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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt asks Senator Lodge to review his speeches, and states that it is best to attack “Hearstism” and “Moranism” without naming anyone. For Roosevelt is aiming his criticism “more at agitators, at corrupt or sinister or foolish visionaries, at reckless slanders in the newspapers and magazines, and at preachers of social unrest and discontent,” rather than any political movement as a whole, because he sees that all matters, of labor or capital, should be met fairly. Roosevelt also shares his thoughts about Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes and the upcoming election for governor of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Timothy L. Woodruff

President Roosevelt details various strategies for the Republican candidates in the upcoming elections in New York to Lieutenant Governor of New York and New York Republican State Committee Chairman Woodruff. Roosevelt believes William Randolph Hearst will carry votes in Upstate New York, therefore the focus should not be only on the cities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-04

Letter from August Belmont to Theodore Roosevelt

August Belmont offers Theodore Roosevelt his assessment of the election and William Randolph Hearst’s popularity with the labor movement. Belmont advises that candidate Charles Evans Hughes should take a pro-labor stance, and that the Republicans should amend their platform to be more favorable to draw support away from Hearst.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-29

Roosevelt’s famous letter

President Roosevelt referred to Big Bill Haywood, Charles H. Moyer, and George A. Pettibone as “undesirable citizens,” not because of their alleged involvement in the murder of Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, but because of their roles as labor leaders.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Letter from Amasa Pierce Thornton to Theodore Roosevelt

Amasa Pierce Thornton thinks it “practically settled” that Alton B. Parker will be the Democratic nominee for President and cites Parker’s favorable decisions to labor as the reason. With President Roosevelt and Parker both hailing from New York, Thornton notes that one of them will lose his home state and opines that there is presently “a good deal of dissatisfaction” over President Roosevelt there. Weighing the factors at play, though, Thornton predicts that New York will go to Roosevelt, and when he returns from Europe, Thornton will be “ready to take off my coat” to campaign for him. As for the gubernatorial election, he believes that Governor Benjamin B. Odell is right in stepping down and believes the Republican candidate should be Cornelius Newton Bliss because of his business standing, party loyalty, and great friendship with President William McKinley.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-25

Extract of letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt wants to ensure that the legal rights of William D. Haywood and Charles Moyer are safeguarded and that “exact justice” is done. It has been suggested that they were extradited from Colorado in an unlawful manner and Roosevelt would like the pertinent information from the District Attorneys of Colorado and Idaho. Political pressure from the socialist and labor press will be strong in favor of acquittal, regardless of their actual guilt or innocence. The goal of federal authorities must be to “further the cause of justice.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-03-26