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President Roosevelt will do his best to keep the course he has been following. He intends to appoint Myron T. Herrick.
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1901-09-26
President Roosevelt tipping his hat to the crowd and the parade
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1907-12-19
Myron T. Herrick makes himself at home as a guest at the White House.
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1903-02-08
Theodore Roosevelt thinks Myron T. Herrick is a mighty good man, and he is glad that Herrick made that speech. Roosevelt trusts that Henry Cabot Lodge liked his cordial and enthusiastic endorsement of President Wilson’s message. Roosevelt thinks the step Lodge took related to Senator Smith’s resolution was admirable. Roosevelt has the same information about Charles Evans Hughes that Lodge has, but Roosevelt says there is a considerable feeling that it is unwise to take a candidate from the Supreme Court as this would establish a bad precedent. Roosevelt encloses a nice letter from Gillett, and notes that he has received two letters from men who were Wilson delegates at the Convention and nominated Wilson for president, but who now enthusiastically support him.
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1915-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt tells Robert Bunch Van Cortlandt that he will eagerly read the address that Van Cortlandt sent him, and that it is something he does not know much about. Roosevelt asks if Van Cortlandt has read Myron T. Herrick’s recently published book on the same subject. The referenced book is likely Rural Credits: Land and Cooperative, which was published in 1914.
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1915-02-22
Theodore Roosevelt asks Joseph Welwood Roper if he has been in touch with Myron T. Herrick and B. F. Harris for more information on the subject about which he is writing.
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1915-02-19
Theodore Roosevelt is happy to send letters of introduction to the ambassadors in England and Germany on Lafayette Young’s behalf. He does not know the ambassador to France but will still send a letter.
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1915-01-15
President Roosevelt disagrees with several statements Secretary of State John Hay wrote. While Hay was one of the most “delightful characters” Roosevelt had ever met, he found Hay lacking leadership qualities as a Secretary of State. Roosevelt provides Senator Lodge with his view of the Alaska Boundary dispute in 1903. He includes copies of the letters Roosevelt wrote to Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry White to show to British Secretary of State for the Colonies James Chamberlain and Prime Minister James Arthur Balfour. Roosevelt explains why certain appointments were made following the death of President William McKinley and details for why Hay was not consulted on matters concerning the Russo-Japanese War and the acquisition of Panama.
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1909-01-28
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.
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1908-02-10
President Roosevelt believes that if he does what Senator Kean asks, it will hurt Governor Myron T. Herrick in Ohio. In Ohio, the Democrats are trying to say that “the Republican ticket is the Roosevelt ticket.”
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1905-11-01
President Roosevelt believes Senator Dick misunderstood the conversation with William Loeb, concluding that no action would be taken. Instead, Roosevelt wants to resolve the matter of appointments immediately. Roosevelt chastises Dick for failing to communicate directly with him on multiple occasions.
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1905-05-31
President Roosevelt will follow Secretary of State Hay’s suggestion on the Congo matter. Roosevelt believes that Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker’s letter was a “Mr. Facing-both-ways performance,” but also acknowledges it was an adroit political move. Roosevelt is concerned about the situation in New York.
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1904-09-28
Theodore Roosevelt wants Colonel Dick and Governor Herrick to understand that the Republican party cannot support “a man like Sullivan.”
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1904-08-01
President Roosevelt congratulates Myron Herrick on his great majority and asks about the indications in the legislature.
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1903-11-03
President Roosevelt cannot attend the Ohio State Fair and would consider it a great favor if Secretary of the Treasury Shaw could represent the administration at the fair. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Joseph H. Brigham will discuss the details with Shaw.
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1903-08-18
President Roosevelt thanks Emily Hun Sexton Moir for her $500 contribution to the McKinley National Memorial Association.
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1901-12-04
Upon hearing that President William H. Taft and the State Department intend to investigate European farm financing methods, Benjamin F. Harris wants to clarify that this idea was first proposed by the American Bankers’ Association Committee on Agriculture and Financial Development and Education. That committee, which is already doing research in Europe, should get credit for the idea.
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1909-1912
Representative Longworth updates President Roosevelt on election results from Ohio. Although initially it appeared that Republicans, especially Longworth himself, might lose, William H. Taft and Judson Harmon have both been elected. Longworth sees the result of an endorsement of Roosevelt’s policies. He believes that Roosevelt’s letter to Taft, and his recent letter on the labor question, clinched the campaign for Republicans.
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1908-11-06
William H. Taft writes to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Hitchcock to ask for the resignations of both Treasurer of the Republican National Committee George Rumsey Sheldon and Head of the Speaker’s Bureau T. Coleman DuPont, on the grounds that Sheldon solicited funds from trust affiliates and DuPont is currently involved in a trust suit. He suggests possible replacements for DuPont, and asks for a system of campaign funding that solicits small subscriptions through western cities.
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1908-09-22
Frederick L. Chapman, owner and editor of the Home Herald, and his readers commend William H. Taft’s position on the subject of personal temperance. However, the liquor interests claim he is friendly to their cause. Chapman warns that Taft will lose votes if this idea persists. The presidential and vice-presidential candidates’ religious status has become a significant factor in the campaign. As such, Chapman advises Taft to write a letter for publication, as the other candidates have done, stating his beliefs, and suggests a sample statement.
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1908-08-24