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John M. Leach asks Theodore Roosevelt to confirm that if William H. Taft is nominated, he will lose the presidency to the democrats. Leach does not understand why Taft would not step aside, and urges Roosevelt to take up the leadership of the Republican party and run for president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
William E. Dodd asked his publisher to send Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his new book Statesmen of the Old South. He hopes Theodore Roosevelt will find it interesting and agree with his work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-16
Senator Mark Hanna draws a life-sized portrait of himself as a Greek or Roman statesman. Two men labeled “Capital” and “Labor” stand nearby. In the background is a large monument stating “In memory of the man who reconciled Labor and Capital.” Caption: “I would want no greater memorial than to have the world remember that I did something to end the wars between American capital and American labor” – From speech by Senator Hanna.
Despite the ambitions of Senator Marcus Hanna as quoted in this cartoon, there was widespread skepticism of, at least, his beneficent attitude toward labor. The perception was in large measure established in the public’s mind, and history’s judgment, by cartoonists. Keppler’s profile here is mild compared to the unrelenting and famed caricatures of Homer Davenport, chief political cartoonist of the Hearst newspapers. Taking advantage of Hanna’s first name, he drew the senator in garish checked suits with dollar signs in every square; hence the nickname “Dollar Mark.” Davenport frequently drew Hanna as a virtual cannibal, feasting on the carcasses of American laborers. Keppler, here, was mild in comparison.
President Roosevelt cannot speak at the James Wilson memorial as Lucien Hugh Alexander requests. Moreover, Roosevelt finds it impossible “to use himself and be used as an instrument for securing a different judgement of history on any man,” even past statesmen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-17
President Roosevelt informs Lucien Hugh Alexander he will allude to James Wilson’s service as statesman during his upcoming speech at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. However, he cannot speak at the Wilson Memorial. Regarding past statesmen, Roosevelt finds no value in attending memorial meetings. Instead, as president and when necessary, Roosevelt feels he should “point a lesson in present day affairs from their lives.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-24
When the peace treaty between Japan and Russia is definitely made, President Roosevelt would like to have lunch with Baron Komura and Baron Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
President Roosevelt does not generally believe in comparing “great men” but he views George Washington as the “first American.” Washington was a soldier and statesman while Abraham Lincoln was not a soldier.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-13
William C. Willitts details his admiration for all of Theodore Roosevelt’s roles, and he sends him a poem he wrote and dedicated to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-17
Postcard showing five of the diplomats and statesmen responsible for the Treaty of Portsmouth. A portrait of President Roosevelt is featured in the middle.
1905
Otto von Bismarck and William E. Gladstone stand on a “Political Stage.” Bismarck is wearing a suit of armor and Gladstone has an axe hanging from a rope around his neck. There are bouquets of flowers for each on the stage from their respective German and English “admirers.” Caption: It seems that those popular stars, the “Iron Chancellor” and the “Grand Old Man,” will have to respond to another encore.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-02-20
Newspaper article chronicling the dedication of a statue to W. E. Gladstone in Manchester, England, including the text of a speech delivered by John Morley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-24
Pope Leo XIII sits between bust sculptures of William E. Gladstone labeled “Gladstone, the Great Commoner, 1809-1898,” and Otto von Bismarck labeled “Bismarck, The Man of Blood and Iron, 1815-1898.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-24