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J. C. Van Alstyne, president of the Press Clippings Bureau, encloses important editorials regarding the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
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1901-09-07
Since Vice President Roosevelt has traveled to Buffalo, New York, and is unavailable, Frank Hinchman Platt is traveling to the Adirondacks and will be available at his office on Tuesday. He expresses his sympathy for the difficult situation surrounding the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
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1901-09-07
W. Seabury Simmons blames the attempted assassination of President McKinley on Democrats, yellow journalism, Bryanism, imperialism, and anarchism. Simmons recommends banishing anarchists.
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1901-09-07
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt requests that her congratulations be given to Ida Saxton McKinley regarding the good report on President McKinley’s condition. She asks Vice President Roosevelt if she should travel to Buffalo, New York.
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1901-09-08
The unknown writer encloses clippings for Vice President Roosevelt. After being approached by the press, the writer made a statement on how Roosevelt received the news of the attempted assassination of President McKinley. The statement was truthful and creditable to Roosevelt.
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1901-09-09
Curtis Guild expresses his sympathy for Vice President Roosevelt after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He is proud of the way Roosevelt has handled the crisis and commends him for not allowing the police to treat Leon Czolgosz “like a wonder.” Guild thinks Czolgosz should be treated like “vermin” only good for the “muck heap.” There were prayers across the country for McKinley and Roosevelt.
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1901-09-08
James G. Lowdon is pleased with the news about President McKinley’s condition and prays for a speedy recovery.
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1901-09-08
Henry H. Smith has researched and published on “presidential inability” and believes his expertise could be useful after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He sends an article he wrote on the subject that was published in the North American Review.
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1901-09-08
E. A. Sumner prays that God will guide Vice President Roosevelt and protect the life of President McKinley.
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1901-09-08
A. R. Whitney is praying that President McKinley’s life will be spared.
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1901-09-08
Robert E. Carey sends a message of support to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt after hearing of the attempted assassination of President McKinley. Vice President Roosevelt has Carey’s prayers and best wishes. Carey is confident Roosevelt is “equal to any responsibility.”
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1901-09-09
Horace B. Fry relates his experience with helping Chester Alan Arthur after he heard James A. Garfield had been shot.
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1901-09-09
Wilhelm Snyman was shocked by the attempted assassination of President McKinley and prays he will recover. Snyman extends his sympathy to Vice President Roosevelt and the American people.
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1901-09-09
Catherine McLean Brown New has received Vice President Roosevelt’s kind message and was shocked at the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
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1901-09-09
James A. Wetherbee, who attended Harvard at the same time as Vice President Roosevelt, sends his condolences after the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
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1901-09-09
Henry T. Allen is busy with his work in the Philippine Constabulary and is working closely with the Philippine administration. According to the news that has arrived in the Philippines, it appears that President McKinley will not recover, but Allen believes the country is fortunate that Vice President Roosevelt is available to accept the burdens of the presidency. Allen has been in the Philippines for around three years and has been thinking about his future. He hopes to succeed Colonel Mills as superintendent of the United States Military Academy and believes he would have General Corbin’s support.
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1901-09-10
Evert Jansen Wendell accepts Vice President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch at Oyster Bay, New York, on September 27. He asks Roosevelt to preside at a dinner for an English athletic team being held by Harvard and Yale. Wendell congratulates Roosevelt on the news of President McKinley’s recovery from an attempted assassination.
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1901-09-10
Albert Baird Cummins expresses his gratitude that President McKinley is progressing towards recovery. He has been appalled by the emergence of a movement to subvert the government and assassinate its officials. Cummins is pleased that Vice President Roosevelt has agreed to make two speeches in Iowa and suggests the meetings be held in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, Iowa.
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1901-09-10
It is understood that Vice President Roosevelt has agreed to speak at two political meetings in Iowa and William Greene Dows would like one of the meetings to be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Albert Baird Cummins has agreed to the Cedar Rapids location. Dows understands that the attempted assassination of President McKinley will stop campaigning until McKinley’s recovery is assured. However, as soon as the date for Roosevelt’s trip is fixed he would like to know in order to “arrange for the greatest political demonstration Iowa has ever witnessed.”
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1901-09-10
Francis V. Greene was shocked by the attempted assassination of President McKinley and calls for the government to turn its attention to “exterminating anarchist vermin.” He believes Vice President Roosevelt’s “native good sense” will see him through this difficult time and pledges his support.
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1901-09-10