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President Roosevelt was pleased to see Clark Howell’s father, Evan P. Howell, and appreciated Joel Chandler Harris’s book. Major Hanson and Roosevelt had a very satisfactory meeting.
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1901-10-12
President Roosevelt invites Clark Howell to dinner.
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1901-09-27
President Roosevelt requests Clark Howell to stop in Washington to have lunch on his way back to New York.
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1901-09-21
President Roosevelt asks Clark Howell to stop in Washington on his way back to New York.
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1901-09-20
President Roosevelt informs Clark Howell, a Democrat, that he stands by his federal appointments in the South, including the appointment of people of color. Roosevelt explains his selection and vetting process, and names Major J. F. Hanson, Walter H. Johnson, and Harry Stillwell Edwards as individuals with whom he has consulted in Georgia, Howell’s state. Roosevelt trusts that Howell would accept the opinions of these men. Also, while he considers the feelings of the people in a locality, Roosevelt emphasizes that he can only do this so much “without sacrificing principle.” Rather, “character, fitness, and ability” are his “prime tests” when making an appointment. Roosevelt concludes by expressing his concern at the attitude on this matter that many from the South have taken, but this attitude will not make him “swerve one hair’s breadth to one side or the other” from the course he has chosen.
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1903-02-23
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1917-05-18
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2025-02-06
Theodore Roosevelt compliments Clark Howell’s editorial and the letter from Albert L. Key that Howell forwarded him. He states that Key is “one of the finest fellows I know” and encourages Howell to visit if he comes in New York.
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1912-12-13
President Roosevelt thanks Clark Howell, editor of The Constitution, for a recent editorial and letter, saying that he was pleased with both of them.
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1908-02-03
President Roosevelt tells Clark Howell that his opinion carries great weight, but he cannot commit to supporting Edward R. Gunby until he knows who the other candidates are. Roosevelt will take the matter up with Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt thinks he recalls hearing negative information about Gunby, but he could be mistaken.
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1907-11-04
President Roosevelt thanks Clark Howell for the letter and editorial. He wishes that Howell would be in Washington, D.C., so they could speak about the railroad situation.
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1907-03-14
President Roosevelt fears being both extreme and not radical enough in the proposal of a bill and committee. He believes the best course of action would be to have a Southern senator or congressman introduce the bill then for Roosevelt support it publicly. Roosevelt asks Clark Howell if Senator Alexander Stephens Clay from Georgia would introduce it.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt tells Clark Howell of the Atlanta Constitution that he has heard good things about Colonel John Lincoln Clem, and remembers appointing his son as a cadet to West Point. When Roosevelt appoints a new Quartermaster General, however, he warns that he will only be able to consider which officer will fit the position the best.
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1906-04-05
President Roosevelt thinks it would be excellent if Clark Howell accepted the invitation to speak at the Hamilton Club.
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1906-03-20
President Roosevelt tells Clark Howell that he was pleased to nominate the two women. He looks back with enjoyment on his recent visit to Atlanta.
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1905-12-20
President Roosevelt wonders if there is any chance that Clark Howell will be in Washington, D.C., during the next two weeks. Roosevelt would like to have lunch or dinner with Howell and discuss matters connected with his trip in the South Atlantic and Gulf states next fall.
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1905-06-03
President Roosevelt, Clark Howell, and the American people can congratulate themselves on the passage of the canal treaty. President Roosevelt was pleased with the support of the Southern senators.
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1904-02-27
President Roosevelt is grieved to hear of General Gordon’s death.
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1904-01-12
President Roosevelt defends his policy of appointments in the South.
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1903-02-24
President Roosevelt encloses a document for Clark Howell.
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1902-11-29
Seth Low offers to Clark Howell a letter for publication by The Atlanta Constitution. The letter relates to the topic of racial purity and how it is viewed in the North and in the South. Because Howell is presently running for governor of Georgia and may find the letter embarrassing, Low offers to give the letter to another publication if Howell would prefer it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-01