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President Roosevelt received Medill McCormick’s letter and is glad Massachusetts Governor Winthrop Murray Crane will go to Chicago.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
Secretary of War Taft agrees with President Roosevelt on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech and on the negative press from the New York papers. He describes his trip thus far and makes predictions about his success based on what he has been told. In light of the gerrymandering involving Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, Taft asks Roosevelt to help defeat an inadequate constitution in Oklahoma. Taft has asked Joseph L. Bristow to form another report on Panama, and he mentions an editor named Joseph Ralph Burton who has been attacking Roosevelt. Taft discusses the political campaigns and conflicts in the states he is passing through, in particular the political campaigns in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Denver. Taft’s mother Louise Maria Torrey Taft is recovering, and although the trip has been exhausting, Taft has a few days of rest ahead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-30
Chief Engineer Stevens was surprised to learn of Chairman Shonts’s resignation and President Roosevelt’s acceptance. He had understood that Roosevelt was not going to take action without consulting Stevens. Stevens does not desire to be the only one in charge of the Panama Canal construction; he had wanted the post in the Philippines instead and only accepted the position in Panama reluctantly. Stevens wanted to be in charge of construction and not a political actor. He complains that his salary is too low and the “honor” of the position is not enough. Stevens worries that the upcoming election might change the plan for construction, and he expresses particular concern for the future of the Republican party. He argues on behalf of the Isthmian Commission. He is not anxious to continue in the service, and wishes to return to railroad work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
G. W. Woodruff hopes President Roosevelt’s secretary William Loeb will excuse the appearance of an enclosed item, which had been on a train with Gifford Pinchot, acting Secretary of the Interior.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
Frank Harper sends instructions to Senator Joseph Dixon regarding logistics for Theodore Roosevelt’s speeches and transportation during his planned campaign tour. Roosevelt dictated a conversation about the ineffectiveness of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law as enacted by President William Howard Taft’s administration. Roosevelt also takes issue with Taft’s inaction over the tariff and wants a commission established to revise it so that it benefits farmers and laborers. He believes in the people’s right to initiative and referendum, not as a replacement for representative government but as a means of ensuring it. President Taft feels that when the people elected him, “their voice was next to the voice of God,” but that in regard to passing judgment on their own laws they are not “entitled to rule.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03
Frank Harper acknowledges receipt of H. N. Warren’s letter.
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1912-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks J. A. Gwynn for his letter to Roosevelt. The secretary says Roosevelt will be especially pleased that the letter comes from a Confederate Navy veteran.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Reverend Jordan that Roosevelt is not able to fulfill Jordan’s request for a message.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Philip W. Mothersill for his letter to Roosevelt.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks L.T. Myers for sending a letter and extract to Roosevelt.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Emmett J. Scott that Roosevelt will be in Oyster Bay between campaign trips and will see Scott’s notice.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks P. Cooper Tully for his letter to Theodore Roosevelt.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Dr. Woodcock for his letter to Roosevelt.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks E. Petrie Hoyle for the information Hoyle sent to Roosevelt.
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1912-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Howard D. Moses a copy of the Progressive Party platform in answer to Moses’s question about immigration.
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1912-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary suggests Bruce Ryburn Payne contact the board directly as Roosevelt does not have the information Payne requests.
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1912-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks George B. Leonard for sending quotations to Roosevelt.
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1912-09-19
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Dr. Watson for his letter to Roosevelt.
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1912-09-19
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Robert John Wynne for his letter.
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1912-09-19
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Eleanore Osgood Leavens that Roosevelt has never written an article about Irish language and dialects. He refers Leavens to articles in The Outlook and The Century authored by Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-25