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President Roosevelt thanks Jacob J. Silverman and the members of the Federation of Jewish Organizations of Massachusetts for the invitation to attend their scheduled patriotic celebration. He is unable to attend, but sends his good wishes for the occasion.
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1906-04-03
President Roosevelt asks Lyman Abbott about the enclosed materials, which were given to him by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Roosevelt notes that Lodge has many political enemies, but defends him as one of the best men in politics.
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1906-02-23
President Roosevelt encloses letters that he would like returned, and in particular draws Lyman Abbott’s attention to Judge Frank G. Finlayson’s letter regarding the reasons Franklin K. Lane’s appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission is opposed. Roosevelt would like to speak with Abbott about The Outlook’s treatment of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Though he tries not to let his personal friendship with Lodge cloud his judgment, and although Lodge opposes him on the railroad rate issue, Roosevelt believes that Lodge is a good political leader in Massachusetts.
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1905-12-19
President Roosevelt tells Albert Shaw that his message has already been distributed to the press and contains the recommendation to admit Arizona and New Mexico as one state. He also asks who in Massachusetts is “grumpy” about his communications with Henry Melville Whitney about reciprocity.
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1905-11-25
President Roosevelt thinks that Senator Lodge will like what he said to Governor William Lewis Douglas of Massachusetts and his committee.
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1905-11-16
President Roosevelt congratulates Governor-elect Guild on his and Lieutenant-Governor-elect Eben S. Draper’s success in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, and criticizes some of the press coverage he has gotten in that state.
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1905-11-08
President Roosevelt comments to Senator Lodge on the election results in various states. He is particularly pleased about the Massachusetts results. He wishes that Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer had gone back to Saint Petersburg when the trouble started three weeks ago.
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1905-11-08
President Roosevelt would like to know what Senator Allison thinks about the possibility of taking up the question of tariff revision. Personally, Roosevelt reluctantly believes that it cannot be done because the majority of men in Congress do not support it.
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1905-11-09
President Roosevelt expresses to Columbia University President Butler his conflicted feelings taking personal action in the New York mayoral election. He does not think it wise to attend a dinner in support of William Travers Jerome, because he does not trust Austen G. Fox. He is also hesitant to write anything in support of Jerome, because he fears Jerome may use it “in some totally different contingency.”
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1905-11-10
President Roosevelt gives Governor-elect Guild permission to make his statement public. He says that there is no sign that any leaders in Congress are willing to take up tariff revision, and Roosevelt feels it is foolish to attempt to bring up the issue if it has no effective backing. He also praises Lieutenant-Governor-elect Eben S. Draper.
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1905-11-12
President Roosevelt is glad that his son Theodore Roosevelt visited Kermit Roosevelt at Groton School, and is glad that Kermit had a chance to play football this fall. He encourages him to “peg away” at his studies. He is having his “usual number of difficulties” that any President has, and has taken scramble walks in Rock Creek Park and gone riding with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Roosevelt discusses the books that Edith is reading to Archibald B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt, and the books that he plans to read them in her absence.
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1905-11-12
President Roosevelt affirms his strong support for the Massachusetts Republican ticket, and advises Senator Lodge on how to respond to a statement from Henry Melville Whitney that misrepresents Roosevelt’s feelings on trade reciprocity with Canada. Roosevelt believes that it will do no good for him personally to make a statement, but approves of Lodge’s plan of publicly affirming Roosevelt’s support of the Republican ticket and stating that the Senators from Massachusetts have always agreed with him on reciprocity and that Roosevelt’s views on the matter have never changed.
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1905-11-01
President Roosevelt discusses the political situation in various states ahead of the upcoming election. He instructs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to make appointments if he thinks it is wise, but to make sure not to embarrass political campaigns.
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1905-09-16
President Roosevelt writes an “egotistic letter” to Anna Cabot Mills Lodge about the election. He was overwhelmed by the election results, especially because they demonstrated the impotence of the Evening Post and other New York journalists Roosevelt dislikes. He intends to spend his next four years in appreciation to the American people. The president was, however, disappointed by the defeat of Governor John Lewis Bates in Massachusetts and Senator Francis Marion Cockrell in Missouri, whom he considers the best Senator in the Democratic Party. Roosevelt himself was prepared for defeat during the past two weeks, which were quite trying for him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1904-11-10
President Roosevelt is pleasantly surprised about the presidential election results, but is dumbfounded about Massachusetts Governor John Lewis Bates’s loss. Roosevelt is glad Lodge approved of his timing announcing he would not run for a third term in office. He looks forward to speaking with Lodge in person soon.
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1904-11-10
President Roosevelt expresses his grief about Governor Bates’s defeat, and believes that Bates can feel satisfied that he did his duty, no matter the consequences.
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1904-11-10
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that he has “swept the country by majorities which astound me.” Roosevelt asks about the outcome in the Massachusetts legislature.
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1904-11-08
President Roosevelt copies a letter originally written to James N. Tyner, but never sent. Tyner requested that the president right the wrong that has been done to him, in light of his recent acquittal of all criminal charges. Although Roosevelt respects the decision of the Grand Jury, he will not support Tyner’s re-instatement to office because of the moral charges against Tyner. Roosevelt provides evidence by copying reports and letters regarding Tyner’s actions.
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1904-09-19
President Roosevelt refers William Dudley Foulke to the letters written by Charles J. Bonaparte on the Philippines and Panama. Lucius B. Swift does not seem to understand the situation. Roosevelt requests that Foulke speak in Indiana, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and perhaps Massachusetts.
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1904-08-31
President Roosevelt has made the changes that Nicholas Murray Butler suggested, but cannot compromise on the tariff section. He feels that Massachusetts is being unreasonable about the tariff, but he would like to revise it after discussing it at length with party leaders.
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1904-08-22