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President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-10
Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt on the events that led to the naming of Senator Julius C. Burrows as temporary chairman of the Republican Convention. General Clayton Powell wants to avoid the impression that he was involved in a movement against Roosevelt’s administration, and states that he was not involved in the election of Burrows over Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Taft asserts that this proves that the appointment was purely the doing of Harry S. New.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-19