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President Roosevelt, Senator Lodge, and a group of people standing outside a hotel.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-10-31
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Hay it might be worthwhile to bring up the treaty again and suggests he speak with Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Eugene Hale, and William P. Frye. Roosevelt is displeased by Sir Edward Clarke’s remarks at a dinner honoring American diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-29
President Roosevelt opposes a delay in the Alaska boundary proceedings. He does not want the matter pending during the presidential election and believes that if an agreement cannot be reached this fall it will be due to bad faith by the British. Roosevelt wants the British to understand that American representatives have come to negotiate a definitive agreement and that unilateral action could be taken if an agreement is not concluded.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-29
President Roosevelt writes to journalist and explorer George Kennan regarding his article in The Outlook titled “The Sword of Peace in Japan.” He explains that Kennan’s analysis of Japan’s role in the peace agreement is incorrect, and supports his position with confidential facts. Kennan is told that none of the information in the letter is to be made public, but that he may use it to draw more accurate conclusions. Roosevelt explains that he himself did not force Japan into peace, and that he was not interested in boosting his own reputation through the negotiations. Japan willfully asked for the peace agreement, and also for Roosevelt’s involvement. Despite Kennan’s claims, Japan was in no position to demand an indemnity. The cost of the war, both literal and figurative, was too great for Japan to bear, and so they chose to negotiate for peace. They do not want these facts revealed for fear of embarrassment, Roosevelt explains. He supports Japan’s decisions, although he believes they could have fought harder in the agreement for the ownership of the northern half of Sakhalin Island. He quotes a note from Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs to support his claims.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-15
Letter crossed out and marked as hold. President Roosevelt finds it difficult to answer Addicks’s letter due to its concluding sentence. The President denies consulting with Senator Lodge or General James H. Wilson on Delaware affairs. He considers it unnecessary to express his views on the Republican infighting taking place in Delaware.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-28
President Roosevelt selfishly hopes that Cecil Spring Rice will be stationed at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. If Spring Rice is sent, Roosevelt would like to show him the maps submitted in the Alaska boundary case which show that the Canadians had no case. Events at the Isthmus of Panama have come to a head. The Colombians were corrupt, incompetent, and impossible to deal with.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-09
At the direction of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou encloses communications from George W. Jolly and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-15
President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich a copy of Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright’s report on the anthracite coal strike. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody are in agreement that the report should be published, and Roosevelt asks Aldrich to look over the report and respond with his views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-26
President Roosevelt informs Senator Scott that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did not have anything to do with Thomas W. Cridler being transferred from the State Department to the consulship of Kingston, nor with his being replaced by Herbert H. D. Peirce. The decision was made by Secretary of State John Hay and was made in the interest of public service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-26
In an unsent draft of a letter to Senators Elkins and Scott, President Roosevelt explains his reasons for removing Thomas W. Cridler as Assistant Secretary of State and replacing him with Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt, and McKinley before him, believed that although he could be an able consul or representative at the St. Louis Exposition, Cridler does not have the qualities to be a good assistant secretary of state. Cridler was too involved in politics in his current position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-28
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt believes that all Americans owe a debt to Walter Camp for his championing of athletics and exercise, which Roosevelt believes is necessary as America develops a larger population of sedentary classes. Roosevelt particularly approves of football, and is disdainful of people like Harvard University President Charles William Eliot who wish to ban it because of the injuries it can cause. Roosevelt discusses injuries he has sustained during various sports and exercises, and says that while he approves of altering football’s rules so that it is less dangerous, he would rather have it be dangerous than not have it at all. Many prominent politicians in Washington, D.C., were involved in sports during their college years, and Roosevelt draws a link between having a sound body and a sound mind.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-03-11
Frank Harper forwards Matthew Hale a letter from Brooks Adams to Theodore Roosevelt and asks for Hale’s opinion of Adams’s offer to answer Senator Henry Cabot Lodge when Lodge speaks on September 21.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-09
Theodore Roosevelt suggests that the Progressive Party fight for the inclusion of Pullman porters in the provisions of the Compensation Bill. He believes that the porters are being discriminated against because the majority of them are “colored.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-28
Theodore Roosevelt remembers that Senator Redfield Proctor championed him for Assistant Secretary of the Navy as did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator Murphy, Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, and Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks J. L. Gibson for sending him a copy of The Federalist, commenting that Gibson must also possess Senator Lodge’s edition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-25
Theodore Roosevelt has written Senators Lodge and Root to seek their support for the Children’s Bureau bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-26
Theodore Roosevelt encourages Senator Borah to oppose the unamended arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. He requests that Borah support the amendments proposed by Senators Lodge and Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-10
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes to Millard J. Bloomer for not allowing the use of his name for the Citizens Peace Banquet, as he does not know the banquet’s stance regarding the arbitration treaties. Roosevelt discusses his opinions on these treaties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes to Millard J. Bloomer for not allowing the use of his name for the Citizens Peace Banquet. He does not know what the banquet’s stance is regarding the arbitration treaties. Roosevelt discusses his opinions on these treaties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-05
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes to Millard J. Bloomer for not allowing the use of his name for the Citizens Peace Banquet. He does not know what the banquet’s stance is regarding the arbitration treaties. Roosevelt discusses his opinions on these treaties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-05