White, William Allen, 1868-1944

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-28

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-12

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

William Allen White informs President Roosevelt that Judge Frank Sigel Deitrich is drawing his jury from U.S. Marshall Ruel Rounds’s list, which consists of men who will likely convict regardless of the presented evidence. White pleads with Roosevelt to remind Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte of his assurance that Rounds would not select the jury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White assures President Roosevelt that the railroads have fared well this past winter. White believes the slump in railroad stocks is due to anti-railroad sentiment in the middle Western states and the unwanted interference of attorneys hired by railroad executives Edward Henry Harriman, George Jay Gould, and Mr. Marowitz in local politics.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-15

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White has heard that Representative Victor Murdock’s bill regarding mail rates will fail, and would like President Roosevelt to assist Murdock if he can, as the postal service is in great need of reform. White would visit Roosevelt himself, but his wife Sallie Moss Lindsay White is ill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-16

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, expresses his hurt at President Roosevelt criticizing him to Kansas Representatives Philip Pitt Campbell and Charles F. Scott for supporting Senator Robert M. La Follette. Roosevelt’s criticism was based on White’s having invited La Follette to Kansas to fight the railroad interests and the senatorial candidacy of Charles Curtis. White likens the situation to that of Roosevelt working with Tammany Hall operative Patrick Divver and with Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. In each case, White notes, Roosevelt was working to achieve a good end, while differing greatly with the other person on politics. White asks Roosevelt to withhold judging him for working with La Follette and to not become directly involved with the political fight in Kansas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-02

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, informs President Roosevelt of his concerns about a new order that gives congressmen hiring and firing power over rural postmasters. White is worried that politicians he considers corrupt, like Representative Justin De Witt Bowersock, will misuse the order to fire their political opponents. White is not as concerned that this power will be abused immediately under the Roosevelt Administration’s watch or by elected officials he finds upright, like Representative William Alexander Calderhead, but that it will be abused when the Roosevelt Administration is out of power or distracted. White asks Roosevelt to assure Calderhead that the editor holds him in high regard, as White worries a rumor has made Calderhead think White considers him as corrupt as Bowersock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-19

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White reports on a meeting of the Kansas Progressives in which new leadership was selected. The new leaders are U. S. Sartin as State Chariman, Helen Ecker as Secretary, and A. W. Rice as Treasurer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-18

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White requests Theodore Roosevelt’s help in securing Oscar S. Straus, Governor Robert P. Bass, or Gifford Pinchot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-27

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White encourages Theodore Roosevelt to campaign further west as he has little chance to win in New York. He wants Roosevelt to campaign for three days each in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, and California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White reviews the recent election in Kansas. Although the Progressives were not successful in Kansas, White is continuing to organize the party and looks forward to success in 1914. He is also working towards the completion of a novel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-14

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White is continuing the organization of the party in Kansas. He agrees that George W. Perkins has done good work for the party and should remain in a leadership position. White does not believe that Woodrow Wilson can succeed as president and his failure will damage the Democrats to a degree that will provide great opportunities for the Progressives in 1914 and 1916.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-25

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White asks if Theodore Roosevelt has received a package of photographs to be autographed. He requests that the photographs be returned before Roosevelt travels to Chicago.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-07

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

Dorsey Green is the only Theodore Roosevelt elector in Kansas that refuses to remove himself from the Republican ballot under the name of President Taft. William Allen White requests that Roosevelt wire Green asking him to retire.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-03

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White is leading the Kansas campaign for Theodore Roosevelt electors. He requests that Roosevelt campaign in Kansas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-12

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White requests that Theodore Roosevelt spend two days campaigning in Kansas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-16

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White has been attempting to arrange two days of Kansas campaigning for Theodore Roosevelt but is receiving no response from Senator Dixon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-17

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White summarizes the ongoing legal battle of President Taft supporters attempting to keep Theodore Roosevelt electors off the Kansas primary ballot. The case is before Justice Pitney and a protest has been submitted that the lateness of the appeal could invalidate the whole Kansas primary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-29

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White reviews his travel arrangements and hopes to see Theodore Roosevelt while he is in New York. White believes that the country’s sentiment is in favor of Roosevelt but is unsure if political institutions can register this sentiment, particularly the convention system.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-02

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

William Allen White presents three plans that will allow him to meet with Theodore Roosevelt while he is on the East Coast.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-12

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944