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President Roosevelt thanks S. C. Mead for sending him the letter by George L. Duval. Roosevelt has not seen the editorial that Mead references, but if it is written by Charles Ransom Miller of the New York Times, Miller is “a liar pure and simple,” and it is not worth paying attention to what he says.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-21
President Roosevelt thanks George Haven Putnam for his letter, but wants to correct him on one point. Roosevelt explains he has dealt with senators like Matthew Stanley Quay not because they made him president but because he wanted to succeed in his policies by working with prominent men in the Republican Party. The president says that the results of the presidential election will not make any real change in his attitude toward them. Roosevelt also explains confidentially he is trying to do all he can regarding the tariff revision and reciprocity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-15
President Roosevelt agrees with Horatio C. King’s opinion of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and writes that the editor, St. Clair McKelway, “has carried on a campaign of slander and mendacity,” similar to that done by the New York Times under Charles Ransom Miller’s editorship and Adolph S. Ochs’s ownership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-07
Jacob A Riis informs President Roosevelt that Charles Ransom Miller, the editor of the New York Times, invited him to publish a response to the recent attacks on Roosevelt. As they have claimed no credit, and have offered to let the piece be reviewed before it is printed, this invitation from the “enemy’s camp” is intriguing. He can come see Roosevelt in Washington to discuss it, and will come prepared with talking points.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-28
S. C. Mead informs President Roosevelt that Charles Ransom Miller is the chief editorial writer for the New York Times, and thus has control over the scope and nature of the editorials. Mead understands why Roosevelt feels strongly about his editorial treatment. He asks Roosevelt if he would like him to call on him to discuss “the Borgfeldt case.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-22
The article strongly criticizes August Belmont’s control of newspapers and the Democratic Party. It particularly blasts Adolph S. Ochs and Charles Ransom Miller of the New York Times, stating that the paper is Belmont’s mouthpiece.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-07