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President Roosevelt is very pleased that M. J. Costello will participate in the campaign, and has let the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Frank H. Hitchcock, know to contact him.
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1908-09-10
President Roosevelt finds Daniel J. Keefe’s letter interesting and asks if he can share it with William H. Taft or the Republican National Committee.
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1908-09-07
President Roosevelt requests that Secretary of State Root address the extradition “of certain alleged political offenders” to Russia. Currently, he is not pleased with the campaign, especially with the revival of the liquor agitation. Additionally, he feels that the Republican National Committee is not well handled. Given William H. Taft’s record and personality, Roosevelt cannot understand why Taft is not more popular. He is still convinced that New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes should be renominated.
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1908-09-05
President Roosevelt asks Representative Sherman to attend to the management of the Republican National Committee. He hears many complaints such as that recounted in the letter from a prominent Republican, which Roosevelt quotes from.
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1908-09-05
President Roosevelt sends William H. Taft an editorial from the New York Times that he thinks is very good. Roosevelt also approves of the selection of George Rumsey Sheldon as treasurer of the National Republican Committee. Sheldon helped both Roosevelt and Charles Evans Hughes during political campaigns, and was recommended by Cornelius Newton Bliss, a former treasurer of the National Republican Committee. Appointing someone from Wall Street would have been a mistake.
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1908-07-10
President Roosevelt congratulates George Rumsey Sheldon on his appointment as Treasurer of the Republican National Committee, and thinks that it was a very wise decision. Roosevelt thinks that the appointment of someone from Wall Street would have been a mistake. Since Sheldon has connections both to Roosevelt’s campaign and Charles Evan Hughes’s campaign, he was the best choice that could have been made for this position.
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1908-07-10
President Roosevelt agrees with Albert Shaw’s assertion that the Republican National Committee should not take up a program unless the program is satisfactory to the convention. Roosevelt also notes that the “ruling clique” in the committee, the Senate, and the House seek to gain concessions wherever they can, and that he believes he can avoid a break within the party. He would like to meet with Shaw to speak over matters with him.
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1908-05-22
President Roosevelt thinks that the National Committee will be all right and will talk more freely when he sees Colonel Lyon.
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1908-05-11
President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
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1908-02-10
President Roosevelt informs Governor Kibbey that William Spencer Sturges was not present at the last Republican National Committee meeting. Instead, he sent a proxy to Senator Charles Dick, who, along with Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, continues to attack the administration. Roosevelt wants Sturges to explain his position before accepting his recommendations. He asks what Kibbey thinks of William F. Nichols, Secretary of Arizona Territory.
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1907-12-22
President Roosevelt asks Postmaster General Cortelyou who will be the head of the Republican National Committee. Roosevelt wants to speak with Cortelyou about “some of the political features in this business.”
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1907-03-01
President Roosevelt tells Catherine McLean New he plans to tell Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou he hopes New’s husband, Harry S. New, can be made acting chairman of the Republican National Committee if Cortelyou returns to the cabinet. Roosevelt expects to talk to Cortelyou in March.
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1904-12-09
President Roosevelt praises and thanks George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican National Committee, for the work he has done during the recent political campaign. He asks Cortelyou to speak with Cornelius Newton Bliss, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, to see if it would be possible for Roosevelt to give a dinner at the White House to honor those who were most active in the campaign.
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1904-11-09
President Roosevelt thinks that Howard Pyle’s letter is admirable. It has been difficult for Roosevelt not to respond to Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker’s allegations, since it is a matter of record that Roosevelt asked many other people to serve as the chairman of the National Republican Committee before selecting George B. Cortelyou. Roosevelt hopes Pyle will not get in trouble, and feels like he should not let him take part in the current presidential campaign, but he appreciates everything that Pyle has done.
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1904-11-03
President Roosevelt believes that the Democrats can only win in the west, particularly Montana, by pushing William Jennings Bryan forward. Coincidentally, Democrats can only win in the east by pushing Alton B. Parker’s victory, which means the end of Bryan as a candidate.
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1904-10-14
President Roosevelt appreciates what Senator Scott is doing and knows that he is working “to the very last limit.”
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1904-10-12
President Roosevelt writes Alfred E. Lunt that the Republican National Committee does not have the funds it once did. Roosevelt is not sure what Chairman George B. Cortelyou can do, but he will still ask for his help.
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1904-10-10
President Roosevelt appreciates Jeremiah Cain’s letter and values his support.
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1904-10-05
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw for his reelection efforts in the West, and says they must make every effort to carry Missouri.
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1904-09-26
President Roosevelt has sent John C. Rose’s letter to Chairman Cortelyou. Roosevelt was startled by Rose’s claim that the Republican vote had decreased in Maine and Vermont. In New York, there is the “usual fight over the Governorship,” which Roosevelt thinks could be the only thing keeping him from sweeping the state.
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1904-09-16