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President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter and comments on Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s amendment, saying it has good elements and bad. Roosevelt says he asked Attorney General Philander C. Knox to release a statement saying the amendment was not presented at the right time. He also mentions the dishonest reporting of the Evening Post.
1904-02-02
President Roosevelt praises Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s editorial, but hopes that he will have the opportunity to write more freely in the future.
1904-02-05
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his editorial. He also discusses the Democratic Party’s possible nomination of Gray for president and shares his opinion of why he does not think George Gray will be chosen as the Democratic candidate.
1904-02-08
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter about the immigration office. He does not wish to have to intervene in the Dominican Republic in any way. He has no desire to annex the island: “I have about the same desire to annex it as a gorged boa constrictor might have to swallow a porcupine wrong-end-to.”
1904-02-23
President Roosevelt invites Joseph Bucklin Bishop to lunch with him and William H. Taft.
1904-02-28
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter and comments on the opinion and behavior of American’s during elections.
1904-03-16
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss his conversations with Parsons and O’Brien regarding the appointment of a candidate for a Secretary position. Roosevelt mentions that the other men had not known that Joseph Bucklin Bishop was a possible candidate for the position and hopes that Bishop will make his candidacy public.
1904-03-25
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss Benjamin B. Odell and the potential for the Globe and Commercial Advertiser to support his campaign. Roosevelt also writes that he would like to meet with Bishop and Nicholas Murray Butler.
1904-04-05
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss cartoons depicting him as a dictator and the effect they may have on the presidential campaign. He also asks Bishop to visit him and Nicholas Murray Butler.
1904-06-04
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop regarding an issue about which he would like Bishop to speak with Nicholas Murray Butler. He also mentions combining speeches by Elihu Root and Secretary of State John Hay in a pamphlet.
1904-06-15
President Roosevelt enjoyed Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s editorial and acknowledges all the help Bishop has given him.
1904-06-24
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop he wishes he could convince Elihu Root to run for office. Roosevelt also asks Bishop to visit him in Oyster Bay so he can discuss matters with him and Nicholas Murray Butler.
1904-08-02
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for the book he sent. He also makes plans to see Bishop when he returns to Oyster Bay.
1904-08-04
President Roosevelt comments on a speech given by Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker. He also expresses his concern over the Sun coming out in support of his re-election.
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss publications in the Sun and mentions T. E. O’Shea, who wrote letters to the Post and sent Roosevelt copies.
1904-08-19
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss several published letters related to the 1904 Presidential election. He mentions a letter by Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker and suggests that it was influenced by Senator Arthur P. Gorman. Roosevelt also discusses letters written in his support by Luke E. Wright and Henry W. Taft regarding the Philippines and pensions, respectively.
1904-09-26
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to clarify a misunderstanding about Roosevelt’s September 26, 1904 letter. He also praises Bishop’s article regarding pensions and discusses Democratic Presidential candidate Alton B. Parker’s opinions on the subject.
1904-09-28
President Roosevelt sends Joseph Bucklin Bishop a letter he wrote to George B. Cortelyou.
1904-09-29
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to thank him for a cartoon he sent and for his editorials. Roosevelt mentions appointing extra men to the Commission and encloses a copy of a letter from Secretary of War Elihu Root.
1903-08-19
President Roosevelt approves of how Joseph Bucklin Bishop handled a letter from William H. Taft. He also mentions that he heard about an interaction between Bishop and John J. McCook. Roosevelt discusses the views of Congress and big financiers on currency reform and sends Bishop a copy of a letter he sent to the Senators from Oregon.
1903-08-23