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President Roosevelt would like to have a pamphlet prepared and will lend a hand if any points need to be cleared up.
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1904-09-25
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw for his reelection efforts in the West, and says they must make every effort to carry Missouri.
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1904-09-26
President Roosevelt requests John W. Brock’s assistance during his reelection campaign. George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, told Roosevelt that Brock has influence in Nevada. Roosevelt would appreciate Brock’s help in securing those three electoral votes.
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1904-09-27
William Emlen Roosevelt should feel no obligation to contribute more to the campaign fund, but all funds should go to George B. Cortelyou. D. Cady Herrick has been nominated for governor in New York but President Roosevelt does not know what effect his nomination will have.
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1904-09-23
President Roosevelt has sent John C. Rose’s letter to Chairman Cortelyou. Roosevelt was startled by Rose’s claim that the Republican vote had decreased in Maine and Vermont. In New York, there is the “usual fight over the Governorship,” which Roosevelt thinks could be the only thing keeping him from sweeping the state.
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1904-09-16
President Roosevelt would like to circulate his essays “Strenuous Life” and “American Ideals” as widely as possible. The campaign will depend on whether the people desire change.
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1904-09-17
President Roosevelt thanks William F. King for his letter, which he has forwarded to Chairman Cortelyou.
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1904-09-19
President Roosevelt thanks Senator McComas for his words regarding the campaign in West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. Roosevelt will ask George B. Cortelyou to assist.
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1904-09-19
President Roosevelt is glad that Oscar S. Straus liked his letter. Roosevelt asked Secretary of State John Hay and Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou to communicate with Straus about publishing the State Department dispatches about the passport question. Roosevelt would like Straus’s input on how far to go.
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1904-09-13
President Roosevelt is pleased that William P. Reilly supports him, and he sends Reilly two letters that he believes confirms what Reilly has written about him. One letter was written by Roosevelt as Police Commissioner in response to a complaint about his treatment of Catholic church leaders.
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1904-09-03
President Roosevelt declines to meet the delegation, explaining to Senator John F. Dryden that he will not be meeting any such delegations for the remainder of the campaign.
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1904-09-08
President Roosevelt agrees that Secretary of State Hay should send the correspondence to George B. Cortelyou. He believes the McCormick note may do some good if published. Hay should ask Cortelyou to consult several people, including Oscar S. Straus, Nathan Bijur, and Jacob H. Schiff. If he does, Roosevelt also suggests that Hay send notes to each of them, telling them he instructed Cortelyou to consult them, as they would be flattered to hear of it. Roosevelt has done as Hay suggested regarding Peru and Ecuador.
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1904-09-10
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from the President of Williams College, to which Secretary of State Hay may want to respond. Roosevelt is also pleased that Hay is working on a letter to Russia regarding contraband.
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1904-08-25
President Roosevelt asks James R. Sheffield if he would help organize a “lawyers’ club” to support Roosevelt’s presidential campaign in the same way that the Constitutional Club is helping Alton B. Parker.
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1904-08-27
President Roosevelt clarifies for Nicholas Murray Butler his position on a tariff which needs revision but hopefully will not damage protective interests in the process. Roosevelt believes the “reciprocity agitation” in New England is foolish and hopes that he can gain reciprocity from Canada.
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1904-08-29
Elihu Root has made the same point that Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon made, and President Roosevelt has made a “complete alteration” of the issue in his letter. Roosevelt will send Cannon’s idea concerning the railway and labor corporations to Republican National Committee Chairman George B. Cortelyou and believes that the outlook is “favorable,” though the candidate himself is the least competent to judge.
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1904-08-29
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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1904-08-31
President Roosevelt informs J. E. Clark that he has forwarded the letter to Chairman Cortelyou.
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1904-08-19
President Roosevelt wishes M. J. Costello would speak in New York and Indiana. Roosevelt is also interested in publishing the letter to the editor, with George B. Cortelyou’s consent.
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1904-08-22
President Roosevelt writes to tell Robert J. Thompson how pleased he is with Thompson’s book, “A Square Deal for Every Man.”
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1904-08-22