Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge brings several small matters to President Roosevelt’s attention about Senator William E. Chandler resigning from the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, interviews that Lodge has had with blenders of whiskey who feel they have been misrepresented by the journalist, Henry Beach Needham, and that Philip Hildreth Reade ought to be promoted to Brigadier General in the United States Army. Lodge also mentions that he gave an off-hand speech encouraging people to support the Republican ticket, but it had been misrepresented in the papers. The senator closes by including a quotation from a man who believed that Roosevelt was a drunkard and addicted to morphine and that his family constantly stays with him to prevent others from discovering his condition.

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1907-09-19

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of a request from the Post Office Department to reinstate Rachel F. Sullivan of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, to the classified service. Lodge had her resign some time ago due to evidence that she might be taking money, but within a few weeks, the post office discovered that it was another employee. Lodge is asking for Roosevelt’s assistance because she can only be restored via executive order.

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1907-09-14

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge returns the papers pertaining to the matter of the colliers. In his opinion, it is fine if the Department sends coal in foreign vessels just as long as there are not any more American vessels that can carry it. Lodge also mentions that some New York newspapers say he supports a third term. In fact, Lodge would like to “smash them thoroughly.”

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1907-09-11

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt that fifty soldiers at Fort Riley tried to rescue a comrade from jail and were fired on by the sheriff. It reminds Lodge of the Brownsville case, and he encourages Roosevelt to treat the Fort Riley case with care so that no one can suggest that more severity was shown to African American troops than to white troops. Lodge also notes his interest in the riots occurring in Vancouver, British Columbia against the Japanese.

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1907-09-10

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for allowing the USS Constitution to remain in Boston and encourages Roosevelt not to send the ship to Annapolis. Lodge also informs Roosevelt that he supports his plan to send the fleet on a cruise in the Pacific, but he anticipates a significant debate about it. Lodge also replies to Roosevelt’s letter of September 4 and says that he is glad the president has such a high opinion of Senator John Kean’s wine cellar.

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1907-09-06

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge shares some of a letter from Secretary of the Immigration Commission, Morton E. Crane, in which Crane discusses the positive feelings of the citizens of London toward President Roosevelt’s economic policies, as well as the friendship between Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge and David Graham Phillips, author of The Treason of the Senate. Lodge also shares segments from Baron F. A. Channing’s essay on the Union, which Roosevelt may want to quote.

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1907-09-02

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of the rumored attacks against sending the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific. With the upcoming presidential campaign, Lodge feels these attacks are an attempt to “get in a blow at the Administration.” He advises they “ought not leave any loophole” for the opposition, such as the role of the coastwise law, which he details. As a separate matter, Lodge mentions the contentious relocation of the USS Constitution from Boston to Annapolis.

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1907-08-30

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt an article from the Stoughton, Massachusetts, paper the Sentinel regarding his Provincetown speech. He shares that his friend Louis Curtis, a banker, reports a scarcity of money and predicts economic failures.

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1907-08-26

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt an article by Guild A. Copeland, editor of the Boston Advertiser, regarding Roosevelt’s recent Provincetown speech. Lodge feels “it is an example of intelligent discussion and of sensible support.”

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1907-08-23

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt a newspaper copy of his speech to send to Secretary of War William H. Taft and commends Roosevelt for his speech. He also sends a letter he wrote to a friend, concerning recent stock market fluctuations, on which he wants Roosevelt’s opinion. Lodge hopes Roosevelt will look into the matter of the submarine boats.

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1907-08-21

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to E. T. Colburn

Senator Lodge acknowledges E. T. Colburn and his friend’s concerns over the decline in the stock market. However, this decline results from many causes affecting not only the United States but the world. Therefore, Lodge argues that blaming President Roosevelt’s administration and investigations of corporations is unreasonable and unjust.

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1907-08-19

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for his sympathy during the final illness and approaching death of his sister-in-law, Louisa Minot Davis Luce. Lodge has just read Roosevelt’s letter and Elihu Root’s speech to the peace meeting, and he finds both “entirely admirable.”

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1907-04-16

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge’s sister-in-law Louisa Minot Davis Luce is still alive, though barely. Commenting on a charge that President Roosevelt was insane, Lodge notes that it was a careless remark that had been misconstrued and was not meant to be taken seriously. The people are with Roosevelt.

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1907-04-17

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt about his sister-in-law’s health and comments on dealings among several political figures, including Secretary of War William H. Taft and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker.

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1907-04-13

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of a conversation he had recently showing intrigue among a few officers of the United States Navy. The men in question think Rear Admiral Evans should retire and ‘Harry’ be appointed in his place, and have volunteered that information frequently. His sister-in-law Isa’s health is in rapid decline.

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1907-04-12

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for the note. He remains anxious for his wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge, and reports that his sister-in-law, Louisa Minot Davis Luce, continues to weaken. Lodge wishes he could discuss the situation with Roosevelt, and has too many thoughts to write. 

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1907-04-11

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about the career implications for Admiral C. H. Davis should Atlantic Fleet Commander Admiral Robley D. Evans retire. Lodge feels that Davis deserves the position more than Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich and that Evans’ actions in Jamaica after the 1907 earthquake should not be held against him. Lodge adds that his sister-in-law’s health continues to deteriorate and that according to the doctors she should have died several days before.

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1907-04-09

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about a speech made by Eben S. Draper, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and owner of a business that manufactured textile processing machinery, that might have been misreported to Roosevelt. Lodge assures Roosevelt that Draper did not attack him in the speech and that the newspapers have mischaracterized it. He also lets Roosevelt know that there has been no change in the condition of his sister-in-law; the doctors have already given up on her but she is still “hanging on the edge”.

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1907-04-08

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt discussing the deteriorating health of his sister-in-law. He also discusses the potential candidates for the 1908 presidential election and their various levels of support.

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1907-04-07

Telegram from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

“Slowly sinking; no hope but may last two or three days. Terrible ordeal for Nannie.”

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1907-04-04