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Two men and Carl Schurz, holding hands and labeled “C. & H.”, sit on James Gillespie Blaine who is lying on the ground wearing armor.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-11-26
An explosion has occurred at the “Claim Agency, Formerly Republican Head Quarters” with William M. Evarts peeking through the opening in the tent to survey the damage. Several small kiosks labeled “Machine Republicans Meet Here, County Democracy Blaine Exchange, Tribune Blaine Organ, [and] Friends of Tammany Meet Here” have been blown over and damaged. Also knocked to the ground by the blast were “Keifer, [Blaine holding a paper that states “I Claim Everything”], Logan, W. Reid, Butler, Dana, Burchard [labeled “R.R.R.”], Robeson, Elkins, Dorsey,” and an unidentified man lying on the ground next to bags of “Soap.” On horseback, in the upper left corner, is Grover Cleveland holding a scroll labeled “Reform,” and a Puck character carrying a standard labeled “Independents.” Among the ranks are Carl Schurz, George W. Curtis, and Henry Ward Beecher. Strewn on the ground are papers that state “I.O.U. If we win. J. G., I.O.U. Conditional on Success, C.W.F., [and] I.O.U. If you get there, J. Roach”; and several of the downed “Mulligan Guard” hold papers that state “We Still Claim,” whereas Dana’s paper states “I Give Up.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-11-19
The Governor of New York, David B. Hill, rides backwards on the Democratic donkey labeled “Democracy” running on railroad tracks near a sign that states “Look Out for the Enlightening Express.” He is waving papers labeled “Defiance to Mugwumps” at a locomotive labeled “Independents” bearing down on him and driven by a familiar Puck cartoon figure with Carl Schurz standing behind him. To the right of the tracks are an old man dressed as a clown labeled “Sun,” looking down at a small elephant lying on the ground, also dressed as a clown, that looks like Benjamin F. Butler. Next to them are William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid resting on the fallen Republican elephant that looks like James G. Blaine and is labeled “Ditched Nov. 1884.” Caption: The little experiment made by the Blaine Republicans last year will now be repeated by the New York Democrats.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-10-07
Columbia stands with Puck’s figure for the “Independent” party/vote and Puck who is holding a design drawing for a statue labeled “Reform,” which is under construction behind them by “D. W. Everett, Rev. J. F. Clarke, Beecher, Col. The. Lyman, Schurz, H. White, G. F. Williams, Curtis, [and] Jones.” The building blocks are labeled “Scratchem 1879, Anti-3rd Termism 1880, Tidal Wave Elections 1882, Civil Service Reform Bill, [and] Republican Revolt 1884.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-11-05
At a boathouse is an exhausted James Gillespie Blaine, suffering from “Guano Gout,” being attended by Jay Gould, Whitelaw Reid, George M. Robeson, William Walter Phelps, and Stephen B. Elkins who is searching a box of patent medicines labeled “Remedy, Record Cleaner, Tariff Fever Cure, R.R. Record Purifier, Tattoo Eradicator, [and] Vermont Reviver (Homoepathic)” for a cure. John A. Logan readies the racing shell labeled “Aggressive Campaign” that may be stuck in “Monopoly Mud,” and Stephen Wallace Dorsey, at the entrance to the boathouse, carries oars labeled “Soap” and [Star] “Router.” Hanging on the wall are shells and oars labeled “Guano Statesmanship, Speaker Ship’s Record Boat, Senatorial Record, [and] Tariff Issue.” Grover Cleveland waits in his racing shell labeled “Reform” and Carl Schurz stands at the entrance to the “Independent Boat House” which is next to the “Democratic Boat House.” In the background is a crowded grandstand. Caption: Logan – “Come, Jim, show some nerve, or nobody won’t believe you’re in the race! Ain’t you never going to be aggressive?”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-09-10
Print shows three “advertising” sideshows, on the left, the “Great Northern Pacific R.R. Show Patronized by the European Aristocracy” with Henry Villard as the barker and Carl Schurz playing a drum. Includes portraits hanging on the side of the tent showing a “Famous German Painter engaged at a cost of $15,000!!!”, a “Celebrated German Author, A Live German Baron!!, British Interests Member of Parliament, A Genuine English Lord, the real article, Bavarian General, [and] English Aristocrat.” On the right is the “Great Yellowstone Park Show” with “Uncle Rufus Hatch” as barker and Charles A. Dana playing the trombone; includes portraits hanging on the side of the tent showing a “Scout, Arthur’s Cabinet [Robert Todd Lincoln], Little “Phil” Sheridan, Great American General, [and] President Arthur” fishing. At center, in the background, is the “Western Union Show” with Jay Gould sitting in front of a tent labeled “Happy Family Inside.” Between the sideshows are several well-dressed, serious-minded men, one labeled “Investor”, considering the merits of each show before investing. Caption: Showman Villard “Step up and invest! Here you have English lords, German barons, foreign authors, bankers, poets – all imported expressly for this show, at enormous expense!” / Uncle Rufus “Here you are! This is the only genuine patriotic American show. Put your money here!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-09-05
