Teddy Roosevelt: “To pin those cards up there is as much out of place as if you tacked…”

On the recordMay 10, 1903

To pin those cards up there is as much out of place as if you tacked so many tin cans up there.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Big Tree Grove in Santa Cruz, California

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Teddy Roosevelt: “To pin those cards up there is as much out of place as if you tacked so many tin cans up there.”