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The New York World criticizes the Evening Post for withholding support from both of the candidates for the New York governor’s race, Judge D. Cady Herrick and Frank Wayland Higgins.
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1904-10-11
Representative Fassett asks Secretary of War Taft how long he will be in Oyster Bay, and if they could meet in person soon. Recently Fassett heard a rumor about himself in Buffalo, that he was in support of Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Fassett only supported Hughes against Frank Wayland Higgins and Benjamin Barker Odell. Before appointments are made for collector of internal revenue or district federal marshal, Fassett would like a meeting with President Roosevelt. At present, Fassett has not yet spoken with Senator Frederick C. Stevens, though he has seen Senator William J. Tulley who is undecided.
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1907-09-01
Frank Wayland Higgins will bring Collector Stranahan to the dinner with President Roosevelt.
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1905-01-03
Joseph Bucklin Bishop provides an update on the New York political situation as it pertains to securing the Republican nomination for the United States Senate and for Governor.
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1904-12-15
Seth Low joyfully congratulates President Roosevelt on his reelection as president, and is glad that New York “is not only in the column, but at the head of it!” Frank Wayland Higgins has also been elected governor of New York by a wide margin.
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1904-11-08
Patrick F. MacAran, pastor of the Church of St. Anastasia, asks the recipient of this letter to vote for Frank Wayland Higgins as governor of New York. Edward Henry Harriman, who several years back helped repair the Church of St. Anastasia, also vouches for the candidacy of Higgins, who MacAran characterizes as a “distinguished and upright candidate.”
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1904-11-07
F. Norton Goddard took President Roosevelt’s advice to collect endorsements for Marcus M. Marks’s candidacy for the Postmastership of New York, and has collected over 2000 endorsements from businesses. Goddard attests that these endorsements are from major businesses and believes he will have quite a few more by the time he visits Roosevelt. New York state senator Nathan Elsberg and prominent Republican Cornelius Newton Bliss have also endorsed Marks. Goddard admires a recent statement by Roosevelt.
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1904-11-05
This newspaper clipping from The Globe includes several marked articles. “The First Speech of Mr. Higgins,” describes a speech of Frank Wayland Higgins, New York gubernatorial candidate, in his hometown. “Very Queer Business” highlights the hysterical situation in the press surrounding Judge Alton B. Parker, as the newspapers seem to not trust Parker to act on his own “as a self-respecting man and leader of his party.” This stands in sharp contrast to the mood of the democratic campaign itself, which seems much more sanguine. Finally, “A Notable Accession” is a partial article highlighting the choice by Robert Treat Paine of Massachusetts, a former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, to vote for President Roosevelt rather than Parker.
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1904-09-20
The writer of an editorial expresses support for a speech in which Isthmian Canal Commission Chairman Theodore P. Shonts suggested naming the completed interoceanic canal in Panama the Roosevelt Canal. President Roosevelt has been a champion of the canal as vital to the carrying out of the Monroe Doctrine since he was governor of New York, and as President he is its most powerful supporter. Other editorials on the page discuss the political situation in Chicago and William Randolph Hearst’s attempts to settle the disputed New York City mayoral election.
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1905-11-13
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about the elections in New York, saying that Republican voters in New York who support him must also be supporters of gubernatorial candidate Frank Wayland Higgins.
1904-10-01
Article discussing the actions of ex-Governor Benjamin B. Odell with current Governor Frank Wayland Higgins and the nomination for Speaker.
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1905-12-22
New York State Assemblyman William G. Miller visited Governor Frank Wayland Higgins and says that he approves of the selection of James Wolcott Wadsworth for speaker.
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1905-12-22
At center, Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, welcomes Santa Claus to the underground of New York City. The surrounding vignettes show Santa distributing Christmas presents and planning for next year. The “Angel of Peace” is hoping for an end to the hostilities between Japan and Russia.
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1904-12-21
In a battle scene, President Roosevelt is about to make a final charge on “Fort Democracy” labeled “Peace, Constitution, [and] Prosperity.” Performing various functions in Roosevelt’s camp are “Foraker,” “Morton” spying from a balloon, “Allison” raising a flag labeled “Up with the Trusts,” “Woodruff” attending to wounded T.C. “Platt,” “Higgins” and “Odell” with cans of money from a box labeled “Groceries N.Y. State,” “Cortelyou” sharpening a sword, “Shaw” with binoculars, “Bliss” and “Fairbanks” loading a small cannon labeled “National Committee Gun,” and “Rockefeller” with a hod full of money bags labeled “Standard Shot.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-11-02
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his disappointment that he can not be present “at the dedication of the Frank Wayland Higgins Memorial Hospital.” Roosevelt knew Higgins well, and states while Roosevelt was governor he initially knew him as a state senator. Roosevelt details Higgins’s good qualities and regrets he cannot attend.
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1912-11-01
A statement issued by President Roosevelt refutes a false article in The Sun which states that he overruled then-Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s recommendations regarding pipeline permits for the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, to the benefit of the Standard Oil Company. Roosevelt asserts that this article is patently false, and that a so-called report detailing this incident is a falsehood. Rather, the permits were granted based on legislature, and Roosevelt believes that he has never ignored his Interior Secretaries’ recommendations.
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1908-11-16
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and President Roosevelt express their sympathy to Kate Corrine Noble Higgins for the death of her husband, former New York Governor Frank Wayland Higgins.
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1907-02-13
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt is concerned over the accusations made by Edward Henry Harriman, a prominent railroad executive, particularly a “wilful untruth” concerning a request to raise money for the Republican party during the 1904 presidential campaign. Roosevelt tells Representative Sherman that he believes the dispute with Harriman stems from a dissatisfaction with regulations made on interstate commerce, particularly affecting railroads. Harriman is also disappointed that Roosevelt failed to appoint Senator Chauncey M. Depew as Ambassador to France as he had requested, and refuses to support the Republican party as long as Roosevelt’s policies dominate.
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1906-10-08
President Roosevelt finds Jacob Gould Schurman, Chairman of the US Philippine Commission, has insightfully stated his own views and showed Schurman’s letter to Representative Herbert Parsons. He asks Schurman to tell Charles Evans Hughes not to commit to the governorship until he can speak to him.
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1906-09-01
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of State Root for the humorous translation of a Spanish newspaper. He provides updates on the successful naval review, recent state elections, and the boiling pot of New York politics. Roosevelt finds that William Jennings Bryan’s eagerness for popularity causes him to commit “to preposterous positions,” as revealed by his recent speech.
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1906-09-04