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Mr. Morgan has a talk with the President

Mr. Morgan has a talk with the President

President Roosevelt greets a man “hidden” inside of a barrel. The man is saying, “Hush! I’m J. P. Morgan in disguise.” Behind Roosevelt and Morgan are several men labeled “reporter,” over which there reads, “Not a word of this must be printed,” and others labeled “detective,” one of whom is calling, “Silence!” Caption: Mr. Morgan always surrounds his movements with as much secrecy as possible and his stay in Washington today was no exception to the rule.–Press dispatch.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-14

Theodore Roosevelt denies

Theodore Roosevelt denies

Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. Theodore Roosevelt, while passing through Bismarck, denied supporting General Logan and James Gillespie Blaine for the 1888 presidential election. He refused to express an opinion on political questions.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1886-08-12

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of State Hay to release to the press the cable that was sent to St. Petersburg, Russia, and announce that the Russian government refused to receive the petition. The signers of the petition are now free “to say whatever they choose as regards the matter.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Samuel W. Small

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Samuel W. Small

President Roosevelt thanks Samuel W. Small and Mr. Howell for their aid. Roosevelt believes that Senator Francis Marion Cockrell and Senator James B. McCreary will support the Panama treaty. He has been surprised at the opposition in the Southern states and if it could be arranged he would retire from politics to get the treaty passed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, which showed his fair enforcement of the law. His attackers use the press and their wealth to recruit powerful people, like college presidents and corrupt judges, to their side at the cost of the “plain people.” These attackers know that developments like the Hepburn Rate Law, the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and protections for workers have been effective against moneyed interests and criminals, but they are often lawyers or editors who answer to the corporations. The individual men to whom he refers are, however, merely puppets, and the true issue should be taken with the offenders who stand behind them and control enormous wealth. He and Bonaparte are not responsible for the economic panic, but are striving for the right “in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt wants the postal investigation to be thorough, complete, and closed as soon as possible. He encloses documents related to a Delaware Post Office matter where a senator wants a fourth class postmistress removed because she is “personally obnoxious to the senator.” Roosevelt would rather upset a senator than make it appear that the administration is using the post office for machine politics. Henry C. Payne is facing a newspaper attack relating to his business interests colliding with Post Office interests. President Roosevelt encourages him to simply state the facts of the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-04