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President Roosevelt thanks Sidney B. Eggleston for his letter and agrees that the attitude of trust magnates is astounding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-15
Theodore Roosevelt thinks that the Lorimer case is clear and believes that it is worse then anything done by Tammany Hall in the last thirty years. He does not want Senator Lodge to be influenced in support of Senator Lorimer.
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1911-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt attempts to answer Alfred Borden’s questions, but admits that it is somewhat difficult to do so without seeming to be rude or condescending, as they seem to be fairly basic questions. He explains that, while President, he did not attempt to deal with the Tariff question because he was focused on a number of other topics he considered more important, and he worried that by splitting his efforts further, he would achieve less. Regarding his relations with Senator William Lorimer and Ohio political boss George Barnsdale Cox, Roosevelt explains that when he did not know anything about Lorimer, he treated him just as he did Cox, with both being political bosses of their respective states. Once the scandal surrounding Lorimer began to be exposed as he assumed a position in the legislature, it necessarily had to change how Roosevelt related to him. Finally, Roosevelt denies having ever painted the entirety of Wall Street as dishonest men, and maintains that he has always been in favor of the honest businessman. He hopes, in answering Borden, he did not hurt his feelings, but strove to write candidly and honestly answer his questions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-02
President Roosevelt explains his thoughts related to socialism, saying that socialists do some good in waking some people up to the evils of modern life and the great disparities of wealth, but that for the most part they “merely add to the mass of aimless discontent.” Roosevelt discusses several instances in which socialism praises people who he believes do not deserve it, such as Eugene V. Debs. He believes that socialism also is frequently associated with an “only partially concealed crusade against domestic morality.” For Roosevelt, trending too far towards the ideas of socialism is just as bad as going too far towards the actions of swindling financiers or corrupt politicians.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-17
President Roosevelt would like to begin a sharp, aggressive campaign against Justice Herrick.
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1904-09-22
William Dudley Foulke tells Elliot H. Goodwin that he is always in favor of investigation of improper use of patronage, but thinks that the suggestion to investigate the use of patronage in favor of William H. Taft, as suggested by the Indianapolis News, does not make sense. Foulke also tells Goodwin about some of the proceedings of a recent Indiana Civil Service Reform Association meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-22
Judge Edgar Aldrich from the District Court of New Hampshire requests President Roosevelt read an enclosed opinion from Fisher v. Concord Railroad by Charles Doe, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. Doe opined that courts moving slowly against railroad companies only help the railroad companies, not the public, and it is not a court’s duty to be slow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-16
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
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1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Uncle Sam sits on a log in a swamp labeled “Spoils System” from which snakes labeled “Quayism, Bardsleyism, [and] Tannerism,” and noxious fumes rise in the form of shades labeled “Raumism – Pension Swindler, Crokerism, McLaughlinism, Tweedism, Prendergast – Political Assassin, [and] Guiteau – Political Assassin.” Also shown among the tree roots is Charles A. Dana. Caption: It will have to be drained to get rid of the noxious miasmas that arise from it.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-11-15
Richard Croker, a Tammany Hall boss, is pictured as Hamlet, exiting a castle labeled “Tammany Hall,” carrying a moneybag labeled “Pickings” and papers labeled “Deed $90,000 House, Ranch – Racing Stable, [and] Investm[ent] – Stock Farm.” He encounters the ghost of Boss Tweed who stands at the edge of an “Abyss for Smashed Bosses,” holding in his arms a moneybag labeled “Stealings” and papers labeled “‘Diamond Wedding’, Erie Deal, [and] 5th Avenue House.” Croker is headed for the abyss. Caption: Hamlet Croker (to Ghost Tweed)–I’ll follow thee!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-04-11
Half-length portrait of Richard Croker, facing front, with right hand resting on papers labeled “Certificate of Stock, Consolidate[d] Ice Co., Auto Truck Company, Fireproofin[g], [and] Telephone Co.” The ghost of a disconsolate Boss Tweed, wearing prison stripes, appears in the upper left corner above Croker’s right shoulder.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-05-10
James Gillespie Blaine, dressed like a Roman statesman, stands on a pedestal that states, “What are you going to do about it,” a phrase attributed to Boss Tweed. The ghost of Tweed stands behind Blaine, weeping, holding a paper that states, “Why wasn’t I vindicated? I cast my anchor windward too!!” At the base of the pedestal are books and papers, some labeled, “20 Years Casting My Anchor to Windward,” “Burn this,” and “20 Years No Deadhead.” Whitelaw Reid stands at center, appealing to Blaine. On the left are various bank officers who committed crimes and got caught. Some hold papers that state, “I saw various channels in which I could be useful. President Dodd, Bank Breaker,” “I cast an anchor to windward in the Marine Bank. J. D. Fish, Bank Breaker,” “I would ‘sacrifice a great deal to get a settlement’ Captain Howgate, U. S. A., Defaulter,” “I did not prove a deadhead in the enterprise. A. S. Warner, Albion Bank Breaker,” “I received very large sums of money without one dollar of expense. Ferdinand Ward, Swindler.” Albert S. Warner was President of The First National Bank of Albion; Henry W. Howgate was a Disbursing Officer in the U. S. Signal Service. Caption: Chorus of Non-Magnetic Swindlers – “Why shouldn’t we be vindicated, too? We saw various channels in which we could be useful. We were no deadheads.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-09-24
Volume I, Number 6 of the newspaper, “a National Journal devoted to Politics, Literature and Finance.” This issue includes a portion of an address on federalism by Alexander Del Mar given before the Liberal Club of New York City, as well as details of the debate that followed Del Mar’s remarks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1873-02-22
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