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President Roosevelt expresses his pleasure upon hearing that editor Thomas F. Woodlock of the Wall Street Journal likes his letter officially accepting the nomination of the Republican Party for the 1904 presidential election. Roosevelt says that Woodlock’s was the first such letter received, arriving at the same time as that of Frank Knox of the Manchester Leader. Roosevelt asks Woodlock to pass his thanks on to Sereno Stansbury Pratt, another editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-09-12

President Roosevelt sends reporter Edward G. Riggs a letter that was sent to him by former President Grover Cleveland about the Anthracite Coal Strike. Roosevelt emphasizes Cleveland’s endorsement of a pamphlet that urged Roosevelt to confiscate the operators’ property.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-09-02

President Roosevelt responds that he will act as Secretary of War Taft outlined regarding the report on the Philippines exhibit. Roosevelt is pleased about Vermont and hopes the Maine election will be favorable to his party. He complains about newspaper reports that money was sent to Vermont to win the election, which was not true, noting that those same newspapers overlook the corruption of Thomas Taggart in the Indiana election, including paying voters and keeping voters away. Roosevelt is sorry that Taft’s brother, Henry W. Taft, did not accept the nomination for governor of New York state.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-09-10

President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Labor Wright for his letter from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and tells him to “take a full holiday,” inviting him to visit the Roosevelts at their home in Oyster Bay, New York. He expresses interest in hearing more about “Murphy.” Roosevelt includes a letter and articles by newspaperman Walter Wellman regarding the labor conflicts in Colorado involving the Western Federation of Miners, which Wellman regards as a criminal organization. Roosevelt shares Wellman’s negative view of labor leaders William Haywood and Charles Moyer.

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1904-08-14

President Roosevelt tells Thomas F. Woodlock of the Wall Street Journal that Woodlock is one of the few people whose criticism he heeds. Roosevelt was surprised by Woodlock’s critical editorial about Roosevelt’s July 26 speech accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for the 1904 presidential election, especially considering Roosevelt believes the speech reflected a previous discussion between himself and Woodlock. Roosevelt invites Woodlock to meet with him in the next week to discuss the wording of his official acceptance letter.

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1904-07-30

President Roosevelt thanks newspaperman H. J. Wright for his letter, but disagrees with him regarding the Democrats leaving the gold standard out of their 1904 party platform.

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1904-07-15

President Roosevelt sends Frank S. Witherbee two editorials from The Sun and The Wall Street Journal. Many people have been writing to Roosevelt about legislation in Albany.

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1904-03-30

President Roosevelt objects to an editorial that appeared in The Outlook on the Miller case. Miller was reinstated, the labor union did not strike, and the case was closed. Roosevelt believes that he handled the issue “squarely” and brought about a final decision.

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1903-08-01

President Roosevelt tells William Seward Webb that John A. Sleicher, of Judge and Leslie’s Weekly, would like an interview with Webb.

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1903-02-02

President Roosevelt complains about the reporters around Oyster Bay fabricating stories, including the reporter from Paul Dana’s publication, The Sun. Roosevelt would like the reporter replaced by someone who will “tell the facts.”

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1902-07-30

President Roosevelt sends a complaint against R. W. Welch, a New York Times correspondent, who is misrepresenting Roosevelt’s positions and statements.

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1902-06-14

Quoting Mr. Evans’s own statement, President Roosevelt disputes an article that claims Evans was forced from his position.

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1902-05-16

President Roosevelt is pleased that there is an influential newspaper that is willing to publish “the truth in an abiding manner.”

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1902-05-14

President Roosevelt was pleased with M. J. Costello’s letter and writes that the New York Evening Post is a poor guide if you want to “accomplish practical results for decency.”

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1902-04-28

Vice President Roosevelt thanks John William Sherman Dillon for his recent discussion of Roosevelt in the twenty-second issue. He wishes he met Dillon when he traveled through Nebraska recently and hopes to see him in the future.

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1901-08-27

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt cannot write about the matters that Albert Griffin speaks about. However, he agrees with most of. Griffin’s propositions.

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1897-10-25

Wilbur S. Hinman asks the editor of the Boston Sunday Journal to send copies of the newspaper’s edition of September 12, 1897, to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt.

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1897-10-09

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Charles Dana, the editor of The Sun, that a torpedo-boat flotilla will assemble at Staten Island on September 29 and 30. If Dana’s son, Paul Dana, wants to attend and get a close-up, he can contact W. W. Kimball or John C. Fremont. Roosevelt can also make similar arrangements for a newspaper representative. 

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Winthrop L. Marvin’s message and knew he could count on the Boston Journal to build up the Navy. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge sent Roosevelt a clipping of an editorial from the Journal, which he appreciated. 

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1897-09-11

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Bliss to send reports, maps, and books on Alaska and the Yukon gold fields to Lincoln Steffens of the New York Evening Post. If there is any cost for the requested materials, Roosevelt asks that the bill be sent to Steffens.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-04