[May 1901] Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir I am poor man and I am in big trouble at present I need some money, and I hope you will supply me with some 50 Dollars I hope you will help me soon as possible Your Respectfully Countryman (J. Crappssala 5 Summer St. Stamford, Conn) [*12059*][May 1901] Cedar Ave. M.E. Parsonage, Scranton, PA.. F.P. Doty, - Pastor. 339 Cherry St., Scranton, Pa. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: Dear Sir: Learning that you are expected here (in Scranton) in June, at the opening of the new Armory. I write you concerning a matter of interest to me and my people. Of course you do not know me, - Never heard of me. - Well, I am pastor of a small church in this city. We need to raise some money toward building our new church. I want to secure you to lecture to the people of our city on your experiences in Cuba or some other subject. Will secure the Opera House for the purpose.Would like to have you fix the date on the evening before, or the evening after the Opening of Armory. The evening before preferred. Am aware that you are not in the lecture business ordinarily, but we are a church, composed entirely of working people. Not a rich man to help us in our number, and our need is great. You have many admirers here who would be glad of the opportunity to have you, and that would serve as a means of assisting us. Please give a favorable reply, and name terms or conditions. If the time I suggest is not convenient name any other early date. Very truly yours, F.P. Doty, PastorB. F. EBORN, J. C. JONES. EBORN & JONES BIRMINGHAM, ALA, ------------------------------------------------ Maps and detailed reports furnished when we know the identity of the real purchaser.- This is essential for mutual protection. Commission divided with responsible brokers, Subject to change without notice. -------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA TIMBER LANDS. X X X X X X X X X X X X Number : Number of : State : County : Kind of : Average : Distance from: Price for : : : : : out : & name of : per refer- : acres : : : Timber : per acre : R. R. & :acre ence : : : : : : River : F.S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #1 : 185,000 : Fla. : Liberty : Pine & : 4500 : 2 Rivers : $3. : : : : Cypress : : : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #2 : 90,000 : " :Franklin : P & C : 4500 : Tidewater : $2. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #3 : 22,000 : " : Taylor : Pine : 4000 : River : $2. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #4 : 18,000 : " : " : " : 4000 : Rail & River : $2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #5 : 43,930 : " : " : " : 5000 : " " " : $4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #6 : 31,000 : " : " : " : 4500 : " " " : $4. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #7 : 158,000 : " : Calhoun: " : 2500 : Tidewater : $1.65 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #8 : 30,000 : " : " : " : 3000 : R.R. & Tide- : $1.75 : : : : C : : watwe : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #9 : 160,000 : " :Hillsboro: " : 3000 : " " " " : $1.75. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #10 : 256,000 : " Oceola : P & C : 2000 :St. John River: $0.75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #11 : 11,140 : " : Leon : Pine : 3000 :10 M of R.R. : $2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #12 : 12,180 : " : " : " : 3500 : On RIver : $2.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #13 : 10,000 : " : Pasco : " : 4000 : On R. R. : $2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #14 : 57,000 : " : Levy : " : 3500 : On water : $2,00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #15 : 50,000 : " :Washing-: " : 4000 : " " : $3.75 : : : ton : : : : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #16 : 22,000 : " : Levy :Hard Woods 8000 : On R. R. : $3.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #17 : 150,000 : " :Lafayette : Cypress: 10,000 : " " " : $3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #18 : 50,000 : " : Citrus : Pine : 4,000 : " " " : $2.00 [*12062*]ALABAMA TIMBER LANDS. Number Number State County Kind of Average Distance from PRICE reforance of Timber out & name of acres per acre R.R. & River #20 30,000 Ala. Washington L. L. 6,000. R. R. & $6. Pine Rivers #21 30,000 " " " 8,000 " " " " $II. #22 100,000 " " " 6000 on " " " " $3.50 40,000 acres un out #23 22,000 " Choctaw " 6,000 Tombigbee $8.50 #24 14000 " " Pine & 10,000 " " "River $5.00 H. Wood #25 160 " " L.L.P. 10,000 " " " " " $5.00 #26 58,000 " Covington Pine 8,000 R.R. & River $10.00 #27 144,000 " " " 8,000 " " $10.00 #28 14,000 " Escambia Pine & H 3,000 On R. R. $2.00 #29 23,000 " Franklin Pine & H.W. 5,000 " " " " " $3.00 #30 25,000 " Tuscaloosa Pine 5,000 RIver $4.00 #31 360 " " L.L.P. 10,000 R.R. $7. #32 10,000 " " L.L.P. 10,000 " " $10. #32-1/2 14000 " Pickens L.L.P. " " $7. M I S S I S S I P P I. #33 92,000 Miss. L.L.P. 8000 3 R.R. & 2 $11.25 Rivers #34 30,000 " " " " 8000 " " " " " $14.50 #35 10,570 " " " " 10,000 R.R. & River $14.00 #36 18,000 " H.Wood 10,000 Pearl River $4.00 #37 12,000 " Rankin " " " 1,000 $6. #37-1/2 2000 " Pine 8,000 On R. R. $10. 12063 EBORN & JONES BIRMINGHAM, ALA, ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ GEORGIA TIMBER LANDS. X X X X X X X X X X X X Number : Number : State : Kind of : Average : Distance from: Price : County for : of : : : out per : & Name of : FME: : refer- : acres : : Timber : acre : R. R. & River : SIMPLE : ence : : : : : : F.S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #28 : 14700 : " : L. L. P. : 5000 : 2 R. R. : $3.50 : Glynn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #39 : 12340 : " : L. L. P. : 5000 : R. R. : $3.50 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #40 : 100000 : " : P. & C. : 3500 : : $1. : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #41 : 150000 : " : " & " : 3500 : : $1.25 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #42 : 80000 : " : H. W. : 5000 : Savannah River $2.50 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #43 : 3000 : " : " " : 5000 : " " " " " " : $3 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #44 : 60000 : " : H. & P. : 4000 : : $1.25 : Gil[?] : : : : : : : Lu[?] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LOUISANA TIMBER LANDS. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #45 : 50000 : " : P. & H. : 5000 : River : $2. :Caldwell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #46 : 140000 : " : H. Wood : 6000 : Miss.River : $2.25 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #47 : 100000 : " : P. & H. : 6000 : Ouchita : $3,25 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #48 : 26000 : " : " & H. : 6000 :Sabine river : $6. : Sabino : : : : : & R. R. : : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #49 : 4000 : " : " " " : Choice : 2 R. R. Pros. : $3.50 :Natchitocha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #51 : 60000 : " : " " " : [1???0] : 6 Miles, I.C. : :Livingston : : : : : R.R. : : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #50 : 5000 : " : " " " : : On A. S. R. R. : $3 :Clairborne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #52 : 10,000 : " : Pine & H.: 8,000 : River and two : $8. : On C. : : : Woods : : R. R. : : Creek - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #53 : 2,000 : La : L. L. P. : very : R. R. Pros- : $10.50 : GrantP. : : : : fine : pected : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #54 : 2,000 : " : " " : 6,000 : : $7. : Winn P. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #55 : 5,2000 : " : " " : 6,000 : I. M. R. R. : $6. : Catah'a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #56 : 100,000 : " : " " " : 10000 : : $11 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #57 : 22,000 : " : H. W. S. : Heavy : Miss.River : $2.50 : E, Carrol - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #58 : 32000 : " : L. L. P. : Fine : 3 M.H.C.&M.R.R. $5.50 : Cathhoula - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #59 : 5,000 : " : White O : Heavy : R. R. & River : $5. : Red R. Pa. [*12064*](4) EBORN & JONES, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. ########## LOUISANA TIMBER LANDS. ########## Number Number State County Kind of Average Distance from Price for of timber cut a name of per acre refer- acres per acre R.R. & River Fee ance simple #60 [?,000] La. Sabine Pine 3,500 near K.C.R.R. $4.50 #61 1,000 " " " " " 7,000 " " " $8. #62 50,000 " Caldw'lp P. & H 6,000 $2.50 #63 1,000 " Sabine Pine 6,000 " " " $8. #64 60,000 " P. & H Heavy I. C. R. R. $5.50 #65 3,000 " Calesiea " " " Water $3. #66 15,000 " Vernon P. & O Best $5. #67 3200 " Catahoula L.L.P 6,000 I.M R.R. $6. #68 4000 " Grant P. & H. very fine " " " " $3. #69 10,000 " Jackson Pine 8000 N. & L. M.R.R $7. #70 20000 " Winn. L.L.P. Choice 2 Pros, R.R.s $4. #71 20000 " Avoyall Cypress 6,000 Red River & $6. ese P. T P. R. R. #72 200000 " H. Wood 5,000 $2.50 #73 225000 " Cate- Pine 4M Near Nat $2.50 houla H.W. 5M chez, Miss T E N N E S S E E T I M B E R L A N D S. #74 50,000 Tenn. Sevier H. Woods 8000 River $3.50 #75 10,000 " W.O.& Pop.6000 Tenn. River $3.50 #76 7,000 " Rhea H.W.&Coal 6000 C.S.R.R. $3.50 #77 75,000 " Bledsoe " " " 5000 2 R.Roads $2.00 #78 44,000 " Warren " " " 7000 near P.B. of R.R. $6. #79 10,300 " Sevier " " " Fine River $3.50 #80 7,500 " " " " " Heavy " " " $2.25 #81 24,000 " " " " " Choice " " " $2.75 #82 5,300 " " " " " Good " " " $3. #83 50,000 " Scott H.Woods 10000 $3.25(5) EBORN & JONES BIRMINGHAM, ALA. KENTUCKY-TIMBER-LANDS. Number : Number : State : County : Kind of : Average : Distance from : Price : for : of : : : Timber : out : & name of : : reference : acres : : : : per acre : N.R & : : : : : : : : Rivers : : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - - : - - -: - - - - :- - + #84 : 100000 : Ky. : Pike :H.W.& Coal 8000 : River : $3.50 : - - + - - : - - :- - - : - - - + - - + - - - - :- - : #85 : 25,000 : " : Rowan :H.W. & I. : 5000 : Trunk L.R.R. : $-- : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - - : - - -: - - - - + - -: #86 : 25,000 : " :Rockcastle H.W.&Coal 8000 : River & 2R.R. : $5. : - - + - - + - + - - -: - - - :- - - :- - - - - -: - - : #87 : 63,000 : " :BreatKelt : " " " " " : 7000 : Rivers : $3. : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - - : - - -: - - - - + - -: #88 : 300000 : " : Perry :White Oak: 20in.up : " " " : $6.85: : Trees : : : : : : tree : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - - : - - -: - - - - + - -: #89 : 30,000 : " : :Oak & Pop: 8000 : R.R. : $3.50 : - - + - - :- - :- - - + - - - : - - :- - - - -: - - + #90 : 50,000 : " : Pike :H.W.& Coal Fine : : $9. : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - - : - - -: - - - - + - -: #91 :100000 : " : Perry :White oak : 20 in. : River to : $1.25: :Trees : " : : : & up : Rail : Tree : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - - : - - -: - - - - + - -: #92 : 500,000 : " :Knott & L : " " : 26 in up : " " " " : $0.95 : - - + - - : - - :- - - + - - -: - - -: - - - - + - - : 93 : 50,000 : " :Elkhorn : Coal & : Fine : : $7.50: : : : Dis. : Wood : : : : VIRGINIA & WEST-VIRGINIA TIMBERLANDS. #94 :75000 : Va. : County : :White oak: 30 in. : Rail & River : $1.50: :trees : : Dickerson : :di & up : :tree : : : : : : : : : - - : - - + - -: - - + - - - + - - -: - - - - + - -: #95 :26000 :W.Va. :McDowellCoal &timber 3 ft. : : $25. : : : : : : 4-1/2 & : On R.R. : : : : : : : 6 ft. coal : : - - + - - : - :- - - -: - - - -: - - -: - - - - -: - - : #96 :9000 :W.Va. : Preston :Best C.Land: :On B &O. R.R. : $25. : - - + - - : - :- - - -: - - - -: - - -: - - - - -: - - : ARKANSAS TIMBERLAND. #97 :90,000 : ARK. :Bradley :H.W.& Pine : 5000 : : $2.74 : : : : U & A : : : : : - - + - -: - - :- - -: - - - -: - - -: - - - - + - - : #98 :105000 : " :Union & : : 6000 :Water & Rail : $3.00: : : :Calhoun : H. Wood : : : : - - + - -: - - :- - - :- - - - :- - - :- - - - -: - - : [*12066*](6) EBORN & JONES BIRMINGHAM, ALA. ARKANSAS-TIMBER-LANDS. Number for reference | Number of acres | State | County | Kind of timer | Average out per acre | Distance from & name of R.R. & River | Price #98 | 105000 | Ark. | Lee | | 6000 | Water & Rail | $3.00 SUOTH-CAROLINA-TIMBERLANDS. #99 | 2000 | S.C. | Aiken | | | | $1.50 #100 | 20,000 | " " | Pickens | Poplar & oak & Pine | 10,000 | 10 Mi. South R. R. | $2.50 #101 | 3,000 | " " | | H.Wood | 8,000 | Santer R. | $3.00 TEXAS TIMBER LANDS. #102 | 20,000 | Texas | Sabine | Pine | 8,000 | R. R. | $8.50 #103 | 40,000 | " | " " | " | 4,000 | KC&S. R. R. | $5.00 #104 | 2,000 | " | Liberty | " | 5,000 | On R.R.near Beaumont | $5.00 #105 | 1685 | " | Galveston | Rich Land | | On S.Tex.R.R. | $14 #106 | 3,633 | " | Cochran | cattle Ranch | | | $2.00 #107 | 1067 | " | Hill | Very Rich | Houses &c | | $30. MISSOURI TIMBER LANDS. #108 | 14,000 | Mo. | Texas | 85%W.oak | 11000 | | $3.00 #109 | 35,000 | " | | 40M W.O.T. 12M Poplar trees | 28 in.up | on Water | $1.35 per tree 0. NORTH CAROLINA TIMBER LANDS. #200 | 14,000 | N.C. | Macon | H. Woods | 5000 | | $3.00 #201 | 30,000 | " " | | Pop.P.&c | 10,000 | Yodkin R.&R.R. | $5.00 203 | 78,000 | " " | Swain | H. Woods | 8,000 | S. R. R. | $5.00 Write for particulars, Eborn & Jones. [*12067*]Port Jefferson Long Island N.Y. May 1901 The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir Hoping you will pardon me for the liberty of this writing, and thanking you in advance for an answer. I would request most respectfully the following information What chance has the "Veteran Bill" giving all veterans preferences in appointments to Federal position under the Civil Service - of passing the house. at its next session and becoming a law. Being interested in the passage of such a bill myself, promts me to write this letter I am dear Sir with every expression of regard your most obedient servant Jules. H. Gregoire [*12068*]Saturday. [May, 1901] Dear Mrs Robinson, Herman has asked me to apologive to you & to the Vice-President for his failure to present himself at your house yesterday afternoon. He did not return from the office until after mid-night & was unable to [*12069*] Please forgive this [*39 East 35th Street.*] stupidity [*shorthand marginalia*]communicate with you by telephone. He tried in vain to do so. These have been [tidy?] times in Wall Street. Herman asks me to say that he hopes when relieved from extra duty, that your brother will allow him to do his bidding With many apologies Sincerely Yours [Eli???] [K???] [*12070*][*For eve see ca May 1901*] [ca May 1901] Lafayette Post, No. 140, Department of New York Grand Army of the Republic, presents its compliments to Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt, and requests the honor of his presence at Annapolis, Maryland on May 30th next, for the occasion of the Dedication of a Bronze Tablet to be installed at the Naval Academy as a tribute to the late Rear Admiral Richard Worsam Meade. 12071 [*Lafayette Post*] [ca May 1901] [?] -1- Lafayette Post will appreciate the additional honor if Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, will accompany you. 12072 [ca May 1901] Lafayette Post, No. 140, Department of New York Grand Army of the Republic, presents its compliments to Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt, and requests the honor of his presence at Annapolis, Maryland on May 30th next, on the occasion of the Dedication of a Bronze Tablet to be installed at the Naval Academy as a tribute to the late Rear Admiral Richard Worsam Meade. [*[Lafayette Post]*] [*12071*] [ca May 1901] Lafayette Post will appreciate the additional honor if Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt will accompany you. [*12072*][*Enc in "Lafayette Post ca May 1901*][* [May, 1901] *] 1701 - 1901 OFFICERS WM. C. MAYBURY GEN'L CHAIRMAN FRANCIS A BLADES TREASURER F.H. WAKEFIELD SECRETARY BI-CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF DETROIT JULY 24-25-26TH Hon Theodore Roosevelt. Vice President. My dear Sir I fear my too frequent importunities may weary your patience and my only excuse is that in the acceptance of one of my official invitations you may find pleasure enough to compensate for all my trespasses - I am directed by the Committee in Charge to invite you to be the guest of the City of Detroit on July 24th [and] next and as many days ensuing as it is possible for you to remain. The occasion is the founding of Detroit on July 24th [1901] 1701 by de La Mothe Cadillac and the opening to Civilization of the great North West of our Country - not one of all the great cities of the Lakes or of the West were dreamed of when Detroit was born - A flood of history and historic incident surround the occasion and we feel it to be our bounden duty to celebrate in every way this eventful occasion - We expect the President and his Cabinet - the Governors of all the states - the Governor General of Canada and others as our guests. It is also our expectation that Hon Charles F. Adams may be the orater of the occasion while [slated?] addresses in historic subjects will follow by Hon T. W Palmer - [Princes Launier?] & others - Kindly say that you will be with us? Very Respectfully WCMaybury Mayor [*12073*][[shorthand]][May 1901] Stillwell Lane; Canarsie, L.I. Gov. T. Roosevelt. Dear Sir, I am a young man and desire to get premission to run, as a Captain, an Oyster- boat. I have not got a very good education, there- fore, I venture to ask you if you could grant one a liscense to run the Oyster-boat called, "Mable-Ray." If you can not grant me a liscense 12074to run Mable-Ray could you grant me a [pre] permit to run her. I am willing to pay for the "Liscense" or "Per- mit," whatever they may cost. I am Twenty-two years old and have been steam-boating for fifteen years a- round "Jamacia Bay," where the Oyster-boat "Mable-Ray" is going to run. I do not drink any liquor and can get letters of recomendation from Captains if it is necessary. Hoping you will let me know as soon as possible whether my request was favor- ably received. I remain, Yours respectfully, Joel Mathews. Stillwell Lane, Canarsie, L.I 12075 [*vs.*] SOL. & BENJ. OPPENHEIMER ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 320 BROADWAY CENTRAL BANK BUILDING TELEPHONE NO. 2393 FRANKLIN. May, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, My dear Vice-President:- I sent you an invitation to attend the Seventh Anniversary Banquet of The Patriotic Republican Club, to be given at Vienna Hall, on the 16th inst., at 7 P.M. I take the liberty of sending you this letter as a reminder of the affair and sincerely hope that you will attend. Yours faithfully, Benj. Oppenheimer. President. OVER. 12076N.B. We would like very much to have you as our guest of honor at the banquet and respond to such toast which you my select. Perhaps you can see your way clear to attend the banquet and respond to one of the following toasts "Our Country," "Our War with Spain," "Our Army and Navy." B.O.[?possible shorthand note?] [May, 1901]. Union Club, Fifth Avenue & 21st Street Sunday. My dear Mrs Roosevelt I am very anxious to see Mr Roosevelt and have a ten minute talk with him before I go out west again and I write to ask you whether you are once more at Lagamore Hill and whether I may come out to lunch with you on some day this week before Friday. 12077 [May, 1901] The picture of cousin Theodore is for him and the other for Cousin Edith JohnKeanRoosevelt 12079 If you would let me know, at this address, of an afternoon when I should find you at home and the Colonel not too much occupied, I should like very much to make a pilgrimage to Oyster Bay. Yours Sincerely J.W. Riddle 12078[May 1901] The Young Men's Christian Association. DAYTON, OHIO, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Esq. Washington. Dear Sir;- Juniors in Associations all over the world are co-operating in arranging for an Exposition which is to be held in this city next September. Exhibits have been promised us from many countries and several states, and will consist chiefly of the natural products of the world. Thinking that you would be glad to encourage the boys in this educational enterprize, I write to see if you would contribute a trophy of your recent western hunt. Respectfully Yours, Ernest Shillabur Secretary Jun. Department. 12080[May, 1901] 1650 Atlantic Av Brooklyn NY. Mr Theodore Rosevelt. Dear Sir I am a young man 18 years old and without Mother or Father am six ft tall with a large frame but I am not very strong. I have been looking for some place out West where I could work and get my health. I have one thing in my favor, that is I have no seeded disease. My idea in trying to get West is not to live their permantly but just so I can get my strength and live a long and usefull life. My first thought was to join the body 12081Military College but that was beyond my means so I then turned my attention to get West where I could find employment and earn my living. I am working for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, and presume I could stay their indefinately but I have a feeling that my health would be benefited by going West for a little while. Do you think you could make any suggestions for my guidance? And oblige Yours Truly Sydney Smith.His credentials are here - say he will have to wait his turn & your friend Butler & that turn dont seem to have came yet. We try to get the very best men for those ships & do out best to that end. They are thrown upon there own resources, + have considerable responsibility & must be good men June 1st. 190.1 [*P.F.*] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF NAVIGATION WASHINGTON D.C. Dear Theodore We have no vacancies in the Collier service & have several waiting a chance - Captain James Wetherell has [???] too [????ably] impressed himself upon the officer of the Bureau who [???] him - I have not [*12082*]I'm so sorry not to have seen more of you at Buffalo - The papers have been talking a good deal about your [T?] speeches - They see much more in them than appears upon the surface & had between the lines. Anna & Sheffield are at [Orange?] & [?] [whose?] with Millie to look after me. It has been very cool so far but the usual Washington summer weather is close [aboard?] - Love to Edith & the children Aft William [*Cowles*] [*Mrs. McKinley - poor lady - is I fear hopelessly ill.*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 315 P Number 19 Sent by OY Rec'd by [K?] Check 18 paid RECEIVED at June 1 1901 Dated Colorado Springs Colo 1 To Col Roosevelt Oyster Bay N.Y. Come if possible in August to reunion and arrange to hunt with me afterwards in Trappers Cave Country H K Devereux [[shorthand]]Miller, Fincke & Brandegee, 20 Genesee Street, Utica, N. Y. F. G. Fincke, G.A. Miller, John B. Brandegee Utica, N. Y., June 1st, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Roosevelt:- Yours of May 31st at hand. I do not know whether the boys will visit Persia or not. Shall be glad, however, to have a personal letter to Bowen for use in case they do. I have already an official letter to all our representatives from John Hay, and a lot of other official letters. If you can send me [a] personal letters to our reprenstatives in Italy, Austria and Germany, should like them. I have letters to Choate and John Porter; Charlemagne Tower I have been in college with, and have given a letter to him myself. Sorry to bother you so much, but I want the boys to have all the ammunition necessary in case of need. I hope your present sinecure is not wearing on you and that your occasional appearances at dedications, fairs and other public functions will serve as safety-vlaves. I congratulate you personally on the Insular decisions; I know you are pleased with them. I am disgusted and think we have lest morally tremendously in the eyes of Europe; but then you know I am always wrong and suppose I am in this case. With kindest regards to Mrs. Roosevelt. Yours very truly, [?] 12084433 W. 53 St. June 1, 1901 Mr. Theo. Roosevelt Dear Sir, - I am an old lady who has been blind for a number of years, and my son who served during the Spanish war and after being discharged reenlisted with the volunteers going to Manila He committed a crime accidentally and was sentenced to fifteen years for it and every body who has read he minutes of his case say that a more unjust decision never was rendered. My other son Thomas served with the 71st Regiment in Cuba, and these two boys being my only support I am 12085left in very poor health and circumstances. I am an invalid who is not able to get out of bed without assistance and this worriment is slowly driving me to my grave. I appeal to you Mr. Roosevelt from the bottom of my heart to release my son and if not to give his case a revision and he will surely be vindicated of his charge. Hoping you will do all you possibly can if not for him for his poor old blind and sick mother Mrs. P. GaffneyColumbia Club Indianapolis June 1st 1901 My Dear Roosevelt While the news contained in this clipping will not be in the nature of a surprise to you, the early launching of the Fairbanks boom on the turbulent political seas will be. I think it a serious mistake at this time to call the public's attention [*12087*] to the fact that Senator Fairbanks is an avowed candidate. I cannot account for the act — which was no doubt carefully considered — as Harry New is the National Committeeman for Indiana — unless Senator Fairbanks and his friends were afraid Senator Beveridge would start his boom first. I have my faith attached to you for 1904 [*12088*] and believe if you willlet me I can by of great assistance in creating the sentiment that will give Indiana to you at the right time. Your Sincere Friend Russell B Harrison Hon Theodore Roosevelt Washington D.C. [*shorthand marginalia*]STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. JOHN C. LINEHAN, COMMISSIONER. Concord, June 1st,,1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- Yours of the 29th ult. has been received. I regret very much that your engagements are such that our invitation to be with us at the Annual Reunion of the N. H. Veteran Association cannot be accepted. We do not propose to give up. Will you kindly consider an invitation now, for the Reunion of 1902, the last full week in August? There are many reasons, dear Mr. Roosevelt, why we desire to se and to hear you. The old veterans of the Civil War, and they have not many years more to remain here, would like to see, hear, and grasp the hand of the typical volunteer leader of the Spanish war. The great majority of our boys are ardent, active republicans, and there is another unmentionable reason why they would like to meet you, in order to be better prepared for the great political contest of 1904. That is, of course, another question, but both are closely connected. Will you kindly consider this, and give us a favorable answer. Most sincerely hoping you will, I remain Respectfully yours, John G. Lindan Chairman Committee on Invitation, New Hampshire Veteran Association. [*12089*] [*shorthand*]June 1, 1901. 45. CEDAR STREET. Dear Roosevelt: Just a line to let you know that I have not forgotten about the matter that we spoke of at Mrs. Williams’ house in Buffalo: but I have been driven with matters that required every moment of my time. I shall write you fully, next week. Faithfully yours, James [?] Ludlow Hon. Theodore Roosevelt 12090[*shorthand*] [*P.F.*] Headquarters United States Military Academy West point, New York June 1, 1901. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Colonel:- I can scarcely express to you how greatly I appreciate your kind letter of yesterday, for so many misrepresentations have been made regarding affairs here and about myself, I often wonder if the friends I cherish most do not have doubts about the success of my work. You will therefore know how much pleasure your letter has given me, and I can assure you that the troubles the Academy has had of late are not of my doings,but are the direct outcome of ten years of previous administration, under which Cadets were allowed to imbibe ideas that they controlled in many ways the discipline of the Academy and responsible for its well-being. The great majority of Cadets are fine young fellows of whom our Country can be justly proud, and I believe, from this time forward, nothing but praise will be heard of them. The Board of Visitors are now here and the usual June exercises are in progress. I was much amused yester- 12092HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT, NEW YORK day by a remark made by General Schofield, who is a member of the Board. He said in the presence of quite a number that "I believe West Point is one of the most attractive places in the world for everybody, except the Superintend- ant"; I said "Amen". Mrs. Mills joins me in kindest regards t o both Mrs. Roosevelt and yourself, and we hope some time your affairs will so shape themselves that you can spend a few days with us when something of interest is going on. In June, next year, the Academy will celebrate the centennial of its founding, and we will surely count on having you as one of our distinguished guests. Sincerely yours, I. L. (Mills) [*12093*] Paul Morton, 77 Jackson Street, Chicago. June 1 [1901] My dear Colonel "The time is drawing near, when you are expected to appear, in my car (on the rear). So if you will kindly say - about the date & day I will arrange the way." I hope you are feeling "corking" Yours Paul Morton Hon Theo Roosevelt over- 12094P.S. If you want to bring Mrs. Roosevelt or some of your youngsters don't hesitate on a/c of car space If you will take your daughters along I will take mine and we will have a fine time PM 12095[[shorthand]]at all possible for you to do something for him in helping him to get work, he can furnish the best of references & Mr. McCullough spoke very highly of him. I do sincerely hope that you will look at this letter in the light that it has been written hoping that I may hear from you at an early date I remain Very truly Ernest W. Paulsen Supt. [?] [?] S.S. [*shorthand marginalia*] Dobbs Ferry N.Y. June 1st/1901 My Dear Sir Trusting that you will pardon the liberty assumed by me in addressing you, while yet a stranger I make bold to write you on a subject of grave importance to my brother as well as to our family. My brother Otto, who is 38, married & has [*12096*]a wife and three children to support has been out of a work a long time he is a painter by trade but for the past few years has been unable to obtain steady work at his trade. He worked last fall for John McCullough on the election work and last summer was employed with the census bureau in NY. City and since December last has practically had nothing to do. I got a letter from my minister the Rev L. H. Parkhurst D.D. trying to get him in their society, but just now there is not a vacancy He is just about discouraged and really does not know where to look for work. Knowing that you have been a great friend to men in similar circumstances I write to ask if it is 12097 Established 1887. James L. Perkins, Pure Drugs Pharmacist Medicines 1233 Michigan Street. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Buffalo, N. Y. June 1/01 My dear Sir. The members of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association, cordially extend an invitation to you to be with us at our annual banquet, Friday evening, June 7th, Buffalo N. Y. Awaiting your reply I beg to remain, Very respectfully yours, Jas. L. Perkins Chairman Banq "Comm" The Western Union Telegraph Company, Incorporated 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 1:30 P Number 14 Received at June 1,1901 Dated Phila Pa To Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, NY Very sorry, have gone, over to Phila would like to come out one day the end of next week if you will be there will be back in New York-Wednesday J W Riddley Phila [?] 12099My Dear Sir. The members of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association, cordially extend an invitation to you to be with us at our annual banquet, Friday evening, June 7th Buffalo N.Y. Awaiting your reply I beg to remain Very respectfully yours, Jas L. Perkins Chairman Banq "Comm" 12898 The Western Union Telegraph Company. Incorporated 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to All the World. 1 30P Received at ___________ June 1 1901 Dated Phila Pa To Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Very sorry, have gone, over to Phila would like to come out one day the end of next week if you will be there will be back in New York Wednesday JW Riddley Phila [?]. 12099 WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Vice President: I have received, with your favorable endorsement of May 31st, the papers in the case of Major J. H. Parker, 39th Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, and first lieutenant, 25th U. S. Infantry, who is an applicant for appointment in the Judge-Advocate General's Department. All the appointments in the Judge-Advocate General's Department, created by the act of February 2, 1901, have been made, and there is no vacancy at this time which Major Parker could be appointed. However, when a vacancy does occur, I shall be glad to give his record and endorsements full consideration. Very truly yours, Elihu Root Secretary of War. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 12100 [**P.S. Totter Parker letter. I dont really want dynamite gun frantic in [?] advocate Elihu [Root] [02]**] 12101 [For attachment see 6-1-01]Military Club, Washington, D.C. June 1st, 1901 Personal Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, New York City. Dear Sir: General George H. Harries, General Willis J. Hulings, General Charles Dick, General Henry A. Axline, Governor George K. Nash, Captain Charles Cassilly Cook, John Joy Edson, John R. McLean and William H. Stayten are among the many patriotic gentlemen interested in the organization of the "Military Club." The purpose is briefly stated in the enclosed extract of the Club's charter. Herewith also is a photograph of the handsome Winthrop residence, situate on I Street near Seventeenth, Washington, D.C., proposed as present quarters. The incorporators earnestly trust the movement meets your hearty approval and request your permission to allow the organizers the great distinction of electing you as Honorary member of the Club at a meeting to be held here June tenth next. With great respect, Algernon Sartoris Secretary pro tem. Address Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C. 12102 [*shorthand*] [?] Shevlin-Carpenter Co. Lumber Manufacturers. Minneapolis Minn. T. H. Shevlin, President June 1st, 1901. [**?**] Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y,- My Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I am in receipt of your favor of May 29th. In reply will say that I will arrange it so you can leave here on Tuesday evening (September 3rd) at 6:28 and get to Chicago in time to make connection with your east-bound train leaving there at 8:30 Wednesday morning. I have already arranged with the President of the 'Milwaukee' road for the use of his car, which will leave Chicago Sunday evening at 7:30 and arrive here at 8:30 Monday morning. Two other gentlemen and I will meet you in Chicago and be with you on the train. Upon arrival here you will be taken to the fair grounds in Mr. Lowry's private trolley car, in which I think you had the pleasure of riding when last in St. Paul. I have also written President Earling of the 'Milwaukee' regarding the use of his car for your return trip to Chicago, and he tells me to make such arrangements as I choose to make; adding that if you were not ready in time for the regular train he would send a special, and that he wanted to carry you over this read in any case. He treated us so kindly last fell that I felt it to be only fair that his road should have the honor of bringing you to our city and carrying you back to Chicago. Hoping his 12103[????????] Shevlin-Carpenter Co. Lumber Manufacturers. Minneapolis Minn. T. H. Shevlin. President. will meet with your approval. I remain, Sincerely yours, Thomas H. Shevlin [*12104*]THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAXWELL LAND GRANT CO. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. FRANK SPRINGER, President J. M. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary and Treasurer. East Las Vegas, New Mexico, June 1st 1901 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt., Washington, D.C., My dear Sir:- I desire to bespeak your good offices in behalf of Governor Otero to the extent of asking you to personally present the enclosed letter to the President, with such endorsement of my standing as a citizen as you feel justified in giving from what you saw when you were at the Rough Riders' Reunion at Las Vegas. I am not a politician, and seek nothing in that way beyond the privilege of marching as private in the Republican ranks. I must plead guilty, however, to being a member of the last legislature, but this was only incidental, having been forced upon me as a means of harmonizing local dissensions in the party. The fight upon the Governor is not one that should be encouraged, and I shall feel much indebted if you will place my views of it before the president in a way that will secure his consideration of them. I am, with great respect, Faithfully Yours, Frank Springer Enclosure. [*12105*] [*shorthand*]2 If you had been at a meeting of the Woman's Municipal League a few days ago, even though you have had so many honors showered upon you, I am sure the applause which greeted the statements made by some of the ladies who had worked on the east side of our city, of the steadfastness and courage you exhibited as Police Commissioner, would have caused you to feel that your work had been appreciated most sincerely. This Woman's Municipal League, of which Mrs. I. N. [*[Found Mutilated 3-26-56 RW]*] [320 West?] 102nd Street New York City. June 1 - 1901. Dear Vice-President Roosevelt.- Your charming letter of April twenty third has been carefully preserved and will be handed down as a precious document for succeeding generations. It is now in the safe deposit vault. It was so characteristic of you [?] so [warmly?]! [*12106*]3. Phelps Stokes is President; Mrs. E. R. Hewitt, vice-president; and Mrs. F. A. Goddard, treasurer; and whose secretary is Mrs. C. R. Lowell, will hold a meeting at my residence, 320 West 102nd Street and Riverside Drive, next Friday afternoon, June seventh, at three-thirty; and on behalf of these ladies, who are so interested in the improvement of the city, I am going to ask the favor, if you are in town, that you will come and say just a few words for us. Mrs. Waring, wife of the honored late Street Commissioner, is going to speak and Rev. Dr. Peters of St. Michael's Church, from which I am a delegate for the Cathedral and [Pro-?] [?] Work. I hope we may have the pleasure [?] just for a little while, with pleasure of anticipation and kindest regards in which my husband joins, Most sincerely yours Florence Clinton Sutro. (Mrs. Theodore Sutro.) [*12107*]Edward R. Vollmer, Counsellor at Law, 229 Broadway, Room 53 New York, June 1, 1901 His Excellency Vice Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. My dear Sir: The 26th Ward Branch of the Brooklyn Young Mens Christian Ass'n propose to give a fair at their Rooms next fall and desire very much to be honored with your presence on the opening night. Will you have the kindness to let me know whether and when a committee may call on you at Oyster Bay for the purpose of arranging a date and oblige. Yours very respectfully, Edward R. Vollmer 12108[*shorthand*]PUBLIC POLICY ALLEN RIPLEY FOOTE EDITOR A. N. WHELAN SECRETARY OFFICE 132 MARKET STREET CHICAGO OFFICE 203 BROADWAY NEW YORK Chicago, June 1, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir: In sending you the enclosed bill for a renewal of your subscription, we ask your attention to to the fact that the efficiency of our work is limited only by the number of addresses on our paid subscription list. For this reason we ask, not only a renewal of your own subscription, but the assurance that you will speak a good word for Public Policy to every one of your acquaintances. A few words from you spoken or written to any person will have a hun- dred times more weight than anything we can say or do to induce him to send us his subscription. We make this request with freedom because we believe it is as much to your interest as our own, that the educational work being done by Public Policy should be extended as widely as possible. Asking your careful consideration of these enclosures, Yours respectfully, A. N. Whelan Secretary. [*12109*][*GROTON SCHOOL*] [*GROTON, MASS.*] June 1, 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt, As I am afraid that a letter I wrote you over a week ago has not reached you, I am writing again to ask your opinion about a rifle that has been recommended to me for the boys who are going hunting with me this sum- mer. It is a German rifle, made by Haenel, 8 mm. calibre, weighing a trifle over six pounds. The advantage over the 30-40 Winchester is its light- ness; the Winchester is almost two pounds heavier. On the other hand, cartridges for it would be difficult to get except in some large town, and it is more expensive than the Winchester. It is, apparently, a military rifle built light for sporting purposes. I am sorry to bother you about this, but I want to get the right gun for the boys, and I don't dare to trust my own opinion on this. Sincerely yours, Arthur H. Woods [*12110*] [*G.F.Baker. President.*] [*A.H.Stevens, Vice President.*] [*G.W. Pancoast. Cashier.*] [*H.Fahnestock.Assit.Cashier.*] [*National Bank,*] [*New York, 190*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Your account has been credited $ 367.35 Received in your Letter of May 31 D. Robinson Yours Respectfully, Geo. W. Pancoast, Cashier. per [?] [?]_________________ [*12111*][*NY, Conn, Adt'r*] [*1 June 1901*] JEROME EXPLAINED. PHILBIN AN ENIGMA IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING. The Justice Has Something in Common with the Hangers On- He's a Good Fellow, Only He Has Ambitions-The District Attorney Is Just a Picture Without a Title. The Criminal Courts Building is now the headquarters of reform, which moved up there not so long ago, by easy stages, from Lewis Nixon's office, by way of the Long Island Railroad offices (Baldwin), when the mantles of these leaders fell, so far as the public are concerned, upon Justice Jerome and Mr. Philbin, the district attorney. Looked upon as the centre of a reform movement, the building possesses an entirely new interest. Looked upon by the knowing and experienced insiders, the personalities of the reformers themselves seem objects of universal and inexhaustible study. To these old hands- the lawyers, second-rate politicians, policemen, detectives, doormen, court officers, etc., etc.-reform consists of the current absurdities of Jerome and Philbin. Many, many questions are asked about the men. who seem to dote on freakish acts. Every one knows how little the great building on Centre street resembles the normal habitation of the reformer, how it invariably presents to a stranger the appearance of an enormous clubhouse for policemen, in the ante-chambers of which the poor and miserable are interminably waiting to present their petitions. The shiny little east side lawyers enjoy the privileges of the club too, and if one may judge by their round figures, new clothes, good cigars, make their pickings somehow. In the midst of this uncouth combination of policemen's hang-out and Ellis Island you are the figure of Philbin and Jerome going about their business,utterly foreign, almost wholly mysterious, to the crowd. One thing is agreed upon concerning Justice Jerome: "That feller wants a good thing in case the reformers capture the town at election, which they won't," the crowd generally says. "Look how he's advertisin' hisself." "Him talking about a closed town," sneers another. "Why, he's a sport, come from a family of sports. Jerome's a faker, I tell you," with an authoritative nod of the head. "I never did think much of a feller that was always havin' his picture took," puts in a third expert, with an air of striking at the root of the matter. When, as upon the day after a big raid, Jerome talks freely to the newspaper men about the relations between the gamblers and the police or the usefulness of having decent men (like Mr. Philbin) in public office or what really might be accomplished if officials took hold of their jobs with a disposition to live up to their oaths of office, the criticism becomes less flattering. After all, there is a good deal of flattery in these allusions to winning your way by means of reform. These insiders do not mean to disparage it as a means of livelihood; they only want to make quite clear that they are "on". But this talk, these Roosevelt interviews, sit less lightly on their stomachs. "He's makin' an ass of himself," they say. "What does he want anyhow?" They comfort themselves with the thought that reformers don't amount to beans. Mr. Philbin is an enigma, Even Jerome stands closer to the little world up there [*12112*] than does the reserved, yet frank, district attorney. Jerome knows how to joke with the crowd, treats the policemen like good-natured children and makes a real success of this peculiarly American kind of sociability because he enjoys it. Consequently no one is in awe of the Special Sessions justice, for they recognize in him a brother who enjoys life. In his affability with "the boys" Jerome might almost be a party politician of the gentlemanly sort. Mr. Philbin seems, on the contrary, the last remove from the professional politician class. Nothing more definite concerning Mr. Philbin's personality is heard about the building than "Well, I don't see as he's done such a hel'valot." "What did he ever say he'd do that he ain't done?" asks some one mildly, in the tone of one who really desires information. In response the first man generally repeats his original statement. "Sure, and he's tackled a big job" a third will say, "to clean up this place." He smacks his lips at some train of thought related to the general vision of "graft" which the mention of the old regime calls up. The district attorney's frankness and his consideration (a new kind, not so good as the regular brand, of course, because when you have a pull then you know just where you stand) in dealing with the people whom the Tammany regime left in his hands have certainly counted in his favor. The people who have schemes to further seem to understand that it is necessary to beware of the least carelessness which might bring the matter to the notice of the district attorney. On the other hand, the people who have no tricks to play, who only want to keep their pleasant berths as long as they can, seem to have settled back care free so far as the district attorney is concerned. It is understood that if they behave themselves "he" will leave them alone. Mr. Philbin's frankness has upset the calculation of many a "wise" insider. Instead of intimating his wishes in some vague way, instead of making his orders a matter of atmosphere as the members of professional politician class are apt to do, "look at me, can't you see what's gotter be done, you ninny!" the new district attorney told each man simply and directly what he wanted done. When people did things which displeased him he sent for them, and said that he could not stand this or that piece of work, and said why, and made it perfectly plain what course he should pursue and what course the other man must pursue in the future. There was none of that winking understanding which customarily graces such interviews, which may be phrased thus: "You an' me, chief, are both good grafters after all. We got Tammany jobs, and, of course, when you call me down it's a bluff." The fact that Philbin seems always to have something in his head which he is trying to accomplish, a something which is not comprehensible, but with which everything that he does has some general connection. He gets in the crowd a final feeling of awe. Nobody attempts to "horse" him whether he is or is not present. On the other hand, he is not distrusted. He simply is not understood. In regard to Jerome, the other, though lesser mystery, it does not, apparently, occur to any one that he may like reform for his own sake, even as the hangers-on and worthless of the Criminal Courts Building like office. [*12113*][*"The Times" Saturday*] June 1, 1901 Law Students in Debate The Annual Prize contest at Colombian University. On the Subject of Withdrawal From Cuba the Negative Wins -salient Points Made In the Arguments- The Individual Prize Winners. The annual prize contest of the debating society of the Schools of Law of Colombian University took place in University Hall last night in the presence of a large and representative audience. The occasion was of unusual interest to the school on account of those who participated in the debate being the men who had won first honors in the six public debates which had been held during the scholastic year, and all were speakers of fine ability. The topic selected for the debate was: "Resolved. That when the United States shall have established a stable government of, for, and by the Cuban people who should withdraw unconditionally her control over the island." The speakers for the affirmative were George S. Pines, of Illinois; Thomas Percy Guyton, of Mississippi, and Ben LeRoy Rich, Idaho, while the negative side of the question was supported by Joseph W. Cox, Virginie; J. Whitford Riddle, Pennsylvania, and Luther M. Walter, Kentucky. As judges acted Prof. Charles W. Needham, Myron M. Parker, and Dr. Edward M. Gallaudet. The judgment of the committee was announced by Mr. Parker, in favor of the negative,with first, prize to J. Whitford Riddle, of Pennsylvania, and second prize to Ben Le Roy Rich, of Idaho. The decision was founded upon the display of originality of thought, subject matter of speech, eloquence, and manner of presentation. Regarding prizes,section [4?] of Article VI of the constitution of the society provides that the sum of [$25?] shall be set aside by the treasurer as a fund to be expended in purchasing the first and second prizes, to be awarded at the prize debate. the fund shall be apportioned in the sums of $15 and $10, respectively for the purchasing of the first and second prizes. George S. Pines, the first speaker of the affirmative, outlined the contention of the affirmative,founding it on the resolution of Congress of 1898, relating to Cuba, wherein that body said that the people of Cuba should be and are of right free. He said that the United States, at the time of the passage of this act, disclaimed any intention to assume control over the island except for purposes of pacification and for the cause of humanity. The speaker contended that this was a sacred pledge which the people of the United States must redeem. Joseph W. cox, of the negative, argued that it was necessary that Cuba, on account of its proximity to the United States, should be under the control of America for our own protection. Cuba, from a strategical standpoint, the speaker said, was invaluable to this country. The second speaker for the affirmative, Thomas Percy Guyton,argued from the standpoint that this country did not enter upon a war of conquest when declaring war against Spain, but to give freedom and liberty to oppressed Cuba. J. Whitford Riddle, who followed for the negative said that if it is agreed that the Monroe Doctrine applies to Cuba, it means that the island in under American control. He said that the Teller resolution should be interpreted in the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine, and that it did not call for a sovereign, but only for a stable government for the island. Mr. Rich, who closed the argument for the affirmative, maintained that the position taken by the negative meant that congress did not truthfully mean what was said when it passed a solemn resolution promising Cuba independence. He said it would be much wiser to let Cuba ask for admission to the States than force ourselves upon her. The speaker contended that Cuba would never be satisfied with what we do unless we do what we promised we would do. Luther M. Walter summed up for the negative and presented a very strong resume of his side of the case. Five minutes was granted to the affirmative in rebuttal, and Mr. Pines contended that his side had disposed of all the contentions of the negative and should be awarded the decision. J. Whitford Riddle, jr. the second speaker on the negative, and winner of the first prize,was born in Marietta, Ohio. He is a graduate of two high schools and of the University of Pennsylvania. At the latter institution he was valedictorian of his class, and was elected Harrison Scholar in Political Science by the trustees of the university. He represented Pennsylvania in two intercollegiate debates, and took part in numerous intercollegiate intersociety contests. He was the highest officer of the Philomathean Society, was editor-in-chief of the university daily, and an editor of the monthly magazine. He took several prizes in oratorical and debating contests, and has Civic and Manufacturers Clubs of Philadelphia. He is a member of the first year law class. 12114' Ben L. Rich, the [?] speaker on the affirmative, and winner of the second prize, was born at Ogden. Utah,in 1878, and was graduated from the Ogden High school. He was editor of the school monthly periodical, president of his class, president of the debating and literary society, and took an active part in school debates. In Idaho,his present home, he has been assistant editor of a newspaper. In 1899 and 1900 he made speeches in Florida, Georgia, Alabama,Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Utah, and Idaho. He, too,i s a member of the first year law class. The following are the officers of the society: Walter A.McNeil, President, Tennessee; John A.Page, Vice President, Texas: Granville R. Swift, Secretary, Virginia; Eugene H.Pitcher, Treasurer, Illinois; Joseph W. Cox, Critic, Virginia; Executive Committee, the president and vice president ex officio and Harry D. Reed, Chairman, Georgia; Adolph E. L. Johnson, Minnesota; Ralph L.Smith, Pennsylvania; press representative,Samuel Herrick, Pennsylvania. 