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This Augusta Chronicle article written by William H. Fleming details Fleming’s opinions of a recent race riot as well as the suppression of African American voters in Alabama and Georgia.
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1906-11-09
Chief of Staff Bell writes to President Roosevelt about the difficulty acquiring ships for transport of troops and supplies to Cuba. Ports in the south should anticipate higher traffic of troops and supplies back and forth. Bell asks that Roosevelt speak with governors of southern states, asking them to lift their quarantine of ships returning from Cuba to expedite the process.
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1906-09-25
Leslie M. Shaw informs J. S. Sherman that there is no longer doubt about their victory in the congressional campaign after Speaker Cannon’s speech, President Roosevelt’s letter, and Col. Bryan’s acceptance. Shaw recommends sending Republican speakers through neglected Democratic districts in the South where the margin of victory was small to begin cultivating support that might lead to Republican victories in 1916.
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1906-09-05
Two delegates from Tennessee have been reelected to vote for Theodore Roosevelt and two delegates from Alabama have decided that it is their duty to support Roosevelt.
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1912-05-16
Charles H. Scott protests against the appointment of Leander J. Bryan as marshal, even if Bryan has the backing of Judge Thomas G. Jones.
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1905-11-15
Dr. Washington writes to President Roosevelt and encloses correspondence regarding Charles William Anderson’s appointment.
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1905-03-25
William Eleroy Curtis was surprised to learn that President Roosevelt had not issued an order since he and many others were under the impression that such an order had been issued.
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1905-03-30
Booker T. Washington sends clippings of two editorials to President Roosevelt. One is a statement of approval by Oswald Garrison Villard on Roosevelt’s Lincoln Birthday Address. This second regards Roosevelt’s appointments in Alabama.
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1905-03-09
Joseph O. Thompson has received word that Captain William Frye Tebbetts will be re-nominated for the position of Collector of Customs at the Alabama port. Thompson states that although he had protested this nomination, he is satisfied that President Roosevelt has received sufficient advice to make the correct decision.
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1905-02-21
William Eleroy Curtis, a reporter for the Chicago Record-Herald, notifies President Roosevelt that he is planning a visit to five southern states. Curtis asks Roosevelt if there are any people or issues that he should write about.
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1905-02-24
Booker T. Washington writes to President Roosevelt including a newspaper clipping from the Montgomery Daily Advertiser. Washington notes that the newspaper clipping shows the appointment of a recommended postmaster and believes that Alabama will meet and even surpass the “Mississippi Standard.”
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1905-02-14
Representative Jenkins writes to William Loeb that he is confident there will be no legislation this session covering the subject Loeb wrote about in his last letter. If the Alabama delegation asks for it, the Judiciary Committee may grant them a hearing.
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1905-02-08
Joseph O. Thompson has enclosed a letter concerning the state of politics in Alabama. Thompson hopes Loeb will pass the letter on to President Roosevelt.
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1904-08-22
Joseph O. Thompson writes to President Roosevelt concerning the behavior and political appointments of Judge Thomas Goode Jones. Thompson reports that Jones is spreading a bad opinion of Roosevelt throughout Alabama. Thompson asserts that the cause of the situation is his opposition to Jones’s appointment of one of his friends to political office.
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1904-08-22
Eugene F. Ware writes William Loeb concerning matters in Alabama. Ware inquires whether he is to be guided by the advice of Joseph Oswalt Thompson and Charles H. Scott. He notes that Scott is a businessman from New York and wonders if that qualifies him to be “one of the Referees for Alabama.”
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1904-08-22
John Singleton Mosby discusses Francis R. Pemberton’s views on what Pemberton calls President Roosevelt’s “Negro Policy.” Mosby compares Roosevelt’s actions to those of William McKinley and Grover Cleveland, noting how Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to lunch and Cleveland invited Frederick Douglass to a social event. Mosby believes that the Tammany Democrats in New York will vote for Judge Alton B. Parker because “Cleveland is for Parker and Parker is for the Gold Standard” and not, as Pemberton believes, “because of the President’s Negro Policy.”
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1904-08-02
Reverend Hall believes that more white men in Alabama “would have voted the Republican national ticket this fall if it were not for the negro question.” Hall has heard people say that any attempt at social equality will “result inevitably in conflict” and implies that Roosevelt may not completely understand the sentiment in the South.
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1904-07-28
Judge Jones asks Marshal Bryan not to remove Deputy Marshal Colquitt from office because he believes that the referees (most likely referring to the Alabama patronage referees J. O. Thompson and Charles H. Scott) have requested this action “for purely partisan reasons.” Jones discusses the power of the court and the influence of partisan values.
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1904-07-28
Joseph Adams Smith asks President Roosevelt about a historical fact regarding the battle between the ships the Alabama and the Kearsarge for an address Smith is delivering at the Union League of Philadelphia.
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1904-07-04
William F. Aldrich complains to President Roosevelt about the change in the referee system and appointments being made by the Post Office Department for postmasters in Alabama. Aldrich states they are ignoring his recommendations and specifically cites the town of Maplesville Chilton where B. C. Crawford was appointed over Aldrich’s recommendation for B. O. Glover. Aldrich asks that Roosevelt instruct him as to what to do concerning future recommendations.
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1904-05-27