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President Roosevelt writes about who Major Wadsworth should invite to a dinner. Potential guests include Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Senator Albert J. Beveridge, among others.
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1908-11-17
President Roosevelt received Charles W. Skemp’s message from Representative Robert G. Cousins. He thanks Skemp for his kind words about him.
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1905-10-31
Senator Allison has heard that President Roosevelt has some questions about a bill affecting the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. While he is leaving town soon and may not be able to meet with Roosevelt in person, Allison helped with the bill, and defends the propriety and content of the bill.
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1906
Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou sits and reads a “Catalogue of young vice-presidential timber” as Nebraska Representative E. J. Burkett, Minnesota Representative James A. Tawney, Illinois Representative William A. Rodenberg, Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, Iowa Representative Robert G. Cousins, and Indiana Representative Charles B. Landis look over the fence at Cortelyou. President Roosevelt watches from the “White House.” Caption: Chairman (elect) Cortelyou—Don’t all speak at once, gentlemen.
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1904-05-29
Representative Metcalf recommends E. S. Pilsbury for the advisory committee. President Roosevelt suggests that Representative Cousins second his nomination at the Republican National Convention. He asks if an African American should speak, such as Judson Whitlocke Lyons or William Demos Crum.
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1904-05-10
Page four of the July 3, 1903, edition of the Des Moines Daily Capital. Several sections on this page are emphasized, including an article titled “Why These Attacks Upon Cousins?,” another titled “The Head Liners Have Their Ideas,” and a brief poem. The first of these discusses the difference in treatment given to Iowa Governor Albert Baird Cummins and others who have expressed their opinions about the tariff, and the treatment given to Robert G. Cousins when he did the same. The second compares the different ways that headlines across the country have described the Iowa Republican Convention. The circled poem declares that the “Iowa Idea” is dead and should be buried.
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1903-07-03
The Pullman Company wants to have U.S. Representative from Iowa, Robert G. Cousins, selected as temporary chair for the convention in June.
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1904-01-04
William C. Grimes seeks confirmation that he may vote for U.S. Representative from Iowa Robert G. Cousins as temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention as requested of him by the superintendent of the Pullman Company in Chicago. He also encloses editorials.
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1903-12-31
Ernest E. Hart recommends United States Congressman Robert G. Cousins of Iowa for Temporary Chairmanship at the next National Convention.
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1903-11-04
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports on the 1903 Iowa Republican Convention. The convention was generally harmonious and the resolutions were generous to President Roosevelt. The West is enthusiastic for Roosevelt and Wilson expects large campaign contributions.
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1903-07-02
This article reports on the failure of the “Iowa Idea,” which had previously called for a modification of the interstate commerce act to fight against monopolies and discrimination. The platform as it stands now has been moderated and diluted to such an extent that it cannot be taken seriously. Although Governor Albert Baird Cummins has put forth this compromise platform, he still seems to hold a personal belief in the older Iowa Idea. There is still contention about the compromise among other people, as well. The article also details several other aspects of the Iowa Republican state convention.
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1903-07-02
The article reports that the Iowa Republican convention was largely harmonious, with a contentious “shelter to monopoly” plank removed from the platform. Although Governor Albert Baird Cummins did not get all of his supporters onto the resolutions committee, the convention was mostly free from conflict.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-02