12115 Blue [?][?] June 2nd 1901. Dear Col. I have your letter of May 17th for which I have to thank you. I rather think that the Gov. must have written to you before this. But if he has not we will not do much worrying. There are many regrets that you did not come with the President. We would much rather have seen you than him. But if it will be possible for me to get away will surely see you in Col Spgs. 12116[?] us do not expect this matter to take up any of your time or tho'ts. To hear you remember me at all is pleasure enough to me. But I wish if you [?]should come to this country, you will come to some of our mining camps. We are placing a [?] on the one I am in charge of now & expect to have a fairly little place here this summer. Trusting this will find you & yours' well, Yours Truly H.P. [Bardshen?] To Col Theo. Roosevelt Washington, D.C. 12117Fargo, N Dakota June 2nd 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. V.P. Oyster Bay, L.I. My Dear Colonel, Not hearing from Washington as to my appointment, I thought possibly you had heard from Secretary Root, relative to my case. Senator Allison stated in a recent letter, that he not only wrote you in my behalf, but also penned a personal letter to Mr. Root favoring my appointment. Would you advise my going to Washington and push my case? President McKinley while 12118[*2/*] in New Orleans recently, advised my entering the regular service and stated he would take a personal in securing my appointment, upon his return to Washington. The uncertainty of waiting, and in the meantime being unable to accomplish anything is annoying. Should I not know definitely as to my commission, before the month is over.? Sincerely Arthur [?] Duncan [*12119*]142 West 109th New You City N.Y. June 2nd-1901. Hon Theodore Roosevelt. Vice President of United States. Dear Sir The letter from the First Deputy Commissioner of Pensions forwarded by you has been received- Allow me to thank you for your kindness in the matter. You did what you 12120 could for me- and I fully appreciate it - Of course it is very hard for me and seems a very unjust law but I suppose I must bear it. I understand now the only hope is a Congressional Pension - if I have yet any one interested in the matter which I doubt 12121 Thanking you again for your kindness - I am very respectfully [E??] Roosevelt-Graham 142-W. 109th N Y CityBlake Idaho June 2th 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, Dear sir, I have heard that you used to be a great hunter out in Colorado, Now wouldnt you like to purchase a nice female brown cub bear, she will weigh about 40 lbs. she is as tame as a dog and as playful as a kitten, she is just the right size to learn all kinds of tricks, she will walk on her hind feet and box as handy, it is comical to see, she will hug the dogs and rastle with them for 1/2 hour at a time, she is a fine pet to amuse a crowd with, If you and your family is fond of pets I am sure you could not get one you would like better then her, we caught her when she was only a few days old, Now if you would like her, you send $15.00 to the Northern Pacific Express office at Profino Idaho, and when I deliver the bear up to them they will give me the money and thare would be no risk to run on either hand, she would go righ through by express all O.K. drop me a line if you will take her. Yours Truly E. H. Groves Clearwater Co. Blake Idaho [*12122*]P.S. If you do not want the bear you mite find me a buyer back thare and make a good profit for your trouble.[*June 2,1901*] [*71/] My Dear Colonel Roosevelt: Your very cordial letter of March 12, has just come to me here at Fort slocuum Darido's Island, where I have been for about two weeks, since my return from foreign service. It did me good to get your fine letter, and I assure you Colonel that I will keep a sharp look out upon my self [*12123*] concerning the [????] [????????] that I may get. With it all confidence and good will I shall feel that I am fully repaid for every effort put forward. Of Course Colonel, I seek oportunities, and it is just there you have been of so much value to me, and can always help me so much. If I get the oportunity, I thus do the very best I can, and I am not afraid of work. I have now, in age and experience, about reached the stage where I should know more of the worlds armies - modern armies- in fact where I should know every I like praise from the proper source. Soldiers must be stimulated if their best service is to be gotten out of them, and I do not believe I am the exception. To be a good Commander, an officer must Command the confidence and Sympathy of his subordinate officers and through them the qualities of the enlisted men. With the ability to do that, [????} to get all there is in such a Commander he must be stimulated - rewarded and "patted on the back" so to speak. So the proper officer cannot to my mind be over- praised, provided of course he has done that which entitles him to praise. It is the greatest pleasure for me to know that you always stand ready to help me. I prefer your good will- your confidence and praise- more than I can tell you, and if by dint of hard energetic work, and by the best performance of duty [*12124*] as I interpret it, I can Continue to Command you,thing possible about [????}. As far as our service goes it looks as if we would have very little active and new service for a year or two, so with a view of seeking such a study, I am contemplating asking for a year's service abroad, as Military Attache. The Dept at Washington seems inclined to prompt me to remain away from the Phillippines for at least a year, and this year it seemed to me, could be better put in abroad, than on [*12125*] [??????] service, or on some I should have been over to see you before this, but I have seen from the papers that you have been up in the state. On what day can I find you? either at Oyster bay or in New York? I should love to see you personally - to talk over things in general- and pay my respects to you It was the most eminently just thing to reward that fine soldier and Gentleman General Young. He is our best field General, I hope he will succeed General Miles as Lieut. General. I have the greatest respect and admiration for General Young, and there is Nothing too good for him.similar routine duty. I have not fully made up my mind in the matter yet, and will not do so until June 30th - when all the Volunteers are to be mustered out. The President has named me for Brigadier General of Vols when a vacancy occurs. This will be about June 20th and will terminate June 30th This is in recognition of my services and is largely due to your efforts for me, and of course is just a compliment. But it is most acceptable, and rounds out my three years war service most satisfactorily, and embellishes my military record very hand- somely. I regret very much that the Secretary could not see his way to naming me Commandant at West Point, for I believe that, even with the conditions now existing there, I could have done the academy good, and could have made a nice record there. However, I am young enough to wait for another four years to roll around. I thank you just as deeply, Colonel - I know you did all you could for me - and it is [*12126*] a fact that it is not the turn for a Cavalry Commandant there. At some time when it will be entirely convenient to you, please send me a line or message telling me when and where I can see you. I shall be here until June 30th, excepting five or six days between the 20th & 30th. Mrs. Howze joins me in our best to Mrs. Roosevelt and the children. We hope they are entirely well and prospering. with best wishes, Mostly sincerely Yours, Rob L Howze. Fort Slocum, NY. June 2, 1901 12127[*shorthand*]Newark, N.J. 6/2/1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt My dear Sir:- Pardon my boldness in taking the liberty (being a total stranger to you) to write you these few lines, & tell you how much I appreciate your elegant work in the literary field. "The Winning of the West." 12128 depending on me in the meanwhile. An old motto which I have always followed. "Luck is a fool & the door that leads to the Road of success is mostly Puck!” has continually spurred me on in my endeavor. I could feel highly honored, if you would condescend to favor me with a reply, taking a few minutes of your precious time to do so. Again asking your pardon for being"Royal Riders," "Hunting trips on the Prairie." etc, etc: which G.P. Putnam's Sons & Chas. Scribners Sons have lately published. I am the Special Representative for the state of New Jersey for G. P. Putnam's Sons. I have been selling a few sets of your books, 15 volumes to a set & now I intend to devote all my time to placing several hundred sets In this state I admire your brilliant style of writing very much indeed. I have been in the Book business, canvassing for about a year, with various Works, but I have never come across a set of Books, that have so much satisfaction for the price paid for it. I am 21 years of age & expect to reach the top of the ladder some day having the best mother in the world 12129so presumptous as to address you thus, Believe me sir: Most respectfully yours: Otta C. Louisnstein, 15 - South Orange Ave. Newark, N.J. [12130][*shorthand*]United States Senate, Washington, D.C. June 2, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster bay, L. I., New York. Dear Roosevelt: I inclose herewith correspondence inviting you to attend a re-union of the Reformed church in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania on August 8th, next. This is a very important event in the section referred to, and if you can see your way clear to accept the invitation, it will be very gratifying to your many friends in that locality as well as to myself. Yours sincerely, Beir {Pienese?] [*shorthand*] 12131Groton School Croton, Mass. June 2, 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt, Your answer to my letter has come, having apparently crossed my second letter. Thank you very much for your advice; I am sorry to have bothered you by writing again. Ted was discovered today during the study period with a formidable-looking snake in his desk; he put it out of the window with evident reluctance. Sincerely yours, Arthur H. Woods {*shorthand*] 12132Boston Sunday Globe. Sunday, June 2, 1901 forty-Eight Pages. Miniature Almanac...June 2 Standard Time. Sun Rises 4.10 High Tide. 11.18 am Sun Sets 7.15 " 11.31 pm Length of Day 15.05 Moon Rises 7,45 pm Subscription Rates, The Daily Globe - One copy per month 30 cents; per year, $6. Postage paid. The Sunday Globe- By mail, $2 per year. Postage prepaid. The Globe Newspaper Co. 242 Washington st...............Boston Entered at the postoffice, Boston Mass, as second class matter Is Roosevelt Buried? You will remember, gentle reader, that a few years ago your Uncle Dudley gave his opinion of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, who was then a more or less modest citizen of New York. He had, however, been in rather minor public offices and had made quite an impression as a Picturesque Personality. My Roosevelt essay was rather sympathetic on the whole, and the subject or his friends could not have found much fault with any portion of it, save, possibly, the conclusion which was in substance that if he was ever elected President the people of the United States would have insomnia for four years. In spite of the fact that Foraker and Fairbanks, and other statesmen are publicly nursing presidential booms, Vice President Roosevelt, has a boom which is less likely to be carried away in a sudden squall then that of any other member of his party. Therefore, in fairness to him and in view of his public record since he fought in the Spanish war, I want to withdraw that conclusion about insomnia. Not that the people of the United States would be likely to go to sleep for four years if he were President, but we need no longer "view with alarm" his possible promotion to that exalted position. Col Roosevelt must meet with one great obstacle, however, and that is this: He was not born in Ohio. It is a curious fact that, Lincoln expected, every republican elected President was born in Ohio. The list includes Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley. And Lincoln was born in the adjoining state of Kentucky. It is not probable, However, that this will discourage Vice President Roosevelt, because he long ago demonstrated that the smashing of precedents is his long suit. That the next President of the United States will be a republican, is, of course, very doubtful, In the general doctrine of chances a change ought to be due in 1904, and if the democratic party becomes thoroughly united on some first-class candidate of the caliber of Richard Olney these republican booms might become more complete wrecks that was Shamrock II the other day in English waters. However that may be, the republicans of New England ought clearly to be willing that the presidential incubator in Ohio should have a rest and that an eastern man, to wit, the vice president, should receive their support. It is apparent that the republican party will never nominate either Reed, Hoar, Lodge, Long, Proctor, or any other favorite son of a New England state; hence, why may not New England republicans support one who has had a New England education and gently but good-naturedly remind the bounding west that the east can be "it" once in a while? One thing is certain: If the vice president has the chance of promotion he will not need to hesitate as the clergyman did who was receiving $1000 a year and had a call to another parish where the salary was $2000. His little boy was telling his schoolmates about it and was asked whether his father intended to accept the call. "I am not quite certain," was the reply. "Still I think we shall go, because when I left home this morning father was, in his chamber praying for light, but mother was packing up our duds to move." The Scriptures tell us that whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. It may be that the Almighty intends the vice president for the higher place and that in his infinite wisdom he controlled the republican convention at Philadelphia as the chaplain thereof, in familiar language, besought him to do. But it is not likely that the other candidates for vice president thought that the Almighty had anything to do with the selection of Gov Roosevelt. Far from it. If, however, "there's divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will," it is not impossible that the Lord saw that a strenuous and impetuous man would certainly need for the higher office that virtue known as patience. Certain it is that there has never been discovered in the wide, wide world a position where a man can get larger doses of patience in a given time than he can in the chair of the presiding officer of the senate of the United States. This allusion to the Lord in politics reminds your Uncle Dudley that in a campaign 10 years or so ago he invited the late George M. Stearns of Chicopee to come to Boston and open a campaign for Gov Russell. Mr. Stearns was urged very strenuously to come, and was informed that it looked like a winning campaign. He replied that he was very sorry that he could not comply with the request and concluded his letter thus: "I am glad that you think that we shall win. I think so, too. I believe that the Lord is with us. I have, however, been in a good many campaigns where it was very clear to me that the Lord was with us when we were licked like the devil." No matter what happens to the vice president's presidential boom it is beyond dispute that his career since he became, assistant secretary of the navy, in the spring of 1897, has been unique in the political history of the United States. As we approached the Spanish war he was apparently the only man connected with the administration who saw the need of preparation and went ahead to prepare the navy for that event. That arranged, he resigned from the aval department and the regiment of Rough Riders was formed. His record with them in Cuba is familiar to all. He certainly showed a dash, a courage, an enthusiasm and general abilities which with experience would have made him a great cavalry leader in the civil war. The fight over, he went back to New York to find the republican leaders who a few years before had "viewed him with alarm" tumbling over themselves to get a republican convention together to hand him the nomination for governor. These same leaders were determined in 1896 that as far as they could arrange it Mr Roosevelt's public life should be strictly confined to the limits of Oyster Bay. The condition of this earlier period was partly due to the fact that Mr Roosevelt was one of the idols of the reformers. That situation is probably the most dangerous one for a public man in this country. Mind you, I have nothing to say against reformers. They must be part of God's economy of nature or they would not be here. No,man, however, can wink out of sight the historical fact that whenever an idol of the reformers runs, up against any considerable number of the American people, as a rule he is smashed and buried. Gov Roosevelt's friends can fairly claim that he performed the duties of chief magistrate of New York with ability and with discretion. Power makes the most strenuous and impetuous more or less conservative and brings out the best qualities of a brave man. The nomination for and the election to the vice presidency followed, and Mr Roosevelt returned to Washington with a new record. He had originated his opportunity as well as taken advantage of it, and had shown that his reputation for courage, ability and honesty had stood the test of the battlefield and of a position of prominence and power.. The vice presidency is a place where the occupant, barring accidents, is supposed to be buried. Vice Resident Roosevelt may prove the rule by being an exception. At least such is the opinion of your Uncle Dudley. 12133 Wyoming Southern Railway Company Henry H. Boyce President June 3, 1901 1 Broadway, N. Y. Saratoga, Wyoming Dear Mr. Roosevelt- I enclose herewith a letter from J.W. Clise, Pres't. of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, to our Mr. L. C., Smith which I hope will interest you. As explained to you in a previous letter, Mr. Clise is quite the most influential Republican who is not in public life in the state of Washington, and I hope when he does come East to take advantage of your kind permission to arrange a lunch where he and Mr. Smith can both meet you. It was a great pleasure to me to listen to you address at Bedford on Memorial Day and to note how tremendously popular you are with our Hebrew friends. All of us were still more deeply gratified by your Buffalo address and that of Senator Lodge in the same trend. We think that you there sounded the keynote to the campaign of two or three years hence and we have noted with great interest the almost universal approval of the Press all over the country. It is our opinion by that one address you have really gained more prestige than the President gained on his recent trip as gratifying as it was to all of his friends. I enclose a little slip which you may have missed but which I am sure will not disturb you in the least. Our fight will be in another direction, from the one indicated. Faithfully yours, Henry H. Boyce 12134 [*For w[?] 5-29-01. 6-4-01*] [*shorthand*] June 8, 1901 1 Broadway, N. Y. Saratoga, Wyoming Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I enclose herewith a letter from J.W. Clise, Pres't. of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, to our Mr. L.C. Smith, which I hope will interest you. As explained to you in a previous letter, Mr. Clise is quite the most influential Republican who is not in public life in the State of Washington, and I hope when he does come East to take advantage of your kind permission to arrange a lunch where he and Mr. Smith can both meet you. It was a great pleasure to me to listen to your address at Bedford on Memorial Day and to note how tremendously popular you are with our Hebrew friends. All of us were still more deeply gratified by your Buffalo address and that of Senator Lodge in the same trend. We think that you there sounded the keynote to the campaign of two or three years hence and we have noted with great interest the almost universal approval of the press all over the country. It is our opinion by that one address you have really gained more prestige than the president gained on his recent trip as gratifying as it was to all of his frineds. I enclose a little slip which you may have missed but which I am sure will not disturb you in the least. Our fight will be in another direction, from the one indicated. Faithfully yours, Henry H. Boyce Columbia University, New York June 3-1901 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Vice-President of the United States, Dear Sir- The Congregational club of New York and vicinity has instructed me to ask whether it is possible for the club to 12135 demands on your time we do indeed realize how much we are asking. It is the value of belief we are asking for that induces us to value the request or inquiry; and I can assure you of a very affirmative and enthusiastic audience, if it chances to be practicable to give the address. Yours very truly John B. Clark 616 W. 113th St.enjoy the very great pleasure of listening to an address by you at one of its meetings in the Autumn of this year. The meetings are held in the evenings of the third Wednesdays of the several committees, at the Ft. Denis hotel, and the addresses follow a dinner. We have in mind, as possible topics, Municipal Reforms, Cranwell, the Insular Possessions of the United States, or kindred subjects; but we should be more than glad to leave the topic entirely to your own selection, if we were so fortunate as to have the address; and we should wish to have the date selected that will be most convenient for you. It could be the third Wednesday of October, November or December. [*12136*] Knowing well the Office of The Mayor. John A. Collins,Mayor Great Falls, Montana, June 3. 1901. Hon. Theo Roosevelt, Vice President, Washington, D.C. Sir:- In referring you to Montana papers mailed you today, with account of dedication of soldier's monument in this city on the 30th ult; You may be interested in noting that this monument is probably the first of its character in the United States; Honoring, as it does, the memory of veterans of the civil war (both Blue and Gray), those of the Spanish-American war, and of the western Indian wars. Also the unique programme,in which even the descendants of the painted fiends who massacred the lamented Custer and others, had planned to furnish the music (by the Indian Band of the Fort Shaw School) and otherwise participate in the unveiling ceremonies; Blue, Gray and Brown (Khaki) joining with White and Red pioneers in singing patriot hymns, such as :My Country 'tis of thee". Very respectfully yours, John Collins Mayor [*shorthand*] 12137Law Office Horace E. Deming, Corn Exchange Bank Building 11 & 13 William Street New York. June 3, 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Thank your very much for the opportunity to see you on Friday, the 14th, in New York. I am not certain of being in town on that day, and if equally agreeable to you, I will come to Oyster Bay any day and train you will appoint. My throat continues sensitive and I am making no court engagements, and, with a little warning, can arrange my office appointments to suit your convenience. sincerely yours, Horace E. Deming Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. [*shorthand*] 12138 [*LOUIS W. STOTESBURY,*] [*ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,*] [*TIMES BUILDING,*] [*41 PARK ROW, NEW YORK.*] [*TELEPHONE [???] CORTLANDT.*] [*NICHOLAS A. DONNELLY. OLIVER R. BRANDT.*] [*June 3rd, 1901*] [*Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,*] [*Dear Sir :*] I desire to express to you my Sincere thanks for you kind interest in the application of my brother Lieutenant Edward T. Dowrly, 43rd U. S. Volunteer Infantry for appointment to the regular service and likewise for your courtesy in acknowledging receipt of my letter in regard to this matter. My family feel that your support was of grat value in securing for him the nomination which I am thankful to say he has received. Very respectfully Nicholas A. Donnelly [*12139*] [*Private*] No-77 Court St. Brooklyn June 3./1901. Dear Colonel. Excuse my familiarity but I love that title more than V.P. I thank you for your courtesy of quick response, as appears in yours of May 31st. I also think that my Story of Broadway, some cases 60 years, and all cases over 55 years ago will please you. Your letter goes to my eldest grandchild, a young lady of 19, and I be that she will hand it over to some of her grandchildren. Your time is precious so this acknowledgement of your answer to me requires no further response Truly Yours Stephen K. Glover Ex Srgt. Major 47th Reg B N. [?] L. N. Y. 12140 [*over*]. I Have referred Mc Laurin as to your folks having been requaintances of my Grandpa in Union Square. The fight in J.C. has not changed its character since Grandpa was found to tell and I have [?] [?] in 1850. You will hear of the care next session. Yours, J.H.G.Mason A. Stone, President Walter B. Ward, Ass't Sec’y. Organized 1834 the Greenwich Insurance Company No. 161 Broadway Address All communications to the Company. New York, June 3, 1901 My dear Colonel Roosevelt: I wish to thank you very warmly indeed for your kind letter and prompt action of the 31st ultimo. I feel satisfied your writing to the War Department stating the facts will accomplish the desired result. I am sending you under separate cover my commission. This is the main document which requires correction, and I thought you might forward it to the War Department with your letter. It is naturally a great source of pride to all of us to have served through the War under you in such an historical regiment as the Rough Riders and perhaps more particularly so to those who participated in the engagements. All the officers will preserve their commissions and in future years our children will cherish them. So you will understand Colonel how keenly anxious I am to have my commission attest the fact that I did actually participate in the campaign as an officer. Thanking you again very heartily for your kindness. I remain Faithfully yours, Frank R. HayesDepartment of Justice. Chambers of Referee in Bankruptcy. Buffalo,N. Y. June 3rd., 1901. Hone. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay,L. I.N. Y. My Dear Colonel:- You, of course, take the Review of Reviews, but I want you to have a copy direct from me containing the article of which we talked when you were here. You will note that it is nothing but a bird's eye glimpse, but it was intended, as Dr. Shaw puts it, to influence a nation which has not yet made up its mind. If it will do anything toward that end it will have served its purpose. Regretting that I could not see more of you when you were here, pray believe me, as ever, Yours very sincerely, William H. [H?]12142 [*shorthand*] J. Edgar Leaycraft & Co. Real Estate. Agents,Brokers,Appraisers. 1507 Broadway,corner 44th Street New York, June 3, 1901. Special Attention Given to the Management of Estates. Rental and Sale of Property. Collection of Rents. Ground Rents, Interest, Etc. Telephone Call 38th St, 398. Cable Address "Volateria, New York" Mr dear Mr. Roosevelt: It is my expectation to spend a short time this Summer Abroad with my family and we will of course visit London and Paris. I would appreciate very much, if you feel so inclined, a letter from you of introduction to the Hon. Mr. Choate, Minister to England, and to Gen. Porter, minister to France. I am very well acquainted with Mr. Henry White, Secretary of the American Embassy at London, but it may so happen that he may be away from London at the time I am there. With kind regards and very best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, J. Edgar Leaycraft Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. 12143 [*shorthand*]United States Courts Boston June 3, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Theodore:- Your letter reached me just as I was on the point of writing to you. I should have written sooner had it not been for the uncertainty about the President's coming, but I suppose that uncertainty will very likely continue until two or three days before Commencement. From what I learn, Mrs. McKinley is not likely to get very much better before that time, while she may keep well enough to permit the President to get on to Cambridge. the rest of his eastern trip is abandoned, so I understand; very probably you know much more about these things than I do. Commencement is on Wednesday, June 26. As it begins early in the morning, you will want to get here on Tuesday at the latest. Our house in town will be open. I shall spend Tuesday might there, and hope you will do the same. My class dinner comes on Tuesday night, and I must attend it as it is our 25th anniversary. Yours comes at the same time, I take it, and very probably you will wish to go; if not, I will see that you are properly provided at my house, though I shall have to ask you to excuse me for a few hours. Wednesday morning we will go out early to Cambridge together, and I shall be seeing you off and on through the day. After the exercises in Memorial Hall are over in the afternoon, will you not 121442. come down with me to Taunton and take a rest? This appears to me a satisfactory arrangement. If you would like to go to the Phi Bets Kappa exercises on Thursday, we can do that, but not improbably we shall both have had enough of celebrating by Wednesday afternoon. Cornelia and I hope that Mrs. Roosevelt will come on with you; there will be plenty of room in Boston for her also, and it will be very nice if you can both come forthcoming. To the morning exercises in Sanders Theatre you are entitled to one or more ladies' tickets as an Overseer, and had better write to Professor M.H. Morgan who is Marshal for the morning. You yourself, of course,will march in the morning with the Board of Overseers; in the afternoon, I suppose you will wish to go with your class. It will be good to see you, whether the President comes or not, I sincerely hope he will be able to come. And our pleasure will be much increased if Mr. Roosevelt can come with you. Please give my regards to her. Cornelia would send messages to you both if she knew that I was writing. Yours very truly, Francis D. Lowell [*If you can come on before Tuesday, so much the better*][*shorthand*]A.B.MacLaughlin Co. B. 8th Regt. N.Y.S.N.. New York June 3/01 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt My Dear Captain Your letter of the 31st [?] thankfully received, to bring you up to date with me, can cite one instance while under your command; you offered a medal to the best rifle shooter of the Company at Creedmoor L.I. it was your fist medal offered for best Marksmanship, and I won it and still have it in my possession, I served my time in the regiment and three years over it, and when I left 12146J.M. Jarvis of the 8th Regt. N.J. S. N. Y. and as there is rumour of a vacancy I am very anxious to fill it and come to you as a means in helping me secure it; trusting you will give me all the aid possible, with many thanks Very Truly Yours A.B.MacLaughlin No 548 West 125th St. New Your City you were at the time in Command of Co. "B." therefore cannot produce any papers or recommend any one, but yourself as my recent superior officer, seen you later on at Police Headquarters New York City, at the time you were President of the Board of Police commissioners and had quite a chat with you, at that date you did not fail in recognizing me. Enclosed you will find papers from Men who have recommended me, these are the only papers I can present to you. The appointments I have referred to, are made by Colonel 12147 [*shorthand*] United States Senate, Committee on Printing. Washington. At 49 Broadway, New York, N.Y. T.C. Platt, Charmian. Stephen S. Elking. James R. O. A.N.Howe, Clark. June 3, 1901 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. MY dear Mr. Roosevelt: General Woodford has written me just as he has you, and just as you have me, in behalf of Colonel Shepherd, both of which communications are equally indefinite. I know several Colonel Shepherds and I have set the [r??est] idea what it is what General Woodford, Colonel Shepherd or you desire. If you will give me some specific information as to which Colonel Shepard you refer to and what is desired, I will be glad to take the matter into consideration Yours truly, T.C. Platt H-S [*shorthand*]L. I. city Jun3 3.1901 Mr. Roosevelt Governor Dear sir i ask a great favor of you i would like to get down to the brooklyn Navy yard as a general helper or as a labor if you please could help me to get there or tell me how i could get there i am a sturdy worker and dont drink i am out of work and got a family to took out for so i bage you if you please could help me out i ithank you ever so much i will tend to my work every day and due all i 12150 Goldfield, Colo. June 3 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt.- Washington, D.C. My dear Comrade, In our late war I served in the Philippines in the 1st Colo. Since coming home I have had but very poor success and I am desirous of returning to the Philippines as I think there are more opportunities there for young Americans than here at home. I would respectfully ask your aid in securing transportation back to Mania. I would respectfully refer you to my company commander, Lt. Chas. B. Lewis, [HO?]] People's Bank Bldg, Denver for reference. 12149Trusting that you may see your way clear to grant my request. I am, Yours very Truly Fred Reinhardt can so please i ask the favor of you if you please be so kind and excuse me Your Truly Joseph Riha 99 Wilbur ave L. I City i. give Recommended by J. H. Thiry 181 academy st L. I. city G. [?Repperger] Postmaster [?] Freeman ave and academy st. L.I. cityCompliments of Robert L. Rodgers. Attorney at Law, 419 Kiser building, Atlanta Georgia 419 Kiser Building. Atlanta George June 3rd-1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir. A few days ago I wrote a letter to send to you, along with some other documents to which I desired to ask your attention. After writing the letter, I withheld it from the mail, for a reason, I now send it today by Registry mail. I hope I may not weary you with such matter. I feel a desire to have your consideration with regard to my request for an appointment. I do not feel disposed to ask the favor of the democratic politicians here, and I do not care to seek their endorsements. If I may be at all recognized by the present Administration, I prefer to have it without pretending to pose as a democrat asking for republican recognition. Sincerely Yours, Robert L. Rodgers. 12151 Iowa State Teachers' Association Officers A. W. Stuart, Ottumwa President W. f. Barr, Des Moines Secretary G. W. Samaoa Cedar Falls Treasurer Executive Committee. Chaelres Eldred Shelton Chairman, Indianola H. E. Krats Sioux city Ines F. Kelso Corydon Indianola, Iowa, June 3m 1901. Hon. J. P. Dolliver, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Dear Senator:- I write to remind you of our conversation with reference to Mr. Roosevelt for the State Association next winter. We want him for the main evening address and can promise him the largest in-door hearing he ever had in the west. Our regular enrollment at the Teachers' Association is between twelve and fifteen hundred, but if he will come to us, it will, without doubt, pass three thousand. I am sure that if he could spend three or four days, Nebraska and Illinois wold be anxious to have him. We shall be very grateful to you for any assistance you can give us and any suggesiton as to what we ought to do to secure his services. Very truly yours, Chas Eldred Shelton 12152 Left page: soldier. I have [furnished?] wittness several times but the commissoner was not satisfied as they could not write. I belonged to the Fifth Mass. Cavalry Company [?] Captains name, was Francis F. [Gillsman?] First Louie Gurdsdoff. Sec. Luetenant, Nickols. Now I will [learn of your rewards?] if you please. I am your [?] servant, George S. Thomas Right page: #929936 Number of [old?] claim Rochester, NY. June 3, 1901. Hon. Vice President Roosevelt Dear Sir, I am an old soldier of the late war, and take the pleasure of writing to you, allso to state my health is very poor, I am not able to make a descent living at all. And I do not want to go to the soldiers home, so long as the Government owes me for my services. My wife is allmost an invalid. Please Sir, would you kindly help an old Gov. Odell for President. Henry J. Coggeshall Says he will have New York's Support in 1904. Special to the New York Times [*6-3-01*] Washington, May 31.-"Gov. Benjamin B. Odell, in my judgment will be William McKinley's successor in the White House," said Henry J. Coggeshall of New York at the Arlington Hotel to-day to a reporter of The Star. "Platt and Odell are not at loggerheads," Mr. Coggeshall added, emphatically. "They are friends, and I am confident that they will continue to be; but Odell wears no man's collar, and never did. He is making a record as Governor of the Empire State that his friends are justly proud of, and he will have to be considered by any one who contemplates going seriously into the business of Presidential slate-making. He measures up fully to the Presidential misc. He is clearly in that class. Understand me I am not launching an Odell boom. That would be premature at this time. I am merely stating a few facts that are patent to the close observers in New York, and which will I believe become so to the majority of the people of the country in the near future. Gov. Odell will unquestionably be renominated and re-elected a year from next Fall, and unless something unforeseen occurs he will have the unanimous support of the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention in 1904. "What about Roosevelt?" "Roosevelt is a good man, but Odell, if he lives, will be the choice of the New York delegates to the Republican National Convention in 1904. Backed by the Empire State, which, by the way, will have thirty-nine Electoral votes in the next Electoral College. O'dell will certainly become a formidable candidate for the Presidency. I am not going to indulge in predictions, but my confidential advice to all those who are scanning the political horizon is, Look out for Ben Odell." 12156 The Outing Publishing Company 239 Fifth Avenue Advisory Board C. C. Cuyler W. B. Thomas S.. R. Berton S. F. Houston D. M. Goodrich Walter Camp T. D. M. Cardeza (C-W) Caspar Whitney, President and Editor Robert Bacon, Vice-President Fletcher Harper, Secretary and Treasurer Dictated. New York June 3, . My dear Colonel: Bully for you! And I know that that deer book will be the best of the lot, and I am sure you won't regret doing it. Believe that I very much appreciate your commendation. indeed you are quite right. It has all along been my intention to have a map of North America showing the general distribution of the game. I thought to have that in each volume, and I think your idea of making it a frontispiece is a good one. I have written to Stone and I will write to Van Dyke, as you suggest. We do intend to have illustrations and it has been my thought to make the illustrations really illustrative rather then merely these volumes thoroughly practical and real. None of these pictures where the artist allows his imagination to run riot with fact. I am beginning to think he is the best in the country. In addition to having the full page illustration, I want also to have hoofs, etc. shown in pen and ink sketches. As the Library now stands, Dean Sage is going to do the salmon, A. Nelson Cheney the trout; C. Hart Merriam I think will do the bear. He is just having some final correspondence now with the Macmillan and I guess it will come out all right. Henshall will do the bass and mascallonge volume, Grinnell will do the buffalo; Stone the sheep and goat and muskox (I wish I could get time to the muskox, I should rather like to do that, but it is simply impossible for me to take on any additional work. Charles Holder is going to do the volume on the big game fish, tuna, tarpon, etc. By the way, I asked Wadsworth for the chapter on the fox, and I guess he will to it all right, although he is hard to get started. The upland game bird book I wanted to get D.G. Elliot to do, but unfortunately the publisher of his book, Game birds of North America, rather objected and so that bottled it.. Now I am communicating with. Hough, whom I think will do it equally as well although he does not stand THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY 239 FIFTH AVENUE ADVISORY BOARD C. C. CUYLER W. B. THOMAS S. R. BERTRON S. F. HOUSTON D. M. GOODRICH WALTER CAMP T.D.M. CARDEZA (C-W) CASPAR WHITNEY, PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT BACON, VICE-PRESIDENT FLETCHER HARPER, SECRETARY AND TREASURER Dictated. NEW YORK JUNE 3, 1901. My dear Colonel: Bully for you! And I know that that deer book will be the best of the lot, and I am sure you won't regret doing it. Believe that I very much appreciate your commendation. Indeed you are quite right. It has all along been my intention to have a map of North America showing the general distribution of the game. I thought to have that in each volume, and I think your idea of making it a frontis- piece is a good one. I have written to Stone and I will write to Van Dyke, as you suggest. We do intend to have illustrations and it has been my thought to make the illustrations really illustrative rather than merely pictorial. Don't you think that is the proper idea? I want to make these volumes thoroughly practical and real. None of these pictures where the artist allows his imagination to run riot with fact. I thought to get Rungius to make the illustrations for your volume. I am beginning to think he is the best in the country. In addition to having the full page illustration, I want also to have hoofs, etc. shown in pen and ink sketches. As the Library now stands, Dean Sage is going to do the salmon, A. Nelson Cheney the trout; C. Hart Merriam I think will do the bears. He is just having some final correspondence now with the Macmillans and I guess it will come out all right. Henshall will do the bass and mascallonge volume, Grinnell will do the buffalo; Stone the sheep and goat and muskox (I wish I could get time to do the muskox, I should rather like to do that, but it is simply impossible for me to take on any additional work. Charles Holder is going to do the volume on the big game fish, Tuna, tarpon, etc. By the way, I asked Wadsworth for the chapter on the fox, and I guess he will do it all right, although he is hard to get started. The upland game bird book I wanted to get D.G. Elliot to do, but unfortunately the publisher of his book, Game Birds of North America, rather objected and so that settled it. Now I am communicating with E. Hough, whom I think will do it equally as well although he does not stand before the scientific world so prominently. Thus all the volumes are arranged for accept the one on cougar, wildcat, wolf, etc. I have not asked anyone to do that volume. I had in mind asking Seton-Thompson, but I have not done so for two reasons, both of which are confidential. In the first place, his head is so infernally large that he would probably want a years income as pay. I had in mind asking Owen Wister if he knew enough about them to tackle it, but I have not done so yet. Does anyone come to your mind? Faithfully yours, Carpar Whiskely 12155 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,[[shorthand]]The Review of the Republic Edited by Edwin Atwell. 136 Fifth Avenue New York, June 4, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 3rd inst. and to thank you for your very kindly expression of willingness to meet me either at Oyster Bay or in New York. As I cannot condense within a few lines, what I want to say to you, I will take advantage of your invitation to call upon you in New York, on June 13th, and hold myself subject to your engagements for that day. Incidentally, it may be pleasant for you to know that at West Point, last Saturday night, Colonel Mills, who happens to be my cousin, permitted me to read the letter which you sent him, anent the recent incident, and that nothing that he has received either in type or typewriting, has gratified him quite as much. Holding myself entirely at your service at any time or place on June 13th, I am, my dear Colonel, Yours to command, Erwin Atwell Editor EEW 12157 [*shorthand*] Harvard University Cambridge, Mass., 4 June, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir: An association composed of graduates of Harvard and many others, has been formed with the purpose of making propaganda in favor of the establishment at Harvard University of a museum of objects illustrating the development of Germanie life and civilization. The association is to be called the Germanie Museum Association of America, Carl Schurz has consented to act as president, and there is to be a board of directors in Boston and Cambridge, with Henry W. Putnam, Esq., as chairman. The Association has also determined to appoint fifty vice-presidents, men prominent in various walks of life and in all parts of the country, who will, we think, look with favor upon the purposes of the Association. The vice-presidents will, of course, not be expected to perform any services, but merely to allow the use of their names. The list will include college presidents, professors at various institutions, lawyers and business men of American as well as foreign parentage. President Eliot, who is to be one of the vice-presidents, has suggested that you might probably be interested in the project and would perhaps be willing to have your name added to the list of vice-presidents. At the request and by vote of the board of directors, I am writing to ask you if you would accept a nomination as vice-president of the Germanic Association. Hoping for a favorable reply, I am Very respectfully yours, George A. Bartlett one of the Directors 12156Lyman G. Bloomingdale. Third Ave. 39th & 69th Streets New York June 4th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster bay. L. I. Dear Sir:- Under separate cover I have sent you a photograph taken on the occasion of the Dedication of the Montefiore Home Country Sanitarium at Bedford Station on May 30th, which I trust may prove of interest to you. Very respectfully yours, Lyman G. Bloomingdale [*shorthand*] 12159Wyoming Southern Railway Company Henry H. Boyce President 71 Broadway, NY. Saratoga, Wyoming June 4, 1901. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Col Roosevelt:- Things come in a heap. Just as I was sending you the inclosed Washington letter to the Commercial Advertiser of this city containing what appears to be Senator Fairbanks' own announcement, I received the inclosed letter from J. W. Clise of the State of Washington through our good and powerful friend L. C. Smith of Syracuse. I had a day or two before written to Mr. Clise to warn him about Ex-Senator Wilson, but I write him again today suggesting that when he is strong enough to absolutely control the delegation then he could safely take Wilson in, upon the condition that the delegation shall stand for you as a unit as long as your name is before the convention. I have also asked him to let me know what Mr. Barnett wanted out there. Now if anything could make more clear how unwise these early announcements are this one of Senator Fairbanks does it. It points out both Wilson of Washington and Burton of Kansas as Indiana men, under financial obligations to Senator Fairbanks and therefore for him for President. This makes them both marked men and weakens them materially. If this is a fair sample of the Fairbanks campaign work we can beat them two to one. There can be no popular enthusiasm over Fairbanks while the name of Roosevelt be no popular enthusiasm over Fairbanks while the name of Roosevelt always sets the shouting. He is simply local to Indiana, and the middle west while you are national in popularity, in character and in influence. I do not for a moment under-rate him as an opponent for he is a tremendous worker and commands very large means. I rather think that he is one of the men you will have to defeat in the convention if indeed he is not the strongest of the lot. The overwhelming advantage that we have, however, is that your nomination means your election against any man who can be named on the Democratic ticket. You are many thousand votes stronger in New York than Odell and much stronger than Fairbanks in Indiana before the people. This is the doctrine that I am preaching to Clise, Seamans and others every day. I take it that the administration will have no candidate and have said so to Mr. Clise. I want very much an authentic copy of your Buffalo address for a purpose that I will explain to you a little later. Can you tell me where I can get it? I do not want you to feel that all of my letters call for an answer. I shall write you often just to give you certain facts for you own information Sincerely yours, Henry H. Boyce 12160 Wyoming Southern Railway [?] Henry H. Boyce [?] Wyoming 71 Broadway, N.Y. June 4, 1901. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Col. Roosevelt- Things come in a heap. Just as I was sending you the inclosed Washington letter to the Commercial Advertiser of this city containing what appears to be Senator Fairbanks' own announcement, I received the inclosed letter from J. W. Clise of the State of Washington through our good and powerful friend, L. C. Smith of Syracuse. I had a day or two before written to Mr. Clise to warn him about Ex-Senator Wilson, but I write him again today suggesting that when he is strong enough to absolutely control the delegation then he could safely take Wilson in. Upon the conclusion that the delegation shall stand for you as a unit as long as your name is before the convention. I have also asked him to let me know what Mr. Barrett wanted out there. Now if anything could make more clear how unwise these early announcements are this one of Senator Fairbanks does it. It points out both Wilson of Washington and Burton of Kansas as Indiana Man, under financial obligations to Senator Fairbanks and therefore for him for President. This makes them both marked men and wakens them materially. If this is a fair sample of the Fairbanks campaign work we can beat them two to one. There can be no popular enthusiasm over Fairbanks while the name of Roosevelt always sets them shouting. He is simply local to Indiana, and the middle west while you are [?] national in popularity, in character and in influence. I do not for a moment under-rate him as an opponent for he is a tremendous worker and commands very large means. I rather think that he is one of the men you will have to defeat in the convention if indeed he is not the strongest of the lot. the overwhelming advantage that we have, however, is that your nomination means your election against any man who can be named on the Democratic ticket. You are many thousand votes stronger in New York than Gdell and much stronger than Fairbanks in Indiana before the people. This is the doctrine that I am preaching to Clise, Seamans and others every day. I take it that the administration will have no candidate and have said so to Mr. Clise. I want very much an Authentic copy of your Buffalo address for a purpose that I will explain to you a little later. Can you tell me where I can get it? I do not want you to feel that all of my letters call for an answer. I shall write you often just to give you certain facts for you own [?]-nation. Sincerely yours, Henry H. BoyceFrank P. Holland, Dallas, President M. S, Stoddard,Bryan,Vice-Pres R. M. cash, Houston, Secretary. O. C. Houston, Treasurer. Texas Railway Oil and Coal Company. Houston Office, 308 1/2 Main Street. Beaumont Office, 317 Orleans Street, Directors R.P. Holland M. S. Stoddard R.M. Cash O. C. Drew J. C. Kidd M. A. LLoyd Directors O. A,Quinlan A. R. Howard F. M. Gilsough W. L. Lane W. L. Carwile Beaumont, Texas. 6/4/1901. Col.T. