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Governor Yates lists politicians supported or appointed by President Roosevelt, who have opposed Yates and supported other Republican candidates in the campaign for Governor of Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-27
Newspaper article finding fault with the Roosevelt White House for its high expenses and poor treatment of “relics and heirlooms.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-06
F. Norton Goddard analyzes the congressional election from New York’s 12th District which was won by William Bourke Cockran. Goddard believes the outcome justifies not nominating a Republican candidate in the district. The distribution of votes indicate voter fraud that must have been supported by Republican election inspectors. Goddard warns that the results from any state are questionable if Republicans participate in fraud.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
A defense of American intervention in the Dominican Republic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-22
The article chastises the Republican State Central Committee of Louisiana for including white supremacist statements in an official address. The Republican Party of Louisiana is mostly composed of African Americans but white Republicans use the party for patronage and profit, not principle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-19
Only people who object to a square deal for everyone are opposed to President Roosevelt. Roosevelt will do his duty fearlessly and ensure that all interests are equal before the law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-29
Text of the speech “Pass Prosperity Around” by Albert J. Beveridge, Temporary Chairman of the Progressive National Convention, which lays out progressive principles and goals.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
Reprint of an editorial that attempts to reconcile George W. Perkins’s reputation as a financier and big businessman with his support of the Progressive Party.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
President Roosevelt has rejected Senator Platt’s efforts to have Appraiser Wakeman removed from his position at the port of New York. Wakeman is an honest official that has combated “cheating importers” aligned with Platt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-07
Henry H. Smith asks President Roosevelt to delay submitting Smith’s communication to Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage. He assures Roosevelt he does not have any quarrels with George R. Bidwell; however, Bidwell has led Gage astray on certain issues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-21
President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd in Lincoln, thanking them for their greeting and thanking the veterans for their service. He then discusses “good government” and its relationship to individual character. He also congratulates the citizens on their prosperity and educational system.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-27
Governor Winfield T. Durbin of Indiana has refused to return William Sylvester Taylor to Kentucky because he does not believe Taylor will be fairly judged by Judge Cantrill. Governor John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham of Kentucky has defended Cantrill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Michael P. Bolan summarizes the reports he has gathered from acquaintances regarding George W. Lieberth, a recently appointed collector of internal revenue. Lieberth is reported to have often drunk, gambled, and engaged in bribery. A closing memorandum has contradictory statements that support Lieberth as an honorable man.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-25
John Grant protests his removal as United States Marshal and portrays President Roosevelt as a tyrant and demagogue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-14
Theodore Roosevelt updates Frances Theodora Parsons on his libel trial in Syracuse, New York. He criticizes the character of William Barnes and the judge’s legalistic approach to the case.
1915-05-06
Governor Roosevelt believes that one of the most difficult parts of leaving the governorship is leaving Frances Theodora Parsons and James Russell Parsons in Albany, New York. Roosevelt enjoyed the work and interacting with others “hard at work for decency,” particularly Parsons’s husband, James.
1900-06-26
Theodore Roosevelt offers some opinions on “legitimate campaign expenses.” In a postscript, he requests a particular type of “transparent soap.” Two pages are missing from the letter.
1886-04-15
Governor Roosevelt has been busy with “parochial politics” and is in a fight over the “Payn business.” He believes that Louis F. Payn “is a crook, pure and simple.” Roosevelt has been wrestling for exercise but his various injuries have him considering a switch to boxing.
1900-01-22
President Roosevelt is pleased that Anna Roosevelt Cowles has joined the National Grange and that she is at Farmington at this lovely time of year. He is uncertain about Representative Lilley’s trustworthiness; he is also satisfied that Congress made at least some progress this year before the recess.
1908-05-31
President Roosevelt has been under pressure from financial and political interests, but has already agreed that the cabinet position belongs to William H. Taft. Roosevelt is put off by such attempts to influence his decisions and is disgusted by the role some newspapers, including the Sun and the Journal, have tried to play in the process.
1903-08-24