Letter from William H. Taft to William Loeb
Secretary of War Taft sends William Loeb a letter from Arthur I. Vorys.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1908-02-28
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Vorys, Arthur I. (Arthur Isaiah), 1856-1933
Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-24
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft has received the enclosure about John Mitchell, and is sorry about it. He spoke with Arthur I. Vorys, and it appears that there was a misunderstanding about Mitchell, which Vorys regretted. Taft does not believe that the information could have gotten out through Vorys, and encloses a letter from Mitchell addressing the situation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-21
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Letter from Ralph M. Easley to Theodore Roosevelt
Ralph M. Easley tells President Roosevelt about some details related to the National Civic Federation. Easley spoke with Chicago Democrat Roger Charles Sullivan recently, and comments on some matters of Chicago politics. Easley also speaks about public opinion about Secretary of War William H. Taft among the labor movement.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-16
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Letter from John Mitchell to Theodore Roosevelt
John Mitchell recounts to President Roosevelt a troubling incident that arose following a conversation with Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys. Speaking in confidence, Mitchell had promised Vorys that his labor contingency would not present resolutions detrimental to Taft at the convention. Mitchell was then contacted by a newspaper man who repeated the private conversation he had had with Vorys and threatened to “spoil [his] game with Secretary Taft” if he did not use his influence to reinstate an officer who had been expelled from the mining union.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-12
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Letter from Charles Phelps Taft to William H. Taft
Charles P. Taft warns Secretary of War William H. Taft that Ohio Revenue Collector Bernhard Bettmann’s office is full of “Foraker people” who work against him, alongside three or four Taft supporters. They plan to get up rump conventions in order to have two sets of delegates in certain districts, including the sixth. Charles P. Taft told his informant to lay the issue before Commissioner Arthur I. Vorys, but they must make it known the Federal offices will not line up on Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s side.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-24
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft writes that the note from Governor Albert Baird Cummins indicated “a desire to be counted on the side of the Lord.” He called on Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou to try to straighten up the situation between them, and discussed the matter with Cortelyou’s wife, who was home at the time. He wonders what William Loeb would think of Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, and says Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield will talk to Roosevelt about it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-20
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Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
Francis B. Loomis writes to William Loeb that while talking to judge William R. Day recently, Day raised the question of the negative influence of Ohio Insurance Commissioner Arthur I. Vorys on supporters of Secretary of War William H. Taft in Ohio. He sensed this same feeling around Springfield, Illinois, and thinks the matter calls for President Roosevelt’s consideration. The Republican Club feels Loeb should take charge of the Taft campaign and Charles Phelps Taft should contribute funds for the work.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-19
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Letter from Cecil Andrew Lyon to Theodore Roosevelt
Texas Republican National Committee Chairman Lyon is certain that assistant postmaster Frank H. Hitchcock did not direct any southern state Republican committee members to renominate Roosevelt, as the enclosed newspaper article reports. He would like President Roosevelt to personally confirm the article’s account of Roosevelt’s meeting with Hitchcock and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer about the rumors. Lyon contacted Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys, to confirm that he did not need to worry about Texas Republicans supporting him, provided Roosevelt still endorses Taft.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-14
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Letter from George Curry to William Loeb
New Mexico Governor Curry warns William Loeb of corporate and political efforts to portray President Roosevelt’s administration and the Rough Riders negatively in the press. He recommends sending a pro-Roosevelt delegation to avoid reactionary support of Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Curry is awaiting instructions from President Roosevelt for scheduling the convention, and intends on continuing with his plan of not including federal office holders as representatives of the delegation. He adds that while David J. Leahy’s appointment as the new United States Attorney of New Mexico went smoothly, Curry is figuring out what should be done with Morgan Llewellyn, the Surveyor General of New Mexico. Curry will recommend his resignation if it is too embarrassing for President Roosevelt. He notes that Delegate William H. Andrews has introduced a statehood bill for New Mexico, and he will probably go with the committee.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-04
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Letter from George Cooper Pardee to Theodore Roosevelt
Governor Pardee encloses a copy of a letter he wrote to Arthur I. Vorys.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-13
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Letter from Jonathan Bourne to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Bourne and other Oregon legislators recommend that George A. Westgate be named as the Surveyor General of Oregon. They are eager to name a replacement because the last Surveyor General was dismissed for poor conduct, and Westgate is known to be a man of integrity. Regarding the upcoming election, Bourne believes the public will resist any effort by Roosevelt to name his own successor, even though many would like him to run for office again. He believes New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes would be the people’s choice.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-10-03
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Letter from Charles E. Arnold to Charles Phelps Taft
Charles E. Arnold informs Charles Phelps Taft that Arizona will not send an instructed delegation favorable to Secretary of War Taft to the Republican National Convention unless President Roosevelt assures them that the upcoming congressional session will not discuss joint statehood with New Mexico. Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Frank H. Hitchcock, and Arthur I. Vorys, Taft’s campaign manager, have promised to help, and Arnold hopes Charles Phelps Taft can as well.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-15
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft explains why he partially disagrees with President Roosevelt regarding the tariff. Taft also requests the privilege to differ from Roosevelt regarding the Interstate Commerce Commission and “the issue of bonds and stocks of interstate railways.” Taft hopes to return from his trip to Berlin via the Siberian Railway and wants Roosevelt’s advice before making arrangements.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-06
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt on the activities of the Republican Party in Ohio. Taft’s half-brother, Charles Phelps Taft, has heard that a resolution endorsing Taft as the presidential nominee in the upcoming election will pass. Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is using the press to plant stories intended to hurt Taft’s chances at nomination. In a handwritten postscript, Taft reports that two members of the central committee would vote to endorse Taft if an endorsement of Foraker were defeated.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-27
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a copy of a telegram congratulating Taft on receiving the endorsement of the Ohio Republican Party for president in the upcoming election. Taft says that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is “becoming more personal” in his speeches against Taft and is demanding more detail on Taft’s position of the tariff, the particulars of which Taft says are a matter for Congress, not him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-31
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft discusses his thoughts about his upcoming trip from the Philippines to Europe and back via the Siberian Railway. Taft believes he can assuage any unfavorable feelings in Japan the trip may arouse during his visit with his Japanese friends, including the Minister of War. In Ohio, Taft says the news of his endorsement by the state central committee gets better as time goes on; both Senators Joseph Benson Foraker and Charles Dick have promoted the endorsement in the press by speaking out against it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-02
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft reports on resistance to endorsing him for the presidency among Ohio Republicans. A compromise has been suggested, by which the state committee might endorse Taft for the presidency and Joseph Benson Foraker for the Senate. Taft says he would rather abandon his pursuit of the presidency than appear to compromise with Foraker, who is dishonest and unscrupulous.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-23
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Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to William H. Taft
Postmaster General Meyer reports to Secretary of War Taft that Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock has expressed his loyalty to President Roosevelt, assuring Meyer that he will act as Roosevelt instructs. Meyer comments, regarding a nomination to the postmastership of Spencerville, Ohio, that he has directed Hitchcock to seek input from Arthur I. Vorys. Hitchcock believes that Vorys is ill disposed toward him because he had been mentioned in the press “as a probable Taft manager.” Meyer is writing to Roosevelt, as well, and will urge him to talk to Hitchcock himself.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-21
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Letter from William H. Taft to William Loeb
Secretary of War Taft relays some remarks to William Loeb made by Arthur I. Vorys about Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock. In a letter, Vorys tells Taft that he had thought Hitchcock was being insincere about certain postmaster appointments in Ohio, but recent information has led him to believe otherwise.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-20