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Littlefield, Charles E. (Charles Edgar), 1851-1915

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Letter from Frank P. Sargent to William Loeb

Letter from Frank P. Sargent to William Loeb

Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent writes that while he would be happy to oblige President Roosevelt and campaign for Representative Charles E. Littlefield of Maine, Sargent believes that doing so would actually harm Littlefield. Sargent argues that sending him would look like the Republicans were trying to placate organized labor without actually doing anything to help them. The disagreement between the American Federation of Labor and Littlefield is purely personal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-31

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft has received President Roosevelt’s letter and agrees with Roosevelt’s thoughts about who to appoint to fill the circuit judgeship. Taft sends a copy of a speech to Roosevelt for suggestions and makes some remarks about its contents. He also notifies Roosevelt about a “sinister article on the Philippines” that has been published in Collier’s Weekly. Taft also encloses a letter on Panama he had received for Roosevelt to read.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s letter. Lodge thinks Speaker Cannon’s speech on the labor issue was courageous, and he deserves to have them stand by him. Lodge has seen indicators that Charles E. Littlefield will win, which he thinks will have a great influence for good throughout the country. Lodge has written to Attorney General Moody that the Republican party ought to draw its platform in exact accord with Roosevelt’s letter. Henry Melville Whitney, Eugene Foss, and the Boston Herald are pressuring Governor Guild to come out for present revision and against Roosevelt, which Lodge thinks would be a foolish thing to do. Lodge feels that the Republicans should all unite on Roosevelt’s letter. John B. Moran is apparently going to carry off the Democratic nomination, and Lodge thinks this will lead to a nasty personal campaign in which Republican union will be all-important.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft agrees with President Roosevelt’s decision to appoint John Marshall Harlan. Taft then analyzes the political considerations in making the appointment of the Supreme Court justice who will succeed Henry Billings Brown. Taft also expresses concern about Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal John F. Stevens’s inability to answer the charges of Poultney Bigelow’s article in The Cosmopolitan, even if the charges have no foundation. In addition, Taft notifies Roosevelt that he tried to get Major George W. Goethals, an army engineer, to be Secretary of the Board to live on the Isthmus of Panama, but the presence of Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission Joseph Bucklin Bishop prevents it. Taft recognizes that Congressman Julius C. Burrows is “indignant” about Taft’s involvement in the appointment of District Judge in the Western District of Michigan, but Taft does not think Burrows is justified.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-21

Letter from Joseph Gurney Cannon to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Joseph Gurney Cannon to Theodore Roosevelt

Speaker of the House Cannon offers his suggestions on a letter that President Roosevelt plans to send to Representative James E. Watson. He recommends eliminating a small section on the tariff, and slightly altering another portion to make the letter more internally consistent. Cannon shares his thoughts about his own upcoming political campaign where he will praise the Dingley Tariff. He comments that Representative Charles E. Littlefield of Maine will have a difficult election, and believes Roosevelt’s letter may be of valuable assistance there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-13

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge is glad President Roosevelt is going to write the letter he mentioned, and he agrees with the statement regarding the tariff that Roosevelt proposes putting in it. Lodge hopes that Attorney General William H. Moody will say something similar in Massachusetts, and mentions that he himself wrote something almost exactly the same recently. Lodge looks forward to reading the biography of Alexander Hamilton that Roosevelt sent him. He comments that he is printing a small volume of essays and speeches, and would like to include the small piece he wrote about Roosevelt, if Roosevelt does not mind.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-11

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge is sorry that President Roosevelt has reached the time of life where physical exercise has ceased to be a rest. Lodge thinks that if William Randolph Hearst runs in any way in New York, the Republican party will be able to carry the state. The political situation in Massachusetts has revived Lodge’s hopes of retaining control of the House. The reciprocity revision movement appears less militant than last year, and higher wages in the cotton and wool industries has weakened agitation against Republicans on behalf of changing the tariff. Lodge thinks the unknown quantity in the Congressional elections is the labor vote under the direction of Samuel Gompers. Lodge agrees with Roosevelt that there is more baseless praise poured out over Thomas Jefferson than any man in our history.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-08

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft encloses to President Roosevelt a letter from Minister to Panama Charles E. Magoon. Taft believes that it would be a “good stroke” to appoint Colonel William Crawford Gorgas Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. He also believes William Franklin Sands will make a good Minister, but it is fine to delay action until September. Taft notifies Roosevelt that he is preparing a speech, which he will deliver to the Republican State Committee of Maine after making any changes Roosevelt feels are necessary to best represent the administration and the party. Taft believes that the party is taking the correct stance in regard to trade unions. Although trade unions are to be given all possible liberty under the law to carry out the organization’s legitimate purposes, they are not to be put in the privileged class.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-06

Speech delivered by William H. Taft

Speech delivered by William H. Taft

Secretary of War Taft discusses the “misuse and abuse” that has led to the concentration of capital “in the hands of the comparatively few,” and the demand of the public for legislation to restrain, regulate, and supervise “the exercise of the mighty means of good and evil which organized capital has proven to be.” Taft stresses, however, it is important to keep in mind that wealth used as capital for the production of goods and services is essential to the life and comfort of the people, and without it, the country would not have prospered. Taft provides a history of government involvement in regulating “organized capital” through legislation and discusses present efforts to expand the rights of laborers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-29