Farmers--Political activity

Letter from Paul V. Collins to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul V. Collins hopes to visit Theodore Roosevelt in New York sometime in the fall or winter. He will be speaking at the State Grange meeting at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, and at the First National Conference on Social Center Development with the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin. He doesn’t believe that the current administration realizes how Northwestern farmers are feeling and mentions that papers are not discussing the issue. He did recently read a related article in the Minneapolis Tribune.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-21

Creator(s)

Collins, Paul V. (Paul Valorous), 1860-1931

Letter from Samuel W. Church to Paul V. Collins

Samuel W. Church expresses his support for Paul V. Collins to run for Congress, emphasizing the need for a representative who will advocate for farmers. He criticizes past politicians and assures Collins that the farming community will support his candidacy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Creator(s)

Church, Samuel W., 1871-1917

Letter from James Wilson to William Loeb

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports to William Loeb on President Roosevelt’s standing in Ohio, based on the opinion of W. I. Chamberlain, a farm journal editor who has visited every county. Wilson asks Loeb to inform the Roosevelt that he will be visiting whiskey distilleries and will be gone for a week.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-02

Creator(s)

Wilson, James, 1835-1920

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Timothy L. Woodruff

President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Woodruff. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.” 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. S. Sherman

President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Sherman. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.” 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Parsons

President Roosevelt discusses the best strategies for Republican victories in the upcoming elections in New York with Representative Parsons. Roosevelt believes that gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes represents his policies “as regards internal affairs of the nation” and sees the possible election of William Randolph Hearst “as a smashing defeat.” 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wolcott Wadsworth

President Roosevelt has been receiving delegations from the National Grange. Roosevelt believes the man they are seeking should also be someone who is in touch with the real farmers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin B. Odell

President Roosevelt believes that Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Assistant Secretary Joseph H. Brigham will be “of great use to the farmers” and advises Governor Odell to keep them in mind for the New York campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Will H. Hays

Gifford Pinchot sends recommendations for an agricultural plank to the Republican platform. Pinchot would appreciate Republican Committee Chairman Will H. Hays’ feedback on the plank.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-10-08

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot was away and then involved in an important legal matter. Regarding the farmers, Congress and executives should not be the only ones in control. Rather, farmers’ organizations should be supported and their input welcomed by the government. Pinchot also leaves notes with page numbers next to topics relating to labor and business; with more time he could have done more. Pinchot thinks a first draft is “not a fair subject of criticism” but does not feel the letter measures up to Roosevelt’s usual level of writing. Pinchot concludes by remarking that he enjoyed Roosevelt’s article on the League of Nations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-15

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Will H. Hays

Without the support of farmers, the Republican Party cannot carry the next election. Gifford Pinchot outlines for Republican Committee Chairman Will H. Hays a number of strategies for securing the support of the farmers, including that the Vice-Presidential candidate in 1920 should be a farmer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-09-18

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Will H. Hays

Gifford Pinchot writes to Republican Committee Chairman Will H. Hays to see who in the Senate would be the most effective voice to present their point of view. Porter McCumber is a farmer and represents that interest. However, there may be a more “effective mouthpiece.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-09-10

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Will H. Hays

Gifford Pinchot writes to Republican Committee Chairman Will H. Hays about the importance of farmers to the Republican Party. He believes it is the farmers of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois that will be most vital to the next presidential election, not those of New York and Pennsylvania. Pinchot feels the danger that the Democratic Party may end up becoming the progressive party in the United States, particularly if it draws in the returning veterans of World War I. For the Republicans to attract them, the party must offer more than policies that the veterans will accept; Pinchot says that it must “label those policies with the names of men whom they will follow.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-09-04

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from L. H. Bailey to Theodore Roosevelt

L. H. Bailey responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s request for a statement on the farmer’s interest in political platforms. Bailey characterizes the farmer’s interest as primarily personal. He highlights several policy areas in which he believes farmers might be interested, but overall he believes the “attitude of a party toward the farmer is more important than specific promises.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-07-06

Creator(s)

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954

Telegram from Walter Roscoe Stubbs to Theodore Roosevelt

The farmers of Ohio are overwhelmingly supporting Theodore Roosevelt and it will be important to get them to vote in the primary. Governor Stubbs suggests that Roosevelt make a special appeal to farmers in his speech in Cleveland, Ohio.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-18

Creator(s)

Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929

Letter from N. J. Bachelder to Theodore Roosevelt

N. J. Bachelder has enclosed a copy of a letter to Representative McCall about the Canadian Reciprocity Bill. Bachelder shares with Theodore Roosevelt that the farmers of America are against the passing of the bill, and feel it is unfair that they are being treated differently from big business manufacturers. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-19

Creator(s)

Bachelder, N. J. (Nahum Josiah), 1854-1934

Letter from Maurice Francis Egan to Theodore Roosevelt

Maurice Francis Egan, American minister to Denmark, relays a conversation with Prince Valdemar of Denmark. Prince Valdemar is distressed at the rule of the farmers in Denmark, which he has no control over as a prince. Prince Valdemar is convinced that President Roosevelt is “the one man” who understands moral and social problems and desires to talk to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-21

Creator(s)

Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924

Letter from J. H. Woodard to John R. McLean

J. H. Woodard quotes George S. Payne, a traveling salesman for the Advertising Novelty Company of Cincinnati and former Democratic Committee member. Payne believes that Roosevelt will win the presidential election in Indiana because he has the support of the farmers. Although people believe in “the integrity, courage and ability” of Judge Parker, “no one believes that he can rise higher than the average of his partisans,” who “represent every shade of commercial, financial and tariff views.” Payne notes that the Republicans gained influence in Indiana when the rural delivery service was instituted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-17

Creator(s)

Woodard, J. H. (James H.)

Michigan impression of President Taft

President William H. Taft has recently given a speech in Michigan. The article speculates whether Michigan Republicans and Michigan farmers will vote for Taft and whether their concerns regarding reciprocity agreements with Canada will affect their faith in the Republican party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-21

Creator(s)

Unknown