Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin Ide Wheeler
President Roosevelt thinks that Benjamin Ide Wheeler’s letter was very interesting, and believes Wheeler is correct that the business people were foolish. He comments on the way railroad rebates and rate legislation has been handled, and says that he “raised the issue arbitrarily in just the sense that Lincoln raised the slavery issue arbitrarily when the issue was the preservation of the Union.” He agrees that the current legislative session has been very good, but understands Wheeler’s anxiety about who will take up the mantle of leadership after Roosevelt’s term ends. Roosevelt believes that Secretary of War William H. Taft would be a good candidate, and comments on Secretary of State Elihu Root as well.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-03