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Col:- Hon. D. E. Bryant U. S. Judge for the Eastern District for Texas,who was the trial Judge in the Faudree case, told me last night that he had been called upon by the department for a statement in that matter. He said that both he and the U. S. Attorney had urgently recommended that a pardon be granted him, and that he felt positive that inside of two weeks he would have his liberty once more. Colonel, I think I can recognize your hand in this matter, and I assure you that I feel under further obligations to you for what you have done for this poor man. He is nothing to me, other than he was one of my troopers, and a man so poor that he could not employ the counsel he should have had at the time of his trial. That he is guilty of killing Dave Bohanan, no one will deny, but this same Bohanan was one of the most desperate men in the Indian Territory and had slapped the jaws of Faudrees wife. When I come east this summer, will drop by and tell you all about the matter anyway. Very sincerely yours R. H. Bruce 12161 [*shorthand*] [*p 2*] June 4, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President's Chamber, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I have your very kind letter of the 3d instant, attaching letter from Mrs. Nathan concerning the Consumers' League. The point brought up by this matter and which has been discussed and passed upon by myself is this: the Consumers' League practically amounts, in its operation, to a boycott of certain manufacturing concerns, some of whom are exhibitors here, and we cannot,therefore, undertake to give prominence or official recognition to a thing which we know in the beginning is using its advertising matter negatively to the disadvantage of a number of manufacturing concerns and positively to the advantage of certain others. It was upon this ground that I decided the question of their space. I write this to you personally, that you may know the facts in the case. Very respectfully yours, Mr [?Buchanan] 12162 Columbia University New York Faculty of Philosophy June 4, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. T. My dear Roosevelt: Thank you very much for your kind letter received this morning. Mrs. Butler, I am sorry to say, has had another of her fits of illness, and feels that it would not be prudent for her to go to Oyster Bay on Friday, although she hates to make that decision. I am very anxious to see you, and shall come down on that afternoon myself, taking the fast train which I think leaves at about 4:20 or 4:30. I believe that this brings me to Oyster Bay about 5:30 or 5:35. You will know about this better than I do. I was in Washington yesterday on business, and found the general impression to be that it is only the question of a short time before Mrs.McKinley dies. Her condition is really very precarious. With cordial regards, Yours sincerely, Nicholas Murray Butleropen ground, - which with modern arms, means a thrashing. Bartlett can then get away & I will order "Cease firing." Easy to tell about but watch the execution. Yours cordially McCoskry [?] [?] [shorthand] [*PF*] Tuesday June4/01. Union Club, Fifth Avenue & 21st Street. My dear Colonel, What kind of a saddle do you wish for on the 15th Your horse will be O.K. and everything promises well. If agreeable yourself, myself, & staff leave the N.Y. Central at 8:10 am for [*12165*] If he manages his troops correctly he will compel the Kings Bridge men to form lines to attack him At that moment he should pull off for his real position, saving himself for a flank attack or compelling an assault over Kings Bridge [?] & take one horse there Infantry will come on that tail not giving an opportunity to study their detraining. We will then start the Col. K You & I will ride over to look at Bartlett's pickets 12166New Hampshire State Library Trustees George C. Gilmore,Manchester. Chairman of Board William D. Chandler, Concord C. Edward Wright, Whitefield Librarian. Arthur H. Chase Concord, N. H. 4 June 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. In behalf of the Trustees I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 'Public Papers of Governor Roosevelt' a gift from you to the New Hampshire State Library and to extend thanks for the same. It will be their pleasure to give the books a fittiing place upon the shelves of the Library. Very Truly Yours. Arthur H. Chase 12167J. O. Conway, Ass't Inspector. Steam-Vessel Inspection Service [?] O. Building, Room 161 New York, June 4 1901 Col Roosevelt Dear Sir I enclose all the correspondence and although lengthy perhaps you can over it and after so doing please return to me. The Secretary told me personally that there was no radical wrong in giving to the US Light House Board the information as that was a branch of the Dept I have not the article mentioned which was the only cause for my removal. Senator Platt made it a special matter last week in Washington to see the Sec of Treasury and was informed that there was (no charge of any kind except an article published in the Brooklyn Times early in May I contend that was not cause for removal unless a separate charge was made. Very Truly J O Conway 12169 J. O. Conway, Ass't Inspector. Steam-Vessel Inspection Service [?] O. Building, Room 161 New York, June 4 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Your esteemed favor received and I thank you for same. The matter is too lengthy to explain in writing. I had thought if I could have about 10 minutes with you to go over the matter I could explain so clearly that you could tell me how to proceed. I wished particularly to see you because you are well versed in Civil Service Law and regulations. I have always been a strong Republican have worked hard for the party and made liberal contributions to help defray expenses and for the past 4 years have traveled 200 miles to cast a vote twice for your self but some developments of today have caused me to think that I have worked for a poor cause and it was full time to change. I came from Washington D. C. to vote for you for governor also from Del to vote last fall and I expected to vote again for you on the Presidential ticket in 1904 but Republicanism has made me sore today. Very Truly & Fraternally Yours J O Conway 12168[[shorthand]]J O Conway Ass't Inspector Steam-Vessel Inspection Service Y. O. building, Room 161 New York, June 4th 1901 Col Roosevelt Dear Sir I enclose all the correspondence and although lengthy perhaps you can over it and after so doing please return to me. The Secretary told me personally that there was no radical wrong in giving to the US Light House board this information as that was a branch of the Dept I have not the article mentioned which was the only cause of my removal. Senator Platt made it a special matter last week in Washington to see the Sec of Treasury and was informed that there was no charge of any kind except an article published in the Brooklyn Times early in May. I contend that was not cause for removal unless a separate charge was made. Very Truly JO Conway. 12169 J.O. Conway, Ass't Inspector. Steam-Vessel Inspection Service [?] O. Building, Room 161New York, June 4 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Your esteemed favor received and I thank you for same. The matter if I could have about 10 minutes with you to go over the matter I could explain so clearly that you could tell me how to proceed. I wished particularly to see you because you are well versed in Civil Service Law and regulations. I have always been a strong Republican have worked hard for the party and made liberal contributions to help defray expenses and for the past 4 years have traveled 200 miles to cast a vote twice for your self but some developments of today have caused me to think that I have worked for a poor cause and it was full time to change. I came from Washington D.C. to vote for you for Governor also from Del to vote last fall and I expected to vote again for you on the Presidential ticket in 1904 but Republicanism has made me sore today. Very Truly & Fraternally Yours J O Conway 12166 Executive Mansion, Washington. June 4, 1901. My dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo with enclosure from Captain Frederick Muller, and to state that it has been brought to the President's attention. Very truly yours, Geo M. Cortelyou Secretary to the President. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 12170 Executive Mansion, Washington. June 4, 1901. Dear Mr. Vice President: The President has received your very kind note of the 30th ultimo, and requests me to assure you of his cordial appreciation of your thoughtful inquiry. Mrs. McKinley so seriously ill as yet, but she is receiving every possible care and attention, and her physicians look for a slow improvement. Very truly yours Geo M. Cortelyou Secretary to the President. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 12171 83 Pomeroy Terrace, Northampton, Mass. June 4/ 1901 Mr Theodore Rosevet [Roosevelt] My dear Sir - Will you kindly give me the benifit [benefit] of your experience for [Moore?] and [?] what shall I get-. a 30 -30 - or a 30 - 40 Winchester - The 30 . 30 is the model I want but is it powerful enough for a bull moose? Your [Trus'd?] reply will be appreciated Very truly yours E.O. [Dawson?] Or do you still stick to the old 40 or 44 black [pandes?] gun[[shorthand]]The National Encyclopedia Company, 900-962-964 Rose Building. Cleveland, O. June 4, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay,N. Y. Honored Sir: - Many thanks for your kind favor of the 31st. We fully grasp your intention and your spirit, and shall carry out everything, as we believe, to your satisfaction. Of course, it would be, as you say, impossible to secure the photographs of the individual policemen, but if you would kindly give us the name and address of the Sargeant, under whose command those 40 Jewish policemen were at the time, we shall write to him for him likeness,because it would make the entire chapter much more interesting to see his picture. That Sargeant might possibly aid us in getting the other Jewish policemen, which would make a magnificent group, and highly appreciated by the Hebrews. So then, just kindly send us, confidentially, the name of that Sargeant, and we shall address him, without,of course, telling him that you gave us his name. Our book will begin to go to press next week. Very respectfully yours, The National Encyclopedia co. [J. C. P. E. ?] Manager 12173 [*shorthand*]PF Office of the Commercial Bulletin. 282 WASHINGTON STREET. Boston, ........June 4, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Theodore, -- I think you are wise in declining the New Hampshire inviation this year, but I certainly hope you can go next year. Linehan says he has asked you. The meeting is perhaps the most notable occasion of the year, and if you are to make one speech in New Hampshire in the next four years, this will be not only the best crowd, but the easiest kind of speech. Failing to get you, they have invited me to make the one address of the day this year. They expect you to be in like fashion the only speaker next year. That is rather better than being sandwiched in with a bunch of others. I send you an editorial article from the newspaper with the largest circulation in New England. You will see that, though a democrat, Col. Taylor has kept his promise. Might I suggest that just a personal line to Gen. Chas. H. Taylor, Boston Globe, thanking him for [that?] handsome complainant, and recalling pleasant memories of him as chariaman of the Algonquin 12174 Office of the Commercial Bulletin. 282 WASHINGTON STREET. Boston, ....... 2 Rvlt. Club Lunch, might do no harm. We had a notable gathering in Faneuil Hall yesterday, at the dinner of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. I responded for the President, and finished with that fine bit of loyalty that John Bangs put at the end of his reply to Mark Twain. It may interest you to know that the whole audience --with one exception -- jumped to their feet and yelled for five minutes in loyalty to the sentiment of respect due to the office of president, Of course my eyes were directed to the one individual who did not rise. He was seated at one of the ordinary tables in the middle of the hall. A few minutes afterwards, he rose and went out. It was Gov. Boutwell. I did not mean to hurt the old man's feelings, but I am not sorry that he got a lesson he deserved. Always affectionately, Curtis Guild, Jr. 12175Forenesee 6-2-01Mt. Kisce, N.Y., June 4th., 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President, United States. Sir:- Your esteemed letter 31st. ulto, duly to hand. In reply I desire to state that the entire joint Decoration Day Parade Committee of Mt. Kisce, N.Y., wishes to extend their sincere thanks to you for your great kindness in advising us by letter, as you did. On Decoration Day we had our entire Fire Department, and out of town Fire Companies, assisted by Royal Arcanumities, Jr. Order of United American Mechanics, and Odd Fellows, and their visiting delegation, in line of parade. The reviewing stand was near the station, fifteen feet from the railroad track. Mr. James Wood was delegated to do the needful, by extending to you an invitation to address us. We wrote him two letters, then called to see him Saturday, May 25th., 1901, at 9 P.M. He stated that he ha written you, or your Secretary Mr. Young, or both, and received no replay, which he accounted for by stress of business, being over run with invitations, and advised us to drop our pet enterprise , although I suggested telephone and telegraph to him. With extreme reluctance we did so, knowing if Mr. Wood was unsuccessful, we would be more so. Hence his deception surpasseth our understanding; we consider he 12176 #2 has turned down his own town. With regrets, and believing, as we all do, that we have missed the greatest opportunity of a lifetime, I Remain, Respectfully yours, Walter F. G???] 12177[*Personal*] [*Columbian Club*] [*p 2] [*Columbian Club*] [*Indianapolis*] [*June 4th,1901*] My dear Roosevelt The inclosed editorial from a local paper will interest you. While this particular editor may regard Senator Fairbanks candidacy as a joke the Senator does not. He is in earnest, you may [???????] in his efforts to secure this recommendation for the Pres- idency [*12178*] the editor launches off vigorously the general know- ledge in this State that the Senator has not been independent but has followed the adminis- tration in all things. Your Sincere Friend, Russell B Harrison Hon Theodore Roosevelt New York City [*12179*] [*Southport, Conn.*] [*June 4th 1901*] The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Vice-President Oyster Bay, New York. My Dear Mr. President:- I am in receipt of your valued communication of the 3rd inst., and in reply would state that I am in New York everyday, so that it would be only a pleasure to call upon you in person. Acting upon your suggestion, how- ever, I take pleasure in Forwarding to you herewith the letter alluded to in my note of the 31st ult.. I strongly desire to enter the consular service of the United States, believing I can prove myself of value at a [*12180*] post where opportunities to advance the commercial interests of this country are or are about to be developed. In particular I have in the Republic of Mexico, some of the South American countries, the Orient, South Africa and parts of Continental Europe. Acting on advice I have obtained letters from Mr. Bidwill, Mr Robt. C. Morris, Hon Charles R Flint, General Dodge and others, both political and other- wise, endorsing my application and certifying to my ability But I find conditions existing in Washington that seem almost overwhelming obstacles, and I am in a state of constant unpreparedness. My Dilemma is that I cannot learn of a vacancy in time to make a specific application therefor.I cannot go to Senators Platt or Depew, with any degree of success and ask any old place that may be vacant — in order to be successful in my quest I must say:"-Such and such a place is vacant - I feel that I can fill it with value to my country and credit to myself - Will you support and reecommend me for the same" My object in meeting you, Mr. President, was to ascertain whether you would not take an interest in my case and ameliorate the existing conditions so that I may receive an appointment in accordance with my desires at an as early a time as is consistent. And I further desired to learn from you of the possibilities in the "Colonial service" - of our country. Commending myself to your distinguished courtesy and hopeful of your gracious assistance I have the honor to remain Respectfully Frederic Bulkeley Hyde [*shorthand marginalia*] [*12181*] 14 Hayes Hall Cambridge, Mass. June 4, 1901. Dear Mr.Roosevelt, I wish to thank you personally for your very kind letter to Judge Taft at the solicitations of Mr. [?] Roosevelt. I assure you I appreciate it as a very great honor. I have accepted a 12182position is instructor of English in the Phillipines for next year. I anticipate the experience will be a very interesting and profitable one. Very truly yours, Edward C. Knight Vice President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York.323 Clay Avenue Scranton Pa. June 4th 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay N. Y. My Dear Colonel. Though you may not remember me, I take the liberty, owing to our slight- college acquaintance, and our later meeting at my Uncle George Lee's at Chestnut Hill, of writing to you. I am strongly interested in the 13th Regiment of this state, in which I served 12184 is a possible thing. With Kindest regards I am Sincerely Yours Arthur H. Lee. June 4, 1901 Dear Colonel:-- Can you solve this "Riddle"? It was "J. V. Riddle" who wrote from the Union Club, N. Y. He telegraphed from the Philadelphia Club, stating that he returned to N. Y. Wednesday. W. Loob, Jr. [*It is beyond me. Telegraph to Philadelphia Club that it is J. W. Riddle of St Paul Minn,is also wire Co Union Club repeating [?] for tomorrow night.*] P. O. box 187 [*shorthand*]fourteen years, a part of the time under Captain, now Colonel Waters who waited upon you in regard to visiting Scranton June 14th at the opening of the new Armory. Colonel Watres was formerly Liert Governor of Pennsylvania (1891-1895), and the people interested in the movement are the best citizens in our part of the state. In the event of your coming, a special car will be provided for your use, leaving Hoboken at 1 p.M. on the 14th and returning so that you could reach New York at 7:30 am June 15th. Our people would appreciate your presence more than you know, and although the Governor of Pennsylvania and other officials of State will be here, your absence would be a great disappointment. Let me in behalf of the people, and the Regiment urge upon you the importance of your coming is it. 12185 Dear Colonel:-- Can you solve this "Riddle"? Ir was "J. W. Riddle" who wrote from the Union Club, N. Y. He telegraphed from the Philadelphia Club, stating that he returned to N. Y. Wednesday. W. Loob, Jr. is a possible thing, With kindest-regards Jan. Sincerely yours. Arthur H. Lee P.O box 187 [????] Dear colonel:-- June 4, 1901 Can you solve this "Riddle"? It was "J. V. Riddle" who wrote from the Union Club, N.Y. He telegraphed from the Philadelphia Club, stating that he returned to N.Y. Wednesday. V. Leeb, Jr. It is beyond me. Telegraph to Philadelphia club [???] it is J. W. Riddle of [??] Paul [????], [?] also [???] Co Union club, u[?]ealing of a Nation for tourism [????].680 14th Ave. Patterson, N.J. June 4th, 1901. Dear Mr. Roosevelt, - I send to you by express to-day three more copies of my book, "Two Lovers and Two Loves;" supposing that you would have some close friends that you would like to send a copy to; also one copy of my other book, "The Mighty Conflict of the Ages," for yourself. I have had rather a strange experience in my life. Failing to get the right publisher or good enough terms from those I did approach, I at last said I would be my own publisher. The conviction was so strong upon me that I was called of God to do this work, that in case I should get fainthearted as I faced the many difficulties of publishing the book myself, I made a solemn vow that I would publish the book or die in the attempt. I started out taking advance subscriptions, and for six months worked almost every day going out five and six evenings in the week, soliciting orders. At the end of that time I had about $500.00 worth of orders on ,y order book. The printers then agreed to print the book if I would furnish security. This I did and I continued taking orders until the book was printed. The first book was too heavy reading for many people I wished to reach, and to reach the great goal of my life I found it was necessary to write another to suit another class of readers. The goal I have been striving to reach for seven years (working so 12187hard, that for months I have not slept more than five hours out of the twenty four) is to go out over the world and give lectures on the subjects I have written about. And to do this successfully I wish to throw passages of scripture and history unto canvass with a magic lantern. I have tried to teach in meetings having Bibles to refer to, but in large gatherings this is an impossibility. I still owe the printers $450.00 for this last book. I need some two hundred plates with passages of scripture and history photographed thereon and I need a lantern. I can have my lectures ready in about two weeks but I cannot get the plates ready until I get a lantern. Will you donate a lantern to me, to help me to start out at once. I hope to visit every town of importance in the United States, and the sale of books will follow everywhere I go and many thousands will see the prophecy respecting yourself. I am extremely anxious that this prophecy should come true as well as the many other things I have written about so that it may all conduce to get these wonderful truths believed by the thinking people of the world. Such stirring time & will require a man of extraordinary genious and quick action, and I believe destiny will place you there as the leader of all, as the angel of the Lord before them." (See "Mighty Conflict of the ages," p. 274.) I know that no real good is ever accomplished without hard work and that being so I have already gone through so much that there is not one man in ten thousand but who would have turned back long ago. 12188 Among my other troubles I buried my dear wife in January last after being married over thirty years. If you wish to help me and I believe help yourself as well, and will give me a lantern and if the time should come that I can pay you back and you desire it I shall do so. I hope that I can get the views that I need. Once started, I shall sell books much faster by that course than the way I now am doing. Please give the matter your most earnest and immediate attention and the prayers and blessings of one who loves God and all humanity will be called down upon you from heaven. Any instructions you wish to give respecting the matter will be sacredly kept. Should you want any more books I shall send them to you free. Enclosed you will find some prophecies that were made and fulfilled. I am sincerely, Thomas W. MacDonald 12189For enc see 8-9-01THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. 2P Number 9 Sent by OY Rec'd by M check 12 paid RECEIVED June 4 1901 Dated Philadelphia 04 To Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Is your telegram yesterday for J. W. Riddle Jr [Columbia?] University Washington Rev. J. W. Riddle Sr THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. [6P?] Number 13 Sent by OY Rec'd by [M?] check 10 paid RECEIVED June 4 1901 Dated Washington DC 4 To Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY I have telegraphic invitation for Wednesday received arrive middle afternoon J W Riddle WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. June 4, 1901. Dear Theodore: I return Saint Gaudens' letter about the location of the Sherman Statue. I am in favor of putting it where Saint Gaudens wants it. I am afraid, however, that it would be impossible to secure that result without changing Porter's opinion, which is probably from the Grant Monument stand- point, while General Dodge evidently considers that it would tend to minimize the importance of the Sherman Statue, and be unsatisfactory to Sherman's friends. If you could get Dodge over, I think together we might bring Porter around. The Trustees of the Grant Monument Association are not likely to overrule them. I think the Cuban situation will ultimately come out all right. A majority of the Committee which was here was ready to accept the Platt amendment without any substantial variation, but towrds the close, for the purpose of getting votes, they loaded it down with a great variety of explanations, which really changed the meaning, and they also did a very improper thing in putting into the resolutions a lot of statements which they claim to have been made by me, which I object to chiefly because they make me appear to say stupid and foolish things, and they do this in the face of the fact that they were distinctly told I was giving only my own views, and that I had no authority or power in any way to change or modify the law. Faithfully yours, [????] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Enclosure.02 THE BOSTON GLOBE. Boston, June 4, 1901. Dear Col. Roosevelt: I send you a copy of an editorial which appeared in The Globe on Sunday. It seemed to me a pity to waste my speech at your luncheon on such a small audience, so I practically printed it as an editorial. If it had been against you savagely, I presume any number of your enemies would have mailed it to you, but it being rather friendly, you may not hear of it. I, therefore, enclose it. Yours Sincerely, Chas. H. Taylor Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 12193 PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. F. C> TRAVERS, Pres't. A.F. TRAVERS, Vice Pres't. V.P. TRAVERS, Treas. Travers Brothers Co Manufacturers fo TWINES, SASH CORDS, HAMMOCKS, MANILLA & SISAL ROPE, BINDER TWINE, LATH YARN, SEA ISLAND TWINE &c. OFFICES 107 Duane St. 16 Thomas st. OFFICE 16 THOMAS ST WAREHOUSE 207 DUANE ST. New York, June 4th 1901 ROPE TWINE & HAMMOCK FACTORY. Orders will be subject to the following Conditions, Strikes of operatives or any unavoidable cause will relieve us from prompt fulfillment of contracts. ? ? ? Hon. T. Roosevelt DrSirr Enclose clipping for advertiser oh what would Tammay give to get rid of Philber - if we dould only get this, man into the position of Mayor or N Y Coty would scatter the pirates and put a End to Crokerism would be a great card, fro the Republican to play thinnk it over as writer is now at oyster, Bay hope to call and see you soon hope ye are vry well Your Frank C. Travers [*12194*] ? ? ? ? ?DANIEL UPTON, DIRECTOR OF MANUAL TRAINING BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUFFALO, N.Y., June 4th, 1901......................190 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir: I take the liberty of enclosing you herewith a circular explanatory of our "Camp for Boys" trusting that it may prove of interest to you. We feel justified in saying that our trips have been a great benefit to every boy who has accompanied us for we have the endorsement of every parent who has entrusted a boy to our care. You will notice the names of our circular include some well known in this city. Last summer our canoe trips covered over two hundred miles and this summer we will make a trip through the Severn River, portage to Muskoko Lake, thence through to Muskoko River to the Lake of Bays and return via another branch of the Muskoko River. I need not enlarge upon the characteristics of this territory as you are doubtless familiar with it, suffice it to say that our canoe trips have always been a source of great delight to the boys with us. Should you have no other plan made, for your son's summer outing I would be pleased to have him as a member of our camp. Very Truly Yours, Dupton. 12195p 2 EDITORIAL ROOMS, THE EMPORIA GAZETT Emporia, Kans., June 4, 1901. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:, I will wire you two or three days before I start for New York City. I hope most earnestly to be able to accept your kind invitation to spend sunday with you at Oyster Bay. Very truly, W.A. White n.a. Theodore Roosevelt, Esq., Oyster Bay. N. Y. 12196Independence, Cal. June 4, 1901. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: - Enclosed please find a letter to Mr. Peairs which explains itself. As a man acquainted with western conditions, I hop that you may put a little "blessing" on my argument and enclose it into my letter to Mr. Peairs. Being acquainted with Mr. George and his work, I hoped that you might be convinced that this form of self government is just what the Indians need; it might be established on a larger scale among more recently acquired responsibilities. The permanent institutionalized 121972 village, even if conditions be crude, is the only hope for the "returned student" as well as for the primitive Indian families, it seems to me. It costs so little to supply these people - but we day school teachers of Owens Valley have been forced, by all that's human, to furnish lunches to many children at our schools who were gaunt with hunger at noon. The government furnishes no lunches for these children because these Indians are not living on a reservation; they are "Independent" Only a little organization and common sense applied to these primitives would make them self- supporting self-respecting citizens but they need one honest 12198wholesome, level-headed citizen to stand between them and the ghouls. The big schools kill off the children; even when they return they are unfit for civilization or for camp-life. Major Pratt helps to give them a :modern education" -- we in the camps help to bury them; not many "returned students" are in normal health. This letter is a little in"order" as was a certain other one written in Cuba. Would you have patience with my little Round Robin and raise your strong arm in behalf of "us Indians"? Very sincerely yours, Bertha S. Wilkins 12199 [unreadable article][[shorthand]]to stand between them and the ghouls. The big schools kill off the children; even when they return they are unfit for civilization or for camp-life. Major Pratt helps to give them a "modern education" -- we in the camps help to bury them; not many "returned students" are n normal health. This letter is as little in "order" as was a certain other one written in Cuban. Would you have patience with my little Round Robin and raise you strong arm in behalf of "us Indians?" Very sincerely yours, Bertha S. Wilkins 12199 Some Prophecies Fulfilled Long before his name was known outside his native country Oliver Cogenwell was making one of his rambling speeches in the house of commons. Lord Digby asked Hampton who he was, and Hampton replied, "If ever we should come to a breach with the king, that sloven will be the greatest man in England." Never was any prophecy more completely fulfilled than this. Almost equally remarkable in its way was Diardell's prophecy, "But a time will come when you will hear me,," made when nothing appeared more unlikely than the brilliant series of triumphs which fulfilled it. Another instance of a quickly fulfilled prophecy was furnished by Pope Pius VII when he was told of Napoleon's escape from Elba, "Don't worry about it," he said: "it is a storm that will be over in three months." The story of the Hundred Days proved his holiness to be right to a few hours. 12200 HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS. When asked as to the present political situation, Mr. Philbin stated that in view of the fact that he was not interested in politics except in so far as a private citizen should be, he had not given the matter of the coming campaign any serious consideration. He believed, however, that the man selected as a candidate for Mayor should be a business man as distinguished from a member of a profession, and should be a man who had had considerable experience in public life, as it was impossible to deal with municipal affairs in exactly the same manner as matters of commerce were treated. "One of the most important reasons for this is that persons who enter into public life, even in the most subordinated capacity, realized that their livelihood depends always to a large extent upon the political party in control, and that the custom that prevails in business houses to retain a man so long as he performs his duty, notwithstanding his opinions or predilections as to matters foreign to the business, does not obtain in public life, and a young man who can enter a business house with the prospect of becoming more valuable year after year, by reason of his experience and industry, is foolish to enter into an employment where, notwithstanding the greatest degree of merit, he may be removed at any time. JOHN D. CRIMMINS FOR MAYOR. "I do not know of any one so peculiarly competent to fill the office of Mayor as John D. Crimmins. He has not only had a very successful practical business experience, and is familiar with matters of finance, but is also thoroughly acquainted with municipal affairs, and is in every sense a man who has acquired a perfect knowledge of the conditions that prevail in public life. He is absolutely honest and sincere, and would be uncompromisingly for the best interests of the city. "Yes, I am opposed to Tammany Hall, as I believe in absolute independence in all political matters, and that the interests of the community should always be paramount to those of an organization. Public duty and party loyalty should not be treated as inconsistent propositions, but if party is worthy of allegiance, it should make any sacrifice for public interests. "It is proper to say, however, that I do not mean that there are no members of the Tammany organization who would perform their duty if left free to do so, for I have ample evidence to the contrary in the District-Attorney's office." "What do you think the general issue in the coming campaign will be?" "The suppression of vice, and a higher standard of official duty. The cost of government will cut no figure with the average voter although it is not likely that the mistakes in that respect made by those now in office will be overlooked in considering the candidacy of members of the same organization. The failure to provide proper and adequate school facilities will undoubtedly make a great impression upon the people in the campaign, for there is nothing of such vital importance as the proper educational training of those who will be vested with the rights of citizens, and who will have a voice in the government. SAYS 'IGNORANCE BREEDS VICE." "That ignorance breeds vice is demonstrated daily in our criminal courts, where large percentage of the persons charged with crime is composed of those who have palpably not received proper educational training. I am not familiar with the school system as it now exists, but if it is possible to economize by deferring for the present all attempts at teaching the higher branches of education, and limit the system to the common school, I think such a policy should be adopted. It is better to give to all sufficient education than to educate a proportion beyond the necessary limits and deprive many of any education at all. "While, as I have said already, I am not familiar with political questions, owing to lack of experience in politics, I still think that, in order to be successful in the coming campaign, those organizations opposed to Tammany Hall must be brought together and a leader in whom all have confidence selected. This leader must not be merely politician, nor must he have political aspirations, but must be moved solely by a desire of doing a service to this city by putting those in office who will realized the important trust confided to them, and will perform their official duty according to the highest standard. "Such a man must be thoroughly unselfish, of great moral strength, and not only have great business and executive ability, but also have had some practical experience in politics. Such a leader has apparently not yet been decided upon. 12201 [*My Journal June 4, 1901*] Tuesday New York Dist. -Att'Y, Philbin Opposes Tammany. Approves of Vice Crusades; Favors Crimmins for Mayor: Has No Quarrel with Police; Says Ignorance Breeds Vice. Exclusive Interview for the Journal. The following interview with District-Attorney Eugene A. Philbin is authorized and exclusive. It is the first time he has consented to talk for publication. It is an important communication, for it makes clear some interesting facts that have heretofore been subjects of many printed statements based on inaccurate information. The interview shows that there is no quarrel between the District-Attorneys office and the Police Department. Indeed Mr. Philbin clearly indicates that the relations between these two important branches of the city government are of a cordial character. Mr. Philbin is in hearty sympathy with the anti-vice crusading of the Committee of Fifteen. He agrees with this newspaper that there are not enough schools, and that "ignorance breeds vice." Discussing politics, Mr. Philbin says he is an independent Democrat. He thinks John D. Crimmins would make an excellent candidate of the anti-Tammany forces for Mayor. He does not believe the cost of running the cit y government will be as important issue in the campaign. Here is the interview as carefully revised by Mr. Philbin: Police Commissioner Murphy has plainly stated to me that he has a strong desire to stamp out vice and to make every section of the city clean and law-abiding. I know of no reason why he should not succeed. The City's Condition Improved. "The condition of the city is improved, and it should grow steadily better under the single-headed commission. More than one bead should not exist in any department, no matter what the range of its importance is. The opportunity of shifting responsibility, of getting behind an associate in times of trouble, is a temptation seldom resisted. And the fact that this may be done tends to impair the efficiency of the men in charge and to weaken the power to combat evil influences." Mr.Philbin was asked how he accounted for the fact that once under his lead, and several times under the direction of the Committee of Fifteen, gambling houses had been located and wiped out of existence, and the police had been unable to accomplish such results. He refused to give his views as to the matter, but said: The police explanation is that the Committee of fifteen and the District- Attorney may employ private detectives or adopt any other measures entailing the expenditure of money for eradicating vice, but that the Police Department has no money for this purpose: that it must pursue its work with the men on the regular force, and that about all the men suitable for this labor are known to the gamblers or to their lookouts. Therefore, it is further stated, the gathering of the necessary evidence by the police to make successful the prosecution of gamblers is an exceedingly difficult matter. Mr. Philbin had this thought about the Committee of Fifteen: "Any uprising of the people," he said, "out of which grows a concrete movement for the betterment of public conditions has an effect that is very lasting. The fact that a committee is now effectively pursuing vice is a lesson that will be remembered by the vicious and by those opposed to the enforcement of the laws, long after the committee ceases to exist. What has been done once can be done again. The same conditions may result in the creation of a similar committee. The committee has blazed a way that will be long remembered." I have been a rural school teacher for on 12 years my wish to change my business [?] of health [Siley,] Ga. 6/5/901 Col. Theo. Roosevelt V.P.of the U.S. Washington D.C. Dear Sir:- Some months ago I read a pleasant communication from your Secy in answer to a letter I wrote you in reference to using your influence towards giving me a government position of some sort. I sincerely & earnestly desire you to assist me in the direction indicated. I can furnish reliable reference as to my character standing. Im(sic) a married man - having an wife & 7 children: the last of whom are twins - one a fine boy & the other a pretty girl. They were born to us on the 9th 12202 day of May, are yet unnamed. We have been thinking of several names to give them, but have not yet decided. Hon Jos Screver, of [?] (Dec'd) was my mother's cousin & a man whom I admired and we may name the boy in his honor. Please let me know by early mail the full name of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt - and your full name as we may name them after you -two. Kindly let us hear from you. I am a comparatively young man & could fill [?] my position under the [?] in the civil line. Ill appreciate any favors you may see fit to [stand] me. Yours very respectfully. W. G. Allen My full name is [?] Gaston Allen. My grandmother was a Screver on maternal sideOrganized 1887. Young Men's Republican Club, of the Seventeenth Ward. No. 861 Manhattan Avenue. Brooklyn N. Y. June 5th 1901 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Aspiring for a position in the Secret Service of the United States Government I hereby appeal to you for the desired information pertaining to the same, Namely, who to make application to and what the qualification to fill said position are. I would have- appealed to the congressman of my district but that gentleman being of opposite political faith makes same- impossible for reference. I can name Captain Wilson and Lieutenant Flanagan of the Second Battery N. Y. N. Y. of Mich Organization I have the honor to be a member of I am also Secretary of the above named organization, trusting I will receive a favorable reply Yours Most Respectfully Alfred B. Benson #68 Newell St Brooklyn N, Y. 12203I hent able to due very hard work I [Lern?] all I cauld face get you a SelctLaard [freze?] a president those Bryan men are going to salt Bryan down and run him in 1904 if the Bryan dont spoil before the time came from carple Zedaw Bradshaw 9 Illinoise val Your Ever good By [*[Bradshaw]*] [*12205*] June 6 1901 Tonica Illinoise La Salle Co Mr RoseBelt kind [Larilnd?] I take plasure to drop you and Mr. Mckinley a few leines to in the Regards of my Pensions and see if you will give me a Pensians I hope you hent fore got me at [Streetar?] last fall when I was their to see Mr RoseBelt & was the [at] only Boy was drees in [*12204*]solider suit I rode from the park on a Black horse beside the [????] to the train with you all the democrat said you would not answer my letter if I would write to you [?] that [?] and would see if you would write to an old solider Boy Bee sure and write and so I can tell the soft Bryan men you did answer my letter I hope you and Mr [*???}Hinley give me a big pensons fore I need it very bad Park Row Building, Room 635, New York City, June 5th 1901. My dear Sir:- I herewith enclose you a corrected list, up to date, of the delegates from New York voting for Gen. U.S. Grant at that notable convention of 1880, on the 36th Ballot. Thinking perhaps you would like to have it, I send it to you with my compliment. Very Sincerely yours, (Sgd.) Jas. R. Davies. 50 - 36th Ballot. Roscoe Conkling, Deceased. Jacob Haysrait, " Chester A. Arthur, " James D. Warren, " James Jourdan, Brooklyn, N.Y. Amos F. Learned, Deceased. Frederick A. Schroeder, " Jacob Worth, Brooklyn, N.Y. Benjamin F. Tracy, New York. Edward Pierrepont, Deceased. Pierre C. Van Wyck, " Charles E. Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. DeWitt C. Wheeler, Deceased. Jacob M. Patterson, " John J. O'Brien, " Charles Blackie, " James R. Davies, Brooklyn, N.Y. Stephen B. French, Deceased. Levi P. Morton, New York Bernard Biglin, " Thomas Murphy. " Jacob Hess, " Louis F. Payn, Chatham, N.Y. George H. Sharpe, Deceased. John D. Lawson, " Rufus H. King, " Henry R. Pierson, " Charles P. Easton, " John M. Francis, " Isaac V. Baker, Jr., Comstock's, N.Y. W. W. Rockwell Deceased. David Wilber, " Edward H. Shelly, " Wm. H. Comstock, Utica, N.Y. George M. Case, Deceased. Charles L. Kennedy, " James J. Belden, Syracuse, N.Y. John B. Murray, Deceased. Francis O. Mason, " George N. Hicks, Penn Yan, N.Y. Thomas C. Platt, New York Orlow W. Chapman, Deceased. Chester S. Cole, Corning, N.Y. Charles I. Langdon, Elmira, N.Y. Edward A. Frost, Deceased. Henry A. Bruner, Albion, N.Y. George G. Hoskins, Deceased. john E. Pound, Lockport, N.Y. Ray V. Pierce, Bound Brook, N.J. John Nice, Deceased. 12206 LAW OFFICE HORACE E. DEMING, CORN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING, 11 & 13 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. June 5, 1901. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Your letter of June 4th is received. On Saturday I can take the 10:50 A.M. train from here, reaching Oyster Bay at 12:20. I must take the 2:23 P.M. train back in order to reach the City in time to catch the the 5:00 o'clock New York and New Haven train, the last possible train for me to take and spend Sunday with my family. If it suits you convenience better, I could reach Oyster Bay Friday afternoon on the 2:23 train and take any train returning that afternoon. If you decide for Friday, please wire me to that effect, at my expense, to this address. Sincerely yours, Horace E. Derring Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. 12207 P2 J.W. Goddard & Sons, 98, 100 & 102 Bleecker St. and 197 Mercer St. New York, June 5th, '01 190 ESTABLISHED 1847 M Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Colonel Roosevelt,- I am very glad that you want me to meet those Harvard fellows and others, but please do not make it a Saturday or Monday. I have a wife and family up in Litchfield and absolute necessity, to say nothing of inclination, forces me to go up there for every Sunday. The inclination part of this I, of course, could get around but the necessity not, for it is the real thing. As to the meeting, the dilemma as you state it, is conclusive, and yet I felt, and still half way think, that there would be a way. The advantage to the proposed small park would be immense, and also to the whole principle of small parks the advantage would be immense and besides that, the advantage to me in the matter that I have at heart, an that you know of, and also have at heart, would be a decided advantage, -perhaps even decisive. I did not mention this special consideration in my letter though it was present in my mind and perhaps I made a mistake in not mentioning it, but I thought it would occur to you, and I do not like to write about this particular matter lest my letters might fall into some other hands than yours. 12208 I know exactly what you can do for me and I am not at all clear that I can get along without what you can do for me, and yet, what you can do for me can only be done indirectly and, as I may say, impersonally and possibly such a meeting as I proposed would be the only chance of opening the way for you to do for me in the right way the thing which you can do for me and which, perhaps, we might not find any other opportunity for you to do for me. Now, please don't fell worried or teased about this matter. If you can do so you will I know, and if you can't do it, you can't and I know that you will wish you could and regret that you can't and there is nothing on my part but the fullest understanding of the matter whatever you do. I know my side of it and present it to you and you can decide and I am satisfied that your decision whatever it may be, is right. All these words are to try and relieve you of any feeling that you would be disappointing me. If you can do it, I shall be glad, and of you can't I shall simply try to think of something else, knowing that your decision is right. You can possibly differentiate this proposed meeting from any other small affair. Probably you could put in your remarks a few sentences which would in themselves explain why you were there that would out any body else off from expecting a similar favor. Some of the things that might differentiate the meeting would be that I was on your staff, that you promised me to attend a meeting in the last campaign and then at the last moment telegraphed me from Colorado that you would not come; that you wrote the article about the Civic Club in McClure's and take a personal interest in the Club and are an Honorary Member of the Club. You probably might yourself think up some other points. J.W. Goddard & Sons, 98, 100 & 102 Bleecker St. and 197 Mercer St. New York,_________________ ESTABLISHED 1847. M______________________________________________ Dear Sir: #2 I am sure you will see at once the very great, and as I said, possibly decisive effect on the matter which I have alluded to that such a meeting attended by you would have; you agreed that you could help me greatly if only the right way could be found, so that the question [?] the effect be very great, and directly in line with what I want , and with what you approve of; and supposing these questions were all answered in the affirmative, then it remains to say whether the consequences would be too unfortunate to warrant you in doing the thing proposed. You know best I can repeat, earestly, that I am in advance, perfectly satisfied with your decision. Faithfully yours, Freeman Boudard 12209 [*The University of Chicago*] [*FOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER*] [*Office of the President*] Chicago June 5th, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: The fates seem to be against us, but I will go one step forward and propose Tuesday, December seventeenth. This is the next occasion on which we should like to have you with us. Will you come? I still wish that you could arrange for August thirty-first. Very truly yours, William R. Harper [*12210*][shorthand notation]Executive Department J. Emil Johnson,Mayor. [*shorthand*] City of Jamestown,N. Y. June 5, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Vice President United States. Dear Sir: As you doubtless have been informed, ere this, the League of American Municipalities hold their next annual meeting in this city August 21-14 of the present year. The conventions of the league in the past have been successful and provitable, in which all the various departments of city government has by means thereof, been disseminated to the profit of those interested in the different branches of municipal government. The league heretofore strong with a representative membership of cities throughout the united Stated, has had its ranks strengthened by the addition of some of the most progressive cities of America. This together with the fact that more effot than ever before is being put forth for that purpose, point unmistakably to the fact that the coming convention will be the most note-worth in the history of the League. The Committee having the program in charge, have already made arrangements for a very interesting meeting and they inform me that it is their desire as you are already surprised by the President of the League of American Municipalities, that you be present to open the convention. It gives me unbounded pleasure to second the invitation 12211 Executive Department J. Entl. Johnson City of Jamestown N.Y. extended to yo you by President Johnson, and not alone on my own behalf but on behalf of our city government, our business and professional men and citizens in general, who are ever ready to receive and welcome, to express a wish that you may be able to, and will accept this invit- ation. Awaiting your kind advised that you can and will be present, I beg to remain Very respectfully yours, J. Entl Johnson Mayor 12212would write for me a few words of introduction to the Commissioner of Patents. When I go on to Washington to urge my case, I do not want the Patent man to look for his gun, mistaking me [*shorthand*] 413 West 23rd St. New York City June 5th 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt In a weak but generous moment because I have more children than you, you told my sisterinlaw Mrs. Gilder, that you [*12213*] for a book agent. My patest is to help sick people and I have an enthusiastic letter from Dr Charles W. Burns about it and I can get many [??????] more from leading physicians showing that my invention is needed and original. So you see, Mr Vice President, besides doing me a great kindness, you will be helping your poor fellow human being. My 7 children send you their love and Charles who is my eighth, would send you His if he were here. Yours Very faithfully Edwa[????] de Kay [*GEO.C.KING*] [*220 - 3rd.Avenue*] [*San Francisco, Cal.*] [*San Francisco, Calif.June 5th,1901*] [*Hon. Theodore Roosevelt*] [*Vice President U.S.A.*] [*Oyster Bay,*] [*N.Y.*] My dear Colonel:- About two months ago I wrote to you a letter a copy of which I enclose . Just at the time when an answer to it in due course of mail would be on the road to me nearly seven hundred (700)sacks of mail were burned in a railroad accident on the Union Pacific R.R. I have frequently thought that if you did answer my letter such answer might have been burned in that railroad accident. I felt in an embarrassing position,common courtesy would have required me to acknowledge the receipt of any letter you might have written. But if destroyed by fire and therefore not received by me you would in all probability not notice the accident which happened to the mail and consequently construe my failure to acknowledge its receipt as a discourtesy or negligence on my part. I simply write this to explain that I never received any reply to the enclosed letter so as to set myself straight. There are vacancies still constantly occurring in the [*12214*] Q.M.Dept.at. S.F. to which my enclosed letter refers. Very sincerely, Geo. C. King[*[For enc see ca 6-5-01]*][1901] The Rev. John C. York cordially invites you to meet the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, at the Rectory Huntignton, Thursday evening, June 6, at 6 o'clock R.S.V.P. Dress for dinner 12215[*? 6 -5 -01*] [*( COPY)*] [*Hon. Theodore Roosevelt*] [*Vice President U.S.A.*] [*Oyster Bay, N.Y.*] My dear Colonel:- I have received your letter refusing my request for a personal letter from you to Col. Oscar F. Long, Depot Quartermaster, S, F, Cal asking him to appoint me as a clerk in the Q.M.Dept. Allow me to correct your misapprehension of the situation. It is true I am a packer in the Quartermaster Dept.but there is no chance to rise from my present position in one of the warehouses to a clerkship in the main office. I am not in the line where promotion can take place My work at present is manual labor- the packing of supplies - and not clerical. I took the position about two years ago because although then in poor health I was determined not to lie idle and it was the first and only steady employment I could then obtain. The position I now seek is in fact in an entirely different branch of the service, though both are nominally connected with the Quartermas- ter's Department. I seek a clerkship in the office in order that I may in the future have a chance to rise on my own merit and I know I am competent to fill the place . A laborer is not promoted into the office especially when he neither comes in contact with the head of the department nor his immediate superiors (who are all civilians) any power to recommend or [*12216*]obtain for him such a clerical position. I appreciate fully your attitude that once in a position a person should rise only through merit but in my case ranking only as a laborer in a department entirely unconnected with the main office there is absolutely no chance of promotion since the classes or kind of employment are so totally different. I know will how numerous must be the demands upon your time and patience not only from the members of you regiment but also from others and consequently I felt a great hesitancy in asking such a favor as a letter from you to Col Long but I am sure that you will consider it a laudable desire and proper ambition on my part to attempt to rise and in this effort to seek the aid of those friends who are in a position to assist and who may feel certain at all times of my loyalty and earnest (however small) support. Yet, my dear Colonel, if after this explanation you deem it in any way inconsistent with your ideas of propriety I beg of you to consider my request withdrawn or rather as never having been made and still consider me as ever before: Your very sincere friend, Geo. c. King 230 Third Avenue Richmond Dist. San Francisco, Cal. 12217 Encl inking 6-5-01[*"SELWOOD"*] [*MOUNT MORRIS*] [*LIVINGSTON CO.N.Y.*] [*June 5th .*] [*[1901*] Dear Col. Roosevelt, I regret very much that I cannot avail my self of your kind invitation to spend Saturday with you. I have just bought a farm here at [???????], and between horses, farming and getting this place in shape I am kept busy [*12218*] night and day. With kind remembrance to Mrs Roosevelt and yourself and with hopes that we may see you here during the hunting season. Cordially yours, William Littamer [*Personal*] New York, June 5th, 1901 Fifth Ave. