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President Roosevelt sent Richmond Pearson to see Silas McBee. Roosevelt believes Pearson is a man of high character and would like to see a man like him lead the Republican Party in the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-12
President Roosevelt is pleased with Editor McBee’s reaction to Roosevelt’s stance on the appeal for clemency in a recent rape case and applauds a recent article on lynching. Roosevelt also comments on an article about Judge Alton B. Parker’s odd taste in art, noting that the article reflects poorly on its author, not on Parker. He compares the Parker article to a remark made by General Young regarding his disappointment in visiting the art galleries in Europe.
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1904-08-10
President Roosevelt enjoyed Bishop Talbot’s article and has enclosed the photograph for Theodore Roosevelt Schnapp.
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1904-07-27
President Roosevelt asks if Silas McBee knows Joel Chandler Harris, who he thinks is a great writer and moral teacher. If Roosevelt wins the election, he would like to get McBee, Harris, and “two or three others” to visit him at the White House to discuss policy regarding the South.
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1904-07-14
President Roosevelt expresses his sympathy after the death of Silas McBee’s father.
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1904-03-02
President Roosevelt does not generally believe in comparing “great men” but he views George Washington as the “first American.” Washington was a soldier and statesman while Abraham Lincoln was not a soldier.
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1904-02-13
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the article and his friendship.
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1904-01-13
President Roosevelt compliments Silas McBee’s editorial and was himself hesitant to mention the government’s activities related to the Panamanian revolution. There have been rumors that Philippe Bunau-Varilla advised the Panamanian revolutionaries of American intentions. However, Bunau-Varilla received no encouragement from Roosevelt or William H. Taft. Bunau-Varilla simply forecasted American interference based on previous actions.
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1904-01-06
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the kind editorial and informs him that their friend John Procter has passed away.
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1903-12-12
President Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt were pleased to meet Louise Jagger Post McBee, the wife of Silas McBee. Roosevelt will read the articles with the greatest pleasure, as he likes to read The Churchman.
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1903-11-19
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the excellent editorial. He has decided to write to Governor Durbin in order to “prevent the slightest suggestion of sectionalism.”
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1903-08-12
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the editorials.
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1903-07-15
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the editorial.
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1903-02-04
President Roosevelt appreciates Silas McBee’s “earnest and sincere effort” to support him editorially in McBee’s newspaper, The Churchman. Roosevelt defends his appointments in the southern United States, especially the appointment of African Americans. The African American men he has appointed are “of a high grade of excellence” and came with the recommendation of Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt recommends as well several prominent southern men who can speak to the nature of his appointments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-03
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the editorial. Roosevelt has been struggling with racial matters, especially opposition to the appointments of people of color in the South.
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1903-01-15
President Roosevelt found Silas McBee’s account of the coal strike conference admirable. Roosevelt wishes the miners would show more sense but found the operators more disruptive at the conference.
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1902-10-09
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the book and asks if he has considered anyone for the “student’s position in China.”
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1902-08-09
President Roosevelt defends a speech he gave on attacks against the army and army abuses.
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1902-06-03
President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the paper and mentions that he breakfasted with Lieutenant Shipp the day he was killed (during the Spanish-American War).
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1902-05-29
President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee, on behalf of the army, for the editorials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-22