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Albert J. Beveridge reports that Indiana’s Eighth District has elected two delegates for Theodore Roosevelt. This brings Roosevelt’s Indiana delegates to four.
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1912-03-28
William Caruthers shares his views on the relationship between labor and management. He further confides that he plans to devote his journal, The True Republic, to the 1904 re-election of President Roosevelt, and asks for the names of Roosevelt’s friends who can assist him in developing a business plan to achieve this goal.
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1902-04-04
Albert J. Beveridge reports that Indiana’s Sixth District has elected two delegates for Theodore Roosevelt. This brings Roosevelt’s Indiana delegates to six.
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1912-03-28
James M. Scovel muses over newspaper reports concerning Senator Hanna’s plans to run for President in 1904. He conjectures that President Roosevelt’s nomination should be assured with solid support from New York, Pennsylvania, and a share of the South.
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1902-03-18
Herschel V. Jones cautions that President Roosevelt’s position on the railroad question has “disturbed the confidence” of the people, adding that an “undercurrent of alienation” is forming against him. He requests a meeting with Roosevelt.
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1902-03-24
George W. Jolly fears that federal officials in the South are controlled by Senator Hanna, the National Republican Committee Chairman, and will send pro-Hanna delegates to the next Presidential convention. He suggests removing the majority of these officials and replacing them with men who will not use their positions to select delegates for the convention. He concludes with a request that Senator Lodge recommend him for the appointment as collector in Owensboro, Kentucky.
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1902-03-12
Theodore Roosevelt suggests that P. V. Collins of the Northwestern Agriculturalist would be a good candidate to make the seconding speech in Minnesota.
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1912
James M. Scovel has written to Senator Hanna that he will be supporting President Roosevelt as the Republican presidential nominee in 1904 and that if Hanna waits until 1908 he will likely have overwhelming support.
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1902-03-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter from Sidney D. Redmond, stating that Roosevelt would like an African American to second his nomination at the Republican National Convention. If Senator Dixon finds Perry Wilson Howard to be the best candidate, the secretary requests that he contact Redmond directly.
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1912-06-11
Thomas H. Cavanaugh has heard reports of a plan in the western states to break state delegations to the national convention against President Roosevelt. He believes the plan to be associated with the “Rockefeller-Morgan interests.” Roosevelt’s friends are aware of the danger and will work to oppose this effort.
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1902-01-28
The writer questions the legitimacy of William Randolph Hearst’s presidential campaign as his success is primarily based on his own wealth and willingness to spend it.
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1904-03
Governor Hadley encloses a memorandum with Missouri polling results provided by Colonel Nelson. He believes that this information will display whether there is a demand in Missouri for Theodore Roosevelt to be a presidential candidate.
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1912-02-02
J. H. Woodard tells President Roosevelt that Senator Charles W. Fairbanks is favored in Indiana for the Presidential nomination in 1904 but Roosevelt is the second choice. Woodard believes Roosevelt can secure the nomination with careful handling of the Isthmian Canal and Philippine situation. Another important factor will be the careful distribution of patronage and appointments in the South and in Republican states.
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1902-01-23
Richard Wilson Knott is distressed over the factional disputes in the Kentucky Republican Party and is discouraged at the outlook of the Republicans in Kentucky. He supports President Roosevelt’s renomination in 1904 and hopes to avoid a “doubtful Presidential election.” Under the present circumstances, it will be difficult to secure the Kentucky delegation for Roosevelt.
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1902-01-13
John A. Joyce believes that Vice President Roosevelt can be the next President if he controls the southern delegates. The brief note is written on an advertisement for Joyce’s biography of Edgar Allen Poe.
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1901
A Roosevelt Club has been formed in Evanston, Illinois. Club President Allen and Secretary Smith inform Vice President Roosevelt that they hope to support him for the presidential nomination at the next convention.
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1901
Allen, Abel Leighton, 1850-1927; Smith, Luther Lee, 1855-1918
Bartlett S. Johnston sends an extract of a letter from a prominent New York banker who expresses his opinion that President Roosevelt will not antagonize the managers of the Republican party because he wants a “real nomination for the Presidency.” Therefore, Roosevelt will nominate a “safe” man to succeed Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage.
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1901-12-26
E. Mont Reily and the Roosevelt Club of Kansas City, Missouri, was pleased to hear that Senator Foraker would support the nomination of President Roosevelt for the 1904 election. The club is interested in hosting Foraker for a speech.
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1901-12-16
Ralph Waldo is confident that Senator Hanna will seek the next Republican presidential nomination. He is concerned that African American office holders will support Hanna as in many hold their position due to a recommendation from Hanna.
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1901-12-03
Russell B. Harrison reports that many in Indiana, including himself, are staunch supporters of President Roosevelt and look forward to his election in 1904. He advises Roosevelt on several issues, including relations with the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, selecting a new judge, pensions for former first ladies, the detention of Santiago Iglesias Pantin in Puerto Rico, and disagreements with leaders in the Republican National Committee.
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1901-11-26