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President Roosevelt writes to Senator Hale that although he would like to assist Pearl Wight’s nephew, he feels it is best appoint a labor man to the vacancy in question.
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1908-09-14
At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary encloses a letter from Pearl Wight of the Republican National Committee. Roosevelt would appreciate Senator Bristow’s opinion on whether anything can be done for the people of Louisiana.
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1913-04-15
Theodore Roosevelt asks if Oscar K. Davis can get the information mentioned in the enclosed letter from Pearl Wight.
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1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary discusses Roosevelt’s Louisiana travel arrangements with Philip Werlein. He requests that no more than three or four men meet Roosevelt on the special train to New Orleans and that the public meeting be an informal affair as Roosevelt prefers to speak in his ordinary clothes instead of formal dress.
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1911-02-18
Theodore Roosevelt tells Harry Stillwell Edwards that his whole purpose during this crisis is to have his countrymen think clearly. He asks Edwards to get in touch with Cecil Andrew Lyon, Leslie Combs, and Pearl Wight.
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1915-11-27
Theodore Roosevelt thinks it is wise to support John Milliken Parker in Louisiana. Roosevelt suggests that Joseph O. Thompson keep in touch with Parker, as well as Cecil Andrew Lyon and Pearl Wight.
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1915-11-12
Theodore Roosevelt agrees that all they can do is “remain in cold storage for a year” and see what happens. They may need to support a third candidate, and Roosevelt does not expect many of their former associates to support them. Roosevelt also feels that Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan have behaved dreadfully.
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1915-02-26
President Roosevelt submits to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou a list of men to serve as commissioners on the 1909 Annual Assay Commission.
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1909-01-23
President Roosevelt writes Richard Watson Gilder a lengthy refutation of an article in the Evening Post in which William Garrott Brown misconstrues his actions in the Republican Party. Namely, Brown accuses Roosevelt of neglecting Republicans in the South and of doing a poor job of making nominations to local offices and positions. Roosevelt asserts that where the Republican party is not strong in the South, he has had to appoint Democrats who were quality men, rather than incapable men who are Republicans. Where he believes the party has a chance to compete with Democrats, he does all he can to support it. Roosevelt also writes that he did not use his influence on officers to get William H. Taft the nomination, but rather Taft was nominated because Roosevelt’s policies were popular, and Taft is the man who will continue those policies. Roosevelt believes that Brown is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of a number of facts.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt sends a telegram to Frank H. Hitchcock at the Republican National Convention hoping that the Louisiana case can be settled on its merits. He says that he instructed Pearl Wight, who he holds in high regard, to make sure that colored men were put on the delegation because he thought it was right and equitable, and because failing to do so would jeopardize the case being judged on its merits. Nonetheless, he hopes that Wight will abide by the decision of the committee and accept Hitchcock’s judgement.
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1908-06-09
President Roosevelt has communicated with both Pearl Wight and Francis Bennett Williams, but believes he does not have enough knowledge of the case to intervene. He hopes that the case will be treated exactly on its merits, and that he has no personal request to make of them.
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1908-06-13
President Roosevelt was pleased by Frank H. Hitchcock’s telegram of the previous evening, and thinks that Pearl Wight acted in a patriotic matter. He thinks that if any of Wight’s associates tried to appeal to the convention, they would only bring disaster.
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1908-06-10
President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
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1908-02-10
President Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke that the statement that he has tried to influence the presidential nomination through appointments to state offices is false and malicious. Roosevelt provides a detailed account of appointments he has made in various states as a rebuttal to this accusation. Because there are so many local offices, Roosevelt frequently relies on input from senators, and tries to put the best people in office. The newspapers that have accused him of showing favoritism have either ignored the facts or chosen to not seek them out. Roosevelt gives a particularly thorough look at the appointments he has made in Ohio, the home state of Secretary of War William H. Taft.
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1908-02-07
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft that he does not think they should send for Oliver as he does not feel he is suitable for the work that needs to be done, especially if Oliver cannot find two appropriate contractors with the money that has been secured. Instead, Stevens may be called on to do the work. Roosevelt is impressed by Pearl Wight’s letter and is ready to act on it if needed.
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1907-01-28
President Roosevelt defends the removal of Mr. Boothby as one of the “cogs in the old machine.”
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1902-07-15
After receiving information from Pearl Wight, President Roosevelt supports the removal of Mr. Boothby.
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1902-07-15
Philip Werlein acknowledges Frank Harper’s letter shortening the time Theodore Roosevelt will spend in New Orleans on his upcoming trip. He provides a detailed itinerary and schedule of Roosevelt’s time in the city.
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1911-02-10
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt from the Republican National Convention in Chicago to update him on some of the events that have occurred thus far. There was previously some talk of compromise with regard to the Kentucky cases, but after receiving Roosevelt’s telegram people accepted that each case had to be dealt with on its own merit. Lodge thinks that the Louisiana compromise was wise, as the Henry C. Warmoth delegates are the only real organization, but have also made declarations about white supremacy that Lodge thinks would not be good to tie the Republican party to. Secretary of War William H. Taft seems likely to receive most of the votes to nominate him to run for the presidency. Lodge will not have much say over the platform, as he will be presiding, but will do what he can. He is glad that Roosevelt’s fall from a horse was not serious.
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1908-06-09
Senator Beveridge defends his stance on moving an office to Indianapolis. He states that it would be beneficial to the state, comparing it to Collector of Revenue Elam H. Neal moving his office from the Lawrenceburg district to Indianapolis. He claims it would “completely change the face of affairs in that badly honeycombed service.” Beveridge would like to state his opinion on the topic to the president.
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1907-06-04