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Detailed comments on Leslie M. Shaw’s letter to President Roosevelt relating to railroads and the construction of the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-17
Several small boats race on a calm sea for the “Nomination Stake Boat.” In the boats are William H. Taft in the “Gnat” under the banner “Buckeye Y.C.,” Joseph Gurney Cannon in the “Scat” under the banner “Danville Y.C.,” Charles W. Fairbanks in the boat “Ice King” under the banner “Big Darby Y.C.,” Leslie M. Shaw in the boat “Pshaw,” and Elihu Root in the boat “Root.” The face of Theodore Roosevelt fills the sun, smiling down on the becalmed racers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-07-18
President Roosevelt, wearing royal robes, holds on his shoulders a diminutive William H. Taft wearing a crown. Among the throng in the background are Charles W. Fairbanks, Leslie M. Shaw, Thomas Collier Platt, and Joseph Gurney Cannon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-08-01
The sun, with Theodore Roosevelt’s beaming face, is partially covered by smaller planets having the faces of Elihu Root, William H. Taft, and Charles W. Fairbanks. Other “planets” in the background include Leslie M. Shaw, Joseph Benson Foraker, and another that is unidentified. Caption: Political astronomers are watching some aspiring planetoids.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-08-30
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, riding on a hobby horse labeled “Shaw’s Orations,” calls out to fleeing citizens in a valley to stand their ground in the face of a weakening “Stand-Pat Dam” in the background. Caption: Secretary Shaw — Courage, stand-patriots! You can save the dam yet!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-09-13
A bloated old man, his hat labeled “Trusts,” sits on the “U.S. Customs” building. The tiny figure of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is in his vest pocket, and he is anchored to an “American Consumer” bound by the “Dingley Tariff.” He is distressed as Uncle Sam takes a giant stride across the ocean to “Europe” where he can purchase “American Goods Cheap.” Caption: Uncle Samuel — I’ll buy Yankee goods, yew bet! / The American Consumer — Aw, why don’t you buy at home and be a patriot like me.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-06-07
In this vignette cartoon, President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet appear at the center in a meeting. Each has a signboard advertising a patent medicine or other product on their back. Roosevelt’s says, “Strenoline The Famous Vigor Producer A De-Lightful Stimulant, Nervy Mfg. Co, Royster Bay.” Surrounding the central image are scenes showing men, animals, and statues, all with signboards, including an elephant labeled “G.O.P. The Great Tariff Comedian – Continuous Performances.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-01-11
A frenzy of activity is underway as many politicians and capitalists join the labor forces to construct the Panama Canal. Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, is standing on the right, holding a whip, and directing the laborers. In the background, large groups of men labeled “Order of Walking Delegates, The Idle Rich, Amalgamated Aldermen, [and] Insurance Presidents Union No. 6” are waiting, with tools, to be called into action. Caption: Let our superfluous citizens do the work.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-10-18
At center, President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam and Columbia a large plant with flowers showing the members of his cabinet. The surrounding vignettes show a springtime dance of putti, Alton B. Parker shoveling snow at his home in Esopus, an art gallery, Irishmen marching in the rain on Saint Patrick’s Day, a woman cleaning house by sweeping a dust cloud of policemen out the door, and Roosevelt grafting a branch labeled “Indian School Mission,” with blossom of an unidentified bishop of the Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions, onto the “Interior Dept. Tree.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-15
A procession is pictured, led by Secretary of State John Hay cradling the Big Stick, followed by President Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican elephant wearing banners stating “World Power and Empire,” “Rooseveltism,” “High Protection,” “Prosperity,” “Open Door Treasury,” “Good Crops,” “Increased Population,” and “Fine Weather.” Collecting money from the crowd is George B. Cortelyou. Also shown are Republican leaders Elihu Root and Chauncey M. Depew, both of New York; and the journalist and campaign biographer Jacob Riiis; and Secretary Leslie M. Shaw; and plutocrats J. P. Morgan, James J. Hill, and John D. Rockefeller.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-09-21
At center, Uncle Sam looks into a mirror while descending a stairway in a hall. “Swallow” and “Watson” are standing in the hall, holding candles. In the vignette at lower left, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Roosevelt, Fairbanks, Parker, and Davis, arrive in costume. On the lower right they are unmasked and engaged in a game with Columbia. On the middle left is “Bryan” as “An Old Timer,” and on the middle right “Taggart” and “Belmont” play a prank on an elderly woman with a “Bogie Man” labeled “Militarism.” At top left, bobbing for “Campaign Funds” are “Taggart, Bliss, Cortelyou, [and] Belmont,” and at top right “Odell, Shaw, [and] Hill” are “Jumping the Issues.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-10-26
In a battle scene, President Roosevelt is about to make a final charge on “Fort Democracy” labeled “Peace, Constitution, [and] Prosperity.” Performing various functions in Roosevelt’s camp are “Foraker,” “Morton” spying from a balloon, “Allison” raising a flag labeled “Up with the Trusts,” “Woodruff” attending to wounded T.C. “Platt,” “Higgins” and “Odell” with cans of money from a box labeled “Groceries N.Y. State,” “Cortelyou” sharpening a sword, “Shaw” with binoculars, “Bliss” and “Fairbanks” loading a small cannon labeled “National Committee Gun,” and “Rockefeller” with a hod full of money bags labeled “Standard Shot.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-11-02
Letter noted as not sent. President Roosevelt believes that it would be best to hold up the appointment of Shipping Commissioner until after the Legislature adjourns. If Senator Thomas Collier Platt is convinced that Harry A. Hanbury should be appointed, Roosevelt will leave word with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-28
William Loeb instructs Rudolph Forster to verify with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw that the appointment of Harry Alfred Hanbury as New York Shipping Commissioner was announced as instructed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-22
Unless Senator Allison objects, President Roosevelt is going to appoint Iowa governor Leslie M. Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury. George B. Cortelyou asks Allison to telegraph his consent as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-23
Theodore Roosevelt used an extensive quotation from Charles J. Bonaparte in his recently published book, America and the World War. Roosevelt believes the president is responsible for his officials and relates his actions that forced Leslie M. Shaw out of the Treasury Department to avoid a scandal. He compares that situation to Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan’s letter to Mr. Vick, noting that the ultimate responsibility lies with President Wilson. Roosevelt believes the spoils system is a “capital crime” when dealing with non-American people as the honor of the United States is at stake. Bryan’s letter invites corruption and Roosevelt believes the Wilson administration is “debauching” overseas territories.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-22
President Roosevelt recommends to the United States Civil Service Commission that Frank Benjamin Raynor, who lost his health in a rescue while working as a surfman, be given any government position he is qualified for. Roosevelt includes a letter to Raynor from Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, describing the actions that Raynor and fellow surfman Albert Latham took following the wreck of the schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell in 1904. Raynor was awarded a medal for his actions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-04
President Roosevelt congratulates the Department of the Treasury on the conviction of John R. Walsh. Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou if they can recognize the work of Edward P. Moxey, a bank examiner who was particularly involved in the case, and worked to continue investigating when then-Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Comptroller of the Currency William Barret Ridgely wanted to defend Walsh.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-20
President Roosevelt informs Senator Eugene Hale that he has instructed Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to give a report on the Collectorship of Eastport District. Roosevelt remembers that Shaw was “much worked up” concerning smuggling but knows no specifics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-03
President Roosevelt has enclosed a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw for Senator Platt and feels he cannot intervene in the matter in light of what Shaw has said.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-29