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Theodore Roosevelt is unsure if he will be able to visit Lampasas on his upcoming trip to Texas. He advises John Hall to write to Cecil Andrew Lyon, who is making arrangements for the trip.
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1911-02-03
Theodore Roosevelt tells Harry Stillwell Edwards that his whole purpose during this crisis is to have his countrymen think clearly. He asks Edwards to get in touch with Cecil Andrew Lyon, Leslie Combs, and Pearl Wight.
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1915-11-27
Theodore Roosevelt thinks it is wise to support John Milliken Parker in Louisiana. Roosevelt suggests that Joseph O. Thompson keep in touch with Parker, as well as Cecil Andrew Lyon and Pearl Wight.
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1915-11-12
President Roosevelt writes his son, Ted, about a variety of matters. He discusses the trouble that Emperor William II of Germany is in with both conservatives and socialists. Last year, he gave a damaging interview to American journalist William Bayard Hale, which Roosevelt intervened to prevent the New York Times from publishing. A portion was published in Century and suppressed by the Germans. Roosevelt reflects on the current state of the liberal and democratic movement, and believes that the situation is not as dire as in the French Revolution, or in 1840s America. He also explains his lukewarm support of women’s suffrage. Finally, Roosevelt offers his son advice on working with the people around him when it is natural, but not pursuing relationships that are merely social in nature.
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1908-11-20
President Roosevelt writes Richard Watson Gilder a lengthy refutation of an article in the Evening Post in which William Garrott Brown misconstrues his actions in the Republican Party. Namely, Brown accuses Roosevelt of neglecting Republicans in the South and of doing a poor job of making nominations to local offices and positions. Roosevelt asserts that where the Republican party is not strong in the South, he has had to appoint Democrats who were quality men, rather than incapable men who are Republicans. Where he believes the party has a chance to compete with Democrats, he does all he can to support it. Roosevelt also writes that he did not use his influence on officers to get William H. Taft the nomination, but rather Taft was nominated because Roosevelt’s policies were popular, and Taft is the man who will continue those policies. Roosevelt believes that Brown is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of a number of facts.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt tells former Rough Rider Alfred B. Dunn that he likes to appoint men from his old regiment when possible, but he needs local support to do so. He instructs Dunn to speak with W. Sloan Simpson, who can direct him to Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon.
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1908-11-13
President Roosevelt asks Treasury Secretary Cortelyou for the facts about complaints made against him by a classmate of Roosevelt’s, George P. Messervy. Roosevelt says the complaint is “impertinent and foolish,” but since Messervy could make public statements that could cause trouble, he would like to know the facts so that he can have William Loeb respond to Messervy in full. Roosevelt feels the same as Cortelyou about John W. Vann, and encourages a full investigation of the matter.
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1908-07-30
President Roosevelt urges Postmaster General Meyer not to allow members of his department to name as advisers anyone whom they consult about possible appointees to office. Meyer and others may of course seek advice from whomever they choose, but they should not give the impression that these advisers have a right, in any official capacity, to “distribute offices” in their area.
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1908-07-18
President Roosevelt informs William Hutchinson Cowles that he has gone over the matter Cowles wrote about with Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Roosevelt also writes that he believes that Oregon will instruct for Secretary of War William H. Taft, and now that Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon of Texas has gone for Taft, he will be nominated on the first ballot.
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1908-04-04
President Roosevelt congratulates his son Kermit on his grades. Roosevelt is sorry for Archie, as he tries very hard, but his grades are not very good. He describes a walk he recently took with Fitzhugh Lee, John McIlhenny, and Cecil Andrew Lyon. Douglas Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson are currently visiting and having a nice time. They are disappointed that Stewart Douglas Robinson has been expelled from Harvard.
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1908-02-16
President Roosevelt writes to W. Sloan Simpson to tell him about a visit from Cecil Andrew Lyon. Roosevelt wished to take Lyon on a walk, but everything is currently covered in ice.
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1908-02-14
President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
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1908-02-10
President Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke that the statement that he has tried to influence the presidential nomination through appointments to state offices is false and malicious. Roosevelt provides a detailed account of appointments he has made in various states as a rebuttal to this accusation. Because there are so many local offices, Roosevelt frequently relies on input from senators, and tries to put the best people in office. The newspapers that have accused him of showing favoritism have either ignored the facts or chosen to not seek them out. Roosevelt gives a particularly thorough look at the appointments he has made in Ohio, the home state of Secretary of War William H. Taft.
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1908-02-07
President Roosevelt tells W. Sloan Simpson that he greatly enjoyed his visit, and asks him to give Cecil Andrew Lyon his regards.
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1908-01-26
Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering well from his surgery and is excited to return to Groton. President Roosevelt was touched by the fondness Archie showed Kermit Roosevelt before and after the surgery. Roosevelt also tells Kermit about a walk he had taken with several friends in which they lost French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand in the woods and an enjoyably informal dinner with several hunters.
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1907-12-08
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw if he can give a speech in Texas in the fall.
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1906-09-04
After reading over Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp’s report regarding the Choctaw and Chickasaw coal lands, President Roosevelt is “constrained” to agree with him. He wishes that he could feel justified in doing what Cecil Andrew Lyon wanted, but believes that Leupp’s position is “the only sound and proper one.”
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1906-01-24
President Roosevelt tells former Rough Rider Elijah Pennington that he cannot appoint more than a certain number of men from the regiment to government positions. He does not like Pennington’s allusions to Cecil Andrew Lyon, as he believes that Lyon has always been “square and straight.” Lyon is not seeking office, but is an interested Republican. In an appointment as important as the one in question, Roosevelt does not want to “go back on him.”
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1906-01-17
Although President Roosevelt is always glad to hear from former Rough Riders, he tells William A. Mitchell that he cannot put any more members of the regiment in office without local backing. He advises Mitchell to find a place where there is a vacancy, secure local backing, and then, if it is a position in Texas, consult Cecil Andrew Lyon.
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1905-11-20
President Roosevelt assures former Rough Rider Elijah Pennington he likes to do anything he can for any member of the Rough Riders. However, he is currently trying to get a comrade who was wounded at San Juan a position on the Panama Canal and is unsure if he can take up any other cases until he has done so. He suggests that Pennington ask Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon if there is a position in Texas that he could be appointed to.
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1905-11-04