Your TR Source
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Judge Kellogg, discussing the Canadian Reciprocity Act and the need to pay working men in the United States a decent wage. Roosevelt contends that President Taft, in collusion with Herman Ridder, passed the Reciprocity Bill to win the favor of the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-17
Theodore Roosevelt found Adolph W. Callisen’s letter to Richardson about William Roscoe Thayer’s “Chapter of Diplomacy” regarding the Venezuela incident interesting. He asks Callisen to write him more fully about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-03
President Roosevelt invites the recipient to attend the upcoming Conference of Governors on the Conservation of Natural Resources as a representation of their organization. Roosevelt says that practically all the governors will attend and that, in addition to these, Senators and Representatives of the Sixtieth Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, and members of the presidential cabinet have also been invited. Accompanying the letter is a list of the people to whom this letter was sent, representing a number of national trade associations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-14
Several years of statements by the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association regarding the newspaper industry, including comments on tariffs, competition with Canada, preservation of forests, paper prices, trusts, and labor issues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11
Nicholas Murray Butler notes that President Roosevelt was correct in his assessment of matters concerning Maksim Gorky and that there is “clearly” a “break-up of all order and restraint” going on in Russia. Butler also excitedly tells of “some most astonishing things” going on in Kassel, Germany, in relation to Herman Ridder of the Staats-Zeitung. After struggling for an imperial audience with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Ridder was helped by American ambassador Charlemagne Tower to get access. However, when Ridder arrived and did not see as much of the Kaiser as he would have liked, Ridder fabricated a story about his visit and what the Kaiser told him, which was printed in the papers. Butler shares the press statement from the Palace, which reacted by contradicting Ridder’s claims. Butler is excited to see what the American papers will publish in relation to the incident since Ridder telegraphed his own story to America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-23
President Roosevelt pushes off the “big stick” and says, “Don’t flinch; don’t foul” as he leans on Timothy L. Woodruff who leans on George Rumsey Sheldon who leans on Secretary of State Elihu Root who leans on J. S. Sherman who leans on Frank H. Hitchcock who ultimately leans on William H. Taft who is fighting against William Jennings Bryan. On the other side William Randolph Hearst pours a “Standard Oil” can and says, “I’ll make ’em slip.” Meanwhile, Norman Edward Mack leans against Herman Ridder who leans against William James Conners who leans against Charles Francis Murphy who leans against John Worth Kern who leans against Bryan. Uncle Sam referees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-03
President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan use a big stick and knife—each labeled “publicity of contributions” respectively—to kill the “corporations” goose. Herman Ridder and George Rumsey Sheldon each hold money bags. The United States Capitol building is in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
Summary of the meeting of the first Fusion conference. The conference will meet again before June 1 and seek to form a permanent organization in September. The Republicans of the conference are concerned about a “trap” and the German-American organizations want an “honest Fusion movement.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-12
Partial newspaper article suggesting that the Fusion ticket will be better off if Herman Ridder joins the Tammany camp. Many German Americans do not appreciate Ridder’s claims of leading their community and believe in good government over “Sunday beer.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-12