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President Roosevelt will announce Byrne’s appointment tomorrow and has decided to have nothing to do with the Addicks or anti-Addicks factions.
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1902-11-23
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt to express his dissatisfaction with the site selected for the new Appraiser’s Store in Boston, which Lodge and members of the business community consider to be too far from the Custom House. Lodge was anxious about Maine because of the feeling over prohibition law but was pleased by the results.
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1906-09-12
President Roosevelt pets a cat with New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt’s face as he holds a “list of smoothed downers” in his other hand: “Morgan. Hill (J. J.) Gould. Harriman. Addicks. Black. Odell. Payn. Platt.” On the wall is a sign: “Oyster Bay. Notice. Smoothing down done with neatness and despatch. T. R.”
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1904-07-17
President Roosevelt is dressed as an angel and blesses Louis Frisbie Payn. Beside Roosevelt is a “list of the forgiven”: “Morgan. Hill (J. J.) Gould. Harriman. Addicks. Platt. Black. Odell.” The door reads, “White House private—admittance by invitation only. T. R.”
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1904-07-01
President Roosevelt holds a “Civil Service Reform” paper as he stands on a platform. Behind him a man holds a “U.S. Postmaster General” axe and is about to decapitate a woman labeled “post distribution.” She leans on “Delaware,” and her hands are tied by “objectionable and obnoxious” rope. Meanwhile, John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks—”the gas man”—holds a “spoils” basket, preparing to collect the postmistress’s head.
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1903-09-11
John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks stands behind Delaware Senator J. Frank Allee who grabs the collar of a “post-mistress.” Caption: “Personally obnoxious.”—Senator Allee, Delaware.
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1903-09-08
President Roosevelt rides a Republican elephant that holds a “Delaware patronage” scroll in its trunk as it steps into a river labeled “dirty politics.” John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks attempts to grab the scroll.
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1903-09-13
President Roosevelt stands beside a number of men, including Ohio Representative Charles Henry Grosvenor, who holds a book entitled “Lives of the Presidents—A Few Left,” New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks, Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, Louis Frisbie Payn, New York Representative Lucius Nathan Littauer, and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Roosevelt holds a sign that reads, ‘The principles which we profess are those in which we believe with heart and soul and strength. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Our actions speak even louder than our words for the faith that is in us.’ T. R.”
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1904-09-16
President Roosevelt removes a mask depicting himself as a Quaker and bows in front of an elephant. The elephant wears an “imperialism” crown, a “postal fraud” mailbag and a “pension order” money bag on the elephant’s front two legs, and has “deficit,” “Addicks,” “extravagance,” and “subsidies” bandages. The elephant also wears a “tariff wall” and “the new diplomacy” seat, and grasps “the big stick” with its trunk, which also wears a “Littauer” glove.
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1904-09-14
Secretary of War Taft discusses a possible candidate for a vacant position in Delaware. Taft advises Roosevelt to consider an Episcopal appointee in order to avoid crossing sects.
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1904-03-12
President Roosevelt must prepare to select two Republican senators from Delaware if the Republican Party cannot resolve their differences. The Republican Party is divided into those who support John Edward Addicks and those who oppose him. The state risks the chance of going unrepresented in the Senate for two years if the situation is not resolved.
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1901-10-30
This article states that Republicans need to “join hands” together to ensure that they maintain control of politics in Delaware.
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1904-02-15
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the recent mayoral election in New York. Butler conveys the public’s positive reaction to President Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington, and the public’s negative reaction to George B. McClellan, Mr. Murphy, and Seth Low. In regard to his recent conversation with Cornelius Newton Bliss concerning campaign tactics, Butler suggests that Roosevelt invite Mr. Kennedy, James Speyer, and James Stillman for lunch or dinner. Butler writes about the Panama Rebellion and editorials on the topic running in The Evening Post and The Times. Butler also discusses the involvement of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Edward Addicks, General James Harrison Wilson, and Wayne MacVeagh in the Maryland and Ohio elections. Butler suggests Roosevelt become a professor of American History and Politics in Morningside Heights.
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1903-11-09
After meeting with the Delaware senators, President Roosevelt reluctantly met with John Edward Addicks at the White House. Roosevelt believed the visit was in “bad taste” and would have preferred Addicks to stay away. Roosevelt told all Delaware visitors that he would no longer tolerate the state’s factional dispute.
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1903-10-04
After consulting with Henry P. Scott, Benoni Lockwood believes that William S. Hillis would be the ideal candidate for United States District Attorney of Delaware. Hillis has no business connections with John Edward Addicks, and Scott feels that Hillis’s appointment would create the least amount of dissatisfaction among Delaware’s Republican factions.
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1903-09-22
Charles J. Bonaparte believes that J. D. Cameron will need to be indicted when his connection to the postmaster case becomes public knowledge. It appears that Cameron’s political influence has given him immunity thus far. Bonaparte does not believe that Commissioner William Dudley Foulke was attempting to deceive President Roosevelt. However, Foulke’s interpretation that fourth class postmasters are exempt from the schedule as “employees in post offices having no free delivery service” should be used or these postmasters will be in a classified, competitive class. Bonaparte also warns against Postmaster General Henry C. Payne showing sympathy towards the Addicks faction in Delaware.
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1903-09-21
George Wharton Pepper, receiver of the Bay State Gas Company, filed a bill of complaint against John Edward Addicks and Senator J. Frank Allee alleging fraud in a transaction of company stock. The complaint claims that Addicks received 1,500,000 shares without consideration and requests the cancellation of these shares.
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1903-08-20
William Michael Byrne writes to Benjamin F. Barnes regarding Republican politics in Delaware. Byrne hopes President Roosevelt’s influence can help to ensure conservative politics prevail in the state.
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1903-08-20
John Edward Addicks and Senator J. Frank Allee are planning to renominate John Hunn as the Republican candidate for Governor of Delaware. William Michael Byrne fears that this will mean the Democrats will win the gubernatorial election and carry the state in national elections. He believes this could be avoided with a neutral candidate, such as Attorney General Herbert H. Ward. Byrne would like President Roosevelt to help the situation by calling for a “middle course” in Delaware. Byrne concludes with a discussion of his upcoming transfer or resignation.
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1903-08-10
George Kennan thanks President Roosevelt for his letter regarding political issues in Delaware. However, he was disappointed with the appointment of District Attorney William Michael Byrne.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-29