Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

President Roosevelt tells Columbia University President Butler that he does not want to have “Hamlet with Hamlet left out,” and asks him to find out whether the Speyers and Burgesses can come to Washington on January 4 for the Diplomatic Reception and supper after. Either that day or the following day, the party will also have lunch with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and his wife Lilian May Speck von Sternburg. He hopes Butler can come to both functions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses to Columbia University President Butler his conflicted feelings taking personal action in the New York mayoral election. He does not think it wise to attend a dinner in support of William Travers Jerome, because he does not trust Austen G. Fox. He is also hesitant to write anything in support of Jerome, because he fears Jerome may use it “in some totally different contingency.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would like to see Columbia University President Butler, Professor John William Burgess, and James Speyer at the White House for dinner before Burgess sails to Berlin. People like the Roots and the Tafts will also be invited. Roosevelt enjoyed his trip through the South.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends Nicholas Murray Butler the text of a memorandum drawn up by his guests in which they promise to “carry out in letter and in spirit the rules of the game of foot ball relating to roughness, holding and foul play.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-11

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler that if he goes to New Orleans, he will be accompanied by William Loeb only, and travel back on a warship. However, given the current yellow fever epidemic, Roosevelt is unsure if it is advisable for him to go at all.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Language

English

President Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler he believes Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver will “fight hard on the rate question,” but he will need to do so. Roosevelt also thinks Nebraska Senator Joseph Hopkins Millard will experience great pressure from Nebraska, but he is not a “genuine representative of the public” like Dolliver is. The president also tells Butler he found the letter from James Bronson Reynolds interesting.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Language

English

President Roosevelt will be back in Washington, D.C., by the end of May. He asks Nicholas Murray Butler to spend a night at the White House then.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has appointed Lewis Morris Iddings to the diplomatic posting in Cairo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, that he wishes Professor John William Burgess would share his opinion about the right of the Senate to amend a treaty. Roosevelt decries those who claim the Senate can modify a treaty, or that the president can veto line items in an appropriation bill. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has invited three southerners–Judge Thomas Goode Jones, University of Virginia President Edwin Anderson Alderman, and Silas McBee–as well as Nicholas Murray Butler and Lyman Abbott to dinner on January 6. Roosevelt would like to discuss his plans for what to say at the Lincoln Day dinner and thinks he might draw from Abraham Lincoln in his text.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt invites Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler to have dinner with him and stay the night at the White House. Roosevelt remarks that there is little hope for unintelligent Southerners if intelligent ones like Thomas Nelson Page have such views about the removal of the Indianola, Mississippi, post office and other actions. Roosevelt feels that he “would have been unfit to sit in the chair of Abraham Lincoln had [he] acted otherwise,” and informs Butler he will be anything but apologetic in his Lincoln Day address.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sent Nicholas Murray Butler’s letter to Massachusetts Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, who agrees with them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt explains his difficulties in calling an extra session of Congress to discuss a reduction of the tariff to Nicholas Murray Butler. Roosevelt believes there is no point in calling an extra session early unless there is agreement among the leaders about how to modify the tariff, as there would not be enough time during the short extra session for substantial debate on the issue.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt discusses his frustrations about the tariff revision and reciprocity with Nicholas Murray Butler. The president does not intend to divide the Republican Party, but is going to do his best to amend the present tariff law in order to meet expectations of the people that the government consider the tariff, and show “that the Republican party is not powerless to take up the subject.” He emphasizes that the contents of the letter to Butler are personal and are only for Butler and members of the “kitchen cabinet.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt appreciates Nicholas Murray Butler’s willingness to write the unsigned article he mentioned and discusses the problems with the Argonaut article about the tariff revision. According to Roosevelt, there will be damage whether the tariff revision is tried or not, but “less serious damage” if the revision is tried. Roosevelt will not, however, break from the Republican party on the issue.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Nicholas Murray Butler he has already begun promoting a bill to reduce the tariff, but shall put a recommendation about the silver dollar in his message. The president also invites Butler to visit, and encourages him to visit sooner rather than later.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt was delighted to receive Nicholas Murray Butler’s letter of congratulations, and would like to see him soon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Nicholas Murray Butler for the information about Lieutenant Governor Higgins. He asks Butler to find out, through Jacob H. Schiff, about Marcus M. Marks in whom F. Norton Goddard is interested for postmaster.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919