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The League of Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican Clubs of California publishes its platform of principles adopted at a meeting held on August 1, 1907, in Oakland, California. The organization desires to return to Republican principles and remove the domination of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on the Republican Party in California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-01
Milton J. Green discusses the outcome of the San Francisco Mayoral election and politics in California, Washington State, Oregon, and other North Western states. Green recommends meeting with leading California Democrat, Gavin McNab. Green also relays his son, Kenneth Green’s, fond memories of meeting President Roosevelt several years before.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-19
George Calbert, whose true name is George Caldwell, has been pardoned by Governor Odell after the intercession of President Roosevelt and Edward Henry Harriman. Caldwell had been arrested during a raid on the Ariston Baths. Caldwell is a member of a prominent Kentucky family and his sister, Margaret, used family connections to secure his release.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-29
Benjamin Ide Wheeler comments on a current bill in Congress pertaining to water management. Wheeler is of the opinion that the primary water management control should be at the state, not the federal, level. He has an interest in irrigation and thinks that reservoirs on existing waterways would be beneficial for the West. He also discusses President Roosevelt’s opposition to a merger that has won him quite a bit of support and possibly the Republican nomination for 1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-15