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President Roosevelt has received the letter from Representative and Chairman of the Congressional Committee stating that the engagement with Secretary of State Elihu Root is cancelled.
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1906-10-16
President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Sherman. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.”
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt makes an addendum to his previous letter to Representative Sherman stating that Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss believe that James H. Hyde should not be appointed ambassador.
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1906-10-12
President Roosevelt wants the opinion of Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee Sherman about whether Secretary of State Elihu Root would be useful in helping with the campaign of Republican candidate for Governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes. Roosevelt shares his hopes and worries for the upcoming state and congressional elections.
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1906-10-03
President Roosevelt asks Representative and Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee Sherman to make arrangements for Secretary of State Elihu Root to speak.
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1906-10-06
President Roosevelt is concerned over the accusations made by Edward Henry Harriman, a prominent railroad executive, particularly a “wilful untruth” concerning a request to raise money for the Republican party during the 1904 presidential campaign. Roosevelt tells Representative Sherman that he believes the dispute with Harriman stems from a dissatisfaction with regulations made on interstate commerce, particularly affecting railroads. Harriman is also disappointed that Roosevelt failed to appoint Senator Chauncey M. Depew as Ambassador to France as he had requested, and refuses to support the Republican party as long as Roosevelt’s policies dominate.
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1906-10-08
President Roosevelt confesses to Representative Sherman that he does not know what to do about the Oklahoma and Indian Territory matter. He sent Sherman’s and Fulton’s letters to Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
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1906-08-27
President Roosevelt sends J. S. Sherman a copy of a letter he wrote to Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon for him to make public, and wishes particularly to call attention to what he said about the tariff. Roosevelt does not know that anything can be done about the labor movements at present because of the unreasonable attitude of labor leaders, but hopes to be able to show reasonable labor people that they are “far more genuinely their friends than the frothy and sinister demagogues who are opposed to us.”
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1906-08-15
President Roosevelt recommends that Representative Sherman, Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, refrain from using the expression “stand pat,” as it is disliked by many people.
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1906-08-14
President Roosevelt thinks it is extraordinary that the Brooklyn Daily Eagle is not supporting him considering their recent editorial.
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1904-09-12
President Roosevelt thanks Representative Sherman for the copy of the resolutions and congratulates him on his renomination.
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1904-03-26
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Representative Sherman a letter and hopes it is what he wants. Roosevelt explains that Hampton has no navy yard and supposes that Sherman meant the Norfolk Navy Yard.
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1897-09-27
Henry Francis Ashion, acting Foreman of Binding, responds to accusations that his Democratic partisanship has led him to manufacture material with which to attack the administration of President Roosevelt. Ashion says his “so-called partisanship” has never blinded his eyes to what he honestly believes to be for the good of the country, and he feels Roosevelt’s wishes emanate from a determination to strive for the betterment of the people.
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1906-10-27
Leslie M. Shaw informs J. S. Sherman that there is no longer doubt about their victory in the congressional campaign after Speaker Cannon’s speech, President Roosevelt’s letter, and Col. Bryan’s acceptance. Shaw recommends sending Republican speakers through neglected Democratic districts in the South where the margin of victory was small to begin cultivating support that might lead to Republican victories in 1916.
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1906-09-05
Joseph Gurney Cannon recounts for J. S. Sherman his recent trip through Indiana with local Representative James E. Watson. Watson has recently returned from Missouri where he feels hopeful for the election of Frank B. Fulkerson and Cassius McLean Shartel, and recounts a political fight between Senator William Joel Stone and Governor Joseph Wingate Folk for the same seat. Watson went over the situation in Indiana as well, where demand for free hides like in Massachusetts are fueled by the independent press. Watson would like to take up President Roosevelt on his offer to write a letter on the matter. Cannon hopes the president will address the letter to Watson directly.
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1906-07-30