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On behalf of Secretary of War William H. Taft, Fred W. Carpenter sends William Loeb copies of a letter exchange between Taft and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker.
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1907-02-01
Senator Beveridge satirically describes to President Roosevelt the scene after Senator Joseph Benson Foraker was unusually “nervy” in response to Roosevelt’s address, most likely at the Gridiron Club Dinner at the New Willard Hotel. Beveridge points to the irony in journalist David Graham Phillips’s and Senator William Lorimer’s attack on his own comments about Foraker.
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1907-01-27
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a letter he received from Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. In agreement with General Leonard Wood’s request, the injunction of secrecy in regard to the proceedings has been removed.
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1907-01-21
Brooks Adams writes to President Roosevelt to express his concern and offer advice in regards to Roosevelt’s attempt to “force through a new policy” that is opposed by titans of industry, finance, and the press. Adams also details how opponents support making Joseph Benson Foraker president by capitalizing on the Brownsville Affair. Adams’s primary advice for Roosevelt is to fight relentlessly at every opportunity to eventually force a popular vote on the issue.
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1907-01-06
The Macon Telegraph describes Senator Benjamin R. Tillman’s inconsistent reactions to President Theodore Roosevelt’s views on race relations.
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1907-01-14
This article describes an outbreak of violence at Fort Leavenworth between African-American soldiers and a crowd of people on a trolley car. The author blames the violence on Senator Foraker of Ohio, who the article says is in the pocket of large corporations, as well as the Constitution League of New York. While the author says that Senator Foraker’s opinion is to be expected, the article opines that the Constitution League is different, and is made up of misguided people who should know better.
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1906-12-31
This article describes an incident between an African American soldier and a white woman. The article expresses some surprise that more of these sorts of incidents have not happened and blames Senator Joseph Benson Foraker for denouncing President Roosevelt’s handling of the Brownsville incident, wherein African-American soldiers were rumored to have opened fire on citizens.
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1906-12-31
Milton A. McRae sends President Roosevelt a newspaper clipping that reflects “the sentiment of a vast majority” of Americans in the Midwest. McRae also notifies Roosevelt that The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, which had previously maligned Roosevelt, is now “strenuously and unfairly booming” Senator Joseph B. Foraker.
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1906-12-29
Senator Dick has been attempting to contact President Roosevelt regarding his views on several political appointments in Ohio and requests that his recommendations be given as much consideration as those of Senator Foraker. Dick also apologizes for a misunderstanding in which Roosevelt feels that Dick has been disregarding his attempts at contact.
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1905-06-13
Senator Mason spoke at the annual banquet of the Giddings Republican Club. He suggested that Senator Foraker would be the Republican candidate for president in 1904. Mason believes that the tariff will be the major issue in 1904, and he expressed his support for President Roosevelt’s actions in the Booker T. Washington incident.
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1903-10-25
Sergeant Mingo Saunders, decorated with medals labeled “One of the Best,” “Faithful,” “Honest,” and “Brave,” and with stripes on his sleeve that read, “Nearly 30 Years a Soldier,” holds a paper: “Discharged Without Honor from the Army of the U.S.” Below is an article about Saunders’s discharge. The article encourages African Americans to vote for Senator Joseph Benson Foraker rather than William H. Taft, who advocates for disenfranchisement of African Americans. If Foraker is not an option, the paper suggests Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks because Senator James A. Hemenway, who works for Fairbanks’s campaign, has assisted Foraker in advocating for the discharged soldiers.
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1908-04-11
President Roosevelt and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker point fingers at one another as little demons–“ugly rumors,” “charges,” “insinuations,” “accusations,” “falsehoods,” “malicious,” “sensations,” and “scandals”–jump out of the “patronage” box. Roosevelt and Foulke say, “You opened it!”
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1908-02-11
Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, depicted as a chick, has just popped out of an egg while Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker–all depicted as large chickens–look on. In the corner is a feed bowl labeled “presidential popularity.” Caption: Chorus (in unison): “Wonder if that spring chicken really takes himself seriously.”
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1908-01-16
President Roosevelt holds up a note that reads, “Under no circumstances will I again be a candidate for the presidency. T. Roosevelt. Election night 1904.” He says to a group of men, “Boys, I stand pat on this decision!” The men, who include Secretary of War William H. Taft, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Secretary of the Treasury, Philander C. Knox, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, all responded approvingly.
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1907-12-12
President Roosevelt stands behind a fence and tosses an extremely large pair of “Roosevelt’s shoes.” A number of men standing waiting to catch them: Secretary of War William H. Taft, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, Iowa Governor Albert Baird Cummins, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes; and former cabinet secretaries Leslie M. Shaw and Philander C. Knox.
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1907-12-13
A woman in a “G.O.P.” dress holds a dancing card with “T.R.” under 1 and 2. The “3” is left blank. President Roosevelt bows to her, but puts his hands up. In the background are a variety of men with flowers: Secretary of War William H. Taft, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Philander C. Knox, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Uncle Sam stands in a doorway.
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1907-12-13
President Roosevelt holds “federal patronage” behind his back and asks, “Which hand, gentlemen?” In the foreground a teddy bear plays with dice.
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1907-11-26
President Roosevelt is depicted as Ben-Hur and drives a chariot of four horses: “public honesty,” “square deal,” “publicity,” and “centralization.” He leads the chariot race. Behind him are “swollen fortune” and a “reactionary.” On the ground are an “undesirable citizen” and a “molly-coddle.” In the stands are Miss Columbia, William Loeb, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, and Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-11-18
President Roosevelt celebrates his forty-ninth birthday with a variety of friends. In the upper left hand corner at the piano are New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes and Thomas Fortune Ryan singing, “Oh let us be joyful.” Booker T. Washington tells Henry Watterson, “Henry, I hope you’ll come down and visit me at Tuskegee.” Senator Joseph Benson Foraker says to Secretary of War William H. Taft, “I heard a good story today, Will.” Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks look at a picture of George Washington, and Fairbanks says, “That picture makes me sad. It reminds me of cherries.” William Randolph Hearst, James Roscoe Day, and Secretary of State Elihu Root look at a book of “Snapshots in New York.” William Jennings Bryan and Grover Cleveland play a game of checkers, and Bryan says, “After you, Grover.” J. Pierpont Morgan watches over the game with his hand on Bryan’s back. Henry Huttleston Rogers, F. Augustus Heinze, and Thomas William Lawson sit together. Lawson says, “Rogers, my boy, you must come over to Boston and visit me.” John D. Rockefeller points at Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s chest while President Roosevelt presents a bouquet to James J. Hill as William J. Long looks on. Finally, James T. Harahan, Edward Henry Harriman, and Stuyvesant Fish read “Snap Shots Along the Illinois Central.” Harriman remarks, “Very nice album, Stuyvesant, is it not?”
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1907-10-27
A Republican elephant and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker sit in an “Ohio Rep. Convention” boat as Foraker says, “Get into the boat!” Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna holds a broom as he points toward a “Roosevelt sentiment” wave. Hanna says, “We’d better sweep it to one side at present.”
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1903-05-24