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E. Mont Reily congratulates Vice President Roosevelt on his Minneapolis speech and compares it favorably to a Labor Day speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan. He encloses several editorials from the Kansas City Star, a “Gold Democratic paper” that is supporting Roosevelt.
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1901-09-04
Edward R. Johnstone encloses the text of Cyrus Northrop’s speech that was delivered at the Minneapolis Club on September 2. He also sends a photograph of Senator Knute Nelson and Thomas H. Shevlin in a characteristic pose.
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1901-09-05
Senator Hanna has received Vice President Roosevelt’s letter regarding Roosevelt’s visit to Ohio. He thinks the committee will want more then one meeting. Roosevelt should have received an invitation to address the Woman’s Department of the YMCA and Hanna hopes he can accept.
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1901-09-06
Charles Krumm has been active in Republican politics for forty years and believes he is entitled to a position. He requests Vice President Roosevelt endorse his application to the navy yard or the Board of Immigration of New York.
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1901-08-26
Annie Booth McKinney invites Vice President Roosevelt to visit Knoxville, Tennessee, and speak at a benefit for the Woman’s Building Board.
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1901-08-26
Theodore F. Seward invites Vice President Roosevelt to read the “Appeal to all Nations” at a meeting of the Golden Rule Brotherhood.
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1901-08-26
John B. Trevor invites Vice President Roosevelt to speak during the month of October on behalf of the reorganization of the Harvard Civil Service Reform Club.
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1901-08-28
C. N. Comstock regrets that Vice President Roosevelt had to turn down J. W. Ellis’s invitation to speak in Albany, Missouri. Comstock re-invites Roosevelt to speak on a day of his choosing. He believes a visit from Roosevelt would be very helpful to the Republican Party in Missouri.
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1901-08-29
The veterans of Onondaga County, New York, are preparing a reunion for late September or early October. They would like Vice President Roosevelt to attend and Roosevelt can select the date to suit his schedule.
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1901-08-29
E. J. Hutchinson writes to Vice President Roosevelt about a recent article in the Boston Herald. The article reported on a speech by Daniel Henry Chamberlain, as well as remarks by Charles S. Hamlin and Charles Eliot Norton, that criticized the government’s colonial policy, particularly with regard to the Spanish American war. Hutchinson is concerned because these charges come from such eminent people, and says that their statements need a public response.
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1901-08-23
William W. Jermane of the Minneapolis Journal requests an advance copy of the speech Vice President Roosevelt will deliver at the Minnesota State Fair.
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1901-08-23
J. M. North was pleased with Vice President Roosevelt’s reception in Colorado and enjoyed his speech. He encloses clippings from the Colorado Springs Gazette. When Roosevelt meets with Governor Yates, North would like Roosevelt to ask Mrs. Yates if she is acquainted with him.
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1901-08-23
Text of a speech delivered by Daniel Henry Chamberlain describing the Spanish-American War as “unmixed, pure evil” and in opposition to American colonial policy. At the same event, the annual dinner at Sanderson Academy, Charles Eliot Norton and Charles S. Hamlin spoke in support of Chamberlain’s point of view, while G. Stanley Hall expressed disapproval of the harsh terms that had been used to describe President McKinley.
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1901-08-22
Senator Proctor reviews the itinerary for Vice President Roosevelt’s visit to Vermont. Roosevelt will make two speeches, attend a banquet, and spend that night at Proctor’s house.
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1901-08-23
Thomas H. Shevlin has sent Vice President Roosevelt’s letter to Mr. Bixby and informed the “Labor people” that Roosevelt cannot attend their parade. Copies of Roosevelt’s speech have been made and will be distributed to reporters after the speech.
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1901-08-24
Samuel D. Hodgdon has received Vice President Roosevelt’s denial of the slanderous statement and will attempt to stop the circulation of the statement within his organization. Hodgdon invites Roosevelt to make the principal address at next year’s Fourth of July celebration in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1901-08-24
Charles Dick, chairman of the Ohio Republican State Executive Committee, invites Vice President Roosevelt to participate in the speaking canvass leading up to the election in November. Dick summarizes the importance of the upcoming election in Ohio.
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1901-08-24
On behalf of the Berkshire Agricultural Society, Joseph Ward Lewis invites Vice President Roosevelt to speak at the society’s 92nd annual fair on September 11.
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1901-08-24
Elmer Dover forwards Governor Roosevelt a number of materials, including a copy of the Democratic platform of 1864, extracts from Democratic speeches during 1864, and an editorial piece from the New York Sun.
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1900-08-22
Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of the children’s periodical St. Nicholas Magazine, thanks Governor Roosevelt for agreeing to give the desired talk. Roosevelt will speak on “The Road to Good Citizenship” to an audience of children.
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1899-09-19