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Theodore Roosevelt informs J. A. Harris that he refuses to engage in a joint debate with Charles Nathaniel Haskell over whether or not Haskell should be in a penitentiary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt turns down a request for a joint debate. Roosevelt is concerned about political honesty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-30
New York State Republican Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff sends President Roosevelt a collection of clippings about Woodruff’s upcoming debate with Senator Patrick Henry McCarren. Woodruff assures him he will be ready to respond to any allegations McCarren makes that Roosevelt’s policies are responsible for the current financial crisis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-28
William Jennings Bryan and William H. Taft debate from the rear of a railroad car while whistle-stop campaigning. Vignettes show them working shifts shaking hands, kissing babies, “Awarding Prizes at County Fairs,” exercising by tossing a medicine ball labeled “My Policies,” associating themselves with Theodore Roosevelt, and showing “Affection for the Filipino.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-08-12
Theodore Roosevelt examines the campaigning of President William H. Taft and the endorsements Taft has received from prominent newspapers, such as the Chicago Evening Post, the National Republican Party, and voters across the country. Roosevelt questions the President’s credibility, his means of obtaining voters’ support, and the truthfulness of his record.
1912-07
In his acceptance speech as the presidential candidate for the Progressive Party, Theodore Roosevelt describes the need for the party’s break from the Republicans and his campaign platform.
1912-06-22
In this 1912 speech, Theodore Roosevelt confronts President William H. Taft’s criticism and challenges Taft’s platform and record of service to the American people. The first four pages of this speech are missing.
1912