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Edwin B. Haskell explains to President Roosevelt that he did not write to him in the Herald‘s interest and that he has reprimanded the editor of the Herald for an offensive publication in which the newspaper opposed Roosevelt’s election because he is “over-impulsive and incapable of self-restraint.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-15
Edwin B. Haskell, former co-owner of the Boston Herald, writes to President Roosevelt. Haskell explains that the false article which has annoyed Roosevelt was approved for publication by an inexperienced employee. Haskell tries to persuade Roosevelt not to punish the newspaper. The falsified article claimed Roosevelt’s children had chased and tormented a turkey on the White House grounds. Roosevelt was more than annoyed by the incident. Boston Herald reporters were banned from the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-09