Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

President Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke that when Maria Longworth Storer wrote to him saying that Francis Augustus MacNutt must be received at the White House in order to be reinstated in the Papal Service, Roosevelt “strongly objected to being used in such a manner,” and refused to do so. He does not see why this conversation should require him to investigate MacNutt’s removal, which happened more than twelve years ago. Besides which, he now distrusts any information that came from Mrs. Storer. Roosevelt has also been reading Life of Morton, and is impressed. He compares the work of various authors of history.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Dudley Foulke discusses the press coverage written by Carl Schurz during the recent presidential campaign. Foulke sees Schurz’ literary style in a speech of a Democratic candidate, Judge Parker. Foulke has enclosed a clipping of the speech. Foulke is outraged that the New York Post, which did not endorse President Roosevelt, is now praising him since he has won.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

Creator(s)

Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935

President Roosevelt is glad Joseph Bucklin Bishop is involved in the campaign. He discusses various factors that would sway public support for him. Roosevelt mentions press coverage of an inflammatory speech by Alabama Congressman Heflin in the Washington Post. Roosevelt also comments on his relationship with Carl Schurz of the Evening Post and writes that his opposition to Roosevelt has a long history.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Bourke Cockran supports American involvement in the Philippines, to the dismay of Anti-Imperialists.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-12

Creator(s)

Unknown

A statue labeled “Thomas Jefferson The Father of Expansion” stands at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, with Puck directing the attention of George Frisbie Hoar and other anti-expansionists Edward Atkinson, Carl Schurz, and Charles Francis Adams, who look on in disbelief.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-04-15

Anti-imperialists George Frisbie Hoar, Carl Schurz, Edward Atkinson, Charles Francis Adams, and Andrew Carnegie are drowning in “Quicksand of Public Opinion,” with the U.S. Capitol building in the background.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-08-27

George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, David B. Hill, and former Massachusetts Governor George S. Boutwell place their “Anti-Expansion Speech” at the feet of a huge American soldier holding a rifle and the American flag, while opposite them Filipinos place guns and swords at the soldier’s feet. Caption: The American Filipinos and the Native Filipinos will have to submit.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-06-04

William Jennings Bryan is a large spider labeled “Free Silver” with three flies labeled “White, Schurz, [and] Godkin” caught in his web labeled “16 to 1,” “Anti-expansion,” “Chicago Platform,” and “Bryanism.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-10-10

William Jennings Bryan stands in the stirrups of his mount, a donkey labeled “Democracy,” directing the honor guard led by Adlai E. Stevenson, and including Henry R. Towne, Joseph Pulitzer, and Carl Schurz carrying a large flag with a portrait of Emilio Aguinaldo under the heading “The George Washington of the Philippines.” Also included are Oswald Ottendorfer, Edwin Lawrence Godkin, William Bourke Cockran, John Peter Altgeld, and William Sulzer.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-10-17

Illustration shows two views of William Jennings Bryan sitting at a desk working on his campaign principles. The lower scene shows Bryan preparing for the 1896 presidential election. To the right are Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, William Bourke Cockran, Richard Olney, and David B. Hill, all in disagreement with Bryan, each holding a sheet of paper disclaiming his principles. In the upper scene, Bryan has crossed out 1896 and replaced it with 1900, adhering to, and remaining consistent with, his earlier principles. To the right are the same five disclaimers. This time they bow to Bryan and offer only one comment: “We do not believe you will do what you promise to do, and we admire you because we think you are insincere. Hill, Olney, Cockran, Watterson, Schurz.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-10-24

William Jennings Bryan holds a large bellows labeled “Bryanism,” which he is using to fan the flames of a small campfire labeled “Imperialism.” On the left side of the fire is Carl Schurz and on the right, kneeling on the ground, is Adlai E. Stevenson. They blow on the fire as well, to no effect.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-10-31

A German American man stands in front of a banner showing bust portraits of President William McKinley and Governor Theodore Roosevelt. As he casts his vote, he uses his left hand, holding papers labeled “Naturalization,” to brush aside the German Emperor, William II, and Carl Schurz. Caption: He does his own thinking, and will do his own voting.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-10-31

A huge Uncle Sam gets a new outfit made at the “McKinley and Company National Tailors” with President William McKinley taking the measurements. Carl Schurz, Joseph Pulitzer, and Oswald Ottendorfer stand inside the entrance to the shop and Schurz is offering Uncle Sam a spoonful of “Anti-Expansion Policy” medicine, a bottle of which each is carrying. On the right are bolts of cloth labeled “Enlightened Foreign Policy” and “Rational Expansion.” The strips on Uncle Sam’s trousers are labeled “Texas, Louisiana Purchase, Alaska, Florida, California, Hawaii, [and] Porto Rico.” Caption: The Antis. — Here, take a dose of this anti-fat and get slim again! Uncle Sam. — No, Sonny!, I never did take any of that stuff, and I’m too old to begin!

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-09-05

President William McKinley stands on the steps to the U.S. Capitol, holding up two flags, one labeled “Expansion” and the other labeled “Sound Money.” Tiny figures at the foot of the steps show William Jennings Bryan and his “Anti-Expansion” and “16 to 1” followers trying to dislodge the flag poles.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-08-29

President Roosevelt sends Carl L. Schurz his sympathies on the recent death of Schurz’s father, Carl Schurz.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Frederic Bancroft to send a copy of the proof of a letter so that it can be shown to Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt will then see whether or not his replies to Mr. Schurz are printed correctly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-12

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Frederic Bancroft that Roosevelt does not have any of the letters by Mr. Schurz. He suggests Bancroft might be able to obtain them from the White House.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-01

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt objects to Frederic Bancroft publishing one of Roosevelt’s letters to Carl Schurz, as it would be a discourtesy to Czar Nicholas II. Bancroft may publish the other.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt praises General Winkler for his conduct while attending a state visit by Prince Heinrich of Prussia. Roosevelt had invited several prominent German Americans to meet Prince Heinrich and especially wanted Winkler to attend. Roosevelt criticized other attendees, including Carl Schurz, for showing too much deference to the Prince and speaking to him only in German. Winkler, however, spoke in English and treated him as he would any prominent foreigner regardless of royal birth. Roosevelt considered this an example to all Americans.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wishes he could be present at a meeting where Harry Rubens is scheduled to speak in honor of the late Carl Schurz. As he cannot, he writes to Rubens to tell him of his own appreciation of Schurz’s memory, saying that Schurz upheld the policies of Abraham Lincoln in every arena he was in, and that he was a champion of civil service reform and sound money.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919