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Hiram A. Gray sends Theodore Roosevelt a recent article from the New Haven Register. Gray states that supporters of Roosevelt are pleased to read the article coming from a newspaper that has been critical of Roosevelt for many years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Robert Brannan for the interesting letter. He is glad Brannan liked his editorial.
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1912-01-11
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1912-01-05
Dingley, Frank Lambert, 1840-1918
Ambrose O. Wright asks Theodore Roosevelt to explain why he would denounce the McNamara brothers and say murder is murder, but provided funds to the defense of William Sylvester Taylor, who murdered William Goebel.
The McNamara brothers were labor activists who were convicted of bombing the Los Angeles Times Building.
William Davenport Hulbert quotes a letter Theodore Roosevelt wrote him regarding the coal industry and how the laws incentivize fraud. Hulbert asks Roosevelt if he can use the letter in an article he is writing in favor of government ownership of railways.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-21
On behalf of Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Mary E. O’Brien for the enclosure and letter. They direct O’Brien to to Managing Editor of The Outlook if she is interested in submitting the article.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-30
On behalf of Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks James E. Sligh for the enclosure and letter. They direct Sligh to to Managing Editor of The Outlook if he is interested in submitting the article.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-29
Theodore Roosevelt looks forward to reading Robert Haven Schauffler’s article and mentions that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt wants to see Schauffler the next time he is in New York. Roosevelt discusses the mix of races in the United States and agreed with Schauffler’s opinions, but he suggests that, next time, he mention who the foreigners were. Roosevelt suggests that Jewish children are brighter than American children and Irish children come afterwards, but for the police department, the opposite is true. Roosevelt recommended that they avoid dogmatism and complete generalization, though.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt snidely remarks that a private letter of his to Frank Andrew Munsey has been released, possibly by Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley, and that he will send Edward Sandford Martin an enclosed copy of the letter exchange regarding his position on nomination. He states that he has been reading the book Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson, and he met with Johnson recently. Roosevelt reminds Martin that if he and his son George Whitney Martin attend that dinner, they must visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Dwight B. Heard for the letter and explains that if he states that he would not refuse the nomination if it is offered, the public would regard it as an announcement of his candidacy. Roosevelt asks if Heard has seen a recent editorial in the Kansas City Star.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-10
Theodore Roosevelt asks William Rockhill Nelson to have his manager send him twenty copies of the January 5 edition of the Kansas City Star. Roosevelt wants to use the editorial titled “If the people want him” to write to those that do not understand his position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-10
Columbus Bradford makes the case for Theodore Roosevelt to write a piece in The Outlook about his movement to establish “social and university settlements in the country.” Bradford then encourages Roosevelt to run for president in 1912 and recounts how he has supported Roosevelt since 1904. Bradford believes Roosevelt is the only man suitable for the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt explains that he cannot do what E. Mont Reily wishes because if he were to make a public statement that he would accept if nominated, it would create the impression that he is seeking the nomination for personal interests, which is the opposite of the truth. Roosevelt simply wants to do what is best for the people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-09
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary refers Mildred Leone Bozorth to the March 18, 1911 issue of The Outlook in response to her letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-21
Carl M. Wheaton, during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, had created a means for controlling a mob through a harmless anesthetic, plans for which he showed Roosevelt, and he liked them. Wheaton has hit roadblocks preventing the plan from moving forward, so he is hoping to have an interview with Roosevelt to show him the plans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-01
Warwick M. Hough sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter to the editor he wrote in response to an unfounded editorial about saccharin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-02
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
William N. Tilchin challenges the assertions of political scientist Justin S. Vaughn made on the editorial page of the New York Times regarding the best and worst former United States presidents. Tilchin contends that Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter do not meet the standard of the best category while Theodore Roosevelt does not belong in the worst category. Tilchin criticizes the field of political science for its lack of historical knowledge, and he chastises the New York Times for publishing a poor piece of scholarship.
In an editorial in the “Faithfully yours” column, William N. Tilchin compares the appeasement of Nazi Germany by Great Britain in the late 1930s with the approach pursued by the administration of President Barack Obama towards Iran and its drive to produce nuclear weapons. Tilchin praises Boris Johnson’s biography of Winston Churchill, The Churchill Factor, and he highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s contributions to American foreign policy.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2014
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal editor William N. Tilchin writes Edwin A. Finn, the editor of Barron’s magazine, and sharply criticizes an editorial in Barron’s written by Thomas G. Donlan that assigns Theodore Roosevelt to the bottom ranks of twentieth-century American presidents. Tilchin counters that Roosevelt consistently ranks near the top of presidential polls, and he notes that Donlan’s editorial lacks historical understanding. Tilchin says that Barron’s should be embarrassed by publishing Donlan’s piece.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2011-12-26