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President Roosevelt says that he looks forward to the “receipt of the volumes” promised to him by Anderson. Roosevelt invites Anderson and Wisconsin Senator John C. Spooner to lunch in Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-08
Acting Secretary of War William Cary Sanger has been instructed not to send anything to Secretary of War Root until he returns to work. President Roosevelt has met with Senator John C. Spooner and others to discuss his message.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-05
Lloyd Carpenter Griscom tells President Roosevelt that Professor Archibald Cary Coolidge is doing very good work in Paris, where he is meeting and discussing matters with French intellectuals. The French have felt a lack of “intellectual intimacy” with the United States, and Coolidge is doing “semi-diplomatic work” during his lectureship there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-05
Senator Knox concluded that the course Senator John C. Spooner suggested in the William C. Bristol matter was the best course. He did not telegraph Francis J. Heney, except to tell him that it appeared unlikely that Bristol would be confirmed in the session.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-24
Curtis Guild refers to an editorial in the Herald which asserts that actions taken in the House reducing General Miles’ pay have been influenced by President Roosevelt. Guild hopes William Loeb can assure him that the President has not interfered and that General Miles is still being protected by Senators Lodge and Spooner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-01
Lyman Abbott responds to a letter from William W. Keen expressing concern about John Edward Addicks’s influence on Delaware politics. Abbott defends President Roosevelt for not interfering in Republican Party disputes at the state level. Abbott is concerned, however, that recent appointments, along with unfavorable press, make it look as though Roosevelt is working with Addicks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
A large President Roosevelt has several small men jumping on his top hat: “Chancellor Day,” “Justice Brewer,” and “Ex-Senator Spooner.” “Wall Street’ collapsed on the brim of his hat and says, “I’m ‘most dead!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11
Pictures of the twelve men that will represent the United States Senate at the funeral of Senator R. A. Alger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-26
President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam a “quilting bee in aid of the suffering public.” Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Wisconsin Senator John C. Spooner, Iowa Senator William B. Allison, and Texas Senator Joseph W. Bailey sit at a table stitching amendments on a “rate bill” quilt. Spanish Treaty Claims Commissioner William E. Chandler looks through a window and holds a paper that reads, “I’m no liar.” There is a portrait of George Washington on the wall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-15
A number of men are in a “railroad rate bill” train car, including President Roosevelt, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, West Virginia Senator Stephen B. Elkins, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, Texas Senator Joseph W. Bailey, Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and Wisconsin Senator John C. Spooner. Some of them hold “amendment” cards. Caption: Engineer Roosevelt—”Who’s running this train, anyhow?”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-24
Responding to remarks like Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewer’s accusation of President Roosevelt playing “hide and seek” with the potential of seeking a third presidential term, an article in the Chicago Daily News reassures its readers that for all his faults, Roosevelt respects the constitution too much to run for a second elected term. The delegates at the Republican National Convention will nominate a different statesman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-22
Seating chart for a lunch held on December 4, 1901.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-04
Newspaper clipping announcing a dinner given by President Roosevelt in honor of William H. Taft.
1902-02-06
President Roosevelt asks Joseph Bucklin Bishop to give his opinion about Roosevelt’s policies and actions. He comments on speeches that he has given and the reactions of various members of Congress. Roosevelt goes on to discuss the tariff question and provides his opinions on the matter. He also mentions the reaction of the press to his response to labor issues surrounding the Union Pacific Railroad.
1903-04-27
President Roosevelt informs Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he has heard from Bishop Henry Codman Potter and thanks Bishop for everything he has done.Roosevelt also mentions an issue involving Henry C. Payne and his involvement in politics and the Northern Pacific Railway,
1902-01-02
On the Senate floor, several Senators engage in a free-for-all around a signpost labeled “Rail Road Interests.” Watching the melee from the “Visitors’ Gallery” is Joseph R. Burton.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-03-21
Theodore Roosevelt, as Hercules, wears a lion skin and holds a sword. He faces a nine-headed hydra, with each head identified as that of a senator. The hydra’s tail is labeled “U.S. Senate.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-05
A troop of senators, as Confederate soldiers being led by an officer on horseback labeled “Trusts,” march down a street past the house with “Barbara Fritchie” labeled “Dingley Tariff” leaning out the window, waving a flag labeled “High Protection.” Caption: “Who touches a hair on yon swelled head / Dies like a dog! March on!” he said.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-02-22
President Roosevelt is shown holding a barn door labeled “Presidential Nomination” shut against two bears labeled “Mark Hanna” and “Spooner.” The caption reads “Davy Crockett Roosevelt Will Have to Be Better Than in Mississippi.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-23
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt slamming his fist against a table which is breaking over various government officials. Item is regarding Roosevelt’s return to work following his hunting trip to Mississippi.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-22