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Taggart, Thomas, 1856-1929

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt responds that he will act as Secretary of War Taft outlined regarding the report on the Philippines exhibit. Roosevelt is pleased about Vermont and hopes the Maine election will be favorable to his party. He complains about newspaper reports that money was sent to Vermont to win the election, which was not true, noting that those same newspapers overlook the corruption of Thomas Taggart in the Indiana election, including paying voters and keeping voters away. Roosevelt is sorry that Taft’s brother, Henry W. Taft, did not accept the nomination for governor of New York state.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Josephine Shaw Lowell

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Josephine Shaw Lowell

President Roosevelt will not promise Josephine Shaw Lowell more than he already has and believes the Democrats are “utterly insincere” in promising independence to the Filipinos. Roosevelt compares the Christian Filipinos to the Islamic Moros and worries that freedom for one group would disrupt peace. Roosevelt also discusses the absurdity of the Democrats calling themselves a reform party under Thomas Taggart, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He is also upset about Carl Schurz’s support of Alton B. Parker in the election because it is the party of John Sharp Williams, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, who presides over a district whose majority is comprised of people of color but which is governed by white men.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt asks Lyman Abbott what he knows about Thomas Taggart, chosen to run the campaign for Democratic Presidential candidate Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt insists he appointed George B. Cortelyou to run his own campaign to be “handled on a high plane.” Conversely, Roosevelt is critical of Taggart who he believes has “succeeded in politics by his finished ability in purchasing votes” and has questionable ethics when dealing with reporters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt is frustrated at the newspapers for condemning the Republicans for their view on sound money. The Democrats’ candidate is boasting that he has supported the cause of free silver in the last two elections. Roosevelt believes that his campaign has no apology to make.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister

President Roosevelt agrees with Owen Wister’s thoughts. Roosevelt is grateful to the American people even though he has had a great deal of work as president. Roosevelt notes his cabinet has been a huge support to him and is glad he owed the election to “Abraham Lincoln’s ‘plain people.'” The president expresses his frustration with certain journalists and newspapers who criticize Roosevelt about having too close of a connection with “the wicked” but who ignored Alton B. Parker’s “hand-in-glove intimacy” with James J. Hill, William F. Sheehan, and Thomas Taggart. Roosevelt acknowledges he has made mistakes, but many of the criticisms leveled at him are due to ignorance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-19

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to William Loeb

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to William Loeb

Surveyor James Sullivan Clarkson tells William Loeb about a secret movement in Tammany Hall to put General Ulysses S. Grant’s son, Jesse Root Grant, on the democratic ticket for 1908. All the states involved in organizing the movement so far are in the West and Northwest, and the idea is to “head off” William Jennings Bryan and William Randolph Hearst. Clarkson thinks it is “a pretty smart game” and emphasizes how important it is to keep it from going public.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson updates President Roosevelt on his visits to states and campaigning for the upcoming election. He has recently been in Wisconsin, and believes that Roosevelt “may dismiss all concern from your mind about the electoral vote.” Wilson has also observed the effect of William Jennings Bryan’s visit to Indiana, and comments on the strength of the Republican Party’s organization there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-30

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for looking into the matter of a picture frame for him, but believes that the answer Roosevelt gave is slightly off base with regard to duties placed on the frame, as it is being brought in for a museum, which has traditionally been free from duty payments. The duty was assessed in Vermont, and not in Boston, so Lodge believes that the Department of the Treasury was somewhat disingenuous in placing the blame on George H. Lyman, who is Collector of Customs at Boston. Lodge has heard that the political situation in New York has improved, and believes that the Democrats will not be able to defeat Roosevelt in any northern state.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Letter from John A. Sleicher to William Loeb

Letter from John A. Sleicher to William Loeb

Both of the changes that William Loeb suggested have been commended by platform committee to be presented at Saratoga. John A. Sleicher intends to meet the Democratic editors that have been called to a meeting by Judge Alton B. Parker and Thomas Taggart; he believes after he speaks with them, he will have a better idea of how rural districts will vote. Sleicher still wishes that Elihu Root would run for Governor of New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-07

Letter from Lyman Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Lyman Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt

Lyman Abbott discusses the “race plank in the Republican platform.” He is glad that President Roosevelt agrees with him “as to the inexpediency” of the issue and details his opinions about the subject. Abbott further hopes that “the race issue which that plank raised may be forgotten in this campaign.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-04

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Fairbanks approves of appointing Aaron Jones the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Fairbanks believes that Thomas Taggart’s selection means that “the Democrats are going to make a hard fight for Indiana” but that the Republicans will not lose the state. Fairbanks has found “a number of Democrats who will give us their support.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03