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President Roosevelt is glad to hear Nicholas Murray Butler’s thoughts on Maurice Francis Egan and David Jayne Hill. Roosevelt would prefer men like them over any other type of American representative.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-01
President Roosevelt shares his opinions on various politicians with Columbia University President Butler. He thinks that reactionaries hope to use politicians like New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, or Senator Philander C. Knox to enact their own agendas, but Roosevelt believes all of these men would be loyal to the nation’s interests. Roosevelt still feels that Secretary of War William H. Taft is the best man for the presidency, though he is not very concerned about the matter now.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-27
President Roosevelt thanks Columbia University President Butler for alerting him to a particularly disagreeable plank in the Nebraska Republican Party’s platform. Roosevelt believes these ideas are “the worst type of Jeffersonism.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-27
President Roosevelt agrees with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler’s ideas about monetary policy, but does not see how they could be implemented at the present. Members of Congress are entirely at odds about what to do, and those who wish to revise the tariff now want to do so simply to hurt the Republican Party. Roosevelt is not concerned about reluctance to support Secretary of War William H. Taft’s bid for the presidency as he believes people are even more reluctant to support other candidates. He is more worried at the suggestion that each party might choose a nominee who had not held high office before, as Roosevelt believes a president must have experience handling the many responsibilities of the government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-24
President Roosevelt regrets missing Nicholas Murray Butler, as they have much to discuss. Roosevelt has feared an economic recession because of the recklessness of the financial sector and it is now coming to pass. He is certain that the newspapers entrenched on Wall Street will need to accept that his policies are here to stay, even once he leaves office. The President is concerned that so many of the richest Americans ally themselves with corrupt interests, and himself favors the common people over the dishonest elites. He believes that the Republicans should put off revising the tariff until after the next general election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-20
President Roosevelt would like to talk to Nicholas Murray Butler about the peace matter before he offers his help. He agrees with Butler on his stance about the fight with the senate, and thinks what he said about the railroads is interesting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-23
President Roosevelt thanks Nicholas Murray Butler for his letters. He thinks that Burgess should have been more careful in the language that he used “on so delicate a subject,” but most of the trouble came from “hysteria” and “mischief-making” in newspapers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-01
President Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler that he is misinformed regarding Roosevelt’s “purpose,” and notes that he is interested in industrial peace rather than international peace.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-12
President Roosevelt will be happy to have Nicholas Murray Butler visit for the weekend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-18
Nicholas Murray Butler’s letters shows a “low tone of political morality” on Terence Vincent Powderly’s part. President Roosevelt asks if Butler can provide an opinion on Mr. Weber.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-14
President Roosevelt invites Nicholas Murray Butler to spend a night at the White House and look over parts of his speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-12
President Roosevelt is somewhat surprised by the news Nicholas Murray Butler shares with him about the immigration service. While he was aware of the testimony surrounding the inefficiency of New York Superintendent of Immigration Thomas Fitchie, he had received the impression that Edward F. McSweeney was corrupt and that Terence Vincent Powderly was a good man, and asks to see the letter Butler has that argues to the contrary. Roosevelt hopes to find a good man to succeed Fitchie, and has been considering John McMackin, currently chief of the labor bureau at Albany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-09
President Roosevelt likes Nicholas Murray Butler’s article better than anything ever written of him and will keep it along with the article written by Jacob A. Riis. When he has a draft of his message, Roosevelt would like Butler’s advice on it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01
President Roosevelt values Nicholas Murray Butler’s letter and would like him to come and stay with him at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
Thomas Nelson Page writes to Nicholas Murray Butler and reviews the points discussed at their recent meeting. Page is of the opinion President Roosevelt should state explicitly he has no hostility to the American South and that such a statement would end bad feelings against Roosevelt and tension within that region.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-16
Superintendent Maxwell informs Dr. Butler that Paul M. Guttin, after producing more documentation of his qualifications, has been granted a license to teach French in evening high schools.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-15
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-05
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-03
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-20
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-24
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
English