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Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt slightly prefers the wording of Senator Beveridge’s amendment to the one presented by the House, but does not think the difference is vital. Roosevelt recently spoke with Representative Henry Cullen Adams of Wisconsin regarding the majority report, and he accepted most of the amendments proposed on the bill. Roosevelt reiterates that he is not concerned with the way these amendments are phrased, but is concerned rather with the results obtained. He especially wants to avoid getting bogged down in arguments about minutia, as was the case of a statehood bill several years ago.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt would like to be able to “get off into the woods somewhere for a holiday,” but does not think it will be possible for him to do so for a variety of reasons. Among other reasons, Roosevelt is cognizant of his time in the presidency growing shorter, and wants to make sure he is able to accomplish what he wants to. He believes Lyman Abbott is correct in his view of the Allison amendment, and says that it simply lists what Roosevelt has always maintained that the Hepburn bill contained. Recent discussion of the inheritance tax has amused Roosevelt, as there is already a law on the books which had been deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court several years ago.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-05-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Horace Lorimer

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Horace Lorimer

After talking with George Horace Lorimer, President Roosevelt went back and read The Plum Tree through all the way, after previously having read only half of it. The ending of the book reconciles Roosevelt to many of the problems he had with it throughout, but he still holds many issues with the book which he lays out for Lorimer. The author, David Graham Phillips, falls into the trap of overstating the sort of corruption that is present in politics, and while Roosevelt freely admits that corruption is present–which, he points out, he is working against–there are also many good people working in politics as well. In a postscript of several days later, Roosevelt comments on several of Phillips’s articles on the Senate, in which he acts similarly by taking “certain facts that are true in themselves, and […] ignoring utterly a very much large mass of facts that are just as true and just as important.” Roosevelt criticizes Phillips for working with William Randolph Hearst to achieve notoriety.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Knute Nelson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Knute Nelson

President Roosevelt writes to Senator Nelson because the actions of Senator Eugene Hale, likely on behalf of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, referring to Senator Joseph W. Bailey’s amendment have changed the situation enough to warrant a reevaluation of the amendments. Roosevelt was worried at first about the constitutionality of Bailey’s amendment, but feels that if it is put in as a separate clause so that it does not risk the entire bill, it may be all right. He suspects that several ‘railway Senators’ have supported Bailey’s amendment because they believe it will be struck down by the courts and thereby stop the entire legislation. He reiterates that he is fine with Bailey’s amendment, but hopes that Nelson or Senator William B. Allison will be able to insist on separate votes, splitting the amendment into two.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Carnegie

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Carnegie

President Roosevelt is delighted by Andrew Carnegie’s opinion about the rate legislation. To Roosevelt’s mind, corporations who oppose the measure are making a mistake, “not only from their own standpoint but from the standpoint of all those who are against the growth of a hysterical radicalism or socialism in the country.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Reid to give King Edward VII the enclosed letter. He discusses the trouble that Germany is causing at the Algeciras Conference, after Kaiser William II did not honor his promise to instruct the Germans to follow Roosevelt’s instructions. Roosevelt believes that Germany believes that it can defeat both England and France now that Russia is out of the way. Domestically, Roosevelt believes that the railroad rate bill will pass after “mild troubles,” including Senator Nelson W. Aldrich losing “both his head and his temper.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edmund H. Hinshaw

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edmund H. Hinshaw

President Roosevelt thanks Representative Hinshaw for sending him the clipping about the Hepburn railroad rate bill and says that he believes that the most important part of the bill is the “prompt application of the rate schedule” as directed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Congress has done everything that it can to ensure that the bill will not be held up by the courts in the event of an appeal. However, Roosevelt notes that there is no way to completely prevent any legislative action from being appealed to the courts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis E. Leupp

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis E. Leupp

President Roosevelt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp of his recent discussion with Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, who had been misinformed about Leupp’s work by Father W. H. Ketcham. Roosevelt gave Aldrich three summary statements regarding the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which he lists. These include intolerance of fraud concerning Native petitions, enabling expression of Native opinions, and providing an equal financial basis for education at government and church schools.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were glad to hear from General Wood. Roosevelt is taking up the publication of Young’s letter, although he doubts if it will be worthwhile. He sends Wood a copy of a letter from Consul General of Cuba Frank Maximilian Steinhart and says he has asked Secretary of State Elihu Root to look into the matter. Roosevelt was pleased with Frank Ross McCoy’s “fine showing.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William B. Allison

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William B. Allison

President Roosevelt has written to Senator Allison, Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, and Representative John Dalzell about the possibility of tariff negotiations with Germany taking place in Berlin. Roosevelt has decided to have Ambassador Charlemagne Tower take up the matter. He asks Allison to write a full set of instructions for Tower as soon as possible.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that the Germans are “very anxious” for the United States to send people over in an attempt to come to an agreement about tariff matters. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich agrees that this should be done. Although Roosevelt doubts that Germany and the United States will come to a consensus at all, he believes that sending representatives for negotiation is “courteous and proper.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Speck von Sternburg

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Speck von Sternburg

President Roosevelt discusses the military prowess of the Roman Empire. He tells German Ambassador Sternburg that he believes that the Japanese government did a poor job of communicating to their people how much they gained in the Treaty of Portsmouth. The Japanese are now rioting because the country did not receive a large indemnity. Roosevelt also tells Sternburg about problems with stockholders, as well as his trip in the submarine Plunger.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-06