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William Jennings Bryan, with a huge smile, sits on the Democratic donkey labeled “Democracy” with a long, sad face. Bryan is gleefully waving his hat in the direction of a violent riot involving street railroads and an angry mob, with gunshots and explosions as the crowd overturns a streetcar.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-07-04
President Roosevelt tells Caspar Whitney that he will read all of the articles Whitney has sent him, and that he “won’t be shaken” from his current views on the “Twenty-fifth infantry”–the African American soldiers blamed for the recent riot at Brownsville, Texas–unless new facts come to his attention. Roosevelt also appreciates Whitney’s thoughts on journalist Poultney Bigelow
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-05
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that reports on the “murderous riot at Brownsville” Texas leave him questioning the blame placed upon the African American soldiers involved. Roosevelt asks for a thorough investigation and report on the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-05
Secretary of War Taft would like President Roosevelt to read over his comments on the Brownsville affair and the discharge of African American soldiers from the 25th Infantry Regiment. In a postscript, Taft writes that he read the comments of Gilchrist Stewart on behalf of the discharged soldiers; he wonders if Stewart’s claims about the white townspeople killing the barkeeper, wounding the chief of police, and attacking women and children, before passing the blame onto the African American soldiers, are in fact possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906