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David T. Day reports that John Mitchell is in New York, New York, and asks whether he should initiate negotiations.
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1902-10-09
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay will be unable to accept President Roosevelt’s dinner invitation.
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1902-06-15
An analysis of the arguments for and against Cuban Reciprocity made by various Senators.
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1902-12
Christopher Columbus Shayne recommends that Francis S. Gray become head of the printing bureau.
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1904-01-20
In this editorial, Morton Albaugh argues that, while most see the renomination of President Roosevelt as assured, a combination of trusts, railroad interests, and political bosses are secretly planning to prevent it. Albaugh adds that, while most of Kansas firmly supports Roosevent, monied interests and disaffected Republicans are conspiring to steal Kansas’ delegates away from him, partly by calling for a late primary. Morton Albaugh calls for an early Kansas convention in support of Roosevelt which could be helpful to Roosevelt if eastern opposition to his nomination grows.
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1904-01-04
H. S. Vaughn shares the opinion of close associate Edward Oliver Wolcott that President Roosevelt will not be the Republican presidential nominee due to Senator Hanna’s associations in Colorado.
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1903-12-26
Senator Beveridge recommends deferring the divisive statehood issue until the term following the election. Original and typewritten copy.
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1903-11-29
Albert J. Beveridge discusses the status of the United States Senate and the contentious issue of statehood.
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1903-12-02
Senator Beveridge encloses letters regarding the statehood issues and argues for preventing statehood becoming an issue during the upcoming session of Congress.
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1903-10-05
Senator Quay spoke out against calling an extra session of Congress for the fall and does not believe that Congress can do anything to stop certain Wall Street interests from cornering the money market.
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1903-08-24
Postmaster General Payne relays a conversation he had with Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. Quay opposes an extra session of Congress and does not want President Roosevelt to include any specific financial legislation in his message. He is confident in Roosevelt’s nomination but unsure of the election. Quay spoke with John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, and Mitchell believes that miners will support Judge George Gray if he is the Democratic presidential candidate.
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1903-08-26
Secretary of War Root is sending some confidential papers based on his discussion with President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York. He also forwards a letter from Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna.
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1903-08-10
Newspaper article portraying President Roosevelt’s nomination as the 1904 Republican presidential candidate as “irresistible and inevitable.”
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1903-05
Cartoon depicting four men around a cooking fire, three of which are identified as Senators Lodge, Quay, and Platt. At the left, Senator Hanna is arriving wearing a top hat and carrying a rifle. The men are attired in a mixture of frontier and Native American outfits.
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1903-05-31
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock summarizes the debate over the best use of the Fort Marcy military property in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hitchcock opposes granting the property to the City of Santa Fe for public school purposes, and endorses Napoleon B. Laughlin’s proposal that the land be sold to private owners at public auction.
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1903-04-24
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses clippings regarding the presidential nomination.
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1903-03-26
John C. Shaffer is disgusted with Senator Quay’s efforts to pass the Omnibus Statehood Bill and believes it would be better to pass no legislation than submit to Quay’s heavy handed tactics.
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1903-01-21
James Sullivan Clarkson met with Senator Quay and discussed statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and the relationship between Quay and President Roosevelt. Clarkson recommended that New Mexico and Arizona be brought into the Union as a single state, and Quay said that he could support this if the Democrats went along with it.
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1902-12-18
George B. Cortelyou summarizes a telephone conversation with Senator Quay regarding the appointment of a commission to help end the Anthracite Coal Strike. Quay is still working out his differences with the Civil Service Commission.
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1902-10-14
Senator Quay spoke with John Mitchell who will be in Washington, D.C., in the morning. Quay believes that President Roosevelt can convince Mitchell that the proposal would be in the best interests of the miners.
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1902-10-14