Foraker, Joseph Benson, 1846-1917

President Roosevelt likes William A. Gavett but the Puerto Rican position is very important so Secretary of the Treasury Shaw should discuss it with Roosevelt and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker before deciding. It appears that the purchase of the friars’ property in the Philippines will move forward and Roosevelt asks questions regarding the proper means to raise the necessary funds.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has convinced Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker to campaign in Massachusetts. Roosevelt also encourages the Massachusetts Republicans not to go on the defensive but aggressively attack the Democrats, especially Richard Olney and Gaston.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Senator Foraker has recommended Sherman F. McPherson as District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. President Roosevelt asks if Senator Hanna has any objections.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Senator Foraker and General Grosvenor have shown support for Mr. Morrison, and President Roosevelt suggests allowing Morrison to keep his position for one year.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Archbishop Ireland and Senator Foraker have expressed their support for a promotion for Colonel Quinton. President Roosevelt will examine Quinton’s record and hopes to fulfill their wishes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses Mr. Ware’s report on Mr. Jones which casts doubt on the desirability of reappointing Jones. Roosevelt would like Charles Henry Grosvenor to share the report with Senator Foraker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Roosevelt goes over the plan for the timing of the release of a “special message.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A memorandum from Senators Depew, Platt, and Foraker suggest that Lennon should appear as a witness.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt explains to Arthur William Merrifield that he spoke to Secretary of the Interior Cornelius Newton Bliss about Harwood. Bliss does not want to act without a request from a senator. Roosevelt contacted Senator Joseph Benson Foraker and Senator Thomas Henry Carter. Foraker will let Roosevelt know what should be done but said that nothing will likely happen without a Montana senator’s consent.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Dr. Louis Edelman tells Theodore Roosevelt his opinion of the Republican Presidential candidates and where they stand with the American people based on his travels through many states, including his home state of Alabama. Edelman tells Roosevelt he is the only possible candidate who can win the South and that he has a duty to the Republican party and the American people to run for president. If Roosevelt will run, Edelman will not give up the fight for delegates in Alabama, but he asks Roosevelt to let him know so he might come to New York to meet in person.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Creator(s)

Edelman, Louis, 1869-1932

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-10

Creator(s)

O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Louis Edelman admires Theodore Roosevelt. However, he disagrees with his treatment of the soldiers at Brownsville, Texas. He discussed the matter with Senator Joseph B. Foraker, who visited him while in the hospital and always agreed with him. However, Edelman was recently talking about Roosevelt with a “very honorable colored physician” who is adamant about the soldiers’ guilt, supposedly having heard it from several of them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-13

Creator(s)

Edelman, Louis, 1869-1932

Jacob A. Riis will be unable to see Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday due to an unexpected meeting. He saw in the newspaper that Joseph B. Foraker has discovered that Roosevelt is a “great and good man.” He also saw that Germany is seeking a peace treaty with the United States which he believes is futile. Germany will simply ignore the treaty when convenient; similar to Germany’s treatment of Denmark.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-30

Creator(s)

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10-26

Creator(s)

Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Frank Lambert Dingley regrets that he cannot visit New York and discuss the political situation with Theodore Roosevelt before he leaves on his Western trip. Therefore, he provides several further points, primarily on the administration’s retreat from encroachment as a sign of public pressure against reactionary political sinners. His job as editor allows him access to public opinion, which is “the scientific demand of fair play and of the equities of industry.” Dingley congratulates Roosevelt for maintaining silence during such a crucial political period. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-16

Creator(s)

Dingley, Frank Lambert, 1840-1918

William Wingate Sewall tells President Roosevelt what he thinks of Senator Benjamin Tillman, accusing Tillman of having an Ananias club and saying that “when he threw something at Dorr”–a land agent whom Tillman had accused of being a swindler–“he forgot it was a boomerang.” Sewall hopes the stockings he sent suited Roosevelt and hopes to see him while in Washington.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-16

Creator(s)

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

President-Elect Taft advises President Roosevelt to veto the bill in response to Congress’s refusal to put the Census Bureau under the Civil Service Act. Taft believes that vetoing it will help to put an end to the “pernicious spoils system.” Taft reports that Representative Joseph R. Foraker claims Taft and Roosevelt have taken money from an emergency fund unlawfully and has requested that they make their expenditures public. Taft details the expenditures he has made over the past four years from the fund, most of which covered his travel expenses. Taft reasons it may not be in the best interest of the public to reveal all of the expenditures, but recognizes that failure to do so would “create such a row.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-13

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

President-Elect Taft tells President Roosevelt about the Ohio senatorship, saying that “all’s well that ends well.” Although Taft’s brother, Charles Phelps Taft, will not be the senator, Taft’s main concern was the exclusion of Joseph Benson Foraker, who he believes would greatly interfere with his administration if he were to be in the Senate. Taft is not completely satisfied with the selection of Theodore E. Burton as senator, but accepts the result. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has visited Taft recently, and has discussed Massachusetts politics. Taft once again reassures Roosevelt that while his wife, Helen Herron Taft, did receive a message from a group of Serbian women, she declined to offer her support and was judicious about her reply.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-04

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Albert Shaw thanks President Roosevelt for writing his letter about Abraham Lincoln, which will be read in public schools in February. Shaw also comments on the current state of affairs in Congress, concluding that “the only hope for the Senate lies in its newer members.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-09

Creator(s)

Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947

Attorney General Bonaparte wishes President Roosevelt a merry Christmas, and offers his opinion about how to proceed regarding the recent sentencing of Samuel Gompers. While Roosevelt has the power to pardon Gompers, Bonaparte says that to do so would be inappropriate while an appeal is pending, and so any requests for Roosevelt to pardon Gompers at this point would be premature. Bonaparte remarks confidentially that from his current understanding of the case, the sentences imposed by Judge Daniel Thew Wright are much too severe, even though he does not hold any sympathy for Gompers’s case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-25

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921