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President Roosevelt introduces Representative Sherman to Henry Beach Needham, a man who is loyal to William H. Taft and knowledgeable about labor. Roosevelt hopes the National Committee will help in Maryland, where the state committee is not impressive.
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1908-09-29
Frank Harper compliments Hugo F. Weidenpesch on his letter to Theodore Roosevelt. If all workingmen had Weidenpesch’s “commonsense and reasoning power” Roosevelt would win a great majority in the presidential election. The letter will be brought to Roosevelt’s attention at the earliest possible opportunity.
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1912-10-17
President Roosevelt tells Thomas J. Dolan that he is sure that President-elect William H. Taft will do everything he legitimately can for the labor cause. He thanks Dolan for his role in the election.
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1908-11-04
President Roosevelt recommends that William H. Taft meet with labor leader John Mitchell, and then based on Mitchell’s advice put out a statement outlining his policies regarding labor. Roosevelt wrote a letter to railroad trainmen that loosely stated policies he believed Taft would follow. He believes that in the final days of the campaign, Samuel Gompers will try to attack Taft on labor; Taft issuing a statement on labor beforehand could be a good strategy.
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1908-10-27
President Roosevelt praises Congressman Grosvenor’s speech about Roosevelt’s labor record. Roosevelt will pay special attention to the tariff in his letter and is glad that Grosvenor hears good things out of Indiana.
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1904-08-15
President Roosevelt informs Philip Battell Stewart that in light of labor problems, Colorado was hopeless for the Republicans.
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1904-06-20
President Roosevelt does not want to constantly write to his son, Ted Roosevelt, about politics, but he understands Ted’s interest in his life and career. He believes there will be satisfactory conclusions to the Panama treaty and the “Wood controversy.” Roosevelt is less confident about the service pension bill. He remains confident that he will receive the presidential nomination, although Senator Hanna and the “Wall Street crowd” are creating a “little worry.” After the nomination, the general election will be a fight.
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1904-01-29
President Roosevelt invites Commissioner McMackin to Oyster Bay, New York, to discuss distributing a campaign book to “labor people” that will show what the Republican Party has done in their interests.
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1903-08-24
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1907-04-24
Sleicher, John A. (John Albert), 1848-1921
Edgar E. Clark informs William Loeb that while in Chicago, he spoke in support of Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon to “some of our boys in Cannon’s district” and reminded them that legislators must refrain from becoming the tools of special interests. Clark hopes to continue these conversations in his further travels in the West.
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1906-09-29
John Mulholland congratulates President Roosevelt on his speech after his nomination was announced. He criticizes the Democrats’ presidential nominee Alton B. Parker for not recognizing labor. Mulholland suggests that the Republicans can attract Democrats’ votes by arguing that Parker and his vice president Henry G. Davis are opposed to labor.
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1904-09-02