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Senator Fairbanks thanks President Roosevelt for his letter and discusses the outcome of the Republican National Convention and the upcoming campaign.
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1904-06-27
Governor Pardee asks President Roosevelt to communicate with Representative Victor Howard Metcalf about the Third Congressional District committee appointing delegates to nominate Metcalf’s successor. Pardee thinks this is a slight to him and requests that Roosevelt help him resolve the matter.
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1904-06-26
Senator Lodge reports to President Roosevelt about the Republican National Convention. He discusses possible cabinet appointments, the adoption of the party platform, the various speeches given, and the nomination of Senator Charles W. Fairbanks for vice president.
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1904-06-25
Kermit Roosevelt writes Theodore Roosevelt and exclaims the convention must have been “extraordinary.” He informs Roosevelt that Rudyard Kipling placed a bet on Roosevelt during the Republican primaries against an American who thought he was dead. Kermit Roosevelt and Helen Robinson Roosevelt visited Frederick Courteney Selous and learned his trip to British East Africa was very successful although he had a close call with a buffalo. Kermit tells his father that Edmund Heller is fine and an intelligent progressive.
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1910-1919
Senator Fairbanks thanks President Roosevelt for congratulating him on receiving the Vice-Presidential nomination.
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1904-06-23
Senator Lodge responds to an earlier letter from President Roosevelt. Lodge comments that there is not much of a reason to include a comment on immigration in the platform as there is currently not a demand for it, and it may do more harm than good. Lodge also discusses some of the hearings that the Interstate Commerce Commission has held, and remarks that his only concern in the upcoming election is the reduction in force by the railroads.
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1904-05-27
By resolution of the Kentucky State Convention, William Bradley will second the nomination of President Roosevelt. Bradley will send Roosevelt portions of his speech for Roosevelt’s review.
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1904-05-12
Attorney General Knox encourages Cornelius N. Bliss to accept the position as chairman of the National Republican Committee.
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1904-05-06
John Wallace Springer informs President Roosevelt that he has been selected as the Republican nominee for Mayor of Denver. He warns of David H. Moffat’s “Anti-Wolcott Republican ticket” and describes him as disloyal to the Republican Party.
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1904-04-30
Frank Swett Black accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to nominate him for president at the 1904 Republican Convention. His response was delayed because he was planting seeds at his New Hampshire farm.
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1904-04-29
Charles Nagel writes to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock about the possible nomination of Missouri Governor Joseph Wingate Folk as the Democratic Party’s nominee in 1904. Nagel discusses Folk’s chances, the state of the Democratic Party, and the local political situation. Nagel states that Folk’s supporters include “the worst machine men and lobbyists of this state,” and he worries about the influence they may have over Folk.
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1904-04-11
Senator Horace White should stand for nomination again in New York. His friends and supporters are against Albert K. Hiscock, as they believe that his election would result in his father, Frank Hiscock, gaining control of the party. Party member and delegate Francis Hendricks is unlikely to turn his support away from White, and White will consult him about being renominated.
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1904-03
Ansley Wilcox writes to discuss who might be the Republican nominee for Governor of New York. Mayor Erastus Cole Knight has been circulated as an option, but Wilcox does not believe this would be a good thing, as it could put the success of the whole Republican ticket in danger.
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1904-03-30
U.S. Representative from Missouri Richard Bartholdt has been renominated for a seventh term.
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1904-03-19
J. T. Dickerson encloses a document that is being used to discredit Theodore Roosevelt, though Dickerson states it has not been effective. Dickerson states Roosevelt will be endorsed at the Kansas State Convention and Edward W. Hoch will be nominated for governor.
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1904-03-08
Richard Yates encloses articles showing how federal officials and journalists are working to defeat his nomination. He asks Roosevelt to stop his state appointees from opposing him.
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1904-02-27
The men of the Missouri State Republican Committee met and endorsed President Roosevelt for president and Missourian Cyrus Packard Walbridge for vice president, and set the date of the state convention for March 22, in Kansas City.
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1904-01-10
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge knows that President Roosevelt is disappointed that his nominee for the District Attorney of Delaware, William Michael Byrne, was not confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. However, La Farge thinks the failed confirmation can become a positive for Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign. By nominating La Farge’s suggestion John P. Nields, someone who is backed by the Delaware state bar, Roosevelt can strike back at John Edward Addicks and his supporters while not antagonizing Senator Hanna. La Farge believes such a strategy would paint Roosevelt as someone in control of the party and still true to himself.
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1903-02-04
W. E. Howell, Collector of Internal Revenue, has been nominated for Congress in Louisiana’s Third Congressional District. Lewis S. Clark requests President Roosevelt’s instructions as to whether Howell can run for Congress while continuing to serve in his current position.
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1902-10-01
William Michael Byrne resigns as United States Attorney of the District of Delaware. He has accepted a nomination to run for Congress in Delaware.
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1902-09-24