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The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt tells Livy S. Richard that Roosevelt cannot express his opinions pertaining to the forthcoming primaries, however the secretary encloses an article that contains Roosevelt’s opinions on the initiative and referendum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt asks John Callan O’Laughlin to return letters or copies of letters Roosevelt wrote to O’Laughlin. Roosevelt believes private and confidential letters between him and O’Laughlin should not be published. Roosevelt does not object to his personal opinions about William Lorimer or Albert J. Beveridge being made public, but not what he said “as to the attitude of other men about [them].” What Roosevelt said to Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge ought to be obtained from Root and Lodge, not from O’Laughlin. Roosevelt is greatly interested in the presidential nominations and O’Laughlin’s views “as to the outcome of [Roosevelt’s] position.” Roosevelt is amused by John T. McCutcheon’s cartoon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-25
Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt that he has been meeting with “leaders of thought” in New York who assert that Roosevelt’s unpopularity in the city has never been so great. The leaders said that they like Secretary of War William H. Taft but doubt if he can be nominated for the presidency because he is “too much of a Roosevelt man.” They speak favorably of Charles Evans Hughes, who they say is “the antithesis of Roosevelt,” particularly in railroad matters, but Bishop feels that characterization is a hindrance to Hughes. Bishop also addresses allegations that Roosevelt is mentally unstable. Dismissing their negativity as those of an “incurably blind crowd of provincials,” Bishop concludes that those who are against Roosevelt cannot be reasoned with.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-14
Representative Adams writes to President Roosevelt, bringing his attention to the enclosed editorial written by former Wisconsin Governor William D. Hoard. The opinion expressed in the editorial, of the “judgment of the rank and file of the Republican party in Wisconsin,” are in favor of Roosevelt and his presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11
Shaw encloses a letter that he believes expresses “the best and sanest Southern view as anything I have yet seen.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-31