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President Roosevelt laughed at the cartoon Joseph Bucklin Bishop sent and received an interesting letter from Nicholas Murray Butler, the subject of which he asks Bishop to discuss with Butler.
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1903-11-10
President Roosevelt is not concerned about rumors that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw will run for President, nor is he concerned about similar rumors he has heard about Secretary of State John Hay and Secretary of War Elihu Root.
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1903-10-25
President Roosevelt will speak to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw when he returns to Washington, D.C., and asks Joseph Bucklin Bishop to bring General Thomas H. Hubbard to lunch sometime next week.
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1903-10-30
President Roosevelt has spoken with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, who was unaware of Roosevelt’s relations with Joseph Bucklin Bishop or that Bishop worked for the Commercial Advertiser. Shaw felt comfortable introducing Oscar S. Straus to General Thomas H. Hubbard because they knew each other from their time in Iowa. Shaw spoke of Straus’s character and did not request a favor for Straus or intend to offend Bishop.
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1903-11-02
President Roosevelt was pleased with Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s letter and would have liked to have seen Bishop “trample on the gentleman who thought that he had [Bishop] under his feet.”
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1903-10-22
During President Roosevelt’s western trip, labor unions complained against Roosevelt using the Union Pacific system of railroads because of their treatment of their employees. William Loeb’s answer to the complaints was that the schedule was set far in advance and could not be altered. Loeb had no input from Roosevelt at this time because he was isolated in Yellowstone. Roosevelt did not know of the protests until the matter was discussed in the newspapers.
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1903-10-02
President Roosevelt introduces Harrison Jewell Holt, Harvard graduate, journalist, and former member of Roosevelt’s regiment, to Joseph Bucklin Bishop.
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1903-10-05
William Loeb encloses copies of letters that were discussed during the conversation at dinner on the Sylph.
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1903-09-21
President Roosevelt knows little about the Delaware post office matter. Roosevelt appreciated Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s editorial on his Labor Day speech, and invites Bishop to come to Ellis Island and to dine with him that evening.
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1903-09-09
President Roosevelt appreciates Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s approval of his letter to Governor Durbin. Roosevelt believes that the process of law “is infinitely more impressive in its effects than the violence of mobs.”
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1903-08-28
President Roosevelt has been informed by Thomas F. Woodlock, the editor of the Wall Street Journal, that there is a great deal of western opposition to changes in the currency laws. Financial leaders do not want drastic changes and are divided on what changes should be made. Roosevelt encloses information on difficulties with the Oregon senators over land office appointments.
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1903-08-28
President Roosevelt found the cartoon interesting and thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for the editorials. Roosevelt encloses a copy of a letter from Secretary of War Elihu Root about “the Miles incident.”
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1903-08-19
President Roosevelt hopes that Williams sent the letter to Henry Loomis Nelson. Roosevelt believes that Nelson is a liar and encloses a characteristic article by Nelson.
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1903-08-03
President Roosevelt is especially annoyed with Henry Loomis Nelson because Nelson used “professions of friendship and impartiality” to gain information which he later misrepresented. Roosevelt intends to meet Nelson “once and for all” over the McSweeney case.
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1903-08-05
President Roosevelt is upset at Henry Loomis Nelson for his “mendacious articles,” particularly one about the McSweeney case. Roosevelt is considering how to respond.
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1903-07-21
Reports have appeared in newspapers that President Roosevelt would not appoint Grover Cleveland to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission because such a prominent position could make Cleveland a Democratic rival. Roosevelt denies this version of events and claims that the operators refused to have Cleveland on the commission.
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1903-06-25
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for the editorials and encloses a copy of the speech his gave in Springfield, IL, commenting that he stands “pretty square” toward labor and capital.
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1903-06-06
President Roosevelt’s reception in the West has been “gratifying” and he would like to see Joseph Bucklin Bishop upon his return.
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1903-05-19
President Roosevelt encloses telegram correspondence with Senator Hanna and asks if Joseph Bucklin Bishop saw the speech he made in Spokane, WA and repeated in Butte, MT. He wants Bishop to pay special attention to the “absolute clearness” in which he spoke about the crimes of the criminal rich and poor.
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1903-05-27
President Roosevelt discusses trust and tariff policy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-27