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Frank Harper has met with Theodore Roosevelt who approves of the changes to the cartoon and is glad to have Mark Sullivan working with the campaign.
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1912-10-26
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s secretary thanks B. W. Jordan for the letter and is pleased to hear of the favorable conditions in Georgia. He will forward Jordan’s cartoon to campaign headquarters.
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1912-10-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary discusses a fund transaction with F. E. Edmonston.
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1912-07-08
Theodore Roosevelt was amused by the political cartoon sent by Senator Lodge.
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1912-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt asks John Callan O’Laughlin to return letters or copies of letters Roosevelt wrote to O’Laughlin. Roosevelt believes private and confidential letters between him and O’Laughlin should not be published. Roosevelt does not object to his personal opinions about William Lorimer or Albert J. Beveridge being made public, but not what he said “as to the attitude of other men about [them].” What Roosevelt said to Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge ought to be obtained from Root and Lodge, not from O’Laughlin. Roosevelt is greatly interested in the presidential nominations and O’Laughlin’s views “as to the outcome of [Roosevelt’s] position.” Roosevelt is amused by John T. McCutcheon’s cartoon.
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1911-07-25
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Nathan M. Heller for the political cartoon he drew, but says that it cannot be used in The Outlook. As such, he is returning it.
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1911-02-11
Theodore Roosevelt tells William Hamlin Childs that the cartoon is “very amusing.” Roosevelt expresses particular interest in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle‘s use of the phrase, “too proud to fight,” a statement that President Woodrow Wilson had made in the aftermath of the Lusitania disaster to explain why the United States would not be entering World War I. Roosevelt thinks it will be a long time before any “self-respecting American” will quote those words.
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1915-06-16
Theodore Roosevelt tells John Milliken Parker that the Republicans have returned to power with the most extreme reactionaries but it is not possible for them to permanently win with that leadership. The Democrats also cannot be supported under the Wilson regime.
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1914-11-12
President Roosevelt enjoyed a cartoon from Chicago Evening Post editor John C. Shaffer, but voices his frustration at press coverage claiming he will make two dollars a word for writing about his upcoming African safari. Roosevelt emphasizes he will be travelling as a private citizen, and that the offer he accepted from Scribner’s was half of what he was offered by another publication. Roosevelt is confident that William H. Taft will win the upcoming presidential election.
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1908-07-20
President Roosevelt thanks Clinton Rogers Woodruff for sending the cartoon, which he had not seen and is forwarding to Secretary of War William H. Taft.
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1908-04-14
Roosevelt has told Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou about the cartoon and quatrain and “he is on their track.” Roosevelt has asked the Department of War to communicate directly with Senator Spooner but he would be glad to appoint Spooner’s friend as long as there are no denominations in order or outstanding promises for the position already.
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1906-10-17
President Roosevelt counsels Speaker of the House Cannon to “pay no further attention” to a recent cartoon and the stories surrounding it. Additionally, Cannon “need never waste…time thinking that I will misunderstand you,” as Roosevelt knows Cannon is looking out for the welfare of the country and the Republican party.
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1906-08-25
President Roosevelt is sure that after reflection John A. Sleicher will come to the conclusion that William Jennings Bryan can be defeated by politicians other than Roosevelt. He thanks Sleicher for showing him the nice cartoon, and returns it as requested. Roosevelt clarifies to Sleicher that, regarding the matter of meat packers, he never quoted Upton Sinclair, and if the meat packers had been content to allow Congress to pass legislation quietly they would have avoided the negative publicity that has resulted.
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1906-07-12
President Roosevelt tells John A. Sleicher that his mind is “irrevocably made up” about not accepting the nomination for a third term as president. He also appreciates that Sleicher said in his letter that the Republican party does not belong to corporations, as it is a “party of the plain people.”
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1906-02-28
President Roosevelt thanks John R. Arbuckle for remembering him, and particularly likes the cartoon he sent.
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1906-01-20
President Roosevelt asks Frank E. Rowley of the Chicago Chronicle to thank Everett E. Lowry and Richard Linthicum for the cartoon, which he prizes.
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1906-01-08
President Roosevelt thanks James S. Dunn for sending him the cartoon. It amused him so much that he framed it in a way that allows him to both see the picture and read the editorial on the back.
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1906-01-06
President Roosevelt tells Casper S. Yost that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have already seen and enjoyed the cartoon by DeVoss Woodward Driscoll, and are pleased to have the original. He asks Yost to thank Driscoll for them.
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1905-09-05
Theodore Roosevelt recently saw a political cartoon published in Judge magazine which gives “currency in a pictorial way to a peculiarly base set of slanders.” He asks whether John A. Sleicher, editor of Leslie’s Weekly, is still connected with Judge. While Roosevelt is aware that there are many things that men in public life have to face, and agrees with Sleicher’s last letter, he feels this recent cartoon crosses a line.
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1905-07-21
President Roosevelt found journalist John Revelstoke Rathom’s article and the cartoon interesting and is glad they share the same perspective on the matter, and which Roosevelt believes “all manly men ought to take.” He is also interested in Ranthom’s memory of “the canteen incident at Siboney.”
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1905-01-09