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Lafayette B. Gleason recommends Edward R. Gunby as a staunch Republican who gave speeches supporting President Roosevelt and other Republicans during the campaign.
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1901-10-26
Thomas F. Leahy asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to give a subjoined petition to President Roosevelt. Leahy has written campaign songs for Roosevelt in the past and encloses a thank you note he received from him as proof.
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1901-10-26
Lyrics, written by Thomas F. Leahy, for the campaign song “McKinley and Roosevelt,” to be sung to the tune of “The Battle Cry of Freedom.”
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1901-10-26
William D. Tyndall encloses a newspaper article for President Roosevelt’s attention. He believes that the fusion ticket should be supported but “hack politicians” are not helping.
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1901-10-26
Thomas Worthington encloses an interview with Fred H. Rowe discussing his views on President Roosevelt’s relationship with the Illinois state administration and the future of federal appointments in Illinois. Worthington will support Charles Gates Dawes for Senate.
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1901-10-28
According to Chairman Edmund H. Deas, the opposition to George R. Koester’s appointment as collector of internal revenue in South Carolina is based on rumors that Koester led a lynching.
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1901-10-29
Wesley M. Oler describes the political situation in Maryland and outlines which candidates the newspapers are supporting. He believes that the Republican Party will win Maryland and elect a candidate to succeed Senator Wellington.
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1901-10-29
J. F. Hanson comments about racial problems in the south and the relationship between the Republican Party and southern states. He believes that the southern states hold a prejudice against the Republican Party but it is important for the south and the country as a whole that the Republican Party remain in power.
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1901-10-23
Samuel DeLancy Hicks is disgusted at how the Southern press has treated President Roosevelt and he will now vote Republican. Hicks requests a copy of President Roosevelt’s speech that was delivered in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1897.
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1901-10-23
Thomas Goode Jones, the newly appointed district judge, has stated that he will not replace Republican court employees with Democrats.
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1901-10-10
Sam M. Van Cleave has been busy at work and his wife may have cancer. O. M. Campbell can depend on President Roosevelt being a “gimme Republican” yet sympathetic with the general public and that the majority of Roosevelt’s policies will be the same as the McKinley administration. Van Cleave predicts that Roosevelt will have problems with some cabinet officers, including Secretary of State John Hay.
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1901-10-24
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt relays Robert Croker’s opinion of President Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington. Croker believes the dinner was an excellent political move and will secure one hundred votes for every vote it lost.
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1901-10-25
John S. Wise describes the creation of the current Republican Party organization in Virginia and its leadership. He argues that the current Republican machine of Virginia is corrupt and wants their recognition and patronage to be withdrawn.
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1901-10-15
President Roosevelt was elected an honorary member of the Missouri Republican Club of Kansas City, Missouri.
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1901-10
President Roosevelt’s 1901 membership card for the Missouri Republican Club.
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1901-10
During the 1896 election, Edward J. Vattmann carried out a successful “political education” program directed at Catholics. Since the nation’s foreign possessions will likely be the “basis of future attacks,” Vattmann requested, and was granted, permission to visit and report on conditions in these areas. As ordered, Vattmann will be in Washington, D.C., soon and requests to meet with George B. Cortelyou.
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1901-10-16
As requested, John Watson Yerkes read the letters from John S. Wise. He considers Wise to be knowledgeable about Virginia politics but also prejudiced against several Virginia political leaders. Yerkes agrees that federal patronage should be withheld from Virginia and concurs in the individuals recommended by Wise as worthy of President Roosevelt’s confidence. If a change needs to be made in Virginia Republican leadership then an announcement should wait until after the election.
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1901-10-16
Walter Denis Denegre is pleased that President Roosevelt is considering Louisiana matters and Denegre is willing to provide information on Louisiana “men and matters.” He is friends with John Avery McIlhenny and describes him as a man that merits confidence.
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1901-10-17
Hugh Henry Hanna went to North Carolina to discuss federal appointments in the state with John William Fries. They will continue to canvass the subject and find a few men that can be relied upon by President Roosevelt.
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1901-10-17
Senator Lodge has received General Draper’s letter along with the copy of the letter recommending the appointment of Judge Tucker. Lodge believes President Roosevelt’s goal is to appoint Republicans in the South when there are suitable candidates.
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1901-10-17