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The writer challenges the pessimistic view of the degradation of American society, including quotes from President James Roscoe Day of Syracuse University and Chancellor Henry S. Drinker of Lehigh University.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-29
President Roosevelt is very annoyed at the publication of newspaper articles which make it look like he is attempting to interfere in the Iowa factional contest through Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. Roosevelt’s preference would be for Shaw to stay out of the contest altogether while he is in the cabinet, but at the very least he believes that Shaw should make it clear that he is acting on his own responsibility, and that the administration is not involved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
President Roosevelt responds to an amusing letter Senator Lodge had forwarded to him. Roosevelt plans to be down the river the coming weekend, and says he is not yet in shape for a ride. He inquires whether Lodge has been following the Intercalated Olympic Games in Athens, and remarks on the victory of an Irish-American from New York defeating an Englishman in the running broad jump.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-28
James R. Day, Chancellor of Syracuse University, made a remark regarding President Roosevelt’s public conduct and policy. Professor Hawkins wished Roosevelt to know that while Day’s remark may represent Day’s opinion, it misrepresents the students and teachers of the university who revere Roosevelt and view him as a champion of the rights and liberties of the people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-07
John Robert Greene tells the story of Frederick Morgan Davenport of New York state, whose political affiliations would move from the Republican party to the Progressive party, back to the Republicans, and would end with him as a supporter of the New Deal working for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Greene covers Davenport’s early career as a minister and teacher with an interest in the history of American revivals. He details his entry into New York politics and discusses his interest in adoption of the direct primary which led him to seek the support of Theodore Roosevelt. Greene examines the warfare in the Republican party between 1912 and 1916, and he notes Davenport’s work for Syracuse University in the 1920s. Davenport’s support of President Herbert Hoover and his work on behalf of tariff reform are covered as is Davenport’s gradual embrace of the New Deal while heading two agencies dealing with government personnel matters. Greene notes that Davenport was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1951.
Two of Davenport’s campaign posters, a photograph of the 1912 Progressive Party convention in Chicago, and a political cartoon from the 1912 campaign illustrate the article.
Syracuse University Chancellor James Roscoe Day takes exception to an editorial called “The Scandal-Mongering Epoch” which stated that he “strikes no sympathetic chord in the Methodist Church” when he reflects upon the limits of presidential power. Day outlines several of his reflections that he believes should align with Methodist values and decries the role of the press in contributing to the current national mood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906