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William Binkley informs Senator Foraker that although the Ohio Republican Convention approved the nomination of President Roosevelt, friends of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna do not accept that action as final and continue to agitate for his nomination.
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1903-08-27
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Draper Lewis for the congratulatory telegram.
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1912-05-24
Although Senator Hanna opposes the Ohio State Republican Convention’s endorsement of President Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nomination, he is not a candidate for the nomination and does not oppose Roosevelt’s eventual nomination.
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1903-05-23
There is a debate over the Ohio State Republican Convention endorsing the nomination of President Roosevelt as the Republican presidential candidate. Senator Foraker favors the endorsement and Senator Hanna is opposed. Hanna favors Roosevelt’s nomination but does not believe it is appropriate to introduce the presidential issue until next year. All Ohio Republican leaders support Roosevelt and Hanna’s opposition is only raising questions of his own presidential ambitions.
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1903-05-24
Senator Hanna does not believe it is appropriate for the 1903 Ohio State Republican Convention to endorse the nomination of President Roosevelt. Any endorsement should wait until the 1904 convention. Hanna reiterated that he is not and will not be a candidate for the presidential nomination.
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1903-05-24
Newspaper article portraying President Roosevelt’s nomination as the 1904 Republican presidential candidate as “irresistible and inevitable.”
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1903-05
Senator Hanna has wisely decided not to oppose President Roosevelt’s endorsement in Ohio.
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1903-06-01
Booker T. Washington informs President Roosevelt that the African Americans living in New York City are in the habit of voting with Tammany Hall on local issues.
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1903-06-22
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a clipping from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune that may reflect Senator Hanna’s sentiments.
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1903-05-17
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb regarding the possibility of President Roosevelt’s re-nomination for the presidency in Ohio. Friends of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna have given a series of interviews to the press, bringing the question of who will be nominated to the forefront.
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1903-05-23
Joseph Bucklin Bishop commends President Roosevelt on how he handled the Ohio controversy and Senator Hanna’s actions.
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1903-05-26
Senator Lodge discusses the ongoing investigations of the Post Office scandal. He asks President Roosevelt to review a copy of a newspaper article by Walter Wellman of the Chicago Record-Herald. Lodge asserts that the publication is critical of him because of his defense of Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne, who, the article seems to imply, might lose his position because of the scandal. Lodge describes having met the president’s wife and sister when he spoke at the Groton School. Lodge also refers to the Ohio intrigue over the state Republican Party’s resolution to nominate President Roosevelt as their candidate in 1904. It pitted Senator Foraker against Senator Hanna.
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1903-05-30
Senator Lodge refers to the Ohio intrigue over the state Republican Party’s resolution to nominate President Roosevelt as their candidate in 1904. The situation pitted Senator Foraker against Senator Hanna and Hanna lost face. Lodge comments on business men and Wall Street people who support Roosevelt, but he also discusses the fears of others who believe Roosevelt sides with labor and wants to destroy businesses like the railroad system. Lodge also mentions concerns about the Post Office sandal.
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1903-06-02
George W. Clark informs William Loeb of political party information given to him by Mr. Fitton. Clark is confident that nothing can prevent President Roosevelt from winning in 1904. If it is necessary, he can give the names of a host of prominent businessmen who will put up their money for campaign purposes for the President.
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1903-06-07
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses clippings regarding the presidential nomination.
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1903-03-26
State Senator Sam Patterson of Pike County does not believe that the Ohio Republican State Convention will indorse President Roosevelt. Elmer Dover, Senator Hanna’s private secretary, echoed Patterson’s sentiments.
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1903-05-12
Senator Hanna believes that the election results from Ohio will be in the best interest of the nation. Hanna is not feeling well and will not be returning to Washington, D.C., until the Friday before Congress meets, but says that there are important issues that he needs to take care of at home regardless.
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1902-11-10
Theodore Roosevelt plans to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination shortly after his speech at the Ohio Convention. He agrees that the upcoming campaign will need a strong organization and gave Governor Hadley’s letter to Mr. Ward, who will be representing the campaign in the Northeast.
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1912-02-13
James Rudolph Garfield discusses a few political matters relating to Ohio.
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1902-08-08
The writer claims that Myron T. Herrick is being groomed as the vice presidential nominee with the approval of President Roosevelt and Senator Hanna.
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1903-05-13