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President Roosevelt tells George Lockhart Rives that he will probably appoint a Republican to the position in question, but if not, he will consider Rives’s suggestion of Democrat Isaac M. Kapper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-01
An article describes the acrimonious negotiations which took place ahead of the planned debate between Timothy L. Woodruff and Senator Patrick Henry McCarren. The key issues included the exact topic to be debated and how it should be presented, the speaking time to be allotted to each participant, who would open and close the debate, and the political makeup of the audience. Woodruff agreed to allow McCarren both the opening and closing statements after his representative in the negotiations threatened to cancel the debate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-28