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Francis C. Travers is pleased with the appointment of General O’Brien as secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-16
Richard Wilson Knott sends Theodore Roosevelt an article about the purchase of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company. He acknowledges Roosevelt’s partial endorsement of Judge Elbert H. Gary’s proposal that the government can fix the price of any commodity. However, he disagrees with this notion and believes the solution is to relieve the American market from outside forces that determine prices. Knott agrees with Roosevelt about the necessity of additional legislation like the Sherman Act but warns against the “tyranny of the bureaucrat.” He asks Roosevelt to reconsider his position on the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-04
Leslie Combs recounts the victories won by Progressive Republicans at the Kentucky state convention. Judge Edward C. O’Rear was nominated for governor, Senator William O’Connell Bradley’s candidate for lieutenant-governor was rejected, and O’Rear’s platform was largely adopted. Combs believes that if O’Rear wins, the Progressive Republicans will take control of the state party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14
Richard Wilson Knott regrets that he was unable to visit Theodore Roosevelt on his trip to New York. He shares that in Kentucky the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for governor is Edward C. O’Rear, who is a progressive Republican. Knott hopes that O’Rear will be nominated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-03
Knott, Richard Wilson, 1849-1917
The article outlines the platform of the Kentucky Republicans. Judge Edward C. O’Rear is running for governor on this platform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14