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The writer faults the New York Sun for its coverage of Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign and reprints a portion of an article criticizing Grover Cleveland’s devotion to political ideologies. The writer states Roosevelt will probably not be able to win New York in the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-24
James Sullivan Clarkson updates William Loeb on powerful influences in the Democratic Party, including Tammany Hall. Conservatives, with former president Grover Cleveland’s support, have retaken the Democratic Party and are nominating Alton B. Parker for president. He suggests an argument that may be effective against Parker’s campaign–namely that he would be indebted to Tammany Hall as president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-25
Newspaper article comparing the reactions of President Roosevelt’s “special friends” to the different leading presidential candidates from the Democratic Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-01
James Sullivan Clarkson recommends George J. Corey as president of the national organization of commercial travelers’ clubs supporting the Republican campaign. Clarkson warns that Ferdinand Ziegel, who is promoting Corey’s cause, is becoming disaffected. Clarkson also suggests several candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee and discusses campaign strategy, including states to target to secure the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-15
David R. Francis asks that Theodore Roosevelt send either John Hay or Senator William P. Frye as representatives during opening ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-01
The author believes some of the factions within the Democratic Party have come together to support Judge Parker as their presidential candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-31
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses William Randolph Hearst’s comments about The New York Times and its publisher Adolph Ochs. Grover Cleveland has weakened Alton Parker’s chances of becoming the Democrat’s nominee in the U.S. presidential election. Bishop looks forward to meeting with Roosevelt and plans to bring Nicholas Murray Butler.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-07
This page from the Galveston Daily News includes two articles on the Republican State Convention of Texas and the selection of delegates to be sent to the national Republican convention in Chicago later in 1904. The paper calls the convention a victory for Cecil Andrew Lyon. Other articles include mentions of other state conventions, work done by the Isthmian Canal Commission, calls for Grover Cleveland to become Governor of New Jersey, Chinese immigration to British territories, and an address by William H. Truesdale on labor and capital.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-23
Responding to a request from President Roosevelt for a report regarding James H. Monteath’s service as an Indian agent, C. Hart Merriam encloses a letter and expresses his deep concern that Monteath and others like him are unfit for such service. Merriam appeals to the president’s sense of “justice and good government” to remove such men. He also expresses concern that George Bird Grinnell’s report regarding the Standing Rock Reservation was suppressed and not published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-19
In The Pilot, a Boston newspaper, an article is highlighted in which Grover Cleveland has denied rumors that he hosted an African American for dinner at the White House. The author of the article suggests that in another century, “civilized Americans” will regard the idea of an African American being invited to the White House with “little horror.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-12
Edwin A. Clarke describes the background of H. Dudley Coleman, a true Republican, whose political fortunes have fallen now that the “Lily White” Republicans are in control of the party in Louisiana. Clarke hopes Shelby M. Cullom will recommend Coleman to President Roosevelt for the position of postmaster for New Orleans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-05
George H. Lynch expresses concern that Oneida County in New York may support candidates who are Democrats.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-08
Frederick W. Whitridge divulges his authorship of the pamphlet to President Roosevelt and is glad that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed it. Whitridge believes that unless Grover Cleveland is nominated, Roosevelt will have an easily beatable opponent in the election. Whitridge discusses notable people he has seen in Rome, especially Hilda Francesetti, who translated Roosevelt’s book, Strenuous Life, and is waiting on the publisher’s answer regarding its publication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-08
Grover Cleveland is determined not to be a presidential candidate and doubts that the Democrats can nominate a “decent” candidate to challenge President Roosevelt. William Randolph Hearst’s campaign is not expecting presidential success but is ultimately seeking a more prominent role for Hearst in the Democratic party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-29
William Barnes informs President Roosevelt that since Colonel Dunn will become chair of the New York Republican Party State Committee instead of him, there will be no conflict of interest since he will not hold that position simultaneously with surveyor of customs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-02
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the articles of Lincoln Steffens that discuss President Roosevelt’s reelection. He writes that he is unsure of Steffens’s political aims but believes he is writing his article about Roosevelt merely for success as a journalist.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-02
Robert Underwood Johnson thanks President Roosevelt for meeting with his son, journalist Owen Johnson. He discusses forest reform and the publication of Gifford Pinchot’s article in The Century Magazine. He is sending a book on forest destruction to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-16
“Prosperity and the Flag” is a song book created for Company A, based in Rochester, New York. The lyrics show support for President William McKinley.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1880-1900
Sheet music for “Birds of a Feather” and “Roosevelt the Cry,” which were published as a supplement in the New York Daily Record. The songs depict President Roosevelt as a man of vigor that is superior to other candidates and the opposing Democratic Party.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Souvenir postcard from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition with the phrase “Our Presidents” featuring images of the first twenty-five presidents.
1907