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Who told?

All of the cabinet officers stand in a circle, have gags in their mouths, and point at one another: Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-04

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

Note from Elihu Root to William Loeb

“Absent treatment & silence seems to be indicated in this case. He seems to be a bit of a Frankovitch.” A handwritten note at the top says, “concerning so called Prince Stephan of Serbia,” likely referring to Stephen the Blind.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-21

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Miss Democracy: “Did I hear something from you, Alton?”

Dame Democracy sits on a couch. Behind her William Jennings Bryan shouts, “Trusts, anti-imperialism.” Dame Democracy looks toward Alton B. Parker, who has the word “silence” written over top of his head. There is a picture of Thomas Jefferson on the wall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-29

Creator(s)

Rohrhand, Charles W. (Charles William), 1869-1948

Declines to be silenced

The “platform committee” tries to close a large “money question” man with a “sound finance” mace into the “chamber of silence.” Behind them is a “compromise” board and a “Democratic platform & resolutions” paper with a “Hill patch” and a “Bryan patch.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08

Creator(s)

Eksergian, Edward, 1873-1943

The situation

Alton B. Parker hides underneath a bed and says, “I will speak.” “Miss Democracy” watches him as she knits. Caption: Miss Democracy—(After punishing her candidate for his anti-imperialistic language), No Alton, you must stay where you are. Silence in your case is indeed golden.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

Among the silent ones

Uncle Sam, holding a paper labeled “Political Guide,” rides on a camel being led by Puck through the “City of Silence,” past several silent sphinxes labeled “Tom Reed, Allison, McKinley, Morton, [and] Harrison.” Includes dialogue between Uncle Sam and Puck that tells how these rulers were turned to stone for being unable to answer the currency question. Caption: Scene–The City of Silence in the Land of G.O.P., ferninst the Great Political Desert. – Enter Uncle Sam with Puck, his Dragoman.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-07-31

Creator(s)

Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929