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Senator Crane returns President Butler’s letter to President Roosevelt. Crane is very interested in Butler’s arguments and will schedule a meeting to discuss the topic further with Roosevelt.
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1904-12-07
Senator Crane congratulates President Roosevelt on winning the recent election. He thanks Roosevelt for commiserating with Bates on his defeat.
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1904-11-14
Senator Crane writes to President Roosevelt to arrange a visit to discuss the appointment of the replacement for Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright. Crane notes that mutual friends do not want an appointee who is too much for labor or too much for manufacturers.
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1904-11-11
Winthrop Murray Crane has received William Loeb’s letter and shall be glad to visit President Roosevelt on the 25th. He inquires as to what time would be most convenient for him to arrive.
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1904-07-20
Governor Crane, in response to George B. Cortelyou’s request for information on whether Stephen B. Whiting would be a good candidate to be a part of the Anthacite Coal Strike Commission, opines that while Whiting is considered a man of high repute and ability, he is on friendly terms with the railroads and may not be an impartial judge. Crane thinks, therefore, that Whiting does not fill the requirements of the position. He sends President Roosevelt his congratulations on “his great success.”
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1902-10-14
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1911-11-28
Crane, Winthrop Murray, 1853-1920
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Winthrop Murray Crane returns a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw sent to him on President Roosevelt’s order.
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1905-08-14
Senator Crane agrees with President Roosevelt that he should not express any views on tariff revision until he knows where he stands. He also suggests that Senator Aldrich would be a great resource on the issue.
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1905-08-07
Senator Crane will be glad to talk with Mr. Bacon, would love to talk to President Roosevelt about the railway rates, and Massachusetts is going ahead with the tariff revision question.
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1905-07-20
Senator Crane acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s invitation but notes that he must be in Massachusetts for the State Convention. He offers to call on Roosevelt the following week.
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1904-10-04
Winthrop Murray Crane believes Chairman Cortelyou is handling the situation well. Crane mentions Robert Bacon and Senator Aldrich.
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1904-08-12
Winthrop Murray Crane has received William Loeb’s letter and will leave New York at 4:30 p.m.
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1904-07-22
Senator Crane thanks President Roosevelt for thinking of him for a position in Roosevelt’s administration, but declines the invitation. Crane says he will do all he can to assist Roosevelt as a member of the Republican National Committee.
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1904-06-20
Winthrop Murray Crane commends President Roosevelt on his selection of George B. Cortelyou as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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1904-05-20
The New York political situation is favorable to Theodore Roosevelt, with Mark Hanna losing support. Winthrop Murray Crane recommends former New York Governor Frank Swett Black as temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention.
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1904-01-15
Winthrop Murray Crane will meet with Attorney General Philander C. Knox after meeting with President Roosevelt when he visits Washington, D.C.
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1904-01-09
Senator Crane will meet with President Roosevelt next week to discuss starting an unnamed “organization.”
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1904-01-08
Former Massachusetts Governor Winthrop Murray Crane writes to President Roosevelt in receipt of his letter. Crane plans to meet Roosevelt next Thursday.
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1903-10-29
Winthrop Murray Crane informs William Loeb that he has written to Governor Hunt asking him if it would be convenient to meet.
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1903-07-06
The coal supply in Massachusetts is low due to strikes and Governor Crane suggests that the duty on coal be removed to facilitate shipment of foreign coal. He encourages Senator Lodge to back this suggestion. Crane points out that the bituminous coal field of West Virginia is operating at 28% of capacity and that the Pennsylvania Railroad could end the strike if they chose to do so.
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1902-12-24