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President Roosevelt was pleased with the news in Charles Phelps Taft’s letter. He now believes they will win all of the states that they won in 1904, except perhaps Missouri and Nevada. They may win Maryland and Tennessee. Roosevelt is attending William H. Taft’s church with him on Sunday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-17
Charles E. Arnold informs Charles Phelps Taft that Arizona will not send an instructed delegation favorable to Secretary of War Taft to the Republican National Convention unless President Roosevelt assures them that the upcoming congressional session will not discuss joint statehood with New Mexico. Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Frank H. Hitchcock, and Arthur I. Vorys, Taft’s campaign manager, have promised to help, and Arnold hopes Charles Phelps Taft can as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-15