Addicks, John Edward Charles O’Sullivan, 1841-1919

Letter from William W. Keen to Lyman Abbott

Dr. Keen wants President Roosevelt to make an exception to his stance on non-interference in state politics. Keen is outraged by J. Edwards Addicks’s influence in Delaware and calls his career “shameless” and refers to his “baseness of character.” Keen is grateful that Dr. Abbott will present the matter to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-11-14

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Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932

Letter from Lyman Abbott to William W. Keen

Lyman Abbott responds to a letter from William W. Keen expressing concern about John Edward Addicks’s influence on Delaware politics. Abbott defends President Roosevelt for not interfering in Republican Party disputes at the state level. Abbott is concerned, however, that recent appointments, along with unfavorable press, make it look as though Roosevelt is working with Addicks.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-11-12

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Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922

Letter from William W. Keen to Lyman Abbott

William W. Keen writes to Lyman Abbott about John Edward Addicks, an aspiring politician in Delaware. Keen has corresponded with Abbott previously on this topic. He has also contacted Secretary of State John Hay, whom he first met in college. Keen states that Addicks is “in financial straits” and his home is falling into disrepair. Keen also claims that Addicks has “captured the entire fortune of both of [his] wives,” the first of whom is deceased, the second from whom he is divorced.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-11-11

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Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932

Letter from William Williams Keen to Lyman Abbott

William Williams Keen would like Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott to use his influence to get President Roosevelt to withdraw his support for industrialist and Delaware senate candidate John Charles Edward O’Sullivan Addicks. Keen knows Addicks and his family intimately, and believes defeating him is a matter of national importance due to his being tainted socially. Keen would prefer to keep his involvement in this confidential.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-07

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Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932

Addicks plans coup to wreck Allee’s hopes

The article discusses J. Edward Addicks’s plan to overthrow Senator J. Frank Allee and take his seat as the chairman of the Union Republican State Committee.

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Creation Date

1905-09-09

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Unknown

Prefers bayonets to Addicks

Reverend Robert Arthur Elwood, a Presbyterian minister, urges the citizens of Delaware to oppose the election of John Edward Addicks to the United States Senate. Elwood endorses the use of violence if necessary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-01

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(A composite portrait) John Edward Theodore Addicks Roosevelt (in his astounding political impersonation of) Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

Cartoon depicts a composite portrait of President Roosevelt and John Edward Addicks holding Kent and Sussex “cows” on a leash and holding a proclamation awarding William Michael Byrne a district attorneyship.

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Creation Date

1902-11-16

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Pritchett, Marlton Lee, 1867-1948

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas William Lawson

President Roosevelt thanks Thomas William Lawson for his support, but complains of inaccurate reporting about his political support, or lack thereof, for John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks. Roosevelt complains that a correspondent associated with Lawson lied that Roosevelt actively campaigned for and supported Addicks, and explains that he has only ever seen Addicks three times, as he has met many politicians.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-21

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gordon Russell

President Roosevelt was pleased with the letter from Gordon Russell. He feels that Russell clearly understands what he is trying to do, and especially appreciates what Russell said about the moral aspects of his work. He discusses the results of the election. Roosevelt thinks the way to raise the “ideals of the masses” is not to simply point out the wrong, but to especially point out “a safe and proper remedy.”

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1908-11-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Hamlin Abbott

President Roosevelt responds to an editorial in the Outlook criticizing a measure related to voting representation. He says it is a great injustice to let white people suppress the votes of black citizens and then fraudulently cast their votes as their own. This results in some states receiving more representatives without representing the entire population. There can be no moral argument for allowing this to go on. Yet moving too quickly risks making a bad situation worse. Roosevelt hopes that the Outlook might emphasize, along with its condemnation of the proposed remedy, that the injustice being practiced by leaders in the South is responsible for inciting those in the North to make legislative proposals such as this.

