Dick, Charles, 1858-1945

Albert J. Beveridge quotes a letter from John C. Shaffer, publisher of the Indianapolis Star, who recently purchased the Dayton Journal. Shaffer plans to unequivocally endorse President Roosevelt and his policies. Beveridge has been traveling in the depths of the Maine woods, which he feels has restored him and urges Roosevelt to rest over the summer. After he opens the Maine campaign, Beveridge plans to go on another long trip with Gifford Pinchot.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-08-08

L. V. McKesson thanks President Roosevelt for explaining the process of how presidential appointments are made. McKesson thinks that President McKinley allowed his managers to make appointments and corruption spread as a result. McKesson points to the appointment of of George P. Waldorf as collector of internal revenue at Toledo, Ohio, to illustrate and encloses two clippings from recent Toledo newspapers on the subject. McKesson notes that it is commonly known that Waldorf is involved in base political manipulations. McKesson thinks the alternative candidate for the position, W. V. McMaken, would be little better than Waldorf and feels that Leroy E. Clark would better represent Roosevelt’s principles.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-06

Freeman L. Dustman, editor of the Toledo Blade, writes to President Roosevelt regarding an endorsement for the presidential nomination by the Ohio Republican convention. Dustman says there is a feeling that the upcoming convention should commend Roosevelt by pointing out what he has accomplished through Congress. Dustman thinks Ohio senators Joseph Benson Foraker and Charles Dick will oppose this plan, and that there may be a contest on the floor of the convention. Dustman notes that The Blade believes in specifically endorsing Roosevelt and making no reference to the senators.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-27

L. V. McKesson thanks Secretary of War Taft for President Roosevelt’s review of his letter. McKesson discusses the political situation in Toledo, Ohio, and states a political appointment for his friend was not the true purpose of the letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-30

This partial memorandum lists endorsements for the appointment of Alva D. Alderman as Collector of Internal Revenue in the Eleventh District of Ohio. Alderman would be replacing the late John Clay Entrekin. Over 50 Ohio politicians, business leaders, and organizations signed in support of Alderman’s appointment, including Senator Charles Dick, President Roosevelt’s son-in-law Congressman Nicholas Longworth, and Governor Myron T. Herrick.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-27

Senator Foraker writes about Ohio’s loss of places in the consular service for equal representation purposes. He notes the many men who have held the different positions and how much effort it takes to deal with these details, such that he is trying to turn over the responsibility to Senator Charles Dick. Foraker asks President Roosevelt to appoint James Linn Rodgers to Shanghai.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-24

Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna and Ohio Representative Charles Dick watch the “presidential boom for Hanna” river break a dam with the sign of “Roosevelt indorsement for 1904.” On the horizon are dark clouds labeled “fall selection.”

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Creation Date

1903-11-06

President Roosevelt and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna visit an Ohio farm with a roof that reads “Roosevelt in 1904.” Meanwhile, a Republican elephant drinks from a trough that Ohio Representative Charles Dick watches. Myron T. Herrick lifts wood in the background. Caption: Roosevelt: “Fine sign you got on the barn there, senator.” Hanna: “Yes, and the feller that put it on said it wouldn’t rub off either.”

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This cartoon from the Cleveland Plain Dealer memorializes the recent doings in Ohio politics — momentous within the state and all with important implications in the nation and in the national Republican Party. In a gentle way it recognizes what Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna had realized within recent days, that his presidential ambitions were dashed, and that President Theodore Roosevelt was in control of the party and its apparatus.

Hanna’s aspirations were obvious to many, despite his denials of plans to capture the party’s nomination in 1904. His in-state rival, Joseph B. Foraker, maneuvered the state party to endorse Roosevelt early, and Hanna was faced with the dilemma of joining, or declaring rebellion against Roosevelt. In this cartoon he declares his fealty to Roosevelt.

Representative Burton discusses political appointments in Cleveland, Ohio, including the re-appointment of Charles C. Dewstoe as postmaster, and appointments of Edwin A. Batt as Appraiser of Merchandise and Frank M. Chandler, United States Marshal, Northern District of Ohio. Senator Foraker had seemed favorable to the appointments but has since withdrawn his approval. Burton hopes a settlement can be negotiated on these appointments soon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-25

Samuel W. Meek recommends that President Roosevelt encourage Senator Joseph B. Foraker to remove his opposition to the appointment of Charles C. Dewstoe as postmaster in the event that Edmund H. Zurhorst is removed from the position.

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Creation Date

1904-03-19

Bailey D. Dugan suggests several Republicans to lead President Roosevelt’s campaign.

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Creation Date

1904-03-02

Fearing their loss at the Ohio State Convention, supporters of H. M. Daugherty and Representative Theodore E. Burton request help from Ohio native, Secretary of State William H. Taft. Additionally, many claim that President Roosevelt’s invitation to Senator Charles Dick to view the naval maneuvers indicates a particular fondness towards him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-03

President Roosevelt, as a hurdy-gurdy player, grinds an organ labeled “Party Harmony” among a group of bears labeled “Elkins, Parsons, Dick, Platt, Penrose, Woodruff, Foraker, Barnes, [and] Odell,” each holding a large club across their shoulders.

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Comments and Context

“The Boss Bear Trainer” is a rare cartoon from the career of President Roosevelt wherein bears are cartooned characters, but related to teddy bears, either as hunting trophies or as children’s plush toys.

The Republican elephant labeled “G.O.P.” is about to drink from a cup labeled “Reciprocity.” With him are several men labeled “Root, Sherman, Cannon, La Follette, Crane, Lodge, Payne, Dick, Gallinger, Penrose” and one unidentified man. Some are distraught, while others are merely watching.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-08-09

Representative Brownlow discusses the Republican National Convention, commenting that Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination is “a settled fact.” He suggests appointing Senator Hanna as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-31

With the death of Senator Hanna, Governor Herrick will take control of the Republican Party in Ohio and Representative Dick will be the next United States senator from Ohio.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-22

Edward F. Hurd, secretary of the Akron, Ohio, chapter of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, writes to President Roosevelt concerning the William A. Miller case and organized labor’s reaction to Roosevelt’s decision concerning the case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-02

Lovell H. Jerome announces the formation of the Constitutional League, organized to enforce the United States Constitution. Jerome encloses a copy of Warren Mills’s Republican Club speech and writes of Ohio General Charles Dick’s introduction of a resolution regarding apportionment in proportion to active vote. Jerome mentions Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s positive attitude toward this movement.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-16

Representative Dick has been selected as Senator Hanna’s successor in the United States Senate. Governor Herrick, who has ambitions to enter the Senate, remained as governor in order to maintain the Hanna organization.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02

Representative Dick will succeed Senator Hanna in the United States Senate and Governor Herrick will take control of the Republican state organization. Herrick expects the state convention to declare for President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02