Colorado

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Lambert

President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert to inquire about when he could begin hunting bear with Thomas Lyons. The president also wants to know the likelihood of getting a bear and insists he must shoot the first bear. Roosevelt knows the hunt will be in the newspapers, and it needs to be a success for him. In other cases, Roosevelt has no issues with others getting the bulk of the shooting, but the situation is different since he is president.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-12-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart if he still recommends D. B. Fairley for a consulship and explains he is having a terrible time figuring out how to fill the vacancies. Roosevelt also inquires more about the hunting trip Stewart has suggested and asks Stewart to follow up with John B. Goff about the conditions. Roosevelt believes this could be the last hunt he takes as president, and he wants it to be under “the most favorable circumstances.”

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Creation Date

1904-12-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart a number of questions about the proposed hunting trip, including if he can find mountain lions in the bear country mentioned by John B. Goff. Roosevelt also asks Stewart for more information about what is happening in Colorado.

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Creation Date

1904-12-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt appreciates Philip Battell Stewart’s work to combat corruption in Colorado, but does not feel that he knows enough about the situation to personally write about it. Roosevelt has discussed the matter with Attorney General William H. Moody to see if Roosevelt could write to District Attorney Earl M. Cranston, but has not come up with a way to do so “with advantage.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt was surprised by the 33,000 majority in Colorado. Roosevelt mentions his wish to go on a bear hunt in the spring, and asks Philip Battell Stewart if John B. Goff is the right man for the job.

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Creation Date

1904-11-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Carroll D. Wright

Upon further thought, President Roosevelt believes the report on the Colorado situation should be made public and asks Commissioner of Labor Wright to make a final report.

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1904-11-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt is pleased by the result in Colorado, but is sorry about Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody’s defeat. The president hopes to see Philip Battell Stewart soon because he wants to talk over several matters with him.

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Creation Date

1904-11-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt believes it is good for the country that Senator Knox and Senator Winthrop Murray Crane are in the Senate because they can serve there for 20-30 years, unlike Roosevelt, who will only serve four in the White House. He encourages Knox to address carefully the problems of capital and labor to avoid dividing the country into two parties. The president wishes he could get in touch with labor people to whom Knox could speak and learn their real feelings. Absent a visit to labor people, Roosevelt encourages Knox to pay attention to both capital and labor to avoid a situation like the one in Colorado where Governor James Hamilton Peabody did not present the issue as restoring law and order but pitted capital against labor.

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Creation Date

1904-11-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt explains the situation between Colorado Adjutant General Bell and William Henry Harrison Llewellyn about James D. Ritchie, and reproduces part of a letter from Llewellyn to Bell. Ritchie, described as “quite an anarchist,” was deported from Colorado to New Mexico, but Llewellyn wishes for Bell to go easy on him “under the circumstances.” Ritchie is a strong supporter of Roosevelt’s campaign.

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Creation Date

1904-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

Theodore Roosevelt believes that Indiana and New York are the states that need the campaign’s best efforts. Colorado is equally important, because they need “to make sure of some of the smaller states.”

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Creation Date

1904-10-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry S. New

Certain things President Roosevelt has heard recently make him uneasy about Indiana. Roosevelt says Indiana and New York are two states where the Republican Party should put in its best efforts, and he thinks Corporal Tanner, Senator Fairbanks, and several others can do the best work in Indiana. Roosevelt further thinks William Jennings Bryan’s actions in Indiana, Colorado, and Montana should be closely monitored.

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Creation Date

1904-10-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

President Roosevelt is not sure what the outcome of the election will be. He thinks the Republicans have 216 electoral votes. According to current vote calculations, they may win by a small majority. Roosevelt is keeping busy as president and as a presidential candidate.

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Creation Date

1904-10-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt sends Attorney General Moody a report written by Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright on the labor disturbance in Colorado. The report is not complete but Roosevelt believes it contains enough information to make a determination on whether the federal government should intervene. Roosevelt asks that Moody consider the report along with another being prepared by Colorado District Attorney Earl M. Cranston and report back to him.

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Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton

President Roosevelt worries that he may have lost Colorado because they abandoned their own principles in response to lawlessness on the other side. It would help if they could get Henry R. Wolcott to stand straight for the ticket, and Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Morton if he thinks anyone in the Colorado fuel industry might be able to influence Wolcott.

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Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Things are looking good for the election in November, but President Roosevelt believes there may be a problem in New York. Roosevelt is amused that he has received support from Robert Treat Paine.

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Creation Date

1904-09-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Navy Morton that he believes Edward Oliver Wolcott is secretly working against him, but he hopes that he will still win Colorado anyway. Roosevelt is optimistic about New York and hopes that the fight over the governorship will not cost him votes. Roosevelt encloses a letter from Senator Hale and explains that even though he is the head of the Senate Naval Committee, it may not be wise to do what he recommends.

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Creation Date

1904-09-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis E. Warren

President Roosevelt tells Senator Warren that things are looking better in New York, although they are in “quite a snarl over the Governorship.” In Colorado there would be little question of the result if only the people “could vote simply on the proposition of Roosevelt versus Parker.”

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Creation Date

1904-09-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Moody to send a representative from the Department of Justice to Colorado to investigate the labor unrest.

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Creation Date

1904-08-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ervin Wardman

President Roosevelt appreciates the work that Ervin Wardman is doing and thinks his editorial on Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody was fine. Roosevelt insists that the World has done him a favor in publishing extracts from his speeches.

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Creation Date

1904-08-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

President Roosevelt is doubtful about Colorado, and the Governorship in New York is “in a snarl.” He believes he could defeat William Jennings Bryan if the Governorship was eliminated, but New Yorkers might be so absorbed in the Governorship that they forget about the Presidency.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-31