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Frank Harper asks Charles Grilk to telegraph him immediately about what has been done about a special railroad car for Theodore Roosevelt’s travels through Iowa, as well as what he has arranged with Maurice G. Ricker regarding a special train between Davenport and Des Moines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-10-24
President Roosevelt is very annoyed at the publication of newspaper articles which make it look like he is attempting to interfere in the Iowa factional contest through Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. Roosevelt’s preference would be for Shaw to stay out of the contest altogether while he is in the cabinet, but at the very least he believes that Shaw should make it clear that he is acting on his own responsibility, and that the administration is not involved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
N. Waldo Kennedy responds to a letter he received from Theodore Roosevelt and insists that he admires Roosevelt very much and he did not use his name in Loyal Order of Moose advertisement for commercial gain, nor is his role in the organization one that makes higher decisions as he was just following what others had already done. For these reasons, and because he believes he was acting in good faith, he asks Roosevelt to reconsider renouncing his honorary membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-17
Charles Grilk, secretary of the Republican Central Committee of Davenport, Iowa, informs President Roosevelt of a telegram which was sent by Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to Davenport’s Lincoln Club Secretary William H. Anthony. In the telegram, Shaw says he consulted with Roosevelt and decided to accept the speaking invitation from Anthony. Grilk asks Roosevelt if he means to interfere in the political activities in Iowa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
Postcard inviting John Buckley to a public meeting in Davenport, Iowa, where Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw will be speaking, defending the national administration on the tariff and railroad rate legislation. Buckley is invited to listen to Shaw’s “defense of Republican principles.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
President Roosevelt is unlikely to visit Davenport, Iowa, but Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is sure he would visit Alice French there if he could. Edith appreciates the kind words regarding Archie Roosevelt. Emily Tyler Carow, Edith Roosevelt’s sister, would send her own message but she is at her villa in Italy.
1901-1909