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President Roosevelt informs Colonel Goethals that he is sending Secretary of War Taft to Panama with engineers to work on the Gatun Dam. Roosevelt offers his opinions about the Dam and maintains that he cares most about building the Panama Canal according to the best and safest plans.
1908-12-13
Francis C. Travers urges William Loeb to hold the date of March 17, 1905, for President Roosevelt to attend the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner in New York City. If Roosevelt wishes another dinner in February, Travers is happy to oblige, but the date of March 17 cannot be changed for this event. Travers asks Loeb whether Roosevelt would like others invited to the dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-27
President Roosevelt sends Ambassador Egan his speech and writes that he wishes he could study the “socialistic movement” in Denmark. Roosevelt compares socialism in the United States with that in Scandinavia. He also inquires if Egan knows Rennell Rodd and mentions that Secretary of War William H. Taft is likely to win the upcoming election.
1908-08-05
President Roosevelt expresses interest in Ambassador Egan’s article and is glad that he likes his post. Regarding an issue with Secretary of War Taft, Roosevelt writes that Egan can stay in Copenhagen as long as he likes, and asks him to have Archbishop Ireland write Taft.
1908-03-06
Article discusses reporters experiences in the White Houses of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. It focuses on the relationships Roosevelt built with some reporters during his time as president.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1913-1921
Manuscript about Theodore Roosevelt’s travels in Europe in 1910, submitted to The Reader’s Digest by his personal secretary, Frank Harper. The article describes how Harper came to work for Theodore Roosevelt, his first meeting with him at Sagamore Hill before his departure on his African safari in 1909, and meeting him again next in Rome a year later. Harper then details the controversy over whether Roosevelt would be able to meet the pope (which meeting Harper describes as being blocked by Cardinal Merry del Val), Roosevelt’s meeting with the King of Italy, his visit to Porto Maurizio to see his wife’s sister Emily Carow, his address at the Sorbonne in Paris (which was translated for him into French by Jules Jusserand), an offer from Count Zeppelin to visit Germany in one of his Zeppelins, the hospitality of the German Kaiser in Berlin, and Roosevelt’s service as the special ambassador representing the United States at the funeral of Edward VII.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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William H. Taft and others address New England Street Railways Club’s “Federal Night” dinner. Major topics included judicial review and anti-trust legislation.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1912-03-19
Article includes a political analysis of Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1912-08
President Roosevelt encloses for Richard V. Oulahan an example of the statements being made against William H. Taft, alleging that he dislikes Catholics. Roosevelt notes that Taft has always been “fair and square” to Catholics and believes that the attacks are because Taft is a Universalist. He thinks that men like Ernest Harvier and Michael Walsh should work to make Catholic laymen aware of the attacks made on Taft by William Jennings Bryan’s campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-12
President Roosevelt believes that Chilion B. Allen understands how short of money the campaign committees are. Roosevelt believes that William H. Taft and Governor Charles Evans Hughes are doing everything they can for him, but asks for the name of Rev. D. D. of Brooklyn, who Allen says is “accepting Republican money.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-12
President Roosevelt does not think that the Republican National Committee is doing anything about Eugene V. Debs’s assault on William H. Taft which has been published in the Catholic papers. Roosevelt does not believe it would take much money to handle the matter; they just need to convince the laypeople that the attack has been circulated by Protestants, Masons, and socialists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt drops his son Ted a line to tell him that they are thinking of him as he starts out life in the “big world.” He reports that Ethel took his horse Roswell over the high hurdle twice before he made her promise not to do it again. Roosevelt’s leg has bothered him, but he thinks it is recovering now. He is being very careful with it so that he will start out well on his African safari. Ted’s registration in Oyster Bay has been worked out, and Roosevelt encourages him to make it down to vote.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt does not think that the incident with the papers that Representative Longworth wrote him about was his fault. Roosevelt tells his son-in-law about a time when a paper invented a quote from him stating that he would rather vote for a ticket of drunkards than a ticket of prohibitionists. Even after Roosevelt said it was a “lie out of the whole cloth,” the statement was quoted at prohibition meetings. Roosevelt believes that William H. Taft will be elected, but that the popular vote will be less than it was four years ago.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt has received Senator Lodge’s letter and says that if Surveyor of the Port of Boston Jeremiah J. McCarthy appeals to him, he will reach out to Mr. Reynolds. Roosevelt discusses the presidential campaign and notes that New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes has been useful in the West, but it will be a challenge to “pull him through” in New York. However, if William H. Taft’s majority is big enough, it will happen. He discusses the Republican prospects in several states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt appreciates Representative Sherman’s letter and notes that his reports on Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois align with outside sources. Roosevelt is concerned about New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s chances at re-election but believes that Hughes’s speeches in the West helped. Roosevelt is pleased with Sherman’s work during the election. He encloses a letter and notes that Kerwin or Delaney should see Sherman and that Eugene V. Debs’s article on William H. Taft should be circulated as they propose.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-09
President Roosevelt returns the letter from James Duncan, which Daniel J. Keefe had sent. While Duncan is not doing as well as Keefe, Roosevelt is glad that he wrote to Samuel Gompers about James Wallace Van Cleave and notes that William H. Taft would not be influenced by Van Cleave.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-09
President Roosevelt doubts the advisability of William Dudley Foulke’s making a statement in favor of Representative James E. Watson without it appearing to reflect on Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon. Roosevelt is glad that Foulke thinks the campaign is going well but worries about opposition from labor parties and New York State.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-07
President Roosevelt clarifies William H. Taft’s opinion on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and on the appointment of African Americans, for Lawrence F. Abbott. Namely, that Taft shares Roosevelt’s sentiments, as well as those of The Outlook, on Mississippi Governor James Kimble Vardaman and Representative John Sharp Williams. Roosevelt offers a list of the principle African American appointments he has made while in office, and encourages Abbott to contact Booker T. Washington for further statement on the character of the appointees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-06
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt greatly enjoyed Seth Bullock’s letter about Kermit Roosevelt. Bullock’s political updates worry Roosevelt, but he will not go on the stump. William H. Taft is the candidate and must be the one in the public eye.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-05
President Roosevelt records the facts about his influence on the nomination of William H. Taft in the Southern states, countering reports in the press. Roosevelt analyzes the breakdown of support for candidates in each area of the country, and summarizes that the Northern officials followed the trajectories in their districts, and opposition to Taft in the Southern states was largely a result of the influence of outside interests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-05