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Eugene F. Ware encloses an article appearing in the Iowa Daily Register favorable to Roosevelt’s administration.
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1903-12-16
George B. Cortelyou discusses the issue mentioned in a letter from Mr. Thompson of
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1903-07-29
Joseph B. Bishop sends an enclosure regarding the Civil Service Reform League. Bishop jokes that the Civil Service Reform League must have gotten away from the Schurz element, or they would not have printed so much positive about President Roosevelt. The Post does not print anything positive about Roosevelt.
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1902-12-12
Senator Patterson writes that he attempted to present Roosevelt’s views on the subject they previously discussed in his Denver newspaper.
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1902-05-02
Horace Porter encloses two criticisms of the portraits of Edith Roosevelt and either Alice or Ethel Roosevelt that appeared at a Paris Salon. The criticisms were by Pierre Veber of the Paris Herald and Arsene Alexandre of Figaro.
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1902-05-02
Edward Rosewater encloses an editorial from the Omaha Bee which he would like submitted to President Roosevelt that includes some comments by former Confederate President Davis that they would bring the sword and torch to the cities of the North. Davis denied having said that. Rosewater believes that there is too much sympathy “in eulogies of the secession leaders and generals.”
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1902-05-05
Eugene F. Ware wants President Roosevelt to know that any newspaper articles quoting Ware’s opinion on pensions are false. Ware has provided no interviews. He did not say that every soldier deserved a pension. Ware’s war record is now under serious investigation.
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1902-04-25
Governor General Taft encloses a passage from a personal letter to Secretary of War Elihu Root that pertains to the Philippines. Taft sent a letter to several individuals on the Taft Commission stating that the United States had no “dollars interest” in the islands, and the recipients agreed that it was the truth.
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1902-04-26
Bishop wonders whether it is possible that “Leupp wrote this contemptible stuff.” He encloses an article he wrote the previous evening and observes that all the morning papers in New York are following the line he took in that article.
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1902-04-17
William H. Michael explains that the decision of which New York papers may print death notices is determined by “the political complexion of the administration.” Michael lists the New York Star, Tribune, World, Sun, and Mail and Express as newspapers that have been charged with publishing the death notices since the first Grover Cleveland administration, depending on the political party in power.
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1902-04-18
Eugene F. Ware is pleased that newspapers are printing few fabricated interviews with him regarding his appointment as Commissioner of Pensions. One story related an exchange of communication with Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna which never happened, but on the whole, few false stories have been printed. He is receiving a great deal of communication from “old soldiers” and he is answering each letter.
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1902-04-19
Albert Shaw forwards clippings from the Chicago Tribune that were sent to him by Professor Judson. These clippings show the Chicago Tribune and Judson’s views on the Roosevelt Administration. Judson is a big supporter of President Roosevelt and his administration.
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1902-04-21
Secretary of the Navy Long states that reports in the newspapers pertaining to a United States naval base in Havana, Cuba, are false. Information supposedly from Admiral Bradford has been leaked to the press. Bradford denies any involvement in the leak.
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1902-04-14
William C. Morris illustrates Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s attempts to derail Secretary of War William H. Taft’s “boom”, or his plans to run for President in the next election.
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1907-03-28
Ray H. Mattison writes to librarian Perl A. Brown Coombs, of the public library in Glendive, Montana, inquiring about papers related to Theodore Roosevelt’s ranching. Coombs’ response is included, stating the only materials she has are from the Glendive Independent.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-01-14
Librarian Margaret C. Ball writes to Ray H. Mattison, reporting that the issues of the Yellowstone Journal at Miles City only mention Theodore Roosevelt’s membership in the stockmen’s association. Ball suggests that Mattison might find more material for his research at the State Historical Society in Helena, Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-12-29