Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne
President Roosevelt and ex-Congressman Jacob Yost want the present postmaster of Lexington, Virginia, retained.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-14
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Yost, Jacob, 1853-1933
List of names submitted to the President
Memorandum with the names of eighteen dependable Virginians whom John S. Wise recommends to President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-07
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Letter from Henry C. Payne to George B. Cortelyou
Peace could not be found in a Virginia district due to Republican infighting and Postmaster General Payne suggests that they use Congressman-elect Campbell Slemp in their future relations with Virginia politicians. S. Brown Allen “gave the olive branch” to Jacob Yost. Payne argues that the importance attached to “delegate getters” in the South should go to “vote getters.” The problem is the small number of Republicans in the South.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-26
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Letter from S. Brown Allen to Campbell Slemp
S. Brown Allen summarizes events in Virginia’s Tenth Congressional District and the attempts of Jacob Yost to disrupt the party organization. Allen argues that he supports Colonel Slemp and that most of the Virginia Republicans do not support Yost. Yost’s machinations led to his declining of the nomination of Virginia Republicans at the Buchanan Convention in 1898.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-12
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The Virginia Republican organization
The Republican Party elected Jacob Yost to Congress from Virginia’s Tenth District in 1896. Since then, a faction under S. Brown Allen and R. A. Fulwiler has taken over the Republican Committee in Virginia. The Committee controls all government appointments, and appoints its own members at the expense of the actual election results. Allen proposed to end factionalism with Yost, and Yost reluctantly agreed to accept the nomination with the caveat that a new committee be elected. Allen turned on Yost and R. Lyons received the nomination, losing handily to the Democratic candidate. In a handwritten note, John S. Wise tells President Roosevelt that the pamphlet is “Gospel truth.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-12
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Letter from Harry Libbey to John S. Wise
Harry Libbey agrees with the letter John S. Wise sent to President Roosevelt and General Rosser. He hopes the appointments will be delayed so they have more time to prepare.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-12