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Theodore Roosevelt points out that the Socialist papers are the central papers backing the Non-Partisan League. Roosevelt has been dealing with the Non-Partisan League based on the people he trusts in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Roosevelt believes the League is misleading farmers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-19
Gifford Pinchot has been “more than doubtful” about Theodore Roosevelt’s attacks on the Non-Partisan League because the attacks “play into the hands of a very restricted number of business interests” and will “cost the Republican Party very many thousands of votes in important States.” Roosevelt is being advised on this issue by F. R. Stevens, a former lobbyist for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Pinchot believes that Stevens is not an effective advocate for farmers, that he has a “big business point of view.” Pinchot also encloses a copy of his statement on President Woodrow Wilson’s “first answer to the German peace move.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt is interested in Henry Cabot Lodge’s thought that the way to pick a winner is to pick someone who has no record on the vital questions of the day. Roosevelt encloses a letter for George von Lengerke Meyer from Julian Street that he wants returned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt would like to share Thomas A. Edison’s letter with his children. He is greatly pleased by it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Barbour for the letter. Roosevelt was direct in his recent letter to the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt speaks to the people of Billings, Montana, about denying Germany acceptance into the League of Nations. He believes that Germany’s surrender should be absolute. Roosevelt reads off the complaints of the farmer in Montana. Roosevelt also speaks in opposition to the Non-Partisan League and the Industrial Workers of the World.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-05