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Letter from Robert Frederick Wolfe to Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Robert Frederick Wolfe to Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Editor of the Ohio State Journal Robert Frederick Wolfe informs President Roosevelt’s secretary that Wolfe met with Charles Phelps Taft, Representative Theodore E. Burton, and Secretary of the Republican National Committee Elmer Dover. Wolfe engaged in these meetings to learn about Taft’s interests and a possible compromise with Senator Joseph B. Foraker, but says that Dover tried to improperly influence Wolfe’s newspaper. Wolfe claims to have uncovered a plot involving William Randolph Hearst to control both the Democratic and Republican national conventions and the presidential election. Wolfe claims that Franklin Rockefeller told him in an off-the-record interview that moneyed interests from New York were planning to create a financial panic to disrupt Roosevelt’s policies. Wolfe says he is coming to Washington, D.C., to discuss this, but asks that Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield not be told.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-08

Creator(s)

Wolfe, Robert Frederick, 1860-1927

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Floyd Reading DuBois

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Floyd Reading DuBois

Theodore Roosevelt explains to Floyd Reading Du Bois that the unseating of “colored” delegates from the South had nothing to do with their race, but that they were not legally entitled to their seats. In Florida, both the white and the colored delegates were unseated. In Mississippi, Benjamin F. Fridge had called for a “white” convention based on a misunderstanding, and rather than waiting for an adjustment from the National Committee, the unseated delegates held their own illegal state convention. Richard Washburn Child agrees with Roosevelt that the Mississippi decision was legally, not racially, based. Finally, the unseated delegates in Cincinnati were judged to be associated with the Republican Party machine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. T. Beeks

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. T. Beeks

Theodore Roosevelt inquires if W. T. Beeks saw Roosevelt’s statement on the tactics used by President Taft’s people to replace Roosevelt’s delegates at the Washington State Convention. Roosevelt believes that the National Republican Committee will not dare to seat Taft’s delegates for fear of dividing the Republican Party. Roosevelt thanks Beeks for his work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Root that the second page of his last letter is missing, and gathers from context that the second page contained unpleasant remarks about leaders of the Central American Republics and their citizens. Roosevelt has requested campaign literature and party platforms be sent to Root in preparation for his speech to the Republican State Convention, and he knows that Root will do well. Roosevelt is troubled by the animosity surrounding the nomination for Governor of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore E. Burton

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore E. Burton

President Roosevelt informs Representative Burton of his reluctance to be involved in the election of delegates to any state convention. However, if given advanced notice, he could have directed officeholders not to use their positions to control delegates, leaving them free to vote individually “as he saw fit without jeopardy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Henry Justin Allen to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Justin Allen to Theodore Roosevelt

A small controversy has come to Henry Justin Allen’s attention regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s support for the Pure Food and Drug Act. Allen has been giving Roosevelt credit for passing the act, but Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley is claiming that Roosevelt did not encourage the movement and is not entitled to credit. Allen suggests that Roosevelt write a letter on the subject for public consumption. Allen was recently in Utah and does not think it unlikely that Roosevelt can carry the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-29

Creator(s)

Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950

Telegram from Joseph M. Dixon to Theodore Roosevelt

Telegram from Joseph M. Dixon to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Dixon intends to stay in Chicago, Illinois until the Progressive National Convention in order to maintain close contact with the “western situation.” Running full Progressive tickets in state and county elections has created new enthusiasm for a national party. The state convention in Michigan was very successful and Dixon requests that Theodore Roosevelt write a letter of encouragement to Illinois progressives who are organizing county conventions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-24

Creator(s)

Dixon, Joseph M. (Joseph Moore), 1867-1934