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, vice President of the United States Oysterbay, NY. Dear Sir: On receipt of your esteemed favor of April 10, I wrote to Washington and Rome in regard to the nomination of Mgr [?Kery] del Val as successor to Cardinal Martinelli. Mr Bridler informed me in reply that the State Dept. officially is obliged to show indifference as to the presence of an Apostolic Delegate in the Capital. Various unsettled questions in our new possessions, however have brought the War Dept. frequently in direct communication with the Sope's representative; the U. S. Government, as such,not recognizing the Delegate as belonging to the accredited diplomatic Corps, cannot very well express & like respectively dislike, to any new nominee from Rome. Mr Bridler told me that the information I had given him on the subject and on the man had interested him greatly. In my letter to a Monsignor, occupying a high place in the [?] under the Cardinal Secretary, I laid special weightI upon the importance for the Vatican of having a pliable and shrewd as well as suave dignity in Washington, but such man must not be hampered with an anti-American record if to become persona gratissima with our authorities and to secure a settlement of the property question which is advantageous to the church, in general,and to the Friars in particular. I seem to have struck the right chord! Only a couple of days ago I received a reply that, for the present, the Vatican did not pretend to make an immediate change and that Cardinal Matinelli is to remain at his post until the end of the year in the selection for a successor the Cardinal Secretary will pay due consideration to our "amour profore." Cardinal Gibbons, before he sailed, said that he would urge Cardinal Rampolla to send to Washington a Delegate with pro-American antecedents: with this I believe, Mgr Mely del Val, is done for, as far as it concerns us.- I took the liberty of suggesting as a more appropriate Candidate Mgr Francesco Satnasii, MgrTarnassi is a man of commanding presence, a clean man and an excellent linguist,who has been 12221III, in the Diplomatic service over twenty five years and-like Mgr Dennis O'Connell- he is an intimate friend of the Vanutelli's having a brother who is Capt in an Italian Cavalry Rgt, his ideas and political views are modern and broad. At the time when Leo XIII intended to propose to the 5 year armed interference in favor of the Bours, whose representative I was in Italy, Mgr Tarnassi was glad to go to St. Peterborough; the scheme, working well at the beginning, utterly failed when Cardinal Vaughan telegraphed from London, that no [?] and no [?] could be expected to reach the Eternal City during the Holy Year, of the Vatican would continue its anti-British policy.-- To the Vatican the presence of a Delegate in Washington has become a necessity to the U. S. Government a great convenience. Why another Delegate should be in Manila, after we have gone successfully [?] the Preliminarilies, I do not quite understand. A priest, no matter how high in position or how far removed from his inferiors in the order, naturally will be in sympathy with alleged martyrs. As long as American interest was academically discussed Mgr Napilli took a firm and patriotic standpoint,as soon, however, 12222IV as the property question threatened to result in a material loss, his Grace sided with the Friars. I am afraid, also Fr Algui, on his various trips beliveen Manila and Washington, via Rome + Madrid, could not entirely brake with old and wonted ties. Let this state, I dare say, the presence of a Ddegate is more on obstacle than a help to the Phillippine Commission. In occasion of the Cardinal's Installation in Baltimore. I had a talk with Archbishop Ireland on that subject; he fully shares my opinion: a question of law and equity lawyers and [disintereslid?] layman are better fit to decide in fairness than militant Murchmen! -- When on Decorationday Cardinal Markinelli asked me when I was going to Manila, I had to tell him, that all my efforts in that line had failed; not the slightest attention had been paid to the letters, which were laid before the Secretary of War or those sent direct to Judge Falt, and to my various calls of the War Dept. Archbishop Ireland had advised me better to go direct to Manila; I am, however, not vain enough to believe that my personal appearance will make a deeper impression than the letters submitted. Having upmost confidence in the success of the Manila [???] I made the mistake[?] of declining a well remunerated position in a commercial [enter?]. prise: to be condemned to idleness, when everybody is busy and our country is just reeking with prosperity has a rather depressing effect on an active man. Being anxious to spend the coming season in Washington, but not as a gentleman. [loafer], I have asked friends in the State and War Department, if there were anything to do for me. Mr Gridler and [lol] Edwards wrote that at present every post was filled; both, however, promised to let me know should a vacancy occur: that does not look very helpful! I am, dear Liv, Loyally and faithfully yours [M????][[shorthand]]HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE I am greatly obliged to you for your discussion of the "woman"-paper. I have just finished the last one of that series of comparative studies; it is "A German view of American Democracy" and all together will appear next fall under the title "Americans and Germans" as a small volume. My [?] [?] belong to the other side of the same problem: a book which I am writing in German for the Germans to point out what Germany can learn from the Americans. I want to destroy the absurd prejudices which exist still over there concerning American life. May I draw your attention to my appeal in the Graduate Magazine for Emerson hall? The auspices of the movement seem very favorable. With many thanks, Sincerely yours Hugo Münsterberg [*12226*] HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE June 5, 1901 Vice President T. Roosevelt Oyster Bay My dear Mr. Roosevelt: Many thanks for your letter of yesterday. I write at once to say that by chance your misunderstanding concerning my degree became known to some friends yesterday before I received today your letter. I had written to W. R. Thayer (Graduate Magazine) to inquire officially whether a Ph. D. can accept the A.M. and among other things he said in reply that you had told him that I got the L.L.D. I told that yesterday came friends, Roger and Palmer etc., who all feel somewhat angry about the action of the university; I myself take it with indifference, sufficiently satisfied with the thought that you at least do not classify me with the A.M.-sort of people.THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 1045a Number 6 Sent by OY Rec'd by d check 24 paid govt RECEIVED at June 5 1901 Dated Washington DC 5 To Wm Loeb Jr Harris was recalled and is here Robert H McCormick of Chicago Have been appointed R B Nixon. F.C.Lyman G. Bloomingdale Third Ave. 59th 60th Streets New York June 5th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Sir:- Mr. Bloomingdale desires very much to add your photograph to his records of the Dedication Ceremonies at the Montefiore Home Country Sanitarism at Bedford Station on May 30th, and would feel honored if you would forward at your convenience a good likeness of yourself in cabinet form. Very truly yours, [?] 12228District Attorney's Office. County of New York Eugene A. Philsin. District Attorney. 5 June 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, My dear Colonel Roosevelt- I thank you sincerely for your very kind letter. When my work shall have been finished and if the record is a worthy one, I shall make it clear that it as been my effort to make this a Roosevelt administration. years ago when you were in the Police Dept remember how a municipal office should be administered and resolved that if ever in [?] be my lot to be [?] with a public duty the endeavor [endeavor?] [?] your conduct - office could be made. 12229This office is spoken of as possessing thoughtful machinery with which [?] such crime. The fact is that practically I have no means of getting evidence of crimes where public officers are involved. The police can- not be relied upon for obvious reasons. The County Detectives attached to this office are not detectives at all, but men who can be used for serving papers only, men having had any police training are expensive. The Civil Service Commission claims that they are under its [?] and while I doubt it as a matter [?], my term is to short to test it in the courts. With the [?] after Pinkertons, who have refused to act because of relations with Tammany, the private detective is [?] highest [?] always, and therefore punishable if he gets too dangerous. Please do not think I am making excuses for Ohare and [???]. I do such [???] since in office, but thought it not fair to give you some idea of the situation. The Parkhurst and Kindred Societies are in my opinion receiving thousands of dollars annually fraudulently, for I have no evidence of them doing anything [???] lessen crime. They give me no aid whatsoever. With the highest appreciation of the great kindness you have always shown me I am yours faithfully Eugene A. Philbin[For 2 enc see 6-1-01 6-4-01]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. 135p Number 8 Sent by OY Rec'd by [M G Reed?] Received June 5 1901 Dated New York 5 To Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Will come with pleasure this afternoon five thirty [one?] [Riddle?][For enc see65-1-01] 8318 Spring Garden St. Phila. June 5/01 Theodore Roosevelt. vice Pres. United States. Honorable,and Dear Sir, Your telegram of Monday addressed simply J. W. Riadle, Phila. as delivered at my home about five in the evening. I decided at once it was not for me, but as the messenger suggested that I and my son were the only persons of that name mentioned in the directory, it occurred to us that possibly it might be for our son as he has been a resident of 12232Washington for the pat year, a clerk in the treasury department, and a law student at Columbia University, and all the more as the Washington papers of Saturday had just reached us (a clipping from one of which I here enclose); and the more still as he had recently been in New York,entrusted with an important piece of secret service for the government. I therefore, forwarded the telegram to him in a letter, telling him he would know best whether it could be for him; then telegraphed you , lest there should 12223 be a blunder somewhere, and you should be put to inconvenience. Your reply was received at midnight last night and at that hour I had the mistake rectified through the telegraph messenger. This work of explanation is offered lest you should have occasion to feel that it was an act of presumption on my part to allow the telegram to remain in my hands. Had the words "Phila Club" been added to the address, all difficulty would have been avoided. Trusting, however, that the matter has been reasonably adjusted I am, with regrets. Yours Sincerely, J. W. Riddle Pastor 34th St Bap. Ch.[*shorthand*] Windsor AZ June 5th 1901 Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Believe me your note of May 31st and your kind words give me great pleasure and I thank you for it as well as for your kind offer to write to Mr.Rook G E [?] 12234 forward to going to see you under your own roof when [?] we go to New York and with [with] best remembrances to you and Mrs. Roosevelt in which [?][?][?] one law Most cordially from [Au??] ]?][?] perhaps by some happy chance you will becarring our way and will pass a night with us, you and Mrs. Roosevelt 12235I have met Lane an Heir return from the Cape speak in highest praise of the Baer as a fighter. There is no doubt that army affairs lane are in a bad condition, the accomplishment of really effective work will demand sums which the tax payer Lane will refuse to Richmond p 2 S, Pimlia June 5. 1901 Dear Roosevelt A young [fell?] of the name of [?] has asked me to give him an introduction to you. He is an ex-cavalry officer [?] I used to know in Saxony In 82 he migrated to Amenixa [?] as [*12236*]I hear, has fared fairly well there. He was connected with the Chicago exhibition. I have sent him a card of introduction to you. He is a bright fellow, a & knowing german well, thought perhaps you might have some use for him. Mr. Roosevelt Ethels photo arrived by last mail. It is excellent, and we are quite delighted with it. Here you hear much disatisfaction expressed as regards affairs in South Afrika & the proposed army schemes in England. All men of mark 12237As far as I have been able to make out, the Russians in case of trouble with England, will march from Kent on Kandahar and occupy the latter. From there they will attack Cabul with the forces which now are drawn up on the banks in the Caucasus of the (?). To accomplish this 93221 (?) The present system is (?) in the cake. The future of India really lies in the hands of the Armies of Afghanistan He holds the (?). It is hard to tell whom he distrusts most, England or Russia. It seems to be the former in spite of the subsidy of about $400,000. The 12238 hatred of the russian is very marked here, but hatred & fear go hand in hand. Curyan told me the visit of indian troops to China had had an excellent affect on the moral of the Indian native army. For the first time the Indian had seen the soldier of the occident in the field where he used to fear with a feeling hardening an [?] especially the Russian. Curyan said that feeling had been entirely removed, & replaced by confidence in the power to lick the russian. This he said had removed every vestige of pro-russian feeling in certain quarters of India (?) [*12239*]{?} line. In case of trouble the great danger would lie in a native (Mohamedan{?}) rising in India. The {?} is by no means quite safe. I have not much of an opinion[?] of the hindu regiments, the hindu is not a fighter. 3 they must hold the {?} of the Hindu, {?} this depends on the attitude of the Amir. England would be about 100 miles nearer to Cabul, & already holds the Chaibar[?] pass. The attitude of the hill tribes, & of [?] near the Chaibar, depends again on the Amir. Should it be hostile, the keeping up of [*12240*]lines of communication would be impossible with the forces India can dispose of. The Amir has spent a great deal lately on his army of about 40,000 men of regulars, & a militia of about 145,000 [???] he mobilised in time of war Sketch will give you an idea of the lines the armies would move on. In case of troubles I hear England intends to take up a position(?) along the Helmund I think she's wrong there, the Indies would be the safer and less is- [*12241*]war you never could detect a Gurkha company. If you saw a body of men they said, it was bound to be a british one. A few days ago they had field manoevres near there, a british force held a position which was attacked by a Gurkha force. [*4*] The seasoned ano are the best, especially the Gurkhas (Nepal). They are rippers, closely resembling the Japs, born shots & killers, & the best troops England possesses. The other day my wife & I went out to the rifle range, our attendant was a Gurkha. After we had [*12242*]finished at a 3" bull at 100 yards with the little Stevens 25. I shot against your Savage at Oyster Bay, told the [G?] to put up a new target & gave him 5 cartridges. His face simply beamed. In a second he was down on his knee in a most graceful position, & on a few seconds more the five shots were off with the following results. (:.) : - The rifle had a Lyman which he instinctively understood. British officers told me that during the last frontier [*12243*]Those who have advised those piss-pricking espeditians? in which they sumed to especk? to cover themselves with cheap & shaggy laurels, have done every thing to knock trade on the head. My wife & I like life out here, & we intend to do a good deal of traveling when an officer who attended them told me that they could not discover a Gun???? until the main force was up to a range of about 30 yards! The british would have had a poor stand in a real fight. Cunsan? critizesed? the actions of the Allies in China with sharpest words, calling them a Thame? for Europe. I quite agree with him. If Mr. McKinleys policy had been carried and after the capture of Peking, and if the troops had been kept on the defensive, putting the situations? into the hands of the diplomats and the friendly Viceroys? and Generals, things would stand quite differently Reports received here state ? those p???itive espeditions? have rendered the situation ? than in the beginning, increasing the hatred towards the foreigner and creating a state of anarchy.given time, but to clean and [?] [An????] stable he took over will need more time then the term of a Governor General in India. In [Cursan?] I see the coming man in England. He combines genius with hard work & a vast [?] when the cool season sets in & especially to visit the native states. So far we have only seen anglo-indian life here. We have met many bright men and [?], but as a rule the Anglo-indian is apt to be heavy & anti- [?] in his [*12246*]methods. The more I have seen of England in India the more I have become convinced that the whole empire needs re-engining & re-hardening if she is to keep up the clip of the leading powers. All these schemes for her army reform are practically worthless as long as she doesnt build them up on deeper reforms & remodel the national character & the national spirit, above all national education. [Curyan?] has done a great deal here, more than my Viceroy has done in a [*12247*][*For Eric??? 6-5-01*] out [???] has been decidedly a step backward. My wife joins me in begging you to give our kindest regards to Mrs. Roosevelt. I hope the family are very well & enjoying Washington. Give my love to them, & please remember me to Senator & Mrs. Lodge & to [Cooso?] [Yanro?] Sincerely Speck. [*Sternberg*] 7 of political & general knowledge, such as I'm pretty sure no other [B???] & Statesman possesses. You cant be a leading man now days in any country if you attempt at the same time to be a prominent figure at shooting parties on the golf links [*12248*] & in the smart deawing room. The Hat-[?auniefal] treaty has been much discussed here. Well, I suppose you will never tolerate such a sore as an isthmian canal not exclusively under American control. After a year or so I long for some more interesting work . Our political interests here are nil, & the consular routine work I can put into the hands of clerks. I long to get back to Washington where I feel I can be of a great deal more use, & I feel as if I had been taken out of my element. My appointment [*12249*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 140P Number 10 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 29 Paid RECEIVED at June 5 1901 Dated Colorado Springs Colo 5 To Col Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Quarto Centennial been put second and third August instead twenty Eighth (28) Letter received there is great and general interest [*12250*] in you coming don't believe they THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. Number 10 2 will give you up Phillip [Philip] B Stewart [*12251*] Legation of the United States Madrid june 5, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. etc. etc. etc. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Theodore:- Larecombe has his orders to do everything that Mrs. Roosevelt desired when he went over the house with her, and anything else, at any time, that she advises him is needed. The more Mrs.s Roosevelt and you treat the house as your own, the better we shall be pleased. I am very much afraid (Mrs. Storer bade me mention it) that, the floors are entirely bare. I would buy and send home from here a Madrid carpet,-the finest in the world--, fitted for that room, if it were not for the intolerable tax, and trouble in the Custom House. Will you tell me very frankly how Mrs. Roosevelt has intended to cover the floor in that big room? For if she cannot do it in a way satisfactory to herself, I think I shall pursue the course I have outlined above. I see occasionally of your doings and opinions in the newspapers. I say "occasionally" as it is only seldom I have time to look at an American paper, about a fortnight old 12252Legation of the United States Madrid Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. (2) June 5, 1901. when it reaches here. In clearing out some drawers of my desk, I came across a letter of Admiral Cervera to me, which I thought Teddy might possibly care to have; and I enclose it. I am just about taking a fairly long leave of absence, in order to take Mrs. Storer into Switzerland. It has been seven or eight months since she has been thoroughly well; and at times has broken down in a way that alarmed and troubled me. She feels sure that a change of mountain air, after Biarrits, where she has been since the first of March, will be beneficial; and I hope to be in that beautiful country within perhaps a fortnight of now. I am rejoiced to see that to all appearances the Philippines are steadily becoming pacified, and the Cuban problem reaching a solution. I have been in correspondence lately with Cardinal Gibbons in Rome on the former subject, and I am impressed, for the present at least, that all we have been working for in trying to help Taft, and the American future of those Islands, has not come entirely to naught. It will be a great day for our country, although, perhaps, you may not think it so important as I do, when the Vatican begins to understand the primal necessities of our 12253[*shorthand*]Legation of the United States Madrid Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. (3) June 5,1901 American civilization. To get rid of the Religious Orders, or at least so much or so many of them as good Government and peace demand, will be a great thing; and a gradual and steady leavening of the Church influence out there, by the addition of some wholesome,energetic, enlightened American priests, will be another great step in advance. I think the Paulists might be doing-from the point of view of statesmanship at least--more good in the Philippines than even in New York: through the Lord knows both of those places need missionary work badly enough. As I said, I am hurrying away to join Mrs. Storer; and glad I am to go, for I have been here alone four weeks yesterday, longer than I ever was in my life, though Madrid comes more nearly looking beautiful and attractive this May than I ever saw it. The heat, however, has already begun Please give my love to Mrs. Roosevelt and all the "bunnies", and believe me , always, Your friend, Bellamy Storer Enc. I. [*Storer*] 12254[*shorthand*][*[for enc see 6-5-01]*] promoted since last I met the officer, and he remarked in reply "Yes and they havnt got through promoting him yet." I enclose the clipping on the Osage Indians referred to in our conversation. Yours very sincerely, Walter J. Swanton shorthand [*[6-5-01]*] 202 North Street, Portsmouth, Va., June 5. Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Again I write to thank you for the brief but charming call at your beautiful house on Sunday. I have met a feminine admirer of yours in Washington. Mrs. Manoû [*12255*]City Hall. He said they had christened him "10 days Murphy" because he always gave the men 10 days for any offense whatever. Said that Roosevelt was a square man and made the "punishment fit the crime" so to speak with 2 or 3 days sentences as the case demanded. I remarked that you had been C. West. daughter of the political editor of the Washington Post. Perhaps you may be interested in the following bit of interview I had with a New York policeman Mr. Bechet- shield #1098. I had known him before and meeting him casually on Fifth Ave. during the G. A. R. parade I asked him how he liked Murphy and the present gang at the 12256[*Referred to Col. Roosevelt R. B.N. Y*] 23 Bergen St., Hackensack, N. J. June5th, 1901. Messrs. Charles Seribner's Sons, Fifth Ave., New York city. Gentlemen:-- On re-reading Colonel Roosevelt's Life of Cromwell recently I discovered what appears to be an error unless in some way I misunderstand the meaning. On page 169 it is stated that "In the afternoon of December 2nd he crowded down toward the lower ground, near the sea," Then fellows a description of the battle of Dunbar taking place the next morning which would be December 3rd. But turning to page 231 it reads as follows: "On September 3rd, the day which had witnessed the victories of Dunbar and Worcester, the soul of the greatest man who has ruled England,since the days of the Conquest, passed quietly away." Were there two battles of Dunbar,one being fought on Sept. 3rd, or did Col. Roosevelt mean September where the print reads December? I imagine either a typesetter or proofreader is at fault but should like to know if I am taking the wrong meaning. Trusting I may be favored with a reply, I am Respectfully yours, (Miss) Elizabeth VanWinkle [*shorthand*] 12257Enc. in Struberg 6-5-01[*June 5, 1901*] An Imperative Call for #25,000 To the Members and Friends of the Methodist Episcopal church As emergency of pressing and immediate necessity demands the prompt attention and generous assistance of the benevolently disposed friends of the Master's cause. A conflagration unsurpassed in America in its destruction of values in proportion to the population in the month of May, 1901, consumed in the very heart of Jacksonville, Florida, 455 acres of buildings, including the best residence portion of the city, and annihilated almost every Christian church. Our Methodist people suffered terribly, the most of our members losing both their homes and places of business. These brethren of ours cannot rebuild their altars without outside generous aid. Trinity Church is our principal church in the State of Florida, and has before it a great future of usefulness if it can be promptly aided. Ebenezer, the best church for colored people we have in Florida, must be rebuilt if we are to maintain our uplifting influence among these people. The Board of Church Extension is ready to do all within its power to aid these distressed brethren in rebuilding their churches, but it must have especial aid from the Church at large and from the friends of the 12259Church, or it cannot by any possibility meet these emergencies. We must have $25,000 above our capacity to aid the churches in Jacksonville,and to replenish the Emergency Fund, or these churches must suffer, and the work of Christ elsewhere be seriously retarded. Prompt responses by check sent to Samuel Shaw, Treasurer, will not only be welcome but will render a rarely meritorious service in a cause of the most pressing religious necessity. Dear friends, do not delay! Let the financial returns be prompt and generous! Your servants in the cause of Christianity and humanity. Cyrus D. Foss W. A. Spencer James M.King S. A. Heilner Amos Wakelin Committee The Board of Church Extension, in its regular meeting, on June 5, 1901, ordered the above appeal, and appointed the committee to issue it in the name of the Board. 12260 The Wealth if The Osages Latent Facts About the Resources of the Richest People in the World From the Kansas City Journal. The popular conception of the Indian, even in this city, so near to the "Nation," is that he is an ignorant chap, with a blanket and squaw, and that all he has in the world is a Government ration and a pipe. This is true, too, of some of the noble red men, but, in the language of the day,"there are others," and they are not squalid, poor, or unthrifty, either. The Osages are not only the richest Indians in the world, but there is not other people on the globe that compare with them, in this respect, white, black, red or yellow. They live in Oklahoma, and they have more money than they know what to do with. So a man from their country, Major A. E, Whiting says, and he ought to know, for he has been trading with them for years. "I was recently in Washington," said Major Whiting the other day;" and I learned while there that the Osages have made new contracts for the rental of their pasture lands. They have 800,000 acres of land altogether, and of these 600,000 acres are leased for grazing, at an annual rental of $120,000. The Osages now have on deposit in Washington with the United states something like $8,000,000, for which they sold their lands in Kansas, and this brings them annually $400,000 income. Besides they own more than one and one-half millions acres yet, which are easily worth $5 an acre. Their land holdings are worth nearly $8,000,000 all told. There are 1,972 Indians in the tribe, and they have their holdings in common, men,women and children. When a child is born it becomes a joint owner with all the rest. Thus there is a continual incentive for the individual family to increase. The profits from the money in the United States Treasury, the recent leasing of lands and other sources of revenue, give the tribe about $600,000 annually as an income. this figures out a little more than $300 for every man, woman and child. When a family consists of half a dozen or eight or ten, as it often does, you can figure for yourself that it is a pretty good thing. the realty holdings of the tribe have a per capita value of about $4,000, and that means, for a small family of five--and that is a small one-- about $20,000. 'As might be expected, this wealth has attracted to the reservation many white men, who seek alliances with the Indian maidens. The foxy old governors, however, have foreseen this, and they collect a poll tax of $1 per month from every white man there. This keeps the white population down, and makes it really desirable. The adventurer is given a cold greeting, let me tell you. "These Osages have not failed to profit mentally from their prosperity. They have fine homes and schools, and the sons and daughters are sent East to college; and their homes are richly and tastefully furnished with carpets, pianos and good furniture. Of course a few families still live in the old fashion, but they are becoming fewer and fewer all the time. In the main, the Osages are well worthy of their inheritance, and when in a few years, they become citizens in full,, they will not be the worst we have by any means." 12261CLIFFORD ARRICK, INDIANAPOLIS. June 6th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: Don't you believe that Captain Harry New carries the State of Indiana around in his "pants pocket"! Or that the State is a unit for Fairbanks in 1904. Captain Harry is a fine fellow but he is no seer; he has been taken over the hot sands of Indiana politics before now. The road of the senior is growing "powerful" rocky and will get worse before it is better. A little quiet organizing here and the crowd that followed you last fall and that idolizes you today, the campaign Rough Riders together with ninety per centum of the Spanish- American soldiers, will come solidly behind you and if you can't get a solid delegation from Hoosierdom, which I believe you can, you will split it any-how. You command me at any time for any service. Cordially yours, Clifford Arrick [shorthand notes] "GRAND CANON OF ARIZONA" "LAND OF THE SNAKE DANCE" Introducing Indian and Spanish Music In Preparation "UTAH AND THE MORMON COMMONWEALTH" With Appropriate Music "THE APACHE WARPATH" Martial Music Each Lecture will be Illustrated with 100 Stereopticon View in Color "THE MANTLE OF STODDARD HAS NOT FALLEN UPON BRIGHAM, HE HAS A BETTER COSTUME OF HIS OWN" -- "Bob" Burdette THE BRIGHAM LECTURES NAT M. BRIGHAM Salt Lake City, Utah. June 6th 1901 Coln. Theodore Roosevelt V.P.U.S. My dear Mr. Roosevelt. Yours of the 31st ultimo at hand - I am in correspondence with Herman Wheaton Grannis concerning a lecture on the "Grand Canyon of Arizona" before the Harvard Club of New York next spring. If you can consistently make a report of this Entertainment Com, I am sure it will result in good. Robert Mason will assist also. Very warmly yours Nat M. Brigham. 12263Ringgold Tex June 6, 1901 Col Roosevelt V.P. U.S.A Washington, D.C. My Esteemed friend, Do you Remember Ed Eswell who was a member of the Rough Riders he volunteered at San Antonio Tex, He and his wife now dec'd and left a small Boy. I desire to find his co. [?] for the Benefit of the child thanking you in advance. I am Yours truly & gratefully Anderson P. Cagle C.A. 12264[[shorthand]]Miller, Fincke & Brandegee, 30 Genesee Street Utica, N. Y. F. O. Fincke, G. A. Miller, John E. Brandegee. Utica, N. y. June 6th, 1901. Hone.Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. N. Y. Dear Roosevelt:- Your letter of yesterday enclosing letters of introduction for Rex and his friend, George Clark,received. It was mighty good of you to give them to me and so quickly, with all the important things demanding your time and attention. You are alright on the boys; they are both athletes, clean-limbed and clean-tongued young fellows,and have been in the Club together since their Sophomore year. My feeling about the Insular decisions is largely because of their apparent inconsistencies. They remind me of Tim Campbell's famous aphorism "What the constitution between friends". If the Court had decided that the duties collected before Congress had imposed the 15% tariff, was constitutional, I could understand a decision that held that the imposition of the !5% tariff was also institutional: but to hold that the first tariff was unconstitutional,because Porto Rico was a territory of the united States, and Congress had not imposed a specific tariff upon it, and the 15% tariff was constitutional,because, while Porto Rico is a territory of the United States and as such entitled to all the immunities and privileges guaranteed by the constitution, except in the matter of customs, seems so contradictory and illogical that I cannot help thinking that the prestige of the Court has been temporarily if not permanently impaired. The distinction may be plain to you, but I confess to sharing Justice White's confusion. I do not find so much fault with the result, as I do with the way they get at it, and I regret that the majority should have been as small as it was. Anyway, it is the law, and better than that, 12265(2) politically it is very popular without regard to party lines. I notice by your letter to Andrew D. White that you say that Yale has announced its intention to give you a L.L.D. at its centennial. I congratulate you. It is deserved, and I am only surprised at the unusual intelligence displayed by the Eli's in selecting you as a recipient of such and honor. With kindest regards. Very truly yours, F/O/ Fincki 12266[*shorthand*][*shorthand*] New York City, 706 Sixth Ave., June 6th, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Sir:- Since 1887 I have interested myself, first, in drawing our merchants' and manufacturers' attention to the opportunities offered in the South American markets, second, to obtaining a coaling station for the United States on the Pacific. I have been looked upon as a mad man by the heads of some of the most prominent commercial houses in the country, as well as by eminent statesmen, amongst the latter, Gen. Alger, who more than once has declared to me that this country was large enough for him. I have spent fourteen years of my life and a small fortune in the endeavor to do this. It is no exaggeration to say that I have probably furnished more practical and useful information to commercial houses, even to the Philadelphia Museums, than this institution has given with all its aid received from the Government. For all this, and other valuable services I have not received as much as a postage stamp, on the contrary, abuse and annoyances. Now, since the vigorous foreign policy of President 12267 -2- McKinley the tables have been turned. Every one talks about the South American trade. My long residence in these countries has taught me many things, foremost of which is,that to succeed in obtaining a reasonable share of this trade, a firm policy is necessary, not the dilly-dally one pursued in the past by our government. It it is generally known that the U. S. government not only protects the interest and the lives of its own citizens, but also those of other foreigners, emigration to these countries will increase for without population there can be no trade. The manner in which appointments are made in our diplomatic service, in permitting worthless individuals, men who make politics their trade, to be honored with responsible diplomatic posts abroad, is a most serious drawback in gaining political and commercial influence in South America. A U. S. Minister or any other diplomatic agent to Spanish-America,by reason of his ignorance of the language, is practically at the mercy of the natives, as he is dependent upon second hand information and only too often on the misinformation he receives from interested parties. "I am the real Minister of the United States to Bolivia. I can present to the Minister any case in such a form to suit my own purpose." These were the words spoken to me by the Secretary of the Bolivian Legation in 1893. (A native, who for more than ten years has held this responsible office) 12268p3- In 1893 I was commissioned by President Baptista of Bolivia to endeavor to obtain President Cleveland's promise to act as arbitrator in the Tacna-Arica question. James G.Blaine - perhaps the only American statesman who ever thoroughly understood the South American question - championed the cause of Peru and Bolivia against Chile-English influence, and his retirement virtually turned the immensely rich Peru-Bolivian provinces of Tarapaca and Atacama over to the London and Edinburgh speculators, and the knives of the Chilian vandals. With this our prestige went also. England since the Civil War has superseded American influence and American shipping throughout South America. English capital has been ready for many years to back Chile's insane ambition for the conquest of Bolivia, Peru and the Argentine and the supremacy of the South American continent. My presence in Bolivia during 1893, 1896, and 1898 was the cause of defeating a bill in the Bolivian Congress,which, if passes would have given England, commercially, and consequently politically, control of the head waters of the Amazon,the Paraguay and the Orinoco. Chile "cornered" Bolivia by means of several treaties manipulated by the Chilian Minister to Bolivia. His death and the change of government put a stop to Chile's aggressive policy for some time. The revolution in 1899, instigated with Chilian money, drove the government friendly to American enterprise into exile. 12269-4- In this act the so-called "Liberals" enjoyed the support and protection of the Secretary of the American Legation, a votive, as mentioned. Our Minister to La Paz has a reputation for eccentricity, and in La Paz it is a well known fact that he is deeply interested in private schemes of his own regarding India rubber, the buying of tin and other mines. For this latter reason he refused to certify to the genuineness of the accompanying papers (which I have taken the liberty of sending you, although they were legally executed in London, and at the time he was H. M. diplomatic representative in Bolivia. As an excuse, he said that any one might have made the seals affixed to the documents. His action caused me to leave the country to avoid more unpleasantness. In 1893 I received from a Frenchman in La Paz 1000 ounces of gold and a power of attorney to sell his gold mine situated three miles from La Paz. I sold the mine, and according to my contract, the gold was my property. The sale was repudiated because of difficulty about the titles. Meantime I was robbed of the gold and documents in connection with the mine by the woman who was the mother of my dead four children,from whom I had been separated for more than ten years. I was thrown a beggar upon the street, and have managed to exist on less than ten cents a day for many weeks, in the effort to find some one who would buy the property. in 1896 I returned to Bolivia, and was nobly assisted by the owner of the mine to recover my honest name. I lived for 12270-6- two years there, and in the summer of 1898 went to London as the legalized representative of the Bolivian Government to find the owners of the "Church bonds" and to make arrangements to buy them. During eighteen months residence in London I succeeded in forming a company for the purpose of joining another, an American company which I was to form here. Pardon this long letter, but I have tried to abbreviate it as much as possible with justice to myself. The papers I send you that you may be satisfied of the truth of my statements. If on their perusal you find me worthy of your recommendation for any position where my knowledge of the Spanish language and customs would bring me a reasonable recompensation, I would be very grateful indeed to you. I may mention that I am a member of the Marble Collegiate church, Dr. Burrill; Dr. Fox Sec. of the American Bible Society knows me well, also Gen. Clarkson and Gen. Hayes. Begging your pardon for trespassing on your valuable time, Believe me, Your obedient servant, F, W. [?] 12271State of New York Insurance Department Albany. June 6th, 1901 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Vice-President; On my return to my desk yesterday, I found your letter of May 31st enclosing one from Mr. Braun in relation to the revocation of the license issues to Mr. Charles W. Peasley for placing insurance risks in foreign companies. The offense of Mr. Peasley was not technical and the matter had due consideration before action was taken thereon. Mr. Braun appeared before the department in this matter [of] for Mr. Peasley and I decided at that time that the decision in the case was final. I hope you are enjoying your summer at home. Sincerely yours, Frances Henricks 12272[*shorthand*] June 6 Hon. Roosevelt Dear Sir: Trust you will Pardon the liberty I take in writing you. I am one of your men honorably discharged was one of Troop T: 1st platoon, 1st set of fours, and also a friend of Mr. Bockmans [?] 12273[?] [?] New Mexico & am here from the west a comparative stranger and as yet have not been able to secure employment: and I thought, if you would [?] for me, and kindly honor me with a recommendation, It would be very beneficial to me getting work, in a strange place and among strange people. Hoping you will consider me worthy of such. I am respectfully Yours. Jeff Hill 76 Orchard St. Newark new JerseySan Francisco June 6th 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt, My Dear Colonel: - It is with pleasure that I drop you these few lines, since it is a long while since I wrote you. Many changes has taken place since I last wrote. My Pension was granted $6.00 per month, and the back pay was the means of my being able to come to San Francisco, where I was able to obtain lighter employment. I am, and have been in the employ of the G. M Dept., for 6 months past and I am furnishing a little home for myself as fast as I am able. My little daughter, my first born lived but five days and lies buried in Arizona. Knowing the interest you take in 12275the old comrades. I know and feel that you will be glad to think that we are striving to lead honest and upright lives, and be a credit to our old commander. Geo King of "B" Troop is working ere with me. Serg't Greenwood of "A" Troop is dead. I thank you for your interest in my behalf in regards to pension. I remain you friend "Happy Jack" Chas. E. Hodgson 414 Bartlett St San Francisco, Calif. [*shorthand*]The Independent 130 Fulton Street New York Editorial Rooms Telephone 3828 Cortlandt Cable Address Indefult New York June 6, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir:- I am writing to ask if you will not write an article,- long or short-for our next Fourth of July issue of The Independent. We are trying to make this number one of the strongest we have ever published, and I hope to obtain several articles, both in this country and in Europe, from the leading statesmen of the world. The subject that most naturally suggests itself to me is, "What can a patriotic American be most thankful for as the result of the last two years?" I am sure there is no one in this country who could write more authoritatively on this subject than you, and if you could see your way clear to let us have something I am sure it would be read with great interest all over the country, and I should be glad to pay you for it whatever you think suitable. If you could write such an article we would need to have it in hand not later than the 25th of June. Very truly yours, Hamilton Holt Office Editor. [*P. S. I only suggest the above topic. I should be glad to have an article from you on any other subject you might prefer*] 12276[shorthand]1901 8230 Cornell Ave. Chicago June 6 Hon. Theodore Roosefelt. Dear Sir I have had for many years in my possession what is doubtless the last letter ever written by Thos. H. Benton. It is addressed to Sam. Houston and Geo. W. Jones Members of Congress requesting that Congress take no notice of his death. It was recvd from the hand of Col. Benton by Mr. Jones on Friday April 9 1858 at 9 AM. Severe financial reverses in my old age compel me if possible to realize on any relics of value that I possess. If worth anything to you or your friends I would be glad to hear from you. Since you 12277 wrote that great means biography it accured to [?] that you might be interested I am an alumnus of Hamilton College and was a classmate of the late Charles Dudley [?] (class of 51) Respectfully E.P. HatchPissTHE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 1 P Number 5 Sent by Jm Rec'd by K Check 13 paid RECEIVED at June 6 1901 Dated Fort Slocum NY 6 To Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Mrs Howsee and I delighted to accept will take four thirty train friday R L Howsee Office of John P. Poe & sons. Attorneys at Law. 100 E. Lexington Street John P. Poe. B. Johnson Poe. Edgar Allan Poe. BALTIMORE, June 6 1901, Hon. Theo Roosevelt My dear Col, I am here on a sad & pleasant errand. The Confederate soldiers in Maryland, have erected a monument to my wife & they dedicate it today-they loved her-& she loved them. I send you an address made by me in 1888,- 13. years ago which sympathises with your feelings on "Americanism" I have never taken any stock in these gushing [?] negatories of blue & gray - but I believe we are the last Americans on the Continent. Present me to Mrs. Roosevelt & love to the children and I am yours to [?] [Phad?] [Johnson][[shorthand]]Heins & La Parge, Architects Temple Court, 7 Beekman St. New York June 6, 1901. Dear Theodore:- here is a copy of a letter to sanger. Won't you drop a line to Mr. Root and see if you can help in this? We are going to emabrk on a crusade now for game refuges also. All the big men in the B. & C. are grabbing offices at Washington, and we must get something out of them. How are you anyhow? When do you want me to come down and see you? please give my love to Mrs. R. Faithfully yours, [?] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. 12280For enc see 6-6-01Copy. June 6, 1901. Hon. William Cary Sanger, War Department. Washington, D. C Dear Col.Sangeri- Sometime ago the Executive Committee passed this resolution:- "That in view of the danger of extermination of Alaskan games as shown by recent reports, the Boone & Crockett club shall urge the enactment of laws for the preservation of game in Alaska, preferably by placing a high duty on all skins and skeletons exported, with proper reservations for scientific purposes." There are practically no laws at all governing this matter, and it seems a most dreadful thing that there should not be some stop put to the war of extermination now going on. The Alaskan coast has yielded up some of the most interesting and remarkable additions to the list of our native game, and in one notable instance, that of the great Kodiak bear, the area in which this splendid beast is to be found is so redistricted that it will be but a short time before it has disappeared. Cannot the War Department do something to prevent this ? I shall be very glad to assist in obtaining such information as I can get and doubtless the Department can obtain a great deal through its own representatives. Both you and the Secretary are good Boone & Crockett men, and this is a good Boone & Crockett work. May I ask you to be so kind as to bring this matter to his attention also, on behalf of the B. & C. ? Pray believe me always, Very sincerely yours, ]*LaFarge*] 12281[*Enc in La Farge 6-6-01*]John S. Larcombe. Real Estate and building. Loans and Insurance, 808 17th Street Washington, D. C. June 6th, 1901. My dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Your letter of the first has been received. I have seen Millie Butler, and have arranged to have her begin cleaning the house as soon as I get through the rough work. I will then have her examine the mattresses etc. as requested in your letter to her. I take the risk of sending you by this mail the only inventory I have of the articles in the Storer house, with a list of the things that were missing on the 18th of May when I had the inventory verified. Please return to me when you have finished with it. I keep a man at the house all the time, so you can therefore send anything you please, the No. is 1740 Rhode Island Ave. I think it well to advise me when you do send anything. You may move into the house when ever you please, the sooner the better. In Mr. Storer's last letter he again impressed me to do every thing in my power to please you. Very truly yours, John S. Larcombe 12282Special attention given to the Management of estates. Rental and sale of property, Collection of rents. Ground rents, interest,etc. Telephone call 38the St 398. Cable Address *Volateria, New York." J. Edgar Leaycraft & Co,. Real Estate, Agents, Brokers, Appraisers. 1507 Broadway, corner 55th Street. New York, June 6, 1901. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I thank you very much for your very kind letter of the 4th inst., enclosing letters of introduction to the Honorable Mr. Cheate and the Honorable General Porter. Sincerely yours, J. Edgar Leaycraft Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. 12283W.A. Leisenrring Mauch Chunk, PA. Jun 6 -1901 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Dear Sir: Sometime during this Month Mr. John W. Briggs expects to come here to go trout fishing with no. I write to invite you come with him. He has finished with no here before so knows that good fishing we have. Hope you can make it convenient to come. Yours truly, W.A. Luserning 12284U.S. Department of Agriculture Biological Survey Washington, D. C. C. Hart Merriam, Chief T. S. Palmer, Assistant Chief June 6, 1901. Dear Roosevelt: I fear my letter of May 18 about the deer may have misled you as to the kinds of black-tail in southern California. What I intended to say was that the true, or Columbia, Black-tail has a northern representative in Alaska and a southern one in southern California. What I should have said also is that the Rocky Mountain mule deer occurs all along the east slope of the Cascade range and Sierra Nevada, and occurs also in the mountains of southern California, notably those about Santa Barbara. This form was separated long ago by Judge Caton as subspecies californicus. It is a perfectly good form and will stand. Another subspecies has been described from the peninsula of Lower California, and still another from Cerros Island off the coast of Lower California. Since writing you last, I have been too busy to spend much time on the deer question, but you will hear from me later on this subject. Very truly yours, C. Hart Mirriam Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. 