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Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt that he has spoken with Governor Odell and they are collaborating on election efforts in New York state. Odell will look into the matter of Judge John Thomas McDonough.
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1904-09-30
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou reports to President Roosevelt on Senator Charles W. Fairbanks’s campaign progress. Fairbanks is “having a pretty ticklish time of it,” and Cortelyou recommends that he limit appearances in personal homes so as not to get caught up in local factions. The election outcome in the West looks good, but Cortelyou does not want the Republican campaigners to lessen their effort going into November.
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1904-09-16
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Reverend Bridgman, Managing Editor of The Congregationalist.
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1904-09-17
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou tells William Loeb that members of the tobacco industry have been “camping on [his] trail for a day or two” over the question of whether boxes of cigars will be required to carry an additional stamp. He suggests Loeb assemble all the facts for President Roosevelt’s review.
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1904-09-17
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou forwards to William Loeb correspondence from Major Lynch regarding the appointment of a “colored contract surgeon” at an army post, and he asks Loeb to consider it.
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1904-09-19
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou frowards to President Roosevelt a letter from Charles M. Pepper, noting Pepper’s efforts on behalf of the campaign. Cortelyou suggests that Roosevelt consider Pepper’s suggestion that Roosevelt visit the Louisiana Exposition after the election.
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1904-09-20
George B. Cortelyou met with Edward F. Hurd, a labor leader who spoke with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Cortelyou had looked into matters in the Government Printing Office and determined that it is not wise to give further attention to the Miller case during the campaign. Cortelyou directed Hurd to a chapter in the Republican campaign textbook about Roosevelt’s labor record, which Hurd believes will help him in the course of his work with labor unions.
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1904-09-10
George B. Cortelyou asks William Loeb if any acknowledgment was made to the enclosed letter from Elmer Dover.
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1904-09-12
George B. Cortelyou asks Postmaster General Payne to speak with F. Norton Goddard, who will present this letter, and give what he says consideration.
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1904-09-12
George B. Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt that he received the newspaper clipping in which the Democrats attack Roosevelt. Cortelyou assures Roosevelt the campaign is going well and he will address the attacks.
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1904-08-31
Chairman of the Republican National Committee Cortelyou encloses correspondence about Wisconsin that he thinks will interest President Roosevelt.
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1904-09-02
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou has received the letter forwarded by William Loeb from Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware. The Commissioner’s annual report will be reprinted as he suggests.
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1904-09-02
Chairman of the Republican National Committee Cortelyou has received William Loeb’s note and the enclosed letter from Representative Frank Charles Wachter. Cortelyou disagrees with Wachter’s suggestion to have Commissioner General of Immigration Frank P. Sargent address the convention.
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1904-09-03
George B. Cortelyou encloses a confidential communication for President Roosevelt’s review.
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1904-08-26
George B. Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt about a lawsuit involving several prominent manufacturers that he feels bears some discreet investigation.
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1904-08-28
George B. Cortelyou sends an enclosure to William Loeb and asks whether Loeb knows anything about the man featured in the enclosure.
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1904-08-29
George B. Cortelyou forwards a letter to William Loeb and asks Loeb how he has addressed these types of letters. Cortelyou asks Loeb to return the letter after he has read it.
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1904-08-29
Chairman Cortelyou forwards President Roosevelt a letter from Senator Dolliver.
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1904-08-30
Chairman Cortelyou encloses a letter from A. Lazarnick. He notes that “they have behaved very handsomely about the picture.”
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1904-08-20
George B. Cortelyou informs William Loeb that he has received the Nathan Lazarnick photograph that Loeb enclosed in a previous letter. Cortelyou notes that he has also obtained the plate of the photograph in order to destroy it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22