Hale, Eugene, 1836-1918

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt has forwarded Senator Lodge’s letter to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt thinks the USS Constitution should be at Annapolis rather than taken out of commission. The media campaign regarding the fleet’s trip to the Pacific will likely have no effect, as Roosevelt feels there is public support for the action. Senator Eugene Hale of the Committee on Naval Affairs has been trying to negatively influence Newberry, but Roosevelt has told Newberry to ignore the sentiments.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jonathan Bourne

President Roosevelt enjoyed Senator Bourne’s letter and the quotations from his wife, Lillian Elizabeth Wyatt Bourne. He appreciates Bourne’s support of sending the fleet to the Pacific, which will happen regardless of the approval of Senator Eugene Hale.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that his endorsement by the Republican Party of Ohio is already having an effect on the New York newspapers, which previously had been supporting New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes for president in the upcoming election. Roosevelt advises Taft to not hurry election matters too much, but after his return from the Philippines he should make an attack on Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Roosevelt complains about Senator Eugene Hale’s efforts to curtail the navy’s attempts to repair battleships, saying Hale thinks that by keeping the United States unfit for war with Japan, war will therefore be averted. In a handwritten postscript Roosevelt tells Taft to avoid talking about tariff matters for the time being.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Truman Handy Newberry

President Roosevelt returns two reports to Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry and approves of Newberry’s actions in the improvement of training future officers in the military and naval academies. In a postscript, Roosevelt notes that Maine Senator Eugene Hale is adding to the tensions between the United States and Japan by his actions, and asks Newberry for his alternate plans for the fleet as soon as possible.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Melville Elijah Stone

President Roosevelt is glad Melville Elijah Stone of the Associated Press is sending a man to Tokyo to gain information on the “real design” of Japanese statesmen and to prevent aggravation of existing tensions between the two countries. While the crimes against Japanese immigrants in San Francisco and sensationalist press coverage of these crimes are “outrageous,” Roosevelt says they do not give Japan the justification for hostile actions against the United States. Roosevelt asks if Stone is a friend of Senator Eugene Hale, and if so, requests that Stone explain to Hale that his actions to thwart funding for the Navy do not keep the peace, but threaten it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt compliments Ambassador Reid’s handling of the international arbitration proposal regarding American fishing rights in Newfoundland. Roosevelt says his chief concern in foreign affairs is the potential hostility between the United States and Japan, either due to “mob leaders” and “yellow journals” in California, or to the lack of foresight in men like Maine Senator Eugene Hale with regard to funding the Navy. Roosevelt is surprised that anyone pays attention to recent negative comments in the news about him made by George Brinton McClellan Harvey. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Franklin Bell

President Roosevelt sends Major General Bell’s report to Secretary of War Taft. Roosevelt compares the threat of Japan conquering California in a war to the possibility of losing the Philippines or Hawaii. Roosevelt will do his best to prevent any wrong being done to Japan. He will also keep the country in readiness should war break out, though he expects that having someone like Senator Eugene Hale as chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs may make that difficult.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Navy Metcalf that he hopes the navy personnel bill will be passed, but they need to put up a fight and Metcalf should write to the senate committee as Roosevelt already has. Roosevelt also makes it clear he wants two battleships this session.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for allowing the USS Constitution to remain in Boston and encourages Roosevelt not to send the ship to Annapolis. Lodge also informs Roosevelt that he supports his plan to send the fleet on a cruise in the Pacific, but he anticipates a significant debate about it. Lodge also replies to Roosevelt’s letter of September 4 and says that he is glad the president has such a high opinion of Senator John Kean’s wine cellar.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-06

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of the rumored attacks against sending the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific. With the upcoming presidential campaign, Lodge feels these attacks are an attempt to “get in a blow at the Administration.” He advises they “ought not leave any loophole” for the opposition, such as the role of the coastwise law, which he details. As a separate matter, Lodge mentions the contentious relocation of the USS Constitution from Boston to Annapolis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Albert L. Key to Theodore Roosevelt

Commodore Key expresses to President Roosevelt about Senator Eugene Hale’s opposition to the naval personnel bill. Key feels sure that if the House of Representatives passes it, Hale will almost be forced to support the bill because he has never opposed a bill with wide popular support. However, Key fears that Representative George Edmund Foss, Chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, will table the bill until the next session to appease Hale. Hale’s resolution has resulted in little attention even from the Senate Naval Committee of which he is the chairman. Lastly, Key encloses a memorandum that has made its rounds among Navy circles and asks for advice on how to help encourage passage of the bill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-27

Creator(s)

Key, Albert L. (Albert Lenoir), 1860-1950

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler sends President Roosevelt an editorial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-30

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

“Of course, he’ll stand pat”

Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Rhode Island Senator Eugene Hale, and others hold up pitchforks to keep a Republican elephant standing up on “the high tariff pyramid.” President Roosevelt sits on the elephant’s head.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-05

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

Head of nation hotly assailed

W. S. Couch writes an article detailing Senator Tillman’s verbal attack on President Roosevelt and call for investigation on the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-18

Creator(s)

Couch, W. S.

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about his battles with Congress to get four battleships. Roosevelt says some senators are indifferent or unpatriotic. He fears war with Japan and that pushes him to build the navy. Roosevelt adds that Ted was home with a sore throat but is now better, and also says that he and Edith went riding.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-04-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Hay it might be worthwhile to bring up the treaty again and suggests he speak with Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Eugene Hale, and William P. Frye. Roosevelt is displeased by Sir Edward Clarke’s remarks at a dinner honoring American diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alfred Thayer Mahan

Theodore Roosevelt replies to Captain Mahan and agrees that the “flying squad was looked upon with hysterical anxiety by the Northeast and its representatives in Congress.” If Mahan is near Oyster Bay, Roosevelt would like to have lunch with him to discuss the requests made for extra protection in coastal regions of “strategic importance.” He arranged to send them a Civil War monitor with 21 New Jersey militia to Portland, Maine.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julian Street

Theodore Roosevelt does not understand how Julian Street can criticize Senator Eugene Hale so vehemently without also criticizing President Woodrow Wilson and his administration, who are refusing to prepare the country’s military and people for war. Members of the military who advocate for preparedness and attempt to prepare do so against the feeling of the President and may arouse his hostility against them. Roosevelt likens the present conditions to those under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, but he believes the current peace-at-any-price sentiment is worse.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt warns President-Elect Taft under no circumstances to divide the battleship fleet between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans prior to the completion of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt lambasts “enemies of the navy,” “timid fools,” and “conscienceless scoundrels” in Congress who are trying to sway public opinion towards dividing the fleet. Roosevelt believes that a large reason for Russia’s defeat in the Russo-Japanese War was because it divided its navy between the Baltic and Pacific while the entire Japanese fleet was also deployed together.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Kibbe Turner

President Roosevelt will show George Kibbe Turner’s letter to Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt believes that he has forced the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs up to two battleships, although he thinks they should really provide for four battleships. Roosevelt reflects on his accomplishment of building up the Navy during his presidency.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919