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Ready to tilt with Vatican

Edward A. Lancaster, Member of Parliament for Lincoln, Ontario, outlined a bill to amend the Marriage Act which will make a marriage in one province valid and binding in all other provinces. No decree, ecclesiastical or otherwise, can dissolve a marriage performed by any recognized ceremony. This amendment is aimed at combating the Ne Temere Decree, in which the Pope stated marriages must be performed according the canon law of the Church in order to be valid.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-18

Letter from Frank Harper to Horace Marchand

Frank Harper agrees that Horace Marchand appears to have been cheated out of his vote. The matter will be brought to the attention of the Progressive Party managers in Louisiana. Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Marchand’s letter and hopes some good will come out of the inquiry.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-11

Letter from Frank Harper to John Milliken Parker

Frank Harper sends a letter that was received by Theodore Roosevelt regarding a man that was “bluffed out of his vote.” Harper asks if anything can be done in the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the New York Short Ballot Organization

Theodore Roosevelt has read the New York Short Ballot Organization’s pamphlet on applying short ballot principles to New York and approves of their proposals. He agrees that the “little offices” should be removed from politics and that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor should be the only elective state officers. Roosevelt believes the short ballot would also lessen the power of political machines and generally benefit the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-19

Letter from George F. Grassie to Theodore Roosevelt

George Field Grassie inquires if Theodore Roosevelt has ever thought of forcing citizens to vote in elections by levying a tax on eligible voters. Grassie explains his plan would help motivate citizens to vote for honest politicians and would eliminate current unethical voting practices politicians use. Grassie mentions he had previously proposed this plan in the Wisconsin legislature and it was not found to be unconstitutional.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-09

Letter from Horace H. Lurton to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Lurton admires the address of Mr. Fleming, which discusses preserving the gap between whites and African Americans by lifting whites up, not holding African Americans down. Fleming also spoke in reference to grandfather clauses. Public opinion has not brought up criticism against the grandfather clauses. Lurton is sending a typewritten copy of a rare document, an address to the people of Tennessee by the delegates to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1834 explaining why the proposed constitution did not provide for emancipation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-23

15th amendment

A proposition to change the 15th amendment to make it clear that the amendment applies to federal elections and that Congress will “prescribe the mode and manner” of how federal offices are filled.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-20