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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt chides Cecil Spring Rice for not replying to his or Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s letters and suggests possible reasons why. Roosevelt enjoys his new position, although he will not see much of his family. He is proud of what he accomplished as police commissioner but reached a point where he could not do anything else.
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1897-04-28
Senator Lodge was pleased to receive Theodore Roosevelt’s note and is glad he liked the paperweight. Lodge has been working on his “reminiscences” since 1907 and some of them are currently being published in a magazine. Everything will eventually be published in a book. He is excited for Roosevelt’s speech in Boston, Massachusetts for the Historical Association.
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1912-12-28
Only Representative Longworth, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge knew of Senator Lodge’s letter regarding Senator Crane. Since the Massachusetts campaign Representative Gardner has only contacted Lodge to request that he make no public statement.
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1912-05-02
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1911-12-10
Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Senator Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge enjoyed the letters. Lodge had a good time in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will send a copy of his speech when it is printed.
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1911-12-04
The books have arrived and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge is pleased with them. Senator Lodge would have supported free trade with Canada but is concerned with the proposed treaty due to certain concessions to Canada. He is still uncomfortable with the Lorimer case. Lodge is confident that Senator Lorimer’s Senate seat was secured through bribery but the proof that Lorimer had any knowledge of the bribery is extremely weak. In another Senate matter, he is troubled by Governor Wilson’s use of patronage to secure a seat for James Edgar Martine.
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1911-02-02
Senator Lodge believes that Senator Lorimer must have known about the bribery that decided Lorimer’s election and considers “the good name of the Senate” at stake. He believes that the political situation is improving in Massachusetts and recently delivered a well-received speech to a large crowd in Boston, Massachusetts. Lodge will be delighted with the zebra skin and his wife, “Nannie” Lodge, has yet to receive Roosevelt’s book.
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1911-01-07
Senator Lodge asks Theodore Roosevelt to have his secretary send a copy of the statement about his work for the railroad men and the material from Moseley to Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner. Lodge is glad that The Sun is focused on assailing Governor-elect Eugene Foss instead of him and that the situation in Massachusetts is improving. He reports that John Ellerton Lodge is doing better.
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1910-12-09
Arthur Lee thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the copy of African Game Trails. Campaign exhaustion has prevented him from writing, especially the platform speaking, which upsets his nerves. He discusses the United Kingdom’s frustrating general elections and wishes Roosevelt could help. Hopefully, Roosevelt can bring about President William H. Taft’s renomination. Lee urges Roosevelt to take an extended holiday.
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1911-01-09
Ambassador Jusserand sends Theodore Roosevelt Christmas wishes and hopes for his continued safety. He informs Roosevelt of his election to the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on his own merits, with no opposing votes. Jusserand shares an incident of a mother cat saving her kitten from a caged tiger. Roosevelt’s letter was delightful and complemented his articles in Scribner’s Magazine, which everyone follows with interest. He does not have much to comment on regarding internal politics other than that he deplores the quarrel between Gifford Pinchot and Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger. Jusserand updates Roosevelt on several of their friends. Ambassador to France Robert Bacon was recently injured in a fall from his horse before leaving for his assignment. A letter “full of pleasant chattering” from Justice Alford Cooley hints at a possible improvement in health. Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop are trying to capture Jose Santos Zelaya in Nicaragua. While Henry Cabot Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge are in good physical health, they still mourn for their son George “Bay” Cabot Lodge, especially on Christmas. Jusserand includes a newspaper clipping on Roosevelt’s election to the Academy and part of a political cartoon featuring Roosevelt.
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1909-12-25
Secretary of the Navy Meyer tells Theodore Roosevelt what he and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did after Roosevelt left following William H. Taft’s inauguration. Meyer signed papers reversing an order that former Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry had Roosevelt sign. He explains his reasoning; mainly, the Senators from Louisiana were unhappy with it, and Meyer believes he can carry out most of what was in the order without an Executive Order being issued.
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1909-03-08
Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that he has been struck by indigestion for the past couple days, which has regrettably required him to avoid much going out, whether on foot or on horseback. Lodge’s wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge invites Roosevelt to join her for dinner while Roosevelt’s family is out on a trip without him.
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1908-12-26
Henry White, ambassador to France, sends his sympathies to President Roosevelt on the death of his friend Ambassador Herman Speck von Sternburg. White feels Sternburg’s death is a great detriment to the relationship of the United States and Germany. He does not know of anyone who is a suitable successor, although Oscar von der Lancken, the secretary to the German embassy at Paris, might be acceptable.
