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President Roosevelt encourages his sister to hire a lawyer from outside the family, regardless of whether a Roosevelt might be qualified for the work. Roosevelt also shares his impressions of Alton B. Parker’s campaign platform.
1904-08-11
President Roosevelt is frustrated with Attorney General Moody for speaking to Anna Roosevelt Cowles after already addressing a particular situation with him. Roosevelt hopes that Moody and Secretary of the Navy Morton do not discuss it further on their own and he has written to each to explain this. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will study with a tutor rather than go back to Groton so that he can enter Harvard next year.
1904-08-30
Governor Roosevelt shares his thoughts about several potential positions he might pursue, including the Governor Generalship of the Philippines, the Vice Presidency, or a cabinet position. He is satisfied with his work and his legacy, having fought for truth and decency; he is more than happy with his friends.
1900-01-23
Governor Roosevelt does not want the vice presidency; instead he wants to continue to be governor, where he believes he can accomplish more. With regard to the Second Boer War, Roosevelt sympathizes with the British, for he sees that they and the Boers are both fighting for that in which they believe.
1900-02-02
Governor Roosevelt has firmly decided he will not accept the Vice Presidency. He is corresponding with Frederick Courtenay Selous, a big game hunter from South Africa, about the Second Boer War.
1900-02-05
Governor Roosevelt describes how he has learned to navigate the political challenges of his office while ensuring that work is done honestly and transparently.
1900-02-27
Governor Roosevelt asks for advice about the nurses’ bill. Roosevelt states that he is taking care of the children while Edith Roosevelt is away, and describes them as being “really very cunning.” He also discusses the daily business of governing New York.
1900-03-14
Walter Wellman claims that bankers and financial interests are opposing President Roosevelt by spreading rumors that Roosevelt is unpredictable and therefore dangerous to commerce and banking.
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1904-01-30
Ten professors from Yale University signed a petition protesting the Roosevelt administration’s actions in Panama. A subsequent petition, signed by fifty Yale professors, supports the administration and ratification of the treaty.
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1904-01-29
Newspaper article supporting Republican State Chairman Fairley’s call to move away from machine politics and select candidates of “high character.”
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1902-05
Pages 87-92 of an unknown edition of Out West include a section entitled “In the Continental Neck,” which is highlighted. It faults Panamanian leaders for not properly earning their new republic and the United States for not dealing fairly with Colombia.
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1904-01
President Roosevelt denies reports that his administration would attempt to pack the convention with federal officeholders. President Roosevelt would rather lose the nomination then exert influence on federal office-holding delegates.
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1904-01-25
Two pages from the January 16, 1904, edition of The Churchman with the article “Loyalty to the Nation Involves Loyalty to Its President” highlighted. The article argues that opposition to the president should be based on “high grounds of principle.”
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1904-01-16
The unknown author claims that the “anti-Roosevelt scare in Minnesota” was created by Governor Van Sant so that he would be the biggest name in the Minnesota delegation to the Republican National Convention. Van Sant wanted to be viewed as the only trustworthy Roosevelt supporter in the state and cast doubt on the pro-Roosevelt credentials of other prominent Minnesotans.
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1904-01-20
Newspaper article questioning Representative Dalzell’s accusation that William Bourke Cockran accepted money to campaign for William McKinley in 1896. Dalzell has only succeeded in raising Cockran’s profile. His accusation cannot be proven and if it could, it would only damage Dalzell’s own Republican Party.
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1904-04-27
General Reyes transmits the Colombian government’s report concerning American policy towards Colombia and the revolution in Panama. He lists the treaties and instances where the United States has shown a disregard for Colombia’s territorial rights and has taken advantage of their weakened state.
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1904-01-06
Yick Nam Quan urges President Roosevelt not to return a Christmas gift he sent. Quan has known Roosevelt since he was the police commissioner and hopes to continue to help New York City and the government “run down the wrongdoing.”
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1903-12-21
Newspaper article faulting President Roosevelt for not taking any action regarding the Conrad-Bonaparte report on the postal scandals.
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1903-12
The unnamed author faults Senator Arthur P. Gorman for changing his views based on his own political goals. As an example, the author provides contradictory statements Gorman made regarding President Roosevelt’s attitude toward African American rights.
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1903-11-01
Lawrence F. Abbott is pleased with the Alaskan boundary decision as it lays a practical basis for the arbitration of international disputes and “adds lustre” to the State Department of President Theodore Roosevelt’s administration. Abbott returns a newspaper clipping and is pleased to see that some Mississippians recognize the “value of high standards in political life.”
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1903-10-30