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James R. Branch expresses his hope that President Roosevelt can have Frank Herrick, wrestling instructor at New York Athletic Club, with him, adding that advertising Roosevelt’s love for athletics cannot hurt him.
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1903-12-28
Harvey W. Scott considers the enclosed cartoon to be “just about ‘it’.”
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1903-12-26
John McCall informs President Roosevelt that James H. McIntosh, General Solicitor of New York Life Insurance Company, has permission to bring libel charges against the Washington paper due to an article which McIntosh will be speaking to President Roosevelt about.
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1903-12-23
Harrington Fitzgerald recommends publishing cheerful news to create confidence which would encourage spending and increase prosperity and encloses just such articles. He also recommends that the Tariff Association of New York should compile and distribute such news.
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1903-12-23
Jacob Gould Schurman encloses a newspaper article concerning his remarks at Cooper Union on President Roosevelt’s policy in Panama.
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1903-12-21
John A. Sleicher, editor of Leslie’s Weekly, says to not invite the Blacks at this time. Adds that “the situation is progressing.”
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1903-12-16
Nicholas Murray Butler comments on the sensation in New York caused over Walter Wellman’s dispatch concerning the attitudes of Wall Street men toward President Roosevelt. He looks forward to seeing President Roosevelt on December 19.
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1903-12-11
Charles M. Harvey indicates he will meet with President Roosevelt when he visits Washington, D.C., in January 1904. Harvey offers to print anything Roosevelt would like to say in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat or share information concerning conditions in Missouri. Harvey indicates the information would be unbiased as he belongs “to no faction of the party.”
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1903-12-06
John Wallace Springer sends clippings concerning Republican support for President Roosevelt in Colorado.
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1903-12-04
Arthur von Briesen writes to President Roosevelt to express his distress over Eugene A. Philbin, member of the Ellis Island Commission, disclosing confidential findings of the Commission to an Evening Post reporter, who published the abstract in the paper. Briesen comments on why the Commission’s report did not more strongly commend the administration of the Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, William Williams.
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1903-12-04
Joseph Bucklin Bishop comments on information from President Roosevelt concerning a conference. Bishop also encloses a cartoon that will give Roosevelt “much amusement.”
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1903-12-03
Frank B. Noyes announces the arrival of Illinois State Treasurer Fred A. Busse and Illinois State Senator Daniel A. Campbell in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night. They will remain through Monday, November 30.
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1903-11-25
In a letter to President Roosevelt, Ray Stannard Baker discusses labor union politics in San Fransisco, California. Baker writes about the stronghold held by the Conservatives and Employer’s Association over Union politics and applauds Roosevelt’s position regarding labor trust issues. Baker accepts an invitation to meet with the President upon his return to Washington, D.C., after a trip to Colorado.
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1903-11-10
William Allen White tells President Roosevelt he has suffered with pneumonia and is taking a trip to the Grand Canyon to recover. He reminds Roosevelt to invite Kansas Representative James M. Miller to White House events. On the topic of the appointment of judges to replace William C. Hook, White discusses the candidacy of William A. Johnston, John C. Pollock, Nelson H. Loomis, and Charles B. Smith. White suggests creating a unified delegation for Kansas, including Charles Curtis, Chester I. Long, Charles F. Scott, Justin De Witt Bowersock, Victor Murdock, and Philip Pitt Campbell. White notes that there is a suspicion of corruption in the Court of Claims, and he asks that if Richard H. Lindsay of the Kansas City Star seeks permission to review documents, Roosevelt give him authorization.
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1903-10-31
Ralph Trautmann discusses the Evening World’s coverage of the “Erlanger matter.” Trautmann informs President Roosevelt that he will consult with James Sullivan Clarkson if other newspapers publish pieces on the topic.
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1903-10-29
Joseph Bucklin Bishop warns President Roosevelt that “the Jew” has withdrawn and that he will discuss the matter with General Thomas H. Hubbard. Bishop alerts Roosevelt that “the Jew” has the support of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Iowa Governor Albert Baird Cummins, and that he may run for President in 1904. Bishop believes there is a “Jew syndicate” that wants to control the press.
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1903-10-24
Senator Burton encloses a letter and clippings from the Kansas City Journal, regarding the Jerusalem Exhibit Company which plans to construct a replica of Jerusalem for the upcoming world’s fair in St. Louis. Burton had previously asked President Roosevelt for an endorsement of the project, which he provided; and in accord with a later request, the President’s name is not being used in any way by the company. What appeared in the newspapers was not authorized by the current leadership, which includes W. A. Stubbs, a railway contractor from Lawrence, Kansas, as president, Kansas state senator John Carpenter as treasurer, J. B. Case as vice president, and William D. Miles as manager.
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1903-10-21
General Thomas Hubbard has ordered that “the Jew’s” notice to Bishop to be withdrawn. (Newspaper editor Moses Strauss had apparently given Bishop a notice of dismissal.) Bishop hopes that Strauss might be driven out and that this will save the paper. Bishop comments that he never knew what friends he had until this episode, when many reached out to offer him support. He believes he could start his own paper if he wished to do so. He sends warm wishes and gratitude to President and Mrs. Roosevelt for their encouragement and thoughtfulness.
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1903-10-21
Ervin Wardman of the New York Press comments on the contents of the enclosed document. He writes, “There seems to be a good deal of smoke here…and there is always I think some fire.”
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1903-10-19
Lyman Abbott writes to President Roosevelt regarding the enclosed proof of an editorial to appear in The Outlook. Abbott believes Roosevelt, Secretary of War Root, and Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock could influence Congress.
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1903-09-05