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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary assures George E. Allen that Roosevelt’s platform includes the subject that George E. Allen is concerned about.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt sends his regard to George A. Duffield’s friend Mr. Stanger and agrees with Duffield that this is a fight against big business and corrupt politics.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that W. B. Freeman likes that plank of his platform.
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1912-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt thinks Richard Wilson Knott has a fine idea and will try to get it on the platform.
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1912-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Lloyd A. McBrier for all that McBrier personally did and appreciates the “splendid fight” on behalf of the campaign in Pennsylvania. Roosevelt believes he will be nominated and knows he can rely upon McBrier “to be in the forefront of the fight” in the fall.
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1912-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt confirms his political principles for William Wingate Sewall.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt comments on the resolution Richmond Pearson plans to introduce. Roosevelt writes that he stands by every southern state with a real Republican party.
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1912-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells M. Louise Anderson that Roosevelt has not heard of the term “medical freedom” or of a movement against it.
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1912-05-09
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson for his letter to Kermit Roosevelt and wonders why Ferguson did not write up his trip to the Hudson Bay, as he is one of the few people who can “see clearly and beautifully and then write about what they have seen.” Roosevelt does not feel like he could shirk leadership at the present time, as too many people want him as a leader as well as some “decent” leadership. Although he does not believe he will be nominated as the Republican candidate for president, Roosevelt does not trust the Democratic party to solve the problems at hand. He also mentions the split within the Republican party: the “stupid and sometimes sinister reactionaries under the flabby leadership of President Taft” and the “foolish and violent extremists under the purely self-interested and demagogic leadership of Robert M. La Follette.” Finally, Roosevelt encloses a copy of the speech he made at Carnegie Hall and notes the safe return of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt from Panama and Costa Rica.
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1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt has seen the proposed progressive platform and requests permission from Senator La Follette to allude to the five principles of the platform in an article Roosevelt is writing.
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1912-02
Theodore Roosevelt advises Richard Washburn Child the platform of principles is excellent, there are just a few points Roosevelt would like explained or to annotate.
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1911-12-15
Theodore Roosevelt is glad to hear from Leigh S. J. Hunt and wishes he could see him. He is concerned about Hunt’s observations of the business outlook. Hunt did well expressing Roosevelt’s platform.
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1911-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edmond Haggard Madison for his letter. Roosevelt discusses the position of Progressive League leaders on reciprocity.
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1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with William Dudley Foulke about the Progressive League. He sympathizes with their purpose but does not think the platform is efficient. He would like Foulke and Lucius B. Swift to come to Oyster Bay sometime to consult with him.
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1911-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt complains about misrepresentations in the press, such as publications appearing in Hearst’s American, and including a recent conflict with Governor Baldwin and previous battles with Senator Platt. He agrees with Senator Lodge regarding Canadian reciprocity and is distressed at the many contradictions in the potential treaty. Roosevelt believes that the Lorimer case is very clear. He views Senator Lorimer’s unexpected election, corrupt past, and the bribery confessions of Illinois legislators as sufficient proof of Lorimer’s guilt.
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1911-01-31
Roosevelt acknowledges the letter he received from Senator La Follette. He is hesitant to sign the call to join the National Progressive Republican League which Senator La Follette and Senator Bourne (R-OR) are about to issue, and he wishes to discuss the matter with La Follette in person.
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1910-12-30
Theodore Roosevelt is in general accord with the Wisconsin platform and believes that Wisconsin has taken the lead in “practical efficiency of progressive state legislation.” However, Roosevelt is not prepared to join the National Progressive Republican League as suggested by Senators La Follette and Bourne. States vary on the progress they have made towards progressive principles and Roosevelt prefers a broad platform that will give strength to the progressive movement and not surprise people into opposition. Given some time, Roosevelt believes that many people will gravitate towards progressive principles.
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1911-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt sends South Carolina Governor Blease a copy of his speeches to give to his friend. While all the speeches deal with his idea of “New Nationalism”, he suggests that the friend specifically look at the speech he gave in Syracuse, New York.
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1910-12-23
Frank Harper was glad to receive Elijah E. Knott’s letter and copy of the American Reform Party platform. Theodore Roosevelt does not wish anything to be forwarded that is not of personal importance, but Harper will try to forward the letter and platform to him.
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1909-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the reprint of Franklin Edmonds’ paper. Roosevelt believes the plank in the party platform should have been called “the right of the people to review judgment law.”
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1916-01-05