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Judge Lindsey declares his support for Theodore Roosevelt and his platform. He cannot agree to the compromise suggested by Philip Battell Stewart and believes that Colorado needs a progressive independent movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-11
Judge Lindsey encloses a letter that represents many of the letters he has been receiving which oppose his support for Theodore Roosevelt and a third party campaign. He believes these men can be won over to the Progressive Party at the right opportunity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-07
Gilson Gardner was pleased with Judge Lindsey’s electoral success in Denver, Colorado and is supportive of Lindsey as a potential candidate for vice president. Governor Johnson remains the leading candidate and Lindsey’s affiliation with the Democrats could cause difficulties with the Republican delegates. However, this affiliation could also strengthen the idea that the progressives are an independent, nonpartisan movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-04
In response to a circular requesting political contributions, George M. Newcomer, a longtime Republican, refuses to vote with or contribute to the Republican Party of the State of New York. Newcomer is dissatisfied with the management of the party and accuses party leaders of placing party interests over the people’s interests. Contains inscription to “Riis” that if he thinks the letter “would interest anybody else, you are at liberty to use it. GMN . . . No acknowledgement required.”
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1911-11-10
Garrett J. Benson shares some newspaper clippings with Theodore Roosevelt and comments on the political conditions in Albany, New York, following up on a previous conversation.
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1911-09-07
Alice Lee recommends Learned Hand for appointment to the United States District Court of New York.
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1907-05-14
Maurice Francis Egan thanks President Roosevelt for the letters he sent and hopes that he made judicious use of them. Egan notes his respect for those in New York City who share his religious faith but also believes that the most zealous “drive us on the rocks of sectarianism.” Egan calls the president’s attention to Senator John M. Gearin of Oregon, a Democrat who counts himself among Roosevelt’s supporters, and closes by mentioning a recent piece by Havelock Ellis that may interest Roosevelt.
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1906-02-24
Ansley Wilcox considers himself an Independent politically, although he has been more in accord with the Republican Party than the Democrats, except for the tariff issue. Although he supports President Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks in the present campaign, Wilcox is glad that the Democrats “have nominated so able and safe a man as Judge Parker.”
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1904-08-16
Samuel G. Kerr informs President Roosevelt that he is planning to vote for Roosevelt in the coming election even though he has voted for democratic candidates in the past. Kerr would like Roosevelt to know that one of his “1896 Democratic friends” still believes in him and is glad for the opportunity to support him. He also expresses his disappointment in the present Democratic Party, calling their platform “platitudes…rot and balderdash.”
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1904-08-09
Judge Jones regrets that his disagreement with the referees concerning the removal of Deputy Marshal Colquitt has been put into print. Jones argues that the court must be “absolutely non-partisan in the administration of justice.” Since Jones does not believe that “propriety requires a Judge to keep his mouth shut when his friends are libeled,” he is willing to disprove certain statements if this incident is used “for campaign purposes elsewhere.”
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1904-08-08
Judge Jones asks Marshal Bryan not to remove Deputy Marshal Colquitt from office because he believes that the referees (most likely referring to the Alabama patronage referees J. O. Thompson and Charles H. Scott) have requested this action “for purely partisan reasons.” Jones discusses the power of the court and the influence of partisan values.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-28
The Democrats had recent success in Oregon; however, yesterday’s election, with a Republican plurality of 18,000, shows that the state is firmly in the Republican fold.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-07
Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker struggles under the weight of a number of miniature Democratic political leaders like David B. Hill and Richard Olney brawling on his back. The fighters hold sticks and various signs: “Tammany Hall,” “Brooklyn Democracy,” and “Petty Factions.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-19
Representative Minor expresses concern over the rumor that the Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Charles A. Conrard, is a Democrat. Minor recommends that the position be replaced with a Republican.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-16
Sheet music and lyrics for “We are with T. R.,” a Progressive Party campaign song from the 1912 election. Cover features an illustration of Progressive Party imagery and photographs of Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Johnson. Final page contains Progressive Party principles.
1912
Senator Foraker supports Judge Daniel Thew Wright’s appointment and does not believe Wright should lose party standing due to his participation with the fusion movement in 1897. Foraker has been surprised at the opposition to Wright from George Barnsdale Cox and Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. Foraker opposes Herman Henry Kohlsaat’s appointment as postmaster general.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-28
In his acceptance speech as the presidential candidate for the Progressive Party, Theodore Roosevelt describes the need for the party’s break from the Republicans and his campaign platform.
1912-06-22
President Roosevelt replies to Samuel W. Marvin’s inquiry on New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes and his position on the drafting of legislation relating to the railroads. Roosevelt gives his opinion on Hughes’ divisive effect within the Republican Party and advises that he will pass along Marvin’s letter to the New York Republican State Committee Chairman, Timothy Lester Woodruff.
1908-08-14
Governor Roosevelt responds to a quotation pertaining to the United States and the Philippines sent to him by General Johnson and elaborates on his feelings and previous statements regarding Democrats, in particular William Jennings Bryan. Roosevelt is particularly critical of Bryan’s position regarding the Philippines and conditions for African Americans in the United States.
1900-08-18
Governor Roosevelt describes to General Johnson his nomination for the position of Vice President at the 1900 Republican National Convention and the flood of correspondence he has received since the event, stating that “it is absolutely out of the question to stop the rest of the country”.
1900-06-23