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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks R. K. Beymer for the political slogans that were printed in The Outlook.
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1912-09-16
Frank Harper thanks Wentworth B. Winslow for his help with the Progressive Party and for the letters and check Winslow sent.
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1912-09-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains the use of the word “Armageddon” in one of Roosevelt’s speeches.
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1912-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary assures M. S. Harrington that Roosevelt is in favor of the measures referenced in the enclosed speech and platform.
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1912-09-09
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary responds to Lyman J. Coffman while Roosevelt is on his western campaign tour. The secretary notes that Coffman’s question about father-son relations is “a matter of personal opinion.” However, the secretary hopes that some opinions can be inferred from the Progressive Party platform.
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1912-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges to S. A. Templeton that some members of opposition parties will try to mislead voters. However, he hopes that each citizen will take time to read each party’s platform and the histories of the presidential hopefuls and make informed decisions.
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1912-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary assures J. K. Voshell that Roosevelt’s platform toward insurance is not that Americans should buy extra insurance policies, but that the national government should more closely regulate insurance companies so that American citizens are not cheated with fraudulent policies.
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1912-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary directs Gustav H. Zickfeld to the April 9, 1910, issue of The Outlook for Roosevelt’s position on the issue about which Zickfeld inquired.
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1912-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Wallace O. Jones about what small business owners can do during the current economic crisis. He urges Jones to join with the Progressive Party to initiate real change and move away from the political bosses and special interests. He also encloses a speech of Roosevelt’s that he hopes Jones will read.
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1912-09-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Otto B. Pippart a copy of the Progressive Party platform and a copy of Roosevelt’s speech from the Progressive Party convention. These documents ought to answer the questions Pippart sent Roosevelt for inclusion in the official bulletin of the National German-American Alliance.
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1912-09-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary answers Joseph Bachrach’s question by directing him to an article written by Roosevelt in The Outlook in 1911 stating very strongly that Russia should give passports to any American citizen no matter their religious affiliation.
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1912-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks W. T. Foster for his suggestion. It is a question that keeps being asked of Roosevelt, and the secretary hopes Foster’s suggestion will help finally drive the answer home.
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1912-09-06
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks H. B. Hayes for his letter and his support. He encloses a copy of Roosevelt’s speech at the Progressive Party National Convention and the Progressive Party platform flyer.
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1912-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary responds to R. D. Lewis’s questions about Roosevelt’s position on immigration. He directs Lewis to the Progressive Party’s platform plank that deals with immigration since Roosevelt has not publicly spoken on the matter recently.
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1912-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends M. F. Husted Roosevelt’s address to the Progressive Party convention and a copy of the Party’s platform. He urges Husted to publicize the platform and suggests Husted get in contact with Judge William H. Hotchkiss and Regis Henri Post.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes E. E. Finney regarding Roosevelt’s speech at the Hartford, Connecticut, State Fair Grounds. The speech’s theme–“fakers and financial promoters”–is the only issue not already covered in Roosevelt’s other speeches or the Progressive Party platform enclosed in the secretary’s letter.
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1912-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary apologizes that Roosevelt cannot personally respond to each letter he receives and encloses a copy of the Progressive Party’s platform, which he believes can answer most of Gootie’s questions.
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1912-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses the Progressive Party platform, which he believes will answer William J. Harris’s questions.
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1912-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Fanny Morris Smith a copy of the Progressive Party’s platform. He points out that Theodore Roosevelt’s speech in Hartford, Connecticut, addresses a question that has not previously been covered by the party platform or Roosevelt’s other speeches – that of the regulation of securities offered to the general public. Roosevelt supports a national “Blue Sky Law” similar to the one enacted in Kansas.
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1912-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Gifford Pinchot for the article and will make good use of it. Representative Lindbergh has informed Roosevelt that Mr. Haynes is publishing a book on the Democratically controlled House of Representatives. Roosevelt wants to try to tie Woodrow Wilson and his platform with the record of the House. He requests that Pinchot meet with Lindbergh and go over the material.
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1912-08-21