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President Roosevelt walks away from the “White House” holding the “big stick” with a “Hepburn rate bill” on the end of it. South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman holds the bottom of the big stick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01
South Carolina Benjamin R. Tillman holds a pitchfork and rides down “Pennsylvania Avenue” on a donkey toward the White House where President Roosevelt hides.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-20
Several articles from the Commercial Advertiser are highlighted. They discuss the “terrible” precedent that President Roosevelt set by inviting the African American educator Booker T. Washington to dinner, and criticize Congress for its conduct during the most recent legislative session.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-04
South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman and Virginia Representative A. C. Braxton, both Southerners, recently delivered speeches in New York. Following Senator Tillman’s speech, in which he spoke derogatorily of African Americans, southern newspapers denied that he represented the views of the South. However, both Representative Braxton’s speech and the reception it received gave a different impression. Braxton denounced the Fifteenth Amendment and heralded the restrictions Southern states have put on voting, ensuring that “the vast sea of ignorant, venial and vicious negroes is now safely and perpetually shut out.” Braxton is well respected in his state and was cheered enthusiastically by southerners who live in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02
The Laurel Ledger prints an article discussing Senator Tillman’s criticism of the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House. The article speaks highly of President Roosevelt and also describes where a “woman’s place” should be, claiming that if Morris had been in her place “attending to her duties at home” rather than “trying to influence the government in her hen-pecked husband’s behalf,” there would not have been an incident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-20
Two newspaper articles, one regarding the sentiment and reactions of Republicans to Senator Benjamin R. Tillman’s speech in Congress. The other article discusses the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House.
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1906-01-21
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about the dance they had for Ethel Roosevelt at the White House and his trouble with Congress over the Secret Service. He goes into detail about the guns they will be using on their African hunting trip, including one lent to them by John Jay White. He adds that Quentin Roosevelt was punished for leaving school without permission and he and Mother are worried about him. Roosevelt enclosed a list of the English donors of his rifle.
1909-01-10
Record of the Senate vote regarding Senator Tillman’s request for an investigation of the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House. The motion carried by a vote of 54 to 8.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-18
W. S. Couch writes an article detailing Senator Tillman’s verbal attack on President Roosevelt and call for investigation on the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House.
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1906-01-18
Benjamin R. Tillman, as “Simon Legree,” whips a black man labeled “Negro Voter.” Caption: Simon Legree Tillman — Don’t I own you, body and soul, you black dog? / Uncle Tom — Yuh may own mah body, Marse Tillman, but mah soul belongs t’ de Republican Pahty!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-11-07
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
Benjamin R. Tillman, Joseph W. Bailey, and William E. Chandler appear as war veterans playing musical instruments and marching. Tillman carries a banner labeled “The Original Rate Bill” and Bailey’s drum is labeled “The White House Post No. 23.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-05-30
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
Democrats and Republicans, capitalists, social reformers, political symbols, and others enjoy a summer outing at a park.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-08-17
Seven men dressed as Roman senators are labeled “T.C. Tillman, Lodge, Stewart, Morgan, Quay, [and] Hoar.” George F. Hoar is speaking to the others while pointing at a diminutive President Roosevelt standing in their midst. Caption: Senator Hoar’s Decree–Hereafter, when he wants to talk, let him ask us and say “please.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-02-25
In the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol, a large cat with papers tied around its waist labeled “Ship Subsidy Bill” is making a mad dash for a door as senators throw ink pots and books at it while Mark Hanna tries to get them to stop. Senators Vest and Tillman are identified in the foreground as being in opposition to the bill.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-04-02
Two gangster-type characters both labeled Tillman try to see through a hole in the fence to where President Roosevelt is speaking in Charleston, South Carolina, to enthusiastic cheers including “Theodore what a beautiful sword.” One carries a small “Tillman sword,” while the other carries a pitchfork labeled “our honor.” Caption — Scrappy: “Can you see him, Mugsey?” Mugsey: “Naw, I can’t see him but I can hear ’em, all right!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-10
Cartoon depicts Senator Benjamin R. Tillman being hoisted by a pitchfork as a sign behind him says the reception of President Roosevelt in Charleston, South Carolina, has been enthusiastic. Caption: In view of Senator Tillman’s public statements regarding President Roosevelt’s reception should he visit South Carolina it looks this way.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-11
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt speaking as two men pout in high chairs behind him, one representing Senator Benjamin R. Tillman. Cartoon is regarding public reaction to Roosevelt’s trip to South Carolina. Caption: “Fellow citizens, I thank you.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12
President Roosevelt tells Sir George Otto Trevelyan of his happiness regarding the recent 1904 presidential election, and remarks that he is glad people decided to support the positive message of the Republican Party, rather than the negativity of the Democratic Party. The president attributes his victory to the clear-cut message in his speeches and addresses as well as those canvassing for him. Roosevelt discusses the differences between the American president and other political leaders and believes the American president is more like the British prime minister than the French president. he additionally reflects on his intention not to run for a third term. Even without the convention of only two terms, the president believes it would be better for Secretary of War William H. Taft or Elihu Root to succeed him; they are similar in policy, but would have fresh thoughts and ways. Roosevelt concludes by discussing his recent reading. He praises a section from one of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches after his reelection and equates certain American political leaders to characters in Charles Dickens’s works.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-24