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President Roosevelt encloses clippings regarding a subordinate of Secretary Shaw’s that attacked Senator Simmons. Roosevelt wants to know what was done in the matter and believes that the man should have been reprimanded.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-16
Senator Simmons will vote for Mullen’s confirmation unless two unnamed men confirm that Mullen was intoxicated during his trip to Washington, D.C. Roosevelt instructs Henry C. Payne to write to these two men.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-22
In a telephone message, Albert J. Beveridge reported on the positions of several Senators regarding the battleship bill, and provided a list of Senators President Roosevelt should speak to about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-20
Following a number of legislative items, including voting on an amendment to a bill and a motion to investigate participation in international expositions, Senator Robert M. La Follette delivers a speech beginning with proposed tariff reciprocity with Canada, but quickly turning to his view that President William H. Taft has abandoned his campaign promises to continue the progressive policies of his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt. La Follette excoriates Taft on his stances on taxes and conservation, among other issues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-15
This document contains extracts from debates between Senators Albert Beveridge and Furnifold Simmons on a multitude of subjects including investigations in the Post Office Department, corruption and fraud in the government, the upcoming election, and political parties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-01
President Wilson, as a pharaoh, rides in an Egyptian chariot drawn by the Democratic donkey. Wilson holds a small sword and ropes attached to a man labeled “Monopoly” whose arms are bound behind him, walking on his knees, and wearing a money-bag crown, a moose, representing the Bull Moose Movement, and the Republican elephant. In the upper right are two figures labeled “Underwood” and “Simmons” leading an army of Congressmen who supported the Underwood-Simmons Act.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-10-01