The Republican convention. Illustration shows at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Theodore Roosevelt is passing the pike of Policies to William H. Taft, as The New Mahout, sitting on the Republican elephant labeled GOP.; seen through the left lense of Roosevelt's spectacles, labeled Before Taft is nominated are James J. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan, John D. Rockefeller, Edward H. Harriman, Joseph G. Cannon, Joseph B. Foraker, and Nelson W. Aldrich looking very somber, seen through the right lense labeled After Taft is Nominated the same group is cheering. In the lower right, Roosevelt refuses another curtain call; on the lower left he offers Taft Bitters to a cowboy. Across the bottom is Roosevelt's familiar toothy grin. Date 1908 June 10. The Republican convention. Illustration shows at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Theodore Roosevelt is passing the pike of Policies to William H. Taft, as The New Mahout, sitting on the Republican elephant labeled GOP.; seen through the left lense of Roosevelt's spectacles, labeled Before Taft is nominated are James J. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan, John D. Rockefeller, Edward H. Harriman, Joseph G. Cannon, Joseph B. Foraker, and Nelson W. Aldrich looking very somber, seen through the right lense labeled After Taft is Nominated the same group is cheering. In the lower right, Roosevelt refuses another curtain call; on the lower left he offers Taft Bitters to a cowboy. Across the bottom is Roosevelt's familiar toothy grin. Date 1908 June 10.