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President Roosevelt thinks that the study is “most interesting.” He wishes the New York Evening Post and other papers like it would understand it, because it may say New York “an occasional gruesome mistake.”
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1907-01-29
Theodore Roosevelt declines to give American women’s suffrage activist Vira Boarman Whitehouse an interview. Roosevelt is taking a hiatus, of perhaps a year, from giving political speeches or interviews, although he will make an exception for cases like a benefit for the New York unemployed where he had spoken recently.
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1915-03-05
President Roosevelt describes the very bitter communication he has received both for and against the re-nomination of Charles Evans Hughes for Governor of New York to Herbert W. Collingwood. Apparently, many in the New York Republican Party machine feel Hughes has been rude to them, but Roosevelt has also had a letter from a state representative from Western New York, from a rural district made up mostly of farmers, that also says it would be too much of a risk to re-nominate Hughes, and Roosevelt finds this very puzzling. Roosevelt feels it is not advisable for him to become involved.
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1908-08-05
President Roosevelt responds to a letter from his friend John Milliken Parker. Roosevelt remarks on Parker’s “hysterical tone” suggesting that “increase of rape” and the “relations of the races” has anything to do with Roosevelt’s friendship with Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt does not believe he needs to speak to the press as Parker suggests and gives many examples when he expounded his beliefs on the matter of race relations.
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1906-10-03
President Roosevelt thinks the article in The Outlook was good but advises not pushing the matter further. Roosevelt asks if Joseph Bucklin Bishop can advise George B. Cortelyou of this, even though Cortelyou has “come around to the same view.” Roosevelt asks Bishop to keep him informed of any changes to the New York State ticket.
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1904-10-08
President Roosevelt understands that he cannot force a confirmation through the Senate but he will not be forced by the Senate to appoint a particular man. There is talk of an attempted coalition between Senators from Washington and Oregon. If there is a fight over the matter, Roosevelt gives his permission for the letter to be published.
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1903-09-08
Winston Churchill informs William Loeb of the political situation in New Hampshire. After Churchill talks with President Roosevelt’s allies in the states he will give an update, but in the meantime editorials and letters are telling the President’s side of the story. George Moses, who supports Senator Gallinger and advocated for Frank A. Musgrove, will be in Washington this week, and Churchill warns Roosevelt to take care. Moses is editor of the Concord Monitor, an anti-Taft, pro-Gallinger paper, and is the brains of the New Hampshire delegation in Congress.
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1908-01-28
Secretary of State Elihu Root encloses a letter from Japanese Ambassador Shūzō Aoki, telling President Roosevelt that it is proof that the conflict between Japanese interests and San Francisco is proceeding as an ordinary diplomatic issue, and that newspapermen are creating more drama than there is to enhance sales.
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1907-06-07
J. Sloat Fassett writes to William Loeb about New York state politics. Fassett thinks that Governor Frank Wayland Higgins and Lieutenant Governor Benjamin B. Odell are about to lose their positions and finds Charles Evans Hughes a good choice for Governor. Fassett thinks Edgar Truman Brackett is not much without his partner and is a “vindictive, bitter man.” Hughes polls well and is gaining attention from the media, including William Randolph Hearst. Fassett wishes that Roosevelt could offer advice impartially, as he finds state Republican Party leader Timothy L. Woodruff ineffectual.
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1906-09-14
Representative Parsons informs President Roosevelt that Charles Evans Hughes is reluctant to accept the Republican nomination for Governor of New York, but that he could be convinced to do so if there was unanimous demand and it was agreed that he was the only candidate who could beat William Randolph Hearst. The incumbent Republican Governor Frank Wayland Higgins has become so unpopular among members of his own party and the press that it seems advisable to replace him, but Higgins still might be able to win if the Democrats nominate William Travers Jerome instead of Hearst, thus making the governorship a three-way race between Hearst, Jerome, and Higgins.
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1906-08-17
Editor of the Providence Journal, Frederick Roy Martin, responds to Charles J. Bonaparte’s criticism of the editorial entitled, “A Lamentable Naval Episode.” Martin notes that if Bonaparte’s “criticism of this editorial had been based upon fact” the paper would no doubt apologize to President Roosevelt. He advises Bonaparte to read the editorial in full.
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1906-08-03
Joseph Gurney Cannon recounts for J. S. Sherman his recent trip through Indiana with local Representative James E. Watson. Watson has recently returned from Missouri where he feels hopeful for the election of Frank B. Fulkerson and Cassius McLean Shartel, and recounts a political fight between Senator William Joel Stone and Governor Joseph Wingate Folk for the same seat. Watson went over the situation in Indiana as well, where demand for free hides like in Massachusetts are fueled by the independent press. Watson would like to take up President Roosevelt on his offer to write a letter on the matter. Cannon hopes the president will address the letter to Watson directly.
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1906-07-30
Edgar D. Crumpacker writes to President Roosevelt about rumors in the press that Roosevelt, House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon, and other Republicans plan to take a “stand pat” policy which would mean any policy changes related to tariffs would be off the table. Rank and file Republicans seek revisions to tariff schedules and customs duties and may not vote with the party if no action is taken. Crumpacker feels this decision will likely turn the House democratic.
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1906-07-28
Finley Peter Dunne apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for a delayed reply to a letter and shares his opinion on various publishers including Randolph Hearst, Norman Hapgood, and Robert Collier. Dunne agrees with Roosevelt that the Brandenburg article on immigration was a mistake to publish and would like to visit for a ten minute conversation when Roosevelt is available.
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1906-07-06
Illinois Governor Richard Yates wants President Roosevelt to express to Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois and Representative Joseph Gurney Cannon that Yates is Roosevelt’s friend. Cullom and Cannon, among others, are conspiring to stop delegates from supporting Yates in the Illinois Republican State Convention.
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1904-05-22
Former New Mexico Governor Herbert J. Hagerman sent many private telegrams at public expense, which this newspaper article suggests reveals his corruption. Several personal telegrams are reprinted.
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1907-07-15
The editorial writers of the Alburquerque Morning Journal claim the paper would be in contempt of court if the writers were to discuss the report of referee Charles V. Safford in the case of Prison Superintendent Holm Olaf Bursum. The Alburquerque Evening Citizen encourages the Morning Journal to address a series of questions in order to keep “what little self respect it has.” The list of questions to be answered includes queries about the Bursum case, corrupt prison practices, and the alleged corruption of New Mexico Governor Herbert J. Hagerman.
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1907-07-15
George McCabe informs President Roosevelt that Arizona will go Republican and support him and that he does not believe that President Roosevelt would support joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico as the press states, but that Arizona deserves to be its own state.
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1904-03-19
Joseph Bucklin Bishop relays to President Roosevelt that he received information about Rafael Reyes from an article sent to him by Secretary of State John Hay.
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1903-11-23
The managing editor of The Philadelphia Item, Harrington Fitzgerald, writes to President Roosevelt regarding his decision to exclude a dispatch from Washington; he wishes another publication had done the same.
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1903-10-29