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John Campbell Greenway will chair the progressive, Arizona delegation to Chicago, Illinois. He provides an update on which delegates will be supporting Roosevelt. The Villa expedition is at a standstill and Greenway believes that President Wilson is waiting for a pretext to withdraw.
1916-04-21
John Campbell Greenway sends a list of suggestions for individuals to compose a regiment of cavalry for service in Mexico. Greenway assures Theodore Roosevelt that he can raise “the best volunteer regiment ever put in the field.”
1916-07-07
Gutzon Borglum outlines the original philosophy and purpose behind the selection of the figures for Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
1936-05-13
Margaret Sanger discusses birth control in terms of several issues including infant mortality, population growth through fertility and immigration, unemployment, charity, abortion, and sterilization. She presents a great number of statistics and research. Sanger also states that birth control is an important topic that is not discussed as it should be. When former President Roosevelt called the first White House Conference in 1912, he addressed these issues but did not discuss how birth control was a remedy to these problems. The two following White House Conferences in 1929 and 1930 did not discuss birth control either.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
1938-03-03
The two-page handbill includes “Camp Satire on Wilson,” a reprint of an article originally written for The Evening Post. The article describes the posting of a “bitter political satire on President Woodrow Wilson” on a military training camp bulletin board. The satirical placard apparently included Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and other prominent political figures as characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The second page of the handbill is a dramatis personae, listing the characters and the political figure used to represent them in the satire.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1916-09-16
The handbill, associated with the 1912 presidential election, dedicates one page each to summarizing the labor records of Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s summary lists, in significant detail, his achievements as a member of the New York State Assembly, governor of New York, and President of the United States, as well as his Progressive Party platform.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
This pamphlet advertises the 1912 candidacies of Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson, as well as the platform of the Progressive Party. Emphasizing Theodore Roosevelt’s past success and popularity as president, the pamphlet outlines some of the Progressive Party’s beliefs–particularly with regards to immigrants and immigration–and compares them to those of the Republican and Democratic parties. It also includes a substantial excerpt from Woodrow Wilson’s American People’s History as an example of Wilson’s views on race and immigration. The pamphlet closes by reminding everyone of their duty to vote, and urges them to vote for Roosevelt and Johnson.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
William Randolph Hearst argues in favor of a “proper tariff for protection” and does not approve of Woodrow Wilson’s negative opinion on American businessmen.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
List of 21 laws enacted during Woodrow Wilson’s first administration that were part of the Progressive National Platform.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1916
Sheet music and lyrics for “Triplicity,” a Progressive Party campaign song from the 1912 election. Cover features an illustration of a donkey, moose, and elephant, the symbolic mascots of the Democratic Party, Progressive Party, and Republican Party.
1912
This cartoon depicts a race between the three candidates of the 1912 presidential election sitting astride animals symbolizing their respective parties: Wilson riding a donkey, Taft riding an elephant, and Roosevelt riding a moose. The White House sits in the background as the ultimate finish line. Taft and Wilson are neck and neck, while Roosevelt’s moose bites at Taft’s elephant, seemingly distracting it and slowing it down.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
An elephant in a top hat and suit talks with a bull moose in a suit as Woodrow Wilson walks by.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-1920
Poles labeled “Wilson Wins” blow in the wind, knocking over Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1916
President Wilson talks on the phone with Germany as Theodore Roosevelt in the form of a bee buzzes around his head.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1916-1917
An older man labeled “The Public” sits in a chair while a small Woodrow Wilson speaks to him. Meanwhile, Theodore Roosevelt, also small, tugs at the man’s coattails and says, “Just a moment! Listen!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-1918
Former President Roosevelt stands outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., shooting at a target on the Capitol dome labeled “Wilson’s Mexican policy.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-1916
Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt two sets of “very hasty suggestions” to answer President Woodrow Wilson’s appeal. Though rough, Pinchot believes it best to get his thoughts to Roosevelt quickly so that they can be used.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-25
Gifford Pinchot offers his opinions on the 1918 midterm elections, which are happening at the same time as negotiations to end World War I. President Wilson described the elections as a referendum on his leadership, and hopes that the American public will return a Democratic majority in both houses. Pinchot believes that Americans are calling for Germany’s unconditional surrender, not the “peace without victory” being pursued by Wilson, so he hopes that a Republican Congress will be elected and that the country will “stop talking peace and get on with war.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-25
Gifford Pinchot drafts notes on President Wilson’s appeal for the return of a Democratic Congress in the 1918 midterm elections. Pinchot believes that Wilson’s interference is threatening the core principles of democratic government. He also notes that the Republicans have been leading, not following the administration’s war efforts, and that by returning a Republican Congress the American people would be showing their determination to fight through to “complete victory.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-25
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mrs. W. W. James for her letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Roosevelt is ashamed of President Wilson’s recent comment that the United States is “Too proud to fight” and the lack of response from the American people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-04