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Letter from Samuel V. Leech to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Samuel V. Leech to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel V. Leech sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his baccalaureate address, which is “a presentation of Christ from a loftier view point than [Roosevelt’s] editorial colleague attained last week when he printed, in the Outlook, his paper on ‘The Master Builder‘.” He adds a confidential note that ex-senator Nathan Bay Scott informed him that he does not look for a Republican victory in 1912, as he does not believe that West Virginia or a number of other western states can be carried by President Taft. It is Leech’s opinion that Taft’s mistreatment of Methodist senators and the Presbyterian Gifford Pinchot will cost him thousands of votes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-01

Creator(s)

Leech, Samuel V., 1837-1916

Letter from Jefferson Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Jefferson Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

Reverend Williams proudly tells President Roosevelt that he “jacked up” Democrat Charles A. Edwards, Secretary of the Democratic Congressional Committee, most likely referring to a letter he (Williams) sent Edwards in which he defended Roosevelt. Williams explains to Roosevelt that he finds Edwards’s rhetoric about Roosevelt to be “vile political vomit” off of which anarchists feed, and cites his experiences as both a pastor and a soldier to defend himself against Edwards’s claims that he is a “fool” and from the “woods.” Williams also tells Roosevelt that he took the Cincinnati Post to task for publishing Edwards’s “vile utterances.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-06

Creator(s)

Williams, Jefferson, 1845-1927

Reflections upon the president

Reflections upon the president

Syracuse University Chancellor James Roscoe Day takes exception to an editorial called “The Scandal-Mongering Epoch” which stated that he “strikes no sympathetic chord in the Methodist Church” when he reflects upon the limits of presidential power. Day outlines several of his reflections that he believes should align with Methodist values and decries the role of the press in contributing to the current national mood.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906

Creator(s)

Day, James Roscoe, 1845-1923