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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
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses several newspaper articles and congratulates President Roosevelt on his political positioning against Senator Platt and William Jennings Bryan. He supports George B. Cortelyou’s appointment as Secretary for the new Department of Commerce and Labor.
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1902-09-15
Philo Pratt Hotchkiss offers to deliver a letter to Senator Platt with “about a hundred signatures from prominent bankers and merchants” supporting President Roosevelt as the 1904 Republican presidential nominee.
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1902-09-11
Representative Littauer has felt Senator Platt’s “vindictive attacks” and intends to let the public know the truth. He supports Creed M. Fulton as a candidate for Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
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1902-08-16
Nevada N. Stranahan assures President Roosevelt that the platform will contain satisfactory language and urges the appointment of George W. Ray as district judge.
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1902-08-31
F. Norton Goddard discusses New York politics. He believes that Attorney General Philander C. Knox and Secretary of War Elihu Root are damaging the reputation of the Roosevelt administration.
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1902-08-12
Abraham Gruber believes that Secretary Platt is against F. Norton Goddard and President Roosevelt.
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1902-08-06
William Allen White is pleased with recent political developments.
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1902-08-06
F. Norton Goddard provides insight into New York politics. He believes that Senator Thomas Collier Platt is false to President Roosevelt. Goddard has not been taken into the confidence of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. He does not believe that Mayor Seth Low can be reelected and should not be renominated.
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1902-12-24
Summary of a letter from Senator Platt pertaining to the appointment of A. H. Green to the international commission investigating the water boundary between the United States and Canada.
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1902-06-10
F. Norton Goddard writes to President Roosevelt about efforts to find John Shea a civil service position. The Collector wants to make Shea either pay master or cashier. Goddard thinks that Senator Platt should have input in this decision, but he left for Washington suddenly. In an additional handwritten note he adds that the government should move against the coal trust, which is worse than the meat trust and “cuts a bigger figure in the average working man mind.”
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1902-05-14
Frederick William Holls and Senator Platt support Gustav Schleuter for the position of postmaster in Yonkers, New York, arguing that the incumbent, although a loyal Republican, has run a post office that is dirty and disorderly.
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1902-04-26
J. M. Sears encloses an article and believes that Senator Platt and Terence Vincent Powderly are behind the charges against Edward F. McSweeney.
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1902-04-07
Edward G. Riggs requests that he receive the letter for the Amen Corner dinner by April 1.
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1902-03-27
George W. Dunn encourages President Roosevelt to attend the Brethren of the Amen Corner’s dinner at which Senator Thomas Collier Platt is to be the guest of honor.
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1902-03-13
Edward G. Riggs persuades President Roosevelt to attend the Brethren of the Amen Corner’s dinner for Senator Platt.
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1902-03-13
Joseph Bucklin Bishop has accepted the invitation for Thursday evening and hopes he can have a private talk with President Roosevelt on Friday. The rumored alliance between President Roosevelt and Governor Odell against Senator Platt has lessened the opposition to Odell’s Lunacy and Charity Bills.
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1902-02-03
Joseph Bucklin Bishop fears that Governor Odell’s policies are hurting the party, and could enable a Democrat to replace him as Governor. Odell has upset the business community, angered lawyers by attempting to control the assignment of judges, and treated the “charity people” poorly. Bishop suggests they “throw Odell overboard” by ensuring that he is defeated at the New York State Republican Convention.
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1902-01-31
Walter Butler Atterbury has heard that Robert A. Sharkey will not be reappointed as Naval Officer of the Port of New York and he would like to be considered for the position. He lists some of his qualifications and points out that he has good relations with some New York politicians.
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1902-01-18
Edward G. Riggs has received President Roosevelt’s letter regarding Charles William Anderson and the ministership to Haiti. The Amen Corner Association will be sending an invitation for a non-political dinner in honor of Senator Platt even though Roosevelt has already responded that he cannot attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-20