Bartholdt, Richard, 1855-1932

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler updates President Roosevelt on the progress being made to establish the Association for International Conciliation, with funding from Andrew Carnegie. The peace work of the association is to be done as quietly as possible and in accordance with the wishes of Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root. In addition, Butler offers Roosevelt his support in regard to the Brownsville affair and encourages Roosevelt to keep up a “stiff front” to the “Senate oligarchy.” Butler also shares his observations regarding how railroad officials are trying to make the new railroad rate law unpopular, but concludes that, despite challenges, the law will succeed in the end.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-21

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler tells President Roosevelt about the League for International Conciliation, organized by Senator Estournelles de Constant of France. Butler hopes that Roosevelt’s Nobel Prize fund might support this group, or at least not work in opposition to it. Butler is in charge of organizing American membership in the organization, has already arranged a conference with Andrew Carnegie and Congressman Richard Bartholdt, and reports that there is enthusiasm from many different people within the United States. He encloses a list of the membership in the League thus far.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

List of Republican and Democratic Representatives

A list of Republican and Democratic Representatives, probably related to some piece of legislation under consideration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Max E. Kaufman

Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary thinks Max E. Kaufman’s suggestion is admirable. The secretary believes Mr. Nagel will relinquish his place to Congressman Richard Bartholdt, who was a candidate for temporary chairmanship of the Missouri Convention in opposition to Governor Herbert S. Hadley.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-03

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

H. R. 25606

Legislation to use President Roosevelt’s money from the 1906 Nobel Prize to establish a committee dedicated to the promotion of industrial peace.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-12

Creator(s)

United States Congress. House

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. J. Jusserand

Theodore Roosevelt greatly wishes he could have been president during the Mexican Revolution and the First World War. Roosevelt also wishes that the documents sent to him by Jean Jules Jusserand could be widely circulated. Roosevelt further states that he hopes the English and French governments will treat the Wilson administration the same way Abraham Lincoln’s administration treated the English and French governments during the American Civil War, when the official classes were hostile to the United States.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ralph M. Easley

President Roosevelt spoke to Representative Richard Bartholdt the same as Ralph M. Easley did. Roosevelt finds it “extraordinary that any people of respectability should be willing to lend their name to such a movement.” He hopes Easley will enjoy his two articles on socialism that will come out soon in The Outlook.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt advises Senator Knox, who will be president-elect William H. Taft’s secretary of state, on the importance and fragility of the relationship between the United States and Japan. Roosevelt explains why he believes that there is a real possibility that Japan will declare war on the United States, although this is by no means certain. Currently, many Americans are pursuing ineffectual and offensive strategies in an effort to prevent Japanese immigration to the United States. Roosevelt supports their goal but not their means. In Hawaii, meanwhile, Roosevelt disapproves of sugar planters encouraging large numbers of settlers from China and Japan to come work on their plantations. Roosevelt feels that the settlement of Hawaii by individuals from Southern Europe should be encouraged. His more general policy is threefold. He wants the government to prevent Japanese citizens from settling in America, while treating Japan “so courteously that she will not be offended more than necessary,” and building up the navy as a preventative measure. Although the value of this policy should be self-evident, Americans “are shortsighted and have short memories.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard C. Kerens

President Roosevelt wants the factional fighting in Missouri to cease and asks Richard C. Kerens to do his part to ensure that.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Joseph M. Dixon

Governor Hadley believes that the majority of the Republican National Committee is opposed to Theodore Roosevelt and intends to control the Republican National Convention by ruling in favor of President Taft for all contested delegates. Hadley would like to influence the National Committee by challenging its membership. Several states elect National Committee members at the state convention which is contrary to the regulations for selecting committee members according the National Committee. Hadley believes that state conventions are a legitimate venue for electing National Committee members and would like these elected individuals to insist that they be seated on the National Committee at the Republican National Convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-29

Creator(s)

Hadley, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer), 1872-1927

Letter from Victor Hugo Duras to Theodore Roosevelt

Victor Hugo Duras would like to put himself forward for the secretaryship of the International Peace Commission that will be appointed by President William H. Taft. He asks Theodore Roosevelt to write a letter to Senator Elihu Root on his behalf. Duras also believes that Roosevelt’s future is in international politics and strongly urges him to seek the chairmanship of the commission. He thinks that the commission and development of an international court of justice will strengthen the United States’s international standing.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-06

Creator(s)

Duras, Victor Hugo, 1880-1943

Letter from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Andrew Carnegie

Minister to Norway Peirce seeks help from Andrew Carnegie in advancing Elihu Root’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize. He recently learned that Jørgan Løvland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, feels Elihu Root’s actions in pursuit of peace were those of a government official. While this might be technically true, Peirce worries that Løvland “does not really grasp the situation.” A letter from President Roosevelt to the Committee might improve Root’s chances. Additionally, Peirce heard that Roosevelt denied Løvland’s request to come speak in Norway next year. As Roosevelt is giving an address in Berlin, and it is typical for Peace Prize recipients to speak in Norway, Peirce worries that this refusal will hurt the chances of another American “in public life” receiving the Prize.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-08

Creator(s)

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Letter from Frank Wyman to William Loeb

St. Louis Postmaster Wyman fears that the efforts of some political enemies and the recent Edward Gardner Lewis scandal will undermine his previously-assured re-appointment. Wyman asks William Loeb for advice on whether or not to go to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Roosevelt and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer to discuss the situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-26

Creator(s)

Wyman, Frank, 1850-1924

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses a dispatch from the American Minister in Christiana, Norway, about Richard Bartholdt’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-24

Creator(s)

Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924

Letter from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Robert Bacon

Ambassador Herbert H. D. Peirce explains to Acting Secretary of State Bacon that when President Roosevelt handed him the papers related to the candidacy of United States Congressman from Missouri Richard Barthold for the Nobel Peace Prize, Roosevelt instructed that, although he wished the Nobel committee to give Barthold due attention, it is important to disclaim for Roosevelt and the U.S. government “the intention of making any recommendation on the subject.” Peirce followed Roosevelt’s instructions when he handed the papers to Jørgen Løvland, chair of the Nobel committee.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-07

Creator(s)

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Letter from Jørgen Løvland to Herbert H. D. Peirce

Jorgen Løvland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, acknowledges the committee’s receipt of two letters. President Roosevelt passed them through Herbert H. D. Peirce, the U.S. Ambassador to Norway, regarding Representative Richard Bartholdt’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-04

Creator(s)

Løvland, Jørgen, 1848-1922

Letter from William Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, calls President Roosevelt’s attention to a number of facts regarding a person hostile to the Ellis Island administration (identified in a handwritten note as Congressman Richard Bartholdt). Bartholdt continues to attack Ellis Island in spite of having been able to visit and see that articles in the Staats-Zeitung were false. Williams does not suggest any action, but wishes for Roosevelt to be informed on the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-15

Creator(s)

Williams, William, 1862-1947

Here is a ticket which every citizen may vote tomorrow without apology

The St. Louis Chronicle endorses a bipartisan slate of candidates for the 1904 election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

List of American Members of the League for International Conciliation

List of unknown origin titled “American Members of the League for International Conciliation,” enclosed with a letter created by Nobel Prize winner Nicholas Murray Butler. Andrew Carnegie and Andrew D. White are listed as “Honorary Presidents,” 12 people are listed under “Council of Direction,” and 46 people are listed as “Members.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Note from William Williams

William Williams identifies Representative Richard Bartholdt as the subject of the letter he wrote to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-15

Creator(s)

Williams, William, 1862-1947