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1908-09-01
William Sturgis Bigelow tells President Roosevelt about the visit he had from the Lodge family, who have now departed. Anna Cabot Mills Lodge enjoyed the peace and quiet, but spent some time visiting George A. James, Henry Cabot Lodge’s recently widowed brother-in-law. Senator Lodge appeared invigorated by his success at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, and greatly enjoyed seeing all the newspaper reports praising him. Bigelow wishes that Lodge could continue to be somewhat more relaxed while he is in Europe, but thinks that Lodge is too much like Roosevelt in needing, and loving, to work. Bigelow describes some of the features of the island he is at, particularly the birds and june-bugs. He has heard that Roosevelt is enjoying Irish literature currently, and offers to send him a related encyclopedia.
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1908-07-12
Senator Lodge returns some letters from Prescott F. Hall to President Roosevelt and reports on his findings regarding Hall’s allegations. Lodge’s Commision on Immigration found that appeal reversals did not increase under Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus. Lodge has found no proof that Leslie M. Shaw’s personal views have affected governmental operations. Lodge has visited Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, and can find no evidence of what Hall alleges. Lodge found evidence of immigration enforcement corruption in California, but believes it has been remedied. In Chicago, Lodge found evidence of police corruption in enforcing laws against prostitution. In the southern states, Lodge has found problems with nepotism. Lodge emphasizes that it will take a great deal of time to collect evidence and create reports of his investigations. Lodge is pleased to hear of President Roosevelt’s African safari plans, but warns him to be careful of flies carrying sleeping sickness. He writes about the impressive dike engineering in the Netherlands, and of a book by Maurice Maeterlinck he believes the Roosevelts will enjoy.
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1908-07-26
Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for the approval of his speech, which gave him deep gratification. Lodge is pleased Roosevelt accepted the offer to write about his upcoming African safari from Scribner’s, even though it was less than other publications had offered. Lodge had lunch with Ambassador Henry White and was very impressed with him. In a postscript, Lodge mentions he had a long talk with British Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour and was interested that he felt the same about a recent donation of an American flag to a British museum by William Waldorf Astor.
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1908-07-29
Senator Lodge wishes that he could speak with President Roosevelt in person, but as he is traveling to Europe shortly, he sends a letter instead. The Republican National Convention went well, and both nominated Secretary of War William H. Taft and endorsed a platform that is faithful to Roosevelt’s policies. Lodge thinks that J. S. Sherman’s nomination for vice-president was the best they could do, as none of the Western men suggested would have been good. Lodge praises the actions of Senator Winthrop Murray Crane who, while he did not want Lodge on the National Committee, used his influence well and for good purpose. Lodge believes his speech was a success, and feels that the convention overall was a success both personally and for the Republican Party as a whole.
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1908-06-22
Senator Lodge is glad President Roosevelt approves of his statements at Malden and that they agree on Clifford Anderson Lanier’s comments. Louis Curtis recently expressed a positive outlook on Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou’s policies regarding stock speculation. Lodge touches on the difficulty with Henry K. Daugherty, the whiskey blenders, and the Standard Oil letters before discussing his feelings on Roosevelt’s term of office. Although he feels Roosevelt must stick to his word, Lodge wishes Roosevelt could run again and continue his service to the country. Lodge assesses support for Secretary of War William H. Taft, especially in relation to Governor Charles Evans Hughes.
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1907-09-24
William Sturgis Bigelow sends to President Roosevelt six jiu jitsu jackets that he purchased in Tokyo. Bigelow expresses relief at being settled in a new home, especially since the Lodge brothers have taken care of moving the furniture while he was away. He invites Roosevelt to visit when he is next in town and paints a vivid picture of the Boston sights visible from his bathroom window. In a postscript, Bigelow notes that a verdict by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis has “waked things up,” and in another, he remarks that the Lodges are doing well and that Anna Lodge’s health has improved.
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1906-08-15
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is concerned about the possible loss of the Freer Collection which has been offered to the Smithsonian Institution. He notes that there is a vacancy on the Board of Regents for the Smithsonian because of Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt’s death. Lodge had a seat on the board when he was in the House, but lost it when he was elected to the Senate. He would like to be named a regent, and asks President Roosevelt to say a word to Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, who has the duty of naming the regents. Lodge also sends his congratulations and best wishes to Alice Roosevelt on her engagement.
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1905-12-05