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Nicholas Murray Butler encloses a letter on Japanese affairs for President Roosevelt and Secretary of State John Hay to look over. The letter is from an American lawyer residing in Japan.
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1904-05-03
Nicholas Murray Butler has received information from a secret conference of Democratic businessmen. They have decided not to support Alton B. Parker for president as the influence of William Jennings Bryan can likely defeat any candidate. The businessmen will save their money and allow the candidate Bryan chooses to be defeated. Butler expects Parker’s support to dwindle and a dark horse candidate from the west to emerge.
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1904-05-03
Columbia University President Butler sends President Roosevelt his thoughts on revision of national currency policy. He feels that the current system is unable to meet the needs of businesses and creates constant problems. Butler evaluates the current state of politics in New York, including the popularity of Governor Charles Evans Hughes and unpopularity of Senators Thomas Collier Platt and Chauncey M. Depew.
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1907-09-26
Nicholas Murray Butler presents a suggestion to President Roosevelt that the New York state convention nominate Roosevelt to succeed Thomas Collier Platt as Senator for New York after Roosevelt’s presidential term is over.
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1906-05-29
Nicholas Murray Butler comments on a newspaper article reporting that Edward C. O’Brien has withdrawn candidacy for secretary of the Panama Canal Commission and declined to go as minister to San Domingo.
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1904-04-29
Nicholas Murray Butler wishes to meet Theodore Roosevelt next Saturday, along with Joseph Bucklin Bishop, in order to have a “good pow-wow.”
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1904-04-16
Nicholas Murray Butler has spoken with Joseph Bucklin Bishop and they can both visit the White House on Saturday. Butler looks forward to discussing the party’s platform for the Republican National Convention.
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1904-04-18
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Boies Penrose and his suitability for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. Butler highlights the political corruption occurring in Penrose’s native Philadelphia.
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1904-04-25
Nicholas Murray Butler writes that Texas is enforcing a yellow fever quarantine against Mexico even though the Mexican sanitary offices are working well and only one or two points are infected with a contagious disease.
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1904-04-12
Nicholas Murray Butler and Elihu Root were elected delegates from the thirteenth congressional district. The district is the “brown stone residence district” and Butler suggests President Roosevelt might be interested in seeing their convention’s declaration of principles.
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1904-04-18
Nicholas Murray Butler is upset that he is unable to meet with President Roosevelt due to his travel plans.
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1904-03-04
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses three political issues involving the upcoming Presidential election.
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1904-03-07
Nicholas Murray Butler questions Charles W. Fairbanks as President Roosevelt’s vice presidential choice. He recommends Joseph Bucklin Bishop to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1904-03-09
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses legal decisions involved in cases with Charles Rufus Skinner in New York State’s education system. He also mentions that he is still sick with grippe but believes he will recover soon.
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1904-02-27
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the articles of Lincoln Steffens that discuss President Roosevelt’s reelection. He writes that he is unsure of Steffens’s political aims but believes he is writing his article about Roosevelt merely for success as a journalist.
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1904-03-02
Nicholas Murray Butler encloses a letter from Leigh Hunt to President Roosevelt.
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1904-03-03
Nicholas Murray Butler thanks President Roosevelt for his note and adds that he is nursing an attack of grippe.
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1904-02-19
Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on the Senate’s vote supporting the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal treaty). He hopes that civil engineer William Barclay Parsons is appointed to the Panama Canal Commission instead of William H. Burr. He also comments on the passage of the Education Bill in New York and relays a discussion he had with journalist Walter Wellman about the Republican platform for the National Convention. Butler recommends Hugh Henry Hanna as vice president.
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1904-02-24
Nicholas Murray Butler encloses a pamphlet from the Evening Post for President Roosevelt’s perusal.
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1904-02-16
Nicholas Murray Butler has heard the “awful news” of the assassination attempt against President McKinley. Butler will meet Vice President Roosevelt in New York.
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1901-09-06