Banquet tendered to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by the Hamilton Club of Chicago Thursday evening September the Eighth. 1910. The Congress Hotel.
Chicago: 1910.
Price: $2,000.00
About the item
Portrait engraving of Roosevelt on cover. 6 engraved leaves, one headed Autographs, printed signature by Roosevelt, with pencil signatures of others below. Interleaved with tissue. 1 vols. 8vo. Embossed pictorial covers, ribbon bound. Some minor wear to outer tissue. Fine. With banquet place card for Mr. Williams. Not in OCLC.
Item #316368
“not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life”
An elaborate menu and program for a banquet held in honor of Roosevelt after his return from his travels in Africa, and before the formal announcement of his candidacy in 1912. The progressive program Roosevelt “had advocated in the last years of his presidency and amplified from 1910 to 1912 … called for ‘permanent active supervision’ of corporations in interstate commerce, for income and inheritance taxes, and for medical, unemployment, and old age insurance. It also endorsed woman suffrage (ANB).
In addition to the schedule of events, list of committees, and the elaborate menu, the programme includes a leaf of maxims and famous sayings of Roosevelt, including the famed “Speak softly and carry a big stick: you will go far”.
At the banquet, Roosevelt delivered a speech, beginning “There are two chief sources of danger to the American people: lawless violence and corruption …” (published in The New Nationalism).
Signed in print by Roosevelt on the autograph page, with a few additional pencil signatures of guests: C. Miesse, F.E. Farnham, J.E. Clements, of Chicago; D.B. Case, U.S. Army; and J.R. Anderson, Kenosha, Wis.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site holds an example of the invitation to the banquet; this illustrated programme and menu is UNRECORDED.
