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Senator Lodge encloses an invitation from the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association asking Theodore Roosevelt to be their guest from August 13-19.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-03
Senator Lodge would like to help Hannis Taylor but President Taft has already selected the commissioners. The tariff commission bill Lodge has been working on will not pass and he is doubtful that Senator Lorimer will retain his Senate seat. He continues to support reciprocity with Canada but the negotiations were poorly conducted and the potential treaty gives a great deal to Canada with nothing in return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
Senator Lodge encloses a letter from the YMCA of Brockton, Massachusetts inviting Theodore Roosevelt to address the organization some time this spring.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-16
Senator Lodge thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his note and for agreeing to write an introduction for his late son George Cabot Lodge’s collected works of poetry. Henry Adams has written a biographical memoir so Roosevelt is free to write merely about George’s poetry and his opinion of him as a man. The Lodge family feels “very great happiness” to have Roosevelt associated with “Bay’s” memory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-11
Senator Lodge received Theodore Roosevelt’s telegram but it was too late to make any changes to his speech. He was not interested in addressing the Lorimer case as the speech focused on the resolution intended to deprive the United States of controlling Senatorial elections, and a defense of the Constitution. Lodge is concerned about the direct election of Senators as this will increase expenditure and bribery in elections.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-06
The books have arrived and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge is pleased with them. Senator Lodge would have supported free trade with Canada but is concerned with the proposed treaty due to certain concessions to Canada. He is still uncomfortable with the Lorimer case. Lodge is confident that Senator Lorimer’s Senate seat was secured through bribery but the proof that Lorimer had any knowledge of the bribery is extremely weak. In another Senate matter, he is troubled by Governor Wilson’s use of patronage to secure a seat for James Edgar Martine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-02
Senator Lodge was pleased with Theodore Roosevelt’s “clear and convincing” letter to Simeon E. Baldwin. A reciprocity agreement is being negotiated with Canada, which Lodge supports, but he is concerned about the agreement’s potential effect on the New England fishing industry. He does not view the Lorimer case as clearly as Roosevelt. Senator Lorimer’s election was certainly influenced by bribery but Lodge has not seen evidence that Lorimer knew of or participated in bribery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-28
Senator Lodge has won his re-election campaign and is overwhelmed with letters and telegrams. Governor Foss and the Boston American are raising questions about the election because some Democrats supported Lodge. Lodge has been unable to find the time to review the Lorimer case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Senator Lodge’s senate election in Massachusetts remains close but he believes the odds are in his favor. Representative Ames gave an interview with numerous lies regarding Lodge’s work on a bill for the purchase of three colliers. Lodge has not had time to review the Lorimer case material but will do so soon. He has met with John Callan O’Laughlin and offered advice regarding O’Laughlin’s public statements.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-14
Senator Lodge encloses a letter from Abraham Captain Ratshesky and commends the Elysium Club’s invitation to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-16
Senator Lodge believes that Senator Lorimer must have known about the bribery that decided Lorimer’s election and considers “the good name of the Senate” at stake. He believes that the political situation is improving in Massachusetts and recently delivered a well-received speech to a large crowd in Boston, Massachusetts. Lodge will be delighted with the zebra skin and his wife, “Nannie” Lodge, has yet to receive Roosevelt’s book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-07
Senator Lodge asks Theodore Roosevelt to have his secretary send a copy of the statement about his work for the railroad men and the material from Moseley to Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner. Lodge is glad that The Sun is focused on assailing Governor-elect Eugene Foss instead of him and that the situation in Massachusetts is improving. He reports that John Ellerton Lodge is doing better.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-09
Senator Lodge reassures Theodore Roosevelt that he is in good health, and comments on the state of the Republican party and the upcoming elections. Lodge comments that Roosevelt did a great deal of work holding the Republican party together. While the Western states will elect progressive Republicans, Eastern states may elect Democrats. Lodge regrets that Roosevelt had been drawn into an election contest in New York. Prospects for the Massachusetts Governor election do not look good, but Lodge thinks that he personally will be alright.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-09-23