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Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Governor Stubbs’s suggestion but his article on the conservation of business has already been published. He will use the suggestion in an upcoming speech. Roosevelt would like Stubbs’s help to outline the campaign.
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1912
Theodore Roosevelt summarizes his memory of the decision-making process regarding certain lines in the trust plank of the Progressive Party platform at the National Progressive Convention. There has been controversy over George W. Perkins’s role in the matter, but Roosevelt was never presented with evidence that Perkins acted dishonestly.
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1912-12-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks William J. Scott for his suggestions and will send them on to Senator Joseph M. Dixon. Roosevelt hopes that Scott’s suggestion can put into effect in some way.
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1912-08-29
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks M. J. Stein for his letter. Roosevelt will pass Stein’s letter on to Senator Joseph M. Dixon. The secretary hopes that Stein will get in touch with Dixon and with Henry F. Cochems.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt requests that Senator Clapp confer with Senator Dixon and Oscar K. Davis to determine an appropriate date for Roosevelt to appear in front of Clapp’s Senate committee. Roosevelt would like to appear in front of the committee as soon as his schedule will allow.
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1912-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Lynn S. Atkinson for his letter on behalf of Roosevelt, who has left on his Western campaign trip. Roosevelt has forwarded the letter on to Senator Joseph M. Dixon.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt is concerned about charging admission to his speeches at public meetings. He would like George W. Perkins to discuss the matter with Senator Dixon and Oscar K. Davis.
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1912-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a copy of a telegram from the Minnesota State Fair people. As Roosevelt will not see the telegram right away and Senator Dixon did not send a reply, the Secretary asks Oscar K. Davis to send a reply today.
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1912-08-17
Frank Harper informs John Mulholland that Theodore Roosevelt is too busy to write him at this time and cannot go into the details of his campaign, which is why Roosevelt sent Mulholland’s previous letters to Senator Dixon. Harper states that Dixon contacted Mulholland with instructions to contact Oscar K. Davis, which Harper echoes.
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1912-08-19
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests that Oscar K. Davis send him copies of the Progressive platform, Governor Johnson’s record in California, and Woodrow Wilson’s record. The secretary also requests Davis re-schedule Roosevelt’s meeting with the moving picture man, and to arrange all of Roosevelt’s public meetings in halls rather than outdoors. Roosevelt wants Davis to discuss with Judge Hotchkiss, George W. Perkins, and Senator Dixon the matter of charging admission to public meetings.
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1912-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt has sent the letter and enclosure from W. J. Oliver to Senator Joseph M. Dixon so he will know the situation in Tennessee.
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1912-08-14
Theodore Roosevelt left for his Western trip before the letter from Lincoln McKinlay arrived. Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges its receipt in Roosevelt’s absence, and has forwarded it on to Senator Dixon. Roosevelt’s managers are keeping in mind the points that McKinlay raises, but Roosevelt cannot dictate the form taken by the progressive movement in every state.
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1912-08-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Edward D. Black for the invitation to Roosevelt, to speak at the Genesee County Fair. Roosevelt will pass the invitation to the campaign managers who handle his scheduling.
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1912-07-31
Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to hear James A. Metcalf’s news about the National Progressive Convention. Roosevelt has sent Metcalf’s telegram to Senator Dixon.
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1912-07-31
Theodore Roosevelt sends regards to Frank Andrew Munsey from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the rest of the Roosevelt family. Senator Dixon is visiting states and keeping in touch with the political situations there. George W. Perkins is pleased with the speech Roosevelt intends to make in Chicago, Illinois.
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1912-08-02
Theodore Roosevelt will take up an unidentified matter with Senator Dixon and James Rudolph Garfield. Roosevelt acknowledges that Representative Longworth may be correct about Cincinnati, but in general, believes that what is needed is a straight third party ticket.
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1912-08-03
Theodore Roosevelt is interested in Amos P. Foster’s letter and will take up the contents with Senator Dixon and James Rudolph Garfield.
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1912-08-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William F. Bonnell for his letter and work propositions. Roosevelt suggests that Bonnell consult with his campaign manager and contact either James Rudolph Garfield of Cleveland or Senator Dixon of New York.
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1912-07-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges, in the absence of Senator Joseph M. Dixon, an invitation for Roosevelt to address the Genesee County Fair. The invitation has been forwarded to Roosevelt in New York.
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1912-07-29
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Hutchinson Cowles for his letter, which described a plan similar to that in a letter Roosevelt received from Senator Miles Poindexter. Roosevelt has given Cowles’s letter to Senator Dixon.
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1912-07-30