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President Roosevelt received the letter from Senator Burkett, Senator Norris Brown, and Representative Moses P. Kinkaid on behalf of David B. Grosvenor. Unfortunately, Roosevelt has to stop waiving the age requirement and cannot act as they request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-30
In a telephone message, Albert J. Beveridge reported on the positions of several Senators regarding the battleship bill, and provided a list of Senators President Roosevelt should speak to about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-20
Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt on the progress of his trip across the United States, as he gives speeches to help candidates in the upcoming election. Nebraska is likely to go Republican, as the prosperity there under Roosevelt’s policies has hampered William Jennings Bryan’s campaign. The person nominated for the Senate, however, is someone who Taft and Roosevelt did not wish. Public sentiment is the same as in Illinois in calling for Roosevelt’s running for president again, as his policies have been very successful. The only place Bryan may have a foothold is in Ohio. Taft thinks that William Randolph Hearst’s strength in New York has been overstated. He also informs Roosevelt about several conversations he has had with people, and about a letter he received from Gifford Pinchot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-01
A staff correspondent following William H. Taft as he travels through Nebraska writes of the response citizens have after Taft leaves. Many of the accounts shared are favorable, unlike reports from Kansas and Iowa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-04
In clippings from the Omaha Daily Bee, an article discusses the effect of the recent Nebraska Republican Committee Platform on Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign, lists the committee members, and covers the events of the convention. A separate section contains the full Nebraska Republicans Platform in which they praise President Roosevelt, pledge to support Taft, and call attention to the successes of the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-25
President Taft, as a railroad brakeman, stands atop a freight car labeled “Administration Route.” He is waving to a woman labeled “Reactionary Politics” driving an automobile. The train is headed for a tunnel labeled “Revolt of the West.” Above the train is a bar labeled “Insurgent Movement” from which strips of rope are hanging, labeled “Burkett, Beveridge, Brown, Nelson, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow, [and] La Follette,” an insurgent group of senators who broke with Taft’s policies. Includes note: “A telltale is a bar to which strips of leather or rope are attached to warn brakemen on freight trains when they are approaching a bridge or a tunnel.” Caption: But there is still time to duck.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-11-17