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Henry Cabot Lodge is pleased that President Roosevelt has had a satisfactory meeting with Oliver Wendell Holmes. While Senator Hoar has expressed some reluctance about Holmes’ appointment to the Supreme Court, Lodge does not believe that Hoar will directly oppose him. Lodge hopes President Roosevelt will visit Nahant soon, perhaps in conjunction with a trip to Newport.
Senator Lodge comments on a letter from the “Committee of Supervision” which was sent to President Roosevelt. Lodge notes the writers are all members of the N. E. Anti-Imperialist League which has just announced it will be backing Democrats in the next election though the committee will support Roosevelt. Lodge assures Roosevelt he has nothing to worry about from them as Lodge and Root were painted as the villains in the piece.
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1902-07-28
Senator Lodge is looking forward to President Roosevelt’s visit and is sad that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will not be accompanying him. He has not planned any big events or dinners for Roosevelt as he assumes he will want a quiet day. Lodge has not commented on the Anti-Imperialist letter and is leaving it to Roosevelt to deal with the issue of the Philippines on the campaign stump.
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1902-07-30
Senator Lodge writes President Roosevelt regarding Oliver Wendell Holmes’s possible appointment to the Supreme Court. Lodge will meet with Holmes to determine whether he fully supports the President’s position, before sending him to meet with Roosevelt. Lodge does not like the looks of things in Wisconsin, but believes things are going well elsewhere. He will go on the Committee of Resolutions to make sure “the Philippines, Cuba & you are properly sustained.”
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1902-07-19
Senator Lodge writes President Roosevelt on behalf of his friend Hayes. Hayes wrote Roosevelt about his speech at Harvard and also encloses a speech he had given about Roosevelt. Lodge assures Roosevelt that Hayes is not seeking an office, as he turned down a position Lodge had offered. However, Hayes would like to do public work, and Lodge inquires if Roosevelt might have a position available connected to the Panama Canal. Lodge tells Roosevelt that all is well at home and that the baby has not arrived yet. Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis send their love to Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt.
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1902-07-04
Justice Horace Gray’s family wishes him to resign, and Senator Lodge believes that President Roosevelt will receive his resignation very soon. Lodge has spoken to Gray at length about his successor. If Roosevelt is unwilling to appoint William H. Moody, Lodge recommends Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Although Senator Hoar does not like him, Lodge has spoken to several lawyers, all of whom approve of the choice. State-wide, Holmes is well-regarded, and outside of the state his war record and position earn him favor with everyone except corporation lawyers. If Roosevelt does not choose Holmes, Lodge recommends Hosea Morrill Knowlton. Finally, Lodge reminds Roosevelt of his promise to visit on his way to Maine and New Hampshire. Lodge also tells Roosevelt about the recent birth of his grandson, who will also be named Henry Cabot Lodge.
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1902-07-07
Senator Lodge has read the letter from John C. Rese and shown it to Senator Aldrich per President Roosevelt’s request.
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1902-05-31
Senator Lodge wants to send Mr. McDonald President Roosevelt’s letters – the first to Secretary of War Elihu Root, and the second responding to Lodge’s request on McDonald’s behalf – before McDonald writes to inquire the outcome of the request.
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1902-06-04
Henry Cabot Lodge appeals to President Roosevelt to assist in getting MacDonald an appointment in the army. MacDonald has been a captain and has commanded a battalion, and he has conducted himself honorably despite having been “cruelly slandered” by O’Brien.
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1902-05-28
Senator Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s speech as “one of the best speeches [Roosevelt] has ever made.”
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1902-05-30
Senator Lodge encloses an account of a race meeting held in Boston. A reference made to “Italian cunning” referred to the administration. The meeting was mostly concerned with Koester (probably George R. Koester, a candidate for government office in South Carolina who was accused of having participated in a lynching years before).
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1902-05-19
Senator Lodge encloses a letter that related to President Roosevelt’s safety.
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1902-05-20
Senator Lodge has the clipping from the New York Herald that President Roosevelt had George B. Cortelyou send, but he has already seen the article that was written by Judge Bumpus.
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1902-05-09
Senator Lodge returns a letter from John Elliott regarding Gallego immigration to an island (Cuba). Lodge believes their immigration would be valuable to the island. He also discusses some of the troubles that he is having getting the Philippine bill through. Lodge wants permission to use Elliott’s letter in debate on the Senate floor.
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1902-05-03
Senator Lodge encloses a telegram from Francis B. Forbes, who has experience in China and the Philippines. Lodge suggests they take Forbes’ opinion on the potential conflict with the Moros seriously. Lodge thinks that war with the Moros “should be avoided at all hazards,” especially in light of the recent insurrection in Luzon.
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1902-04-19
Senator Lodge has received an appeal from Charles V. Herdliska to transfer to Dublin, and he hopes that President Roosevelt will respond affirmatively. He comments that General Nelson Appleton Miles is bent on “political war.” Lodge encloses a letter from his friend Charles Inman Barnard, the Tribune‘s correspondent in Paris, along with some clippings Barnard sent, which Lodge thinks might amuse Mrs. Roosevelt.
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1902-03-20
Senator Lodge suggests that President Roosevelt write a congratulatory message to Edward Everett Hale which could be read at a meeting in honor of Hale’s eightieth birthday.
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1902-03-24
Henry Cabot Lodge encloses a letter from George W. Jolly, an applicant for Collector of Internal Revenue at Waynesboro, Kentucky.
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1902-03-14
Senator Lodge discusses a proposed clause in a bill regarding trade with the Philippines. Lodge supports the clause, arguing that it gives preference to American ships and thereby encourages the construction of new ships.
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1902-01-27
Senator Lodge encloses an important letter from Paul Dana of the New York Sun and a memorandum of the Schley case prepared by Charles Stewart Davison for President Roosevelt’s attention.
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1902-01-21