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Theodore Roosevelt supports state primaries for the nomination of the Republican presidential candidate. Roosevelt believes that the candidate should reflect the will of the people while his opponents view the nomination process as a game played for the benefit of the contestants.
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1912-03-08
Owen Wister encourages President Roosevelt to read the enclosed letter and consider forwarding it to Gifford Pinchot.
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1902-09
Secretary of War Elihu Root will be returning this week and will likely be glad to discuss Bernard Moses and the Philippine Commission with President Wheeler.
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1902-09-09
Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent for Public Instruction for the Philippine Islands, comments on a proposed amendment to a law regarding schools in the Philippines.
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1902-09-10
Secretary of State Hay encloses a document showing that their attitude in the “Tien Tsin matter” is appreciated in China.
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1902-09
James McMahon has been pleased with President Roosevelt’s recent speeches on the “Trust question.”
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1902-09-10
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger encloses a letter from Archbishop Ireland which may be of interest to President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-10
H. J. Saxton expresses interest in representing President Roosevelt on a future expedition with “Arizona” Charlie.
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1902-09-10
Information has been received that Emperor William II would prefer Charlemagne Tower over B. Storer as American ambassador to Germany.
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1902-09-10
General Superintendent Atkinson encloses a copy of the letter he sent to Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction, with comments concerning a proposed amendment to school law in the Philippines.
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1902-09-11
Joseph Bucklin Bishop approves of the proposed declaration and offers a minor change from Nevada N. Stranahan. Bishop plans on publishing proof that Governor Odell said he would not be a presidential candidate and only wants to help renominate President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-11
Nicholas Murray Butler will be available after he returns to New York on September 19. He believes that any position for Lemuel Ely Quigg would be a direct insult to President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-11
Cardinal Gibbons expresses thanks to “the Almighty” that President Roosevelt escaped from the carriage accident. In an unrelated note on the verso, President Roosevelt requests a meeting with Senator Platt and Senator Aldrich.
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1902-09-11
Secretary of State Hay does not find Assistant Secretary Adee’s replies objectionable. He has been pleased with President Roosevelt’s recent speeches and found Senator Lodge’s speech in Portland to be excellent. Hay is prepared to speak on October 6 for the Grand Army of the Republic unless Roosevelt decides he can attend.
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1902-09-11
Philo Pratt Hotchkiss offers to deliver a letter to Senator Platt with “about a hundred signatures from prominent bankers and merchants” supporting President Roosevelt as the 1904 Republican presidential nominee.
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1902-09-11
Judge Jones requests that President Roosevelt temporarily suspend his decision to remove District Attorney Vaughan.
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1902-09-11
Surgeon General Rixey is pleased to hear that President Roosevelt is recovering from the Pittsfield accident. He hopes that Roosevelt can join him on a turkey hunting trip.
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1902-09-11
James R. Sheffield is opposed to a tariff reform at this time and suggests that President Roosevelt quote liberally from President McKinley’s Buffalo speech on tariffs. He hopes that the New York State convention will go on record in favor of Roosevelt’s renomination in 1904. Sheffield is considering running for the New York congressional district.
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1902-09-11
Acting Secretary of State Adee has met with Arthur Stewart Raikes, charge d’affaires of the British Embassy, and Robert Bond, Premier of Newfoundland. At Lord Lansdowne’s instruction, they would like to reopen negotiations on a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Great Britain regarding Newfoundland. Adee requests President Roosevelt’s direction in moving forward with this proposition.
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1902-09-12
Chancellor Day expresses disappointment with President Roosevelt for failing to be an “example of reverence” on the Sabbath. Last Sunday was the anniversary week of President McKinley’s assassination, and it followed President Roosevelt’s own near-death experience from an accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (September 3). These experiences called for greater reverence on the Sabbath than what the papers characterized as Roosevelt having a day of “sport and fun.”
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1902-09-12