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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
Arthur W. Hickman has not called on Vice President Roosevelt in person because he knows Roosevelt is busy with matters of national importance. He prays for the health and strength of President McKinley.
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1901-09-10
James Russell Parsons regrets that his answer could not be more satisfactory. He was anxious about the health of Alice and Quentin Roosevelt but was pleased that their illnesses were “serious only in the newspapers.” Parsons is glad to hear that President McKinley is doing well after the attempted assassination.
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1901-09-10
Jacob H. Schiff is praying for President McKinley’s recovery and is gratified at McKinley’s progress.
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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
James J. W. Fifield suggests that Vice President Roosevelt call for a day of prayer and thanksgiving for the recovery of President McKinley.
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1901-09-11
Now that the grave danger to President McKinley’s life has passed, H. I. Cleveland compliments Vice President Roosevelt’s conduct during the crisis. Cleveland regrets missing Roosevelt when he was in Chicago, Illinois.
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1901-09-11
On behalf of a reporter, Job E. Hedges asks if Maude Roosevelt Davidson is Vice President Roosevelt’s first cousin. Hedges is pleased that President McKinley is doing better.
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1901-09-11
Josiah Strong has decided he would prefer to meet with Vice President Roosevelt in person and will wait for Roosevelt to return from his trip. Strong is hopeful for President McKinley’s recovery but is thankful that Republicans nominated a vice president worthy of becoming president.
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1901-09-11
President McKinley is “critically ill.”
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1901-09-03