Mr. Roosevelt in 1908
Article discussing President Roosevelt’s potential run for reelection in 1908, as mentioned by Jacob Riis.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-25
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The president as a peacemaker
The writer describes President Roosevelt’s successful peace conference between Japan and Russia in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A poem about the conference is included at the end of the article.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-14
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Kermit Roosevelt outfits for hunt
An article detailing Kermit Roosevelt’s hunting trip at the head of the Gulf of California and through the nearby Tinajas Altas mountains. He plans to hunt for mountain sheep, lobos and woller.
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Creation Date
1911-08-09
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About Oklahoma politics
Article discussing a meeting between three Oklahoma Territory justices, John Burford, Chief Justice, and Associate Justices, Bayard Hainer and B. F. Burwell, with President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-20
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Senator Tillman and President Roosevelt
The Laurel Ledger prints an article discussing Senator Tillman’s criticism of the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House. The article speaks highly of President Roosevelt and also describes where a “woman’s place” should be, claiming that if Morris had been in her place “attending to her duties at home” rather than “trying to influence the government in her hen-pecked husband’s behalf,” there would not have been an incident.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-20
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The silence of Republicans; The Mrs. Morris affair
Two newspaper articles, one regarding the sentiment and reactions of Republicans to Senator Benjamin R. Tillman’s speech in Congress. The other article discusses the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-21
Creator(s)
Unknown; Fitze, Charles G., Mrs.
Tribute to Roosevelt
Article expresses appreciation for President Roosevelt’s work in the United States and abroad.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-22
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Senator Knox talks of Parker
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph discusses Senator Knox’s business in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and shares a portion of an interview in which Knox talks about Alton B. Parker and his candidacy for president.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-14
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Dolliver’s bill
Article discussing various politicians’ support of the Dolliver Bill.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-24
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Mr. Hearst’s contest
The writer of an editorial expresses support for a speech in which Isthmian Canal Commission Chairman Theodore P. Shonts suggested naming the completed interoceanic canal in Panama the Roosevelt Canal. President Roosevelt has been a champion of the canal as vital to the carrying out of the Monroe Doctrine since he was governor of New York, and as President he is its most powerful supporter. Other editorials on the page discuss the political situation in Chicago and William Randolph Hearst’s attempts to settle the disputed New York City mayoral election.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-13
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Gives answer to Senator Long’s letter
C. L. Davidson responds to a letter published by Kansas Senator Chester I. Long regarding the Dolliver Bill, Hepburn Act, and decisions regarding the Interstate Commerce Commission and railroad rates, and how these decisions will affect Wichita, Kansas.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-25
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Current comment
Article describing two incidents involving former inhabitants of Sedalia, Missouri. One is Mrs. Minor Morris, and the author of the article laments the notoriety Morris has achieved.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-18
Creator(s)
Fuller, Aunt
Cheatham assails Secretary Wilson
Newspaper articles describing Richard Cheatham’s verbal attack on Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding cotton interests.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-11
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The emancipation of the Tsar
W. T. Stead relays the history of Russian Emperor Nicholas II’s reign up to this point, and asserts that his unpopularity with his people and inability to act rests on the bureaucracy built up by his ministers. Stead believes that Nicholas will be “emancipated” from the limits of autocracy and bureaucracy by the upcoming election of the Duma. When the Tsar and Duma meet, Stead predicts that they will be able to work well together.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-12
Creator(s)
Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912
Jackson, (Miss) Correspondence
Newspaper article quoting Senator Money on his objection to quarantines. Money also takes issue with President Roosevelt for calling Confederate soldiers anarchists, and for the president’s support of African Americans, concluding that Roosevelt, “hates the South and Southern people.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-09
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Only $25 to join a new club
Newspaper article discussing the invitations of membership sent out by the Constitution Club to well-known men, including President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-10
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Mr. Roosevelt and Mrs. Morris
Francis Joseph Andrew Darr writes to the editor of the New York Journal regarding Laura A. Hull Morris’s removal from the White House. Darr is critical of President Roosevelt, William Loeb, and Benjamin F. Barnes, stating that Morris “has the sympathy of all decent men and women.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-19
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Head of nation hotly assailed
W. S. Couch writes an article detailing Senator Tillman’s verbal attack on President Roosevelt and call for investigation on the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-18
Creator(s)
Couch, W. S.
Not after the chairs
Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce denies that President Roosevelt has an interest in acquiring the chairs used by Count Vitte and Baron Komura during the signing of the peace treaty.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-13
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Accident versus merit
The writer of the article suggests that some political candidates are elected by their merits, and other through the “accident” of being broadly popular and facing an unpopular or bad candidate as an opponent. President Roosevelt has reached his office on his merits, and the writer argues against attempting to nominate Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna to replace him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-07