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Letter from Edward A. Horner to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edward A. Horner to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward A. Horner writes to Theodore Roosevelt about the cotton industry. According to Horner, the current cotton handling methods cost the farmer $100,000,000 a year. Horner does not blame the farmer entirely, he believes everyone in the industry plays a role. He discusses European tariffs which result in American farmers adding refuse to their cotton shipments. Horner thinks the biggest culprit is the practice of “compression in transit,” which allows transportation companies to increase the weight of shipments and charge higher prices. Horner encloses two booklets which detail the issues in the cotton industry and Horner’s ideas for remedies. Horner also asks Roosevelt if they could meet to discuss this matter in more detail. Horner has spoken with Alfred Henry Lewis, who thought it would be an interesting subject to write about. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-27

Creator(s)

Horner, Edward A.

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Speer provides historical justification for President Roosevelt’s actions in the Brownsville affair, involving the mass dishonorable discharge of African American soldiers, citing George Washington’s similar discharge of rowdy troops. Speer also mentions the Raid on Deerfield during Queen Anne’s War and the siege of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years’ War. Speer disagrees with Senator Tillman’s assessment that Roosevelt “lynched” the discharged soldiers, as did the editorial boards of several prominent Georgia newspapers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-14

Creator(s)

Speer, Emory, 1848-1918

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Horace Lorimer

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Horace Lorimer

After talking with George Horace Lorimer, President Roosevelt went back and read The Plum Tree through all the way, after previously having read only half of it. The ending of the book reconciles Roosevelt to many of the problems he had with it throughout, but he still holds many issues with the book which he lays out for Lorimer. The author, David Graham Phillips, falls into the trap of overstating the sort of corruption that is present in politics, and while Roosevelt freely admits that corruption is present–which, he points out, he is working against–there are also many good people working in politics as well. In a postscript of several days later, Roosevelt comments on several of Phillips’s articles on the Senate, in which he acts similarly by taking “certain facts that are true in themselves, and […] ignoring utterly a very much large mass of facts that are just as true and just as important.” Roosevelt criticizes Phillips for working with William Randolph Hearst to achieve notoriety.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from I. K. Russell to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from I. K. Russell to Theodore Roosevelt

I. K. Russell recalls Theodore Roosevelt mentioning his willingness to remark upon the Mormon situation, and a letter Roosevelt wrote that could give Russell the opportunity to make Roosevelt’s opinions public. Russell has enclosed an amended version of Roosevelt’s letter, omitting several personal names upon Roosevelt’s request. If Roosevelt does not object, Russell plans to send the letter to B. H. Roberts, a historian of the Mormon Church who frequently writes in defense of the church.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-14

Creator(s)

Russell, I. K. (Isaac K.)

Letter from Mary Emma Miller to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Mary Emma Miller to Theodore Roosevelt

Mary Emma Miller thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter and asks if she can share part of it with the county newspapers she corresponds with. She and her husband are interested in the work of the Country Life Commission. To understand this interest, Miller shares her life history. Due to family conditions, she could not attend school as a child. After marrying, Miller read as much as possible. When her oldest child was eight, she initiated the local school district’s development and funded the construction of the schoolhouse. All of her children graduated and have since continued their educations. Miller is once again studying the world’s problems when able.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-01

Creator(s)

Miller, Mary Emma, 1856 -1945

Letter from Wallie C. Kelly to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Wallie C. Kelly to Theodore Roosevelt

Wallie C. Kelly assures Theodore Roosevelt of the overwhelming public support for his return to the White House. He urges Roosevelt to accept the Republican nomination for president, especially since he believes the coming years will bring significant problems nationally and internationally. Kelly lists Alfred Henry Lewis and Bat Masterson as references.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-02

Creator(s)

Kelly, Wallie C.

Editorial comments

Editorial comments

In this editorial, Morton Albaugh argues that, while most see the renomination of President Roosevelt as assured, a combination of trusts, railroad interests, and political bosses are secretly planning to prevent it. Albaugh adds that, while most of Kansas firmly supports Roosevent, monied interests and disaffected Republicans are conspiring to steal Kansas’ delegates away from him, partly by calling for a late primary. Morton Albaugh calls for an early Kansas convention in support of Roosevelt which could be helpful to Roosevelt if eastern opposition to his nomination grows.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-04

Creator(s)

Albaugh, Morton, 1862-1918

Roosevelt after muck rake men

Roosevelt after muck rake men

President Roosevelt has had meetings with journalists looking to expose public graft and corruption, but has become frustrated with them because of their “unbridled license and unfair denunciation” of many people in public office which has failed to have any merit. Roosevelt is expected to speak out against these sorts of accusations at his Decoration Day speech to the Army and Navy Union at Norfolk, Virginia. The author expects Roosevelt to speak regarding his own belief that most people are honest, and to challenge the writers who have attacked people in public office, despite the fact that his own administration has not been the target of these journalists.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-07

Creator(s)

Raymond