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Theodore Roosevelt thanks W. S. Martin for the letter and the check for the campaign fund sent through Edwin T. Earl of the Los Angeles Tribune. Roosevelt has endorsed the check and sent it on to the Treasurer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-12
Theodore Roosevelt found Charles Dwight Willard’s letter interesting, and thinks it is a wonder that Willard has lived this long with his health challenges. Roosevelt reflects on their being “within range of the riflepits” and reasons that all is well should they be hit as they have “fought the good fight and accomplished something.” He found the anecdote about Harrison Gray Otis at The Outlook lunch amusing, and it is true that he found it proper to leave Lyman Abbott’s correction to his article even though he believes that The Times building was dynamited. He is pleased with the success of Edwin T. Earl’s paper and comments on the corruption of other newspapermen. Roosevelt comments on the progressive contingency having to “use the curb quite as much as the spur” in dealing with the popular movement against big corporations and men of wealth. Willard’s compliments of his article pleased him, especially as he admits to sometimes feeling dispirited about them. As an ex-president, Roosevelt must balance standing up for what he thinks is right without appearing to censor the current president. However, he is “extremely indignant” that President William H. Taft vetoed the statehood bill for Arizona and New Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes George W. Wickersham that he looked over papers from the District Attorney’s office, which contain letters and a Senate document. Roosevelt asks Wickersham’s permission to have a clerk review the file for the letter from Edwin T. Earl to Roosevelt wherein Tobias appeals “as one Harvard man to another Harvard man” for Roosevelt’s aid. Roosevelt discusses why no proceeding was brought during his administration. Roosevelt writes that Henry L. Stimson is his neighbor and invites the Wickershams to lunch when next they visit the Stimsons or New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt informs Francis R. Horel that there is no truth to the accusations that Roosevelt was drinking during his visit to Portland, Oregon. He will not investigate this gossip, unless someone who heard it writes to him and the gossipers are prominent men. As far as Roosevelt can remember, the last time he drank was when he visited Los Angeles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-29
Charles Sumner Nash, of the Pacific Theological Seminary, informs Theodore Roosevelt that the volume of his Earl Lectures is ready for distribution. He asks Roosevelt how many copies he wants and what address to send them to.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-08
Charles Dwight Willard apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for using a pencil, but he is currently bedridden due to a recurrence of his tuberculosis. Roosevelt’s letter greatly cheered him. His purpose in writing is to give “a batch of local gossip–political, newspaper and personal.” He recounts an anecdote about Lyman Abbott correcting Roosevelt’s article and, regardless of its veracity, how it affected Harrison Gray Otis. Willard discusses the success of Edwin T. Earl’s newspaper and comments on Meyer Lissner’s political endeavors. He praises Roosevelt’s writing as the kind “that gets results in cleaning up error and helping public sentiment into right lives.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-10
Charles Sumner Nash encloses a check for $250, owed to Theodore Roosevelt for a previous lecture and its processing publication. Nash appreciates Roosevelt’s willingness to address the Pacific Theological Seminary, and sees his lectures as a force for good.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-20
Moira Park Peery of the Political Equality League, asks Theodore Roosevelt for a brief statement of his views on suffrage for publication in a series of articles appearing in Edwin T. Earl’s Los Angeles Express.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-23
William H. Walker believes that “our ‘Monroe Doctrine’ is as big as our NAVY; and, no bigger.” He hopes that, as California makes up a large part of the coastline of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt will emphasize this point in his speeches while he travels through the state. If their mutual friend Edwin T. Earl, and the newspaper he publishes, were convinced of the idea, it would carry great weight with the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-20
James A. B. Scherer and Meyer Lissner send Theodore Roosevelt their suggested itinerary for his upcoming visit to Los Angeles and Pasadena, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
Scherer, James A. B. (James Augustin Brown), 1870-1944; Lissner, Meyer, 1871-1930
James A. B. Scherer is grateful there are no changes to Theodore Roosevelt’s arrangements for his visit to Pasadena and Los Angeles and lists the proposed itinerary. However, he regrets Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt cannot attend Helen Newell Garfield’s invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
The University of California at Berkley establishes bylaws for the Pacific Theological Seminary and E. T. Earl Lectureship. The Pacific Theological Seminary was incorporated for the purpose of “educat[ing] men for the Gospel Ministry.” Its bylaws account for the selection of its trustees, standing committees, board of visitors, president, and board of instructors and define their roles and expectations of church affiliation. Provisions are also made for alterations and amendments to the bylaws. The E. T. Earl Lectureship is a foundation conceived to ensure “the adequate presentation of Christian truth” by bringing Christian scholars of renown to the campus. Their goal will be to “illustrate and disseminate Christian thought, and minister to Christian life.” The bylaws account for the management of lectures and the allocation of funds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-22