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Whitelaw Reid discusses the appointment of the San Francisco commissioner, California’s support for President Roosevelt, the effect of the pamphlet written by “A Spectator,” and the impact Elihu Root’s recent speeches have had on public opinion.
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1904-02-29
Whitelaw Reid attests to the fitness of Benjamin D. Woodward, Assistant Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition of 1900, for service with the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1904-02-18
Whitelaw Reid addresses the Republican Club about the responsibility of governing island nations such as Cuba and the Philippines. He argues that once the United States takes military action they have a duty to protect the new territories.
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1901
Arguments in favor of Senator Hoar’s bill to raise the salaries of federal judges.
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1902-02-03
Whitelaw Reid discusses an issue addressed in a previous letter from Nicholas Murray Butler and comments that everything depends on General Hubbard. Reid believes that, regardless of the newspaper’s prospects, it will reach a wider circulation than other Republican newspapers. It is lonely to be a supporter of the current administration in New York newspapers and it would be wrong to substitute “a perfunctory for a zealous support.”
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1904-02-08
Whitelaw Reid believes that since Joseph Bucklin Bishop and his newspaper can be so helpful during President Roosevelt’s campaign, it is not wise to encourage him to leave his position. Reid notes that there has been a change in political opinion lately, though a few remain discontented about the “coal strike, the Northern Securities, and certain trivialities like negro appointments, etc.”
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1904-02-09
Whitelaw Reid informs President Roosevelt that he heard a member of the discontented “Morgan crowd” express strong support for Roosevelt over dinner. Reid agrees with the State Department’s move about China.
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1904-02-09
Whitelaw Reid asks Nicholas Murray Butler whether it might not be in President Roosevelt’s best interests politically to leave “our friend” at his post at a New York newspaper. As they are entering a campaign without many New York newspapers devoted to Roosevelt’s cause, their friend will likely do more good by staying and not going to the New York Tribune.
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1904-02-04
Whitelaw Reid discusses comments made by a friend in the banking field about election results and asserts his support for President Roosevelt’s actions regarding the Panama Revolution. Reid reports that Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, is on her way home while Whitelaw’s wife writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
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1903-11-09
Whitelaw Reid writes to President Roosevelt discuss their views on the Monroe Doctrine, a visit to Oyster Bay, New York, and the problems in the Government Printing Office wherein William A. Miller was wrongly dismissed following pressure from the labor union.
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1903-07-27
Whitelaw Reid writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the enclosed memorandum regarding the anti-Wood campaign. He states that an extra session of Congress to deal with Cuba would be beneficial, and mentions the nomination for the cabinet position of Postmaster General. Reid thanks Roosevelt for the visit.
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1903-07-22
Whitelaw Reid accepts President Roosevelt lunch invitation at Oyster Bay, New York, and proposes three possible dates. He sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1903-07-17
Whitelaw Reid sees no advantage in renewing the controversy between the Board of Regents and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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1903-01-14
Whitelaw Reid thanks President Roosevelt for an autographed portrait and congratulates him on the arbitration of the Venezuelan crisis. He states that he agrees with the statement of Andrew Carnegie regarding Roosevelt as a great man as the world took a great step that the U.S. led.
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1902-12-30
Whitelaw Reid suggests an increase in salaries for the United States Judiciary. Reid is aware of the political implications of recommending an increase on the eve of a campaign, but believes that the treatment of United States judges is so “mean as to be scandalous.”
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1902-11-04
Whitelaw Reid has been following the events of the Anthracite Coal Strike and is concerned that the strike’s length will hurt the Republican Party in the upcoming election.
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1902-10-13
Mills had already acted in the manner discussed by Reid and President Roosevelt.
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1902-08-08
Whitelaw Reid sends the merits of Gist Blair for a Court of Claims Judgeship.
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1902-05-30
Whitelaw Reid responds to President Roosevelt’s letter and will be able to come to the White House on May 26, unless otherwise directed.
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1902-05-07
Whitelaw Reid wants President Roosevelt to “glance over” an unnamed paper and have his secretary send a telegram if there is anything that should not be said in it. Mrs. Cowles is in good health and spirits.
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1902-05-13