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Attorney General Knox’s filed objections will prevent Edward Henry Harriman from grafting his case against the Northern Securities Company onto the government’s case. Knox takes no side in the dispute but will not allow Harriman and James Jerome Hill to litigate their private differences with a government case.
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1904-04-13
William E. Chandler discusses the New York Sun‘s strategy in support of Theodore Roosevelt’s reelection.
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1904-04-12
Albert Shaw suggests that President Roosevelt distance himself from the “doings” of the New York State Legislature and of Governor Benjamin B. Odell of New York.
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1904-04-11
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson wrote a letter to Joseph William Blythe asking whether he can reach Edward Henry Harriman. Wilson encloses Blythe’s reply in this letter to President Roosevelt.
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1904-04-06
Moses A. Gunst reports that California supports Theodore Roosevelt and the Southern Pacific Company will “do the right thing” for Roosevelt.
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1904-03-04
Senator Platt urges President Roosevelt to appoint Eugene Ames to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis per the wishes of Ames’s father, Navy Medical Inspector Howard E. Ames.
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1904-01-20
Harry Thompson Dobbins wants to ensure that the next Nebraska delegation is composed of Theodore Roosevelt supporters. Dobbins expresses concern about the railroads “despotic control” of Nebraska’s Republican Conventions.
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1903-12-30
Nicholas Murray Butler confirms reports that conspirators against President Roosevelt’s re-election are “as active as ever.”
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1903-12-23
M. Caldwell is mortified that President Roosevelt and Edward Henry Harriman were brought into some “terrible affair” by an article in the November 29, 1903, edition of The World.
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1903-12-04
George Calbert, whose true name is George Caldwell, has been pardoned by Governor Odell after the intercession of President Roosevelt and Edward Henry Harriman. Caldwell had been arrested during a raid on the Ariston Baths. Caldwell is a member of a prominent Kentucky family and his sister, Margaret, used family connections to secure his release.
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1903-11-29
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt regarding the recent mayoral election in New York City, in which George McClellan defeated Seth Low. Bishop says the election was “bought up by Whitney, Ryan, Belmont, and Harriman.” Bishop also discusses a recent conversation with General Hubbard concerning Leslie M. Shaw and relays that he will not accompany Hubbard to Washington, D.C.
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1903-11-04
Joseph Bucklin Bishop has read James Sullivan Clarkson’s letter and takes issue with many of Clarkson’s political observations. Regarding the Harriman matter, Bishop does not believe that President Roosevelt needs to do anything beyond stating that the message was sent without his approval. There will not be a “sweeping Tammany victory” in New York City and Mayor Low’s reelection looks promising.
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1903-10-03
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw informs President Roosevelt that Shaw and his wife have received complimentary annual passes to railroad transportation from Edward Henry Harriman. He advises he did not know of the passes and is ready to return them to the railroad.
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1903-07-17
Lovell H. Jerome recommends seeking out Senator Nelson Aldrich as a representative of John D. Rockefeller’s interests concerning a financial matter in which “great danger exists.”
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1903-07-16
Edward Henry Harriman stopped to visit Anna Roosevelt Cowles and expressed interest in being of help to President Roosevelt. Cowles had the impression that he wished her to repeat the conversation to the President. She also comments that the Reids are a comfort to her as they share information about the President and many political matters.
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1902-09-13