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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nevada N. Stranahan

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nevada N. Stranahan

President Roosevelt shares with Nevada N. Stranahan, Collector of Customs in New York, that he feels Governor Frank Wayland Higgins is correct about suggesting John T. Mott as chairman of the New York Republican State Committee. He would have accepted several other candidates, but there would be too much opposition. Roosevelt will gladly back Mott and considers him ideal for the situation. He wants Higgins to take care of the matter immediately and asks Stranahan to contact William L. Ward and George W. Dunn. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-15

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth sends President Roosevelt information on a friend of his, who comes with strong endorsements from Bell Weston Burton and S. Schofield. Wadsworth asks Roosevelt to tell Edith Roosevelt that he rode her favorite horse yesterday and thought of her. Wadsworth reports that James Wolcott Wadsworth, his representative in Congress, is sure of reelection, and does not care what his opponent Peter A. Porter does. Representative Wadsworth has said that the Honorable George Aldrich believes James Goold Cutler, the mayor of Rochester, can be elected governor and later become president. Wadsworth encloses a picture of Katherine Coolidge with Eleanora Randolph Sears.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-08

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Beveridge informs President Roosevelt that he has spoken with George Washington Cromer. Cromer reported that he had been approached by James Wolcott Wadsworth, who told him that Roosevelt “knew nothing about the bill” and “cared little.” Beveridge informed Cromer of Roosevelt’s letter, and Cromer “was amazed.” Beveridge suggests that in light of Wadsworth’s recent statements, perhaps Roosevelt should make his letter public that night.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-15

Reflections upon the president

Reflections upon the president

Syracuse University Chancellor James Roscoe Day takes exception to an editorial called “The Scandal-Mongering Epoch” which stated that he “strikes no sympathetic chord in the Methodist Church” when he reflects upon the limits of presidential power. Day outlines several of his reflections that he believes should align with Methodist values and decries the role of the press in contributing to the current national mood.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906

Wadsworth playing for his seat again

Wadsworth playing for his seat again

New York Representative James Wolcott Wadsworth is said to be planning his candidacy for Congress again next year. The details of his plan to regain his seat through “pulling wires” in the Republican Party and “handicapping” Representative Peter A. Porter are given.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-05

They saw their “Flying Dutchman” – it crossed their path, and they were lost

They saw their “Flying Dutchman” – it crossed their path, and they were lost

A ship has lost its course and wrecked at the sight of the “Flying Dutchman” labeled “Speeches” with the face of James G. Blaine as the ship’s figurehead and using the “Bloody Shirt” as sails. Men cling to the wreck of the ship. Some are in the sea, and many are on the rocks. Some are identified as “Cornell, Wadsworth, Daggett, Catlin, Carr, O’Brien [who is clinging to “Davenport’s Bar’l”], Evarts, “Jake Hess,” Miller, T. Platt, Davenport, Sherman, Edmunds, [and] Jonah B. Foraker.” Among those unidentified are Whitelaw Reid holding a bottle labeled “Tribune Editorial Solace,” Joseph Pulitzer as a bird labeled “N.Y. World,” and John Logan.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-11

Good men on a bad platform

Good men on a bad platform

Three men labeled “Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr,” hanging onto each other, stand on “The One Solid Plank” labeled “Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions” of a shaky platform that includes rotten boards labeled “The John Roach Issue,” “Protective-Tariff Fanaticism,” Bloody-Shirtism,” “Trumped-up Charges Against Cleveland,” and “Sham Patriotism.” A sign on the left states “Mugmumps Cordially Welcome” and one on the right states “Please Don’t Look at the Platform, Look at the Men,” and a sign in the background states “A Sound State Ticket – Three Honest Men.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-09-30

For sale again

For sale again

Print shows John Kelly carrying a basket labeled “27,000 Votes For Sale,” accosting passengers on a “New York Train,” seeking buyers. Around the car, men are seated beneath windows labeled “Democratic Nomination Hewitt for Gov.,” “Cornell for Gov.,” “Folger for Gov.,” and “Wadsworth for Gov.” They are reading newspapers labeled “Half Breed,” “Greenback,” “Independent Puck,” “Stalwart,” and “Machine Paper.” Caption: John Kelly Here you are! I’ll sell to anybody else, except “blind pool men.” How much for the lot?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-08-30