“Evarts, Reid, Robeson, Logan, [and] Blaine” and William W. Phelps stand on the remains of a bridge “washed away by the freshet of Nov. 1884” labeled “Partisan Civil Service” and find it difficult to get to the other side of the river. In the background, on a solid “Civil Service Reform” bridge are President Cleveland, members of his cabinet, Carl Schurz, and others unidentified, one holding a sheet of paper labeled “A Mugwump Engineer” and others holding a board labeled “Tariff Reform.” In the upper left corner is a flag pole with a banner that states “Non-Partisan Civil Service” and a municipal building labeled “Good Government.” Caption: The Democrats have the Mugwump bridge, and a fair chance to reach the goal; but our Republican friends seem to have struck a pretty hard road to travel, just at present.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-06-10
Draft of a speech with handwritten corrections. Governor Roosevelt rebukes several statements from William Jennings Bryan regarding economic policy, bimetallism, patriotism, and imperialism.
1900-09-06
Governor Roosevelt declines a visit to the Cowles’s residence, as he must work on state business every day until after his next trip out West. Roosevelt describes aspects of the political campaign that he finds frustrating and difficult, although he believes his ticket will win the election in the end.
1900-08-18
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt makes lunch and dinner plans for his upcoming visit to the home of his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
1898
Edith Roosevelt is still not in good health and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is suffering daily headaches. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt discusses his upcoming visit with Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
1898-01-17
Edith Roosevelt is recovering slowly and being cared for by a nurse. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt suggests the guest list for his rescheduled visit to Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s home.
1898-01-12
Plans for Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to the Cowles’s house may change because Anna Roosevelt Cowles might have to travel to see her husband. Roosevelt is concerned about Bob’s health.
1897
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt arranges guests for lunch and dinner on an upcoming visit to see Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
1897-12-31
Governor Roosevelt regrets the attitude of Carl Schurz and was surprised that the proposition of Andrew Dickson White as the vice presidential candidate was not better received. He discusses “the Turkish business” and explains the reasons for the exemptions he made for certain tax collectors and appraisers, noting that if Holls would like to write another letter to The Times, he should read the letter from George McAneny, Secretary of the Civil Service Reform Association. Roosevelt expresses his concern for the health of Caroline M. Holls and notes that both he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed the evening on the Hills.
1900-05-25
The author of this article blasts William Jennings Bryan for his statements about the presidency. However, the article also plays with the images evoked by Carl Schurz’s use of the word “exorcise” in his statement about what the Democratic party should do with Bryan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-09
Joseph B. Bishop sends an enclosure regarding the Civil Service Reform League. Bishop jokes that the Civil Service Reform League must have gotten away from the Schurz element, or they would not have printed so much positive about President Roosevelt. The Post does not print anything positive about Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-12
Carl Schurz provides reasons why the United States should decline to arbitrate the Venezuelan crisis. He believes that the Hague tribunal is perfectly suited for the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-23
President Schurman of Cornell encloses a letter he wrote to Carl Schurz declining an appointment to a committee to investigate alleged atrocities in the Philippines. Schurman believes that with President Roosevelt in control the investigation will receive appropriate treatment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-06