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Text of the speeches delivered by Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Senator Thomas Henry Carter, and Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker at the 1904 Republican National Convention.
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1904-06-23
Text of the speech given by William O’Connell Bradley seconding the nomination of President Roosevelt at the 1904 Republican National Convention.
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1904-06
The front page of Leslie’s Weekly includes “What Roosevelt’s Nomination Means,” which discusses President Roosevelt’s unanimous nomination for president at the Republican National Convention, “Bogus ‘News’ from Washington,” which corrects several false stories about Roosevelt and his administration that have been reported in other newspapers, and “The Plain Truth,” which discusses the dominance of the Republican Party in Oregon.
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1904-06-23
President Roosevelt is praised after receiving the nomination for president at the Republican National Convention.
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1904-06-24
Thomas F. Walsh denied being a senatorial candidate and was reluctant to discuss Edward Oliver Wolcott’s limited role at the Republican National Convention.
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1904-06-26
President Roosevelt thanks his sister and her husband for their telegraph. He writes that he was pleased with Secretary of War Taft’s nomination at the Republican National Convention.
1908-06-23
George von Lengerke Meyer informs President Roosevelt there is opposition to Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou becoming the chairman of the Republican National Committee at the Republican National Convention. Meyer insists that Cornelius Newton Bliss arrive before Monday with word from Roosevelt that he supports Cortelyou.
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1904-06-17
The Globe and Commercial Advertiser reports on the Republican National Convention which begins the following day.
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1904-06-20
Benjamin Ide Wheeler sends news from the Republican National Convention; including how Senator Fairbanks won the vice-presidential nomination, the resolution of a matter surrounding the Wisconsin delegation, and Wheeler’s opinion on the party platform.
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1904-06-22
This article discusses a quote from Henry S. Barker, a prominent African American in Washington, who lauds how African Americans were treated at the Republican Convention and says that if Theodore Roosevelt is elected president, African Americans will demand that Booker T. Washington be the Republican candidate for vice president in 1908. The article says that Democrats will resent the “threat” made in the letter and that the South should stand together for white supremacy.
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1904-07-28
President Roosevelt asks his sister to thank McDougall Hawkes. Roosevelt mentions that he has already written to the Senator and Governor about setting the date for the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt also laments the death of Ohio Senator Hanna.
1904-02-17
A telephone message from Elmer Payne explains that Postmaster General Henry C. Payne has fallen ill and Senator Nathan Bay Scott will take over Payne’s place in running the Republican National Convention.
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1904-06-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Senator Dixon and encloses a letter from John J. Sullivan suggesting a meeting of Roosevelt delegates before the Republican National Convention.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt addresses the “negro question,” concerning African American delegates to the National Progressive Convention. Roosevelt deliberately brought into the Progressive Party African American delegates of good character from the Northern states, which was accomplished by encouraging men in the North to act fairly toward their neighbors, giving African Americans the opportunity to earn respect instead of “paying obligation to them” as the Republican Party did in the South. Roosevelt argues that following the course of action taken by the Republican Party, while politically expedient, would ultimately be detrimental to both black men and white men in the South, as well as the Progressive Party itself.
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1912-08-06
William D. Washburn is willing to come to Washington, D.C., to inform President Roosevelt on the public sentiment he has observed in the eastern states and in his own home state. He believes that there is a widespread movement in the Republican Party that is not friendly to Roosevelt’s interests.
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1904-01-18
Theodore Roosevelt confirms Senator Lodge’s recollection of Roosevelt’s actions after the 1880 Republican National Convention. The story from J. Henry Harper is “pure fabrication.”
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1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt believes that the Progressive Party will be permanent and must avoid any cooperation with the “crooked bosses” who helped to steal the 1912 Republican National Convention. Roosevelt wants a party at all levels; nation, state, and local.
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1912-11-12
There is a difference of opinion on whether Theodore Roosevelt’s supporters bolted the Republican National Convention. Taft partisans support this accusation. However, from the viewpoint of a Roosevelt supporter, the convention was illegally constituted and Roosevelt’s delegates left to hold a convention of legally elected delegates. With this in mind, his secretary suggests that Dickerson McAfee and his friends call their bet off.
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1912-10-03
Theodore Roosevelt denies a rumor that he agreed to run on the Republican platform adopted at the Chicago convention and to be nominated with the help of fraudulently seated delegates. Roosevelt announced at the convention that he would not recognize anyone’s nomination unless the delegate roll was purged.
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1912-10-04
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes for not being able to help Representative Mott with his situation. He thanks him for being the only eastern Congressman to support him. Roosevelt believes President Taft’s nomination is fraudulent, and he fears what would happen if Taft is elected.
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1912-08-29