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This excerpt from an Evening Sun dispatch reports that Judge Alton B. Parker did not want to meet anyone except members of the Notification Committee and the National and Executive Committees. When W. S. Rodie made this announcement, the enthusiastic Democrats from the Bowery and the Gowanus Canal were disappointed.
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1904-08-10
The articles details problems with currency and asks President Roosevelt to settle outstanding issues related to moving to the gold standard.
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1904-11-14
“Harper’s Weekly errs in classing the Providence Journal with the newspapers ‘which opposed Bryan and support Parker.'”
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1904-08-25
William Stephen Devery and a saloon known as “the pump” have returned to the Democratic party with fanfare. Although the article points out that Devery had previously been removed from the Democratic party, his return has been greeted warmly by high-ranking party officials including Thomas Taggart and Norman Edward Mack. Other articles on this page include commentary on vice presidential candidate Henry Gassaway Davis’s age, the delay in the opening of the subway system, and the inspection of the boat, the Grand Republic.
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1904-08-03
President Roosevelt believes it is unwise to give an interview to the newspaper. He agrees with William H. Taft’s opinion of the speeches given by J. S. Sherman and Secretary of State Elihu Root. Although he does not care for him, Roosevelt feels Governor Charles Evans Hughes should be renominated. Roosevelt wants Taft to show his personality and offers words of encouragement.
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1908-08-24
The writer reports on the political situation in California, now that Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna has died. It appears likely that the Republicans will nominate President Roosevelt at their state convention next week. If William Randolph Hearst is nominated for the Democrats, there will be a fight to carry California, but it is likely Roosevelt will win the state. If Alton B. Parker or another conservative Democrat is nominated, it is all but certain that he will win it.
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1904-04
Senator Alger sends President Roosevelt the official results of the Michigan popular vote for the presidential election in November 1904.
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1904-12-19
Adolphe Danziger explains the difficulties he faced while trying to foster a movement in the Jewish communities of New York on Roosevelt’s behalf during the last Presidential campaign.
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1904-12-14
John C. Delaney reports to President Roosevelt on election results in Pennsylvania. Delaney praises John Mitchell and Louis N. Hammerling for their work on the campaign.
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1904-11-29
William Dudley Foulke discusses the press coverage written by Carl Schurz during the recent presidential campaign. Foulke sees Schurz’ literary style in a speech of a Democratic candidate, Judge Parker. Foulke has enclosed a clipping of the speech. Foulke is outraged that the New York Post, which did not endorse President Roosevelt, is now praising him since he has won.
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1904-11-14
Representative Smith, a New York Republican, congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent election results. Smith praises Ambassador John Barrett and Hugh Gordon Miller for giving particularly important speeches in his district. Both speakers were especially forceful in countering charges made by the Democratic candidate against Roosevelt.
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1904-11-12
William Wingate Sewall sends congratulations to President Roosevelt on the recent election results. Sewall is extremely pleased by the outcome. He also includes a sarcastic commentary about the Democratic candidate, Judge Alton B. Parker, to amuse Roosevelt.
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1904-11-12
Elihu Root will be bringing his wife and daughter, Edith, to Washington, D.C., to see the bronze sculpture of Frederick the Great given to President Roosevelt by German Emperor William II. Root would like to meet with Roosevelt to discuss the recent election results.
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1904-11-11
Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on winning “one of the most astounding triumphs in modern politics.” Butler believes that Roosevelt owes his victory both to his own character and to the dirty campaign his opponents ran. Roosevelt’s statement regarding his decision to run for a third term was a wise decision, and removes an area which Roosevelt could have been criticized for. Butler reminds Roosevelt of a suggestion that he and William Emlen Roosevelt made last summer to establish the gold standard even more firmly, and wishes for him to take action on this, believing that the Democratic party would follow suit on the issue.
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1904-11-09
Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt that he has “been literally drunk with joy,” since the previous day, in which Roosevelt won his election to the presidency. Bishop approves of Roosevelt’s statement about not running for a third term. Nicholas Murray Butler wished for Bishop to excoriate Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in a newspaper article, but Bishop believes that after the decisive loss Parker suffered, “anything that an individual could say was feeble.” He looks forward to coming to Washington, D.C., soon for a banquet.
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1904-11-09
Jacob A. Riis thanks President Roosevelt for the invitation, but explains that he will be giving a speech and starting off on a lecture tour around that time. Riis has had to give up canvassing, as he “had come to the point where I felt that a blow was the only fitting argument, and I was not going to be quiet.” Riis previously thought Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker was a decent man, but now doubts there are any such men in the Democratic party. He is glad to stand with Roosevelt.
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1904-11-06
Elihu Root weighs in on the bitter campaign fight between President Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker. He believes Roosevelt should remain more careful and reserved in his public statements than Parker.
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1904-11-05
McCall is making an extensive tour in the West, but John A. Sleicher expects he will return on Saturday, and hopes to see him before Monday. He hopes that President Roosevelt has not been upset by Senator Edgar Truman Brackett’s letter printed by the New York Times. The letter emphasizes conditions in the state of New York for which politicians must be held accountable. Sleicher believes that Secretary of War Elihu Root should make a statement on behalf of Roosevelt and George B. Cortelyou regarding a matter they have discussed. He believes that this would protect them from lies that are told repeatedly by Alton B. Parker.
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1904-11-03
Harold Baer says that his uncle George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, is one of the largest contributors to the campaign fund of Alton B. Parker. Due to George Baer’s reputation, this can be printed to good effect.
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1904-11-03
Senator Lodge explains a situation reconciling differences of account between “Harry” and Attorney General William H. Moody regarding the Second Battleship Squadron. Moving on to a matter with Augustus Peabody Gardner, which Lodge finds distressing, Lodge explains that he stands by the recommendation of Moody. He believes Roosevelt will carry New York in the upcoming election. Everyone is stressed due to it being the final hours of the campaign.
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1904-11-03