Underwood, Oscar W. (Oscar Wilder), 1862-1929

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee

Theodore Roosevelt inquires about Ruth Moore Lee’s health, and tells about Kermit Roosevelt’s railroad work in South America. Roosevelt also explains his move from the Republican Party to the Progressive Party during the 1912 Presidential campaign and details issues in the party platform. Although Roosevelt expects that Wilson will win, he is happy because of his strong belief in the Progressive movement, his hope that it is the beginning of a new movement that will lead American democracy away from materialism, and his admiration for his colleagues such as Hiram Johnson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt an open letter to Woodrow Wilson on the waterpower situation. The White House told the press that the letter was not timely, so it has been given little attention. Pinchot would like Roosevelt to use the letter in a speech, perhaps calling attention to the importance of water powers in the production of munitions. Pinchot feels that he and Roosevelt must actively fight the Wilson administration’s actions on conservation or “these men are going to tear big holes in the policy which you established.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-02-03

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Nathan T. Folwell to Theodore Roosevelt

Nathan T. Folwell invites Theodore Roosevelt to a dinner put on by the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia in honor of Charles M. Schwab. Folwell hopes Roosevelt will attend and give an address, suggesting the topic of Constructive Legislation. Folwell also refers to Oscar W. Underwood’s assertion that the future of the textile industry depends on competition in the world’s markets, which Folwell vehemently refutes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Creator(s)

Folwell, Nathan T. (Nathan Thomas), 1847-1930

List of congressional nominees

A list of congressional nominees for the 1906 election, organized by state, printed for the convenience of the press by the Republican Congressional Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-06

Creator(s)

Republican Congressional Committee

Underwood bill and the industries of Pennsylvania

Letter to the editor of Public Ledger. Thomas H. Ball represents the Woolen Industry of Philadelphia by writing of the impact the proposed Underwood tariff bill would have on the woolen and worsted industries throughout the United States. He believes that the tariff would “annihilate” the industry and supports his analysis with examples.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-12

Creator(s)

Ball, Thomas H. (Thomas Hand), 1863-1938

A second Yorktown

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.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-02-21

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The tariff triumph of pharaoh Wilson

President Wilson, as a pharaoh, rides in an Egyptian chariot drawn by the Democratic donkey. Wilson holds a small sword and ropes attached to a man labeled “Monopoly” whose arms are bound behind him, walking on his knees, and wearing a money-bag crown, a moose, representing the Bull Moose Movement, and the Republican elephant. In the upper right are two figures labeled “Underwood” and “Simmons” leading an army of Congressmen who supported the Underwood-Simmons Act.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-10-01

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Something doing at Washington

President Wilson as a doctor stands at an open door labeled “63rd Congress,” telling Uncle Sam as an expectant father standing outside the door that it looks like “it’s going to be twins.” In other words, the 63rd Congress will pass legislation on tariff reform and currency reform, as Oscar W. Underwood, coming upstairs, brings a second bed labeled “Currency Reform” to place next to a bed labeled “Tariff Reform.” Caption: Dr. Wilson–Prepare yourself for a great joy. I think it’s going to be twins.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-07-16

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Weaning the baby

An infant labeled “Protected Privilege” clings to a nurse labeled “High Tariff” because President Wilson wants to feed her from a baby bottle labeled “Open-Market Competition” carried by “Underwood, Marshall, Clark, Redfield” and others who are unidentified.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-04-30

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him

Uncle Sam stands before two mirrors that distort the reflected image. One mirror is labeled “Seeing is Believing – the Republican Minority” and shows Uncle Sam as a tall, thin, gaunt figure. The other mirror is labeled “Seeing is Believing – the Democratic Majority” and shows Uncle Sam as a happily rotund figure. A man labeled “Underwood” is directing the viewer’s attention toward the Democratic image and a man labeled “Mann” is directing the viewer’s attention toward the Republican image.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-05-28

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Eat, drink, and be merry

An angry, well-dressed man labeled “Monopoly” sits at a table, eating from a plate heaped with “Benefits of Protection.” Standing next to him is a minstrel holding a song sheet labeled “Tariff Reform Songster” and singing a song titled “Yo’s gwine t’get somethin that yo doan expect.” Caption: The Grouchy Diner — Confound these cabaret shows! They ought to be abolished!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-12-25

