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Frank Basil Tracy shares a page from the Boston Evening Transcript with Theodore Roosevelt that he thinks Roosevelt will interested in. Tracy tells Roosevelt of the Republican campaign in Massachusetts and feels they are making a mistake by pushing workingmen to vote out of fear for their jobs because of tariffs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
President Roosevelt cannot “comment upon the declaration of the Massachusetts Federation of Labor against the Republican candidates for Congress” in Massachusetts, as he would then be obliged to do so in every state. Roosevelt tells Representative Peabody he has stated his views on labor, and to quote him rather than ask for a personal statement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-12
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about a serious situation developing in Massachusetts politics. At a recent state convention of the American Federation of Labor, the group denounced Lt. Governor Draper and nine of the eleven Republican Congressmen. Lodge believes that “Gus”, his son-in-law Augustus Peabody Gardner, “is a good fighter, but with this labor attack and the character of his opponent he has before him a very severe contest.” His opponent was a man named Schofield, a “Native-american demagogue with a great deal of local popularity.” Lodge spoke yesterday at the state convention in Rhode Island where a “Hearst man” is giving Republicans a tough fight as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-12
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, renominates Henry E. Turner for State Auditor. The article quotes Lodge’s speech, detailing the need for “men of conviction” such as Turner, and the hoped Republican victories in upcoming elections in both New York and Massachusetts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-06
Massachusetts Governor Guild sends President Roosevelt copies of a petition in support of Secretary of State Elihu Root and the National Foreign Trade Convention’s position on tariff reform. The petition has been signed by congressmen and state legislatures from both parties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-12
Representative Gardner does not have the time to speak to Massachusetts Senators Winthrop Murray Crane or Henry Cabot Lodge due to his traveling and speaking schedule in the last days before the election. Gardner will follow Roosevelt’s judgement and not publish the letter, but he regrets the effects of the case on his reputation. Gardner is sure that Charles M. Hoyt will work for the Republican ticket regardless, and that the only candidacy that will be affected is his own.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31