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President Roosevelt asks Arthur Twining Hadley if it is possible to privately poll members of the State Bar Association of Connecticut regarding the qualifications of John K. Beach for federal judgeship. Roosevelt is leaning towards Beach for the appointment.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt responds to a letter from David J. Foster regarding the geographical region from which he will select a judge. Roosevelt notes that if his decision is based on geography, then Connecticut has the most claim to the position. If he decides to not consider geography, he will select the best person for the position.
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1907-06-11
President Roosevelt asks Arthur Twining Hadley what his opinion is of John H. Perry. Roosevelt wants to know if Perry is a better option than Senator Frank B. Brandegee’s partner, Walter Chadwick Noyes.
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1907-06-08
President Roosevelt describes to Mark Sullivan the considerations that have gone into his selections for federal judgeships. Roosevelt reviews his appointments in detail, noting that some were made at the request of the local organization and some against their wishes. The goal in each case was to appoint someone “of the high character, the good sense, the trained legal ability, and the necessary broad-mindedness of spirit…essential to a good judge.”
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1907-05-13
President Roosevelt is sure that Lieutenant Governor Lake saw the preposterous article in the Hartford Times based on an alleged conversation with Lake claiming that Roosevelt is trying to control Connecticut and wanted Lake to be a congressman instead of E. Stevens Henry. Roosevelt knows Lake did not say anything of the sort but is concerned about potential trouble if “so gross an absurdity” is repeated. Therefore, he asks Lake to take conservative measures to convince people that the article is false. He feels the Harvard Overseers have “acted like fools about football.”
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1906-01-22
President Roosevelt tells Ray Stannard Baker that while he agrees that it would be better to give the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to fix definite, rather than maximum, railroad rates, Attorney General William H. Moody believes that this power is unconstitutional. Roosevelt believes it is better to pass a constitutional law allowing for maximum rates, and then, if it is a success, to pass the definite rate law as an amendment. Then even if the Supreme Court declared the amendment unconstitutional, the maximum rate law would still stand.
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1905-11-13
President Roosevelt comments to Senator Lodge on the election results in various states. He is particularly pleased about the Massachusetts results. He wishes that Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer had gone back to Saint Petersburg when the trouble started three weeks ago.
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1905-11-08
President Roosevelt explains the complex reasons he cannot appoint Senator Hale’s nominee, James Edmund Dunning, to the American Consulate in Milan, Italy, after all.
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1905-03-06
President Roosevelt tells Edward Rosewater that he most likely cannot fill the vacancy left by John T. Hill’s death with Rosewater’s friend Louis Hostetter because Hill was from Connecticut and Hostetter from Nebraska. Roosevelt promises he will try to take care of Hostetter when the opportunity arises.
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1905-02-23
President Roosevelt praises Senator Knox’s statement about Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker, and encourages him to expand his remarks into a speech. Roosevelt offers suggestions on how Knox might address the issue, showing that there was no wrongdoing by Roosevelt or George B. Cortelyou, and attacking Parker in turn for his hypocrisy regarding the men who are his most prominent backers.
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1904-11-02
President Roosevelt sends Senator Lodge copies of letters between himself and Augustus Peabody Gardner, and says that while he is willing to have the letter be published, he thinks it should wait until after the election. He is looking forward to being finished with his current political campaign, and remarks on some of the rumors that have been circulating, as well as polling figures for several states. Roosevelt was recently injured while riding his horse, but was able to avoid mention of it in the press.
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1904-10-31
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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1904-10-06
President Roosevelt wishes to know New York Press Editor Ervin Wardman’s opinions on the state and national tickets for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
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1904-09-17
President Roosevelt refers William Dudley Foulke to the letters written by Charles J. Bonaparte on the Philippines and Panama. Lucius B. Swift does not seem to understand the situation. Roosevelt requests that Foulke speak in Indiana, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and perhaps Massachusetts.
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1904-08-31
President Roosevelt has made the changes that Nicholas Murray Butler suggested, but cannot compromise on the tariff section. He feels that Massachusetts is being unreasonable about the tariff, but he would like to revise it after discussing it at length with party leaders.
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1904-08-22
President Roosevelt has a meeting scheduled with Cain. The election is impossible to predict as conditions are “very fluid.” Roosevelt expects a hard fight in New York and Indiana, but things are looking hopeful in Wisconsin, West Virginia, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
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1904-08-06
President Roosevelt wonders if Senator Platt can get to Oyster Bay for a meeting.
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1904-08-01
President Roosevelt was doubtful about Colorado and Wisconsin but believes Connecticut will be safe.
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1904-06-22
Unless Senator Platt is insistent on a place for a Connecticut man, President Roosevelt will promote Mr. Hill. Roosevelt was grieved at the death of Frederick William Holls.
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1903-07-29
President Roosevelt appreciates Senator Hanna’s letter explaining the situation surrounding his announcement as a Republican Presidential nominee and is conciliatory toward Hanna’s brief opposition against Roosevelt at the Ohio Convention, commenting on Hanna’s support during Roosevelt’s presidency so far. Roosevelt reminds Hanna that he will be visiting Cleveland with his daughter, Alice, on June 10, and hopes to have a “real talk” about the Panama Canal, financial legislation, and the political situations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
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1903-05-29