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

The heavens in November

Cameo portraits of “Clark, Saulsbury, Metz, Wells, Marshall, Gerard, Wilson, McAdoo, Sulzer, Bryan, Elkus, Hudspeth, Underwood, Harmon, [and] Daniels” form a cluster of comets in the night sky on election night, November 5, 1912. An elephant and a bull moose are frightened by the “celestial display.” Caption: A celestial display which may be seen to best advantage on the night of Tuesday, November 5. Elephants and Bull Moose should beware of comets and seek cyclone-cellars. Display will be especially dazzling at Oyster Bay, N.Y., and Beverly, Mass. Visible anywhere in the United States, however, shortly after sundown.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-23

Creator(s)

Unknown

Our own Manchu dynasty, which is about due for a bump

The “G.O.P.” elephant, as an emperor during the Manchu Dynasty, sits on a throne looking at men labeled “Wilson, Champ Clark, Foss, Harmon, [and] Underwood” armed with large knives or swords.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-15

Creator(s)

Nankivell, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1869-1959

“And the waters were divided”

Woodrow Wilson, as Moses, stands on a rock with his left arm raised at the parting of the seas labeled “Republican Split,” through which a horde of Democrats labeled “Marshall, M’Combs, Bryan, Kern, Williams, O’Gorman, Harmon, Mack, Gore, Underwood, Clark, Watterson, [and] Harvey” escape the “Predatory Pharaohs” caught on the far shore as the sea closes between them. Caption: The walking is good to the Promised Land.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-07-31

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Such a business!

A nurse labeled “Mack” opens a window to the “Democratic Maternity,” outside of which are several storks carrying newborns labeled “Gaynor, Bryan, Douglas, Harmon, Clark, Wilson, [and] Underwood,” as well as what appears to be the Democratic donkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-06-26

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Sleeping beauty

Former Governor of Massachusetts, William L. Douglas, appears as a courtier, gesturing toward a woman labeled “Democratic Victory” on a bed “Asleep Since 1892,” and asking Oscar W. Underwood, Woodrow Wilson, Champ Clark, and Judson Harmon which has “a better chance of waking her.” Douglas holds a shield with the message “Record: Tariff reform Democrat. Elected Governor of Massachusetts by 35,995 when Roosevelt carried that state against Parker by 92,076.” A lady-in-waiting, the Democratic donkey, has fallen asleep at the foot of the bed. The room is filled with cobwebs labeled “Defeat in 1896, Defeat in 1900, Defeat in 1904, [and] Defeat in 1908,” and is becoming overgrown with tree roots.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-06-19

Creator(s)

Unknown

“Members of this club”

In a boxing ring, Uncle Sam is the referee for a boxing match between Theodore Roosevelt, with his campaign manager Joseph M. Dixon, on the right, and President William H. Taft, with his campaign manager William Brown McKinley, on the left. Standing at the back of the ring are challengers to the winner of the match: “Harmon, Clark, Wilson, [and] Underwood” as the Democratic hopefuls in the upcoming presidential election. William Jennings Bryan, between the ropes, appears to be climbing out of the ring. Caption: Referee Sam — It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that Battling Wilson of New Jersey, Kid Harmon of Ohio, Fighting Underwood of Alabama, and Scrapper Clark of Missouri, will challenge the winner of this bout!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-05-29

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The combination

William Jennings Bryan tries to open a safe labeled “The Presidency” using a combination from a sheet of paper labeled “16 to 1, Populism, Anti-Imperialism, Predatory Wealth, [and] Anti-Everything.” Standing to the right are four men, “Underwood, Clark, Wilson, [and] Harmon,” holding pieces of paper labeled “Tariff Reform.” Each wants an opportunity to open the safe. Caption: The Peerless One — I can’t open it, Gentlemen. You try.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-05-15

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The hawk

A hawk labeled “Teddy” flies over a frightened mother hen labeled “Democratic Party” and a group of chicks running for cover labeled “Gaynor, Dix, Kern, Foss, Bryan, Clark, Underwood, Wilson, [and] Harmon.” One chick, “Bryan,” is pulling on a long worm labeled “The Commoner.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-04-03

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The star in the east

In the desert, five men, Woodrow Wilson, Judson Harmon, Champ Clark, Oscar W. Underwood, and William Jennings Bryan, and a donkey overburdened with “Pledges,” follow a star labeled “Tariff Issue” that has appeared in the east. Caption: If they are wise men, they will follow it.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-02-14

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956