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Roosevelt will accept

Roosevelt will accept

President Roosevelt has announced that he will accept the 1904 Republican presidential nomination but will not cater to any “political clique” in order to secure the nomination. Roosevelt has also stated, regarding his upcoming decision to fill the position of Collector of Internal Revenue, that he will choose the best men for public positions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10

Telegram from Booker T. Washington to Emmett J. Scott

Telegram from Booker T. Washington to Emmett J. Scott

Booker T. Washington reports what he knows about a certain person and his political convictions. He notes that the party voted for John M. Palmer and Simon Bolivar Buckner of the National Democratic Party in 1896, but entered the Democratic primaries in 1900 to help defeat the nomination of William Jennings Bryan. Washington suggests their friends be advised to appoint a Montgomery man to represent the “best class of white people” and to appoint William Demos Crum as internal revenue collector for South Carolina, representing the “best class of colored.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-04

Letter from Robert Chisolm to Albert Clarke

Letter from Robert Chisolm to Albert Clarke

Robert Chisolm is concerned about the state of the Republican Party in the South and believes that President Roosevelt can improve the situation. However, Chisolm has heard that Roosevelt is considering not being a presidential candidate after he has completed William McKinley’s term. Such a decision is too early. Roosevelt can help matters in the South and should only appoint Republicans to government positions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-22

Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt

Murat Halstead urges Governor Roosevelt to accept the probable nomination for the vice presidency as a vehicle to run for the office of president in the future, pointing out that Daniel Webster missed being president twice by refusing to accept a nomination as vice president for William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Halstead thinks that Roosevelt should spend the next four years as vice president while working on his writing career and then run for president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-06-01

Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick William Holls asked two things of Governor Roosevelt. First, he wants Roosevelt to attend a lunch in honor of Lord Pauncefote at Columbia University. Second, to meet him privately to discuss the upcoming party convention in Philadelphia and the nomination process. Several names have been presented and Holls thinks that although John Long is the best candidate, he would lose Maryland for the Republicans, and repel Germans because of his views on temperance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-06-02