The poor man's candidate. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing on a reviewing stand, holding hat in raised right hand as a large group of capitalists, industrialists, and financiers wearing the tattered clothing of tramps, march past the stand, some carry placards with such statements as: Irrigate the Trusts, No place to go but the Waldorf, We want the earth, Free quick lunches, Pity the poor banker, Dividends or we perish. At the front of the group, JP Morgan carries a wooden bucket labeled The full water pail. Date 1904 September 14. The poor man's candidate. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing on a reviewing stand, holding hat in raised right hand as a large group of capitalists, industrialists, and financiers wearing the tattered clothing of tramps, march past the stand, some carry placards with such statements as: Irrigate the Trusts, No place to go but the Waldorf, We want the earth, Free quick lunches, Pity the poor banker, Dividends or we perish. At the front of the group, JP Morgan carries a wooden bucket labeled The full water pail. Date 1904 September 14.