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William Draper Lewis, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania, enjoyed the work at the National Progressive Convention and offers his impressions on the passage of several of the party’s planks. He will be glad to contribute to the progressive cause, subject to the limitations of his duties at the law school.
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1912-08-11
Medill McCormick and the local committee in charge of the Progressive Convention believe that the convention should be held at the Chicago Coliseum. Illinois progressives have passed resolutions arguing for support of Theodore Roosevelt and calling for county conventions.
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1912-07-16
Philip Battell Stewart is attempting to arrange a compromise with Colorado Republicans that will allow some Roosevelt electors. Judge Lindsey opposes Stewart’s plan and wants an independent Progressive Party. He requests that Theodore Roosevelt wire his approval for a third party movement in Colorado to Chairman Costigan.
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1912-07-17
Herbert David Croly regrets that he was unable to see Theodore Roosevelt. However, he will be in New York next week and will keep any meeting Roosevelt can attend. Croly hopes that he can be of use to Roosevelt’s new party.
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1912-07-17
Judge Lindsey accuses Philip Battell Stewart of seeking a compromise with the Taft Republicans due to his ambition to become governor of Colorado. Many machine politicians are supporting Stewart’s plan and Stewart’s followers will not take part in the Progressive Convention in Chicago. Lindsey supports a fully independent Progressive Party in Colorado and requests Theodore Roosevelt’s approval, which he believes will be decisive in garnering progressive support.
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1912-07-17
Bainbridge Colby encloses a proof of a statement regarding preparations for the National Progressive Convention in Chicago, Illinois. He requests approval of the statement and would like it shown to Theodore Roosevelt.
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1912-07-26
The Colorado Progressive Party will be holding a state convention and is opposed by some progressive Republicans that have a Republican ticket led by Taft electors. Judge Lindsey requests that Theodore Roosevelt state his preference for a fully Progressive ticket or a compromise Republican ticket.
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1912-07-30
Senator Dixon reviews the tentative schedule for the National Progressive Convention which will be centered around Theodore Roosevelt’s speech at noon on Tuesday.
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1912-08-02
Governor Johnson offers his opinion on the presidential campaign and the Progressive Party’s platform and discusses the process of California’s election laws.
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1912-07-08
Due to a previous engagement, Everett Colby will be unable to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York. He also reviews the status of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign in light of the Democratic Party’s recent nomination of Governor Wilson.
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1912-07-03
Several cities have offered to host the Progressive National Convention. Public opinion in California is favorable toward the California delegation’s actions at the Republican National Convention. Governor Johnson suggests that the Progressive Party needs an “adequate publicity bureau.”
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1912-06-28
Governor Johnson offers advice for Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign. Johnson suggests that one man must control the campaign and that man needs to be Roosevelt. Johnson emphasizes that it needs to be a progressive campaign and that Roosevelt should ignore the politicians.
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1912-06-27
Herbert David Croly believes that the creation of a new party is necessary to protect against the “reactionary Republicans” who have, according to Croly, deviated from tradition. He also feels that the House Democrats have proven the “regular Democracy” is malfunctioning. Whatever the new party comes to be called, Croly wants to be part of it.
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1912-06-25
Everett Colby protests the appointment of George L. Record to the Committee of Organization for the Progressive Party without consultation with the New Jersey delegation. Colby claims that Record had previously opposed the Roosevelt campaign and advocated that the New Jersey delegation support Senator La Follette.
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1912-06-24
Henry L. Stoddard summarizes his efforts to line up delegates for Theodore Roosevelt and suggests strategies to use at the Republican National Convention.
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1912-06-08
George W. Perkins has arrived in Chicago, Illinois and is beginning arrangement for the Republican National Convention.
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1912-06-07
Judge Lindsey is trying to set up a statewide progressive organization in Colorado. A progressive delegation will be sent to the Republican National Convention in protest against the Taft delegates sent by the Evans-Guggenheim machine. Lindsey may lead the delegation and is attempting to find lodgings in Chicago.
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1912-05-29
Timothy L. Woodruff, Chairman of the Republican State Committee in New York, reports that he is in serious need of assistance and asks William Loeb about getting the one or two special agents that were promised. The distribution of the patronage in the county offices fell short, and there are weak areas which effect the organization as a whole.
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1907-12-28
New York state senator Frederick C. Stevens asks for President Roosevelt’s support in his campaign for the Republican nomination for Governor. He argues that he is a better candidate than Charles Evans Hughes or the incumbent Governor Frank Wayland Higgins.
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1906-09-11
Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Texas Republican Committee, feels that the department erred with its recent post office appointment at Denison as it dealt the party a very severe blow in the state. Pressing business will keep Lyon from being in Washington, D.C., until the 12th or 15th of June. He asks that if any Texas appointments are to be considered contrary to his recommendations, these appointments be deferred until he has the opportunity to voice his concerns and opinions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-25