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President Roosevelt carrying a big stick stands beside a man labeled “Senate” casting a vote into the “Dominican Ballot.” To their left stands a woman blindfolded, holding scales in her right hand and an enormous sword “justice” in her left.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-26
A wildlife handling facility scale stands partially constructed in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-10
Columbia stands on a globe labeled “United States,” holding a balance scale labeled “Constitutional Amendment” on which rests a large sword labeled “Centralized Government.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-01-21
Uncle Sam holds up a balance scale with “Labor” on the left and “Capital” on the right. When the two are balanced the scale points toward “Prosperity,” and when uneven the scale points toward “Depression.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-09-18
Two women lean out windows. On the left is an Irish domestic representing the “Dem. Party” and on the right is a well-dressed matron representing the “Rep. Party.” Between them hangs a balance scale labeled “Party Politics” with Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on the left, trying to upset the balance by pulling on the chains, causing the scale to swing wildly, and with Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson on the right, struggling to hang on.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-08-21
A bloated Uncle Sam labeled “Balance of Trade” sits on one side of a scale labeled “Commerce of the World,” outweighing the group of nations on the other side of the scale, “Greece, Spain, China, Russia, Mexico, Africa, Germany, France, England, Turkey, Japan, [and] Asia.” Caption: Uncle Sam’s balance of trade is now the largest favorable balance any nation has ever had in its foreign trade.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-03-13
President Roosevelt thanks Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson for the scale and for her company at lunch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-19
This report provides statistics and analysis regarding tariff concessions to the United States by Brazil, including details of specific rates of imports proportionate to Brazilian exports.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
Cartoon shows blindfolded Justice holding a scale labeled “Republican Administration.” On the heavier side of the scale is a baby labeled “Sugar Trust” wearing a bracelet “12 1/2 [cent sign] and sucking on a bottle labeled “Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209, Dutch Standard.” The lighter side of the scale holds the island of Cuba covered in gravestones and a label “War Bill $300 millions.” The cartoon implies that the Republican administration of Theodore Roosevelt favors the sugar trust over Cuba and the debt incurred during the Spanish American War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows a figure of Justice with two heads, those of Special Envoy to Cuba Tasker Howard Bliss and President of Cuba Tomás Estrada Palma. Justice holds a scale “Reciprocidad” (Reciprocity.) On the left are weights labeled “20%,” “5 years,” and “Art. VII prefertial.” On the right are weights labeled “20%,” “5 anos,” and “Art. VII preferencia,” “Articulo IV.” The weights refer to various provisions related to sugar tariffs in a proposed treaty between the United States and Cuba.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
Cartoon shows blindfolded Justice holding a scale labeled “Republican Administration.” On the heavier side of the scale is a baby labeled “Sugar Trust” wearing a bracelet “12 1/2 [cent sign] and sucking on a bottle labeled “Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209, Dutch Standard.” The lighter side of the scale holds the island of Cuba covered in gravestones and a label “War Bill $300 millions.” The cartoon implies that the Republican administration of Theodore Roosevelt favors the sugar trust over Cuba and the debt incurred during the Spanish American War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
A Republican elephant holds a scale with President Roosevelt and an “anti-trust” paper on one side and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna with a “stand pat” paper on the other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12
President Roosevelt holds down scales so that they are weighted on the “pull” side, which has Leonard Wood and a paper that reads, “promotion to a major generalcy.” The other side, which is labeled “merit,” features a number of men in uniform and with decorations. Caption: This system of weighing is now the subject of a Senatorial investigation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12
Both the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey struggle to tip the 1904 scales, already weighted down with votes from various states, in their favor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11
President Roosevelt will try to persuade C. Hart Merriam to adopt Ernest Thompson Seton’s proposals. Roosevelt enjoyed lunching with Seton and his wife, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, and looks forward to receiving the weight beam.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-22
William H. Taft stands on the “political scales” to see if he meets the requisite number of delegates for “G.O.P. nomination.” Unbeknownst to him, President Roosevelt also puts his weight on the scale.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-21
William Jennings Bryan stands on one side of a scale, cranking out speeches labeled “Wind, Weak Speech, Cheap Oratory, Boy Talk, Silly Speech, Free Silver Sophistry, Dangerous Propositions, Mercenary Reasoning, Silly Speech by Bryan, Bryan’s Blatherskite Oratory, Foolish Speeches by Bryan, Bryan’s Demagogic Speeches, [and] Bryan’s Inflammatory Talk,” which land at the feet of William McKinley, standing on the other side of the scale, holding a paper labeled “Gold Standard.” Caption: The more he talks, the more McKinley weighs.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-10-21
A Dutchman holds with his left hand balance scales on which are pelts and a weight. He is supporting the side of the scales with the pelts with his left foot and is holding the other side of the scales with his right hand in order to cheat the Native of the proper value for his pelts. Caption: As it was in New Amsterdam.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-08
An old hag labeled “Tradition” sits in a chair labeled “Justice” and holds a large balance scale labeled “Law” with ten men on the right and one smug man labeled “Stubbornness, Ignorance, [and] Prejudice” sitting in the tray on the left next to a sack labeled “Venality.” The one man outweighs the other ten. Uncle Sam is attempting to kick the man out of the balance. At his feet is a paper that states “‘Remember, you want twelve jurymen and we want only one’ (Monopolist).” Caption: We shall see the day when Uncle Sam will kick the obstructionist out of the jury-box.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-02-10
Print shows John Inscho Mitchell labeled “Independent Reps.” standing on one side of a balance scale labeled “Republican Scales” and “Penn.” He outweighs J. D. Cameron who sits on the other side of the scale in a dish labeled “Bossism” with the additional weight of “Threats, Tricks, [and] Bluster” added beneath him. Chester Alan Arthur is seated behind them, holding a large sword labeled “Patronage.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-06-28