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Although Senator Hanna opposes the Ohio State Republican Convention’s endorsement of President Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nomination, he is not a candidate for the nomination and does not oppose Roosevelt’s eventual nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-23
There is a debate over the Ohio State Republican Convention endorsing the nomination of President Roosevelt as the Republican presidential candidate. Senator Foraker favors the endorsement and Senator Hanna is opposed. Hanna favors Roosevelt’s nomination but does not believe it is appropriate to introduce the presidential issue until next year. All Ohio Republican leaders support Roosevelt and Hanna’s opposition is only raising questions of his own presidential ambitions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-24
Newspaper article theorizing on the process of selecting the Republican vice presidential candidate and on Senator Hanna’s goals during the Republican National Convention.
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1903-06-22
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports on the 1903 Iowa Republican Convention. The convention was generally harmonious and the resolutions were generous to President Roosevelt. The West is enthusiastic for Roosevelt and Wilson expects large campaign contributions.
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1903-07-02
Lafayette Young reports that the Iowa Republican convention has killed the “Iowa idea” on the tariff and encloses multiple newspaper articles about the issue. This will not affect President Roosevelt as Iowa is for Roosevelt “first, last, and all the time.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-02
Senator Hanna does not believe it is appropriate for the 1903 Ohio State Republican Convention to endorse the nomination of President Roosevelt. Any endorsement should wait until the 1904 convention. Hanna reiterated that he is not and will not be a candidate for the presidential nomination.
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1903-05-24
Attorney General Knox conveys the response he will give to General Bingham regarding his participation in the Pennsylvania Convention.
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1903-05-07
William H. Brawley describes William Demos Crum’s “treachery” at the Minneapolis Convention and views any appointment Crum receives as a mistake.
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1902-12-12
Democratic papers are claiming that President Roosevelt is attempting to punish Senator Pritchard for the policies he pursued in North Carolina. Pritchard has delayed giving a statement until he can clear his comments with Roosevelt. Pritchard claims he has only been attempting to build up the Republican organization in North Carolina and that no one was excluded from the Greenboro convention.
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1902-11-21
The writer considers the probability of Grover Cleveland being nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate. They dismiss William Jennings Bryan, and argue that it is unlikely that the Democratic Convention will endorse Cleveland. The writer also makes a comparison between Cleveland’s current position and the situation faced by Ulysses Grant at the 1880 Republic National Convention.
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1903-05-13
James Sullivan Clarkson suggests replacements for former United States Attorney Vaughan who was removed due to his role in excluding African American delegates from the Alabama Republican State Convention.
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1902-09-27
Ambassador Clayton is glad President Roosevelt is well after his accident in Pittsfield and acknowledges his recent stance on capitalism. Clayton proceeds to review Republican politics and factionalism in Arkansas.
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1902-09-27
Representative Littauer is relieved that President Roosevelt’s leg injury is responding to treatment. He compliments Roosevelt’s Cincinnati speech and would like to discuss “unpublished incidents” of the Saratoga Convention.
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1902-09-27
For the first time, African Americans participated in a Republican conference in Alabama. William F. Aldrich paid tribute to President Roosevelt and called for the state’s delegation to the Republican National Convention to be pledged to Roosevelt.
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1903-05-13
George Rumsey Sheldon expresses relief that President Roosevelt is recovering well from the carriage accident. Sheldon has been working hard at the Saratoga convention but found it necessary to withdraw.
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1902-09-26
Representative Norris summarizes the bill he introduced providing for presidential primaries in all states.
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1912-07-06
The article reports that the Iowa Republican convention was largely harmonious, with a contentious “shelter to monopoly” plank removed from the platform. Although Governor Albert Baird Cummins did not get all of his supporters onto the resolutions committee, the convention was mostly free from conflict.
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1903-07-02
State Senator Tapp spoke before the Populist convention and named himself a Republican on national matters and a supporter of President Roosevelt. Tapp was applauded by the convention.
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1902-08
Otto Gresham has spoken with Robert Metzger who believes that his delegates can be convinced to support President Roosevelt. However, Metzger refused to provide his opinion on the district judgeship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-06
The convention voted approval of President Roosevelt, except for a “few ineffectual kickers from Boston.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03