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Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing
Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing!. Illustration shows President Taft sitting in a rocking chair, tangled in yarn from balls labeled Conservation, Rail Road Legislation, Postal Savings Tax, Income Tax, and Corporation Tax that have fallen onto the floor and are the playthings of three cats labeled The House, Senate, and The Cabinet and a dog labeled The Courts; one ball of yarn labeled My Policies remains in a box shaped like the US Capitol. Theodore Roosevelt is watching, disapprovingly, from a window on the side of the room. Date 1910 June 22. Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing!. Illustration shows President Taft sitting in a rocking chair, tangled in yarn from balls labeled Conservation, Rail Road Legislation, Postal Savings Tax, Income Tax, and Corporation Tax that have fallen onto the floor and are the playthings of three cats labeled The House, Senate, and The Cabinet and a dog labeled The Courts; one ball of yarn labeled My Policies remains in a box shaped like the US Capitol. Theodore Roosevelt is watching, disapprovingly, from a window on the side of the room. Date 1910 June 22
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Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing.
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This quintessential caption encapsulates the scene depicted in this 1910 illustration, which captures President William Howard Taft in a moment of unexpected relaxation. Seated in a rocking chair, Taft is surrounded by a chaotic tangle of yarn balls, each labeled with the names of significant legislative issues of his presidency: Conservation, Rail Road Legislation, Postal Savings Tax, Income Tax, and Corporation Tax. Three anthropomorphized feline representatives - The House, Senate, and The Cabinet - playfully bat and roll the yarn balls around the room, while a dog labeled The Courts looks on from a corner. One ball of yarn, labeled "My Policies," remains untouched in a box shaped like the US Capitol. In the background, former President Theodore Roosevelt watches disapprovingly from a window, adding an intriguing layer of political intrigue to the image. This charming illustration, dated June 22, 1910, offers a humorous commentary on the complexities of legislative politics and the challenges of balancing competing interests during a time of significant change in American history.
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