Campaign speeches

Letter from Arthur T. Morse to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur T. Morse wrote Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency and has decided to write again regarding William H. Taft. Morse feels the Republican Party accepted Taft’s platform at the last Republican National Convention, but as soon as Taft was inaugurated, he changed course. The nomination of 1912 is between Taft and Robert M. La Follette, and unless there is a deadlock and the party turns to him, Roosevelt needs to stay out of the game and not make the same mistake he made in the last election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt tells his son Kermit not to be upset over getting black-balled from the Harvard club Sphynx. Roosevelt says it was probably more about him than Kermit, because the fathers of Kermit’s classmates hate him. He adds the campaign is almost over and his voice is in poor shape but at least he will not have to do this type of thing ever again. Roosevelt says he will send Kermit the books.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1910-10-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank H. Hitchcock

President Roosevelt tells Frank H. Hitchcock that the enclosed letter puts the matter perfectly. He asks why Royal Eubank Cabell cannot preside as suggested, and why Wyndham Robertson Meredith should not introduce William H. Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-14

Telegram from Frank Harper to Joseph M. Dixon

Frank Harper sends instructions to Senator Joseph Dixon regarding logistics for Theodore Roosevelt’s speeches and transportation during his planned campaign tour. Roosevelt dictated a conversation about the ineffectiveness of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law as enacted by President William Howard Taft’s administration. Roosevelt also takes issue with Taft’s inaction over the tariff and wants a commission established to revise it so that it benefits farmers and laborers. He believes in the people’s right to initiative and referendum, not as a replacement for representative government but as a means of ensuring it. President Taft feels that when the people elected him, “their voice was next to the voice of God,” but that in regard to passing judgment on their own laws they are not “entitled to rule.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

President Roosevelt will instruct Secretary of War William H. Taft to go to Idaho to speak in support of Governor Frank Robert Gooding against “those dynamiters and thugs” as he seeks reelection.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-15

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to W. B. James

In response to W. B. James’s request for ten reasons why people should support a Progressive candidate, Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends a copy of the Progressive Party platform, an article from The Outlook, and a speech by Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-18

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin W. Mooring

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary confidentially responds to a letter addressed to The Outlook by Edwin W. Mooring. The letter was responding to a statement Theodore Roosevelt was said to have made about William T. Haines, governor-elect of Maine, as reported by the Waterbury American.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-18

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Hotchkiss

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Judge Hotchkiss a letter from Miss Smith regarding Roosevelt’s response to an article in Rural New Yorker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-19

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Richard C. Maclaurin

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Richard C. Maclaurin copies of Roosevelt’s writings and speeches and the Progressive Party platform regarding trusts and combination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-26

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Julian W. Andrew

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary responds to Julian W. Andrew’s letter to The Outlook, sending Andrew a copy of a speech by Roosevelt and an article from the Northwestern Agriculturalist. The speech and the article answer the questions Andrew wrote to The Outlook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-18

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Godfrey Frischholz

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains the use of the word “Armageddon” in one of Roosevelt’s speeches.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-17

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Jack Crawford

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Captain Crawford for his work for the Progressive cause and suggests Crawford contact the Speakers’ Bureau of the National Progressive Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-17

Letter from Frank Harper to Matthias Radin

Frank Harper tells Matthias Radin that Theodore Roosevelt is not likely to be able to grant Radin’s request for a few words of greeting due to the demands of the campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-12

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to James W. Crook

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary arranges to send James W. Crook twenty-five copies of Roosevelt’s Chicago speech and the Progressive Party platform.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-12

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Matthias Radin

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains that Roosevelt is unable to accept Matthias Radin’s invitation to speak at an event in the Lower East Side of New York because he will be in the south or midwest on a speaking campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-10

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to P. V. Collins

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks P. V. Collins for his suggestion that Roosevelt hold a conference of editors of agricultural newspapers. He encloses a copy of Roosevelt’s speech answering questions posed by the Rural New Yorker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-10

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to William Noble

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains there is not enough time to contact Roosevelt to arrange for William Noble and Judge Harris to join Roosevelt’s campaign tour from Oklahoma City to McAlester, Oklahoma. He also explains that Roosevelt must rest his voice while on the train and suggests that Noble and Harris plan to greet Roosevelt at one of the two cities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-09

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Ziba T. Moore

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges Ziba T. Moore’s invitation for Roosevelt to speak at the Union League Club banquet in Philadelphia. He has forwarded Moore’s letter to the National Progressive Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-09

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Fanny Morris Smith

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Fanny Morris Smith a copy of the Progressive Party’s platform. He points out that Theodore Roosevelt’s speech in Hartford, Connecticut, addresses a question that has not previously been covered by the party platform or Roosevelt’s other speeches – that of the regulation of securities offered to the general public. Roosevelt supports a national “Blue Sky Law” similar to the one enacted in Kansas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-03

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Adolphus E. Perry

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Adolphus E. Perry for his efforts to start a Progressive movement in Oklahoma.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-19