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President Roosevelt comments to University of California President Wheeler that Washington state senator Ralph Metcalf must be a fine fellow, and would like to meet him. He asks if Wheeler will be visiting the east before December, as he has matters to discuss which he cannot put in writing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-26
University of California President Benjamin Ide Wheeler sends William Loeb information regarding Secretary of War William H. Taft’s recent trip to Washington state. Wheeler discusses a letter from Judge Henry A. Melvin to Arthur I. Vorys in which Melvin says the existing political machine in Alameda County, California, will support Taft in the upcoming primaries. Wheeler believes Melvin wrote this letter because he is indebted to William E. Dargie and George W. Reed for his judgeship. Wheeler feels that these men are truly in opposition to Taft and Roosevelt, but are supporting Taft because his victory seems inevitable and they want to be on the winning side.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-19
Benjamin Ide Wheeler will tell Senator Ralph Metcalf to go East, “whether riding or walking.” Wheeler hopes to see President Roosevelt in November.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-03
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, Berkeley, forwards a letter from Washington Senator Ralph Metcalf to President Roosevelt. Wheeler attests to Metcalf’s integrity and directs Roosevelt to Wheeler’s information regarding Secretary of War William H. Taft’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Benjamin Ide Wheeler for his letter, as well as the enclosed letter from Senator Ralph Metcalfe. However, Roosevelt states that the question of proportional representation is probably too big of an issue for the party platform to take on right now.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-13
President Roosevelt tells University of California President Wheeler that he is still enough of a westerner to like a speech mentioned by Wheeler. He has been visited by Senator Ralph Metcalf, and was glad to see him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-26