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Theodore Roosevelt expresses concern at Meyer Lissner’s letter about his health and is sorry that he will not be in Chicago. Roosevelt wishes him and his wife well.
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1916-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt tells Meyer Lissner it is not possible to “beat the machine under any ordinary circumstances, when there is nothing much at stake.” Roosevelt also believes the governor is as popular as ever.
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1916-05-16
Theodore Roosevelt sends Meyer Lissner the letter that Mr. Hard sent him and his response. Hard’s correspondent wrote that the Midwest was against them, and Roosevelt will try to rouse them up next Saturday. Roosevelt is pleased by the Republican primaries.
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1916-04-22
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1918-03-26
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1918-01-07
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1917-10-31
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Meyer Lissner for John Hamilton’s suggestion. Theodore Roosevelt will take it up with one of the editors of a farming journal and hopes the suggestion will be carried out.
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1912-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Meyer Lissner for all the work he did in helping to bring a victory to the state of California. The state joins New Jersey and Ohio in making a progressive vote for nomination.
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1912-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Meyer Lissner a copy of Roosevelt’s speeches in Boston and in Worcester. These speeches may be of some use in Lissner’s campaign in California.
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1912-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Meyer Lissner for enclosing a letter he wrote to Senator La Follette and extends his gratitude for all the good work Lissner is doing in California.
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1912-03-22
Theodore Roosevelt accepts Meyer Lissner’s invitation and discusses the schedule for Roosevelt’s visit to Los Angeles, California.
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1911-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the attendees at the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt would have hurt the Progressive Party and given an advantage to President Wilson if he had accepted the Republican presidential nomination.
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1916-07-01
Theodore Roosevelt thinks the statement is interesting. Without committing himself to it in detail, Roosevelt is in agreement with its general purport.
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1915-11-12
Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that Meyer Lissner and California Governor Hiram Johnson are disappointed with him but Roosevelt did not want to interfere by offering advice. Roosevelt discusses his grandchildren and a blanket that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is knitting for the Governor’s grandchild. Roosevelt asks if Lissner and his wife Ermine Greenhood Lissner might visit this winter.
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1915-11-06
Theodore Roosevelt tells Meyer Lissner that Victor Murdock is now the Chairman of the National Committee and the recognized spokesman for the Progressive party. Roosevelt encourages Lissner to write to Murdock directly.
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1915-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt informs Meyer Lissner that Victor Murdock, chairman of the Progressive Party’s national executive committee, had promised to meet with him and George W. Perkins, but the recent death of his mother required that he travel to Kansas. Murdock has since returned, and Roosevelt presumes the “choice” will be made at once, with as little publicity as possible.
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1915-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that Meyer Lissner wrote to William English Walling. Roosevelt has no doubt that Walling knew the quotation was a lie. Roosevelt has never seen or heard of George Creel except in relation to his attack on Hiram Johnson.
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1915-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt comments on the future of the Progressive Party; a party of “sane radicalism, sane progress.” He agrees that Victor Murdock or Raymond Robins should lead the party as they represent the practical politics and western strength of the Progressives. The conservative reaction hurt the party in 1914 as businessmen were not willing to follow George W. Perkins and were “savage” against Amos Pinchot types. Roosevelt believes they should have emphasized the party’s economic program and opposition to President Wilson. He concludes by defending Perkins’s work, funding, and leadership of the party.
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1914-12-11
The Progressive Party has shown itself to be no better than a third party, and east of Indiana the situation is hopeless. The success in California is primarily due to the influence of Governor Johnson and shows that Californians are interested in progressivism but not the Progressive Party. The primary issue is the economy, and voters that were disappointed in the Democratic administration turned to the Republican Party and not the Progressives. The Progressive Party is also limited due to ingrained party affiliation and a “general revulsion against reform.” Roosevelt is unsure about the future of the party but he remains loyal to the Progressive Party platform of 1912. However, he does not believe he can serve any longer as a party leader.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-16