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Oscar S. Strauss, member of the International Arbitration Court at The Hague, believes the Senate’s changing of “agreement” to “treaty” defeats the purpose of the treaties and hopes President will withdraw treaties from further consideration if the amendment is not defeated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02
One alleged reason Southern senators oppose the arbitration treaties between the United States and European governments is the worry that foreign holders of repudiated Southern bonds will try to have responsibility for those bonds transferred to the current southern states. The author feels that “senators who listen to counsels like this make themselves and their States ridiculous.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-06
Representatives of the five Central American Republics met in Washington, D.C., upon invitation of President Roosevelt and Mexican President Porfirio Díaz with the goal of preserving good relations between the respective countries. The representatives agreed to meet during the first fifteen days of November in Washington, D.C., to discuss and adjust any differences between the republics. The countries promise to maintain peaceful relations until that time, and to submit any unresolved differences that may arise before the conference to Roosevelt and Díaz.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-11
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends Benjamin F. Barnes a dispatch from Minister to China William Woodville Rockhill about the Chinese officials’ desire to be included in the peace negotiations between Japan and Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-04
Acting Secretary of State Bacon issues a memorandum stating that he has mentioned an inconsistency in the wording regarding the purchasing of some bonds to Jacob H. Hollander and Federico Velásquez y Hernández. Hollander has assured Bacon that the passage is understood by purchasers to be slightly inaccurate, but that the terms of the treaty with Santo Domingo are satisfactory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-19
President Roosevelt transmits a letter from Secretary of State Elihu Root outlining an international commission between the United States and a variety of countries. The commission aims to investigate and eradicate the “opium evil.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-11
President Roosevelt was satisfied with the conference and sent Lyman Abbott corrections for the final draft. He discusses the conflict with congress on the tariff and interstate commerce.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-11
President Roosevelt had a pleasant last few days of summer. He describes to Senator Lodge what he read recently. Roosevelt also discusses his political struggles including the Miller case with the labor unions, the various Post Office scandals, and renewed opposition to the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty from the American Protective Tariff League.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-09-30
President Roosevelt has asked Secretary of State John Hay to answer Senator Lodge at greater length, and to consult with Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody about the treaty matter. Roosevelt will see William Dudley Foulke about the other issue.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-10-22
The two-sided handbill features a reprint from the Boston Evening Transcript. The first side includes text referencing the United States’ neutrality in the “European War” and calling attention to an “editorial which appeared in the Providence Journal, soon after the start of the European War, and which was reprinted by the Boston Transcript, as shown on the following page.” On the reverse side, the cartoon entitled “Convicted!” shows a small girl, labeled “Belgium,” pointing at an over-sized German soldier. Below the cartoon is an editorial condemning German atrocities in Belgium.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1914-10-16
Franklin Delano Roosevelt looks at an image of Theodore Roosevelt in a mirror above his desk. A speech bubble over FDR’s head reads, “He got away with the Panama Canal!” A document labeled “St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty” sits on FDR’s desk.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1934-01-14
President Roosevelt discusses the recently ratified treaty with Cuba and its benefits. He also discusses the tariff in relation to the products of the Philippines and the general prosperity of the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-04
President Roosevelt discusses the recently ratified treaty with Cuba and its benefits. He also discusses the tariff in relation to the products of the Philippines and the general prosperity of the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-04
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the duties of the United States within this hemisphere. He also justifies the building of the Panama Canal, as well as highlighting problems with the Republic of Venezuela.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-02
Theodore Roosevelt stands among ships in a harbor, digging and throwing dirt in the direction of “Bogota,” while a small man on a hill raises a flag labeled “new treaty.” Probably in reference to the Hay-Herran Canal Treaty of 1903.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
President McKinley stands at center holding an “Inexhaustible Prosperity Hat” and surrounded by vignettes showing his accomplishments since taking office. Caption: A few of the wonders performed by magician McKinley, since his inauguration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-10-06
The Roman god “Mars” is shown bound to rocks, imprisoned with shackles and clamps labeled “Russo-German Commercial Treaty,” fastened with spikes driven by Alexander III of Russia and William II of Germany using large sledgehammers labeled “Ratification.” In the background, a female figure labeled “Peace” reclines in a hammock that hangs between the standards of each nation. Caption: Peace in Europe is safe for ten years more, anyhow!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-04-04
Lame duck president Grover Cleveland and Secretary of State Richard Olney look down at a knocked-out document labeled “Arbitration Treaty” lying on a desk between them. John Sherman is looking in through a window in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-24
The Russian Bear plays a fiddle labeled “Politics.” Around its waist is a belt with papers labeled “French Military Secrets” tucked behind. A cord extending from its right wrist is connected to a restraint labeled “Treaty” around the neck of a dancing soldier labeled “France.” The French soldier may refer to (and looks somewhat like) Ferdinand W. Esterhazy who was involved in the Dreyfus Affair and the sale of military secrets to Germany.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-03-16
Two masked legislators labeled “Anti-Administration Senator” and “Jingo Senator,” holding long knives labeled “Hatred of Cleveland” and “Hatred of England,” stand outside the “U.S. Senate,” waiting to ambush an “Arbitration Treaty” standing at the entrance to the Senate.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-03