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Jacob A. Riis thanks President Roosevelt for his telegram, and prays that God will help Roosevelt win the election. Riis asks Roosevelt if he remembers Riis writing to him from Missouri last winter, stating that he believed Missouri would vote in favor of Republicans. Despite the influence of the Colliers, he believes that will still be the case.
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1904-11-04
McCall is making an extensive tour in the West, but John A. Sleicher expects he will return on Saturday, and hopes to see him before Monday. He hopes that President Roosevelt has not been upset by Senator Edgar Truman Brackett’s letter printed by the New York Times. The letter emphasizes conditions in the state of New York for which politicians must be held accountable. Sleicher believes that Secretary of War Elihu Root should make a statement on behalf of Roosevelt and George B. Cortelyou regarding a matter they have discussed. He believes that this would protect them from lies that are told repeatedly by Alton B. Parker.
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1904-11-03
President Roosevelt debates Dr. Albert Shaw in an ongoing dispute over whether or not Roosevelt said that Cyrus Packard Walbridge is a better man than Joseph Wingate Folk. Both are candidates for Governor of Missouri. Roosevelt asks that Shaw have Colllier’s magazine retract Shaw’s letter. Roosevelt says he could not have made the statement as he does not know enough about either man to compare them. Shaw should state that Roosevelt supports the Republican ticket in all states, but has and will not make any personal comparisons either for or against Walbridge or Folk.
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1904-10-29
President Roosevelt has seen Albert Shaw’s letter to William F. Saunders, and it meets the case. Roosevelt sends copies of a letter and telegram to Thomas J. Akins. (This is related to the ongoing controversy over Roosevelt supposedly saying that Cyrus Packard Walbridge is a better man than Joseph Wingate Folk.)
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1904-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt thinks the situation in Indiana is indicative of the state of the Progressive Party throughout the country. Roosevelt is frustrated with the party’s direction and lack of opposition to Wilson. Roosevelt has always publicly opposed Wilson, but some Progressives are willing to support him. Roosevelt no longer believes in maintaining the Progressive Party.
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1916-07-05
William H. Fleming responds to the Augusta Herald editor’s criticism of his position on the disenfranchisement of African Americans. Fleming argues that denying qualified African Americans the right to vote in general elections is against the Constitution, and criticizes the editor’s stance that the state of Georgia should disenfranchise African American voters.
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1906-08-10
President Roosevelt is not in favor of himself or other involved parties making a statement to the press, including William Allen White’s Emporia Gazette, regarding accusations against Joseph L. Bristow, chief investigator into the ongoing post office scandal. Accusations have been made against everyone associated with the scandal and investigation, including himself. He has already taken strong action in New York to address the scandal, but the public, influenced by Democratic and mugwump newspapers, may confuse his actions as complicity with the wrongdoers. Roosevelt worries that this will damage Republican candidates in the fall elections.
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1904-04-04
Gifford Pinchot thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending copies of letters from Meyer Lissner and to President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California. Pinchot concurs with Lissner that Roosevelt did not hurt the election chances of California politicians Hiram Johnson and William Kent. Some press outlets have reported a falling out between Roosevelt and Pinchot, a rumor which Pinchot thinks needs no answer but would be happy to answer with “the utmost vigor” if Roosevelt desires.
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1910-12-02
W. Sloan Simpson suggests that President Roosevelt write a history of Texas when he returns from his African trip. He celebrates the “glorious victory” in the election.
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1908-11-10
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, renominates Henry E. Turner for State Auditor. The article quotes Lodge’s speech, detailing the need for “men of conviction” such as Turner, and the hoped Republican victories in upcoming elections in both New York and Massachusetts.
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1906-10-06
Whitelaw Reid updates President Roosevelt on the newspapers’ reaction to the measures taken in a shipping and fishing dispute in Newfoundland. Reid details his negotiations with Sir Edward Gray and Sir Charles Hardinge regarding the United States’ right to ship Newfoundland fisherman. Reid also discusses several books with Roosevelt, including one about Alexander Hamilton and a biography of Winston Churchill’s father, Randolph Churchill. Reid comments on Roosevelt’s offer to let the Cubans try self-government again, noting that it silences those who would paint Roosevelt as an imperialist. Reid does not think that the Cubans are ready for self-government, and he believes the United States should make Cuba one of its states. Reid updates Roosevelt on the political conflict between the Labor and Liberal parties in the United Kingdom. Reid notes that due to “bad blood” between the German and English press, it is difficult to trust English newspapers for accurate views of German positions. Reid also offers his opinion on domestic political issues, writing that those who vote for Hearst will be written off as from “the ignorant or dangerous classes.” Reid believes William Jennings Bryan has fallen out of favor, but he does not think they have seen the last of him. Finally, Reid has enclosed several books and clippings for Roosevelt to peruse.
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1906-10-08
The Press expresses the opinion that “Republican candidates for Congress should have no opposition from Republicans.” Republican candidates in local elections in Philadelphia were successful, while several districts in the interior of Pennsylvania named candidates against “regular Republican nominees.” The article states that even if there is opposition to the president’s policies, support for a Republican Congress is wise.
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1906-10-02
An article discussing the importance of public opinion in politics. Governor Charles Evans Hughes believes that “the man who would corrupt public opinion is the most dangerous enemy of the state.” The author of the article thinks that no prior election has had this happen to such an extent, and exhorts all citizens to task themselves with being well-informed.
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1907-01-10
An unnamed, anti-Roosevelt paper reports that Wall Street interests will be heavily donating to President Roosevelt’s opponent in the 1904 presidential election. The article opines that this will actually help Roosevelt, as more people would vote for him because Wall Street interests do not like him.
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1903-12-23