Herman Henry Kohlsaat tells President Roosevelt about a recent conversation he had with William Randolph Hearst, in which Hearst praised Roosevelt. Kohlsaat met with Fred A. Busse, mayor of Chicago yesterday, to withdraw his name as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, as he will not vote for Joseph Gurney Cannon, even for a complimentary vote. Busse, while publicly declaring himself for Cannon, told Kohlsaat that he is privately in favor of Secreatary of War William H. Taft, and expects to vote for him after the first ballot. Kohlsaat has met a delegation of men from the Board of Trade who wish for him to introduce them to Roosevelt to talk about his message.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1908-02-25