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William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter and for securing the support of The Outlook for Hornaday’s game preservation efforts. After a successful speaking tour in the West, Hornaday is confident that legislation can be passed in the next session of Congress.
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1915-10-20
Governor Johnson calls for the progressives of California and the West to support Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican presidential nominee.
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1912
Representative Norris conveys a message from Jasper Leonidas McBrien, a prominent Nebraskan progressive, that Richard Lee Metcalfe would be willing to serve as vice president on Theodore Roosevelt’s third party ticket. Metcalfe is a progressive Democrat well known in the west and his nomination would be seen favorably by the “newspaper fraternity.” Norris believes that Metcalfe would add strength to the ticket in the west.
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1912-07-31
At the suggestion of Senator Dixon, Senator Bristow provides his views on the parcel post, income tax, inheritance tax, and Mississippi River improvements. He adds a suggestion that railroads could be built to the Alaskan coal fields to supply coal to the western United States and the Navy’s Pacific fleet.
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1912-05-30
Judge Lindsey wants to make sure that the real sentiment of the people is heard, which is impossible if Theodore Roosevelt’s views on the presidential nomination are not made public. As such, he has been saying that Roosevelt would accept the nomination if it was the clear wish of the party and the people.
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1912-02-08
Governor Hadley encourages the rapid formation of an executive committee of the National Roosevelt Committee. He would like to see someone on this committee assigned to handle the campaign west of the Mississippi River and suggests Thomas K. Niedringhaus or, preferably, Walter S. Dickey. Hadley provides an update on the campaign in Missouri, which would be helped by a prompt declaration from Theodore Roosevelt of his willingness to accept the Republican presidential nomination.
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1912-02-19
Judge Lindsey congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his speech. Roosevelt’s popularity remains strong in the West but opposition remains, including from the Colorado Republican State Committee.
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1912-02-24
William Allen White encourages Theodore Roosevelt to inform the public that he would not decline the Republican presidential nomination if it was offered. Enthusiasm for Roosevelt is strong in the West.
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1912-01-23
Paul A. Zuber wants to dedicate his French language book about his adventures in the Western United States to Theodore Roosevelt, and for him to write a letter. He wrote the book while recovering from a knee injury, during which time he read Roosevelt’s articles about hunting in Africa.
Paul A. Zuber published Dans les Mines du Far-West: Recits et aventures in 1912.
Frederick Lynch sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the “Arizona,” knowing he admires the West.
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1911-12-02
George O. Sanborn informs Theodore Roosevelt of his travels across the country and tells him of the people’s strong opinion to have him run for the 1911 presidential elections. Sanborn states how the people are dissatisfied with William H. Taft’s tariff policies and hopes Roosevelt decides to serve his American duty by honoring the presidential nomination.
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1911-10-23
Alvin Howard Sanders reintroduces himself to Theodore Roosevelt as a chairman of the U.S. Tariff Board in Washington, and asks as a publisher of The Breeder’s Gazette if Roosevelt would be willing to contribute as a writer in any way. Sanders believes that, given Roosevelt’s past experiences (such as his early days on the Little Missouri river), his writing on the topic of any farm or ranch subject would greatly interest their “western” audiences.
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1911-08-30
Edward Niles sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his booklet The Golden West.
Niles’s book, The Golden West, is a historical sketch of Pacific states and territories published in May, 1911, by the North British & Mercantile Insurance Company
Jacob Helder, a professor at Scio College who is spending time out west for his health due to a bout of pulmonary tuberculosis, requests advice from Theodore Roosevelt on moving west more permanently, trusting his perspective after reading Roosevelt’s books on the topic. Helder is distrustful of railroad literature’s misleading description of climates, and is hoping to find a location where the winters and summers are mild, the dust is bearable, and the groundwater drinkable.
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1911-05-30
J. C. Fisher welcomes Theodore Roosevelt to Spokane, Washington. He expresses loyalty and admiration on behalf of himself and the “Bad Land boys.”
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1911-04-07
Cabot A. Yerxa, postmaster at Sierra Madre, California, praises Theodore Roosevelt as being the personification of the principles of a “square deal,” and says that this makes him the “idol of the Western people” of the United States.
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1911-03-23
Charles Jesse Jones sends Theodore Roosevelt a leg of Persian lamb, although he wishes he could send more. Nevertheless, he hopes the leg “will give [Roosevelt] a taste and help to brace [him] up for that wonderful journey that [he] is about to take, to the West.”
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1911-02-27
Joseph Greusel encloses an article that he believes Theodore Roosevelt will find interesting. It recounts a different way of “winning” the West than Roosevelt outlined in his book The Winning of the West. It discusses Abraham Lincoln’s career as a lawyer.
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1911-02-15
Henry Stuart Oliver offers praise, admiration, and encouragement to Theodore Roosevelt for his work promoting “popular rights” in the United States. Although public interest is currently “sagging down,” he hopes Roosevelt will not be discouraged, because he has many supporters, especially in the West.
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1911-02-04
Former assistant attorney general Alford Warriner Cooley has been told that he should be able to go back to work in the early spring. Cooley does not think he should remain in the west, and would have liked to start up a practice in New York, except that he has been advised by his doctor to avoid the strain. It seems that resuming his job in the Department of Justice makes the most sense for his financial and physical health, and he asks Roosevelt’s advice of how to raise this question with President-Elect William H. Taft.
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1908-12-21