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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt and William Loeb both think Secretary of War Taft’s chances of being elected are improving. Removing Kentucky Collector of Internal Revenue Edward T. Franks is delicate, and Roosevelt will consult with Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers. Roosevelt will echo Taft’s statement on the Philippines. The financiers are now attacking the Great White Fleet’s trip to the Pacific. Roosevelt sends an enclosure exemplifying Lucius Nathan Littauer’s behavior, and he has heard there will be support for Governor Charles Evans Hughes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Arthur I. Vorys to William Loeb

Letter from Arthur I. Vorys to William Loeb

Arthur I. Vorys sends William Loeb an interview of Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers which he believes might influence the upcoming presidential election. Due to this interview, Harry Skinner believes that delegates instructed for President Roosevelt could go toward someone other than Secretary of War William H. Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-06

Creator(s)

Vorys, Arthur I. (Arthur Isaiah), 1856-1933

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Watson Gilder

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Watson Gilder

President Roosevelt writes Richard Watson Gilder a lengthy refutation of an article in the Evening Post in which William Garrott Brown misconstrues his actions in the Republican Party. Namely, Brown accuses Roosevelt of neglecting Republicans in the South and of doing a poor job of making nominations to local offices and positions. Roosevelt asserts that where the Republican party is not strong in the South, he has had to appoint Democrats who were quality men, rather than incapable men who are Republicans. Where he believes the party has a chance to compete with Democrats, he does all he can to support it. Roosevelt also writes that he did not use his influence on officers to get William H. Taft the nomination, but rather Taft was nominated because Roosevelt’s policies were popular, and Taft is the man who will continue those policies. Roosevelt believes that Brown is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of a number of facts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Graham Brooks

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Graham Brooks

President Roosevelt outlines and refutes the falsehoods in Alfred Holt Stone’s Studies in the American Race Problem. He tells John Graham Brooks that he judges a work’s reliability by seeing what it says about a subject he is familiar with, and then deciding if he can trust it on things that he does not know as much about. He explains that Stone is spreading falsehoods about the so-called “referee” system in the Southern states, especially Mississippi. Roosevelt points out that the practice was common with presidents before him, and that it is necessary in areas where the Republican party does not have a strong enough presence to provide good appointees to positions. He also discusses his handling of the case of African American postmistress Minnie M. Geddings Cox, who was forced by an angry mob to resign her position and leave town.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Andrew Lyon

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Andrew Lyon

President Roosevelt informs Cecil Andrew Lyon that Edward Guy Le Stourgeon has applied for the position of Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. This position is currently held by Moses C. Harris, who led a bolt against Lyon. Roosevelt endorses Le Stourgeon as a Rough Rider, and says he would be pleased if Lyon endorsed Le Stourgeon to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, John G. Capers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt responds to Secretary of War Taft regarding a recent letter from Charles Phelps Taft. Roosevelt appointed Bernhard Bettmann to the position of Ohio Collector of Internal Revenue, first district, on the suggestions of Charles and Ohio Insurance Commissioner Arthur I. Vorys, against the wishes of Ohio Senators Joseph Benson Foraker and Charles Dick. If the Taft people cannot control Bettmann, then actions against Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers will not solve it. Roosevelt admired Taft’s speech, even if it could not reach the crowd affiliated with the morning’s editorial in The Sun.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William H. Taft to William Loeb

Letter from William H. Taft to William Loeb

Secretary of War William H. Taft encloses a letter from Charles P. Taft on the Internal Revenue issue, and suggests Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John G. Capers be removed. Taft does not need the support of the Ohio Internal Revenue office, but they should not be used as a tool of the enemy. He hopes William Loeb will pass the message on to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-27

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Letter from John Lowndes McLaurin to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Lowndes McLaurin to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator McLaurin comments, regarding his dismissal from the Democratic caucus in the Senate, that the same methods used against “Negroes and carpet baggers” in the South are now being used against other classes. He says that he plans to write a speech about it and asks whether Roosevelt has the time to be, or would like to be, consulted on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-05

Creator(s)

McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860-1934

Woodruff’s missing speech

Woodruff’s missing speech

This newspaper article mentions a speech that Chairman of the New York Republican Committee Timothy L. Woodruff was going to deliver if individuals supporting New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes for the presidency showed up at the Kings County Republican Committee. The speech was not delivered because no Hughes supporters disrupted the meeting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-18

Creator(s)

Unknown

Capers wants T. Roosevelt

Capers wants T. Roosevelt

Internal Revenue Commissioner John G. Capers reports that Southern Republicans do not consider Secretary of War William H. Taft a serious presidential candidate and insist President Roosevelt take the nomination. Although Capers does not share how he will compel Roosevelt to run for a third term, he believes the people “and not Mr. Roosevelt should be permitted to act as judge” in the matter of nominating a suitable candidate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

Creator(s)

Unknown