Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to William Loeb

James Sullivan Clarkson recommends George J. Corey as president of the national organization of commercial travelers’ clubs supporting the Republican campaign. Clarkson warns that Ferdinand Ziegel, who is promoting Corey’s cause, is becoming disaffected. Clarkson also suggests several candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee and discusses campaign strategy, including states to target to secure the election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-15

Looking around

There is growing evidence that the “Wall Street contingent” is searching for an alternate candidate to support in opposition to President Roosevelt. An initial favorite was Senator Hanna and current gossip reports growing support for Senator Quay. The first choice of the people remains Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1904-01-16

Letter from Louis N. Hammerling to Theodore Roosevelt

Louis N. Hammerling requests that Theodore Roosevelt ask Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators Matthew S. Quay and Boies Penrose to name Thomas H. Watkins as a delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention.

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Creation Date

1904-02-12

Letter from Christopher Columbus Shayne to Theodore Roosevelt

Christopher Columbus Shayne recommends that Francis S. Gray become head of the printing bureau.

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Creation Date

1904-01-20

Editorial comments

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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Creation Date

1904-01-04

Letter from H. S. Vaughan to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1903-12-26

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to William Loeb

Albert J. Beveridge discusses the status of the United States Senate and the contentious issue of statehood.

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Creation Date

1903-12-02

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Beveridge recommends deferring the divisive statehood issue until the term following the election. Original and typewritten copy.

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Creation Date

1903-11-29

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1903-10-05

Quay denounces the money power

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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Creation Date

1903-08-24

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1903-08-26

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1903-08-10

The Roosevelt band-wagon

Newspaper article portraying President Roosevelt’s nomination as the 1904 Republican presidential candidate as “irresistible and inevitable.”

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Creation Date

1903-05

Another old hostile comes in

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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Creation Date

1903-05-31

Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1903-04-24

Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses clippings regarding the presidential nomination.

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Creation Date

1903-03-26

Letter from John C. Shaffer to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1903-01-21

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Creation Date

1902-12-18

Telephone message from Matthew Stanley Quay

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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Creation Date

1902-10-14

Memorandum of a telephone conversation with Senator Quay and his secretary, Mr. Wright

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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Creation Date

1902-10-14