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Theodore Roosevelt writes to Philip Battell Stewart in response to a letter from Stewart. Roosevelt discusses the development of East versus West America.
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1916-05-16
Theodore Roosevelt does not expect to make a speaking trip this spring. He will only make one speech in Kansas City on Decoration Day.
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1916-05-04
President Roosevelt suggests going to the country that John B. Goff knows for their upcoming hunting trip. Roosevelt would like to go after a jaguar.
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1902-05-03
President Roosevelt informs Philip Battell Stewart that he is pleased with the platform and endorsement. Roosevelt is also pleased that D. B. Fairley was re-elected.
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1902-09-25
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1918-02-28
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt explains the meaning of his statement in a speech at Orchestra Hall that he would “bodily take” the Republican Party. In all states but Colorado, the Progressive Party took the Republican electors into their party. Meanwhile in Colorado, if Philip Battell Stewart wins a nomination, he will go on a ticket with the electors pledged to President Taft.
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1912-08-15
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and agrees with the recently changed attitude of William Hutchinson Cowles’s papers. Roosevelt believes recently Cowles has been supporting the men who believe that a delegation from Washington should be representative of the state.
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1912-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Philip Battell Stewart. He asks if Stewart and his wife, Frances Cowles Stewart, will be in New York before heading west. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is doing better but still not able to see guests. Roosevelt concedes he is too old to climb mountains but wants to hear Stewart’s experience.
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1911-11-04
President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart to notify him when he will be in the same place as Roosevelt.
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1908-02-18
President Roosevelt tells Philip Battell Stewart that he is a friend worth having, and that his faith in the Department of the Interior is almost shaken with regards to the Hagermans. Roosevelt cannot believe that Hitchcock was not an honest man, but he comments that he did have poor judgement and temper.
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1908-02-15
President Roosevelt is concerned to learn that Philip Battell Stewart’s wife, Frances Cowles Stewart, is ill. He hopes that she is on the road to recovery.
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1908-01-25
President Roosevelt writes Philip Battell Stewart privately about Herbert J. Hagerman. He did not previously believe that there was anything against Hagerman’s personal honesty, but now thinks that the evidence suggests that he was involved with trying to swindle the government. Roosevelt forwards a letter from Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield that sets forth some of the case.
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1908-01-17
President Roosevelt tells Philip Battell Stewart that he wishes he could have been in camp with Stewart. Roosevelt also informs Stewart about happenings in the New Mexico Territory.
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1907-09-13
President Roosevelt sends Philip Battell Stewart several copies of letters regarding former New Mexico Governor Herbert J. Hagerman. Roosevelt previously believed Hagerman to be “merely a fool” rather than actually corrupt, but is starting to revise his opinion. In a postscript, Roosevelt mentions that railroad attorneys in New Mexico seem to support Hagerman, causing him to believe that by demanding Hagerman’s resignation, Roosevelt stopped “some improper scheme,” and hopes the schemes will become widely public.
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1907-07-27
President Roosevelt forwards Philip Battell Stewart a letter sent to him by Assistant United States Attorney General Alford Warriner Cooley. Cooley responds to a letter Stewart sent to Roosevelt, which he saw as an attack on him.
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1907-06-28
President Roosevelt explains his actions regarding Herbert J. Hagerman’s tenure as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico. He had to hold the governor accountable if he intended to do so with any lesser officials.
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1907-06-24
President Roosevelt disputes Philip Battell Stewart’s view of the New Mexico Governor Herbert J. Hagerman controversy. Roosevelt informs Stewart that Hagerman answered the charges and did not dispute Alford Warriner Cooley’s report. Roosevelt notes that he is having United States District Attorney William H. H. Llewellyn investigated. He discusses the background and support for Captain George Curry to replace Hagerman as governor.
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1907-05-11
President Roosevelt received Philip Battell Stewart’s letter concerning Governor of New Mexico Territory Herbert J. Hagerman and requests “the unimpeachable evidence” that he mentioned. He sends Stewart a copy of Assistant Attorney General Alford Warriner Cooley’s report. Roosevelt regards Hagerman’s replacement, George Curry, as a “bigger man.”
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1907-04-23
President Roosevelt does not believe Herbert J. Hagerman, Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, to be corrupt, but he cannot allow him to remain in office after being involved with ratifying a “grossly improper acquisition of public land.” Roosevelt will nominate Captain George Curry to replace Hagerman. A New Mexico adherent of Hagerman’s wrote Roosevelt that Hagerman made many mistakes because he is ignorant of life in New Mexico and sought to act in office as only he saw fit. Roosevelt agrees with this assessment.
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1907-04-16