Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-05-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929

Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Governor Stubbs’s suggestion but his article on the conservation of business has already been published. He will use the suggestion in an upcoming speech. Roosevelt would like Stubbs’s help to outline the campaign.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912

Theodore Roosevelt would like Governor Stubbs to campaign in big cities and has informed Walter F. Brown of the good work that Stubbs has done. Roosevelt appreciates Stubbs’s support.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Governor Stubbs for the work he did in securing Roosevelt’s primary victory in Ohio. He hopes that New Jersey will follow suit.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-27

Theodore Roosevelt requests that Governor Stubbs keep in touch with Senator Dixon regarding potential speaking dates for Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03

Theodore Roosevelt will only be able to deliver a limited number of speeches and does not believe that it is wise to appear to be stumping across the country as if he was in an ordinary campaign. He would like to meet with Governor Stubbs, Governor Hadley, and Senator Dixon to discuss how to handle the situation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-08

Theodore Roosevelt has received letters from Governors Stubbs, Hadley, Glasscock, Bass, and Osborn encouraging him to make public his views on accepting the Republican presidential nomination. He has decided to make a public statement to the effect that he does not want the nomination but would consider honor bound to accept if his candidacy was a sincere public desire.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-18

Theodore Roosevelt has been considering the request from Governor Stubbs, and several other governors, to make public his views on potentially accepting the Republican presidential nomination if it were tendered. He agrees that the time is near to make a statement and has been consulting with Frank Knox and J. Franklin Fort.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-20

Theodore Roosevelt does not want the Republican presidential nomination and will not accept the nomination unless the people’s support presents it to him as a public duty. He wants Governor Stubbs to carefully consider if there is a genuine popular demand for Roosevelt’s nomination in Kansas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-22

Theodore Roosevelt reiterates that the only thing that would justify his nomination would be overwhelming public sentiment against President William H. Taft. If such sentiment exists, it will be necessary to give it “honest expression” that can be “crystallized into delegates.” Roosevelt describes Senator La Follette’s breakdown as a “pitiable tragedy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-08

Theodore Roosevelt encloses the public statement he will be making in a few days regarding his views on potentially accepting the Republican presidential nomination. Roosevelt appreciates Governor Stubbs’s actions in the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-23

Theodore Roosevelt wishes that the campaign had a “fighting leader” in Massachusetts. Roosevelt has jury duty this week but afterwards would like to consult with Governor Stubbs before outlining his speaking schedule.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-05

Theodore Roosevelt does not intend to be a presidential candidate and would greatly regret being nominated. However, he confidentially informs Governor Stubbs that he would consider the nomination a duty if there was a real public demand for him to accept in the public interest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-08

President Roosevelt is pleased that Governor-Elect Stubbs of Kansas will take up a certain matter, and has directed Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill to give him all the information the government has at its disposal. Roosevelt wishes Stubbs a merry Christmas, and a successful administration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-24

Henry Bascom Kelly questions Governor Stubbs’s support for Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican presidential nominee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-26

Mary Elizabeth Lease was a former member of the Kansas State Board of Charities and Corrections but was removed from her position by Governor Lorenzo Dow Lewelling. Lease sued over her removal and the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in her favor. However, Lease’s expenses were never paid by the state and she requests that Governor Stubbs forward the expense list to the proper state committee for payment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25