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John A. Sleicher, invites Theodore Roosevelt to a dinner to meet the Governors of the West at the Union League Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11
President Roosevelt asks John A. Sleicher to please show the four articles by Charles M. Harvey to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock as potential campaign materials, and says he is glad the situation surrounding the New York Governorship is going well.
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1908-09-14
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Wright to look over a letter and report on it. Roosevelt would like to grant Florida Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward’s request if possible.
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1908-08-08
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he will keep his letters confidential, but asks him to tell Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission George W. Goethals to prepare the governorship business, which Roosevelt will take care of in Secretary of War William H. Taft’s absence.
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1907-09-16
President Roosevelt reports that he has been “very much discontented” by the recent controversy around New Mexico governor Herbert J. Hagerman. Roosevelt initially thought Hagerman was merely foolish, but now wonders if he were not a knave like those with whom he committed a “swindling land transaction.” Roosevelt has removed Hagerman from office and appointed George Curry in his place.
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1907-07-27
John A. Dix, the Governor of New York, requests a signed photograph of Theodore Roosevelt because he is creating a record of all the former governors who are alive during his time in office.
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1911-09-30
Joseph Culbertson Clayton encloses his letter published in The Sun condemning Governor John A. Dix and asks Theodore Roosevelt if it could be published in The Outlook. He wonders if Roosevelt read his publication “Some Aspects of the Constitution”.
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1911-09-18
William Bayard Cutting sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the Las Cruces Citizen asking him to verify a quotation that troubled ex-Governor Miguel Antonio Otero.
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1911-09-11
Joseph Bucklin Bishop informs President Roosevelt of a situation in the Panama Canal Zone beyond the scope of canal construction. Bishop describes how the executive order signed on November 17 virtually abolished the office of Governor and conferred power on the General Counsel, creating a bad situation in which General Counsel Richard Reid Rogers took advantage of his new power. When Secretary of War Taft visited in March, he issued a new executive order to address this situation, conferring the majority of government power on the chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission and acted on by the governor of the Panama Canal Zone, Joseph C.S. Blackburn. Bishop states that Blackburn is doing excellent work and is well-respected, unlike Rogers.
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1907-09-06
Mining executive John Campbell Greenway sends President Roosevelt the correspondence between citizens of Bovey and Coleraine and Minnesota Governor John Albert Johnson during the recent strike of the Western Federation of Miners. Greenway believes these cities are the first to condemn the federation as “a criminal organization committed to anarchy,” to which Johnson failed to respond.
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1907-08-19
Governor Hughes is grateful for President Roosevelt’s support and is confident that he will be able to accomplish much as Governor.
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1907-01-09
On a page of the Boston Post, the article “Gov. Bates asks Col. Gaston questions” has been highlighted, and the note “omitted in Herald” appended to two paragraphs. The article describes a Republican rally which saw Massachusetts Governor John L. Bates respond to statements from his Democratic opponent William A. Gaston regarding appropriations and expenditures for Massachusetts, as well as statutes limiting the length of the working day. Other articles on the page include a discussion of a proposed expansion of the Suffolk county courthouse, a temporary suspension in the production of anthracite coal, and a discussion on the method of assigning wages to employees.
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1903-10-22
Secretary of Puerto Rico Regis Henri Post writes to President Roosevelt about Puerto Rico’s Governor Beekman Winthrop. Post praises Winthrop’s work and congratulates Roosevelt for encouraging men like him to be in politics. Post also congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent elections results.
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1904-11-16
Governor Bates thanks President Roosevelt for writing to him following his defeat at the Massachusetts polls. Bates congratulates Roosevelt on being elected president.
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1904-11-15
George Barnsdale Cox hands his card to the “door boy” at the “headquarters of the political big 4.” Cox says, “In order to cause no consternation in that crowd or have any of them die from palpitation of the heart, just present this card as quitely [sic] as possible to the bunch.” Four men sit at a table: Norman G. Kenan, Charles Phelps Taft, Ohio Representative Nicholas Longworth, and Julius Fleischmann. Longworth holds a letter from President Roosevelt that suggests the “Ohio problem” can be solved by electing Fleischmann as governor of Ohio. Fleischmann says, “My, Nick, but how your father-in-law does flatter me.” Meanwhile, Kenan says, “That letter of Teddy’s is music to my ear. We’ll have a ticket this fall that will win sure, and that’s not gas.” Taft replies, “It certainly has a very fine gingle, Norman. Isn’t it nice to be good.”
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1907-09
There is a flurry of activity in Washington, D.C., with people running around and an “express wagon” and “florist.” A number of signs are posted: “Bulletin—It is proposed to run Mr. Longworth for governor of Ohio,” “Later!! He has just been mentioned for U.S. Senator,” “Bulletin—A real lace hat from Paris has just arrived via messenger boy,” and “Important bulletin—Mr. Longworth has just lighted another cigar. Great excitement prevails.” A newsboy holds a newspaper that reads, “Extra—Nick has just had a sandwich.”
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1906-02
Henry W. Taft believes that Governor of the Philippines William H. Taft is a better politician than he would be a judge. Taft can influence more people as a statesman than if he were held within the limitations of the bench.
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1903-01-16
Two Martians, one holding a telescope and yawning, express relief now that the election for governor of New York has been decided (in favor of Charles Evans Hughes). In the background, on planet Earth, fireworks mark the celebration in New York. Caption: The Martians — Yag be thanked, it’s all over! We can get a little sleep now that we know how the New York election came out.
Puck perennially faced the challenge of addressing current events, and its readership expecting pertinent commentary, when the exigencies of deadlines — planning, writing and drawing, printing, distribution — sometimes meant that issues actually were prepared ten days or so in advance of the cover dates. It was only a real problem at election times.
Brief biography of T. B. Ferguson, the new governor of Oklahoma Territory. Ferguson is expected to be a success and President Roosevelt will not be disappointed with the appointment.
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1901-12-06
President Roosevelt, as a southern plantation owner, rides on a donkey, holding an umbrella, a jug of “Corn Lickker” behind him. William Loeb walks behind, holding the donkey’s tail. In the background, perched on a tree, is a bird labeled “Vardaman.” Caption: “Way down South in the land of cotton.”
In the middle of October 1905, President Roosevelt undertook a tour of Southern states. He clearly hoped to ameliorate White southern opposition to his presidency, feelings that largely emanated from his White House invitation to Booker T. Washington in his first days as president.