12285Kalispell, Mont June 6th 1901 Mr Roosevelt Dear Sir & Friend I have been intending to write you ever since you returned from you hunt. I expect you had a good trip even if the press tried to give you the worst of it. I know about how much was true but I hope you had a good time & some real sport Now Mr Roosevelt what has prompted me to write just now is I have heard there is to be a change 12286 in the Land Office in Kalispell and there has some been asking for the appointment if I was to get the appointment of Receiver I could manage that nicely & at the same time look after the Ranch as well the Recorder and clerk has most all the work to do and the Bank would give me all the help I would require now if you want me to have the position you can get me the appointment 12287 Our Frank is in Idaho just west of here is well & doing nicely[*shorthand*]3 but without your help of course it would be impossible for you have some idea how things is in Politicks here and if you will I will try my best to do right and study and improve in that way Please let me know just how you feel about the matter and if you will see that I get the appointment I will send this note or clipping do you inspect to come here this fall do you like your present work Yours truly A. W. Merrifield 12288[*For enc see 6-6-01*][*PF*] T. C. Platt, Chairman. Stephen B. Elkins. James K. Jones. A.M. Howe, Clerk. UNITED STATES SENATE, Committee on Printing. Washington. At 49 Broadway, New York, N. Y. June 6, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: Your letter of June 4, concerning Colonel Shepard, is before me, and in order that you may see how much in the dark General Woodford left me as to the identity of Colonel Shepard, I attach herto his letter on that subject. I have held it thinking that probably within a reasonable time somebody would throw some light on the question, as you have done. I know several Colonel Shepards and I had sort of settled in my mind that General Woodford was referring to Colonel Morris V. Shepard of Penn Yan, the brother of former Senator Shepard of that village. I am a little surprised that you should be willing to endorse Colonel C. O. Shepard after the denouement at the Soldiers' Home at Bath and in view of your familiarity with the events leading up to his removal. My predilection would have been adverse to granting him an endorsement, but if you believe him to be worthy, as your letter would indicate, why I do not know but what I should be disposed to give him an endorsement, too, but in doing so it would be upon the strength of your assurance that he merited the consideration. I shall wait until I hear further from you before writing a letter in his behalf, and shall be glad if, in your reply you will indicate for which place you wish me to endorse him, the appointment [*12289*][*shorthand*]To R. -2- and in the Philippines, to which he refers to his letter to you, or the appointment as Commandant of the Soldiers' here at Hampton, Va. Yours truly, T. C. Platt H-[S] (en) 12290 [shorthand][[shorthand]]June 6, 1901 Washington DC [???] Oyster Bay NY Representative Burke of Texas died this morning. His funeral will be held at Dallas Texas Friday at 3P? I suppose the [???] of Senator Culberson Killeen 6/6/19-1 Hon Teddy Roosevelt P.U.S.A. Dear Sir Last winter I wrote to you concerning the advance- ment of a young man in the Philippines. Your secretary answered and said I should write to you again when you came back, so now here I am. My young soldier friend is Sarg James B Hutchinson, he was in the war with Cuba, [?] out, afterwards enlisted for the Phil- lipines, in both cases enlisted as a private and was promoted. He is at home now, has made aplication for apointment as 1st dent, his apli- cation is on file at Washington, has the very best of recomendations from his superior officers, & has made & will again make a faithful true, brave soldier, but he has fears that he would not be able to pass the examination, as his education has not been up to it, now, must he pass through that? I know there are many who could pass that, but 12293 not make as good soldiers as he would. I am an old lady 61 years old, I used to help out our soldier boys in our war of the Rebelion, by the aid of that gand old man Thom Thodeus Stevens, & I do so want to help this young man. he is so ambitious to advance in teh army, & he has had a hard time, so many obsticles in his way. he deserves a great deal of credit. If Lawton had lived he would have been a 1st dent [?] this. Now what I want to know is will you help this young man one [?] it is in your power? If not direct, will you use your influence for him? Hon R L Henry our congressman, is helping me all he can, but you know the more the better. I am just living for what good I can do for athem, I have not a relative in all this big world, but have raise three nice orphan girls, one married to a Doctor, another a missionary in a Penal mission, & one with me. I do not expect to be long in this world, & do so want to accomplish this young mans promotion yet. Yours most respectfully Mrs M H Richardson Killeen, Bell Co., Tex 12294 Portsmouth, Va. June 6th, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- You will no doubt remember me as the man who had a conversation with you in Capt. MCormack's Office in the Navy Yard here.I was formerly Captain of the Watch for twenty four years and three months but removed July 19th, 1893 in Cleveland's administration, you left my matter in the hands of Captain McCormack but he and Admiral Brown were both Partisan Democrats and of course I go no recognition from them, and still I am out of employment I feel it is hard, when I was discharged on July 19th, 1893. Captain Potter was then Commandant of the Yard I took my three Discharges and Commission which I held from Governor R. C. Fenton during the Civil War and several papers recommendations & etc. from the Officers I had served under and he said :Shafer your papers are splendid but this Administration dent recognize them but they will be good some time, and take care of them" Now Sir if they are ever to be of services to me I should like to have it while I am living for soon I will be gone. I dont feel able to do hard work and could do light work, and I will ask if you will please have me appointed a Special Laborer in tis Navy Yard in Ba. Supplies ad Ace Accounts. My holding a position so many years and being removed Politically 192295ically and the fact of being a Veteran, and President McKinley Order Article #9 covers my case in the Civil Service. Thanking you and trusting that you will attend to this for me and by so doind add one more kind deed to your already noble record, Yours respectfully, Charles A. Shafer Late Leut, 8th, Indpt. N.Y., Batter Vol. 12296[*shorthand*]William A. Otis & Co. Bankers and Brokers. Colorado Springs. Colorado. William A Otis. Philip B. Stewart William P. Sargeant. Francis Gilpin. June 6, 1901. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. N. Y. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- Your letter of the 31st came to hand on Tuesday. There is a very strong desire to have you be the guest of this city at the time of the Quarto-Centennial. It is going to be the greatest celebration the State had had and offers an unusual opportunity for an address such as everybody feels you are peculiarly fitted to deliver. However, in my endeavor to ease up the matter in accordance with your request I discovered that in the absence of a positive denial that you would come, everybody is still more set in the idea that they must secure you at this time. This feeling is based, to a great extent, upon a personal regard for you and is apart from party or faction. I am assured that there will be various appeals made to you from the leading men in the State, regardless of party, who wish to see the Quarto-Centennial matter a success and desire your co-operation to that end. I feel somewhat like a culprit at being unable to protect you wishes fully in the matter, but, on the other hand, I do feel that it is a compliment to you which is genuine and that you could not have better auspices under which to get in touch with the people of this region who have felt themselves somewhat aloof from the east and out of touch with affairs in Washington and with governmental affairs for some years past. 12297 Col. T.R. -2- The Rough Riders' celebration has been postponed entirely irrespective of your final conclusions in the matter. We intend to offer them opportunity for a good reunion at the time of the Quarto-Centennial without making them the conspicuous feature, and they will have far more to entertain them at that time than could possibly be the case if we undertook to make a separate event of it. It is our purpose to give them a cordial reception without forcing them to the front under a strained effort at rivalry with the great enthusiasm and hurrah which has attended the previous reunions. We feel that this is a much more natural line to pursue and one which will be really more satisfactory to the regiment. I am under such a pressure of important matters here just now that my eastern coming is problematical. I cannot tell when I can go, but have had to abandon the attendance on my class reunion at New Haven. I am glad that Yale is to do itself the credit to adopt you into her fold. She has secured first rate material which will be congenial to her best traditions. With most cordial regards,I remain Philip B. Stewart PBS 12298[*shorthand*]52 Broadway, N. Y., June 6, 1901. My dear Theodore, Thank you very much for your kind attention to my request about the letter for Mr. Campbell, which was forwarded to that gentleman as he started up the river,so I presume he has made [?] of it. I last heard from him at Buffalo, from where he wrote saying he would be back here today or tomorrow. When I see him I will find out just what his experience was at the Point, and will let you know. As always, Yours sincerely, J.Frederic [?] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L. I. 12299CORNUCOPIA LODGE ENTERTAINS Vice-President Roosevelt's Lodge the Guest of the Occasion. One of the largest and most important Masonic events that Flushing has ever seen occurred Wednesday evening, when Cornucopia Lodge, No. 563, F. and A. M., entertained the members of Matinecock Lodge, of Oyster Bay, in their handsome Lodge, of Oyster Bay, in their handsome rooms in Masonic Hall, Broadway. Matinecock Lodge is one of the most popular lodges in the First Masonic District, and it has recently been made even more famous from the fact that Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt was "raised" or made a member of the lodge, the event being witnessed by distinguished craftsmen from all over the country. Many of the brethren of Cornucopia Lodge witnessed the various ceremonies incidental to the vice-president's initiation, and during one of the degrees Wor. Bros. F. P. Morris, Joseph Fitch and W. G. Pople assisted in the work. These associations brought about a stronger fraternal friendship than otherwise would have existed, the result being an invitation was extended to the Oyster Bay Craftsmen to come to Flushing and be the guests of Cornucopia. The downeasters thoroughly appreciated the invitation, and an immediate response indicated that they would be at the proper place on the day and hour appointed. And so it occurred that Wednesday evening there were assembled in Cornucopia's handsome quarters a company of the most distinguished craftsmen in the local district, the party numbering almost hundred. Unfortunately, the vice-president could not be included in the number but it certainly was hardly an empty honor to entertain, associate and mingle with the members of that distinguished gentleman's lodge. The members of the home lodge commenced to assemble shortly after 7 o'clock, and friendly greetings were exchanged all around until the sound of the gavel in the East signified that the lodge was about to open. Even at this early hour there was a large number present, many visitors being in attendance from College Point, Whitestone, Elmhurst, Long Island City, Jamaica and other points, and immediate preparations were made to receive with due honors the distinguished guests of the occasion. The particular work of the evening was the conferring of the second of Fellowship Degree on two candidates, and the announcement that Bro. Senior Warden Rupert Thomas was to conduct the beautiful Middle Chamber work was sufficient, without other attractions, to draw a goodly number, as that clever young craftsman has made himself famous throughout the fraternity for the manner in which he excels in this ceremony. The musical features were grand. Bro. Gosling being at his best at the organ, and Bro. Crispin's sweet tenor being heard to excellent advantage. In order to facilitate matters, the ritualistic work was quickly performed, and in due time the lodge was in readiness to proceed. Meantime the announcement was made that the visitors had arrived, and they were received with all the highest Masonic honors. Wor. M. Sanford S. Gowdey occupied the East, and the other stations about the lodge were filled by the following persons: Senior Warden R. B. Thomas; Junior Warden, William Rasquin, Jr.; Senior Deacon, Charles M. Griffin; Junior Deacon, John A. Fowler; Senior Master of Ceremonies, William A. Hanft; Junior Master of Ceremonies, Charles E. Fitchett; Marshall William Debenham; Senior Steward, William Wiehe; Junior Steward, W. C. Englehart; Secretary, L. S. Valentine. Among the Past Masters of Cornucopia Lodge present were George Pople, William T. James, F. P. Morris, Adolphus Doncourt, F. W. Kirkman, L. S. Valentine and Joseph Fitch. In due time the ceremonies of the degree commenced, and the work was never more beautifully performed than it was on this occasion. The ceremonies of the first section of the degree as conducted by Wor. M. Gowdey were faultless, but it was the impressive Middle Chamber work that interested the craftsmen present. This young and talented Mason had prepared some new and brilliant work, hoping that it would be his pleasure to give it before Vice-President Roosevelt, but those present received the benefit of it anyhow. From a Masonic standpoint it was simply sublime, and the senior warden won additional honor by his work on this occasion. 12300 The working tools were presented by the most prominent Rt. Wor. William R. Swan, the Past District Deputy of the First Masonic District, in a delightfully original manner. Other features of the evening were addresses by Wor. Bro. Swan, Wor. M. Gowdey, and others, and it was 11 o'clock before the ceremonies were at an end. The guests were then conducted to the banquet room, where a decidedly substantial dinner was served and a delightful symposium followed. Taken altogether, the affair was the most successful event that the lodge has had this season, and the attendance was gratifying to the officers. Cornucopia Lodge turned out about one hundred officers and members, and the following other lodges were represented: Mattinecock- Bros. H. G. Haywood, W. L. Swan, T. A. Swan, F. W. Bonifer, Richard Downing, J. E. Nemsen, Walter Franklin, James Duthie, T. E. Baldwin, E. P. Waldron. Anchor Lodge, College Point- Bros. I. B. Merritt, David McLaren, George G. Heppe, J. F. Haubeil, George Q. Gillette, Henry Delamain, Henry Hiebers, Jr., W. Kahn, F. Henning, Charles Negity, Clinton T. Roe, H. B. Fowler, C. J. Freygang, Max Zehden. Advance- George L. Gehrig, Joseph Gelson. Altair- J. H. Wood, A. J. Provost, Jr. Albion- L. H. Byron. Ancient- W. O. De Moia. Babylon- A. L. Cheney. Bedford- R. A. Freeman. Bunting- Charles G. M. Thomas. Chancellor Walworth- C. F. Heetzel, H. S. Swift. Commonwealth- George H. Petit. Darcey- Arthur F. Seller. George Washington- George Denton. Gramercy- L. M. Kalb. Hardes- A. A. Schmidt. Howard- Charles W. Nesbett. Humboldt- Moses Worms. Island City- N. D. Krull, R. Hasland. Mansfield- A. J. Swenson. Marsh- Hubbard Hendrickson. Mizpah- H. C. Gessner, Charles L. Herbeck. Shakespeare- J. W. Yerex. Silentia- Ernest H. Tonjes. St. John's- Fred Smith. St. Nicholas, Joseph McElroy. Temple- A. Bjornson. 12301 KALI PELL, Mont., Feb. 3. Fred Herig, one of the Rough Riders who were with Vice President Roosevelt during his fighting in Cuba, has a letter from "Teddy," saying that he will make Herrig a visit this summer and that with him will be several other sportsmen and fishermen from the east. They will be in Kalispell several days outfitting and will then proceed to the trail east of Kalispell and up the north fork of the Flathead river, crossing over the Rocky mountains and down to the famous Lake McDonald. The party expect to stay in the mountains about one month. 12302 [*12302*]Volney W. Foster Chicago June 6, 1901 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt Oyster Bay Long Island, N.Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: Will you favor me by giving me the Paris address of your Cousin Andre? I would like to write to him. I hope that this may find you quite well. Very sincerely yours, Volney W. Foster 12303College Point June 6, 1901 Honorable Theodor Roosevelt Vice President Dear Sir and [???] I, desire to, call your attention to, and examination which I attended Nov. 26th 1900 before the Civil Services Board for the Position of Patrolman in the Police Department and I have been informed that my name did not read the eligible list. But dear Brother if you write a few lines to Mr. Ireland Chief Examinor of the Civil Service board asking him for a [???] as I feel myself deserving of the [???] will meet with your kind attention. I called, and attended Wednesday evening at Cornacopia Lodge [?] at Flushing, as I was informed you would attend. My intention was to speak to you in person, but failing to suceed you, I considered it next best thing to do was to send you a few [?] writing. I am a member of Anchor Lodge 29 A.F & AM of College Park. That is why I make an appeal to you and address youo as Brother. Trusting to hear from you soon, I am your Obedient Servant Chas. J. Freyging PO Box #132 College Park [?] Being born in the United States, and am 28 years of age, and by occupation, a salesman, and I, only at present am a member of the Enterprise Hose Co #2, also 1st Ass't Chief of the College Point Volunteer Fire Department which consists of 2 hose companies and 1 truck co, active members 87 men. The position as 1st Ass't Chief I am now holding for the last 7 years without pay. I am, a married man with a wife and family, and of Steady habbits, and I feel that I would make a first class Policeman if I had the chance to become one. 12305 Trusting this appeal[*Pictures taken to West Point June 11, 1902, [???] to Col. [???] there.*] Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio. 6 June 1901 Dear Mr Cortelyou. While serving with my regiment, the 31st Infantry among the Moros of the Island of Mindanau, Frank Carpenter, and later a representative of J. M. Davis of N. Y. arrived at [???] with proper credentials with the intention of interviewing and photographing the Moros. As it was not desirable to have them "carved up" I took them with me on a boat to the different parts of the regiment while on inspecting or paying [???] and they have recently sent 12306me some photos and these stereo views. I have had some of the [???] photos enlarged and colored. I expect to attend the Centennial Ceremonies at West Point next week and have packed up some pleasant reminders of service with West Point comrades in the Philippines and also in China to take with me. In view of the recent disturbances among the Moros, it has occurred to me that President Roosevelt might be interested in these photos - taken on the first occupation of the Island by an American garrison, the 31st Infantry 1899-1901- and I therefore forward them to you by express, for the inspection of the President, with the request that you will "[??] the cover," and forward them to me, in care of Colonel A. L. Milk Superintendent, West Point N.Y. With kind regards Very Truly Yours Webb C. Hayes 12307Executive Mansion. Washington. June 6, 1901. Dear Mr. Vice-President: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of the communication of Captain James H. McClintock, bearing your endorsement, and to state in reply that the selection of Hon. Isaac T. Stoddard had already been made for the position for which Captain McClintock has applied. Very truly yours, [?] Secretary to the President. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N.Y.Porcelian Club My Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Excuse my delay in answering your letter of the 29th [?] , but I have been waiting to hear from the fellows whom you wanted me ' to ask. Donald, Perkins, Clark, Trevor and myself, will come surely. Minturn is going abroad that day, so cannot come 12309 Belmont cannot come much to his disappointment. Both Minturn and Belmont wanted me to tell you how sorry they were and how much they appreciate your invitation. I have not yet heard from Teddy Robinson or the Rainsfords, but feel sure that they can come. I have written to Homer Saint- Sanders, but have not heard from him yet. I don't know how many you expect and don't want to ask too many for you. We shall all turn up on Saturday morning, june 29 th. Thanking you again for your very kind invitation Believe me Sincerely yours Richard Derby Thursday, June 6th, 1901 123106th June 1901 KNICKERBOCKER CLIUB My dear Col. Roosevelt, I would very much like to see you and pay respects and will go down to Oyster Bay someday if you will let me. Just now I 12311 am studying hard for my exams which are to be held on the 17th [?] and should have called on you before this. This rather trying to give up all my time to study after being away for almost two years but I am anxious to make a good showing and hope so to do. Indeed I appreciate all you have done for me & will never forget it. With kindest regards to Mrs. Roosevelt and family Sincerely yours [?] Elliot Col. Theodore Roosevelt (shorthand) 12312June 9, 1901 [?????] [????] Brooklyn. My dear Mr. Roosevelt, Her Colonel asked me to send the enclosed clipping in you can. Will you kindly hand it to [?]? Hoping you are [?] well,[?] Sincerelly yours, [J??] Belford June 7th 12313[[shorthand]]Nathan Bijur. Counsellor at Law. Mutual Life Building. 34 Nassau Street. Telephone, "2023 John." New York June 7th, 1901 My dear Roosevelt, Dr. Herman Adler, a son of Dr. Isaac Adler (who, you may know, is the brother of Prof. Felix Adler) is just about to enter upon the practice of medicine. He finds that he is considerably run down by his hard work of the past years and is anxious to spend four or six weeks this summer upon a ranch in Wyoming or Montana, or that region. He is, of course, willing to do anything to help along in the general work, and, what is possibly more important, is willing to pay his way if necessary. I have a sincere admiration for your versatility-ranging from war to literature, but this is the first time that I feel compelled to appeal to your ability as a quasi-agriculturalist! Can you favor me with a reference to some reliable people to whom Dr. Adler may apply? Believe me, with the sincerest regards to Mrs. Roosevelt in which Mrs. Bijur asks to join, Very truly yours Nathan Bijur Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. 12314Houston, Texas, June 7th., 1901. Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Col: Contrary to my expectations I will not be able to be with you on the 9th, of June but will be there sometime about the 15th. I am going home from here and get my wife and take her to Buffalo to the Exposition and leave her there and come on down to Oyster bay and see you for a little while. The bottom seems to have dropped out of the Beaumont business. Faithfully yours, R [?] Bruce 12315 E. BUTLER'S SONS, STEVEDORES, No. 32 South Street Michael K. Butler, Philip J. Butler, Daniel Butler. [?? shorthand or another language] New York, June 7, 1901. Hon Theodore Rosevelt My dear friend, For old friendship sake and in the cause of justice, I want to get you interested in the inclosed statement of fact, a copy of which with all the papers in the case has been forwarded to the President. A first cousin of the culprit is a neighbor of mine and just as truthful as you always gave me credit for being and knowing you to be a good friend of mine (of which there is no doubt in my mind about it being so as you proved it so often) he asked me to write to you to get you to intercede for him. As you and I have children of our own and as there are[?? shorthand or another language] orphan children who have been and will be depending on this mans labor for there maintenance you will not regret using your powerful influence to procure his release, there is nothing I have ever asked you to do that I am more interested in than this case. stoping this will find your family and yourself well. I remain yours truly Michael E. Butler. P.S. I forgot to mention that the charge against him and for what he was committed to the island for, was for assaulting a superior officer while suffering from the effects of quinine which he had taken for the fever from which he was suffering. MEBSan Antonio Texas June 7th 1901 To the Hon Vice President of the U.S. Washington D.C. Sir: My object in the present communication is to inform you that the money for the Font- Broun property $160,000 one hundred and sixty thousand dollars has been and is yet pleased in the San Antonio 12317National Bank of this city subject to an order of the Federal Court to be paid to the Widow of the late Hon. Pedro Garcia Cavazos, The money has to yet been paid to me, and therefore, I respectfully request you to do my family and myself the special and personal favor to recommend to Judge Thomas T. Huxey at San Antonio Texas to issue the order for the payment of said money and that it be made payable directly to me I have been residing in the city of Galveston Texas for more than six years and I am now residing at this city of San Antonio Texas this six months and a half patiently awaiting the payment of my Fort Brown money. and trust that you will give this request your immediate personal attention, awaiting your reply. I ask this very truly and Respectfully Mrs. Rafaella M de G. Cavazos 213 Dryer Ave San Antonio TexasTHE CHICAGO TIMES-HERALD. Editorial Department. Chicago, June 7 Dear Colonel; I enclose you a story which I recently wrote for the T-H, now the Record- Herald -- the story of Le Bron, Grant's old scout, now a letter carrier in this city. I wish to enlist your sympathies in his behalf. Le Bron is a modest, shy, sensitive man of nearly sixty who is entitled to a pension of $50 a month but who cannot at present time receive more than $8 a month from the government. He has a claim for more pension now pending in Washington, I believe it is No. 611608, but his lawyers have no influence and are unable to hasten action. I do not wish to burden you but I pity this man, I pity the family dependent upon him, and I admire his past heroism. He needs a friend at court. He is poor and he has a hard financial battle to fight. His career in the army is as well authenticated as your's in Cuba. He is faithful as as a letter carrier, faithful as a citizen and a father but cannot fight his own battle in this case. I am a poor hand to ask favors myself but I wish to ask for your consideration of this man's rights. I told his story as best I could in the paper and now I am trying to interest those who can help in getting him more pension. It is personally nothing to me but it means a great deal to as brave and modest man as served in the Union cause. Can you do him any good in Washington by urging that the Commissioner of Pensions act promptly in his case? I trust the spring has been well with you. The political effort this far West to bury and obscure you is quite marked even now. John Rafftery is on our paper now and scarcely a day passes that he does not speak to me of you and of the splendid reception you gave him in Washington. With best remembrance and wishes, Yours sincerely, [H.G. Cleveland?]shorthandWAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON. June 7, 1901. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: I have your personal note to me of May 31st in behalf of Color Sergeant Thomas B. MacSweeney, of the 17th U.S. Infantry for appointment as Ordnance Sergent, and will do what I can for him along the lines indicated. I may be able to give you more definite reply within a few days. Very sincerely yours, H.C. Corbin Adjutant General Major General, U.S.A. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. 12321PF EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON. June 7, 1901. My dear Mr. Vice President: Your note of the 5th instant has been received, and it has given me pleasure to bring to the President's attention the kindly message from Mrs. Roosevelt which you enclosed. Very sincerely yours, Geo M. Cortelyou Secretary to the President. Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 12323 DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHERS 34 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK JUNE 7TH, 1901 Dear Mr. Roosevelt: The Introduction to the "Wallahan book" has arrived all right and is now being put in type. A proof will be sent you in due course. It is first rate; just the very thing needed to set off the pictures and put them in the proper perspective. I cannot tell you now how the subscriptions are coming along, but when Mr. Lanier returns will sent you full information as to the progress of the whole. Believe me, Yours very truly, J. O'H [Congrove?] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt 12323DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHERS 34 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK June 7th, 1901 Dear Mr. Roosevelt: The Introduction to the "Wallahan booth" has arrived all right and is now being put in type. A proof will be sent you in due course. It is first rate; just the very thing needed to set off. the pictures and put them in the proper perspective. I cannot tell you now how the subscriptions are coming along, but when Mr. Lanier returns, will send you full information as to the progress of the whole. Believe me, Yours very truly, J.O.H. (?) Hon. Theodore Roosevelt New York June 7, 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, NY My dear Colonel Roosevelt: I thank you for your favor of the 5th instant. I hope that Mr. Matthews may be placed by your kind efforts. Yours Sincerely, T. Thomas FortuneAlpha Delta Phi House Williamstown, Mass., June 7, 1901 Dear Brother: -- You are cordially invited to be present at the Semi-centennial Reunion of the Williams Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, which will take place at the Chapter House, Monday evening, June the twenty-fourth, at nine o'clock. Special efforts have been made through an alumni committee to secure prominent members of the Fraternity to address the Chapter. It is hoped that a large number will be present. Accommo- dations can be secured by addressing any member of the committee. Fraternally yours, JOHN C. JAY JR., QUINCY BENT, JESSE PICKARD, ALBERT ADAMS SERCOMB. An early reply is requested.The State of New Hampshire Insurance Department Concord June 7th, 1901 John C. Linehan, Insurance Commissioner Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of the 4th inst. in reply to mine of the 1st. Your conditional acceptance of our invitation for 1902 will please every Veteran in New Hampshire. Conditionally only on the occurence of something unforeseen to prevent it. What you say relative to Senator Gallinger and Burnham I can see the propriety of, and will act on your suggestion. Although we regret very much that you cannot be there with us this year, it will be a pleasing anticipation of the treat in store for us next year. Trusting that your health will continue good for our sake as well as your own, and that nothing will happen to prevent your attendance next year, I remain Respectfully yours, John C LinehanBangor Maine June 7 1901 Dear Theodore Your letter of the 5th with its enclosed telegram from [???] is just received, being forwarded from Boston. I was a member of the committee as originally appointed ----- [???] doubt the wisdom of holding it) it seemed to me that it would be most ???? to ask you to preside. To have the President and the Vice Prest of the United States talking against each other in the halls of the same building (running rival showsbut received no notice of my membership until the other members of the committee had acted. I mention this merely to explain that I am not responsible for anything that has been done. On Wednesday, just as I was to leave ------- Boston I heard of the com- mittee's action, having accidentally got a faint inkling of it the evening before. At once I wrote to Senator Howe, also is the Prest of the Alumni Assoc., to Pres't Eliot, saying that whether the overflow meeting was held or not (and Ihad given the matter some thought in the past two or three days and find myself more firmly persuaded than ever that you had better not preside at the meeting, I do not think my conclusion is wrong. George Lyman with alum I had a hurried word on Wednesday I understood to agree with me fully. ------ is what I fear some of the [unregenerate?] will call it) Seems to me unwise and undignified. It will be to some extent dividing the honors with McKinley which is just what you are most anxious not to seem to do. Again, such a meeting to be a success, must bea noisy, rather boisterous, "hoop-her-up" affair and I do not want to see you connected with any affairs of that sort hereabouts, unless it is absolutely nec- essary. The effect of your Home Market Speech was excellent, and ought not to be diluted. ------ On every account there- fore, it seems true you ought to refuse, though you ought not to have been put to a refusal by such an ill-considered invitation. I fear that I have expressed all this rather clumsily and hastily, perhaps I have exaggerated the objections, but as Ibut if you decide not to come I will try not to let my disappointment create a judge against you. Please remember me to Mrs. Roosevelt, were I your family I would not let you leave Oyster Bay if I could help it Yours hastily, ap- prehensively and always most friendly. I hope not incomprehensibly, F. C. Lowell ------ As to your coming on to commencement if McKinley does not & regard for truth compels me to say that I don't think it is necessary, though I shall be awfully sorry to miss your visit. I do not think, however, that there will be any unpleasantfeeling. If I see reason to change my mind on getting back to Boston. I will let you know. Even if McKinley does not come it seems to me on the whole unwise for you to preside at the overflow meeting, though some of the reasons given above are of course applicable. This a dreadfully hurried scrawl since I started it 30 minutes ago. I have taken two pleas of guilty, interviewed five lawyers and impaneled a jury. This may account for incoherence I shall still hope to see you at my house 12332THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 830a Number 2 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 30 Paid 3X RECEIVED at June 7 1901 Dated Washington DC 6. To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Would deem it a personal favor if you could come over and see president with delegate Rodey in behalf of governor Otero. Rodey stopping at Shorham [Shoreham?] answer Solomon Luna National Committeeman for New Mexico THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 350P Number 153 ch Sent by XB Rec'd by ss Check 20 DH 346P RECEIVED at Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th & F. Streets, Washington, D. C. June 7 1901 Dated Phoenix Ariz 7 To Col. Theodore Roosevelt Washn D.C. Colorado Committee seeks delay till August would you advise Compliance abandonment or change of place Committee [wires?] you are expected Jas. H. McClintock Noting to transcribe.21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager 830a Number 2 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 30 Paid 3x RECEIVED at June 7 1901 Dated Washington DC 6. To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Would deem it a personal favor if you could come over and [put?] president with delegate Rodey in behalf of governor Otero. Rodey stopping at Shorham [Shoreham] answer Solomon Luna National Committeeman for New Mexico THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 350 P Number 153 ch Sent by XB Rec'd by ss Check 20 DH RECEIVED at Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th & F. Streets, Washington, D.C. June 7 1901 Dated Phoenix Ariz 7 To Col. Theodore Roosevelt Washn D.C. Colorado Committee seeks delay till August would you advise Compliance abandonment or change of place Committee wires you are expected Jas. H. McClintock THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 830a Number 3 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 53 paid RECEIVED at June 7 1901 Dated New York 6 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Am at Alstones Hospital 143 West 47St since my return from Havana. Am anxious to see you and if you are not to be in NY soon can meet you any place you say Please reply on receipt so I may arrange place Shall leave for the Country shortly Edward MarshallNeville, I am anxious see you Next Friday I shall leave New York; can you come to 422 Madison Av aft 5.30[*PF*] HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT, NEW YORK June 7, 1901. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Colonel:- I have yours of the 4th, and I hope you will give yourself no concern on the subject of people who come to you in reference to visiting West Point. I have always the means at hand to show visitors the chief objects of interest, and in any in whom you may have a personal interest it will always be a pleasure for me to show them every courtesy I can. In connection with matters pertaining to the Military Academy, it will interest you to know that the Board of Visitors now assembled here, and of which General Schofield is the President, express themselves in hearty approval of the present administration of the Military Academy. General Schofield himself is most certainly a good judge, for he was Superintendent and encountered some of the difficulties I have had. You may remember the Whittaker case occurred during his tour here. With warmest regards and best wishes for you and your family, believe me, Faithfully yours, S.L. Miles [*Miles*] Dictated. [*12336*][*PF*] Atlanta, Ga., June 7, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Mr. dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I duly received your favor of June 4th, in reply to my letter of May 31st, and I thank you for your promptness and courtesy in the matter. My copy of "Oliver Cromwell" was forwarded to your Washington address, my letter having been forwarded to the same address. Such sentiments as those expressed in your letter are gratifying to all true patriots. The time has now come when we can consider as a common heritage the unparallelled courage and devotion shown by the troops on both sides during the civil war, and as loyal Americans we can feel a pride in all [*underlined*] the great names given to history by that terrible conflict. I am delighted to know that you will probably visit Atlanta sometime next fall or winter, and it is needless for me to say that you will receive an enthusiastic welcome from everybody in this section. Georgia almost claims you as one of her own sons, and has followed, with a mother's pardonable pride, every phase of your remarkable career. I know Mr. Harris very well, and when I next see him will tell him of your kindly reference. Sincerely yours, J. R Nutting [*12337*]Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD The company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions, limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is nor presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*3 P*] | NUMBER | SENT BY | REC'D BY | CHECK | 8 Og d 8 Paid DH RECEIVED at June 7 1901 Dated Las Vegas NM 7 Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Matter about which I wrote you comes up Monday next our delegates and others are in Washington now [*12338*] R. E. TwitchellMINOT C. KELLOGG, PRESIDENT JOS. G. ROBIN, GENL MANAGER. The Co-operative Building Bank 290 BROADWAY. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. New York, June 7, 1901 My Dear Mr. Vice President A very dear friend of mine and an ardent admirer of yourself has written me from Virginia to lay before you his case asking your friendly support in his proposed candidacy for the U. S. Marshalship of his State. His name is Wm. N. Ragland, Examiner in Bankruptcy. He so intensely admires, and reveres you that he will not seek support in any other quarter. He is a gentleman of culture, high-standing, and influence, a native Virginian, and a militant Republican at all times. May I ask when it would accord with your pleasure to grant me an interview, on the matter, and where? with high esteem, best wishes and attachment, congratulating you on the transcendent record you have made, winning every one high & low Believe me Dear Mr Vice President Faithfully your friend Jas. N. O'Beirne Hon Theodore Roosevelt Vice President of U.S. Oyster Bay, L.I. 12339[shorthand][*June 7, 1901*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 21000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager Number 16 Sent by LD Received by B 21 pd Received at 7 1901 Dated Denver Colo To Hon Theo Roosevelt People of our state will be delighted to how you present at quarte Centennial Celebration at Colorado (?) August Second and third James B Orman. Governor 12340[[shorthand]][*pF*] District Attorney's Office, County of New York EUGENE A. PHILBIN. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 7 June 1901 Dear Frank;- Colonel Roosevelt's letter is certainly most complimentary. His suggestion as to my being a candidate for Mayor is hardly susceptible of fulfillment for even if I did not feel under obligation to give Mr. Crimmins the fullest support for the nomination I do not think public life is to my taste. The fact that we could accomplish so much good for his fellow man in the office would be a great inducement to accept the nomination if Mr. C. were not desirous of having it. My [*12341*]brief experience in this office has taught me how good a thing it is to be able to right the wrongs of the humblest citizen and how people feel that they do not need "a pull" to get a public servant to do his duty. The opportunity of having the affairs of the City conducted solely for the interests of the People, on strictly business principles is also very enticing but on the other hand is the great objection to political and public life Mr. Crimmins will if selected fulfill all requirements and should be supported. This has been written amid many interuptions so make allowances Yours sincerely Eugene R. Philbin Return letter Mr. Frank C. TraversGottlieb C. Rathfelder, General Photographer, Residence, 423 East 78th St. [Office, 48 East 23rd Street.] New York, June 7th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. L.I. Dear Sir, With same mail, under separate cover I send you a photograph taken at Bedford N.Y. on Decoration day. Trusting you will except some with my compliments, I am, Yours respectfully, G.C. RathfelderUnited States Senate, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, STATIONER'S ROOM. June, 7th 1901. Mr. Wm Loeb, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Loeb:- All the articles ordered in your letter of the 6th instant have been shipped with the following exceptions, We have none of the packing paper; the letter heads and small envelopes, we send you all we have on hand, will order the balance printed and send them later: the second sheets do not quite match, but it is the best we can do at present. The package was directed to Mrs. T. R. and send by N. S. Express as you directed. Charles G. Bennett. Secretary of the U. S. Senate. By Chas. N. Richards Keeper of Stationery. [*12343*][*shorthand*] J.F. RICHARDSON, GREENVILLE, S.C. June 7, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosvelt, Vice President United State, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- I have the honor to mail you under separate cover a copy of the Greenville Daily News containing the speech delivered by Senator McLaurin, at Newberry, S.C. on yesterday. He has made three of four speeches in the State in the last two weeks and has stirred and thoroughly aroused the people of South Carolina. He is making a tremendous impression upon the people of the State. He is advocating along the line of matters pertaining to the material prosperity of this country, which I have been advocating through the Greenville News for a good many years. We are now no longer an argricultural State and especially in this territory which I represent, but a manufacturing center, and I , for one feel and appreciate the importance of the position he has taken, especially along the line of expansion. I am a stock holder in several of our largest cotton mills in this and adjacent counties and some of them ship their goods to China. I want to see the day come, and in my honest belief the doors will be wide open to China markets for the reception of most of our manufactured goods. I represent the first gold standard news paper in South Carolina and voted for Palmer & Buckner is '96. I believe the formation of a decent white republican party in So. Car. would be beneficial to the whole country. I have the honor to be, Yours truly, J.H. Richardson [*12344*]shorthand [*12344A*]Oswald Von Lengerke. Chas. Antoine. Von Lengerke & Antoine, Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in GUNS. BICYCLES. AMMUNITION. FISHING TACKLE. CUTLERY AND SPORTMEN'S GOODS. Distributing Agents for "Schultze" and "E.C." Smokeless Shot Gun Powders. 277 and 279 Wabash Avenue. 35, 37, and 39 Van Buren Street. Telephone, Harrison 573. Manufacturers of the Highest Grades of Hand-Loaded Shot Gun Shells. Chicago, June 7, 1901. 190 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor of the 4th inst. received here in Chicago. I shall be home in Utica about the 10th, and will then personally attend to the matter of your rifle. Very truly yours, SAVAGE ARMS CO. Arthur Savage GENERAL MANAGER. [*12345*] 1541 Bailey Ave. Buffalo, N.Y., June 7, 1091. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My Dear Colonel Roosevelt.- Having been informed by my brother, Corp. Ernest S. Wheeler, Co. I 14th Inf., that he had passed the required exam- ination for a commission in the regular army; and inasmuch as he has a good military record, and has passed high in in the examinations, being second on the list, with a general average of 93.42%, I take the liberty of asking you to use your influence to procure him a commission. He has served two years in the army, being engaged in active service both in the Phillipenes, and in China and has been promoted to corporal during that time. 12346For futher information regardins his qualifications for a comission, I respectfully refer you to his Company Commander, Capt. Taylor Co. & 14th Inf. Yours very sincerely, Frank G. Wheeler Late Troop H 1st U.S.A. Cav 12347[[shorthand]]OFFICE OF JOHN T. WHEELWRIGHT, 40 WATER STREET. SIMMONS BUILDING. BOSTON, June 7 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay L. I.: My dear sir- The proposed overflow meeting at the Sanders Theatre in Commencement day will not be held since it seems best to President [Chase?] , Senator Hoar & Judge Lowell that it should not be [attention?] this year. I am sorry its as one Committee fired before the signal & I am Yours very sincerely John T. Wheelwright [*shorthand*] [*12348*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been [consented?] to by the sender of [?] following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will [not???][??][??][??][??] in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing [??][??] days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an [UN???ATED] MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. [?] ECKERT, President and General Manager 88.00 NUMBER 30y SENT BY [??] BY CLERK RECEIVED at Peoria, Ill June 8, 1901 TO Hon Theo Roosevelt We are anxious to come over for you for President in 1904 will you give us your opinion upon a third term to make a precedent Peoria is strong for Roosevelt for President Kindly give us a word and oblige Chas N B Carroll [*12350*] Chas. E. Shepard, Pres. Isaac Rogers, Vice Pres. Hiram A. Baylis, Sec'y, Treas. and Manager. The Long-Islander, Published by Long-Islander Publishing Co. Largest circulated Suffolk County Paper. Established in 1836. Huntington, June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt- Esteemed sir:- I did not belong to your regiment. I am not in jail and need succor. I have no request to make of you, save if you have the time, I should be glad to have you peruse two articles regarding Game Protector John B. Overton, contained in copies of the Long-Islander mailed herewith. Most respectfully & fraternally, Hiram A. Baylis [shorthand ] [*12349*]2 Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. - INCORPORATED - 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. 820am NUMBER 3 SENT BY Oy REC'D BY h CHECK 42 Paid Nets Press RECEIVED at _ June 8 1901 Dated Peoria Ill To Hon Theo Roosevelt We are anxious to come out for you for President in 1904 will you give us your opinion upon a third term to make a precedent Peoria is strong for Roosevelt for President Kindly give us a word and oblige Chas {N?] [B?] Carroll [*Editor Peoria Journal*] [*12350*] [*Editor Peoria Journal*] Chas. E. Shepard, Pres. Isaac Rogers, Vice Pres. Hiram A. Baylis, Sec'y, Treas. and Manager. The Long-Islander, PUBLISHED BY LONG-ISLANDER PUBLISHING CO. Largest circulated Suffolk County Paper. Established in 1836. Huntington, June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt:- Esteemed Sir:- I did not belong to your regiment. I am not in jail and need succor. I have no request to make of you, save if you have the time, I should be glad to have you peruse two articles regarding Game Protector John [?] Overton, contained in copies of the Long-Islander mailed herewith. Most respectfully & fraternally, Hiram A. Baylis [shorthand] [*12349*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 830a Number 3 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 42 paid [Nltr Press?] RECEIVED at June 8 1901 Dated Peoria Ill 7 To Hon Theo Roosevelt We are anxious to come out for you for President in 1904 will you give us your opinion upon a third term to make a precedent Peoria is strong for Roosevelt for President Kindly give us a word and oblige Chas N B Carroll Editor Peoria Journal[*PF*] Burlington, Vt. June 8. [01] Dear Mr . Roosevelt: - Your letter was forwarded from New York and only arrived this morning which accounts for the long delay in answering it. I am afraid you heard a very exaggerated report of my pulling out the woman in Boston. I was going in on a trolley to catch the midnight from [*12351*]Thank you very much for having the goodness to write. Everybody thought the meeting at your house was very interesting and also very inspiring. Yours sincerely Grenoille Clark the Back Bay station. When we were a few yards from the Boston end of Harvard Bridge the car suddenly stopped and I saw quite a crowd looking over the edge of the bridge. Pretty soon I understood that someone was in the water so I ran around to the sea wall and jumped in from there and found a woman a few feet from shore. She was small and quiet so it was easy to tow her to a ladder nearby. It was very simple and easy and I think I jumped in more for the fun of it than any other reason. 12352R. H. BURMISTER, MAYOR. E. B. GAGE, MEMBER. HUGO RICHARDS, MEMBER. W. J. MULVENON, MEMBER. H. BRINKMEYER, MEMBER. DONALD CAMPBELL, RECORDER. J. H. COLLINS, CITY ATTORNEY. ALFRED AVERYT, ASSESSOR. S. A. PRINCE, CHIEF OF POLICE. W.H. DeWITT, ENGINEER. A. B. MADER, SURVEYOR. H. W. PENTLAND, TREASURER. E. B. MODEN, CLERK. COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF PRESCOTT,, Office of the City Clerk. Prescott, Arizona, June 8th 1901 Hon. Theo Roosevelt, Washington D.C. Dear Sir:- I submit herewith letters of recommendation of Henry Bardshar written by Gov. N. O. Murphy. Hoping that you may be successful in securing his appointment. I am Sincerely yours, J.H. Collins [shorthand] [*12353*]shorthandEXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON. June 8, 1901. My dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt, by your reference of the 5th instant, of papers in behalf of the re-appointment of Hon. Miguel A. Otero as Governor of New Mexico, and to state that they will be brought to the President's attention. Very truly yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou Secretary to the President Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 12354THEODORE COX. 6 WALL STREET NEW YORK June 8th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: Yours of the 6th inst.. in which you ask me to call at 422 Madison Ave, on the 14th inst. and at 6 Pa MV has been received. I will be there. Very truly yours, Theodore Cox 12355 LAW OFFICE HORACE E. DEMING CORN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING 11 &13 WILLIAM STREET. NEW YORK. June 8th, 1901 Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Herewith find for your signature the statement as corrected by you. I enclose a carbon copy of the same for you to keep if you so desire. I am going out of town to-day to get some country over Sunday, and leave this to be written out and signed by my confidential stenographer. Sincerely yours, Horace E Deming per F.H.W Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island., New York. Two enclosures. 12356THEODORE COX 6 WALL STREET NEW YORK June 8th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir; Yours of the 6th inst.. in which you ask me to call at 422 Madison Ave, on the 14th inst. at 6 P. M. has been received. I will be there. Very truly yours, Theodore Cox LAW OFFICE HORACE E. DEMING CORN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING 11 & 13 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. June 8th, 1901. Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Herewith find for your signature the statement as corrected by you. I enclose a carbon copy of the same for you to keep if you so desire. I am going out of town to-day to get some country over Sunday, and leave this to be written out and signed by my confidential stenographer. Sicerely yours, Horace E. Deming per F.H.W. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Two enclosures.For Enc see 6-8-01]The Century Association 7 West Forty-Third Street 8th June 1901 Dear Mr. Roosevelt General Samuel B. M. Young has stated his wish to become a member of the Century Club. Are you willing to propose him? He has often spoken to me of his friendship for you so I venture the suggestion. However do not 12357 shorthandthink of consenting unless it is convenient. Should you consent I shall ask our friend Gen F O Greene to join me in seconding. The club rule requires the proposer to write the name in the Candidates book and also a note to the Committee on Nominations. I am very truly yours J R Duryea [*[Durwyn?]*] 139 E 36th St. N.Y. City.Robert W. Deforest, President. J. Pierpont Morgan, Treasurer, Otto T. Sannard, Vice-President. Edward T. Devine, General Secretary. Charity Organization Society of the City of New York Central Office, United Charities Building, 105 East 22d Street. Telephone No. 380 16th Street. Cable Address, "Charity, New York." Please address all correspondence to "The Charity Organization Society." June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Sir:- We are receiving frequent inquiries from charitably disposed people as to whether it is wise to contribute to the Women's Industrial Home Society, 150 Nassau St., which Society appears to be making an active canvass, relying chiefly upon letters of endorsement from yourself, Governor Odell, Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff, District Attorney Philbin and one or two others. So far as we can learn, Dr. Furry, to whom your letter of recommendation (supposing it to be genuine) was addressed, has put the business management of the affair in the hands of a gentleman who is not an officer of the association or a member of its board, and over whose actions he seems to have or to exercise no control. Several rather serious charges have been made against the manner in which the down town office, which is under the charge of the gentleman just referred to, is conducted. I write to ask whether you have any acquaintance with the people who are behind this enterprise such as would give you confidence in their management of it, and whether the letter of commendation from you which their canvassers are showing is genuine. I hesitate to trouble you about a matter of this kind, but since Mr. William Rockefeller, Mr. Abram S. Hewitt, and Mr. Joseph Stickney are among the members of this Society who have requested an investigation, I have thought that you would not object to giving such information as you might have to enable us to ascertain the facts. Thanking you in advance for any information you may give me. I am, Respectfully yours, Edward T. Devine shorthand 12359shorthand Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sir:- I thought I would write you a few lines in re- gard to your hunting trip in the mountains of Colorado. Knowing that hunters often accompanied you to the moun- tains, I thought that perhaps you would be kind enough to please send me a few of their names & addresses. Hopeing to hear from you.