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Senator Robert M. La Follette will be leaving Washington soon to campaign aggressively in Ohio, William H. Taft’s home state. Public opinion has changed, indicating La Follette is not in the running for the nomination, instead Theodore Roosevelt and Taft will be the ones to fight to lead the Republican Party.
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1911-12-14
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1917-07-23
Stricker, Josephine M., 1878-1944
Brown, Walter F. (Walter Folger), 1869-1961
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Theodore Roosevelt introduces George von Lengerke Meyer to Carl T. Bauch, a republican from Ohio who ran for State Senator near Toledo, Ohio but lost by landslide. Bauch wishes to bring his son’s case regarding the Naval Academy to Meyer.
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1911-10-19
Theodore Roosevelt tells Frank Auth he will not be able to visit Toledo, Ohio, and that he has been trying to find time to perform a speech in Columbus to which he has already committed himself.
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1917-12-03
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks J. A. Taggart for his frank letter regarding a pamphlet.
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1912-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs John Mulholland that Roosevelt cannot choose who goes in front of the Senate Committee investigating the political contributions Standard Oil gave the Republican Party in 1904. Roosevelt only wants the facts to be known in the case. The secretary encourages Mulholland to continue talking with Walter F. Brown in order to do good work together.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt will do as Alexander H. Martin suggests. Roosevelt then inquires into an allegation that Ohio Progressives have endorsed the Republicans in Toledo and the Democratic opponents of Congressman Taylor. Roosevelt is concerned because he does not want Congressman Longworth to think Roosevelt is discriminating against him.
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1912-08-28
In answer to Edward Schuler’s question, Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes that Roosevelt’s presidential nomination will be seconded by Dean William Draper Lewis of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Richard Pearson of Richmond, California; and Governor Hiram Johnson of California.
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1912-06-12
Theodore Roosevelt thanks George P. Waldorf for his support and is glad that his district of Toledo supports his campaign.
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1912-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Truman Handy Newberry for the telegram and is pleased with the victory in Ohio as he hopes it settles the nomination.
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1912-05-24
Frank Harper explains to Edwin Morrell that Theodore Roosevelt is unable to serve on Morrell’s advisory board.
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1911-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Curtis C. Lynd for the letter and asks him to read his speeches from Cleveland and Toledo.
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1911-01-20
President Roosevelt relays to Senator Lodge a telegram from Ward (probably William L. Ward, member of the Republican National Committee). The telegram states that William Jennings Bryan intends to do another tour through Ohio, and that the situation there, especially in Toledo and Cleveland, needs to be strengthened. Representative William S. Bennet requests that Lodge speak in Cleveland, Toledo, and Buffalo, as he is not needed in Massachusetts.
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1908-10-16
President Roosevelt asks Tuskegee Institute Principle Booker T. Washington for his opinion of Charles A. Cottrill. Though Roosevelt would like to appoint Tyler, he may not be able to.
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1907-02-16
President Roosevelt thanks L. V. McKesson for the nice letter he sent to Secretary of War William H. Taft, and was impressed by what he wrote. He reminds McKesson, however, that he as president only controls the nominating portion of the process appointing people to government positions, and that it is the Senate who confirms them. If he is notified by senators that they will reject a candidate, it is a waste of time for him to nominate them. For local positions, this places a great deal of power in the hands of the senators from the state affected, as most of the senate follow their wishes. Much of Roosevelt’s power, therefore, is that he can “refuse to appoint any unworthy man, and to remove any man of proved unworthiness.” While Roosevelt would not now appoint George P. Waldorf, Internal Revenue Collector for Toledo, Ohio, to his position, the Treasury Department investigated him and did not find anything warranting his removal.
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1906-07-07
President Roosevelt cannot accept the invitation of the McKinley Memorial Association of Toledo, Ohio, as he has already turned down several similar invitations. In the Jewell matter, Roosevelt has already made arrangements for James A. Jewell’s successor and will not give Jewell an extra three months.
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1903-08-01
G. C. Brown tells Theodore Roosevelt about his travels near the Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona six years ago, and tells him where to write if he wants to read the full chapters he has written about the trip.
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1911-10-16
Maurice H. Cole shares his views with Theodore Roosevelt regarding a number of topics, including public lands given to trusts and special interests; progressive reform measures like the initiative, referendum and recall; the influence of Catholics and socialists on the United States; and relations between labor and capital, and how the government can help arbitrate conflicts.
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1911-07-26
Representative Longworth acknowledges the importance of the appointment of the collector at Toledo by President Roosevelt, not in itself but as an indication of who will be consulted on such appointments in future. Longworth will wait to update Roosevelt on political conditions in Ohio until they meet in Washington, D.C. He details Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s travel plans and relays that she was disappointed that Roosevelt did not receive her letter. He jokes about Aunt Ia’s (i.e. Maria Longworth Storer) new edition of Roosevelt’s letters.
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1907-05-16
Representative Longworth notifies President Roosevelt that Arthur I. Vorys and Charles Phelps Taft asked him to endorse George C. Dunham for the Toledo collectorship. Longworth knows Dunham well and recommends him. He is going tomorrow to the Republican conference in Columbus, Ohio, and will write to Roosevelt afterwards.
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1907-05-13