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J. C. McKnight asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt of the information from G. Smith concerning Samuel Decker Coykendall being offered the position of elector.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-20
President Roosevelt has sent Governor Odell’s letter to George B. Cortelyou regarding H. B. Smith. Roosevelt will follow Odell’s suggestion and send for Samuel Decker Coykendall and Brackett and asks Odell to “make it all right” with Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck that he is sending for Coykendall. Roosevelt also thanks Odell for his notes on Roosevelt’s speech and will try to work in what he suggests about the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-16
Representative Smith has spoken with Governor Benjamin B. Odell. As a result, Smith has decided that he would not mind if President Roosevelt spoke with Samuel Decker Coykendall about becoming a presidential elector; however, Smith does not want his name mentioned. He would like to know Coykendall’s response.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-22
J. C. McKnight informs William Loeb that the Governor (most likely referring to Benjamin B. Odell) has met with Judge Hasbrouck. McKnight reports that “matters are now in such shape” that President Roosevelt can speak to Samuel Decker Coykendall about going on the ticket as an elector.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-20
Governor Odell advises President Roosevelt not to meet with Samuel Decker Coykendall until Odell can contact Judge Hasbrouck. Odell suggests that if Roosevelt has already made an engagement with Coykendall, he should “say nothing of the matter of elector and talk to him on general lines.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-18