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A large group of politicians and journalists appear as knights on a crusade against graft and corruption. Many carry large pens like a lance. Periodicals mentioned are “Colliers, Harper’s Weekly, Life, Puck, [and] McClure’s” Magazine. Caption: Marching embattled ‘gainst the Saracens of Graft.
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1906-02-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary spoke to Julian LaRose Harris regarding Harry Stillwell Edwards’s telegram. Roger Alexander Dewar and S. S. McClure met with Roosevelt in New York and are organizing campaign support in Georgia.
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1912-07-24
President Roosevelt thanks Caspar Whitney for the letter, but says that he does not think he could accept the suggestion of S. S. McClure. Last year, Collier’s magazine made him an offer to purchase articles from a trip around the world, but Roosevelt does not feel like making such a trip. Regarding Whitney’s other letter, Roosevelt cannot give the answer Whitney would like while he is president.
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1908-07-02
President Roosevelt thanks Robert Mather for the letter. Roosevelt likes S. S. McClure, but thinks he may be applying too late.
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1908-07-02
President Roosevelt contacts Robert Bridges regarding the articles he plans to write on his upcoming African safari. Roosevelt asks if Charles Scribner’s Sons would pay him $50,000 for all serial rights of his African trip and 20% on the book. He has been receiving offers from other magazines, but would prefer to deal with Scribner’s if they can offer the deal he mentioned, even though he has been offered more money elsewhere. If the difference is extreme, however, Roosevelt may have to instead sell his articles to McClure’s or Collier’s.
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1908-07-02
In his message, President Roosevelt has “embodied practically” what Lincoln Steffens said. He is interested in what Steffens says about a few individuals, and asks him to find out if S. S. McClure has “sounded” R. R. Bowker yet.
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1905-10-07
President Roosevelt will write R. R. Bowker and S. S. McClure about the Government Printing Office matter. If Postmaster General Cortelyou has reasons to distrust William Sidney Rossiter, Roosevelt will not appoint him.
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1905-09-19
President Roosevelt tells Postmaster General Cortelyou that he does not want to see S. S. McClure on a certain matter unless it is necessary. He also asks what Cortelyou has found out about William Sidney Rossiter.
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1905-09-15
Robert J. Collier is disappointed by the news that President Roosevelt has made a decision regarding his African articles before Collier was able to meet with him in person. Collier recalls that he had been one of the first, nearly two years ago, to suggest a trip after Roosevelt leaves the presidency; and he understood that Roosevelt would talk with him before making a decision. He argues that Roosevelt’s articles would reach a greater number of people if Collier’s publishes them than they would if they appear in Scribner’s, and he increases his earlier offer of $50,000 to $100,000 for the rights to publish them serially, with the understanding that Scribner’s would subsequently publish them in book form.
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1908-07-09
Frank Nelson Doubleday writes down several ideas that he had previously discussed with William Loeb. Doubleday offers to pay Kermit Roosevelt for articles that he writes while on Africa, and is also interested in making an offer to President Roosevelt for publishing rights of the English edition of Roosevelt’s book. He also mentions that A. Radclyffe Dugmore, who is on the staff of Country Life in America is a good photographer and wonders if Roosevelt would like to consider the possibility of him coming along on his safari.
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1908-07-06
Caspar Whitney tells President Roosevelt that S. S. McClure hopes to get the rights to publish articles from Roosevelt’s African safari. Whitney suggested that McClure propose expanding Roosevelt’s trip to places like India and the Philippines, and offer to pay more. Whitney is not sure why McClure approached him to talk, but Whitney tells Roosevelt that in making this suggestion he hoped to help Roosevelt get the most out of his trip, and wanted to make sure the facts were straight when McClure approached Roosevelt.
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1908-07-01
Journalist George Kennan shares his thoughts on the “Japanese question” in San Francisco and its political implications. He feels President Roosevelt’s position on the matter is correct but is not practical. The clamor from labor unions and the “constant fanning of the fire of race antipathy” by the press have created an environment for hostility. McClure’s Magazine did not publish Kennan’s articles on the topic.
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1907-08-10
William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette shares his thoughts on William H. Taft’s candidacy for president in the upcoming election and the trial of Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah. White fears that politicians may ruin Taft’s chances in various states, as they would support Roosevelt for a third term, but will give their support to men like Senator Joseph Gurney Cannon or Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks when Roosevelt declines to run. White says the political organization in Colorado is against Taft. S. S. McClure, who was originally prejudiced against Borah, now supports him and asked White to write an article defending him, which White refused both because he is personal friends with Borah, and because he is busy with his own writing. White hired C. P. Connelly, a lawyer, to look into the matter for him, and Connelly told him that he believes Borah to be innocent. White shares his thoughts regarding the impossible situation Borah is in, where a mistrial will be as bad as a conviction for his career. White asks Roosevelt to meet with Borah. In a postscript, White points out that the trial of Charles H. Moyer, which Borah is prosecuting, will take place in the same month as Borah’s own trial, and how disadvantageous this will be for all involved.
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1907-07-25
Richard Watson Gilder offers some suggestions on the poem by President Roosevelt’s son, Theodore Roosevelt, under the pen name Jacob Van Vechten. Gilder comments that his own son, George Colman deKay Gilder, is enjoying his “rough experience,” and compares him to Roosevelt, saying that “he is in fact not unlike a certain other friend of mine who has such zest that he is always having the time of his life.” In a postscript Gilder mourns the recent death of poet Eugene R. White, and mentions a recent visit by a pair of newly-married artists–E. L. Blumenschein and Mary Shepard Blumenschein.
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1906-07-31
Robert J. Collier suggests an edited list of people to invite to a breakfast in honor of President Roosevelt before he leaves on his safari.
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1908-12-04
Ray Stannard Baker tells President Roosevelt that he will receive a copy of McClure’s Magazine “a little in advance of publication,” because he wants Roosevelt to read his article on the Colorado labor situation.
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1904-04-19
William Allen White expects Theodore Roosevelt to be nominated and win the election by a large margin. White will be writing articles for the campaign and is working on a full article on the post office investigation.
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1904-04-15