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Governor Chase S. Osborn thinks Theodore Roosevelt might be interested in the subject of the enclosed clipping. The article is not very full, and Osborn hopes to expand on the idea sometime.
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1911-10-11
Chase S. Osborn and Lillian Gertrude Jones Osborn hope Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was not permanently hurt. Chase S. Osborn mentions a caucus he had with President William H. Taft.
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1911-10-02
Chase S. Osborn clarifies that he had invited President Roosevelt to visit him in the northlands of Michigan with the aim of giving him rest and a break, with no political or official engagements.
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1904-02-06
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1912-04-04
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1912-03-31
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949
Paine, George H. (George Henry), 1858-1940
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Governor Osborn doubts that President Taft can be elected and does not believe that Senator La Follette will be a good candidate. He requests that Governor Johnson join him and other Governors in writing to Theodore Roosevelt and requesting that he accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered.
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1912-01-22
Chase S. Osborne informs Theodore Roosevelt that he is enclosing to him an abstract delivered to Sturgis, Michigan that mentions Roosevelt’s name in it.
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1911-10-19
Governor Osborn thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his two previous letters.
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1911-05-17
Chase S. Osborn sends Theodore Roosevelt a booklet inscribed for him by a “colored” man. He wonders if Roosevelt saw the reference in his official Mother’s Day proclamation to Roosevelt’s race suicide article.
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1911-05-11
Governor Osborn sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a message vetoing a bill allowing the Michigan Supreme Court Justices to live outside of Lansing, Michigan.
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1911-04-28
Governor Osborn returns Senate Bill 419 to the Senate President Kline without approval. He discusses the history of the bill at length and is convinced it should not become law. Osborn also calls for Justice Bird to either reside in Lansing as the law requires or resign his position.
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1911-04-27
Governor of Michigan Osborn thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his “tactful” article “Race Decadence,” published in The Outlook.
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1911-04-22
Governor Osborn sends Theodore Roosevelt some newspaper clippings. He greatly admires Roosevelt’s “ability and usefulness.”
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1911-04-07
Governor Osborn of Michigan opines that, as the legislature “is the creation and creature of the people,” it should follow the will of the majority. In this specific instance, Osborn says the Illinois Legislature should implement the initiative, referendum, and recall as soon as possible. By giving the people the opportunity to vote often, they will not need to resort to rioting to make their voices heard.
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1911-03-23
Governor-elect Osborn states his decision to not run for a second term as governor of Michigan, and gives his rationale for such a decision.
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1910-12-06
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949
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Chase S. Osborn asks President Roosevelt about topics from his recent article in Scribner’s Magazine about bear hunting and the origins of the horse. Osborn expresses amazement at Roosevelt’s ability to continue writing about nature while performing his duties as president. Osborn is particularly curious about Roosevelt’s tree-climbing dogs and the mention of a ‘hyenadon’ that allegedly fed on early horses.
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1905-10-28
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1912-04-04
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949
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(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate
Governor Chase S. Osborn sends a proclamation on Mother’s Day describing motherhood as “the sacred spring from which flows the stream of humanity.” Willing motherhood is a measure of a race’s vitality. Osborn requests the citizens of Michigan observe the holiday and read Theodore Roosevelt’s article “Race Decadence.”
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5-14-1911
Chase S. Osborn informs President Roosevelt that he “heartily approves” of Roosevelt’s policies. Osborn has urged his Republican friends who doubt Roosevelt to read Roosevelt’s book, American Ideals. He believes that millions are misinformed about Roosevelt because they know nothing of his “manhood,” “citizenship,” and “character.”
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1903-12-16