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Uncle Sam comforts a crying female figure labeled “Cuba,” as two men with broken swords labeled “Insurgent” and “Spaniard” take a break from fighting. Caption: When insurgent and Spaniard have worn themselves out fighting for Cuba, Uncle Sam may step in and comfort the fair damsel.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-07-10
President McKinley, with an enormous white elephant labeled “Philippines” wearing an eye patch labeled “Aguinaldoism” behind him, speaks to the 55th Congress. Many of the Congressmen react with fear, notably, George F. Hoar in the lower left foreground, and Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed who drops the gavel. Caption: President McKinley (to the 55th Congress)–Now, gentlemen, I’ve done my share; – I pressed the Spaniards; you do the rest!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-12-21
An elderly woman labeled “Spain,” possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggles to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled “Cuba,” armed with a gun and sword, and the other labeled “Philippine Islands,” armed with a crude hatchet and knife.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-11-18
Spanish general and Cuban governor Valerià Weyler sits on his horse on an island labeled “Cuba.” A bomb labeled “Dissatisfaction” is burning near the rear of the horse. In the background, the dark clouds of the Cuban rebellion are overshadowed by heavier clouds of war labeled “Græco-Turkish War.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-05-12
The “G.O.P.” elephant, as an emperor during the Manchu Dynasty, sits on a throne looking at men labeled “Wilson, Champ Clark, Foss, Harmon, [and] Underwood” armed with large knives or swords.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-11-15
General Davis goes over several incidents between the Moros and United States military personnel in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-27
Senator Lodge encloses a telegram from Francis B. Forbes, who has experience in China and the Philippines. Lodge suggests they take Forbes’ opinion on the potential conflict with the Moros seriously. Lodge thinks that war with the Moros “should be avoided at all hazards,” especially in light of the recent insurrection in Luzon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-19
Jacob Gould Schurman reviews the issues in the Philippines and recommends buying land from the friars and selling it to Filipinos.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25