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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Lincoln Campbell Houck for his letter and agrees that had there been a preferential primary in Tennessee the delegation to Chicago would be different. Roosevelt is glad that Houk is actively participating in the campaign.
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1912-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt has no tickets to give for the convention in Chicago, and Frank Harper suggests that V. Putnam apply to the people in charge of the convention.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary believes that William H. Taft’s supporters have used trickery in Ohio. He suggests someone William W. Bagley could contact to get tickets to the convention.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt believes that the delegates to Chicago would be different if Utah had had a preferential primary and thanks Everard Bierer and his friends for their work on the campaign.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt has no tickets to the upcoming Republican convention but his secretary suggests that Henry H. Covell still apply to the Chicago headquarters.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt thanks T. R. Edwards for his offer of National Convention tickets for Roosevelt’s friends but does not want to deprive Edwards of his tickets and has already planned for his friends.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt will not be attending the convention in Chicago, but will fight to the finish for victory.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt offers his thanks to John Campbell Greenway and hopes Greenway gets to Chicago soon. Roosevelt wishes he could see Greenway personally.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to contest the selection of the Temporary Chairman of the Republican National Convention. However, Mr. Barnes’ telegram has forced a challenge. Supporters of Senator La Follette would have made a challenge anyway and Roosevelt supporters would have been discouraged without it. Roosevelt was “prepared to support any good La Follette man,” such as Governor McGovern or Senator Gronna, against Senator Root.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Dwight B. Heard. Roosevelt hopes Heard can get to Chicago soon and wishes to see him personally.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Honorable Oscar Richard Hundley for his telegram. Roosevelt is glad to hear that two delegates from Alabama will vote for him in Chicago and opines that if the National Committee gives a “square deal upon the contest,” he does not doubt the nomination.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to contest the selection of the temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention. However, William Barnes’s telegram has forced a challenge. Supporters of Senator La Follette would have made a challenge anyway and Roosevelt supporters would have been discouraged without it. Roosevelt was “prepared to support any good La Follette man,” such as Governor Francis E. McGovern or Senator Asle Gronna, against Senator Elihu Root.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes G. R. Manchester, National Roosevelt Committee, about Isaac B. F. Allen, an African American who has been traveling and participating in politics and would like financial assistance to attend the Republican National Convention.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt is too busy to answer the money question as there is no time for further study and will not compromise on his platform in Chicago.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt did not want the newspapers to think that he had given up by not protesting the appointment of Senator Elihu Root. Roosevelt is ready to support good men such as Governor Francis E. McGovern or Senator Asle J. Gronna against Root.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt has sent Senator Dixon a tentative platform and would like George L. Record to give Dixon his opinion on it. He would be pleased to receive any planks that Record would like to suggest.
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1912-06-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks James H. Brown for his work in Denver and hopes that the delegation will change by the convention in Chicago. Roosevelt also believes that if the primary had been preferential in Colorado it would have shown that Republican voters are with them.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary has no tickets to give out for the upcoming Republican National Convention but suggests that John Clinton contact Mr. Manchester to procure tickets.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt hopes for a fair contest in Chicago at the National Republican Committee and thanks Theodore Morgan for his encouragement.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt denies that Standard Oil contributes to his campaign and hopes that the delegates from Oklahoma will have a good train ride to Chicago.
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1912-06-03