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President Roosevelt will reappoint Assistant Attorney General Cooley to his position after receiving a letter from his doctors. Roosevelt instructs Cooley to have a number of congressmen write letters of support for him to Secretary of State Elihu Root, Senator Chauncey M. Depew, and president-elect William H. Taft.
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1909-01-09
President Roosevelt relays to Senator Lodge a telegram from Ward (probably William L. Ward, member of the Republican National Committee). The telegram states that William Jennings Bryan intends to do another tour through Ohio, and that the situation there, especially in Toledo and Cleveland, needs to be strengthened. Representative William S. Bennet requests that Lodge speak in Cleveland, Toledo, and Buffalo, as he is not needed in Massachusetts.
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1908-10-16
Representative William S. Bennet has requested that President Roosevelt pardon Abram Kopel, who was charged with embezzlement in Puerto Rico. He asks Puerto Rico Governor Post to send him the facts of the case, along with his recommendation.
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1908-04-08
President Roosevelt informs Pierre François Feuille that New York Representative William S. Bennet has requested that he pardon Abram Kopel, who was charged with embezzlement in Puerto Rico. As Attorney General, Feuille handled the case, and Roosevelt requests a statement from him.
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1908-04-08
President Roosevelt asks Senator Lodge to support William S. Murphy for a position on the Immigration Commission if his name is submitted by Representative William S. Bennet.
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1908-03-12
President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Woodruff. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.”
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Sherman. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.”
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Parsons. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.”
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt was delighted by Secretary of The Navy Bonaparte’s letter to George Brunswick explaining that the President, as Commander-in-Chief, has powers and privileges relating to the Navy above that of the ordinary citizen, and will show it to Representative William S. Bennet, whom he has asked to see him. Roosevelt confirms plans for dining with the French officers.
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1906-04-14
William T. Hornaday is certain that Theodore Roosevelt will be the successor to President Wilson, and he expects that Americans will be disgusted by Congress’s meager preparedness plan. Hornaday hopes that Roosevelt can help him prevent the re-election of Congressman Bennet who Hornaday considers to be a traitor. Hornaday also encloses a piece he wrote about the guacharo bird.
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1916-04-01
Knowing of Theodore Roosevelt’s interest in industrial safety, John T. Clarke calls his attention to a number of reports detailing rates of accidents in the operation and use of elevators. New York, which lacks appropriate laws, has much higher rates of incidents than several nearby states which have passed legislation on safety measures. Clarke asks if some of Roosevelt’s friends who are member of the National Civic Federation could advocate for the passage of similar safety legislation in all states.
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1911-01-09
Senator Lodge is glad to hear that Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf’s quote about him was misrepresented. Regarding what President Roosevelt says about Comptroller Lawrence O. Murray, Lodge says that the thing to do is “weed out the bad men,” which Murray has not done. Rather, Murray has denounced all men, good and bad, in speeches. In response to Roosevelt’s telegram, Lodge says that he can give speeches for three days this month, but that he will only speak in big cities, because he has to miss meetings to give the speeches. In a postscript, Lodge expresses surprise at a meeting Brooks Adams presided over in Quincy, where he praised Roosevelt and William H. Taft.
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1908-10-17
Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that William S. Murphy will have his support. Murphy is a former Rough Rider who has shown his character and fitness, although he has also been in jail.
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1908-03-13
Secretary of State Root believes that the report made by Representative William S. Bennet could provide the basis on which to approach the Greek government to restrict the number of Greek foreign workers coming to the United States. Such an agreement with a European nation, according to President Roosevelt, could alleviate tensions with Japan.
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1907-10-28
Assistant Attorney General Cooley informs President Roosevelt of the developments surrounding Representative Parsons’ arrangement with William Randolph Hearst in New York County. Cooley thinks it would be prudent of Roosevelt to make some kind of statement after he returns to Washington. New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes has been non-committal to this point, although he may have had prior knowledge, according to Parsons.
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1907-10-16
Senator Lodge forwards a letter from Representative William S. Bennet to President Roosevelt in which Bennet gives suggestions for an immigration agreement with Greece.
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1907-08-06
Representative Parsons discusses the appointment of a postmaster in New York City, New York, with President Roosevelt. Parsons outlines his opposition to Edward M. Morgan as postmaster.
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1907-07-08
Davis writes President Roosevelt to give him a worker’s perspective on how the gubernatorial election campaign of William Randolph Hearst, whose election he thinks inconceivable. Davis worries that there might be a bad showing upstate. He believes that workers were more interested in Charles Evans Hughes’s ideas on political economy.
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1906-10-27
Herbert Parsons has discussed President Roosevelt’s involvement in the New York campaign with Timothy L. Woodruff and Ward. Barnes and Ward report that many of Roosevelt’s supporters are “Hearst men” but Parsons is not convinced. Parsons has spoken with Representative Bennet about bringing in the radical Professor Charles Sprague Smith.
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1906-10-22
Representative Sherman notifies President Roosevelt that a meeting with Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon will be held, but a meeting with Secretary of State Elihu Root will be abandoned. The justification for the decision was “the howl the ‘Yellow Journals’ would make” about Root’s acceptance of a retainer for being counsel to Thomas F. Ryan. Representative Jacob Van Vechten Olcott feels that Cannon’s speech at Durlan’s Academy can only bring “great good.” Sherman feels the Republicans will not lose any votes by exploiting the achievements of the party, and he acquiesces to Representative Herbert Parsons in terms of who would be best to speak in New York City. Sherman hopes Root might schedule a speech in upstate New York.
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1906-10-15