Your TR Source
Alfred Henry Lewis lets President Roosevelt know that he arranged for journalist David Graham Phillips to be at the same dining event as Roosevelt, and Phillips is eagerly looking forward to meeting Roosevelt. In confidence, Lewis also shares some amusing remarks Phillips has made about various prominent personalities in Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-24
President Roosevelt introduces J. Pierpont Morgan to Henry Litchfield West and Scott C. Bone. Both are good men who have been involved with newspapers. He asks Morgan to grant them an interview.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-25
Senator Bourne writes President Roosesvelt to report on his meeting with Scott C. Bone, editor of the Washington Herald, who agrees that by December, public opinion will universally concede that Roosevelt should be re-elected. Bourne goes so far as to say that Roosevelt “must obey the call of the people or be considered a weak coward or a selfish egotist.” He also writes that if Roosevelt can secure the confidence of Richard A. Ballinger, he may be able to defeat the plan of the “reactionaries” who planned to stir up opposition in Washington State.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-14
J. H. Woodard encloses letters from Scott C. Bone, managing editor of the Washington Post, and his reply. He commits to working to secure Roosevelt’s nomination and re-election in 1904. Woodard asks to have correspondence burned after Roosevelt has read it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-14