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Maxim Svagrovsky, a Bohemian currently in Panama, volunteers his services in the upcoming election. He is a good public speaker and proficient in Bohemian and German, and could potentially persuade “several hundred thousand votes of Bohemian, Poles and Germans.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-22
Frank McCord has held the position of Collector of Internal Revenue in Cleveland, Ohio, for ten years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12
An editorial congratulates the Cleveland Gazette, a prominent African American newspaper, for its role in Theodore E. Burton’s electoral defeat and theorizes that the African American vote was crucial for Tom Loftin Johnson’s reelection as mayor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-17
Representative Burton discusses political appointments in Cleveland, Ohio, including the re-appointment of Charles C. Dewstoe as postmaster, and appointments of Edwin A. Batt as Appraiser of Merchandise and Frank M. Chandler, United States Marshal, Northern District of Ohio. Senator Foraker had seemed favorable to the appointments but has since withdrawn his approval. Burton hopes a settlement can be negotiated on these appointments soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-25
James Sullivan Clarkson updates William Loeb on powerful influences in the Democratic Party, including Tammany Hall. Conservatives, with former president Grover Cleveland’s support, have retaken the Democratic Party and are nominating Alton B. Parker for president. He suggests an argument that may be effective against Parker’s campaign–namely that he would be indebted to Tammany Hall as president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-25
Representative Beidler writes to Senator Foraker advocating on behalf of Mr. Batt’s candidacy for city appraiser, noting that many current posts are held by appointees from the 21st district of Cleveland while Mr. Batt is from the 20th.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-12
Samuel W. Meek recommends that President Roosevelt encourage Senator Joseph B. Foraker to remove his opposition to the appointment of Charles C. Dewstoe as postmaster in the event that Edmund H. Zurhorst is removed from the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-19
Isaac Newton Seligman comments on William Barclay Parsons, who has been appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission. Seligman has written to Admiral John Grimes Walker about Benjamin D. Woodward, who had also been considered for work with the Commission. Seligman is circulating copies of the pamphlet “Mr. Roosevelt and the Presidency, By A Spectator,” believing that it is the duty of Roosevelt’s friends to combat “unfair criticism.” Seligman also notes that he attended the funeral of Marcus Alonzo Hanna in Cleveland and hopes to visit Roosevelt in Washington soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
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
Margaret Sanger writes about her nationwide speaking engagement tour about birth control and family planning. Sanger discusses events and responses in various cities. She indicates that in St. Louis more people came to hear her speak than had come when Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft spoke in the city. Sanger accounts various arrests related to obscenity laws and the distribution of birth control pamphlets.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
1916-08-09
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw provides analysis on the bids for the public building at Cleveland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Newton Diehl Baker to say he will support Baker’s suggestion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-25
Congressman Burton acknowledges that the opposition to his entering the contest is very strong. Burton believes that only the publication of the letter he received from President Roosevelt could explain Burton’s reasoning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-02
Charles Emory Smith writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Republican campaign in Iowa and Ohio. Smith discusses the Bonaparte-Conrad report and the issue of allowing laborers to do clerical work, referencing a conversation between Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Commissioner William Dudley Foulke. Smith expresses confidence that Senator Hanna and Governor Warren G. Harding will secure a Republican win in Ohio against Democratic candidate for Governor Tom Loftin Johnson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-26
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson discusses Ohio politics and the upcoming election, predicting Democratic candidate for Governor, Tom Loftin Johnson’s defeat due to his association with socialism, as well as a struggle for Senator Hanna. Wilson comments the Post Office scandal’s lack of attention in Ohio.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-23
Secretary of the Navy Moody returns Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s letter requesting the discharge of George A. Coleman, ordinary seaman. Coleman’s leave expired September 30, and he has failed to report for duty. The Navy Department is still unaware whether Coleman has returned. Moody would like to help Hanna, but Coleman cannot be rewarded for overstaying his leave. After October 15, Coleman will be a deserter and the Navy Department can only punish him if he is captured.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-16
Problems have arisen regarding the bids for a public building in Cleveland, Ohio. Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna wants the contract to be awarded to Dall & Son as their bid states that the stone will be obtained from a fully developed quarry. However, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw believes the contract will have to go to Bradley & Son and the quarry they intend to use will be fully developed by the time the stone is required. Shaw encloses the letter he wrote to Hanna.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-07
This invitation is for the wedding of Ruth Hanna and Medill McCormick at Saint Paul’s Church in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 10, 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-07
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904; Hanna, Augusta Rhodes, 1842?-1921
The Tippecanoe Club of Cleveland would like President Roosevelt to address the club when he is in Ohio at the last of January. Senator Hanna does not want to add to Roosevelt’s schedule, but would be pleased if he could visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-12
On behalf of the International Board of Women’s and Young Women’s Christian Associations, Mary Witt Eells invites Vice President Roosevelt to deliver the opening address of their biennial conference. The opening of the conference will be on October 29 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-30