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1904-12-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Haven Putnam

President Roosevelt thanks George Haven Putnam for his letter, but wants to correct him on one point. Roosevelt explains he has dealt with senators like Matthew Stanley Quay not because they made him president but because he wanted to succeed in his policies by working with prominent men in the Republican Party. The president says that the results of the presidential election will not make any real change in his attitude toward them. Roosevelt also explains confidentially he is trying to do all he can regarding the tariff revision and reciprocity.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-15

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert J. Collier

President Roosevelt thanks Robert J. Collier for his letter. He quotes a portion of a letter from Albert Shaw that clears up some of the situation surrounding the controversy with the Missouri election. Roosevelt also comments on the way that Mr. Adams may have used the supposed comments, dismissing him as dishonest, using Adams’s former comments on Delaware appointments as an example where he was completely inaccurate.

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Creation Date

1904-10-31

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lucius B. Swift

President Roosevelt verifies the truth of a report in the Evening Post, that William Michael Byrne is a Catholic who has always supported Roosevelt, even during the period of questioning about the administration’s conduct in the Philippines. Byrne was appointed by Roosevelt as United States Attorney in Delaware without reference to whether he was for or against John Edward Addicks. Byrne later moved to New York, where he was again appointed by Roosevelt as an Assistant District Attorney. Support or opposition to Addicks was as irrelevant in the former appointment as the latter.

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Creation Date

1904-08-13

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt suggests that Joseph Bucklin Bishop write to Elihu Root and urge him to run. Roosevelt wonders if Bishop can be more critical of Alton B. Parker and Thomas Taggart as other newspapers have been critical of Roosevelt’s “imaginary dealings” with John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-01

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt asks Lyman Abbott what he knows about Thomas Taggart, chosen to run the campaign for Democratic Presidential candidate Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt insists he appointed George B. Cortelyou to run his own campaign to be “handled on a high plane.” Conversely, Roosevelt is critical of Taggart who he believes has “succeeded in politics by his finished ability in purchasing votes” and has questionable ethics when dealing with reporters.

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Creation Date

1904-08-01

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister

President Roosevelt agrees with Owen Wister’s thoughts. Roosevelt is grateful to the American people even though he has had a great deal of work as president. Roosevelt notes his cabinet has been a huge support to him and is glad he owed the election to “Abraham Lincoln’s ‘plain people.'” The president expresses his frustration with certain journalists and newspapers who criticize Roosevelt about having too close of a connection with “the wicked” but who ignored Alton B. Parker’s “hand-in-glove intimacy” with James J. Hill, William F. Sheehan, and Thomas Taggart. Roosevelt acknowledges he has made mistakes, but many of the criticisms leveled at him are due to ignorance.

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Creation Date

1904-11-19

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Shaw

President Roosevelt feels that acquiring the land for an Isthmian canal cannot be done by treaty and public opinion is not prepared to accept the land’s seizure by force. Roosevelt was disappointed that the Review of Reviews displayed a positive view of James Vardaman, recently elected Governor of Mississippi, who Roosevelt considers worse than John Edward Addicks of Delaware.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-07

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt calls Lyman Abbott’s attention to the “foulness and violence” of James Kimble Vardaman, the recently elected Governor of Mississippi. Roosevelt has a low opinion of Vardaman and considers him even lower than John Edward Addicks of Delaware.

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1903-10-07

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

Henry C. Payne’s letters have helped President Roosevelt understand the difficulties that the Post Office Department endured during the Delaware situation. However, the country at large views John Edward Addicks as an example of securing elections through improper means. Roosevelt does not want any more action taken until he can meet with Payne.

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Creation Date

1903-09-10

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Grant La Farge

President Roosevelt supports William Michael Byrne’s reappointment even though Byrne supported John Edward Addicks for Delaware Senator. Roosevelt does not want Addicks in the Senate but is still hopeful for two Republican Senators from Delaware.

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Creation Date

1903-02-09

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919