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Senator Lodge is glad President Roosevelt enjoyed his letter to Richard Olney. Lodge thinks Roosevelt could refute any bad publicity related to Laura A. Hull Morris that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker might cause. Lodge would like more information from Roosevelt about the state of things in the country.
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1908-10-05
Senator Lodge found President Roosevelt’s most recent letter to be one of the strongest pieces of political writing he has read yet. Lodge is sure Massachusetts will go for William H. Taft and cannot see why other areas would not be similar. He does, however, fear that New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes could potentially be defeated. Lodge encloses his forthcoming reply, to be published in the Boston Herald, to Richard Olney’s claims about electing William Jennings Bryan. Lodge thinks Roosevelt will appreciate the Dickens quote.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-29
A document John Allison sent to President Roosevelt earlier contained a typographical omission which materially changed the meaning of a statement he made. Allison explains the error and encloses a new copy of the document.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-11
John Allison encloses his comments on Richard Olney’s article and asks President Roosevelt which one of them is correct.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-07
Secretary of War Taft discusses the “misuse and abuse” that has led to the concentration of capital “in the hands of the comparatively few,” and the demand of the public for legislation to restrain, regulate, and supervise “the exercise of the mighty means of good and evil which organized capital has proven to be.” Taft stresses, however, it is important to keep in mind that wealth used as capital for the production of goods and services is essential to the life and comfort of the people, and without it, the country would not have prospered. Taft provides a history of government involvement in regulating “organized capital” through legislation and discusses present efforts to expand the rights of laborers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
Attorney General Moody tells President Roosevelt that an closed quotation is not by Roosevelt, but is rather from a dispatch by Richard Olney to Thomas F. Bayard related to the Venezuelan question.
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1904-10-21
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a copy of a speech Taft gave in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He notes that Moorfield Storey published a long letter in the Boston Herald the previous day, and in his spoken remarks, Taft addressed Storey’s “lies.” Richard Olney also opposed Taft in a speech given later the same day. In light of earlier statements Olney made regarding America’s duty in maintaining the Monroe Doctrine, his current position seems inconsistent. Taft also comments that if Grover Cleveland is nominated for president by the Democratic party, the Republicans might lose New York, but their position would be stronger in every other state they were counting on.
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1904-07-03
Senator Lodge has sent U.S. District Judge Edgar Aldrich a reply to his letter and a copy of Richard Olney’s comments concerning Cuban belligerency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-15
As Congress debates Panamanian independence, the U.S. federal judge suggests that a senator should reinforce that “recognition of a new nation was the prerogative of the President alone.”
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1904-01-12
Curtis Guild comments on election results in Massachusetts, noting that Republican gubernatorial candidate John Lewis Bates won the office against Democratic candidate Richard Olney and Socialist candidate John Quincy Adams. Guild thanks President Roosevelt for his kind words and supports him as the presidential candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-04
Nicholas Murray Butler can so far only recommend President Eliot of Harvard University for the Anthracite Coal Strike investigatory committee. He suggests that one member of the committee should be from the Midwest and should be wholly unconnected with either side of the conflict.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-13
Although he finds it difficult, Joseph Bucklin Bishop is on the side of the operators in the Anthracite Coal Strike and is firmly against the lawlessness of the strikers.
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1902-10-13
Senator Lodge addresses the letter that Senator Hoar sent to President Roosevelt, wherein he expressed his displeasure at Roosevelt’s choice of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., for the Supreme Court. Lodge dismisses Hoar’s complaints about a recess appointment, not being formally consulted on the matter, and about Holmes’s legal credentials. Attorney General Moody, Hosea Morrill Knowlton, and Richard Olney believe Holmes a good choice. Lodge supports Roosevelt’s choice and believes Hoar will calm down in time. Finally, Lodge says that Moody has informed him about the problems with Catholics, and he does not believe that the problem will become widespread among voters or the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-01
John Davis Long expects President Roosevelt to receive the Republican nomination in 1904 and to be reelected. He believes third term sentiment will be a disadvantage for Grover Cleveland, who would lose a general election to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-13
Senator Lodge writes President Roosevelt regarding Oliver Wendell Holmes’s possible appointment to the Supreme Court. Lodge will meet with Holmes to determine whether he fully supports the President’s position, before sending him to meet with Roosevelt. Lodge does not like the looks of things in Wisconsin, but believes things are going well elsewhere. He will go on the Committee of Resolutions to make sure “the Philippines, Cuba & you are properly sustained.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-19
Donald McDonald Dickinson offers his opinion on the prospects for President Roosevelt’s administration and the attacks being made on him. Although popular sentiment is with Roosevelt, the organization is likely to oppose him in strength at the next election, and the time to begin preparing for that fight is now. The Booker T. Washington incident and his speech at Arlington hurt him. If Roosevelt could make some statement this fall about his desire to find a solution for the negro problem, it might assuage those in the South who were offended. Dickinson also urges that Abram S. Hewitt and others with large investment interests be made advisers to the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-11