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Letter from Edmund Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edmund Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Platt believes that President William H. Taft’s administration is mistaken in its anti-trust policy, and a note of protest is needed against the trust disintegration and the form in which the Steel Trust suit was brought. Many businessmen in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe in regulating trusts but not in disintegration. Platt feels that the government did not act fairly by the small investor and should have made their plans public. He argues that the United States Steel Corporation was organized after the Sherman Act, and there is no evidence of illegal business. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-01

Creator(s)

Platt, Edmund, 1865-1939

Letter from Patrick H. Kearney to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Patrick H. Kearney to Theodore Roosevelt

Patrick H. Kearney objects to the action of the Republican convention held in Poughkeesie and the prevention of General William S. C. Wiley being a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He reports, however, that the action of the convention has generated some votes for Roosevelt, as Reverend William Livingston, pastor at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Poughkeepsie and a self-identified Democrat, said from the altar that he was planning to vote for Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-03

Creator(s)

Kearney, Patrick H., 1850-1933