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President Roosevelt has written to Ambassador Whitelaw Reid as Silas McBee has requested, but cautions that he has had to put the letter in “somewhat tentative fashion,” as there may be difficulties in scheduling an audience with King Edward VII of Great Britain. Roosevelt encloses the letter so that McBee can give it to Reid personally.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-14
President Roosevelt was very interested in the letter from Silas McBee. In addition to telling McBee of this, Roosevelt also wished to pass along a compliment from David DeCamp Thompson of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, who said that McBee was doing “about the best work for Christianity at large that was being done by any editor of any denominational paper.”
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1906-06-12
President Roosevelt is glad that Silas McBee liked what he said about Judge J. Otis Humphrey and his decision in the beef trust case. Roosevelt feels that Humphrey did “a cruel wrong” in using a technicality to issue a decision in favor of the trusts, instead of ruling on principles and in favor of the population more generally.
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1906-04-23
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Silas McBee a letter of introduction to the American Ambassador to France, Robert Sanderson McCormick.
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1906-04-04
By the direction of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Silas McBee letters of introduction to Ambassadors Whitelaw Reid, Charlemagne Tower, and Henry White.
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1906-04-03
Silas McBee’s letters always give President Roosevelt comfort. Roosevelt appreciates McBee’s friendship.
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1906-03-08
President Roosevelt is touched by the letter and enclosed clippings that Silas McBee sent to William Loeb. Roosevelt feels he does not deserve what McBee says, and would like McBee to come have lunch with him again soon.
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1905-11-07
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for his message.
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1905-10-31
President Roosevelt thinks that the editorial Silas McBee sent was interesting. If McBee sees Frederick W. Walker, the High Master of St. Paul’s School, Roosevelt would like McBee to tell him that he appreciates his letter.
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1905-03-23
President Roosevelt shares his views on the reciprocity treaties recently rejected by the Senate with Silas McBee. Roosevelt points out that George Washington himself concluded a treaty in 1796 that delegated all questions to arbitration. Moreover, the Senate recently ratified a treaty giving the president the power to refer claims to arbitration at the Hague. Roosevelt berates the individual senators as caring more about the “prerogative of the Senate” than the welfare of the country.
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1905-02-16
President Roosevelt agrees with Silas McBee and feels if “the home [is] all straight,” then government “will come pretty near taking care of itself.”
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1905-01-28
President Roosevelt includes a section from the Biloxi Daily Herald, a Democratic paper, that discusses Roosevelt’s treatment of the South in a letter to Silas McBee. Although Southerners are more likely to look at Roosevelt’s harmful deeds in the South than the good ones, the clipping suggests Roosevelt has been unfairly criticized by those who know little about him and briefly discusses how the president has benefited Mississippi.
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1904-12-17
President Roosevelt invites Silas McBee to join Judge Thomas Goode Jones, Edwin Anderson Alderman, and Roosevelt for dinner on January 6, to discuss issues pertaining to the South.
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1904-12-19
President Roosevelt is disappointed by Luke Lea’s letter sent to him by Silas McBee. While the president is pleased about what Lea says regarding Roosevelt’s attitude concerning “social equality,” the president has concerns about several other portions in Lea’s letter. Roosevelt disagrees with almost everything Lea says about politics in Tennessee. First, the president has tried to appoint good leaders, even if they have not been Republicans, something Lea thinks Roosevelt is not doing. Second, Lea believes men should be allowed to hold office no matter what their color, another policy Roosevelt has already been pursuing. Finally, Roosevelt says the campaign buttons in question had the opposite effect Lea mentioned. The president tells Abbott he can show Lea Roosevelt’s letter if he wishes.
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1904-12-15
President Roosevelt sends Silas McBee two letters, including one from Hilary A. Herbert, which he asks McBee to look over. The president also hopes McBee can meet Judge Thomas G. Jones and several other Southerners in Washington, D.C., when Roosevelt takes up the subject.
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1904-11-12
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for his telegram and his work during the election. He hopes to see McBee soon.
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1904-11-10
Theodore Roosevelt will tell Silas McBee “a little joke” on the Archbishop of Canterbury that happened when Roosevelt was a boy traveling with his father in Egypt.
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1904-10-05
President Roosevelt will read Silas McBee’s article and editorial with interest.
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1904-09-29
President Roosevelt was pleased to receive Silas McBee’s letter, and looks forward to seeing him and his wife, Louis McBee. Roosevelt asks if Bishop Brent is available to have lunch with him so they can discuss the situation in the Philippines.
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1904-09-14
President Roosevelt wrote to Secretary of War Taft as Silas McBee suggested. Roosevelt describes revisions made to a paragraph that contrasts the observation of the Fourteenth Amendment in the Philippines and in the continental United States. Roosevelt believes in giving fair treatment to every man regardless of their race.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22