Presidential candidates--Attitudes

President Roosevelt congratulates Samuel S. Koenig on being nominated for New York Secretary of State. Roosevelt has felt intimately involved with the population of the East Side of New York, and part of the reason he was drawn to supporting William H. Taft is because of Taft’s “belief in and appreciation of our citizens such as those whose home is on the East Side of New York.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-22

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt discusses the presidential campaign against Woodrow Wilson with Alford Warriner Cooley.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1912-07-10

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Silas McBee writes to President Roosevelt that the double eagle is a great improvement and he thinks Victor T. Brenner’s article in The New York Tribune covered it fairly. There is promise in the design of the liberty side, but he fails to find it on the eagle side, other than the movement of “E Pluribus Unum” to the edge. He hopes Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign will awaken the country’s young men. McBee praises Representative Herbert Parsons for blocking Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s people, but he won’t be satisfied until there is a knock-out.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-21

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McBee, Silas, 1853-1924

Secretary of War Taft is doubtful about keeping Tomás Estrada Palma in the presidency. Estrada Palma is honest and well-liked by property holders and conservatives. Assistant Secretary of State Bacon believes Estrada Palma should stay for continuity of the government that the United States created four years prior. Taft agrees with Bacon only because there is no suitable Liberal presidential candidate. Removing those House and Senate officials who were elected by fraud would impress upon people the importance of fair elections and stamping out abuses of power. Taft wants the insurgents to lay down their arms and is meeting with their generals today but is doubtful, since some insurgents prefer conflict as they are “lawless persons of no particular standing in times of peace.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-22

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Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Otto Gresham asks that President Roosevelt, in his letter of acceptance, not address Alton B. Parker’s promise not to accept the presidency if he were to be re-elected to a second term. Gresham also thinks that the President will carry Indiana in the election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-30

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Gresham, Otto, 1859-1946

A volcano in the shape of President Roosevelt’s head spews a cloud of “my policies” in the shape of William H. Taft’s head.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1908-09-30

President Roosevelt and William H. Taft attend a man labeled “General Prosperity.” There are “Roosevelt policies” and “bumper crops” on the side table. William Jennings Bryan sticks his head in the window and holds a box: “Doc Bryan’s hard times nostrums.” Caption: Old Doc. Bryan–You need my services. Gen. Prosperity–No, thanks; I have a good doctor and a fine nurse and I will fully recover after November 3d.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-28

Several men—David B. Hill, William James Conners, Charles Francis Murphy, William Jennings Bryan holding a “reform” paper, Roger C. Sullivan, Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, and Alton B. Parker—read the handwriting on the wall: “(Extract from Taft’s letter of July 20-’07) I don’t care for the presidency if it has to come by compromise with Senator Foraker or anyone else in the matter of principle. Taft.” Caption: What a contrast.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-23

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Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962

Secretary of War William H. Taft has been nominated to be the Republican presidential candidate, as President Roosevelt hoped. Roosevelt was able to engineer Taft’s nomination in spite of the number of people who wished to renominate him, and he has high hopes that Taft will be able to continue to carry out his policies. In a brief biographical sketch, the article highlights some of Taft’s accomplishments and preparations for becoming President of the United States, including his time as president of the Philippine Commission, and his tenure as Secretary of War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-19

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