- 12360?soon, I am yours truly W.R. Fardwell Jr. 1916 Dried Hill Ave. Baltimore, Md."The Bread and Nutter State." Alexander McDougall, President, Duluth. John Morton, Vice President, Havana. MINNESOTA MANAGERS FOR PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION Address all correspondence to St. Paul Office The Globe Building Tel. Main 1037 H.P. Hall, Secretary, St. Paul. Jas. MacMullan, Superintendent, MInneapois. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir: The enclosed invitation is not sent you as a mere perfunctory matter but because we want you there. I had the pleasure of listening to your admirable address on May 20th and while we would not expect to tax you for 'anything so elaborate, we want you present. You know you have hosts of friends in Minnesota, as demonstrated by your visit to St. Paul last year and they will esteem it a high compliment if you will honor us with your presence on Minnesota Day. The Governor and his staff and the Minnesota Editorial Association-- 250 strong--will be among the visitors at that time. IT will be an event at which we think the United States should be represented and no one can more ably and fittingly perform that act than yourself. If you can come I wish you would wire at my expense on receipt of this. Yours truly, H.P Nall Secretary. 12361222 51st Street, Brooklyn. June 8, 1901 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Colonel: Mrs. Jennings has an idea that the reunion of the Rough Riders at Colorado Springs will not be any less of a success if she makes the boys stand at attention while she sings The Star Spangled Banner again. She doesn't want a penny for doing it, but I can't stand the mere expense of the trip. Do you think it would be asking too much to suggest to the committee to pay such expense? Mrs. Jennings wants me to get your opinion. Is it, in your judgment, worth while for the reunion management to have that song sung as she can 12362sing it? Her voice, by the way, has improved wonderfully in the past year. I'd be more than delightful to take her down to Oyster Bay some day and have you and Mrs. Roosevelt hear her if it would please you and you'd make the date. Very sincerely yours, N.A. JenningsSan Francisco June 8th 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Washington D. C. My dear Sir,- I am desirous of a position in the Transport Service but it seems almost impossible to ever obtain an ordinance with Col. Long. There are, I am told on good authority, frequent changes on the transports along the civilian clerk line- I am at present Purser on the Str General Frisbie, which runs between San Francisco and Vallejo. but owing to a falling off of business the boat will be taken off the run & I, in consequence, will be out. I consider myself competent to fill the position of Chief Quartermaster's clerk on any of the transports- I can furnish references if you deem it necessary. - Will you kindly give me a letter to Col Long of the Transport service? If you will I will be very grateful & will to the best of my ability, do the work I would be expected to do. Hoping you will help to obtain a clerkship, I am, Yours. Sincerely. Jackson H Misner. Formerly Troop B. 1st U. S. V. C. 12364[[shorthand]]Washington, D.C. June 8, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Vice President of the U.S. Dear Sir: You kindly wrote me some time ago that if I would look around and find a position in some other Department to which I could be transferred you would aid me. The 12th Census cannot last much longer and it will be necessary for me to do something very soon. I have been told that several vacancies will occur in the Treasury Department, on the temporary roll, by the first of July, and if you will be so kind as to send me a letter addressed to Secretary Gage, asking for my transfer to that roll, in order that I may present it in person, I shall be very grateful to you. You will remember the Hon. Wm. Aster Chandler wrote you in my behalf as he was about to retire from Congress. Yours respectfully, John Penn Morris C/o Navel Const'r D.W. Taylor Navy Yard, Wash. D.C. P.s.- I want to thank you very heartily for the kind expressions in your letter which I didn't answer before as I thought you very busy, JPM[[shorthand]]Atlanta, Ga. June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: My copy of "Oliver Cromwell" came today, and I thank you very much for the inscription. The book was already one of the most highly prised in y library, and it is needless to say tha it nowpossesses a new and added value. Sincerely yours, [?] 12366Telephone Call, 2584 Franklin Factory at Port Richmond, N.Y. Nordling-Charlton Fireworks Co. Manufacturers Of Unequalled Fireworks Yang Key, Wah Shing Tong Balloons, Flags, Lanterns, Etc. Cannon Crackers, Fire Crackers 77 Chambers Street New York June 8th 1901 Mr. Loeb. Ouster Bay, LI Dear Sir, A few days ago I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Wm Jones Youngs, who gave me your name in reference to order for Fireworks for the Vice President Theo.’ Roosevelt for 4th of July Last year regret to say order was given so late and then duplicated, that the then governor did not get all of his custom order. This year will see that what he requires shall be carefully attended if favored with the order. I may have to run down and see L.L. Loriland I am at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club for their order which I took last year & pronounced very satisfactory can see you by appointment at any time in Oyster Bay or at [?] in store or elsewhere as you may you desire.- Very Truly Yours W. H. Orchard 12367THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 830a Number 2 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 31 Paid 1x RECEIVED at June 8 1901 Dated Denver Col 7 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay We hope you will not fail to attend the Quarto Centennial celebration at Colorado Springs on August second and third As your presence will gratify our people with our Number 2 2 regard to political [beliefs?] TM Patterson Us Senator [[shorthand]]DOUGLAS ROBINSON, CHARLES S. BROWN & CO. REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKERS 160 BROADWAY. New York June 8, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt "Sagamore Hill" Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Theodore:- Only a line to tell you we appreciate very much your telegram about Teddy, and your offer to the children to come to Sagamore Hill. I am glad to say that on Wednesday his illness took a more favorable turn, - although i have not heard from Corinne since I returned- but I presume he is doing well as she promised to let me know is otherwise. We had a very close call of it, I think- but as soon as the Anti-Toxins arrested the disease, his good constitution came to the front and he surprised the doctors at the way he threw off the disease. Don't forget next Friday at the Downtown Club- I have asked Augy Belmont, Mr. Oakman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. Read of Vermilye & Co, Alty. Morgan and Bob Bacon to meet you. I have no heard from them all yet. Of course Augy. is coming back from Kentucky specially to be present, as he is most anxious to meet you, I only want to remind you of the engagement, as with all your many engagements, I was afraid you might forget it. If you will come to my office at say 12:15, we will go down together. With kindest regards to Edith and yourself, and thanking you both for all the interest you have shown about Teddy, I am Sincerely yours, Douglas Robinson 12370shorthandIn the late Autumn of 1899 charges were preferred against Asa Bird Gardiner, District Attorney of New York County. The Attorney General, Hon. John C. Davies, advised me that an investigation of these charges was necessary in the public interest. This concurred with my own opinion and I assigned to him the duty of considering such investigation, and appointed Ansley Wilcox, Esq., as commissioner to hear and report the testimony to be taken. The ill health of the respondent delayed the commencement of the hearings until February, 1900. Sometime in that month and after the first hearing, the Attorney General's office informed me that it desired to retain Mr. Horace E. Deming of New York City as special counsel for the state in the conduct of the investigation, and that Mr. Deming's terms for such employment were the sum of $5,000 for services not to occupy more than a month's time or its equivalent. Neither the Attorney General nor I nor Mr. Deming supposed that more than this amount of services would be required. I assented to the employment, promising to do all in my power to see that Mr. Deming should be paid in accordance with the terms stated. Mr. Deming understood that action by the legislature as the appropriating body would be necessary to secure his compensation. Without fault upon Mr. Deming's part, as I was advised by the Attorney General, the investigation occupied a very much longer time than was anticipated; among other causes for delay was the death during the progress of the investigation of Mr. John H. Coyne, the Chief Deputy of the Attorney General's office, to whom with Mr. Deming has been entrusted the brunt of the work. It was July, 1900, before the investigation closed. The services required of Mr. Deming had very greatly exceeded what he had agreed to render. The Attorney General expressed entire satisfaction with Mr. Deming's work and commended most highly his great professional skill and fidelity. In conference, both the Attorney General and I decided that while the sum of $10,000 would not be adequate remuneration for his services to the State, this was the least amount that should be offered or paid by the state Dated, June 10th 1901. Theodore Roosevelt 12321[Enc in Deming 6-8-01] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 132P Number 13 Sent by oy Rec'd by K Check 8 paid RECEIVED at June 8 1901 Dated Ardsley on Hudson NY 8 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Will come with pleasure Monday afternoon June seventeenth Howard Townsend THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 950a Number 7 Sent by oy Rec'd by K Check 15 Paid RECEIVED at June 8 1901 Dated New York 8 To Col Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Eight of us starting for your place Will arrive about 1230 oclock H H Treadwell State of Minnesota Executive Department St. Paul. June 8 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Sir:- Your letter received and I note contents. Am very sorry you cannot be with us Minnesota day but presume you are right. I will surely see you at the Fair Sept.2; look out for a Minnesota greeting! such an one as you never saw or heard of before! I thank you for your prompt reply, Respectfully, ?? Grand Falls, Montana. June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice- President of the United States. Washington D.C. Dear sir:- Knowing that you are one of those who "roughed it," and at one time lived on the frontier in Montana, I have taken the liberty to send you under separate cover, a copy of my book, "THEN AND NOW or THIRTY)SIX.YEARS IN THE ROCKIES". It is my desire that you peruse it as I am sure you will find some things reminicent and of interest to you. Your attention is especially called to the Chapter describing "Round-up" on page 407. The price of the book is $4.50 in this style of binding which amount you may send me if you so desire. However if after reading the book you have found anything of interest or merit within its cover I shall be extremely grateful to you if if you would kindly give a testimonial to that effect. The book being my main source of income in my advanced age, this would be extremely valuable to me. Very truly yours, Rov GHaugher Rochester Local Union Y.P.S.C.E. Officers President A.D. McKee, 64 Waverly Place Vice-President B.A. Tompkins, 20 W. Main Street Secretary Miss Lottie B. Croughton, 30 Birch Crescent Treasurer G.B. Ament, 97 State Street Committees Lookout Rev. I.N. De Puy, 1 Backus Avenue Prayer Meeting Rev. S.D. Bawben Missionary Miss Louise N. Robinson, 273 Alexander Street Social Mrs. J. Jeffreys, 15 James Street Visitation Miss Elizabeth Rogers, 26 1-2 Glenwood Avenue Junior Work Mrs. Wm. Kinzel, 53 Comfort Street Ushers J. B. Given, 63 Manhattan Street Rochester, N.Y. June 8th, 1901 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt VP Oyster Bay NY My Dear Sir Your favor of the 6th just recd. And for your promptness in attending to the favor I request of you please accept my sincere thanks. Hoping to see you soon so I can thank you in person I remain your ardent admirer. N.D. Webster 12376NEW YORK CABLE ADDRESS,"BOLDT, NEW YORK". PHILADELPHIA CABLE ADDRESS,"BOLDT,PHILADELPHIA". The Waldorf-Astoria, Fifth Avenue, 33rd and 34th Streets and Motor Court, THE WALDORF-ASTORIA, NEW YORK. HOTEL BELLEVUE, PHILADELPHIA. THE STRATFORD, PHILADELPHIA. BULLITT BUILDING RESTAURANT, PHILADELPHIA GEO. C. BOLDT, PROP. New York June 8, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, LI. My dear Colonel. I should like right well if you would give me an engagement either at Oyster Bay or N.Y.C. I have a party I am very much interested in an wish to enlist your efforts in his behalf. Sincerely yours Alex S. WiIliams Long Island City. N.Y. [*12377*]9th June 1901 KNICKERBOCKER CLUB. My dear Col. Roosevelt, It will give me great pleasure to call on Friday at 6:30. Thanking you very much for giving me the opportunity of seeing you. Sincerely yours [D.U?eau?] 12378Southport Conn. June 9th 1901 The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Vice President Oyster Bay New York. My dear Mr. President:- Your valued favor of the 5th inst., at hand and contents carefully noted. I am somewhat disappointed at what you say, but I was fear full that you might not be able to aid me owing to established precedents of which I knew nothing. Nevertheless I (draw?) to thank you for your interest and to remain even Cordially yours Frederic Buckeley Hyde 12379PF Island Falls June 9th 1901 Dear Friend Theodore, I received your letter also the other letters which I return herewith I wish to thank you for your kind interest in my behalf and all the trouble it has caused you think I shall get the appointment after what you have done for me should have had no trouble if I had started my Petition sooner but this man Truworthy had been to see Mr. Powers before he knew that I was a candidate. Mr Powers is a friend to me and I think he would favor me but Truworthy had been to him 12380before my sister was dead and before I had made any attempt to get the appointment but I got the names of all the business men and those who use the office most and might have gotten more if people had known just how the matter stood. but I think it will come all right now your help will more than balance my late start. I have been away from home a few days in the woods near the [Seake?] we saw deer saw no moose but saw their tracks I have a house on Hook Point whare [where] my family like to go and stay where they can think it would be a good place for your family that is the children mine have great fun swimming boating and fishing and in the fall hunting Fred the oldest boy is a strong fellow good at fishing and hunting he is careful in a canoe like me rather cautious the oldest girls can keep house and have lots of fun my wife likes to go when she can leave home and it is near and easy to get to I hope it will be so you and family can try it with us some time it would be great fun for your children we are all well and I hope you and family are well also we send best wishes Yours very truly [W. N. Lewall?]Compliments of Robert L. Rodgers, Attorney At Law, 419 Kiser Building Atlanta, Georgia June 9 1901 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, My Dear Sir, Your favor of June 6th is just at hand. Of course I understand it as a confidential communication, and I shall so observe it. In consideration of what you have so written to me, I am not disposed to have your to present my credentials contrary to your own view and judgment in the matter. I had thought that if it might be available for your to assist me, that it would be appropriate that 12382You might have, for your own support, some evidence as to my own standing and character at home, and abroad, hence I thought it proper to first exhibit to you such endorsements as were given to me four years ago. My he endorsement by a large number of gentlemen at Poughkeepsie, I thought might be of some interest, as I suppose some of them are known by you. As you deem it the better way to return the documents to me, I accept your suggestion, and defer to your own view of the matter. 12383you may, therefore, return the documents to me. I will enclose stamps for postage, if necessary. Permit me to present to you a copy of an article in last Sunday's Constitution. Some parts of it may be of some interest to you, as it concerns some of the incidents connected with some of your family relations. A great many complimentary expressions have been made to me about the article. I am well acquainted with Major Dunwoody. Dr. Bulloch of Cherokee, N. C. has also written a letter to me 12384[a letter], expressing his pleasure on reading the article, and giving to me a geneological statement in which I have been very much interested. I think I will have it published at some suitable time. With sincere regard and good wishes for you, I am Very cordially yours, Robert L. Rodgers.[[shorthand]]Faithfully yours [?] Windsor St. June 9th 1901 [6-9-01] Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Thank you very much for your [?] of June 6th and for the [?] interest for [?] in the pleasing of the Sherman Statue 12386Fair Oaks O Bay Jun 9/1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Your vy kind letter recvd Philbin is pleased with what you say and will try to do more good you can rest assured he is on the alert the enclosed letter shows it he is very firm for Commissions but the Truth is John D. really has no chance the Germans & the Irish are against him certain things will happen before [??] and perhaps. Philbin cannot refuse them I thank you for your kind words in regard to writer but I only do my duty if I can in any way help the honest people & good government Yours Frank. C. Travers 12388 [*Langdon Roosevelt*] POWER OF CATHOLICISM. Mgr Conaty Says it Will Stand Between the Republic and Disruption. WASHINGTON, June 9. Cardinal Martinelli this afternoon laid the cornerstone of the new Church of the Sacred Heart, at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Whitney Avenue, in the suburbs of this city. A large crowd was present. The sermon was preached by Mgr. Conaty, the rector of the Catholic University. A significant portion of his address was the following: "We are living in an age when men are reckoned not as men made in the image of Christ, but as producers of wealth. Money is the thought that holds sway, and many seem to forget the beautiful doctrine of brotherly love preached by Christ, who died on the cross for the redemption of men. If this shock ever comes to our Republic, if turmoil and disturbance should threaten our beloved land of liberty, it will be found that the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, and the gospel she has ever preached, will be the great bulwark against anarchy, corruption, and treason. While millions of our citizens like those who are here to-day believe in her teachings there is no fear for the Republic." 12389Fair Oaks [???] Jun 9/1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Your vy kind letter recvd Philbin is pleased with what you say and will try to do more good you can rest assured he is on the alert the enclosed letter shows it he is very firm for Commissions but the Truth is John D. really has no chance the Germans & the Irish are against him certain things will happen before [??] and perhaps. Philbin cannot refuse them I thank you for your kind words in regard to writer but I only do my duty if I [??] in any way help the honest people & good government Yours Frank. C. Havens 12388 [*Langden Roosevelt*] POWER OF CATHOLICISM. Mgr [??] Says it Will Stand Between the Republic and Disruption. WASHINGTON, June 9. Cardinal Martinelli this afternoon laid the cornerstone of the new Church of the Sacred Heart, at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Whitney Avenue, in the suburbs of this city. A large crowd was present. The sermon was preached by Mgr. Conity, the rector of the Catholic University. A significant portion of his address was the following: "We are living in an age when men are reckoned not as men made in the image of Christ, but as producers of wealth. Money is the thought that holds sway, and many seem to forget the beautiful doctrine of brotherly love preached by Christ, who died on the cross for the redemption of men. If this shock ever comes to our Republic, if turmoil and disturbance should threaten our beloved land of liberty, it will be found that the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, and the gospel she has ever preached, will be the great bulwark against anarchy, corruption, and treason. While millions of our citizens like those who are here to-day believe in her teachings there is no fear for the Republic." 12389P2 M.H. Department of the Interior United States Patent Office Washington D.C. June 10, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: Your friends, Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeKay, have called upon me and have presented your letter of introduction of the 6th instant. I think I was able to clear up some matters for Mrs. DeKay in regard to her application in a manner satisfactory to her, and I assure you I shall be very glad to be of any assistance to her at any time, so far as lies within my power. Sincerely yours, F. I. Allen Commisioner. 12390 N.Y. June 10/1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sir. I take the liberty to write you this letter in regards to you helping me to get a position that I now seek. I have an application in the Secret Service Department at Washington D.C. with Mr. Chas. Lyman Chief of Division of Appointments. The reason I ask this favor of you because I have failed (3) three times to get on the list for the Police here. as I am passed 30 years of age & my chances are very few. I have the experiences as a private Detective & Special officer for about 12 years & can furnish first class references. I am also a Honorable Discharge member of the Ninth Regiment & also Captain of the Volunteer Life Saving Corps. of New. York. I have a record of saving Eight Lives & a medal for Six Lives Since 1900. Hoping you will [*12391*]Comply with my request. Remain respectfully Thomas. Argus 333 Mas 16st NY. City Borough of Brooklyn, June, 10th 1901. "To the Illustrious Vice-President of the U.S." "Illustrious Vice-President." Permit me to ask of you a personal favor. Although I am not personally acquainted yet as I have been a member of the Neighborhood Guild, of Manhattan, (?) occasion I have heard you often lecture, during your career as Police Commissioner of Manhattan I have been a member of the Guild for five years. I am personally acquainted with Mr. Reynolds, Head Worker of the University Settlement Socitey, Manhattan. I have taken examination for Post Office Clerk, Borough of Brooklyn, G.N.Y. twice; passing examination with 79.73 and 84.45% percents. This being the third time passing it again with a percent of 81.55% being on the eligible list #55 of which already 40 will be appointed by 1st of July, whereby 15 remains. I kindly ask of you to use your influence with Postmaster Wilson or Asst-Postmaster Taylor, representing Brooklyn P. Office in regards to securing my appointment. I have been a staunch Republican. 12392 Hoping that you will grant me this personal overfavor and to use your retmost influence in the above and to here from you at an early date I remain Very respectfully George E. Bicking 595 Park Avenue Brough of Brooklyn S.T.Y.68 Bradford St. Pittsfield Mass. June 10 (1801) 1901 Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Pardon the liberty I am about to take in addressing you but knowing as I do through others, the kind heartedness of both you and your husband and being myself about driven to the wall so to speak, by circumstances over which I have no control. I have taken perhaps an unusual step in giving you a little history of our affairs, in hopes you may be able to help us tide over our present difficulties. I am the wife of Frank H. Brackett who is somewhat widely known as a song composer and teacher of voice culture. He was a classmate of Mr. Roosevelt's at Harvard in 1880. We were married some five years ago and have two children, one four and another nearly three years of age. Shortly after our marriage, we invested our little fortune in a business and home of which we were completely swindled out of both. Since then, it hasbeen a struggle to make both ends meet as it were. While Mr. B is a well known writer and his music sells well, we are obliged to dispose of his writings for a small cash price in order to meet the immediate wants of our little family. Therefore we do not receive the profits of his work, as we should, were one in a position to wait for royalties which is really the only fair way. The publishers knowing our circumstances, naturally take advantage, and pay us about what they choose. Mr. Brackett also has a fine voice, but owing to a not one strong constitution, is not always able to sing, where it would be for his advantage to do so. He has taught voice culture in Boston, New York and Phila. Last fall, in talking with Mr. John Woodbury, his class secretary, of whom you know of, he advised us to make a new start in the world where we could find better facilities for teaching than in and around Boston where were then living. In Oct. we came here to Pittsfield, Mr. Woodbury giving us a little start to enable us to get here and locate. He thought some of the 1880[*[6-10-01]*] [*2*] class would assist, but when we came to know afterwards, we found he had taken nearly every dollar out of his own pocket. Mr. Brackett, shortly after we came was taken down with grippe from which he never seemed to recover his strength until since the warm weather came. Two months after my arrival our baby are nearly lost with pneumonia, and since then both children have been ill with whooping cough. Mr. B. found teaching difficult to find oweing to his being a stranger, and of course his health hindered him much from appearing in public. Our regular income from pupils now is about $4.00 a week. If any one is ill which is often the case, it is less. The publisher with whom we deal largely, Mr. Wood, is in Europe and we can sell no more there until after he returns. Added to our many misfortunes I am effecting to be confined any time within a few weeks. Owing to our circumstances I have not been able to prepare for the new arrival, and I feel naturally not a little at loss to know just how to meet the many [*12394*]I am quite handy with my needle & usually cut and make all the clothes for myself and little ones. Should you have any garments with which you are done with, I would be most thankful to receive them. I send you with this letter a few of Mr. Brackett's songs from which you can yourself judge some what of his abilities. It seems so strange to me that we should arrive at such straits as we are now in, but I am telling you plain, hard facts. Perhaps if you should relate to Mr. Roosevelt our condition, he might feel like helping us tide over the period of my illness, after which we should be better able to plan for the future. Now I am unable to walk & have been confined to the house for the past five or six weeks oweing to lameness. I am only able to keep up my household duties with the help of Mr. Brackett, who is most kind in assisting me with both the children & the work. We keep house in three furnished rooms for which we pay $18.00 per month. We boarded at this same place[*[6-10-01]*] when we first came to Pittsfield, but I finding I could give my little family plainer & cheaper food, which I thought would be better for them I made the existing arrangements. Any questions which you might care to ask, I will most cheerfully answer. should you desire to do so. I fear I have already tired you with the account of our many misfortunes. Reading in the Harvard class book that you were the mother of a number of little ones, I thought I might at least have your sympathy in my present condition. Mr. B. would be quite proficient to teach voice culture in some school or college should he have the opportunity. Perhaps later on Mr. Roosevelt might be able to speak a word in his favor, for some such position. Should you be able in any way to help us, I would be extremely grateful to you. I have written you without the knowledge of any one. Again pardon the liberty I have taken in writing you. Believe me, that only [*12395*]the most distressing position which I find myself in enabled me to do so. Sincerely yours Mary Frances Brackett BUNKER HILLl CLUB BOROUGH OF THE BORNX New York, June 10 1901 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, V.P. United States Washington Sir: ____________________________________ You are cordially invited to attend the one hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th day of June, 1901, celebrated by the Bunker Hill Club of the Borough of the Bronx, at Zeliner's Morrisania Park, 170th Street and Third Avenue. Hoping you will favor us with your presence, we remain, Respectfully yours, James Lyons, Edward S. Lord, Jas. P. McGowan, Patrick J. Quirk, Andrew J. McCarthy, P. H. Lennon, Patrick J. McGreal, Frank Malloy, Hon. J. J. Clarke, Hon. A. McOwen, A. P. O'Leary, M.D. M. T. Ward, James McMahon, P. J. Carney, Patrick J. McSorley, L. Martin. Committee on Invitation C. D. GALVIN, President. J. JEFFERSON BROCK, Rec. Sec'y. 12396 [Brock][*June 10, 1901*] 1775. 1901. One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Anniversary . . . . of the Battle of Bunker Hill, . . . . CELEBRATED BY THE BUNKER HILL CLUB OF THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX AT ZELTNER'S MORRISANIA PARK, 170TH STREET AND THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. On Monday Afternoon and Evening, June 17th, 1901. TICKETS, ADMITTING GENTLEMAN AND LADIES, 25 CENTS. MUSIC BY BUNKER HILL CLUB BAND. DANCING TO COMMENCE AT 3 P. M. 12397 C. D. GALVIN, PRESIDENT. J. JEFFERSON BROCK, SECRETARY.C.D.G. Canosia Minn June 10th 1901 Dear sir i just thought I would inform my self to ask you if i have the right of taking a claim as what they call a soldier wright so i thought i would drop you a line to get an answer if i can take one or not i lost my Discharge and i can't find it or i would have send it to you but i served in the third regulars and got discharge at fort snelling minn and ever since i took sick in the south [*12398*] i am not able to do hard work and i am going to try to better my self if you can help me out to let me know if i can i will be very much oblidge to you i remain yours Hoping to hear from you soon William M. Casey Casosia St Louis [?] Minn [*12399*] Century Press Bureau The Century History Company, Inc 136 Liberty Street New York, U.S.A. ---------- Editorial Department New York, June 10th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir: We desire to obtain accurate and permanent data relating to the formation, aims, and objects of the proposed New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children for newspaper reference and use, and will greatly appreciate information such as we believe you can give. Will you kindly outline the events that have led to the founding of this worth institution, its use to present and future needs, and detail especially Dr. Newton M. Shaffer's connection with the home. Is he the founder or originator? We shall be greatly obliged for an early reply. Thanking you in advance, we are, Very truly yours, Century Press Bureau [??Shorthand] 12400EDWARD E. COOPER, President and Manager JAMES G. CLAYTON, M. D., Secretary and Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year - - - $2.00 6 months - - - 1.10 3 months - - - .60 Invariably in Advance CORRESPONDENCE Solicited -------- AGENTS Wanted Everywhere ----------- Send for Special INDUCEMENTS The Colored American PUBLISHED BY The Colored American Publishing Co. AT 459 C STREET N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10th, 1901. Mr. Wm. Leob, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- Your letter of the 8th inst. is to hand and I am glad to have a line from you and to know that you occasionally see a copy of THE COLORED AMERICAN. I have said some nice things in the paper about the vice president and believe that he will be the nominee for president in 1904. I have saved a great many clippings and comments from the colored press concerning my first announcement, when a well written sketch was prepared and if they will be of any service to you I will be glad to reproduce them in THE COLORED AMERICAN. I am grateful to you for the information you sent and of course in using it shall not disclose your name. It occurred to me in giving the facts in the editorial that there were some colored appointments of his in New York but their names escaped me. It will pay you to have the exchange reader watch THE COLORED AMERICAN as it will keep up the fight for Mr. Roosevelt until he is nominated. Thanking you for your kind letter, I am Yours very truly, [?] 12401"To Foster the Trade and Welfare of New York." THE MERCHANT'S ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. New York Life Building, S. C. Mead, Assistant Secretary. Telephone: 985 Franklin. Officers and Directors: William F. King, President. John C. Juhring, 1st Vice-Pres. Alvah Trowbridge, 2d Vice-Pres. John C. Eames, Secretary. Charles H. Webb, Treasurer. Geo. F. Crane, Meyer Jonasson, WM. E. Tefft, Adolph Openhym, Corcellus H. Hackett, John H. Starin, George L. Duval, Gustav H. Schwab, Frank Squier, D. Le Roy Dresser, James B. Dill, Counsel, of Dill, Bomeisler & Baldwin. New York, June 10th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States, Oyster Bay, L. I., N.Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- You will, I know, regret to learn that Mr. William P. King, after organizing the Merchant's Association, building it up and serving as its President for four years, has declined a re-election to that office. He, however, remains in the Board. You will be glad to know that his successor is a man whom you regard highly as a personal friend, namely, Mr. D. Le Roy Dresser, one of your country neighbors. I take pleasure in enclosing herein copy of Mr. King's address on retiring, which so fully covers the situation that it is not necessary to elaborate on it. Knowing of him as you do, and knowing him personally, you will see that it has the true ring about it. With kind regards, I am, as always, Sincerely yours, Wm R [Lawrence?] [*[Corvine?]*] For the Merchants' Association of New York. ENC. [*Mr. Dresser's remarks on taking this [?] were also fine. I will send you a copy later. Wm R C*] [*12402*]For enc see 6-10-01Seneca, S.C. June 10th, 1901 Vice Pres. Roosevelt Washington, D.C. Sir:- I beg leave to say that I was a great admire- er of the "Rough Riders" and took special interest in all their movements dur- ing the war with Spain. It afforded me the great- est pleasure to learn of your election as Governor of New York. On the 6th of Nov, 1900 I voted for McKinley and Roosevelt. This was the first time I ever voted 12403 #2 the National Republican ticket. I expect to use my best efforts to send Roosevelt Delegates from this District to the National Republican Convention in 1904. We have named our baby boy "Teddy" after the next President of the United States. We think it is such a cute name for a boy. Hope he will make a 'Rough Rider.' With best wishes, I beg to remain, Very Respectfully, B.A. Daly 12404[[shorthand]]83 Washington Place, West. June 10 [1901] Dear Colonel Roosevelt- As I can't find a photographer with any symptoms of decency -- there aint none -- I am going to take my own pictures. I am fairly sure that I wont insult anybody, and if I do I will have the satisfaction of doing it my own way. So may I come out with a camera some afternoon this week? I hope you are not as sick of this Bek business as I am! Faithfully, Lindsay D[?] Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay. [?Shorthand]United States Senate, WASHINGTON, D. C., , 1900. Fort Dodge, Iowa, June 10, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Mr. Vice President- I herewith enclose a letter from Dr. Shelton, president of one of our little Iowa colleges, inviting you to come west next winter and meet the Teacher's Association of the state of Iowa. His letter also contains the suggestion that if you will come west he will arrange for your appearance in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and other western states. Now I want you to do this. It will be a great service to our people and I need not point out to you that it is one of the best possible platforms from which to catch the ear and awaken the enthusiasm of a vast territory in which you are interested and which is interested in you. With cordial personal regards, I am, Yours very truly, [*J. P. Dolliver [Dolliver]*] 12407[[shorthand]]Marshalltown, Iowa. 6-10 1901 Mr. Theodore. Rosevelt. Vice Pres. Washington, D.C. Dear. Sir- Will you Please Be so kind as to inform me. Who The Lawyers are in New York City. that tends to settleing foreign claims. in Germany. I got a letter from them some time ago. and Have lost there adress. Please let me know at once. And Oblige. B. C. Gilbert. Marshalltown. Iowa. 12408Huntington L. I. June 10th/1901 Mr Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir You are cordially and fraternally invited to be present at the next meeting of Jephthah's Daughter Chapter Order Eastern Star to be held in Jephthah Lodge [???], Huntington on Monday June 17th at eight clock. [????] Lodge will receive an invitation We would feel 12409honored if you could make it convenient to be with us. Degrees of the order will be exemplified on one candidate. It will be our closing meeting for the season. and we have arranged for a good time. Respectfully & fraternally Yours Mrs S. E. Grant [*12410*][*[ca 6-10-01]*] Oyster Bay Library Oyster Bay L I. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the U.S. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: In the name of the Board of Directors of the Oyster Bay Library I wish to thank you for the twenty-eight volumes and three sets of maps donated by you on June 10, 1901. Sincerely yours, T. L. Gray. Librarian. [*12411*]C. G. Gunther's Sons, Furriers, (Estal"d A.D. 1820.) No. 184 Fifth Avenue, New York, June 10, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. Dear Sir:- Replying to your esteemed favor 10th. inst. would say we will be glad to see you on Friday. The Mountain Lions will all be completed to-morrow evening. The Bob-Cats will all be dressed and ready for mounting tomorrow at 10 A. M. We think it best to only put heads on the two largest and the balance to be lined up flat same as the Mountain Lions. Very respectfully, C. G. Gunther's Sons Per deL. 12412The South Carolina, Inter State & West Indian Exposition Charleston, South Carolina, W. S. A. December 1, 1901, to June 1, 1902. J. C. Hemphill, Manager Dep't Promotion & Publicity Charleston, S. C. June 10, 1901. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Office of the Vice-President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I note by "Russell's Convention Dates" that the Reunion of the Roosevelt Rough Riders' Association will be held at Colorado Springs June 24 and 25, and I write to extend to you, and through you to your Association, a cordial invitation to hold the next Reunion of your Association in the City of Charleston during the Exposition that is to be held here from the first of December, 1901 to the first of June, 1902. South Carolina is a long way from Colorado, but it is only a sort of half-way station between Colorado and Cuba, where you and your gallant comrades achieved so much for your country. I assure you that we shall try to make your visit to this City very agreeable, and I trust that you will be able to accept this invitation. Very Sincerely Yours, J. C. Hemphill Manager Department Promotion and Publicity. 12413[6-10-01] Statement of William F. King, Esq., President of The Merchants' Association of New York, Made to the Board of Directors of that Organization on Retiring form the Presidency. It is with a great deal of reluctance that I retire from the presidency of The Merchants' Association of New York. I lay down the work, not because my interest has grown cold, but because I am worn out by a public burden which has constantly increased, not only in weight, but in usefulness and in its demand upon me and those directly concerned in the Association's work during the four years of its existence. My views of the extent to which an Association truly representative of this City's business and property interests might and should influence public affairs were and are far wider than the nominal purpose for which The Merchant's Association was organized. It has served that purpose which relates directly to trade faithfully and well, but it has done very much more than that; and I firmly believe that it has shown the people of this City the usefulness of such a public body as this. I have for many years had the earnest conviction that a purely commercial organization, largely directed toward restraining the waste of the people's money and preoperly shaping public outlays, would greatly benefit the City's commercial and property interests. From 1884 to 1897 I was a member and usually the Secretary of nearly every temporary committee formaed in the dry goods trade for(2) the purpose of correcting many evils from which the trade suffered and generally advancing commercial interests. My experience showed the need of a general organization representing manufacturing, mercantile, financial and investment interests, in order that the work of self-protection should be continuous instead of sporadic and desultory. That called for permanent organization built upon business principles, of such a nature as to act instantly whenever occasion should arise. Early in 1897 this organization was brought about, the immediate purpose being to cope with the railroad situation. I assumed the presidency, on the understanding that I should serve but one year. I was, however, re-elected for the ensuing year, again expecting to be released at the end of that time. Either fortunately or unfortunately our work increased rapidly and made larger financial demands than were met by the regular income of the Association. The great body of the people of this City did not at once grasp the nature of the work we were doing, but deemed it largely a matter that concerned narrow trade interests only. Our necessary outlays exceeded our income. The end of the second year found us more largely in debt than we were at the end of the first year. I made up my mind that, as one of the principal orginators of the Association who had accepted the responsibility of its direction, I would never forsake its helm while any indebtedness remained, provided that the Board of Directors continued satisfied with my management. So far as I know no dissatisfaction has existed, and I have, therefore, continued to carry on this work now. Have now 12415(3) fulfiled the condition which I placed upon myself, that of relieving the Association of every dollar of indebtedness, I must finally resign the work to another. A year ago our debt was $37,000. To-day every dollar has been paid except about $6,000. out of the $22,000. advanced by me for the expenses of the Ramapo fight. I advanced that sum on my own responsibility to protect the people of this City against a gigantic scheme of plunder. If the taxpayers, who have reaped the benefit omit to reimburse me, I shall cheerfully donate the amount as my personal contribution to good government; in addition to the other cash contributions which I, in common with the other members of this Board have made, to say notion of the services, given without pay by all the officers of the Association. Thus every claim against the Association is disposed of, and it stands free and clear from all encumbrance of any kind that might impede its further work. It is needless to restate the various undertakings of this Association, in detail. You are all familiar with them. It has in various ways benefitted the taxpayers and the business interests of this City to a very large extent by relieving its business interests of discriminative charges, and by opposing and defeating the great Ramapo scheme of plunder, the Five Per Cent Interest Bill, the Tax Listing Bill, and others of similar nature. It has fought for better harbor facilities, and was the main instrument in overthrowing the recent Raines Bridge Bill. In works of philanthropy that called for quick and widespread action it has been foremost. In this branch of work it has collected for the relief of those 12416(4) suffering from calamity, somewhat more than $201,753.82. For its business purposes, including its resistance of unjust legislation, its work for proper postal facilities and similar matters, it has collected and disbursed $266,759.50, a total of $268,513.32, as shown by the following list: Receipts. Dues & Contributions, 1897 $38,478.39 1898 $35,369.77 1899 $61,380.42 1900 $62,904.64 1901 To May 31st $56,626.28 Total $266,759.50 received for the work of The Merchants' Association, including expenses incident to reduced rates, Ramapo, Listing Bill, Postal Fund, Interest Rate accounts, etc. The Merchant's Association has handled funds for different charitable purposes, as follows:- Army Relief at Montauk Point, $10,069.21 Galveston, $105,067.97 Porto Rico, $21,000.00 Mrs. Henry, (Widow of Generaly Guy V. Henry), $19,953.44 Jacksonville, $45,663.20 Total $201,753.82 Total amount moneys handled by the Association from June 17, 1897 to June 1, 1901. $468,513.32(5) During that same period, namely, from July 1st, 1897 till the present time, the member of pieces of literature sent to the merchants of the United States, in good standing, has been as follows:- 1897 Six months 650,000 1898 2,900,000 1899 3,000,000 1900 3,040,500 1901 To Date, 577,068 Total 10,367,568 This literature has been one of the means of keeping New York as a market before the merchants of the country and in successfully prosecuting our legislative work. Important as the work already done has been, that now waiting is still more useful and importnat. It seems clear, from a conservative study, that the public expenses of this City are far greater than they need be. It is believed that a reform in the City's business methods will lessen the annual outlay by a very large sum. This proposed work is now under consideration. It has been submitted to gentlement of great prominence and experience in business and public affairs, to public oficials, whose hearty support is promised, and to the oldest, most eminent and most highly esteemed commercial organization in this country, if not in the world, --- The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, whose co-operation in this great work has been enlisted. I am gratified that before retiring from office, I have been succesful in laying the foundation for so great and useful an undertaking as this, and in securing(6) the powerful aid of the Chamber of Commerce. The great utility of the proposed reform is now fully conceded, and the necessary assistance being assured, I am confident that most useful results will be reached under the direction of my successor. The work of this Association has largely been that which no other public body has been equipped to undertake. It is unique in its way. It explains itself by its results, and needs little eulogy. It has sometimes been a difficult matter to steer this machine along the course which I have mapped out for it,- mainly because of lack of proper financial support,- but I may fairly say that the work has been solely of public nature. There have been no personal purposes served and no axes have been ground. Evert sort of scheme which cupidity and desire for personal aggrandisement could suggest has been brough to me for endorsement, and I am proud to-day to be able to say that our Association stands and has always stood free and clear from any connection with schemes of a questionable character. We have never loaned our good name to any scheme which did not have for its sole purpose the advancement of this City's interests as a whole. Personally I have made it a rule to accept no favors of any nature, to enter no corporations as trustee or director in order that I might be wholly free from temptation to further my personal interests at the expense of the public wlfare. In retiring from the office of President I do so with feeling that I have done my duty to the best of my ability. The responsibilities devolving upon your new President will be many and weighty, by reason of the great public importance of the undertakings projects; but he will enter upon a clear field.(7) Every piece of work hitherto taken up has been carried to a successful completion. Our application for fall reduced rates has been made. There is no unfinished business. My successor will, therefore, be free from any inherited embarrassment. My experience warrants me in saying, however, that he will have no easy task and that unless he be determined, fearless and independent he cannot reach successful results in any public works which this Assocaition may enter upon. He must know what it means to say "yes" and what it means to say "no," and mean "no." He must expect to find many who will criticise, no matter what course he may pursue; but he must be prepared to stand upon his own judgment no matter what criticism he may encounter. Sagacity and firmness are qualities demanded from the President of this organization, if it is to play a useful part. The Board of Directors must likewise expect to play an active part in further development. No matter who may be President he cannot, without their active aid, carry out large plans as they should be carried out, and his Directors must be men with no personal axes to grind, who are seeking no political preferment, and who will stand behind him like a rock and support him in the opposition which he will certainly meet in combatting old abuses and working for the public welfare. In closing I wish to do justice to the men in this office through whose zealous co-operation I have been able to carry out the plans which I have projected. Without exception they have earnestly entered into the spirit of their work and have devoted themselves to it with all possible earnestness. In organizing the office staff(8) I had in view the selection of men suited to the practical handling of large public questions. There are many different functions to be performed requiring different kinds of talents. Because I have had such talents at my command I have been able to take instant action upon many occasions and to carry large public works through to a successful result. I may fairly say that the office staff of The Merchants' Association has proved itself able to effect friendly and beneficial relations with the transportation interests of this country and to exert a proper influence upon legislation to prevent the passage of bad laws and to further desirable laws. Nevertheless, while effective, the office organization is not as complete as desirable, nor has it been able to perform its duties in the best possible way, because of the insufficiant means at my command. In closing I thank you one and all for the support which you have given me in the arduous work of the past four years. I appreciate it deeply. I believe that you agree with me that there is a very broad field of usefulness now faily open for this Association. My heart is in the work. I want to see it carried on in the broadest and most useful manner. I myself shall do all that I can to assist our new President to that end, and I trust that you gentlement share with me the feeling of pride in the past work of this Association, of loyalty and ambition for its future, and the earnest purpose of promotion its prosperity and usefulness. Dated New York, June 10th, 1901 [King]Enc in WRC 6-10-01THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 705 P Number 15 Sent by Jd Rec'd by K Check 10 Paid RECEIVED at June 10 1901 Dated West Hampton Depot NY 10 To Vice President Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Have no means of knowing [best?] probably fifty may attend [E?] B Lawrence Detroit June 10 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Esq Dear Sir & Bro I take the pleasure to right [write] a few lines in regards Wm. A. Grimshaw a westtner? [westerner?] Bro wich [which] you will see by the paper enclosed and want you to see if the [serenity?] is any better there then in Detroit and I know that they are for I have lived there and now, [know?] so pleas [please] keep this as quit [quiet] as posible [possible] till I here [hear] from you and then I shall show it in the Lodges of Detroit as soon as the paper is returned to him for he [?] Detroit June 10 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Eq Dear Sir & Bro I take the pleasure to right a few lines in regards Wm. A. Grimshaw a werther Bro wich you will see by the paper enclosed and want you to see if the [ferenety?] is any better there then in Detroit and I know that they are for I have lived there and now, so pleas keep this as quit as possible till I here from you and then I shall show it in the lodges of Detroit as soon as the papr is returned to him for he dus Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. -INCORPORATED- 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for Transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. 703 P NUMBER 15 SENT BY Jd REC’D BY N CHECK 10 Paid RECEIVED at _ June 10 1901 Dated West Hampton Depot NY 10 To Vice President Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Have no means of knowing but probably fifty may attend EB Lawrence [*12423*]not know that I have sent it but as soona s it is returned I will send it to the Lodge in Sandriske Cal so pleas returne it as soon as posible with as meny simers as you can get and as much money as your Bro will contrubuet to this werther Bro you can mail it to Wm A Grimshaw 236 Mullett st Detroit And you will ever Ablige your Friend & Bro James F. Linn [*[Linn?]*] [*12423*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. 