Cuba

Why should I vote for Roosevelt?

This pamphlet is a long list of reasons why someone should vote for Theodore Roosevelt to be president and continue the prosperity the Republican Party has brought to the United States over the last seven years. The author lists Roosevelt’s fearlessness, loyalty, and patriotism among other personal qualities. Deeds such as securing the Panama Canal, improving the Army and Navy, and his work for the workingman are also included.

Comments and Context

In his letter to Theodore Roosevelt, John O. Haynie says he printed thousands of this leaflet and distributed them in several states during Roosevelt’s campaign for president. Haynie sends it to Roosevelt in 1911 but it was probably created in 1904.

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The Rough Riders

American diplomat James Jeffrey Roche pays homage to President Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in a short poem.

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1904-10-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Henry Barry

President Roosevelt wishes he could have seen the Olympic meeting of Cuba and has sent General Thomas Henry Barry’s photographs to Caspar Whitney. He enjoyed reading Colonel Millard F. Waltz’s general orders.

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1908-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Magoon

President Roosevelt informs Provisional Governor of Cuba Magoon that the journalist Stephan Bonsal will be visiting Cuba on behalf of the Chicago Tribune. Roosevelt asks that Magoon make sure to show Bonsal every bit of hospitality, but confidently expresses that he should also keep his guard up.

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1908-09-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the interesting letter, especially for the insight on Newfoundland. He is interested in what Secretary of State of India John Morley says about India, and discusses the intricacies surrounding “the control of thickly peopled tropical regions by self-governing northern democracies.” Roosevelt hopes to speak with Morley after presenting the Romanes lecture at Oxford. He asks Reid to inquire of the British statesman, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, about conditional hunting on the reserves. The Vermont elections went well.

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1908-09-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Luke E. Wright

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Wright that Governor Charles E. Magoon never said anything about bringing about the withdrawal of Cuban Liberal leader Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso. He suggests Wright inquire of Magoon what his reasons are. Additionally, Roosevelt instructs it is not their business to interfere for or against either Cuban political party. He does not care what the press says and will respond to any formalized statement about Cuba.

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1908-08-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Enrique Loynaz del Castillo

President Roosevelt reviewed Enrique Loynaz del Castillo’s letter with Governor Charles E. Magoon. Roosevelt believes that Castillo is correct, and has directed Magoon to prepare for evacuation on January 28.

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1908-08-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Vespasian Warner

President Roosevelt informs Commissioner of Pensions Warner that George P. Hamner was incapacitated by malaria before mustering out of Camp Wikoff after the campaign in Cuba.

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1908-08-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Magoon

President Roosevelt appeals to Charles E. Magoon, Provisional Governor of Cuba, on behalf of Granville Fortescue and encloses a letter from him. He asks Magoon if Major Herbert J. Slocum might be convinced to give Fortescue a trial on his merits. Fortescue served alongside Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War, and also served with distinction in the Philippines. The President believes he is a good man who has learned from his mistakes and will not repeat them.

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1907-09-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt thanks Attorney General Bonaparte for his interesting letter and for what Bonaparte has done with the Indian Territory. Roosevelt agrees with Bonaparte on the most important part of his letter about the Standard Oil Company.

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1907-09-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Magoon

President Roosevelt agrees with Provisional Governor of Cuba Magoon, but he can not take any action on the matter. Magoon has been doing a fine job in Cuba, as the press does not say anything negative about him.

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1907-09-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Silas McBee

President Roosevelt shares editor of the Churchman Silas McBee’s interest in and puzzlement over the sermon of Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the Philippines, which he analytically criticizes.

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1907-08-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft and has removed the reference to receivership from his speech. The “Philippine question” is the only point on which he remains uneasy. He details his thoughts and concerns about the United States’ continued relationship with the islands, including their strategic importance in the event of a conflict with Japan and the issue of granting autonomy.

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1907-08-21

Letter from William Loeb to James Alexander Scrymser

William Loeb sends James Alexander Scrymser, of the Central & South American Telegraph Company, a letter from President Roosevelt about the opening of a telegraph cable connection between New York, Guantánamo, and Colón, Cuba. Loeb requests Scrymser to leave out a certain phrase from his original telegram if he should publish the leters.

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1907-07-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt insists that the United States will not establish a protectorate in Cuba, but will keep its promise to leave the island as soon as peace and order is established and a new government in place.

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1907-01-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Magoon

President Roosevelt introduces Governor Magoon to Maxwell Norman.

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1907-01-04

Letter from James Franklin Bell to Theodore Roosevelt

United States Army Chief of Staff Bell thanks President Roosevelt for the opportunity to read General Leonard Wood’s correspondence and states that he has always had a high respect for him. Bell agrees with Wood’s letters and orders, particularly one paragraph that highlights a system of military competition used by the French Army with much success. Although Bell would like to see more of this type of competition, he has not advocated for this in the entire Army due to a lack of officers in the United States, as most are stationed overseas. He concludes by informing Roosevelt that he has kept these matters strictly confidential as the president requested.

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1907-09-12

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte informs President Roosevelt of his meeting with Charles B. Morrison regarding the Standard Oil case. Morrison reported that Standard Oil magnates had met with Frank B. Kellogg and himself confidentially to come up with a settlement that would “preserve them from a criminal prosecution.” Bonaparte told Morrison that the government could not deal more favorably with the Standard Oil Company as compared with the Drug Trust and that the whole matter would have to be presented to President Roosevelt for consideration. Bonaparte also mentions other matters, including correspondence from Governor Charles E. Magoon of Cuba and the present situation in Oklahoma Territory.

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1907-09-08

Letter from Frank W. Carpenter to Clarence Ransom Edwards

In anticipation of General Edwards’s arrival in Manila, Frank W. Carpenter informs him of the political and economic conditions of the Philippines during American occupation. Carpenter has lived in the Philippines for nine years and has a thorough understanding of the Filipino people. Although many in the United States worry about an insurrection in the Philippines, Carpenter assures Edwards that most Filipinos are peaceful and that public order is in good condition. Carpenter believes that a Nationalist majority in the Assembly would be beneficial to American interests, even though people in the United States think differently.

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1907-09-06

Letter from Charles E. Magoon to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor of Cuba Magoon informs President Roosevelt that Giuseppa Aversa, Archbishop of Sardes, Apostolic Delegate for Cuba and Puerto Rico, will not return to Cuba. Magoon believes it would be beneficial if an American Prelate were appointed as Aversa’s successor.

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1907-08-30