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President Roosevelt agrees with Richard F. Pettigrew’s opinion about Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Roosevelt could not put Wilson in another department because he is doing such excellent work in his current department. On the other hand, while Roosevelt has a “high regard” for Marion Butler, he cannot give him the position he desires.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-03
The Northern Securities suit has been President Roosevelt’s greatest achievement. Roosevelt points out that Alton B. Parker’s campaign is one of adroit trickery. Roosevelt asks whether George B. Cortelyou will visit next week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-11
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
S. S. McNinch is concerned about the Republican Party’s political outlook under President William H. Taft’s leadership. Taft is unpopular in North Carolina due to his selection of Democrats for important positions, reciprocity, and not supporting Theodore Roosevelt’s policies. He believes that “the whole country will go Democratic” unless proper leadership is given and wishes Roosevelt were a candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
President-Elect Taft weighs the options of who to appoint as judge in North Carolina’s Eastern District. Taft muses that appointing a Democratic judge may be the best course of action, avoiding the impression of rewarding a fellow Republican with the position. However, he favors longtime Republican, Edward W. Timberlake, despite existing party opposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-06
Robert H. McNeill writes to Thomas S. Rollins concerning his whereabouts and informing him that President Roosevelt was anxious to see him. McNeill and Senator Butler look forward to serving Rollins whenever the necessity presents itself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-18
Richard F. Pettigrew writes to Theodore Roosevelt to recommend Marion Butler for the position of Secretary of the Interior.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-02
If Chairman Cortelyou did not know President Roosevelt well, he would resent his letter concerning the Northern Securities case. He is concerned about the insinuations in the letter because Roosevelt’s “correspondence will naturally be published someday.” He assures Roosevelt that his actions in the Northern Securities case have not deviated from Roosevelt’s position and that he is conducting Roosevelt’s reelection campaign on “as high a plane” as Roosevelt has conducted the affairs of his office. Cortelyou may use “the unspeakable blackguard from the northwest” in his work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-12
In this edition of the “Book Reviews” section, Paul Russell Cutright and Philip J. Roosevelt provide separate but equally laudatory reviews of American Bears, a collection of writings about bears and bear hunting by Theodore Roosevelt edited by Paul Schullery. Kenneth D. Crews finds that Roosevelt plays a minor, but important, role in Carlton Jackson’s The Dreadful Month about the awful death toll in American coal mines in December 1907. John A. Gable examines Paul D. Casdorph’s Republicans, Negroes, and Progressives in the South, 1912-1916 and compares some its findings to his own work on the Progressive Party.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1983
Cutright, Paul Russell, 1897-1988; Roosevelt, Philip J.; Crews, Kenneth D.; Gable, John A.
William H. Taft has the letter from Marion Butler that President Roosevelt forwarded to him. Taft thinks that if he can get the North Carolina people to work together, there will be a chance of winning that state. Taft will speak with some North Carolina people once the campaign gets going.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-06