121P Number 8 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 40 DH RECEIVED at June 10 1901 Dated Las Cruces NM 10 To Col Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Don't understand Muller party in territory united for [Otero?] delgate [delegate] Rodey for him goodrich ballard and [solliere?] generally here endorsed him matter Will be settled in Washington this week Number 8 2 Otero Luna and others there now Muller agreed to support Otero W H H LLewellyn[*CF*] United States Courts Boston June 10, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Theodore- Your letter of the 8th is just received. The whole project of the the meeting in Sanders Theatre is given up for this year. Senator Hoar and President Eliot both agree fully with us. We still hope to see you hear. Your is great haste, Francis C. Lowell George Lyman has asked you & me to pass Thursday night with him at Beverly. I have not felt at liberty to answer for you. He asks me to invite you, as you are my guest. Please answer either to him or to me, and do exactly as you personally like. [*12426*][[shorthand]]OSWEGO, N. Y. June 10 1901 Mr Theodore Roosevelt V. P. Dear Sir My Physicians advise me go west for my health but circumstances would not permit. have worked from the age of 7 years to help my Mother I am a Mason. I Thought you would Permit me go on your car when you go west to Colorado Springs what Road do you go on and date I refere [refer] you to Mr J. H. booker Collector of customs by Permis I will repay you for your kindness Wm [Mcbadden?] Oswego NY THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. number 1 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 22 DH 3x RECEIVED at June 10 1901 Dated Phoenix Arz 9 Via Washington DC 9 To Col Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Sorry success was not with us but thank you from the [bears?] for your help in the good cause Jas H McClintockTHE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. Number 1 Sent by OY Rec'd by K Check 22 DH 3x RECEIVED at June 10 1901 Dated Phoenix Arz 9 Via Washington DC 9 To Col Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Sorry success was not with us but thank you from the heart for your help in the good cause Jas H McClintockKansas City, Mo., 10 June 1901 Dear Sir I am desirous of obtaining a position with the government in the surveying department as linesman or stakeman and not knowing how to secure said position I have taken on myself the liberty of asking you for the said information. I am just 21 and am anxious to start out for myself so kindly see what you can do for me Thanking you in advance I am Yours &c Philip McMahon Hon Theodore Rosevelt [*12430*] OFFICE OF THE CLERK, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON,D.C. June 10, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir: -- Complying with the request contained in your favor of the 8th inst. I send you by same mail set of opinions of this Court and re-print of records and briefs in the Insular Cases. Yours truly, James H. M. Kenney Clerk, Supreme Ct., U.S., per W.R. [*12429*]Kansas City, Mo., 10 June 1901 Dear Sir I am desirious of obtaining a position with the government in the surveying department as [????] or stakesman and not knowing how to secure said position I have taken on myself the liberty of asking you for the said information. I am just 21 and am anxious to start out for myself so kindly see what you can do for me Thanking you in advance I am Yours &c Philip Mc[???] Hon Theodore Rosevelt 12430 OFFICE OF THE CLERK. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON,D.C. June 10, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N,.Y. Dear Sir:-- Complying with the request contained in your favor of the 8th inst. I send you by same mail set of opinions of this Court and re-print of records and briefs in the Insular Cases. Yours truly, [*James M. Kenney*] Clerk, Supreme Ct., U.S., per [*WR*] 12429your good will is as highly appreciated as the deed. Eve, if the disappointment is felt keenly, it has not shaken my loyalty to our administration, much less to your good self, who have acted nobly and generously towards me. I remain, dear Sir, Yours faithfully W E Mantius [*[6-10-01]*] [*PF*] REFORM CLUB. 233 FIFTH AVENUE. 10-6-01. Hon Theodore Roosevelt, United states Vice President. Oyster Bay, NY. Dear Sir, Just returning from an out-of-town trip I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your esteemed favor, of 6' Inst. In reply to it I beg leave to express my gratitude for your very kind words: [*12431*] P. O. BOX 5298. TELEPHONES {3138. 1236. Stone & Downer Co. Custom House Brokers. & FORWARDERS. IMPORT & EXPORT AGENTS. EXCHANGE BUILDING, 53 STATE ST ROOM 204 ONE FLIGHT STONE & DOWNER CO. ESTABLISHED 1848 INCORPORATED 1892. BOSTON, MASS. WM. MUNROE. PRES. J. L. STONE. TREAS. WM. CURTIS. CLERK. F. W. DOWNER. AUDITOR. Boston, June 10, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- In regard to the Saddle which arrived here from [?]. A. J. Sage, we would say, that the United States Appraiser has placed the value at £4 on the Saddle, dutiable at 45%. We will pay the same, and hope to forward the package to your address this afternoon. Yours respectfully, STONE & DOWNER CO. W. Munroe PRES. 12433 STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY June 10, 1901. Mr. William Loeb, Jr., Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Mr. Loeb: If I can find a spare copy of the public papers of 1899 I will take pleasure in forwarding it to the Association of the Bar. I am quite certain that one or two copies were mailed last year; but perhaps they want more. Of course you know that we are entirely out of them here in the office, as Mr. Youngs distributed all remaining copies before the close of his official connection with this office. But I will do all I can to help out in the matter. Very truly yours, [?F Newcomb] [*12434*]June 10th Beverly Farms Dear Colonel Roosevelt Your sister Mrs Cowles writes that you are very kindly expecting us for the night of the 17th. We shall be [de???ted] to come & will write or [?] later and hours 12435for your kind invitation Yours sincerely C L Young husband [*[husband?]*] The Mintos whom we met at Ottawa sent their "salaams" to you. of arrival. We have had a most pleasant trip through the States & Canada & are now staying with Fred Warren here. Mrs Cowles mentions that a letter for me from you is with her & no doubt it will reach me tomorrow Thanking you very much [*12436*] OGDEN & BROOK, 526 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ST. JOHN'S ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND. BROAD BROOK CO. CONN. NEW YORK, June 10th 1901 My dear Colonel Roosevelt. Do you expect to be in N.Y. any time between now and the 20th inst — if so - how or where could I have a five minutes talk with you. Your Willis L. Ogden [*5.30 ????????*] [*12437*]Walter Allen Rick 644 Ellioott Square Buffalo N.Y. June 10th 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. My dear Sir: I take the liberty of sending you, under another cover, copies of a new patriotic song, "A National Pacan". With the compliments of the season, and best wishes for your future welfare, I am, Respectfully yours, Walter Allen Rice 12438[*[6-10-01]*] In the late Autumn of 1899 charges were preferred against Asa Bird Gardiner, District Attorney of New York County. The Attorney General, Hon. John C. Davies, advised me that an investigation of these charges was necessary in the public interest. This concurred with my own opinion and I assigned to him the duty of considering such investigation, and appointed Ansley Wilcox, Esq., as commissioner to hear and report the testimony to be taken. The ill health of the respondent delayed the commencement of the hearing until February, 1900. Sometime in that month and after the first hearing, the Attorney General's office informed me that it desired to retain Mr. Horace E. Deming of New York City as special counsel for the State in the conduct of the investigation, and that Mr. Deming's terms for such employment were the sum of $5,000 for services not to occupy more than a month's time or its equivalent. Neither the Attorney General nor I nor Mr. Deming supposed that more than this amount of services would be required. I assented to the employment, promising to do all in my power to see that Mr. Deming should be paid in accordance with the terms stated. Mr. Deming understood that action by the legislature as the appropriating body would be necessary to secure his compensation. Without fault upon Mr. Deming's part, as I was advised by the Attorney General, the investigation occupied a very much longer time than was anticipated; among other causes for delay was the death during the progress of the investigation of Mr. John H. Coyne, the Chief Deputy of the Attorney General's office, to whom with Mr. Deming has been entrusted the brunt of the work. It was July, 1900, before the investigation closed. The services required of Mr. Deming had greatly exceeded what he had agree to render. The Attorney General expressed entire satisfaction with Mr. Deming's work and commended most highly his great professional skill and fidelity. In conference, both the Attorney General and I decided that while the sum of $10,000 would not be adequate remuneration for his services to the State, this was the least amount that should be offered or paid him by the State. [*12439*] Dated, June 10th 1901 1901. Theodore Roosevelt[Enc in Deming 6-8-01]Travers Brothers Co. K.C. Travers, Pres't A.F. Travers, Vice Pres't V.R. Travers, Treas New York, June 10th 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Enclosed clipping is as true as the the Gospel. I know of no more honest American than Father Conaty as he is located in Washington I hope you might meet him he is a very dear friend of mine & [Msgor?] Mike [B?] would like to see his address in full. Yours Frank C. Travers I suppose you have seen the article in Herald today Frank Platts Endorsement of Coining this will kill him as dead as a Tenian. *shorthand* LorettaPRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. F.C. TRAVERS, Pres't. A.F. TRAVERS, Vice Pres't. V.P. TRAVERS, Treas. [*PF*] Travers Brothers Co Manufacturers of TWONES, SASH CORDS, HAMMOCKS, MANILLA & SISAL ROPE, BINDER TWINE, LATH YARN, SEA ISLAND TWINE &C. OFFICES, 107 Duane St, 16 Thomas St. ROPE TWINE & HAMMOCK FACTORY WAREHOUSE 207 DUANE ST. OFFICE 16 THOMAS ST. New York June 10/ 1901 Orders will be entered subject to the following conditions: Strikes of operatives or any unavoidable cause will relieve us from prompt fulfillment of contracts. Hon. T . Roosevelt Dr Mail you our quarterly you can see the hard work we must do as we have all the poor with us Yrs Frank C. Travers some day I hope Mrs Roosevelt will visit with Loretto- I was one of the organizers of this Institute in Warren 22 years ago- hope you can go also our Regiment would be overjoyed to see you the poor Boys are well Drilled [*12441*]For enc see 6-9-01#85 High St., Charlestown, Mass. June 10, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. Honorable Sir:- Knowing that you are versed in Civil Service Rules and that while you were Civil Service Commissioner and Assistant Secretary of the Navy certain facts were brought to you immediate attention, I seek information concerning a question of importance to me as an employee in the Navy Department. Doubtless you will call to mind the removals and appointments made by Cleveland in 1893 in the General Storekeeper's Department, Navy Yard, Boston, and transferring of these appointees to the Classified Service in 1896. I am informed that as Civil Service Commissioner you protested against these removals. One of the men who was appointed, classified, and is now classed as a Special Laborer is seeking without taking an examination an appointment as Bookkeeper, provided for in the Naval Appropriation Bill to take effect July 1, 1901. This man, Mr. Bagley, has never taken an examination of any kind under the Civil Service, while I received my appointment as the result of a Bookkeeper's examination taken at Albany, N.Y., April 12, 1899. Can Mr. Bagley be appointed to this position if the regulations are followed without favor to anyone; and as my efficiency rating is as good as any of those in the office who have taken a Bookkeeper's examination, am I not entitled to the position when I am the ranking one?All that I ask for is justice and an answer from you concerning the above question would remove all doubt. I would refer you to Mr. Frank COle of Cairo, N.Y., Chairman of the Republican County Committes of Greene County, or to Congressman Stewart. Hoping that in writing to you I am committing no breach and thank- ing you in advance for any favor you may be able to grant, I am Yours respectfully, Omar J Veley 12443[shorthand]worthy of treatment. I beg to place at your disposal such honorarium as you think proper- the article to come, I hope, not less than four thousand words Yours sincerely John [?????] Hon Theodore Roosevelt Vice President of The United States The Cosmopolitan Magazine. Editorial Department. June 10" 1901 My dear Vice President Roosevelt, I am endeavoring to produce a "Pan American" number of The Cosmopolitan which will remain a record of The Exposition as seen by the ablest brains of the country. May I have your cooperation in an article [????] such portion of The Exposition, or such thoughts in relation thereto, as may seem to you 12444W. F. WESTER, EAST HIGH SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS. June 10, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Long Island, N.Y. Sir: You are to be in Minnesota the first week in September to open the State Fair. I am requested by the Teachers' Club of this city to invite you deliver an address under their auspices. Either three or four years ago I wrote you asking that you be one of the speakers in our course of entertainments, and you replied that it would be quite impossible for you to come west that winter on account of the duties in Albany; but should you come at some future time, you would willingly take a place on our programme. We do not consider this a pledge at all; but we do hope that you have the same altitude toward the proposition. The club has carried on an entertainment course for a number of years. The use to which the funds are put is the maintenance of a room at St. Barnabas hospital to which teachers, when sick or injured, are admitted without charge. The object is worthy; and the people of the city have supported the course of entertainments generously. If you can come, will you state your terms, and give us the date which will be convenient for you. Yours respectfully, W. F. Webster[[shorthand]]WASHINGTON, June 11. - The President issued the following signed statement at 12 o'clock: "I regret that the suggestion of a third term has been made. I doubt whether I am called upon to give it notice. But there are now questions of the gravest importance before the administration and the country and their just considerations should not be prejudiced in the public mind by even the suspicion of the thought of a third term. "In view, therefore, of the reiteration of the suggestion of it, I will say now, once for all, expressing a long settled conviction, THAT I NOT ONLY AM NOT AND WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR A THIRD TERM, BUT WOULD NOT ACCEPT A NOMINATION FOR IF IT WASTENDERED ME. "My only ambition is to serve through my second term to the acceptance of my countrymen, whose generous confidence I so deeply appreciate, and then with them do my duty in the ranks of private citizenship. "(Signed) WILLIAM McKINLEY. 'Executive Mansion, Washington. June 10, 1901."Kansas City, Kansas, June 11th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Vice President of the United States Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- I am honored with I can assure you to me is a very pleasant duty of extending to Your Honor The Old Boy's Fremont an Lincoln Republican Club invitation to attend out first Anniversary and Fourth of July celebration. It was the Old Boys Club that had charge of your meeting during the campaign last fall, and you were elected a member of our club and we claim you as one of us. We will appreciate more than we can express a Patriotic talk for Your Honor on that occasion. If it should be impossible for you to be with us at that time and you feel inclined to assist us pecuniarily in meeting the necessary expense which will not be less than One Thousand Dollars we will appreciate it, but understand us we much prefer to have you come and talk to us. Trusting that we will hear from Your Honor at an early date, we are. Most Respectfully Yours F. H. Barker SecretaryKansas City, Kansas, June 11 1901 Densin The Old Boys'Fromont-Lincoln Republican Club of this city, will give its first annual celebration and basket picnic at Chelsea Park, on the 4th of July 1901. Major William Jernor of Kansas City, Missouri, and tho Hon.T.A.McNeal, Editor of the Topeka Rail and Breeze have accepted invitations and will be among the prators of the day. Hon.J.H.Atwood and Dick Blue are expected to be here. It is the intention of the Club to make this an old fashioned Fourth of July celebration, with many new up-to-date features added. A cordial invitation is hereby extended to you............. to join with us, and assist in making this one of the most enjoyable events in the history of the hetropolis of Kansas. Hoping to be advised of your acceptance, and assured of your cooperation at an early date, we are, Yours Very Respectfully, F. N. Banker SecretaryThe Commercial Advertiser. ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 Broadway NEW YORK. PUBLISHER'S OFFICE. NEW YORK, 11th June [*[1901]*] My dear Roosevelt- I will dine with you on Friday with my great pleasure, at 745. There are no end of things to talk about. You threw my son into positive [?????] of delight- by your very friendly treatment of him at [?????]- [??] you for it. Yours always J. B. Bishop. 12450Wyoming Southern Railway Company Henry H. Boyce President 71 Broadway, New York. Saratoga, Wyoming. June 11,1901. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Col. Roosevelt:- The silly season has certainly set in. You undoubtedly saw Senator Depew's remarkable interview when he was in Chicago last week in regard to a third term for President McKinley. Thereupon followed numerous other interviews upon the same subject in which several members of Congress go on record as favoring a third term for President McKinley. Then something happened in this City which was either a singular coincidence or else it was a part of a general programme calculated to work up a sentiment for a third term. The paper which I enclose was sent out to every surviving member of the New York delegation to the Republican National Convention of 1880, or rather I should say it was sent to the survivors who belonged to the famous 306, who voted for Grant on the 36 ballot. It may mean nothing at all but I am sure of one thing that there will be no third term for any one. I send you under a separate cover a marked copy of the "Commercial Advertiser" of the 10th, in which I attempt to give the reasons for believing that there will be no third term. It is my opinion that the friends of Senator Fairbanks and possibly those of Senator Hanna might seek to put the McKinley third term claim forward so that they might organiseWyoming Southern Railway Company. Henry H. Boyce, President. Saratoga, Wyoming. Col. T. R., -2- behind it for their particular candidate and be ready to launch their own candidate when the President is finally and definitely out of the field. Of course it is all too soon for anybody to do anything except just what we are doing in trying to place our friends in a quiet way. It looks now, however, as though the campaign would open at least a year earlier than in the past and that a large number ofstates will have a favorite son as a candidate. This in my judgement will not hurt us at all, because we are certain to have a large number of delegates distributed widely over the whole country and we ought to be the second choice of most of the states who will put forward a local candidate. I was glad to see the suggestion that Illinois will send a solid delegation for Senator Callum because that will keep them out of Fairbanks' camp. There are three particular men who in my opinion it is highly important, if not vitally necessary that we should have with us in the early stages of the campaign. I think it best to leave that matter, however, until I can talk with you personally: Sincerely yours, [*Henry H. Boyce I open my letter to inclose a clipping from an [???] fellow going what seemed to be an [????] statement from the President. It is just what his friends know he would do but it delights me nonetheless.*] 12452For enc see 6-10-11Charles Scribners Sons Publishers 153-157 Fifth Avenue, New York, Between 21st and 22d Streets. New York, June 11th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I shall be glad to see you at any hour on Friday that bests suits your plans. I am at the office as late as five o'clock. We shall have proofs of all the pictures ready to show you. Faithfully yours, Robert Bridges 12453THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 820a Number 1 Sent by Oy Rec'd by K Check 31 paid NP2x RECEIVED at June 11 1901 Dated Peoria Ill 10 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Your friends here are waiting will you give us a word If not ask your secretary to say something or give us the name of your manager in Illinois Charles N B Carroll Editor Peoria Journal THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMANY. Incorporated. 21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to all the World. Red Red Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. 830a Number 2 Sent by Oy Rec'd by K check 16 paid [nite?] RECEIVED at June 11 1901 Dated St. Louis Mo 10 To Vice President Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Your letter of June 3 just received Shall expect you at later date Letter follows Robert C Day. THEODORE COX. [*Yonkers N.Y.*] [6 WALL STREET, NEW YORK] JUNE II I90I. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: I have, hanging on my library wall, a photograph of the President, inscribed in his handwriting.... "For Mr. Theodore Cox, with cordial regards Ww McKinley". I would like very much to have a somewhat similar autographic photograph[##] of you, so as to have the Presidential and Vice Presidential photographs hanging side by side. Would it be too much trouble for you to send me yours? Very truly yours, Theodore Cox [*Sign Photo*] [*12457*] [*F*] SUPREME COURT JUDGES CHAMBERS COURT HOUSE, CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK June 11th 1901 My dear Theodore:- I will be delighted to accept your invitation for Saturday June 29th- if I can be of any use in the particular scheme you now have on hand as I am always to aid you in anything under Hearn you desire- With best regards to Mrs Roosevelt Sincerely yours John Proctor Clark [*[Clark]*] Col Theodore Roosevely [*12456*][*F*] SUPREME COURT JUDGES CHAMBERS COURT HOUSE, CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK June 11th 1901 My dear Theodore:- I will be delighted to accept your invitation for Saturday June 29th- if I can be of any use in the particular scheme you now have on hand as I am always to aid you in anything under Hearn you desire- With best regards to Mrs Roosevelt Sincerely yours John Proctor Clark [*[Clark]*] Col Theodore Roosevely [*12456*] THEODORE COX. [*Yonkers N.Y.*] [6 WALL STREET, NEW YORK] JUNE II I90I. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: I have, hanging on my library wall, a photograph of the President, inscribed in his handwriting.... "For Mr. Theodore Cox, with cordial regards Ww McKinley". I would like very much to have a somewhat similar autographic photograph[##] of you, so as to have the Presidential and Vice Presidential photographs hanging side by side. Would it be too much trouble for you to send me yours? Very truly yours, Theodore Cox [*Sign Photo*] [*12457*][[shorthand]]TELEGRAPH WESTERN UNION OFFICE POUGHKEEPSIE N.Y. P.O. HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON N.Y. June 11- 1901 Dearest Theodore- It has suddenly occurred to me you may not have realized. that your letters for the young husband is waiting their arrival in Thursday at the gate as I had no postal address for them I know they will [???????] Fri-Monday night as they spare time [?] write to me that you had mentioned 12458through the 10 & 4 you change at New Haven & can have a drawing room car that far - Lloyd Griscom & Bob Ferguson are driving over with Helen & me they having a trap of their own - We leave here Monday morning & reach Oldgate for lunch Thursday, if detained there for tea Thursday for you. see what a welcome you would have from us all - Devotedly Bye [*[ANNA ROOSEVELT COWLES]*] seeing them when they went to New York [?] they would only plan coming to me contingent on that chance - but I wish you could run up to Farmington on Thursday or Friday & join us all, Will thinks he will be there also in case there should be a chance of anything so perfect. I will tell you the trains leave 4 2-h- at 10. 2. & 4 - the 2 has an ordinary car that goes [*12459*]THE BOOKMAN AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND LIFE EDITORS HARRY THURSTON PECK ARTHUR BARTLETT MAURICE DODD, MEAD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS 372 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK June 11, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Hon. Sir:- It may interest you to hear that we are soon to commence the eighth year of THE BOOKMAN. We are planning to get out a little anniversary booklet giving a brief history of the magazine, and it has occurred to us that perhaps you would be willing to give us for such a purpose, a word or two either of praise or blame, if you see the magazine often enough to warrant your doing so. A word of this kind would, as you will easily understand, be a great help to us. Yours very truly, Dodd Mead & Company [*12460*][*[For enc see 6-11-01]*] [shorthand] June 11th, 1901. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I send you in a sealed package to-day a descriptive pamphlet of our Library. It may interest you to know that we are now delivering more books daily than any other Library in the world. We are arranging to add to our Library service a department of popular education to be known as the "BOOKLOVERS READING CLUB." We shall spend during the summer fully $50,000 in perfecting a delivery organization which will make it possible for young men and young women in any town or village in the United States, for merely nominal membership fees, to follow courses of reading and study in literature, art, science, politics, etc., under the inspiration of carefully prepared outlines, talks, lectures, etc., by distinguished writers, and with [*12461*][*June 11, 1901*] the aid of books (three for each course) which will be delivered free of expense at their homes. The scheme is a far-reaching one. We are specially anxious to give it correct motion and reasonable momentum at the outset. I write to ask if you will choose the books for the Course to be entitled "AMERICAN FOUNDATION HISTORY." Suggest three or four: we shall use three. I am asking Grover Cleveland to select the books for Course 1; Theodore Thomas for Course 2; F. Hopkinson Smith for Course 3; "Mark Twain" for Course 4; President Eliot for Course 5; Sir Henry Irving for Course 6, and men of equally wide experiences in their chosen fields for each of the other Courses. I feel, and I am sure it is true, that young men will get more inspiration from books chosen for them by some one in whom they have a personal interest, than they would ever get from even the same books selected in a cold abstract way by the Library. When the books have been selected for this course, I shall ask Henry Cabot Lodge, Professor John Bach MacMaster, John Fiske, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Edward Eggleston, and a number of others, to prepare lectures, talks, etc., bearing upon the Course. These will be published separately and will serve as a proper introduction. This general plan will be followed in all the Courses, and new Courses will be added from month to month, as the work advances. I can assure you that all the announcements we make of this Department will be dignified and pleasing in every particular. I enclose the Library's check for $50 for the service and I shall feel personally grateful if I can have your cooperative interest in this undertaking. Yours very cordially, [*Seymour Eaton*] Librarian. Vice-President Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. [*12462*]New York June 11th/01 Dear & Hon Sir You will pardon me for the Liberty I am taking in writing to you. but knowing the Consideration you give all matters, I thought I would address You. Last year I made an application and Examination for the third grade Custom House Service as Opener Packer. And have Since received a rating of 85.40. But on all sides I hear that without influence I Stand little chance of being appointed. I am frank to admit that I have no influence. My line of business has taken a drop to such an extent that there is barely a living in it. and being a married Man with a family, you can readily understand my appeal to You. I can assure you Dear Sir I will prove worthy of any Consideration you may give this matter. I refer you to the following Gentlemen for reference. My former Employer Hugo Maul. 413-415 B'way My Present Employer John J. Robinson #54 Bond St. NY City Little [& Preuss?] # 309- 311 East 22 St Ny City NY Also William Hepper Sect'y of the Hon. Seth Low's Bible Class of which I am a member. Thanking You for any Consideration You may Show I remain Yours Very Truly Emil P. Eversmann. # 89 East 3 St. NY City NY. [*12463*]F J. M. FULLER, DUKE OF SARANAC, OFFICE IN TOWN HALL. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., 190 send card to that effect at your convenience and oblige yours in haste J. M. Fuller Duke of Saranac Lake Bat 562 and I'll get all right. [*12465*] F J. M. FULLER, DUKE OF SARANAC, OFFICE IN TOWN HALL. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Jun 11 1901 Mr Rosevelt Washington D C Dear Sir Some friend of yours named Mr Smith of New York send me word for my large size photo also two smaller cabnet to be placed as the Congresstional Record by special request and as I was in little doubt I write you to find and while waiting for them to be finished all the same Please [*12464*][shorthand] [*PF*] JES MR. GALLINGER, CHAIRMAN. COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS. UNITED STATES SENATE. Concord, N. H., June 11, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President U. S., Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Vice-President:- Understanding that you have felt constrained to decline an invitation to the reunion of the New Hampshire Veteran Association this year, but that you have promised to make a special effort to be with the Association next year at their annual gathering, I beg to add my entreaty to those of others that you honor us with your presence in the State at that time. You will find a hearty welcome awaiting you, not only by the veterans of the Civil war but by our citizens generally, who honor you for your [*12466*]--2-- strenuous advocacy of principles and policies that make for the upbuilding of our great country. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully yours, J. H. Gallinger U. S. S. [*12467*][*F*] F.V.GREENE, №. II BROADWAY, NEW YORK. S. June 11th, 1901. Mr. dear Roosevelt: Your letter of June 10th is received. I should be only too delighted to come to your house on the 29th with Warwick and meet the Harvard men, but I am sailing on the "Lucania" on that day with my entire family for a three month's trip in Europe. I hope to run in upon you at Oyster Bay in the meantime and say a few words before I sail. Sincerely yours, F. V. Greene Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. [*12468*][*F*] The University of Chicago FOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Office of the President CHICAGO June 11th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: It is very kind of you to invite me to visit you, and I shall take great pleasure in doing so some time during the Summer, if you chance to be at home. I cannot at this time state when I shall come. There is only one thing certain in this world; that is, that you must come and speak for us at the earliest possible moment. I hope that we can arrange this for an early date. Very truly yours, [*William R. Harper*] [*12469*]OFFICE PURCHASING COMMISSARY U. S. ARMY, Army Building, 39 Whitehall Street, New York City, June 11th 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President U. S. Oyster Bay, L. I. New York. SIR: When I wrote you last I expected to be going to Manila about middle of this month as clerk on the Transport "Ingalls" which position I have held for over two years, but Captain D. Bradlee Strong recently appointed Quartermaster U. S. A. and assigned to this vessel has decided among certain changes not to take me along, and consequently I expect to be out of a place in a few days. As there do not seem to be any necessity for this change only Captain Strong's own, and as I understand that you know him intimately, I wish you would please intercede in my behalf and oblige If I could even get to Manila I would be alright there, for I could easily obtain a position under either Major Cruse Or. Mr. or General Chaffee both of whom who know me well for many years. I had completely prepared myself for this trip and of course to stay with my position, but so far as Capt Strong is concerned I now find myself sadly disappointed. Colonel, if you remember on the field of Santiago, and for certain reasons, you sent Lieut Ferguson to inform me, that if I ever returned to New York and needed assistance at any time, you would gladly give it, now, I earnestly hope you will do what you can for me, if not with Capt. Strong or the Washington authorities, maybe you can possibly place me somewhere at home. Your obedient servant, Thaddeus Higgins Late 1st Sergt. Troop K, 1st U.S.Vol.Cavalry. 611 East 135th Str New York City, N.Y. [*12470*][shorthand][*P.F.*] Personal. K TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: ALUSNA, TOKYO. United States Legation, Tokyo, Naval Attaché. June 11, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States, Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr Roosevelt: I enclose herewith, for your consideration, a copy of a letter that I am sending by this mail to Admiral Sampson. I have not seen, written, or heard from the Admiral since I saw him nerly three years ago, a few days after the destruction of Cervera's Squadron. But I have taken the most profound interest in the treatment he has received from our people and their representatives in Congress. I know Admiral Sampson well, having served under him for two years at the Washington Gun Factory and having been associated with him on several boards and committees. I am, I believe, but expressing the sentiments of every naval officer who ever served under him, at sea or on shore, when I say that in our Service we consider him the best all round officer we have,-and I do not believe he has a peer in any navy,--a modest, just, and fearless man, endowed with an extraordinarily profound mind and with remarkably clear judgment; cool, prompt, and decided in action. He has all the qualities that are essential in the ideal naval commander. He filled the most responsible and trying position assigned to any naval officer during the war and did his work faultlessly, with the result that he has received the coarse abuse and neglect of the majority of his countrymen and their representatives in Congress. All this is a terrible injustice to him and will have, unless it is corrected, a permanently bad effect upon the personnel of the Navy. The Navy fully realizes that it means nothing more nor less than condemning and degrading a commander-in- chief who performed his duty thoroughly and faithfully, in order to glorify a subordinate who was a lamentable failure as a flag officer but who has been pushed forward by a lot of irresponsible journalists [*12471*](2) and politicians. The spectacle presents a fine inspiration for the officers and men of our Navy !! It may not be possible, at the present time, to correct the injustice and harm that is being done, but if you think the plan I suggest will accomplish something in that direction please do what you can, conveniently, to persuade the President to adopt it. I am confident that the written official testimony of every living captain engaged in the fight, if sent to the Senate with the President's comments and recommendations, thus being prominently placed before all of our people, would have immense effect in correcting the opinion of the public. Any man who would have the audacity, in the face of such an exhibition, to place his opinion against the unanimous opinion of the men who did the fighting would be merely butting his head against a stone wall. There would be no room left for argument, it would be necessary to make only one reply to any defamer of Admiral Sampson,- "Read the testimony of every captain in the fight and if that will not convince you,no facts that can be produced will affect your opinion". At any rate the plan I suggest would make the official records straight so that posterity would realize what a cruel injustice had been done, and I think such official testimony, even if it had but little present effect, would give some satisfaction to Admiral Sampson. He is probably so tired of the controversy that has been waged over him, and the abuse that has been heaped upon him, that he will not write to you as I have asked him, but I am sure his failure to do so would make no differenc in your action if you believe that you can do something toward righting public opinion. Please pardon me for writing you at such length and for placing this subject before you. I have appealed to you for the reasons stated in my letter to the Admiral and I am ready to accept, without qualification, your conclusions and decision upon the plan I suggest. Believe me, with very great respect and esteem, Faithfully yours, [*A. L. [??].*] [*12472*]For enc see 6-11-01[*U. S. Legation, Tokyo, Naval Attache. Copy Personal.*] June 11, 1901. My dear Admiral: Since I was ordered to duty here in Tokyo, in the autumn of 1898, I have been expecting that our representatives in Congress would execute the recommendations of the President and give official recognition to your great services to the country during the late war with Spain. Apparently the main obstacles that has stood in the way of such recognition has been the controversy started by the press and kept up in Congress by the friends, or those who posed as the friends, of Admiral Schley. I believe that if the President had adopted a plan that I suggested to Commander ____, Washington, in a letter dated May 12, 1899, that practically all opposition to carrying out the President's recommendations would have soon melted away and that it is more than probable that Congress would have given much more generous recognition than was recommended by the President. At any rate the plan I proposed appears to me the one best calculated to set you right before our people and even if it accomplished nothing more, the official records of the Government would then make it clearly evident that you are justly entitled to the grateful appreciation of our people whether you receive it or not. I do not believe I can explain my views any more clearly than by quoting from my letter to Commander ___, above mentioned, as follows:- I have given much thought to the Sampson-Schley question, 12473-2- and in my opinion the Department should do something to clear away the charges made by many senators and newspapers that the Navy is divided over the question of their respective merits and that certain Bureau Chiefs are persecuting Schley, &c, &c. The worst of it is the majority of the people, in their ignorance concerning matters pertaining to the Navy, think there is some truth in it all. I believe there is but one way to stop these wild statements and to effectually satisfy the country as to the facts, and that is to obtain and file the written testimony upon the questions at issue of every commanding officer engaged in the Santiago fight. If the President would direct the Secretary of the Navy to send to the commanding officer of each vessel present or engaged in the destruction of the Spanish Squadron a letter something like the following:- Sir: 1. The President directs that you will forward to the Department the following information:- First. At the engagement off Santiago, July 3, 1898, were the movements of actions of the vessel under your command in any way affected by orders or signals, published or made before or during the engagement, by Rear Admiral Sampson or Commodore Schley ? If the answer is affirmative briefly state the particulars. Second. From your own knowledge of what occurred during the blockade and engagement off Santiago, name the officer, in your opinion, to whom the chief credit should be given that Admiral Cervera's Squadron did not successfully escape from the harbor of Santiago. Give briefly the reasons determining your opinion. 2. As the information above requested will be submitted to the President for his consideration and as it will also be filed in the permanent records of the Department you are requested to give your reply thorough consideration and make it concise and clear. 3. You will please take every precaution to preserve this latter and your reply thereto absolutely confidential until made public by the President. Respectfully, Secretary of the Navy. I believe the replies would put an end to all talk of unfairness and it is only common justice to Admiral Sampson that something of the kind should be done. I have not talked of this plan with any one, so I wish you would think it over and if you believe it would successfully accomplish the purpose intended please try to have it adopted. I believe the plan I propose would not cause 12474-3- any heart burnings, and it ought to put an end to ill natured charges and ignorant discussions, and should be effective in relieving the President of a trying situation... In the course of about two months I received a reply from Commander _____ in which he expressed the opinion that any further agitation of the question would only make matters worse, that the people were on the side of Admiral Schley and nothing could change the situation, &c. On July 10, 1899. I replied to his letter as follows:- .... I am disappointed that you think nothing can be done to change the views of the people in regard to the relative merit of the work performed by Sampson and Schley during the late war. It certainly seems, as you say, that every effort to clear away the fog has been lamentably unsuccessful. But I do not see how the matter can be dropped, for it is sure to come up at the next session of Congress and neither the Administration nor naval officers,- at least those who know there is but one side to the question,- can afford to desert Admiral Sampson because the majority of the people, in their dense ignorance of every thing pertaining to the Navy, are arranged on the wrong side. I believe the newspapers are largely responsible for the present feeling in the country for they have insisted that Admiral Schley is a man of the people who is hounded and abused by the Secretary and certain Bureau Chiefs, who are jealous of his greatness, and wish to rob him of his rightful glory and place it on the shoulders of Admiral Sampson who belongs to their own "little coterie of naval bosses and aristocrats." I believe it is due, principally, to the promulgation of these ideas that the letters of the Secretary and the recommendation of the President have not had more effect. But I do not believe that the most fantastic journalism. or the most malicious clown on the floor of the Senate or House, can prevent an entire change in the feeling and sentiment of the country when it once realizes that the opinion of every captain who had anything to do with the fight or blockade at Santiago is strongly on the side of Admiral Sampson. And the country certainly would come to such a realization if written opinions of the captains were sent to the Senate along with the President's comments 12475 -4- and recommendations....... About July 10, 1899, I also wrote to Captain R.D. Evans. Mak- ing the same suggestions to him that I had made to Commander- ____ two months before. In Captain Evans reply he said that the President had already decided to take, practically, the action I had suggested. By this it seems that he meant the conference's which afterward took place at the White House be- tween the President and the Captains. But, as a matter of fact, this was very far from being the plan that I proposed, for the conference was secret, and the result was never made public and, in my opinion, such a proceeding could not reason- ably be expected to have any weight in forming or changing the judgment of the public. It is most important that the people should be convinced. As soon as they have the means of forming a sound and lasting judgement, and make their opinions known the Senate and House will not lose much time in placing on record their appreciation of the way in which you did your work in the most important position assigned to any naval officer during the war; a position which required you to meet and solve the gravest and most difficult problems that were developed during the entire period of hostilities. There is no doubt that the result of the plan I propose would be to place in the hands of the Presidents the written testi- mony of every captain who had anything to do with the fight: all testifying to the fact that the movements of not a single vessel during the fight were affected by signal but that each 12476 merely carried out the directions contained in a general order -5- that you had issued sometime previous to the engagement; each captain would also, without qualification, express the opinion that you should have the chief credit for the destruction of Cervera's Squadron, and would point out clearly that it was entirely due to your weeks of trying and unsurpassed blockade work, always keeping your ships ready to move and fight their guns at a moment's notice, that- and that alone- absolutely insured the destruction of the Spanish Squadron whenever it should dare to make an attempt to escape. Perhaps int he face of such official testimony from the men who did the fighting there might still be found a few silly editors and frenzied politicians, who would try to prevent the change in public opinion that would surely and swiftly follow, but their efforts wold be in vain. I believe that if you would allow the suggestions I have herein proposed to be properly presented to the President that he would willingly consent to doing his part. I think it is your duty to yourself and to the Naval Service that something of the kind should be done. I am unable to see any sound objections to the plan and I hope it may meet with your approval. I should consider it a great personal favor to me if you would kindly talk or write to Mr. Roosevelt about the suggestions I have made, and request his opinion upon the subject. I have great confidence in his judgment and he is greatly interested in the Navy, and if he approves the plan there could not be, possibly, a better man to present it to the President. I expect to return to the United States next winter and shall 12477-6- ask to be ordered to some ship on the North Atlantic Station, so that I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you before many months have passed away. Please present my compliments to Mrs. Sampson, and believe me, my dear Admiral, with best wishes for your good health and happiness. Faithfully yours [*[???]*] Rear Admiral W.T. Sampson, U.S. Navy. Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. 12478Enc in Key 6-11-01New York June 11th 1901 Hon Theo. Roosevelt Oyster Bay L. I. My dear Sir The purpose of this letter is to call your attention to the possible appointment of Col. David L. Brainard to a Brigadier Generalship of Volunteers - and when I tell you that our mutual friend M. Halls is personally interested in him and has had much to do with his rise from a Serg't- in the reg. army I am sure you will pardon the liberty I am taking- I have cabled Mr. Halls today (Berlin) and am sure he will cable to the War Dept. his hearty endorsement 12479The Col. is an intelligent gentleman went furtherest North in the Greely expedition. was promoted by Cleveland to the 2' Lient= for bravery in fighting Indians- passed to 1st Lieut= was made Capt. in Commissary Dept- As such went with Alaska Expedition, Recalled by Civil Merit and went to Manilla and is now doing duty at Com Dept- in New York - He has every qual. of a man- a soldier and an American- a welcome visitor at our homes- We first met him as Sergt-. I believe him every way worthy of the honor- and I feel sure you would find him more than I can or care to write here I do not feel that I have any right to ask your good offices in the matter of his advancement much as I would like it. nor do I know that it in proper I should- but I am interested in the man and I know Holls is- so I will put it rather that if it is in your way and disposition I am sure M. Holls will confirm all I say and be glad if you can further Brainards interest- I feel somewhat akward in addressing you on this subject and trust you will pardon the liberty I have taken Very Truly Yours B. E. Kingman (Yonkers) 12480HEINS & LA FARGE, ARCHITECTS, TEMPLE COURT, 7 BEEKMAN ST. NEW YORK. June 11, 1901. Dear Theodore:- I go down to Rhode Island every Friday and stay over Sunday, and I hardly think I can get down to you this week. If you will let me, I will come down next Tuesday, the 18th, for the night, and if you find I behave myself properly, you may let me stay over the following night. Very sincerely yours, [*C La Farge*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay. 12481 Fifth Annual Assembly of The Clarinda Chautauqua AUGUST 15 to 29, 1901 WM. ORR, President CHAS. TUNNECLIFFE Vice-Pres W. L. LUNDY, Sec'y H. R. SPRY, Treasurer Directors: A. F. BEAL C. A. LISLE L. W. LEWIS O. H. PARK T. E. POWERS CLARINDA, IOWA, June 11/1901 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt My Dear Sir We are [??] you are to be in the West some time in Aug. and if you possibly could we would like for you to give us a date at our Chautauqua any where from Aug. 20. to 29" if you can in any way see your way clear to vive us a date we assure you we will make it both pleasant & profitable to you. hope you can be with us. Respectfully W. C. Lunder secy. 12482HEINS & LA FARGE, ARCHITECTS, TEMPLE COURT, 7 BEEKMAN ST. NEW YORK. June 11, 1901. Dear Theodore:- I go down to Rhode Island every Friday and stay over Sunday, and I hardly think I can get down to you this week. If you will let me, I will come down next Tuesday, the 18th, for the night, and if you find I behave myself properly, you may let me stay over the following night. Very sincerely yours, [*C La Farge*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay. 12481 Fifth Annual Assembly of The Clarinda Chautauqua AUGUST 15 to 29, 1901 WM. ORR, President CHAS. TUNNECLIFFE Vice-Pres W. L. LUNDY, Sec'y H. R. SPRY, Treasurer Directors: A. F. BEAL C. A. LISLE L. W. LEWIS O. H. PARK T. E. POWERS CLARINDA, IOWA, June 11/1901 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt My Dear Sir We are [??] you are to be in the West some time in Aug. and if you possibly could we would like for you to give us a date at our Chautauqua any where from Aug. 20. to 29" if you can in any way see your way clear to vive us a date we assure you we will make it both pleasant & profitable to you. hope you can be with us. Respectfully W. C. Lunder secy. 12482Custom house. Office of the Collector, Boston. June 11th 1901 Dear Ted, If you come on to Commencement - as I hope you will- I have told Frank Lowell to bring you down to my house Beverly Farms to dine & pass the night if he can so persuade you, & I will have a few people to meet you at table. You would come down [*12483*] probably in the "Flying Fisherman" 3-45 P.M. &drive - going up to town by the "F. F." 8-31 A.M. next morning or a week later as most agreeable to yourselves. Sincerely yours, George H Lyman Theodore Roosevelt Vice President- [*shorthand*] [*12484*] #1828 Park Av. Phila., Penna. June 11, '01. My Dear Sir,- Can I ask you a few questions regarding one of the regulations governing Civil Service Employees? I've made application for an examination for promotion or I mean to be placed on the eligible list for promotion, after holding this subordinate position (Assistant, Bookkeeper) for the past several years. May I ask, Do you construe the regulation in the same manner? Oblige me and if possible give me a little assistance. Pardon me. Very respectfully, Frank P. Mang. The Vice-President [Shorthand] 12485OFFICES OF Republican County Committee, No. 1 Madison Avenue, Metropolitan Building. Cor. 23d Street New York. TELEPHONES: 437, 3307, 3308, 3309- 19TH ST. June 11, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Very dear Sir,- An order was issued from the War Department about a month ago honorably discharging nine Brigadier Generals of Volunteers. to take effect the 20th" of the present month. This affords an opportunity to appoint other Army officers to these vacancies and I am very desirous of seeing Major David L. [Brainard?] selected. Major [Brainard?] is a main personal friend of mine, and on account of his faithful and distinguished services in the Army I am making strong efforts to secure his appointment. The enclosed copy of a letter which has been sent to the President sets forth all of the detail of his career and I take the liberty of requesting you to take an interest in the [*12486*]OFFICES OF Republican County Committee, No. 1 Madison Avenue, Metropolitan Building. Cor. 23d Street New York. TELEPHONES: 437, 3307, 3308, 3309- 19TH ST. matter. If you will take up the matter, personally or by [???], with the President and the Secretary of War I feel confident that the appointment will be made and I shall be very greatly obliged. Major [Brainard?] is endorsed by Major General Otis, General F. V. Greene, General Weston, General [??] [??] and by numerous other individuals who are interested in him. Trusting that you will be able to comply with my request, Very respectfully, Robert C. Morris. [*12487*][For enc see 6-11-01]THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING ROOM 614, ... 