Your TR Source
George B. Kemp has long wanted to meet Theodore Roosevelt and hopes to visit him at his office next week. Although he now lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kemp is a native Kentuckian, where he is known as “Teddy No. 2.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-17
John Callan O’Laughlin provides President Roosevelt an overview of his impressions of the political mood of the country. O’Laughlin has concluded that Secretary of War William H. Taft will receive the Republican nomination for president, and recounts the various states that he believes will go for Taft, as well as the political figures who he believes should be watched or contacted in the various states. There is still substantial popular support for Roosevelt in the country, and O’Laughlin believes that if Roosevelt were to run he would win. Roosevelt’s action in ordering an investigation of the wage scale of railroad employees is very popular. Taft draws much of his strength comes from his connection to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-24
If President Roosevelt had listened to the advice of William O’Connell Bradley, loyal Republicans in Kentucky would not be in trouble and William Sylvester Taylor would still be governor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Governor Winfield T. Durbin of Indiana has refused to return William Sylvester Taylor to Kentucky because he does not believe Taylor will be fairly judged by Judge Cantrill. Governor John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham of Kentucky has defended Cantrill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901