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The Brooklyn Young Republican Club writes resolutions of their reasons for opposing the candidacy of Edwin A. Merritt for Speaker of the New York State Assembly and Ray B. Smith for Clerk of the New York State Assembly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-28
President Roosevelt thinks Secretary of State Root handled the Saratoga situation perfectly, and he has been glad to shape the political landscape in New York with Root since the 1893 Constitutional Convention. Roosevelt congratulates Root on his many years of public leadership and service, in which he has been extremely effective.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-17
Francis J. Lowe asks Theodore Roosevelt for guidance as to whether or not he should help Gruber with the primary elections in New York. Lowe heard Gruber speak at Saratoga in 1910, but was not impressed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-22
Robert Willson requests Theodore Roosevelt tell him if Roosevelt might attend the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction meeting in Saratoga the next year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-15
Throngs of people with wads of money in their hands make their way to the gambling casino at Saratoga, New York. Uncle Sam stands to the right, thumbs in his suspenders, boasting about having the largest gambling facility in the world. Caption: Uncle Sam — Biggest trade, biggest trusts, biggest buildings, biggest machinery, and now I’ve got the biggest gambling joint. Well, say!
Saratoga, upper New York state’s site of health-water springs and high society’s genteel racing track, was transformed by the addition of casinos and gaming parlors. Cartoonist Ehrhart cast a sarcastic eye on the questionable “improvements,” depicting Uncle Sam as a sharpie drawing every element of the public to its gates.
With his retirement approaching, Surveyor of the Port in Boston Jeremiah J. McCarthy reflects upon his term in office, and thanks Theodore Roosevelt for appointing him to the position twice. He fondly recalls meeting Roosevelt and hopes he is reelected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-06
Robert H. Fuller, Secretary to Governor Charles Evans Hughes, tells William Loeb that the Democrats are promoting the false idea that Hughes supports prohibition. More troubling is the loss of support from labor unions, trainmen in particular. The Democrats are raising large amounts of money, and there is a tough fight ahead, but Fuller believes both Hughes and William H. Taft will be victorious.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-04
Secretary of State Root is glad President Roosevelt enjoyed the performance at Saratoga. While he notes that it was difficult for men who Governor Charles Evans Hughes had treated poorly to nominate him again, Root sympathized with them in a way that helped avoid true conflict. Hughes disrespects the aspects of the Republican party which led to his nomination. Root finds Roosevelt’s letter to William Jennings Bryan to be cutting, and lets Roosevelt know of his upcoming travel plans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-24
Secretary of State Root asks that President Roosevelt briefly redirect his attention from “Hippopotamuses & Anthropophageusses” to the enclosed Saratoga Convention speech, but that he not appoint anyone from it. Root thinks the threat to the campaign comes from the voter’s disappointment with the Republican party’s handling of their concerns, and although the same can be said of the Democrats, the ruling party gets the blame. Root is glad to know Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has recovered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-12
Secretary of State Root informs President Roosevelt that he has agreed to preside over the Republican State Convention in Saratoga, New York, and asks for campaign literature to bring himself up to date about what to say in his remarks and to the people. Root has heard from Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon that children in Central America are dying of childhood diseases. Root is reassured by Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira’s letter, but is cautious in his expectations concerning Japanese cooperation in limiting Japanese workers from entering the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-01
William Barnes provides William Loeb with an update on the political situation in New York. Former Senator Edgar Truman Brackett is antagonistic toward Barnes because Barnes was instrumental in defeating his renomination and instead nominating Senator William W. Wemple, who was a member of Barnes’ state committee district. Brackett’s district’s attitude in the National Convention will be a problem. Brackett has made arrangements with parties from various other districts for control. Barnes is concerned about the implications of this situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-17
John A. Sleicher thinks that political platform speeches at state conventions need reworking considering “the new conditions that now affect us.” Sleicher sends President Roosevelt a draft of the platform and asks if he might make edits and return it to him tomorrow at the United States Hotel in Saratoga.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-22
J. Sloat Fassett writes to William Loeb about New York state politics. Fassett thinks that Governor Frank Wayland Higgins and Lieutenant Governor Benjamin B. Odell are about to lose their positions and finds Charles Evans Hughes a good choice for Governor. Fassett thinks Edgar Truman Brackett is not much without his partner and is a “vindictive, bitter man.” Hughes polls well and is gaining attention from the media, including William Randolph Hearst. Fassett wishes that Roosevelt could offer advice impartially, as he finds state Republican Party leader Timothy L. Woodruff ineffectual.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14
J. Sloat Fassett informs William Loeb about the trouble caused by a letter written by Leigh S. J. Hunt, which was intended for Secretary of State John Hay but was mistakenly delivered to Horace Newton Allen, U.S. Minister to Korea.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-02
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Mary M. Tuttle describes scenes in a hotel in the Adirondack Mountains in detail. She includes a “discussion” between a New Yorker and an Ohioan about whose state is greater.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-29
David B. Hill sits on a doll of Dame Democracy. On the wall is the word, “Saratoga.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-20
F. Norton Goddard tells Governor Odell he was upset that he was not elected as State Committeeman from the 12th District.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-14
Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
Theodore Roosevelt demands a call to arms against Germany, to protect America’s ideals of freedom and democracy. He urges support for the war effort from home, including supporting the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-07-18