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William F. Saunders assures William Loeb that he understands President Roosevelt’s position regarding a letter he had written to him regarding the situation in Missouri, and that he has not used the letter. Saunders had received letters from Albert Shaw and Thomas J. Akins on the subject.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-02
President Roosevelt has seen Albert Shaw’s letter to William F. Saunders, and it meets the case. Roosevelt sends copies of a letter and telegram to Thomas J. Akins. (This is related to the ongoing controversy over Roosevelt supposedly saying that Cyrus Packard Walbridge is a better man than Joseph Wingate Folk.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31
President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-10
President Roosevelt has received the various newspaper clippings and editorials that William Dudley Foulke has sent him. He is not concerned with the editorial from the Evening Post, as it is not an important paper, and thinks that it is disingenuous in its support of Charles Evans Hughes. Many of people who Hughes appoints are involved in politics, as are many of Roosevelt’s. Several other papers are similarly dishonest in how they frame their criticisms, and Roosevelt is reluctant to address these statements, especially since, to his mind, he has addressed the issue several years ago in his orders to the Civil Service Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-12
President Roosevelt refutes a claim by Norman Hapgood regarding his supposed interference in the 1904 Missouri gubernatorial election where he said that one candidate was “a better man” than the other. Roosevelt quotes the text of several letters written in connection to this issue to back up his claim that he did not say this, and that his actual sentiment was misinterpreted. This misinterpretation, Roosevelt suggests, was part of an effort to influence the election in Missouri against Roosevelt’s presidential campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-17
President Roosevelt has seen a copy of Albert Shaw’s letter to William F. Saunders, and feels that it is what was needed. He sends Shaw a copies of a letter and a telegram that he has sent to Thomas J. Akins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31
President Roosevelt sends Robert J. Collier copies of two letters that he received from the correspondent of the Kansas City Star from Missouri. Roosevelt’s letters to Collier are being used by Samuel Hopkins Adams to try to harm Roosevelt during the final moments of the campaign. Roosevelt states that he is in favor of the Republican ticket in Missouri, as he is in every state, but never made a comparison between the Republican candidate Joseph Wingate Folk and his opponent Cyrus Packard Walbridge. He asks that Collier keep the matter to himself, as someone, whether Adams or someone else, apparently hopes to influence the election in Missouri, as well as the presidential election itself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-29
Senator Lodge is glad to hear President Roosevelt’s outlook on the upcoming elections. He has heard from Thomas J. Akins in Missouri that the Republicans have a good chance of carrying that state. Lodge also feels that New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s speeches out West have been helping the ticket. William Sturgis Bigelow has not acknowledged Roosevelt’s letter because the coin has not arrived yet. Lodge also discusses the situation in Europe. He warns Roosevelt that if Jeremiah J. McCarthy, Surveyor of the Port of Boston, appeals to him to appoint a Deputy Surveyor, he should get the facts from Reynolds before acting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-09
Richard Bartholdt discusses the selection of Missouri delegates for the Republican National Convention in a letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Missouri Representative Bartholdt invites President Roosevelt to meet with Otto F. Stifel and Fred Basen, likely future delegates from his district.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-07
The men of the Missouri State Republican Committee met and endorsed President Roosevelt for president and Missourian Cyrus Packard Walbridge for vice president, and set the date of the state convention for March 22, in Kansas City.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-10
Richard Bartholdt writes to Theodore Roosevelt about the Republican State Committee meeting in Missouri, at which time Roosevelt received the members’ endorsement. Bartholdt also discusses a proposed change of appraiser in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11