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State senator Metcalf discusses senatorial candidates and Washington state politics with President of the University of California Wheeler. At Wheeler’s recommendation, Metcalf has been working to build sentiment for Secretary of War William H. Taft as a presidential candidate.
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1907-08-17
Hector M. Hitchings urges President Roosevelt to have Secretary of War Taft speak at the meeting of the West Side Republican Club in support of Charles Evans Hughes’s candidacy for Governor of New York. While Republicans think Hughes will be elected by a heavy majority, no one is able to accurately gauge the sentiment of that class of people who make up a large bulk of the state. Hitchings thinks having the influence and bearing of Taft at the meeting will combat support for William Randolph Hearst.
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1906-10-24
Warner Miller warns President Roosevelt that in manufacturing towns, there may be a secret movement among employees to vote for William Randolph Hearst in the New York state election. He is concerned that the present state campaign is ignoring the national issues and believes that only Roosevelt can change the present condition of the campaign.
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1906-10-16
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about a serious situation developing in Massachusetts politics. At a recent state convention of the American Federation of Labor, the group denounced Lt. Governor Draper and nine of the eleven Republican Congressmen. Lodge believes that “Gus”, his son-in-law Augustus Peabody Gardner, “is a good fighter, but with this labor attack and the character of his opponent he has before him a very severe contest.” His opponent was a man named Schofield, a “Native-american demagogue with a great deal of local popularity.” Lodge spoke yesterday at the state convention in Rhode Island where a “Hearst man” is giving Republicans a tough fight as well.
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1906-10-12
Newspaper clipping featuring various articles from evening edition of The Boston Herald. Notably, an article detailing the activities of District Attorney John B. Moran, who is taking rest after the strain of his duties as both district attorney and his campaign for governor of Massachusetts.
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1906-10-05
Frank Haverty says the people of New York credit President Roosevelt with forcing the nomination of Charles Evans Hughes for the Republican Party, whom decent Democrats could support. He fears, however, that the proposed New York speaking tour of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, and Senator Albert J. Beveridge, among others, will cause thousands of Democrats to vote for William Randolph Hearst or to not vote at all.
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1906-10-10
The majority of the Republican district leaders in Brooklyn favor only Republican nominees for the judiciary ticket. However, Lieutenant Governor of New York and Republican State Committee Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff backs the opinion of the “Committee of the One Hundred,” and favors a ticket with some Democrats. A letter to the editor, written by Courtland V. Anable, a lawyer from New York City, expresses his opinion on the nominees.
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1906-10-02
The Press expresses the opinion that “Republican candidates for Congress should have no opposition from Republicans.” Republican candidates in local elections in Philadelphia were successful, while several districts in the interior of Pennsylvania named candidates against “regular Republican nominees.” The article states that even if there is opposition to the president’s policies, support for a Republican Congress is wise.
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1906-10-02
William Barnes replies to a previous dispatch from President Roosevelt, stating that he must stay aligned with Jacob Van Vechten Olcott for chairman of the Republican County Committee in New York. He will be traveling to Albany that day.
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1905-11-25
Freeman D. Baerman thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, praises his character, and offers his support in the upcoming elections.
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1904-08-27
Anna Roosevelt Cowles reports that public opinion in New York may be turning in President Roosevelt’s favor. A business associate of Mr. Mills in Nevada, however, believes that the Republicans will not carry that state. Cowles writes of her visit with the Reids to the Bayards’ camp. Mrs. Reid has been conducting her own “campaign,” with the force of a political boss, to encourage her black employees to educate their friends and associates to vote for Roosevelt.
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1904-08-18
Benjamin Ide Wheeler discusses the public’s perception of Judge Alton B. Parker, the Democratic candidate for president. Wheeler gives President Roosevelt campaign advice and believes Roosevelt will win the election. He speculates on the vote, noting the possible effect of the Colorado situation. Wheeler hopes that Elihu Root will accept the nomination for governor of New York.
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1904-08-14
Nevada N. Stranahan reports that the political outlook is favorable and that everyone seems to have taken note of the “shifty and weak character of Judge Parker’s speech.”
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1904-08-12
Lyman Abbott writes to President Roosevelt about the political sentiment across the United States and recommends campaign strategies.
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1904-06-07
A staff correspondent for the Chicago Tribune reports on President William Howard Taft’s recent visit to Kansas. Governor Walter R. Stubbs honored the president and accompanied him everywhere. Taft made friends with his smile and good humor, but there does not appear to be much change in political opinion after Taft’s visit. Many Progressives do not agree with his recent actions and policies as President such as the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, vetoing the wool, cotton, and farmer free list bill, and his Canadian reciprocity treaty. There is much opposition to Taft in Kansas, but it is not clear who else might have the vote in Kansas, perhaps Robert M. La Follette, Woodrow Wilson, or Albert Baird Cummins.
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1911-09-29
A staff correspondent reports on President William Howard Taft’s recent visit to Iowa. Taft was respectfully received and listened to, but it is not clear that public opinion was affected by his visit. Many farmers and small business owners were interviewed for their opinion and there was not a consensus for or against Taft among Republicans.
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1911-09-30
Nathaniel H. Wheeler writes to express his appreciation for Gifford Pinchot’s recent article about Theodore Roosevelt in the Saturday Evening Post and show his support for strong characters who care about the public, like Roosevelt and Pinchot. Wheeler also notes his recent attendance at the American Mining Congress in Chicago and hopes that America’s natural resources will remain protected.
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1911-10-05
Following William H. Taft’s election as president, President Roosevelt responds to James C. Martin’s letter stating that many voters would not support Taft because of his Unitarian religion and perceived sympathy with Catholics. Roosevelt takes the opportunity to broadly state that he believes that the faith of political candidates is a personal matter that voters should not take into account. He believes that voting for candidates based on their religion violates the principles of religious freedom that America is founded upon.
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1908-11-06
Arthur Hamilton Lee and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee, are happy that President Roosevelt appreciates their gift of the painting “Seats of the Mighty.” After being president for seven years, Lee believes a year-long African safari is the best curative. He outlines “a plan… for you to visit England without annoyance,” inviting Roosevelt to stay at either his London house or the one in the Highlands. Roosevelt’s reaction to the Olympic controversies delights Lee, who feels international games cause more friction than good feelings. Lee discusses British naval preparation and questions the German policies.
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1908-09-06
A newspaper clipping from the The Brooklyn Eagle discusses the entry of both President Roosevelt and Governor Charles Evans Hughes into the canvass. At present, New York State Republican Committee Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff’s candidates have an advantage over Senator Patrick Henry McCarren’s candidates, but voters should focus on the issues rather than theatrics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10