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President Roosevelt asks Representative Sherman to attend to the management of the Republican National Committee. He hears many complaints such as that recounted in the letter from a prominent Republican, which Roosevelt quotes from.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-05
William H. Taft writes to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Hitchcock to ask for the resignations of both Treasurer of the Republican National Committee George Rumsey Sheldon and Head of the Speaker’s Bureau T. Coleman DuPont, on the grounds that Sheldon solicited funds from trust affiliates and DuPont is currently involved in a trust suit. He suggests possible replacements for DuPont, and asks for a system of campaign funding that solicits small subscriptions through western cities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-22
This memorandum records the events relating to a current request made to William Loeb that some of the seats at the Republican National Convention assigned to President Roosevelt be made available for the use of ambassadors and ministers from several Central and South American countries. John Barrett, director of the International Bureau of American Republics, had asked Clayton Powell for the use of several seats to accommodate these diplomats, but after initially receiving an affirmative answer later found that there were no seats available for this purpose. There was likely a misunderstanding or miscommunication sometime during these preparations, but the chief hope now is to avoid embarrassment in not being able to provide the expected seats.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03