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David W. Wood, a “fairly well-to-do poor” person, invites Theodore Roosevelt and his family to stay with him in the mountains of Colorado. Roosevelt can enjoy the outdoors and they can discuss what the country’s poor need and how to build up the country. His father was Samuel Newitt Wood, a pioneer and politician of Kansas.
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1911-08-18
James H. Hawley sends Assistant Attorney General Robb a summary of the confessions given by Harry Orchard and Stephen W. Adams in relation to the murder of Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. Hawley also provides a background history of the Western Federation of Miners, claiming that its leadership has been responsible for numerous acts of violence.
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1906-04-13
The United States Supreme Court has declined to interfere with the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision which led to the ouster of Alva Adams and the seating of James Hamilton Peabody as governor of Colorado. Thus “relieved from judicial silence,” John Campbell, justice for the Colorado Supreme Court, informs President Roosevelt that the outcome was right and just. Adams had “stolen” the election, and the decision dealt a blow to corruption in elections. Campbell also comments on the support and trust in the president expressed by citizens in the West.
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1905-03-21
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson informs President Roosevelt that he has attended to his appointments in Colorado and is now en route to Missouri. Wilson believes that Colorado will turn out for Roosevelt in the impending election. He hopes that the Republican candidates for the House of Representatives in the states that he has visited will help the party keep its dominance in Congress.
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1904-10-22
The former sheriff of Teller County, Colorado, describes events during the Cripple Creek miners’ strike that lead to his forced resignation. A handwritten note indicates that Robertson dictated the statement to a stenographer, but did not sign it because he left Denver before the document was typed.
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1904-09-03
Judge Campbell writes that the political situation looks favorable for both President Roosevelt and Governor James Hamilton Peabody to carry Colorado in the 1904 election.
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1904-09-03
John Wallace Springer discusses the election for mayor of Denver, Colorado, noting that although he was nominated by a great majority of Republican voters, the election was manipulated by the Democratic machine. After the state Republican convention adjourned, the managers of four public utility corporations insisted that an Anti-Wolcott ticket be named, and the Democratic ticket “sold out” to these corporations. Springer thought that he deserved President Roosevelt’s support and wants to know if anyone told him to keep his “hands off of this fight.” Springer points to the appointment of D. A. Barton and George Engs Randolph, who had been Republican candidates for office, to prominent positions by Democratic Mayor Robert Walter Speer as evidence that traitors were working to defeat the Republican ticket.
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1904-08-19
John H. Murphy wants President Roosevelt to respond to “the Colorado situation,” most likely referring to the strike at Cripple Creek. Murphy describes the withdrawal of the militia from Cripple Creek and reports that many miners were “forcibly driven away” from their homes.
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1904-07-30
Secretary of the Navy Morton hopes President Roosevelt will not be “called upon to take sides in the Colorado labor strife,” most likely referring to the strike at Cripple Creek. He believes that speaking negatively about Governor James Hamilton Peabody’s actions would be unpopular. Morton believes that any investigation of this matter must be thorough and does not mean to imply that Peabody “has made no mistakes.”
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1904-07-20
The Trades Assembly of Pittsburgh, Kansas, urges President Roosevelt to investigate the ongoing dispute in Colorado between mine workers and the mine owner’s organization Citizen’s Alliance. They claim the situation is unlawful and that Governor James Hamilton Peabody has overstepped his authority in allowing martial law declared in several counties.
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1904-06-18
J. J. Huckett urges President Roosevelt, on behalf of the Industrial Council of Kansas City, Missouri, to take action against the harsh policies of Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody and General Sherman Bell in the labor dispute in Colorado.
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1904-06-12
Text of a statement from the Western Federation of Miners regarding the strike in Colorado and Governor Peabody’s attitude.
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1904-06-01
Henry Cabot Lodge discusses topics for the Republican Party platform. He discusses politics in Illinois, tariff revisionism, and reciprocity with Canada. The former senator from Colorado Edward Oliver Wolcott has informed him that James Hamilton Peabody will be the Republican nominee for governor of Colorado. Lodge will write after talking to Mr. Hall about what the Boston “reciprocity people” are going to do concerning reciprocity with Canada. New England appears to be showing support for Roosevelt in the upcoming election with support being shown to Charles W. Fairbanks as Roosevelt’s vice-presidential choice.
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1904-06-06
Statement criticizes Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody for calling out the Colorado militia to suppress and arrest striking miners during the Colorado Labor Wars, which includes the recent arrest of Western Federation of Miners President Charles Moyer. The statement criticizes President Roosevelt as being a “military Napoleon” and recommends that citizens should end his political career.
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1904-05-20
John C. Hutchinson requests President Roosevelt’s opinion concerning Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody’s prospective renomination.
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1904-03-14
President Roosevelt would like the Department of Justice to investigate the labor unrest in Colorado.
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1904-08-25
Adjutant General Bell assures President Roosevelt that he has the Denver Coal Strike under control. Bell also mentions his support of H. B. Seaton for appointment as Postmaster of Denver.
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1903-12-10
John Campbell shares the results for Republican candidates in the most recent Colorado election, highlighting cases of election fraud. He endorses the possible appointment of Colorado Republican Committee Chairman D. B. Fairley as governor of Puerto Rico.
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1903-12-09
Colonel Crowder reports that Colorado state authorities can maintain control over the disturbances in the Cripple Creek district at their current level. If sympathetic strikes occur across the state, the federal government will likely need to intervene. Crowder reviews the history of the strike and summarizes the conditions during his inquiry. He includes several appendices with further information about the Cripple Creek Strike.
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1903-10-14
Brigadier General Bell encourages President Roosevelt to take action against a group of Colorado Republicans led by Senator Edward Oliver Wolcott who oppose Roosevelt’s presidential nomination in 1904.
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1903-01-14