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Louis T. Michener informs William Loeb that he has been doing campaign work with George B. Cortelyou and is somewhat heartened by the situation in New York. Nevertheless, he feels President Roosevelt’s campaign should be an aggressive one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-30
Senator Lodge encourages President Roosevelt to attend the National Encampment and expresses his desire for Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton to be present at the launching of the Cumberland at the Charlestown Yard. Lodge asks if it would be possible to convince Elihu Root to run for Governor of New York. He also inquires if the reports about Senator Charles W. Fairbanks and Harry S. New in Indiana are true. Although Lodge wishes he could see Roosevelt receive the nomination, he feels it would be “much wiser to keep in the back ground.” On verso of last page, a note in Roosevelt’s handwriting says, “Cortelyou / Get good men to answer the letters in Times, Sun etc. about negro question. Not to issue manifesto’s [sic] from the Republican committee, but get letter from good men individually in the press. / Cortelyou see Easely about Colorado / Dryden for N.J.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-23
Alan R. Havig explores the ways in which Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) used the memory and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt (TR) to advance his own political career and causes. In doing so, he actually helped burnish the reputation of Theodore Roosevelt as a Progressive reformer. He looks closely at the 1920 campaign when FDR, the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, attacked the Republican nominee, Warren G. Harding, for denouncing TR and the Progressives in 1912. Havig examines how FDR attacked the Republicans for abandoning TR’s Progressive legacy and how FDR’s adoption of TR’s mantle led to a long feud between the two wings of the Roosevelt family. He also looks at how FDR supported the construction of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Havig also looks at how FDR used TR in 1936 to argue that the latter’s Square Deal had been a predecessor to his New Deal program. FDR, on the occasion of the dedication of the Roosevelt Memorial Hall in January 1936, quoted extensively from TR to demonstrate that he would have supported FDR’s extensive use of government to address the problems faced by the nation in the 1930s.
The Kentucky Republican State Convention has resolved to select a candidate who is in full accord with President Roosevelt’s policies at the Republican National Convention. Rather than a Roosevelt supporter, republicans should nominate Roosevelt himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-21
Clipping from The New York World stating that President Theodore Roosevelt will be the issue of the next Presidential campaign. The article cites Roosevelt’s many supporters and the Republican Party’s determination not to go back to the silver standard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
Winfield T. Durbin discusses the choice for chairman of the Republican National Convention. Durbin recommends Senator Scott in place of Mr. Payne.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-04
Harry S. New expresses appreciation for the offer of a position in the Roosevelt administration but requests some time for consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-17
Henry C. Payne encloses a letter to President Roosevelt about Mr. New’s interest in working for Roosevelt’s administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-30
The matter with Harry S. New and Lindsay is causing John Hay a great deal of trouble and he finds it difficult to be civil with Lindsay’s lawyer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-04
George C. Hitt acknowledges receiving the letter and Harry S. New will respond after he returns from Alaska.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-25
Albert L. New encloses annual passes for the Trans-Alaskan Railway Company’s new steamship service for President Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and their respective parties. New invites Roosevelt to join him and Harry S. New on a hunting trip in Alaska.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-18