Politics Catalyze Denouncement

{Charles Macauley, Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library}

Illustrated is Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, “coat-tails flying, running from a demonic little Theodore Roosevelt carrying a big stick” (Joseph Pulitzer and The World, Columbia University Libraries).

President Roosevelt accused Pulitzer of implying that Roosevelt purchased the Panama Canal Zone for personal profit. He brought the case to Court, in the United States v. Press Publishing Co.

{Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People}