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Irving H. Trowbridge offers Theodore Roosevelt his opinion on current political conditions. Despite supporting Roosevelt’s refusal to enter the race, Trowbridge is not sure Taft or La Follette will be able to win the presidency. Based on his considerable experience, Trowbridge believes only one man can lead the Republican’s to victory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
Senator Robert M. La Follette will be leaving Washington soon to campaign aggressively in Ohio, William H. Taft’s home state. Public opinion has changed, indicating La Follette is not in the running for the nomination, instead Theodore Roosevelt and Taft will be the ones to fight to lead the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
President Roosevelt appreciates Representative Sherman’s letter and notes that his reports on Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois align with outside sources. Roosevelt is concerned about New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s chances at re-election but believes that Hughes’s speeches in the West helped. Roosevelt is pleased with Sherman’s work during the election. He encloses a letter and notes that Kerwin or Delaney should see Sherman and that Eugene V. Debs’s article on William H. Taft should be circulated as they propose.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-09
President Roosevelt records the facts about his influence on the nomination of William H. Taft in the Southern states, countering reports in the press. Roosevelt analyzes the breakdown of support for candidates in each area of the country, and summarizes that the Northern officials followed the trajectories in their districts, and opposition to Taft in the Southern states was largely a result of the influence of outside interests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-05
President Roosevelt thanks Lawrence F. Abbott for his answer to R. T. Vann. The only way Roosevelt influenced office holders was by preventing them from nominating him for a third term. He details what candidates the office holders were mostly supporting in various states. Enclosed are two letters regarding Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, one from Mrs. Williams which Roosevelt would like to see published and one which has already been published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-03
President Roosevelt thinks that if Herbert Knox Smith can find the right man through United States District Attorney Walter Edwin Sims and the president of the University of Chicago, it would be good, because Illinois has not been given many places in the administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-07
President Roosevelt approves of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s decision, and congratulates Edwin Walter Sims on his work as District Attorney.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-06
Victor A. McClanahan tells Theodore Roosevelt of “chautauquas,” meetings held throughout Illinois to promote honesty and temperance. They have raised enough money to bring in a “headliner” for the next assembly, and although several big names were suggested, they hope Roosevelt will speak.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-10
Attorney General Stead of Illinois hopes to let President Roosevelt know in the next few days about the conclusion he has reached on the Chicago and Alton Railroad matter. Stead will also provide his suggestions on the regulation of corporations by the federal government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-21
Adolphus Clay Bartlett states his opinion to Paul Morton why Arizona and New Mexico should not be combined. He states that Arizona is clearly American and that New Mexico is clearly Mexican. There is only one reason they should be combined and it is merely a political excuse. Bartlett looks to Morton to use his influence to prevent this from happening.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-16
Uncle Sam looks up at the sky and sees several eclipses: a “partial eclipse in New York” with Charles Evans Hughes, a “partial eclipse in Penns.” with Philander C. Knox, a “partial eclipse in Wisconsin” with Robert M. La Follette, a “partial eclipse in Indiana” with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, a “partial eclipse in Illinois” with Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, a “total eclipse in Chicago,” and a “partial eclipse in Ohio” with William H. Taft. “My world” with President Roosevelt is about to overshadow Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-01
President Roosevelt holds “that big stick” as he whacks the table on the stage of the Republican National Convention. In the crowd, signs for “Ohio,” “New York,” “Pennsylvania,” “Vermont,” “Kansas,” “Indianne,” “Missuri,” and “Illinois” can be seen. Caption: The next Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-04
President Roosevelt bangs the lectern as he addresses delegates that all look like himself from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and New York. A messenger dressed like Roosevelt brings him a message. On the wall is a flag that has four large “R’s” and two big sticks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-19
William H. Taft stands with a gavel in his hand as the delegates select President Roosevelt as the nominee. In the audience are Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, and New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. A balloon in the top right-hand corner shows William Jennings Bryan and William Randolph Hearst holding signs that read, “Gov’t Ownership” and “Socialism” respectively as they step on Minnesota Governor John Albert Johnson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03
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Two segments of Theodore Roosevelt during a midwestern speaking tour in support of military preparedness. On September 27, 1917, Roosevelt visited the officers’ training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Views of troops marching past a reviewing stand for inspection by Roosevelt and several civilian and military personnel; identified on the platform with Roosevelt are Captain Georges Etienne Bertrand (wearing beret), a visiting Frenchman who instructed the trainees in trench warfare, and Colonel James A. Ryan, commanding officer of Fort Sheridan. Roosevelt addresses the troops after the review. The second segment shows scenes from a parade staged in Roosevelt’s honor in Chicago on April 28, 1917. Views of men on horseback who appear to be mounted police, sailors, and cavalry. View of Roosevelt standing and waving his hat in an open touring car; identified in the car with Roosevelt are Arthur Meeker and Samuel Insull, Chicago businessmen who are members of the welcoming committee, and other unidentified men.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1917
Several newspaper articles pertaining to Republican politics in Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
The delegates in Illinois are favorable and Albert J. Hopkins will likely be the next senator from Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-01
An elderly man, John R. Walsh, is being assailed from all sides by people who have been defrauded by his misappropriation of funds from their savings and investments. Caption: Cursed by those whose savings he has squandered and whose trust he has betrayed.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-01-10
Writing from Wilcoxes Farm, Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna that he will be spending ten days at the farm before making a longer trip through Iowa and Minnesota. He tells his sister where to send his mail and that he and Elliott have been hunting. He finds the “farm people” “pretty rough.”
1880-08-22
A depressed old man wearing formal clothing sits on the sidewalk on small railroad cars labeled “Street Railways.” In his pocket is a paper labeled “Expiring Franchises” and protruding from a bag another paper labeled “Leases.” A bundle at his feet is labeled “Boodle.” Mayor of Chicago, Edward F. Dunne, is standing in the background with a broom.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-26