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Secretary of the Treasury Shaw encloses a letter from Eugene Hay and a clipping from the Minneapolis Tribune. In accord with the President’s request, he comments on the Minneapolis platform and tariff revision. He also encloses a clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle concerning the reciprocity plank of the Minnesota platform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-14
Leslie M. Shaw reports on the customs drawback laws.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry Cabot Lodge and his wife, Nannie, in pencil, because he is far out in the African wilderness. Roosevelt discusses Lodge’s response to the tariff question and shares his own thoughts on the constitutional amendment about the income tax. Roosevelt agrees with William Loeb and Lodge on the mayoralty issue. On his trip, Roosevelt has gained a passion for William Shakespeare’s plays, news that will be of interest to Nannie. Roosevelt shares the highlights of his big game hunting in Africa, as well as other books he has been reading.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1909-09-10
The sixth draft of a news release with handwritten edits. President Roosevelt formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination. He then reviews several campaign issues and the achievements of his administration, especially focusing on tariffs, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. He also attacks his opponents for their contrary views, especially in regard to downsizing the military and increasing public spending.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-12
List of provisions from the act of June 26, 1884, that regulate tonnage taxes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Text of German legislation related to the tonnage dues, tonnage taxes, and other tariffs at Hamburg and Bremen, Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Theodore Roosevelt finds that the old parties of Massachusetts are “wedded to their idols” and do not offer any hope to the “man of vision.” He feels that there was “no surer touchstone of Bourbonism” than the support of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. He urges the people of Massachusetts to remember that the present Wilson tariff, or the Revenue Act of 1913, was rendered possible only by the passing of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act and that the men who supported it represented the “extreme of reactionary Bourbonism within the Republican Party” against the interests of the American people. Roosevelt warns the people of Massachusetts that the man who supports the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act “has his face toward the past” and will lead the state “backward against the current of proper political development.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914
Theodore Roosevelt addresses the issue of machine party politics in New York. He touches on the gubernatorial race and various Senators in the state legislature, including Charles Francis Murphy and William Barnes. Roosevelt is campaigning for a non-machine politics candidate, “stalwart of good government, the unflinching fighter for real reform, Frederick M. Davenport.” Roosevelt continues to cover tariffs while mentioning the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act and the Revenue Act of 1913.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914
In a scene reminiscent of the surrender at Yorktown, a man portrays Lord Cornwallis labeled “Special Privilege” offering his sword to President Wilson portraying George Washington, with William Jennings Bryan on the right and Oscar W. Underwood on the left. Standing behind the British officer are soldiers laying down their standards labeled “Monopoly, Tariff, Banking, Food Adulteration, Lobbyism, [and] Rail Road Rule.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-02-21
In the “Grand National Congressional Theatre” the performance of “Fair Promise Combination No. 47 – Great Reform Bill – Act I Tariff Reform – Act II Civil Service Reform – Act III Internal Revenue Reform” is concluding. The audience is pelting the cast with cats, eggs, onions, turnips, and other vegetables and fruits. Among those on stage are David Davis, Thomas W. Ferry, George M. Robeson, Jay A. Hubbell, Frank Hiscock, Horace F. Page, and William Mahone.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-02-28
Uncle Sam sits at a table in the “Congressional Lunch Rooms.” He is being served a large sausage labeled “Tariff Bill” by a waiter labeled “Republican.” Another waiter labeled “Democrat” is standing on the left. Caption: That’s one of those things which no fellow can find out.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-03-21
Republican revelers in the foreground make music as they pass a reform ark being constructed in the background. Depicted are John Sherman playing pipes labeled “Southern Outrages,” John Logan playing cymbals labeled “Pensions,” Whitelaw Reid playing pan pipes labeled “Monopoly,” James Blaine playing a lyre, George Robeson riding on a donkey labeled “Surplus,” with George Hoar, John Roach, Joseph Keifer, and Roscoe Conkling among them. Among the crowd that follows are Ulysses S. Grant, Jay Gould, and possibly Rutherford B. Hayes, also a man playing a tambourine labeled “Bossism” and another carrying a standard labeled “Spoils,” and one with a sign labeled “River & Harbor Frauds.” In the background, John Carlisle stands at the head of those building the ark. Also shown are Henry Watterson with hammer and chisel, William Morrison holding up “Morrison’s Tariff Reform Plan,” and Abram Hewitt holding “Hewitt’s Free Trade Plank.” The ribs of the ship are labeled “Tariff Reform, Raw Materials Free, Lower Iron Tax, Lower Tax on Woolens, [and] Works of Art Free.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-03-05
President Wilson and William Jennings Bryan stand on a rock formation with a statue of a man labeled “Practical Politics,” with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Wilson, as Moses, strikes the rocks with his staff labeled “Campaign Pledges” causing waters labeled “Currency Reform” and “Tariff Reform” to flow and nourish hordes of businessmen and laborers. Caption: “And thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.”–Exodus XVII, 6.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-01-14
Samuel J. “Delilah” Randall sits in a chair labeled “Protection,” holding scissors labeled “41 Democrats” in one hand and hair labeled “Tariff Reform Bill” in the other, his feet resting on a tiger skin. “Samson,” labeled “Democracy,” is standing at center. A club on the floor at his feet is labeled “The Peoples’ Confidence.” Roman soldiers, under the standard labeled “Republicans,” approach an entrance on the right. At the front are Chester Alan Arthur, James Gillespie Blaine, and Roscoe Conkling.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-05-14
A camel has collasped under the weight of its burden labeled “Amendments,” with Samuel J. Randall riding on top. Concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Watterson, Sereno Payne, Morrison, Abram S. Hewitt, Grover Cleveland, Carlisle, Charles A. Dana, Thomas Bayard, Benjamin F. Butler, and Samuel S. Cox. Bones labeled “1880 Local Issue, 1876 Fraud, [and] 1872” lie in the sand nearby. A “November Simoom” is approaching in the right background. On the left, an elephant labeled “Republicans” carrying among others James G. Blaine, John A. Logan, and Roscoe Conkling, races toward an oasis. Caption: “If its back is broken, we are lost!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-03-19
George B. Curtiss recommends that Roosevelt’s presidential campaign support the central issue of protectionism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-08
President Roosevelt, Governor Cummins, and Senator Allison have agreed to support a tariff reform plank at the Republican National Convention. The plank was written by Cummins and will first be taken up at the Iowa convention. The primary difference is that the Iowa plank removes the phrase “shelter for monopoly.” The history and creation of the plank are summarized.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-11
The Iowa idea for tariff reform has been abandoned. Tariff reform will not be an issue in Congress or at the Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-11
Leslie M. Shaw agrees with Governor Crane and supports the removal of coal tariffs but fears that a bill will provide the minority party with an opportunity to play politics regardless of the populace’s suffering. The removal of coal tariffs would bring the matter of tariffs into debate. The Treasury Department agrees with President Roosevelt that coal should be on the duty free list.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-27
This article reports on the failure of the “Iowa Idea,” which had previously called for a modification of the interstate commerce act to fight against monopolies and discrimination. The platform as it stands now has been moderated and diluted to such an extent that it cannot be taken seriously. Although Governor Albert Baird Cummins has put forth this compromise platform, he still seems to hold a personal belief in the older Iowa Idea. There is still contention about the compromise among other people, as well. The article also details several other aspects of the Iowa Republican state convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-02