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Robert Underwood Johnson thanks President Roosevelt for meeting with his son, journalist Owen Johnson. He discusses forest reform and the publication of Gifford Pinchot’s article in The Century Magazine. He is sending a book on forest destruction to Roosevelt.
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1904-02-16
Francis T. Roots, the Indiana delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1904, reports that Indiana is supporting President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-09
Augustus Everett Willson discusses Commissioner of Internal Revenue John Watson Yerkes’s wish to be both a member of the Republican National Committee and a Kentucky delegate-at-large for the Republican National Convention.
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1904-01-27
Editor of the Galveston City Times William H. Noble discusses the need to appoint African Americans as Republican party representatives in Texas.
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1903-10-18
Simon P. Armstrong writes to President Roosevelt to suggest that the Irish American Republican Association, which was formed to support President Harrison, could be revived as a powerful force for the next election. Armstrong adds that A. L. Morrison seems satisfied to remain as he is.
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1903-07-31
A movement in the Indiana state legislature is attempting to pass a resolution requesting President Roosevelt to rename Fort Benjamin Harrison. This is an anti-Roosevelt movement because changing the name could alienate the former supporters of President Harrison. Russell B Harrison, the late President’s son, promises to fight against the resolution, so Roosevelt will not have to decide whether or not to rename the fort.
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1903-01-20
Edgar S. Wilson, manager of the Mississippi Bureau of the New Orleans Daily Picayune, writes during a crisis at Indianola, Mississippi, involving African American Postmaster General, Minnie M. Geddings Cox, who is being forced to resign from office by violent citizens due to her race. Wilson recommends that President Roosevelt discontinue the Postmaster General’s office in Indianola, Mississippi, and pursue indictments through the Federal Grand Jury. Wilson believes that the uproar has been incited by Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Kimble Vardaman. The majority of citizens have no problem with her work.
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1902-12-30
William H. Brawley provides further information regarding William Demos Crum’s alleged inconsistencies at the 1892 Republican National Convention. Brawley is concerned that President Roosevelt believes that he just parroted unfounded rumors. He gives the name of his informant, Abiel Lathrop, regarding Crum’s short-lived defection to the Blaine camp.
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1902-12-16
William H. Brawley backs his sources on the negative character of Dr. Crum in an attempt to keep Crum from being appointed as Collector of the Port of Charleston. He encourages George B. Cortelyou to write a confidential letter to confirm these assertions of Crum’s abandonment of President Harrison at the Republican Convention.
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1902-12-15
William H. Brawley sends information regarding William D. Crum’s dubious political history and does not believe that Crum should receive an appointment anywhere in South Carolina. At the Republican convention to renominate President Benjamin Harrison, Crum supported James G. Blaine until promised an office for supporting Harrison.
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1902-12-12
Newspaper article calling for President Roosevelt to “take the wolf by the ears” and do so in a timely fashion to settle the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10
Russell B. Harrison writes primarily on Indiana politics where the Republicans had off year defeats and the Philippine-American War is damaging the Republicans’ image. He also thanks President Roosevelt for naming a military post in Indianapolis after his father, President Benjamin Harrison.
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1902-05-30
Harrington Fitzgerald says he would not trust Senator Hanna too far in the settlement of the coal strike. The Homestead Strike ruined President Harrison’s chances at an additional presidential term.
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1902-05-19
William H. Michael explains that the decision of which New York papers may print death notices is determined by “the political complexion of the administration.” Michael lists the New York Star, Tribune, World, Sun, and Mail and Express as newspapers that have been charged with publishing the death notices since the first Grover Cleveland administration, depending on the political party in power.
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1902-04-18
Elisha Johnston Babcock encloses a letter from President Harrison’s Secretary of State, John Watson Foster, to Cardinal Rampollo de Tindaro regarding William E. Curtis. The State Department has no letters on file from President Harrison to Pope Leo XIII.
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1902-04-07
James Sullivan Clarkson encourages and advises President Roosevelt on the treatment of African Americans in the South. He describes his experiences with the Underground Railroad and his efforts in the Post Office Department to further the cause of African Americans.
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1901-11-15
Robert Mackay asks Russell B. Harrison to credit Success for printing Benjamin Harrison’s opinion piece on President Roosevelt. Mackay reviews how Success purchased the article.
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1901-11-11
John V. L. Findlay encloses an article that may have been written by Benjamin Harrison. He is unsure if it is authentic but he claims “no one knew President Harrison better” and states that it “sounds like him.” Findlay admires President Roosevelt and sends best wishes to the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-10-26
James H. Stone was finally able to locate the roll call from the 1900 convention that nominated Theodore Roosevelt as vice president. As promised, he encloses the document for Ted Roosevelt.
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1901-09-24
A. C. Matthews admires President Roosevelt’s decision to have minimal security. A “gang of guards” around the president goes against American institutions.
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1901-09-24