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The article discusses why the English press favors the Democratic ticket. Other topics discussed on this page include “Navy Plank Struck Out,” “‘Artful’ Judge Parker,” “Judge Parker Against Palmer and Buckner,” “Democratic Lightning Change Artists,” “The Irish World on Protection,” and “Chairman Cortelyou’s Alleged Prophecy.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-11
New York City Mayor George B. McClellan and Police Commissioner William McAdoo are pictured washing the Tammany Tiger labeled “Corruption” and “Graft.” In the background, Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy is posting a notice for the “Democratic Convention” on July 6 in Saint Louis, Missouri.
President Roosevelt expresses warmly thanks Creswell MacLaughlin for his speech and sentiments, sent by way of William McAdoo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-05
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Lieutenant Young he agrees with him about Hawaii. Roosevelt assures Young he is a personal friend of the previous Assistant Secretary of the Navy, William McAdoo, and there was a smooth transition between them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-07
Charles Freeman Johnson, Acting Secretary of the People’s National Legal Ethic’s Society thanks Charles G. Pease for his letter. He forwarded it to President William H. Taft, who discussed the failure of legal administrators in a recent speech. Johnson argues that if public opinion demands the impartial and just enforcement of existing laws, then no magistrate could discriminate. The Society believes that Chief Magistrate of New York City William McAdoo will support the improvement of general condition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
Ernest L. Van Wagner inquires if Theodore Roosevelt would be willing to once again sign the certificate given to Van Wagner when he was appointed as a patrolman for the Police Department of the City of New York, as the ink has faded to illegibility.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-29
W. G. McAdoo leaves a telephone message for Theodore Roosevelt recommending William McAdoo for special counsel in the prosecution of any antitrust cases.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-08
T. St. John Gaffney discusses scheduling lunch with President Roosevelt, noting that he will be busy working on the campaign with Jeffrey Roche for the next few days. He believes that the “Italian Element in New York is most important” and that Consul-General DeCastro should return from Rome to speak. Although he believes that Patrick Egan made a good minister to Chili, he argues that Egan is “without character,” without influence among the Irish, and “a danger.” He discusses how Egan sought a position at Tammany Hall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-11
William F. King sets out a brief history of the Nautical Preparatory School, as well as the plans of the school’s reorganization committee going forward. After the bankruptcy of the company hired to construct a ship for the Nautical Preparatory School, the school tried chartering a ship instead, but was unable to raise the necessary funds, leading to the creation of the reorganization committee to manage how to proceed. Although there is no legal obligation to proceed, the committee feels that there is a moral one, and hopes to continue to receive support from the public to make the venture a success.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
Austen G. Fox tells President Roosevelt he has been made Chairman of the Committee of Nine for the New York Police Department, and asks if Roosevelt might look over some proposed legislation the committee has prepared and give his opinion as to whether “they seem useful.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-16
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy were guests of honor at a dinner and he feels the United States is gradually building a good “second-class” navy. He plans to spend a lot of time at Sagamore Hill this summer and says there is a drought out in the country.
1896-05-10