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H.R. Bill 12591

Representative Goulden proposes a bill regarding public school administration and support in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

H.R. Bill 12590

A bill from the House of Representatives regarding the regulation of teachers, officers and employees of public schools in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt thinks Ted Roosevelt will get into the Dickey because all his friends have. He believes Nicholas Longworth’s election to the House of Representatives from Ohio is safe and feels the Republicans will carry a majority of the House. Roosevelt also hopes Charles Evans Hughes will be elected governor of New York. He closes by saying Edith has had neuralgia so they are going to Pine Knot for a few days.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-10-31

Columbia: Now you must solve those problems nicely or I won’t give you any reward. You have plenty of time and no excuse.

Columbia, holding an apple labeled “1904,” appears as a teacher with students named “Rep. President (looking like Theodore Roosevelt), Rep. Senate, [and] Rep. House.” Beyond her on the board are these questions: “When is a Trust not a Trust? How about Tariff Revision and if so, why? Shall we have reciprocity with other countries?”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904

Adrift

President Roosevelt is shown standing upon two logs, House and Senate, trying to remain afloat and direct the logs towards legislation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-22

Draft of the speech for the corner stone laying of the Office Building of the House of Representatives

Partial draft, with handwritten edits, of a speech President Roosevelt would deliver at the cornerstone laying for the House of Representatives Office Building. Roosevelt speaks against sensationalism and in favor of government oversight over corporations.

Comments and Context

This speech is popularly known as “The Man with the Muck-Rake,” due to Roosevelt’s references to a character in John Bunyan’s 1678 work The Pilgrim’s Progress. Roosevelt is credited with coining the term “muckraker” to describe investigative journalists that are overly sensationalist and do not offer solutions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Original draft of the speech for the corner stone laying of the Office Building of the House of Representatives

Original draft, with handwritten edits, of a speech President Roosevelt would deliver at the cornerstone laying for the House of Representatives Office Building. Roosevelt speaks against sensationalism and in favor of government oversight over corporations.

Comments and Context

This speech is popularly known as “The Man with the Muck-Rake,” due to Roosevelt’s references to a character in John Bunyan’s 1678 work The Pilgrim’s Progress. Roosevelt is credited with coining the term “muckraker” to describe investigative journalists that are overly sensationalist and do not offer solutions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Address of President Roosevelt at the laying of the corner stone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives

Preliminary copy of a speech President Roosevelt would deliver at the cornerstone laying for the House of Representatives Office Building. Roosevelt speaks against sensationalism and in favor of government oversight over corporations.

Comments and Context

This speech is popularly known as “The Man with the Muck-Rake,” due to Roosevelt’s references to a character in John Bunyan’s 1678 work The Pilgrim’s Progress. Roosevelt is credited with coining the term “muckraker” to describe investigative journalists that are overly sensationalist and do not offer solutions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Address of President Roosevelt at the laying of the corner stone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives

Preliminary copy of a speech President Roosevelt would deliver at the cornerstone laying for the House of Representatives Office Building. Roosevelt speaks in favor of journalistic integrity, and that “to denounce mud slinging does not mean the indorsement [sic] of whitewashing.” He advocates for government oversight over corporations to ensure taxes are paid and used appropriately.

Comments and Context

This speech is popularly known as “The Man with the Muck-Rake,” due to Roosevelt’s references to a character in John Bunyan’s 1678 work The Pilgrim’s Progress. Roosevelt is credited with coining the term “muckraker” to describe investigative journalists that are overly sensationalist and do not offer solutions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt accepted Ambassador Joseph Henry Choate’s resignation effective May 30. He wants Secretary of State Hay to look at his correspondence with Choate. Whitelaw Reid can take office as ambassador on May 30 or June 1. The Ambassador to Spain, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, will be replaced by William Miller Collier on April 1. Roosevelt appreciates Hay’s moral support after dealing with the House of Representatives on the matter of battleships.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt has met with the members of the National Republican Congressional Committee and they are not optimistic over the upcoming House elections. Roosevelt would like Secretary of State Hay to meet with one of the committee members to discuss how to proceed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan

President Roosevelt tells Sir George Otto Trevelyan of his happiness regarding the recent 1904 presidential election, and remarks that he is glad people decided to support the positive message of the Republican Party, rather than the negativity of the Democratic Party. The president attributes his victory to the clear-cut message in his speeches and addresses as well as those canvassing for him. Roosevelt discusses the differences between the American president and other political leaders and believes the American president is more like the British prime minister than the French president. he additionally reflects on his intention not to run for a third term. Even without the convention of only two terms, the president believes it would be better for Secretary of War William H. Taft or Elihu Root to succeed him; they are similar in policy, but would have fresh thoughts and ways. Roosevelt concludes by discussing his recent reading. He praises a section from one of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches after his reelection and equates certain American political leaders to characters in Charles Dickens’s works.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-24

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Charles Henry Grosvenor

George B. Cortelyou sends Charles Henry Grosvenor corrections to the seating arrangements in the Executive Gallery of the House of Representatives for tomorrow’s memorial exercises. President Roosevelt requests seats for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and six others.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Gifford Pinchot that the action of the House “was fine,” but has doubts about what Woodrow Wilson will do.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-05-16

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Louis Lande

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased with Dr. Moskowitz’s campaign to represent New York’s 12th congressional district. He hopes that the 12th district will support Moskowitz and the Progressive Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David M. Goodrich

Theodore Roosevelt encourages David M. Goodrich to run for Congress in the Twenty-Fifth Congressional District.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Gifford Pinchot for the article and will make good use of it. Representative Lindbergh has informed Roosevelt that Mr. Haynes is publishing a book on the Democratically controlled House of Representatives. Roosevelt wants to try to tie Woodrow Wilson and his platform with the record of the House. He requests that Pinchot meet with Lindbergh and go over the material.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-21

Letter from Frank Harper to Regis Henri Post

Frank Harper informs Governor Post that Theodore Roosevelt would prefer to see William Bourke Cockran be nominated for Congress from Post’s district. Roosevelt promised Mr. Bonheur that he would write Post with this information.