivisection movement, to ensure that the movement gets fair treatment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17
A small man labeled “Consumer” is badly bruised after running between two rows of Native Americans labeled “Provision Trust, Ice Trust, Fuel Trust, Butter & Egg Trust, Clothing Trust, [and] Copper Trust” who have beaten him with a sack of “Self Rising Flour” and a “Sugar Cured” ham, a coal scuttle, bundle of wood, a “Gas Meter,” ice tongs, eggs, copper coins, and a bolt of cloth with boots, socks, and gloves attached. Caption: And every year he votes as though he liked it.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-06-16
A woman labeled “Democracy,” carrying a satchel with papers labeled “Free Trade,” is lamenting being turned out of her home into a shower of torn paper labeled “Protection Sentiment.” The door of “Meh own home” is labeled “Southern Senator.”
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1909-06-16
A baseball game between the “Ultimate Consumer A. C. [Athletic Club]” and the “Monopoly Giants” is underway. A “Giants” ballplayer is sliding head-first into a base and is being tagged out by a “Consumer” ballplayer with a ball labeled “Tariff Reduction.” Although the base runner has not even reached the base, the umpire labeled “Congress” calls the base runner, who winks and points at the umpire, safe. Caption: “He’s safe!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-06-02
A large hand labeled “Protected Interests” crushes with its thumb the dome of the U.S. Capitol labeled “Congress” rocketing into the sky atop a pillar of fire with a devilish figure labeled “Cost of Living.”
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1909-04-21
In a fox hunting scene, a man labeled “Special Privilege” rides on a horse labeled “Congress” through “The People’s Field” labeled “Trade, Individualism, Enterprise, [and] Opportunity.” He is following several dogs labeled “Land Trust, Oil Trust, Coal, Metal Trust, Lumber Trust, [and] Franchise Grabber” in pursuit of a fox labeled “Natural Resource.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-05-05
In a battle, at a breach in the “Tariff Wall,” “Trusts, Monopoly, [and] Stand Pat” forces are being led by a king labeled “American Protective Tariff League.” They are repelling invaders fighting for “Fair Trade” and “Honest Revision.” Caption: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more / Or close the wall up with our Standpat dead!”
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1909-05-12
A man representing big business exhorts two men labeled “Trusts” to test their strength by hitting a peg shaped like a man labeled “Consumer” with a large mallet labeled “Tariff.” Joseph Gurney Cannon is standing to the left, pointing a baton at the consumer, showing the man with the mallet where to strike. The top of the tower, where the bell hangs, is labeled “Profits.” The U.S. Capitol is just beyond the trees, in the background. Caption: The harder you hit it, the higher it goes.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-05-12
William H. Taft offers a spoonful of “Square Revision” to an over-sized child labeled “Infant Industries,” telling her that if she does not take the medicine, the “Free Trade” bug-a-boo will get her. Hanging on the wall above is a sign that states, “An ounce of revision is worth a pound of cure.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-01-20
A runaway pig labeled “The Tariff Issue” drags Joseph Gurney Cannon behind it. They are being chased by John Dalzell, Nelson W. Aldrich, Sereno Elisha Payne, and J. S. Sherman. An overturned cart labeled “Steel Trust” has spilled its contents of steel railroad rails. Andrew Carnegie, wearing a kilt, stands next to the cart waving his hat and gesturing to the congressmen. In the background is a large crowd, some in pursuit, and the U.S. Capitol.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-01-13
This vignette cartoon depicts how economies of scale determine public opinion. For instance, “no. 9” shows a handful of criminals robbing a citizen on the street. The criminals are considered “desperate and dangerous highwaymen.” In “no. 10,” however, three men labeled “Trust” have Uncle Sam at gunpoint and are “robbing the whole country by the tariff,” yet they “are ‘great industrial and financial magnates.'”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-08-25
Nelson W. Aldrich is pictured as a medieval warrior returned home from battles in far-away lands. He is greeted by a robust, full-bosomed woman labeled “Privilege” with a large money bag hanging at her side, and a child labeled “Infant Industries.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-08-04
A bloated man labeled “Trusts” holds a gold mining pan holding large gold nuggets, drawn from a stream labeled “Dingley Tariff.” The stream is flowing from the U.S. Capitol building.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-08-25