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While in agreement on Gifford Pinchot’s ideas, Joseph O. Thompson believes that “a progressive candidate is more to be thought of than a platform at this time.” Theodore Roosevelt should be the Progressive candidate; he is “a platform within himself.” Thompson feels that the “Old Guard” in the South is ready to support Roosevelt.
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1918-12-23
Although William Dudley Foulke has an “utter abhorrence” of President Woodrow Wilson, he fears that the Republican Party offers even worse alternatives. Foulke disagrees with the Republican Party about tariffs and the formation of the League of Nations and discusses the challenges facing railroad and communications privatization now that the war has ended. He also believes that momentum is with the nationalization of industries and that America cannot go back to “reduced wages, longer hours.” As when he was advocating for Theodore Roosevelt’s progressive principles, Foulke believes that the greatest security against “the menace of socialism” is offering equal opportunity.
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1918-12-24
N. Winslow Williams agrees with Gifford Pinchot that the most pressing political issue in the U.S. is the defeat of Woodrow Wilson. The only agency which can accomplish this is the Republican party. Williams hopes a progressive republican can be nominated, and if that is the case, he will devote all his efforts into ensuring that republicans remain undivided.
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1918-12-27
Ernest A. Hempstead believes that by the first of June, if the “Old Guard” of Republican leaders feel Woodrow Wilson cannot be beaten, they may consent to the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt. Hempstead believes that there is a change in public opinion toward Roosevelt, because of his advocacy of a strong Army and Navy.
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1916-02-02
James L. Houghteling writes about the political situation in Chicago. Business people are supporting Theodore Roosevelt. Medill McCormick is trying to wreck the Progressive organization. McCormick would like a place in the “Republican machine.”
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1916-02-04
General Basil Duke of Kentucky believes that no Republican save Theodore Roosevelt can be elected. Generally, people have “faith in his sincerity and his readiness to take action.”
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1916-05-05
Charles H. Herty would appreciate Gifford Pinchot’s help in getting Theodore Roosevelt to address the American Chemical Society. Herty knows Pinchot from his work with the Forest Service on turpentine. The press has referenced the important role chemists have played in Germany.
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1916-07-13
James H. McGillivray, organizer of the Michigan Forest Scouts, lets Gifford Pinchot know that the clause that Pinchot is requiring to grant approval of the Forest Scouts is “the best kind of a post-Christmas gift.” McGillivray says that there must be an effective body of fire fighters in Michigan, and praises the work his scouts have done in fire prevention.
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1912-12-30
H. D. W. English claims to have reliable information that the Taft wing of the National Committee is planning to name a dark horse candidate after two ballots at the Republican National Convention. English does not know the name of the dark horse candidate but believes that the reasoning behind the plan is to have a Republican candidate that both the Taft and Roosevelt wings of the party can support. He believes that the key to success is to “hold Mr. Roosevelt’s delegates against all comers.”
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1912-06-14
Edwin C. Eckel would like to help the progressive cause. He offers his geological expertise to counteract accusations from Augustus Owsley Stanley regarding the ore monopoly of Tennessee Coal and Iron.
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1912-06-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a copy of a letter he dictated for Roosevelt to sign.
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1912-05-31
A supervising engineer of the United States Reclamation Service provides information on the surveying of an unnamed reservation near the La Paz Arroyo in Arizona.
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1912-05-31
Major General Sadler reviews the political situation in New Jersey and describes the district’s delegates for President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. He believes that a visit from Roosevelt will help carry the district.
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1912-05-19
J. B. Monroe is pleased that Theodore Roosevelt has consented to be a presidential candidate and believes that Roosevelt could turn President Taft’s delegates at the convention. He is disgusted with Henry L. Stimson for receiving the nomination for Governor of New York and then quitting.
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1912-04-05
Henry A. McLean accuses Representative Humphrey of using his supposed friendship with Theodore Roosevelt in political advertising even though he has been denouncing Roosevelt for several years. Humphrey opposes progressivism and McLean wants Roosevelt informed of how his name is being used.
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1911-12-23
John R. Browne is concerned about the elk population in Yellowstone National Park. He recently visited the Jackson Hole area in Wyoming where the majority of the Yellowstone elk winter. Sheep have eaten most of the forage and the elk are often hunted out of season. Browne has been working to protect the elk with a plan to expand the park and have an annual appropriation for hay to feed the elk. He believes that only the federal government can effectively conserve the elk population.
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1911-12
James H. McGillivray encloses a terse letter he sent to Filibert Roth in response to “political jabs” from Roth. He defends his actions and believes that he deserves support for his conservation efforts.
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1912-01-06
William B. Colver reviews his proposed program for Alaskan coal mines. In order to protect labor and prevent unfair competition, Colver wants government ownership of the coal mines, the rail transport to the coal mines, and of a fleet of Pacific colliers. He fears that private ownership in distant Alaska will allow private interests to corrupt and control the local administration leading to mismanagement and scandal detrimental to the public and the United States.
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1911-08-08
E. A. Montgomery forwards Gifford Pinchot the invitation he sent to Theodore Roosevelt for a Wyoming bear hunt in September.
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1911-02-24
Thomas R. Shipp tells Gifford Pinchot that Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver has agreed to write a letter and is “tickled to death” at the chance that Theodore Roosevelt might get it.
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1910