Missouri

Benjamin F. Beazell tells Theodore Roosevelt that he has traveled through many midwestern states and all republicans he meets are dissatisfied with William H. Taft and will not vote for Taft even if nominated. Beazell states the dissatisfied businessmen and farmers are true blood republicans, not insurgent republicans. Beazell believes the office will seek out Roosevelt despite Roosevelt not seeking office and offers to help in any way he can.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-12

President Roosevelt discusses the current state of the presidential election and predicts that the Republicans will win the electoral college. He notes their prospects in various states, and in particular notes that although they are “horribly handicapped” by the unpopularity of Governor Charles Evans Hughes, he believes they will win in New York. Roosevelt inquires if William Sturgis Bigelow has shown Senator Lodge the new five dollar gold piece, and reports that he plans to address the Sorbonne upon his return from Africa.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-07

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Judge John Campbell. The Republican National Committee seems to be running smoothly and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon has been aiding Treasurer of the Republican National Committee George Rumsey Sheldon. Roosevelt outlines his optimism about the campaign, but admits that New York may be difficult and that he has received a worried letter from Representative Theodore E. Burton about Ohio. Roosevelt does not plan on speaking, other than potentially on labor, and he asks for William H. Taft’s input on postmaster appointments.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-06

President Roosevelt is glad William H. Taft has been going after William Jennings Bryan in the right way. Even though Governor Charles Evans Hughes remains spiteful, Roosevelt is pleased with his renomination. Roosevelt feels they will do well in most states, but cautions against taking chances. Letters are still coming in against Taft’s golfing.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt requests Frank B. Klepper’s assistance in identifying individuals who can be depended upon when it comes to making appointments. Roosevelt welcomes opinions for or against any official or candidate for office in the parts of Missouri with which Klepper is familiar.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-19

Secretary of War Taft agrees with President Roosevelt on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech and on the negative press from the New York papers. He describes his trip thus far and makes predictions about his success based on what he has been told. In light of the gerrymandering involving Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, Taft asks Roosevelt to help defeat an inadequate constitution in Oklahoma. Taft has asked Joseph L. Bristow to form another report on Panama, and he mentions an editor named Joseph Ralph Burton who has been attacking Roosevelt. Taft discusses the political campaigns and conflicts in the states he is passing through, in particular the political campaigns in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Denver. Taft’s mother Louise Maria Torrey Taft is recovering, and although the trip has been exhausting, Taft has a few days of rest ahead.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Secretary of War Taft reports to William Loeb that he finds conditions in Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma favorable. However, Edward T. Franks and Joseph Aston Craft, internal revenue collectors in Kentucky, support Charles W. Fairbanks as presidential candidate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-25

Thomas J. Akins sends William Loeb two clippings that indicate Joseph E. Black will be seeking appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Western District of Missouri. Although Akins has taken little interest in appointments in the past because Senator William Warner has shown “great wisdom,” Akins wishes in this instance to express his opposition to Black’s appointment because Black opposed President Roosevelt’s nomination at the 1902 State Convention. Black was said to have distributed the Hanna badges and buttons and to have “talked very ugly about the President,” and Black’s nomination would revive feuds in Missouri. Akins wants to advise Roosevelt that Black’s appointment would be a “great mistake.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-02

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou encloses a telegram from William Bingham Clarke, from Kansas City, regarding endorsements for candidates for a Missouri judicial appointment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-19

Thomas Dolan advises Senator Penrose that he does not think the existing tariff laws should be changed at the moment and that the majority of voters would agree with Dolan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-17

Senator Lodge agrees that publishing President Roosevelt’s letter on a recent matter related to Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner is best, even if it seems that the matter is nearly settled. Lodge asks that Roosevelt not release Gardner’s letter on the matter, as Gardner had intended it to be a private letter about a public matter. Lodge concludes with congratulations on the election results, noting the surprising win in Missouri.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis Thomas J. Akins informs President Roosevelt that he has complied with Roosevelt’s recent letter regarding the letter from Dr. Albert Shaw, and that the letters will not be published. Akins tells Roosevelt that he has worked to guard the interests of the Republican party during the present election, and believes that Roosevelt should have no problems winning a national victory. He hopes that his actions have been enough to add Missouri’s electoral votes to Roosevelt’s total, and feels that the Republican Party is in a better position in Missouri now than it has been in the past.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-07

A statement, possibly a memorandum meant for President Roosevelt, regarding the gubernatorial election in Missouri, which became embroiled in public relations issues involving Roosevelt, in part due to the publishing of an exchange of letters. Roosevelt is quoted explaining his attempts to remain distant, despite the fact that editors are hounding him and will print more with or without his involvement. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-04

Robert J. Collier recently met with Albert Shaw, who helped explain President Roosevelt’s view of the situation in Missouri. Collier hopes to be able to make it up to Roosevelt after his reelection to show that the Weekly does not hold the sorts of hostility towards Roosevelt that has been exhibited in the recent letters of Samuel Hopkins Adams.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-03

William F. Saunders assures William Loeb that he understands President Roosevelt’s position regarding a letter he had written to him regarding the situation in Missouri, and that he has not used the letter. Saunders had received letters from Albert Shaw and Thomas J. Akins on the subject.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-02

Albert Shaw clarifies matters regarding a letter that he sent to William F. Saunders. While President Roosevelt approves of Cyrus Packard Walbridge’s candidacy for governor of Missouri and stands with the Republican ticket, he did not say that Walbridge is a better man than Democratic candidate Joseph Wingate Folk, who he previously praised for his work as Circuit Attorney. The letter that Shaw sent to Saunders with this sentiment was meant to be entirely confidential.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-31

Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis Thomas J. Akins does not believe that Dr. Albert Shaw’s letter is in the possession of any member of the Missouri Republican State Committee, but will do his best to see if he can locate it. Akins has worked to bring the Republican party of Missouri together, and believes there will be a large increase in voters in the upcoming election. While he is not sure if President Roosevelt will win the state he has a chance of doing so. In a handwritten postscript Akins notes that he has just received Roosevelt’s letter, and will follow the instructions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-31

“Members of the Reception Committee,” “Missouri,” and “Corps of the Gentlemanly Detectives” all rest in rockers in the “St. Louis Rest Cure” building. Caption: President Roosevelt has finished his St. Louis trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-28

While participating in the Missouri State Republican Party’s campaign on October 11, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt is invited to fly in a biplane with Archibald Hoxsey as pilot. Accompanied by Herbert S. Hadley, Governor of Missouri, and two men who appear to be Henry W. Kiel, Mayor of St. Louis, and Sheriff Louis Nolte, Roosevelt arrives in a motorcade at Kinloch Aviation Field. A man, who appears to be Hoxsey, inspects the plane. Medium shot of Roosevelt as he enters the passenger seat of the biplane; long shot of plane flying. Roosevelt alights from the plane, joins the waiting crowd, enters an automobile, and drives away in a motorcade. Roosevelt was the first president to experience flight.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1910

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou sends to William Loeb a letter for President Roosevelt from Captain Seth Bullock. Cortelyou also mentions that he will decide soon whether he supports Agriculture Secretary James Wilson’s and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild’s visit to Missouri and Nevada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-02