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Senator Fairbanks’s capabilities and the importance of the office of the vice-president are discussed in these extracts of speeches by Elihu Root, Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, and Secretary of State John Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904
President Roosevelt invites Joseph Bucklin Bishop to visit Oyster Bay for the weekend. Roosevelt also mentions his shock over the death of Secretary of State John Hay.
1905-07-13
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop regarding an issue about which he would like Bishop to speak with Nicholas Murray Butler. He also mentions combining speeches by Elihu Root and Secretary of State John Hay in a pamphlet.
1904-06-15
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop to ignore the rumors about Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw running against him for President. Roosevelt mentions that he is glad to have Bishop’s support.
1903-10-25
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit that John Hay is ill and Frank Travers has died. He also mentions going to New York to give away Eleanor Roosevelt in marriage. He has been riding a lot with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and has been playing tennis with Matt and Ted. The birds have returned and Archie and Quentin played with friends.
1905-03-20
President Roosevelt writes to Douglas Robinson and mentions that he is having a difficult time. Roosevelt writes that his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, has gone to New York with the children. He encloses a letter from Secretary of State Hay for the consuls.
1902-06-10
President Roosevelt writes that he will send Douglas Robinson $4,000 and that he will see him at Thanksgiving. Regarding his presidential campaign, Roosevelt mentions that Secretary of State Hay had a successful event, but that he is still prepared for any outcome.
1904-10-28
This note has the heading “Take to Washington” and mentions that the matter is to be taken up with Secretary of State John Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21
In this vignette cartoon, President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet appear at the center in a meeting. Each has a signboard advertising a patent medicine or other product on their back. Roosevelt’s says, “Strenoline The Famous Vigor Producer A De-Lightful Stimulant, Nervy Mfg. Co, Royster Bay.” Surrounding the central image are scenes showing men, animals, and statues, all with signboards, including an elephant labeled “G.O.P. The Great Tariff Comedian – Continuous Performances.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-01-11
At center, President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam and Columbia a large plant with flowers showing the members of his cabinet. The surrounding vignettes show a springtime dance of putti, Alton B. Parker shoveling snow at his home in Esopus, an art gallery, Irishmen marching in the rain on Saint Patrick’s Day, a woman cleaning house by sweeping a dust cloud of policemen out the door, and Roosevelt grafting a branch labeled “Indian School Mission,” with blossom of an unidentified bishop of the Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions, onto the “Interior Dept. Tree.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-15
President Roosevelt and his cabinet share a “Vapor Bath Cabinet” being heated by a lamp labeled “Strenuous Policy,” as Marcus Alonzo Hanna looks on from outside. Secretary of State John Hay and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock are shown sweating, while President Roosevelt is shown to be staying cool without a problem. Cartoon is regarding Hanna’s 1904 presidential aspirations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-03
Secretary of State John Hay is indignant that Bellamy Storer wrote to Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, regarding what Storer perceives as an injustice in Carlton Bailey Hurst’s dismissal. Storer’s letter amounts to an attack on the Roosevelt administration, as well as the Secretary of State and President under which Storer serves. Hurst’s removal was justified, but even if it was not, Storer should not have written to Hanna. President Roosevelt also reminds Storer that while serving as an American ambassador he should not discuss or interfere with the affairs of the Catholic Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30
President Roosevelt tells Sir George Otto Trevelyan of his happiness regarding the recent 1904 presidential election, and remarks that he is glad people decided to support the positive message of the Republican Party, rather than the negativity of the Democratic Party. The president attributes his victory to the clear-cut message in his speeches and addresses as well as those canvassing for him. Roosevelt discusses the differences between the American president and other political leaders and believes the American president is more like the British prime minister than the French president. he additionally reflects on his intention not to run for a third term. Even without the convention of only two terms, the president believes it would be better for Secretary of War William H. Taft or Elihu Root to succeed him; they are similar in policy, but would have fresh thoughts and ways. Roosevelt concludes by discussing his recent reading. He praises a section from one of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches after his reelection and equates certain American political leaders to characters in Charles Dickens’s works.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-24
President Roosevelt shares in President of Colombia Reyes’s desire to “draw a veil over the past” between their countries and Panama, although he protests against Reyes’s suggestion that the United States wronged Colombia during the revolution there and subsequent secession of Panama. In fact, the United States made every effort to help Colombia in the matter, and Roosevelt pledges to help in any way now – but he is not sure what Reyes expects him to do. Panamanian matters are up to the people of Panama. Roosevelt also says that the Navy Department will not be able to make a proposed purchase from Colombia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-20
President Roosevelt assures President Estrada Palma that troops recently sent to Cuba were simply replacements for soldiers whose term of enlistment had expired. Secretary of State John Hay has been instructed to discuss with the Cuban government the placement and staffing of naval stations on the Cuban coast. The United States does not desire a naval station at Havana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-27
President Roosevelt writes to Seth Low to inform him that, after consulting with Secretaries Hay and Root, he has decided not to attend the dinner. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt will not be going to the opera. They will take the train back to Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
President Roosevelt enjoyed his time with John J. O’Brien, which was cut short when Roosevelt injured his back. Roosevelt encloses a letter from John Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-01
President Roosevelt says that Senator Platt is mistaken in thinking that Secretary of State John Hay is yielding to political pressure in appointing Herbert H. D. Peirce to replace Thomas W. Cridler in the State Department. Roosevelt and Hay both believe Cridler is not useful and should be given a different position. There is no pressure to replace him with either Peirce or Mr. Jackson. A handwritten note states that the letter was not sent to Platt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25
President Roosevelt informs Senator Scott that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did not have anything to do with Thomas W. Cridler being transferred from the State Department to the consulship of Kingston, nor with his being replaced by Herbert H. D. Peirce. The decision was made by Secretary of State John Hay and was made in the interest of public service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-26
In an unsent draft of a letter to Senators Elkins and Scott, President Roosevelt explains his reasons for removing Thomas W. Cridler as Assistant Secretary of State and replacing him with Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt, and McKinley before him, believed that although he could be an able consul or representative at the St. Louis Exposition, Cridler does not have the qualities to be a good assistant secretary of state. Cridler was too involved in politics in his current position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-28