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Rollo Ogden informs President Roosevelt that The Evening Post will publish results from a canvas of Republican representatives regarding African American disfranchisement. Ogden asserts that the findings reflect racial inequality that contradict the Fourteenth Amendment.
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1903-11-25
Rollo Ogden of The Evening Post declines President Roosevelt’s invitation to attend a conference in Washington, D.C., but relays that Roosevelt may communicate with Francis E. Leupp anything he wishes Ogden to know. Ogden asserts the need for the Republican Party to address African American disfranchisement, or the Democratic party may secure a majority in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College by impeding African American votes.
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1903-11-30
Rollo Ogden thanks President Roosevelt for Roosevelt’s letter on lynching.
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1903-08-10
Rollo Ogden encourages President Roosevelt to make a public statement concerning lynching.
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1903-08-03
Rollo Ogden forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from A. C. Cleveland regarding questions Ogden posed about the enforcement of electoral laws in the South. Ogden urges Roosevelt to press this issue as it would weaken the Democratic Party, and he urges that Roosevelt should publicly condemn lynching.
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1903-07-28
Rollo Ogden returns the Department of Justice report.
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1903-07-14
Rollo Ogden encloses the article he wrote on Judge Parker. The Southern press is referring to the Evening Post as President Roosevelt’s “personal organ” and the employees have laughed about their sudden elevation to the administration’s mouthpiece.
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1903-07-08
Rollo Ogden requests a meeting with President Roosevelt to discuss the “looming negro question.”
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1903-07-03
Rollo Ogden encloses an article on the Indianola case and expresses his approval of President Roosevelt’s handling of the issue. Ogden informs the president that he has become the editor of The Evening Post and assures him that the paper will praise him when he does the right thing but will not hesitate to criticize him when it is warranted. He commends Roosevelt on his efforts in civil service reform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-04
Rollo Ogden has been hurt by the Addicks business. He has been very adamant in standing for President Roosevelt against his detractors, but he and others have been unable to do so effectively in light of the Addicks affair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-25
Rollo Ogden thanks President Roosevelt for his reply to an earlier letter. Ogden clarifies his view on the Addicks matter. He completely understood the matter, and believes too many people know about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-28
Rollo Odgen applauds President Roosevelt’s success at convincing Congress to alter the Census Bill without having to rely on a veto.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-11