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Senator Crane agrees with President Roosevelt that he should not express any views on tariff revision until he knows where he stands. He also suggests that Senator Aldrich would be a great resource on the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-07
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw discusses the difficulty of tariff reform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-03
Senator Crane will be glad to talk with Mr. Bacon, would love to talk to President Roosevelt about the railway rates, and Massachusetts is going ahead with the tariff revision question.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-20
William H. Taft writes that the trip has been convivial, even between the Democrats and Republicans. Taft reports that there are fierce opponents to the reduction in the Philippines on the trip, and they will seek evidence to support their side when they arrive in Manila. Taft hopes that if the President wants to move the administration of building the Panama Canal from War to the State Department, that the President will do so, even with Taft being out of touch in the Philippines. Taft’s speech in San Francisco went very well, especially his words on the Chinese Exclusion Act. Alice is well and enjoying every moment of the cruise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-13
Ambassador Tower sends copies of the new German tariff law to Secretary of State Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-03
United States Ambassador to Germany Tower writes to Oswald von Richthofen regarding the tariff treaty of 1900 between the United States and Germany. He urges the continuation of fair treatment as Germany considers new treaties with other countries which could disadvantage the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-03
George L. Duval forwards to Chilean journalist Guillermo Pérez de Arce a newspaper clipping criticizing President Roosevelt. Duval points out the benefit in Roosevelt’s trust-busting stance, although some members of the House of Representatives are not supportive of Roosevelt. Duval also discusses Roosevelt’s support of the Monroe Doctrine and its connection to discussions about Panama. The presence of the United States in Panama has put down the insurgency and made the Panamanians feel safer. Duval also supports Roosevelt’s appropriation of funds from the Indian Bureau to Catholic missionaries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-06
Governor Guild writes to President Roosevelt about Acting Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Armstrong and recent public relations scandals relating to his work, including the “pickled sheepskin case,” the cigar stamps, and “reduction of the conveniences of the Port of Boston.” Guild suggests Armstrong might need to be replaced and speaks highly of the work of Deputy Collector Fiske of Boston.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-03
Pursuant to their earlier discussion of the tariff, Senator Allison encloses a copy of the previous year’s tariff bill and the reciprocity plank with his comments for President Roosevelt to consider.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-05
This article is the platform adopted by the Republican Party of Michigan ahead of the Republican National Convention. The topics mentioned include foreign trade, monetary and fiscal policies, the state electoral process, and Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-25
John Robert Greene tells the story of Frederick Morgan Davenport of New York state, whose political affiliations would move from the Republican party to the Progressive party, back to the Republicans, and would end with him as a supporter of the New Deal working for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Greene covers Davenport’s early career as a minister and teacher with an interest in the history of American revivals. He details his entry into New York politics and discusses his interest in adoption of the direct primary which led him to seek the support of Theodore Roosevelt. Greene examines the warfare in the Republican party between 1912 and 1916, and he notes Davenport’s work for Syracuse University in the 1920s. Davenport’s support of President Herbert Hoover and his work on behalf of tariff reform are covered as is Davenport’s gradual embrace of the New Deal while heading two agencies dealing with government personnel matters. Greene notes that Davenport was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1951.
Two of Davenport’s campaign posters, a photograph of the 1912 Progressive Party convention in Chicago, and a political cartoon from the 1912 campaign illustrate the article.
Cartoon shows a vulture “Comision Especial Ley Reciprocidad Nov. ’02” (Special Commission on Reciprocity, Nov. ’02) looming over a U.S. eagle lying on the ground wearing a tag “Recipocidad Anexionista” (Reciprocity, Annexation). On the left, Tasker Bliss, Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada and U.S. Minister to Cuba Herbert Goldsmith Squiers walk away. On the right Cuban politicians Arocha, Catá, Martinez, Ferrer, Mas, Sanguily and Perez lift their hats in celebration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902 or 1903
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne standing on two documents, “Tariff Law 1897 [subsection mark] 209, 16 Dutch % reduction enrich sugar trust,” and “Annexation policy, assist Cuba, do not hurt the sugar trust.” The cartoon refers to Payne’s political positions on the US annexation of Cuba, tariffs and support for the sugar trust.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows President Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne arm in arm at the end of a pier “Sugar Trust Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209, 16 Dutch.” The pier is held up by posts labeled “Trust” and waves below are labeled “political oblivion.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne walking arm in arm between two billboards, “Help Cuba grant 25% reduction and double stock,” and “Notice! Help Cuba remove Dutch Standard in Tariff Law 1897 Paragraph 209.” The billboards are supported by posts “Sugar Trust,” “American Planters,” and “Cuban Planters.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, and a Republican elephant in the top of a tree labeled “Sugar Trust.” The roots of the tree are labeled “Dutch Standard,” “Cartel,” and “Bounty.” Below the tree stands Democratic Representative John R. Thayer holding a Democratic donkey wearing blinders and wearing a blanket labeled “Resolution March 11th, April 26th.” A long rein extends from the donkey to the other side of the tree where Republican Senator Henry Moore Teller holds the end of the rein. Cartoon refers to a congressional resolution introduced by Thayer to leverage divisions in the Republican party. The resolution called for an investigation into whether the sugar trust would be the primary beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled “Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard.” On the right, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled “Sugar Trust Profits,” cuts the ticker tape into dollar bills that fall into a feed trough in front of the GOP elephant and the Democratic donkey. Republican Speaker of the House Sereno Elisha Payne holds the tail of the elephant while James D. Richardson, a Democratic Congressman holds the tail of the donkey.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne sitting on the Republican side of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber dangling a fishing line over the Democratic side. The fish hook is labeled “Fake Tariff Reduction.” Payne sits on a book with a page protruding, “Dutch Standard [paragraph] 209” which refers to the Tariff Law of 1897.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and Republican Congressmen Robert C. Morris, Francis G. Newlands, Henry Allen Cooper, and James A. Tawney pulling on a rope to lift a bucket from a well. Their efforts are hampered by a stick “Dutch Standard” knotted into the rope “Tariff Law 1897” at the pulley. The cartoon refers to efforts by Republican congressmen to aid Cuba while high tariffs on sugar imposed by the Tariff Law 1897 hampers their efforts.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Republican House Speaker Sereno Elisha Payne as a messenger delivering a sheet of paper “Cuban relief. U.S. labor laws. U.S. immigration law. 20% reduction reciprocity. April 1, ’02” to a barefoot man “Cuba.” Payne has a sheet of paper in his coat pocket “[Paragraph] Veto. 209 Dutch Standard Tariff Law 1897.” Cuba holds a sugar knife “Industry” and dangles a pair of shoes “Real estate taxation” behind his back.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902