105 EAST 22D STREET ... OFFICE HOURS: 11 A. M. TO 12 M. Miss Virginia Porter MRS. I. N. PHELPS STOKES, 2d Vice-President. MRS. FREDERICK NATHAN, President. MRS. HUGH MUNROE DEWEES, 1st Vice-President. Mrs. Alfred Chapin MRS. J. G. CROSWELL, Treasurer. MISS EMMA BRACE, Corresponding Secretary. [MISS BERTHA H. SUCCOMB] Mrs. Chas. Fairchild Recording Secretary. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, MISS ISELIN, DR. MARY PUTNAM JACOBI, MRS. SETH LOW, MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL, MRS. WM. S. RAINSFORD, MRS. JACOB H. SCHIFF, MRS. SPENCER TRASK, MRS. FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT, MISS GRACE DODGE, MRS. ALEXANDER VAN RENNSELAER. Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard ADVISORY BOARD. PROF. JOHN BATES CLARK, MR. S. H. DITCHETT, MR. ALBERT J. HOCHSTADTER, DR. HENRY M. LEIPEIGER, MR. WM. J. A. MCKIM, MR. ROBERT. ROBERT C OGDEN, MR. JOHN SERLY WARD. Mrs. Douglas Robinson MR. JACOB RIIS, REV. THOMAS R. SLICER, Mrs. Robt. Fulton Cutting NEW YORK, June 11 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay,L.I. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- I appreciate deeply your efforts in our behalf, and I thank you sincerely for your interest and for your kind letter. We are very much perplexed to know that the reason can possibly be which prevents us from securing space for an exhibit at the Exposition. It seems to me that it would be only fair on the part of Mr. Buchanan to give us some valid reason for his refusal.Would it be troubling you too much to obtain Mr. Buchanan's permission to show me his letter to you? May I say to you confidentially that we anticipate exhibiting at the Atlanta and the St. Louis Expositions,if we can secure space,and on this account we would like to know on what technical grounds our request in this instance is refused. Thanking you again for your kindly interest, Iam Yours sincerely, Maud Nathan [*12488*] [shorthand]Lyman G Bloomingdale Third Ave 59th& 60th Streets New York June 11th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, VIce President of the United States, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir:- Mr Bloomingdale begs to acknowledge with thanks receipt of your photograph, with your autograph, which he appreciates very much indeed. Very respectfully yours, [?] 12489Senate of the United States Office of the Sergeant at Arms Washington D.C.] June 11, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Sir: A short time ago the two copies of the laws of the last session of Congress, that you are entitled to, were received at this office. I had them bound for you and send one copy to you, under separate cover. The other one was placed in the bookcase in your chamber. Yours truly, [?] 12490 Wesleyan University Middletown, Conn. June 11, 1901. Sir:- Permit me, on behalf of the Trustees and Faculty of Wesleyan University, to request the honor of your presence during the exercises of the approaching Commencement week. A program of the exercises is herewith enclosed. Very respectfully yours, B. P. Raymond, President. To the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 12491on my arrival Sincerely yours T. H. Shevelin If you will name an hour on any of the days named I would be pleased to visit you, I could go to Oyster Bay if necessary if you will make an appointment for me- Answer this care of Waldorf Astoria and I will receive it Thursday noon 12493June 11th [*[01]*] Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay N. Y. My dear Mr Roosevelt- I will be at Hotel Waldorf Astoria Thursday Friday and leave 430 AM Saturday for Albany, I would like a conference with you if you can spare the time 12492on my arrival Sincerely yours T. H. Shevelin If you will name an hour on any of the days named I would be pleased to visit you, I could go to Oyster Bay if necessary if you will make an appointment for me- Answer this care of Waldorf Astoria and I will receive it Thursday noon 12493New York, June 11th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: We enclose herewith an invitation on behalf of the Williams Chapter to the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the installation of a chapter of Alpha Delta Phi at Williams. The occasion possesses great interest for all graduates of the Williams Chapter, and an effort is being made to secure the presence of representative members of the Fraternity to assist us in making the occasion noteworthy. It would gratify us very much if you could be present at Williamstown on Monday, June 24th, and be the guest of the Chapter at its reunion on the evening of that date. Yours very truly, FRANCIS LYNDE STETSON, HAMILTON W. MABIE, BAINBRIDGE COLBY, ARTHUR W. FRANCIS, Alumni Committee. Please address reply to Francis L. Stetson, 15 Broad St., N.Y. Accommodations will be reserved for you. [*12494*]The Commissioner of Records, KINGS COUNTY. GEORGE E. WALDO, Commissioner. FRANK M. THORBURN, Deputy Commissioner. THOMAS D. MOSSCROP, Superintendent. TELEPHONE NO. 1082 MAIN. ROOM 7, HALL OF RECORDS, Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, June 11th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dear Sir,- Have telegraphed you this afternoon requesting interview with you on Thursday, the 13th inst., when Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady, of the 23rd Regiment, N.G.N.Y., and I would like to call on you at your residence at Oyster Bay, if convenient to you. Yours very truly, [*Geo. E. Waldo*] [*12495*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. 420P NUMBERr 11 SENT BY OY REC'D BY U CHECK 12 Paid RECEIVED at June 11 1901 Dated Brooklyn NY 11 To Vice Pres Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Would request opportunity to call on you Thursday if convenient please answer George E Waldo. [*Told him to call[??] Friday at 422 Loeb [*12496*] ALEXANDER S. WILLIAMS, LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. June 11 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY My dear Colonel: I am in receipt of yours of the 16th granting an appointment for Friday the 14th 5:30 P.M. at 422 Madison Ave. Many thanks and I will be on hand Respectfully yours Alex S Williams [*12197*]THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED. 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. THOS. T. ECKERT, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. 450p NUMBER 11 SENT BY OY REC'D BY U CHECK 12 Paid RECEIVED at June 11 1901 Dated Brooklyn NY 11 To Vice Prest Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Would request opportunity to call on you thursday if convenient please answer George E Waldo. [*Told him to call [?] Friday at 4 pm Loeb [*12496*] ALEXANDER S. WILLIAMS, LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. June 11, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Colonel: I am in receipt of yours of the 16th granting an appointment for Friday the 14th 530 P.M. at 422 Madison Ave. Many thanks and I will be on hand. Respectfully yours [?] [?] [*12497*]Washington, D. C., June 11, 1901. [*Shorthand*] The Vice-President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I am in receipt of yours of the 8th instant, regarding the matter of the reappointment of Governor Otero, and have carefully considered all you say. Indeed, I fully appreciate the wisdom of your position, and can but thank you sincerely for the extent you have gone in the matter, in doing what you have already done. Governor Otero's friends are here now making a fight against an unmeritorious but annoying lot of generalities that have been filed by disappointed and spiteful persons against him. With assurances to you of my very highest consideration, I have the honor to be, in common with all the people of New Mexico, Sincerely yours, Solomon [???] [*[?]*] Mem. Nat. Rep. Com. of New Mexico. [*12498*][shorthand]June 11, 1901 To the President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Sir:- I have the honor to endorse Major Davis L. Brainard,of the U. S. Army, for appointment as Brigadier-General of Volunteers to one of the vacancies which will occur on June 20th next, by virtue of the order issued by the War Department on May 6th honorably discharging nine Brigadier-Generals. Major Brainard's career, in connection with the U. S. Army, possesses conspicuous merit, and his appointment to the post suggested would be a just reward. He entered the service as a Private in Troop L, Second Cavalry, September 18, 1876; became a Corporal, and then a Sergeant; and when the Greely expedition was organized was selected to accompany the expedition because of his fine record and peculiar fitness for the work. From the headquarters established by this expedition in Greenland he, with Lieutenant Lockwood,was sent forward by his Commanding Officer on a journey of exploration, and attained the highest point on our globe ever reached by any Artic explorer, and the point reached by them is still the "Farthest North" on land. Through all the privations to which the Greely party was subjected he performed his part of the work with great credit, and, as a result, was granted a commission as Second [*12499*] (2) Lieutenant of Cavalry for gallant and meritorious services. He was afterwards promoted to a First Lieutenancy, and, on the 14th of October, 1896, was made Captain in the Subsistence Department. In December, 1897, he was selected by the Honorable Secretary of War for duty in Alaska, in connection with the distribution of relief supplies to the destitute miners, and remained on duty in that region until war was declared between this country and Spain. On May 9, 1898, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Commissary of of Subsistence and sent to Manila, where he performed his part of the work to the entire satisfaction of the War Department and the troops of the Eighth Army Corps serving in Manila. On November 8th of the same year he was made Colonel of Volunteers, and on February 12, 1899, he received his promotion as Major in the Regular Army. Referring to the annual report of the Commissary-General of Subsistence for 1899, at page 9, it is stated: "Maj. David L. Brainard, commissary of subsistence, was "assigned in May, 1898, as chief commissary on the staff of the "commanding general of the Eighth Army Corps, and on arrival of "that corps in Manila, Philippine Islands, was made chief commissary "of the Department of the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps, and "has continued in the latter capacity until relieved, on account "of impaired health, by Special Orders, No. 201, Headquarters of "the Army, August 28, 1899. The number of regular and volunteer "subsistence officers doing continuous duty in the Philippines, as "division and brigade commissaries in the field and as purchasing "and depot commissaries and assistants, has been about twelve, the "duties of whom have been supervised by Major Brainard, under the "direction of the commanding general. In addition to the large "money accountability connected with the chief commissaryship, the "supervision of the vast quantities of subsistence stores sent to "the islands has in large part devolved on him; and from information "which has reached this Office as to the manner in which the "subsistence affairs of the Department of the Pacific and Eighth "Army Corps have been managed, it is a subject of congratulation "that so able, zealous, and efficient an officer as Major Brainard "was chosen for the duties which he has so satisfactorily performed." 12500 (3) Major Brainard is now stationed in New York City, where he has performed the duties of his office to the entire satisfaction of the War Department. He is shipping enormous quantities of subsistence store to the Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico, and to the majority of the posts in the Military Department of the East, disbursing more than four million dollars annually. This recommendation is made to your Excellency in order that recognition may be given Major Brainard for his meritorious services as an officer of the U. S. Army, and particularly in the services rendered by him in Manila, where the work of the Subsistence Department was conducted without criticism. Very Respectfully, President. 12501Enc in Morris 6-11-01 5 our people are proud, almost every such man has based his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible. Sometimes it has been done unconsciously, more often consciously; and among the very greatest men a disproportionately large number have been diligent and close students of the Bible at first hand. Lincoln- sad, patient, kindly Lincoln, who, after bearing upon his weary shoulders for four years a greater burden than that borne by any other man of the nineteenth century, laid down his life for the people whom living he had served so well- built up his entire reading upon his early study of the Bible. He had mastered it absolutely; mastered it as later he mastered only one or two other books, notably Shakespeare; mastered it so that he became almost "a man of one book," who knew that book and who instinctively put into practice what he had been taught therein; and he left his life as part of the crowning work of the century that has just closed. In this country we rightly pride ourselves upon our system of widespread popular education. We most emphatically do right to pride ourselves upon it. It is not merely of inestimable advantage to us; it lies at the root of our power of self-government. But it is not sufficient in itself. We must cultivate the mind; but it is not enough only to cultivate the mind. With education of the mind must go the spiritual teaching which will make us turn the trained intellect to good account. A man whose intellect has been educated, while at the same time his moral education has been neglected, is only the more dangerous to the community because of the exceptional additional power 12504 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON THE BIBLE. THE Long Island Bible Society (Auxiliary to the American Bible Society) held its Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 11, 1901, at Oyster Bay, Long Island. In the evening the Directors and members of the Society were invited to a reception given at the summer home of Mr. Roosevelt, then Vice- President of the United States. In the evening the Presbyterian Church was crowded to the doors with an attentive audience. The President of the Society, the Rev. Dr. Campbell, of Southampton, presided. The Rev. Alexander G. Russell, pastor of the church, made an appropriate address of welcome. The chief address of the evening was delivered by Vice-President Roosevelt, and at its conclusion he was unanimously elected a Vice-President of the Long Island Bible Society. Since then its distinguished author has become President of the United States. It is now published with his consent just as it was originally delivered to his friends and neighbors on Long Island, and as it appeared in the Bible Society Record for July, 1901. 12503 [*[6-11-01]*] PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON THE BIBLE American Bible Society Leaflet, No. 13 12502 And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 4 MR. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS. Mr. President, Dr. Russell, and you my friends and neighbors here, and those whom on behalf of my friends and neighbors I greet as guests to-night: I want to say, first of all, sir, that you could not have enjoyed coming up as much as I enjoyed having you at my house. All I regret is that there were not more of you present. I am glad to have the opportunity of saying a few words to you this evening, and in a sense my text has been furnished me by what Mr. Russell said when he spoke of the Bible as not only essential to Christianity, but essential to good citizenship; that not only as Christians but as good citizens we have the right to challenge support for the work done by this and kindred societies. As all of you know, there are certain truths which are so very true that we call them truisms; and yet I think we often half forget them in practice. Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes what a very large number of people tend to forget that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally- I do not mean figuratively, I mean literally -impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed. We would lose almost all the standards by which we now judge both public and private morals; all the standards toward which we, with more or less of resolution, strive to raise ourselves. Almost every man who has by his life-work added to the sum of human achievement of which the race is proud, of which 6 which he has acquired. Surely what I am saying needs no proof; surely the mere statement of it is enough, that education must be education of the heart and conscience no less that of the mind. It is an admirable thing, a most necessary thing, to have a sound body. It is an even better thing to have a sound mind. But infinitely better than either is it to have that, for the lack of which neither sound mind nor a sound body can atone, character. Character is in the long run the decisive factor in the life of individuals and of nations alike. Sometimes, in rightly putting the stress that we do upon intelligence, we forget the fact that there is something that counts more. It is a good thing to be clever, to be able and smart; but it is a better thing to have the qualities that find their expression in the Decalogue and the Golden Rule. It is a good and necessary thing to be intelligent; it is a better thing to be straight and decent fearless. It was a Yale professor, Mr. Lounsberry, who remarked that his experience in the class room had taught him "the infinite capacity of the human mind to withstand the introduction of knowledge." Some of you preachers must often feel the same way about the ability of mankind to withstand the introduction of elementary decency and morality. A man must be honest in the first place; but that by itself is not enough. No matter how good a man is, if he is timid he cannot accomplish much in the world. There is only a very circumscribed sphere of usefulness for the timid good man. So, besides being honest, a man has got to have courage, too. And these two together are not enough. No matter how 11 Again, I want you to think of your neighbors, of the people you know. Don't you, each one of you, know some man (I am sorry to say, perhaps more often, some woman) who gives life an unhealthy turn for children by trying to spare them in the present the very things which would train them to do strong work in the future? Such conduct is not kindness. It is shortsightedness and selfishness; it means merely that the man or woman shrinks from the little inconveniences, to himself or herself, of making the child fit itself to be a good and strong man or woman hereafter. There should be the deepest and truest love for their children in the hearts of all fathers and mothers. Without such love there is nothing but black despair for the family; but the love must respect both itself and the one beloved. It is not true love to invite future disaster by weak indulgence for the moment. What is true affection for a boy? To bring him up so that nothing rough ever touches him, and at twenty- one turn him out into the world with a moral nature that turns black and blue in great bruises at the least shock from any one of the forces of evil with which he is bound to come in contact? Is that kindness? Indeed, it is not. Bring up your boys with both love and wisdom; and turn them out as men, strong limbed, clear eyed, stout hearted, clean minded, able to hold their own in this great world of work and strife and ceaseless effort. If we read the Bible aright, we read a book which teaches us to go forth and do the work of the Lord; to do the work of the Lord in the world as we find it; to try to make things better in this world, even if only 9 Do you not know families where this is done? For instance: "You have been a bad child- learn a chapter of Isaiah." And the child learns it as a disagreeable task, and in his mind that splendid and lofty poem and prophecy is forever afterward associated with an uncomfortable feeling of disgrace. I hope you will not make your children learn the Bible in that way, for you can devise no surer method of making a child revolt against all the wonderful beauty and truth of Holy Writ. Probably there is not a mother or a school teacher here who could not, out of her own experience, give instance after instance of the queer twists that the little minds give to what seem to us perfectly simple sentences. Now, I would make a very strong plea for each of us to try and see that the child understands what the words mean. I do not think that it is ordinarily necessary to explain the simple and beautiful stories of the Bible; children understand readily the lessons taught therein; but I do think it necessary to see that they really have a clear idea of what each sentence means, what the words mean. Probably some of my hearers remember the old Madison Square Presbyterian Church in New York when it was under the ministry of Dr. Adams, and those of you who remember the Doctor will, I think, agree with me that he was one of those very rare men with whose name one instinctively tends to couple the adjective "saintly." I attended his church when I was a little boy. The good Doctor had a small grandson, and it was accidentally discovered that the little fellow felt a great terror of entering the church when it was vacant. After vain attempts to 7 brave and honest he is, if he is a natural born fool, you can do little with him. Remember the order in which I name them. Honesty first; then courage; then brains, and all are indispensable. We have no room in a healthy community for either the knave, the fool, the weakling, or the coward. You may look through the Bible from cover to cover and nowhere will you find a line that can be construed into an apology for the man of brains who sins against the light. On the contrary, in the Bible, taking that as a guide, you will find that because much has been given to you much will be expected from you; and a heavier condemnation is to be visited upon the able man who goes wrong than upon his weaker brother who cannot do the harm that the other does, because it is not in him to do it. So I plead, not merely for training of the mind, but for the moral and spiritual training of the home and the church; the moral and spiritual training that have always been found in, and that have ever accompanied the study of, this book; this book, which in almost every civilized tongue can be described as "The Book," with the certainty of all understanding you when you so describe it. One of the highest tributes of modern times to the worth of the Bible as an educational and moral influence of incalculable value to the whole community came from the great scientist Huxley, who said: "Consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is noblest and best in our history, and that it has become the national epic of our race; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite 8 beauties of mere litany form; and finally, that it forbids the veriest hind, who never left his village, to be ignorant of the existence of other countries and other civilizations and of a great past, stretching back tot he furthest limits of the oldest nations in the world. "By the study of what other book could children be so much humanized and made to feel that each figure in that vast historical procession fills, like themselves, but a momentary space in the interval between the eternities? "The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed. Down to modern times, no State has had a constitution in which the interests of the people are so largely taken into account; in which the duties, so much more than the privileges, of rulers are insisted upon, as that drawn up for Israel in Deuteronomy and Leviticus. Nowhere in the fundamental truth that the welfare of the State, in the long run, depends upon the righteousness of the citizen, so strongly laid down. The Bible is the most democratic book in the world." The teaching of the Bible to children is, of course, a matter of especial interest to those of us who have families- and, incidentally, I wish to express my profound belief in large families. Older folks often fail to realize how readily a child will grasp a little askew something they do not take the trouble to explain. We cannot be too careful in seeing that the biblical learning is not merely an affair of rote, so that the child may understand what it is being taught. And, by the way, I earnestly hope that you will never make your children learn parts of the Bible as punishment. 10 find out exactly what his reasons were, it happened late one afternoon that the Doctor went to the church with him on some errand. They walked down the aisle together, their steps echoing in the vacant building, the little boy clasping the Doctor's hand and gazing anxiously about. When they reached the pulpit he said, "Grandpa, where is the zeal?" "The what?" asked Dr. Addams. "The zeal," repeated the little boy; "why, don't you know, 'the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up?'" You can imagine the Doctor's astonishment when he found that this sentence had sunk deep into his little grandson's mind as a description of some terrific monster which haunted the inside of churches. The immense moral influence of the Bible, though of course infinitely the most important, is not the only power it has for good. In addition there is the unceasing influence it exerts on the side of good taste, of good literature, of proper sense of proportion, of simple and straightforward writing and thinking. This is not a small matter in an age when there is a tendency to read much that even if not actually harmful on moral grounds is yet injurious because it represents slip-shod, slovenly thought and work; not the kind of serious thought, of serious expression, which we like to see in anything that goes into the fiber of our character. The Bible does not teach us to shirk difficulties, but to overcome them. That is a lesson that each one of us who has children is bound in honor to teach these children if he or she expects to see them become fitted to play the part of men and women in our world. [*Enclosed in Pick, 11-7-01*] 12 a little better, because we have lived in it. That kind of work can be done only by the man who is neither a weakling nor a coward; by the man who in the fullest sense of the word is a true Christian, like Great Heart, Bunyan's hero. We plead for a closer and wider and deeper study of the Bible, so that our people may be in fact as well as in theory "doers of the work and not hearers only." 1901: 10, 19, 15M. STATEMENT. THIS leaflet is published (under the kind permission of President Roosevelt) by the AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. This Society exists for the sole purpose of circulating the Holy Scriptures in all languages and among all nations on the earth. It was organized in 1816, and since that time it has issued 68,953,434 copies of the Bible, or some portion therefore. For this great end it welcomes the aid of all who read the Bible. The Executive Officers of the Society are the Rev. John Fox, D.D., and the Rev. William I. Haven, D.D., Corresponding Secretaries, and Mr. William Foulke, Treasure, Bible House, Astor Place, New York. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE, NEW YORK. [*[6-11-01]*] BOOKLOVERS READING CLUB. COURSES. 1. PROBLEMS IN MODERN DEMOCRACY. 2. MODERN MASTERS OF MUSIC. 3. RAMBLINGS AMONG ART CENTRES. 4. AMERICAN VACATIONS IN EUROPE. 5. SIX NEW ENGLAND CLASSICS 6. SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH KINGS. 7. CHARLES DICKENS: HIS LIFE AND WORK. 8. CHILD-STUDY FOR MOTHERS AND TEACHERS. 9. INDUSTRIAL QUESTIONS OF THE DAY. 10. FLORENCE IN ART AND LITERATURE. 11. STUDIES OF EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS. 12. FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE RENAISSANCE. 13. THE MODERN CITY AND ITS PROBLEMS. 14. STUDIES IN APPLIED ELECTRICITY. 15. FIVE WEEKS' STUDY OF ASTRONOMY. 16. RECENT ENGLISH DRAMATISTS. 17. STUDIES IN CURRENT RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. 18. THE GREATER VICTORIAN POETS. 19. OUT-OF-DOOR AMERICANS. 20. THE WORLD'S GREAT WOMEN NOVELISTS. 21. AMERICAN FOUNDATION HISTORY. 22. STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERARY LIFE. 23. VENICE IN ART AND IN ROMANCE. 24. THE ENGLISH BIBLE: HOW WE GOT IT. 25. THE MECHANISM OF PRESENT-DAY COMMERCE. 12505[Enc in Eaton 6-11-01]New York, June 12th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. My Dear Vice President, Your very kind letter of June 7th enclosing a letter Superintendent Hendricks, which I herewith return, at hand and thank you very much for the trouble you have taken in the matter. There is however an error which I would like to correct. Mr. Hendricks states that I appeared before the department in behalf of Mr. Peasley, which is not so. I have taken no other steps in this matter, except the letter I wrote to you, and it is evident that I was misled 12506to believe that Mr. Peasley's license was revolted on a mere technicality. I am awfully sorry to have transpassed upon your valuable time with this matter and hope that you will pardon my foolish hate. Very devastedly yours, [?] 12507 [*Shorthand*] on left side 36 EAST 69TH STREET. N. Y. June 12. 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt. It occurs to me that you should be elected an honorary member of the Union League Club: If elected, however, you would be ineligible for the office of President of the club, and it may be of advantage to elect you President next year in order to have you in close touch with the chamber in 1904. If you think well of [*12508*]it I will ask my Committee to recommend to the Executive Committee to nominate you for election by the Club. You know that, under By-Law No. 35, only the Executive Committee can make the nomination. Please let me know what your wishes are in the matter. Yours sincerely Edward F. Brown 12509[*Shorthand*] [*Dwight's notes published by Chase*] [*PF*] NEW YORK HERALD. WASHINGTON BUREAU. June 12 1901 Dear Mr Roosevelt: I cannot resist the temptation to send you a bit of news, "under reserve," as they say in Venezuela. Charles G. Dawes is just back from Illinois. He says in that state the only one talked about for President in 1904 is Colonel Roosevelt. The people say Colonel Roosevelt made a great sacrifice in 1900 and took a place he did not want, and he [????] [??] nomination and must have it. [*12510*]In answer to the Parrot like statement that their candidate is impulsive they say "Well show us any serious mistake he ever made." This [report?] coming from such a strong administration man as in Dawes, seemed to me significant and I deemed it of sufficient interest for me to make bold to communicate it to you. Dawes' name, as you will perceive is the only thing necessary to be kept in confidence. I imagine you are not thinking about politics now, but if I have obtunded an [unusual?] [???] subject pray consider that I have already asked your pardon. Yours Very Truly H. S. Brown. To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay. NY [*12511*]STATE OF NEW YORK. Senate Chamber, Albany, June 12th 1901 Mr rosefelt Dear Sir I wright to Ask you A favor and this letter is from Mrs Ida Burzett frank Burzett wife he who was the capitol Bootblack and is now dead and Burried last Thursday he had hasty consumtion and left me with 2 children and I am sorry to say with out anything alltho I work day by day at washing and Ironing and his funeral expencies is 75 dolers and I have to ask the friends to help me out, it is A very hard thing for me to do for I have worked here in this city for 21 years by the day and week and [*12512*] [*[6-12-01]*] STATE OF NEW YORK. Senate chamber, Albany. 190 2 have to do this he was once inshured but by his own fault let it drop but by god help and the help of my friends I will come out all wright so far Mr A B [????]back and mr [???] of the times union has has help me and I will go and ask my people whom I still work for to asist me and if I can return [the] the favor at any time I will be glad to do so now mr president, I am A collord woman and mr henry finking who worked for you can tell you just who I am and if you will pleas be so kind as to help me out I hope by gods help I or my son can [*12513*] [*[6-12-01]*] STATE OF NEW YORK. S enate chamber, Albany. 190 3 repay you duble in some way or matter in work from mrs Ida Burzett 179 church Street Albany 179 Church Street Albany [*3*] [*12514*]Colorado springs Col June 12, 1901 Col. Theodore Roosevelt My Dear Sir When your name was first begun to be Mentioned as Candidate for vice President I took the liberty of writing your private Secretary to ask you to take the advice of a very old Man who has-in is day-Some experience as a politician advising you not to allow your name to be used in that connection and give My reasons for such advice. Under the the pressure of Circumstances at the Convention [*12515 *] 1840. and I even only hope to aid you in 1904. This nor your answer -if you find time to write a word will be considered private Faithfully & fondly yours W.H. Conant [*Shorthand*]I excused your acceptance of the nomination and there is no particle of doubt but your aid done much to win our great victory. But it is with "fear & trembling" I look forward to 1904. There are those high in party Council who think they have laid you aside out of their way. My love for Chauncey M Depew makes me say that he is not one to stand for a moment in your way but there are others who aided in your nomination who did not have your future success in view. You know them. I still have faith that your great and just popularity will keep you in the front and that my prediction that no vice president ever got beyond that may in this instance prove unfounded Our program here is to keep you & our Wolcott at the front. At the expiration of [Hawley?] term of Senator we shall be in shape to return E O Wolcott to Washington We are now looking for your presence here August 1,2 & 3 and I am sure you will meet a reception that will make my words true. Since you were here last fall the wife with whom I had lived more than 64 years has been called to her higher home and the world does not look as bright as it did with her at my side But I send and study the future of politics with the old love of the party with whom I have traveled always since [*12516*]Law Office HORACE E. DEMING, Corn Exchange Bank Building, 11 & 13 William Street, New York. June 12, 1901. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Thank you for your letter of June 10th just received. I see that my office in making a clean copyo of the May 17th statement omitted the date, and naturally you inserted June 10th in the date line. The May 17th date corresponds with the other papers, and it would be well, I think, to keep it. I have, therefore, had another copy made with the date filled in and enclose the same for your signature, returning at the same time the one dated June 10th. Sincerely yours, [signed] Horace E. Deming Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. 12517 Enclosures.[For enc see 6-12-01] Doctor Alvag Bunt Doty and Miss Ada Blanche Rees announce to Mr. and Mrs Roosevelt their marriage on Wednesday the tewlth of June One thousand, nine hundred and one New York City 12518 Wed. =11= June 12th 1901. Dear Sir. Mr Roosevelte. Will you kindly aid me in helping me to a little money to help my self I am a Poor woman with a little Family of 3 and have had so much sickness that it leaves me so destitute, I did not no what to do [*12519*] Mrs Hartwell Eckerson. Barnesville Schoharie Co. N. Y. and I happened to think of you and read of your kind deeds. when you was Gov. that I thought Probable you would be kind enough and Sympathec enough to help me in my trouble. as I am a stranger to you. you will please Pardon me for my intrusion. if we are stranger here we may not be in Heaven. God Grant you can help me a little is my earnest prayer. if you feel as if you could not. may be. Pres. Mc.Kinley could I need it so bad. Oh! Please help me. and if you do please send right away as I need it so. and I will be so thankful. the Lord Loveth the Cheerful Giver if only a little. Direct to- [*12520*]with me would be the Cavalry. I hope I may call on you and bring a Creese that I got for you in the wilds. I will be at Sayville, Long Island after the 15th of June and if you can name some [*[June 12, 1901]*] BALTIMORE CLUB. My dear Colonel:- Your letter was forwarded to me here where I have been visiting friends. If the appointments are all to be 2nd Lieuts. I hope one can pick out ones favorite branch of the service which [*12521*]day when I may come and pay my respects I will be very glad to do so. I called on Mrs Henry in New York and she was very sorry that Guy did not come home with the regiment. He is a fine officer. Duncan Elliot goes up for his examination on the 17th of this month. Hoping to see you soon I remain Very respectfully G. Roland Fortescue. June the 12th 1901 [*12522*][*PF*] 100 BLEECKER STREET June 12. 1901 My dear Colonel Roosevelt I must tell you something that I had as lief not have mentioned yet, that is, that Mrs Goddard is expecting another baby. She is very happy about it, but never the less feels that she needs me- I am sure you will understand. I don't see how I can, fairly to her, let anything prevent my going to her every Friday. I am more disappointed than I can easily tell you not to be able to meet your wishes and to give myself the pleasure of seeing you faithfully yours [????] Goddard. [*There are not any trains to Litchfield on Sunday.*] [*12523*] [[shorthand]]528. N. Monroe. Chicago. Ills: 12th June 1901. My dear Colonel, I was told by Senator W. E. Mason yesterday what efforts he has made in my behalf in regard to the Chaplaincy He said he wrote Secy: Root and has written you also. I hope you have received the letters of Col. Turner and others. Let me say Col: you have "hosts" of strong friends in the north-west. I found this so during my lecturing trip. Many and many a time at banquets &c: prominent men have said to me "I would prefer seeing Roosevelt in the chair than any living man." I only hope Col: for the good of our country in many ways you will decide to take this "easy step." Yours sincerely. Hasley. Hall. [*12524*][[shorthand]]OFFICE PURCHASING COMMISSARY, U. S. ARMY, Army Building, 39 Whitehall Street, TELEPHONE, 2976 BROAD. New York City, June 12th 1901. COLONEL: Since I wrote the accompanying letter I have learned more of the changes referred to. I am to be retained here but a few days longer only, maybe to the end of the month. Major D.L. Brainard has advised me to write the Quartermaster General at Washington,stating my case and service,and asking to be sent as clerk to Manila. He is writing him a personal letter for me also. As this is about all that can be done here for me, I feel that if you would kindly write the Quartermaster General for me also asking to have me retained in the Govt.Service,and sent to Manila, that my place would be insured for good. I hope you will do what you can for the however. Your obedient servant. [*F Higgins,*] [*[F HIGGINS]*] 12525DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. June 12, 1901. My dear Mr. Vice-President: I have received a telegram from the President of the St. Louis Republican Club, Mr. Robert C. Day, reading as follows: "I have invited Vice-President Roosevelt to address Club and Missouri Republicans. Could you speak a word for the organization, and urge acceptance." In furtherance of his request, I beg to say that very strong and earnest effort is being made by the young Republicans of the State of Missouri to bring that good old State into the Republican column. They are in dead earnest, and represent the live Republican element of the State, and I know of no better way to encourage them in their good work than an address from your good self. 12526 Mr. Day does not mention any time or place, but I suppose he has done so in his direct communication to you, and I am only writing to heartily endorse his request, with the hope that you may see your way clear to grant it. Very truly yours, [*EA Hitchcock.*] [*shorthand*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*shorthand*] 12527UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, WASHINGTON. T. C. PLATT, CHAIRMAN. STEPHEN B. ELKINS. JAMES R. JONES. A. H. HOWE, CLERK. At 49 Broadway, New York, N. Y. June 12, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Mr. President: The receipt of your letter of June 7, to Senator Platt, concerning the case of Colonel C. O. Shepard, is hereby acknowledged in the Senator's absence. When he shall have returned froM Buffalo, I will bring your letter to his attention. Yours respectfully, [*A. H. Howe*] Private Secretary. H-S 12528Pres., REV. RICHARD S. CAMPBELL, D. D., Southampton. Cor. Sec., REV. E. C. LAWRENCE, Ph. D., West Hampton Beach. Rec. Sec., REV. W. JAY PECK, Corona. Treas., NAT. W. FORESTER, Riverhead. Long Island Bible Society. Organized August 1, 1815. Became auxiliary to the American Bible Society September 16, 1817. Incorporated May 16, 1867. Meets on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in November and June. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S OFFICE. WEST HAMPTON BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY, N. Y. June 12, 1901 Colonel Roosevelt Dear Sir Permit me once more to say that our Bible Society is much indebted to you for the reception and address you gave yesterday. Without question it is the greatest honor that ever came to the Long Island Bible Society. Mr. Russell has already acquainted you with the desire of the American Bible Society for a copy of your address, and authorized report from your stenographer, to be used in their literature. If you kindly send it to me for that purpose 12530 June 12th 1901 Mr Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir In your article in Scribners Magazine of more than a year ago I saw the name of a Mr. McIlhenny of Georgia. I would like very much to get this man's address but have hesitated until now about troubling you for it hoping I might get it in some other way but there seems no other than to apply to you 12529Pres., REV. RICHARD S. CAMPBELL, D. D., Southampton. Cor. Sec., REV. E. C. LAWRENCE, Ph. D., West Hampton Beach. Rec. Sec., REV. W. JAY PECK, Corona. Treas., NAT. W. FORESTER, Riverhead. Long Island Bible Society. Organized August 1, 1815. Became auxiliary to the American Bible Society September 16, 1817. Incorporated May 16, 1867. Meets on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in November and June. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S OFFICE. WEST HAMPTON BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY, N. Y. June 12, 1901 Colonel Roosevelt Dear Sir Permit me once more to say that our Bible Society is much indebted to you for the reception and address you gave yesterday. Without question it is the greatest honor that ever came to the Long Island Bible Society. Mr. Russell has already acquainted you with the desire of the American Bible Society for a copy of your address, and authorized report from your stenographer, to be used in their literature. If you kindly send it to me for that purpose 12530 June 12th 1901 Mr Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir In your article in Scribners Magazine of more than a year ago I saw the name of a Mr. McIlhenny of Georgia. I would like very much to get this man's address but have hesitated until now about troubling you for it hoping I might get it in some other way but there seems no other than to apply to you 12529My reason for it is this. A great many years ago I had an uncle, Joseph McIlheney who went to California in the gold digging days and has never been heard from since. The name is so unusual that it attracted my attention and thinking we might get some clue to my uncle through this Mr McIlheney I have ventured to write this letter hoping you will have time to reply Yours truly Mrs J. E. Knowlton Putnam Conn.3 just yet but rather in charity attribute the boldness of his petition to his zeal in promoting the Bible cause. Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, at your earliest convenience, as they go to press next Monday, and again thanking you and Mrs. Roosevelt for your exceeding kindness in all this matter I am with best regards in which my wife joins Respectfully yours E. C. Lawrence 12532 2. you will, I am sure, greatly strengthen the Bible cause throughout the world. Dr. Fox, one of the secretaries of the American Bible Society, and editor of the "Bible Society Record" would also like to insert a picture of yourself in the magazine and a picturesque view of Sagamore Hill where are gathered the rich trophies of your hunting zeal.- you have for ever invested that word "zeal" with a new interest.- Now if this is asking too much, you may turn all the grizzlies loose upon Dr. Fox but please forgive me for preferring his request. The "Record" you know has a wide circulation in This country and goes to all lands where our missionaries are at work. I think after all it would be better not to devote Dr. Fox to the bears 12531Pres., REV. RICHARD S. CAMPBELL, D. D., Southampton. Cor. Sec., REV. E. C. LAWRENCE, Ph. D., West Hampton Beach. Rec. Sec., REV. W. JAY PECK, Corona. Treas., NAT. W. FORESTER, Riverhead. Long Island Bible Society. Organized August 1, 1815. Became auxiliary to the American Bible Society September 16, 1817. Incorporated May 16, 1867. Meets on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in November and June. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S OFFICE. WEST HAMPTON BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY, N. Y. 190 Pres., REV. RICHARD S. CAMPBELL, D. D., Southampton. Cor. Sec., REV. E. C. LAWRENCE, Ph. D., West Hampton Beach. Rec. Sec., REV. W. JAY PECK, Corona. Treas., NAT. W. FORESTER, Riverhead. Long Island Bible Society. Organized August 1, 1815. Became auxiliary to the American Bible Society September 16, 1817. Incorporated May 16, 1867. Meets on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in November and June. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S OFFICE. WEST HAMPTON BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY, N. Y. 190 [*shorthand*]June 12, 1901. Hon.Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President United States, Washington,D.C., Dear Sir: Permit me to call your attention to the claims of Lawrence LeBron and ask your kind offices in the premises. LeBron was a soldier in the 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry,in the Civil War, and his regiment formed part of my command,hence this interest in his case. He was early detailed for scouting duty and proved so efficient and reliable that he was kept in this service during the war. His services were sought by Generals Grant, Sherman, MacPherson and others,whose letters are on file in the Pension Office. An effort will be made at the coming session of Congress to haev a special bill passed in his behalf. I need not tell you the difficulties of carrying a message to Garcia through the lines of so vigilant foes,in perils oft and in prisons oft,but always managing to return to our lines with valuable information. Relying upon your well known sense of right and an appreciation of duty well performed, I appeal to you to do what you think is right to aid him. He is a letter carrier in the Chicago Post Office. His messages and information were all conveyed verbally,when doubted which was seldom, he had but to show his talismanic introduction, carried in the inside of a button of his coat "Believe the bearer signed U.S.Grant". Very respectfully, [*John McArthur*] Formerly Brevet Major General U.S.Volunteers. 12533CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. D. B. FAIRLEY, PRESIDENT. JOHN G. SHIELDS, 1ST VICE-PRES. R. P. DAVIE, 2ND VICE-PRES. GILBERT MCCLURG, SEC'Y. JOHN I. FRANKLIN, TREASURER. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FRANKLIN F. BROOKS GEO. REX BUCKMAN CHAS. P. BENNETTT S. S. BERNARD R. P. DAVIE LOUIS R. EHRICH D. B. FAIRLEY JOHN I. FRANKLIN HENRY S. HAYWARD IRVING HOWBERT WILLIAM LENNOX FRANK G. PECK JOHN G. SHIELDS OFFICE: NO. I PIKE'S PEAK AVENUE, CORNER OF CASCADE AVENUE. TELEPHONE NO. 335. P.O. LOCK BOX 93. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.. June 12, 1901. DEAR SIR: Captain James H. McClintock, president of the Rough Riders Association, has requested us to write you that the reunion has been postponed, and instead of convening at Colorado Springs the 24th of this month, (Colonel Roosevelt could not be in the West in June,) the regiment officers have now set the date for the Annual Reunion of the Rough Riders for August 1st, 2nd and 3rd, this year at Colorado Springs. This postponement has already been officially announced through the Associated Press. Colorado Springs cordially invites the Roosevelt Rough Riders to hold their encampment here and to make merry within her gates, at the foot of Pike's Peak, in the midst of nature's grandest scenery, and in the richest and most progressive little city in the West. Colorado Springs will be proud to entertain yourself and the regiment, and will guarantee you a royal reception and good time. On these same dates, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd, Colorado Springs will hold the grandest historic jubilee in the history of the state, celebrating the Quarto-Centennial anniversary of Colorado joining the sisterhood of states. We confidently expect VICE-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT here to make an address befitting the occasion. There will be a magnificent historical parade, many bands of music, a street fair and "Midway," public receptions and balls, fireworks, Indian races and war dances, professional league baseball games and other sports, ostrich plucking at the ostrich farm, excursions to the top of Pike's Peak and to the richest gold fields of America--Cripple Creek. RAILROAD RATES. We are assured that one fare (plus $2) for the round trip (with a thirty day limit) will be in force to Colorado Springs, good any day on and after June 18th, on all lines belonging to the Western Passenger Association,-covering all Missouri River points, and westward from Chicago, Omaha and St. Louis. And there seems no doubt, at this date, that a similar rate will be in effect from Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and possibly from Texas. This rate has been granted for the Rough Riders' reunion from points in New Mexico, and on the El Paso line, including El Paso. Steps are being taken to secure similar rates from Arizona points. CITIZENS' COMMITTEE ROOSEVELT ROUGH RIDERS' REUNION, GILBERT McCLURG, Secretary. 12534#1838 Park Av., Phila., Penna. June 12, '01. Dear Sir,- I am quite sure you will pardon me, the General Storekeeper is very much put out over my letter, said I had better wait until July 1st as several recommendations were made for the several positions to exist on that date. then I should put my application in for examination for promotion to clerk copiest position. I'll write to the Civil Service Commission for information on promotions. I'm very sorry this has occurred. The Pay Inspector had recommended me for one of the positions ($2.80 per diem) though I was not entitled to it according to the efficiency record, but I'll take an oath the record has not been kept in an intelligent manner. I certainly think it is unjust to have the same rating as 125352 I had several years ago, to have recommended over me one who's original appointment was time clerk, etc. The recommendations were returned to the office - a week ago asking why the clerk having higher marks should not be given preference and it was endorsed and returned stateing the reasons as: length of service, etc. If the Secretary of Navy approves the second recommendations I'm afraid the General Storekeeper will certainly turn me down, I know he will. Won't you kindly intercede in my behalf to the secretary? Please do not submit this letter, thanking you, I remain, Very respectfully, Frank P. Mong. The Vice President. 12536word for me as candidate at his successor in office? Loyally & faithfully Yours WE Mantius [*[6-12-01]*] REFORM CLUB 233 FIFTH AVENUE. 12.6.01. Hon Theodore Roosevelt, United States Vice President. Oyster Bay. Dear Sir, I see, Mr Percy McElrath has gone. With him I lost a good friend and the service a capable gentlemanly and upright representative. Would you say a good 12537question him to address the President direct in my behalf; I hope, you kindly will permit me to keep you posted when matters have favorably progressed to the point of a finishing touch. Loyally & faithfully Y ME Mantius. [*[6-12-01]*] REFORM CLUB. 233 FIFTH AVENUE. 12.6.01. Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States Oyster Bay Dear Sir, a second sober thought made me feel that my having asked you this morning for another favor, after all you already have done for me, was only short of an imposition. I have written to Archbishop Ireland, re- 12539 OGDEN & BROOK, 526 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ST. JOHN'S ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND. BROAD BROOK CO. CONN. NEW YORK, June 18, 1901. 190 My dear Colonel:- I thank you for your note of the 11th inst. and shall be pleased to call at #422 Madison Avenue at five-thirty o'clock Friday, 14th inst. Yours etc., [*Willis L. Ogden*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 12541GROTON SCHOOL GROTON, MASS. June 12th,1901. My dear Theodore, I would give ducats to accept your tempting invitation, but I move my family down to North Haven, a far-away spot on the Maine coast on Friday, the 28th, and there I must'stay put' until I am obliged to leave for Detroit in the end of July. I am sorely tempted to come to you, for it would be both interesting and helpful to my work to meet the men who would be there, but I think that you will realize that it would hardly be fair to Fanny to dash away as soon as the vacation has begun. If you and your wife should be sailing Eastward this summer I hope that you will not fail to drop in for a day or two at our small cottage at Fox Island Thoroughfare. I am, Sincerely yours, [*??????*] 12542 THE DURLAND CO., 5, 7, 9 11, 13 & 17 WEST 66TH STREET, WITHIN 100 FEET OF CENTRAL PARK ENTRANCE TO BRIDLE PATHS. 6TH AND 9TH AVE. "L" ROAD AT 66TH ST., 200 FEET FROM ACADEMY. BROADWAY, COLUMBUS AVENUE WITHIN 200 FEET OF ACADEMY. 8TH AVENUE CARS WITHIN 100 FEET OF ACADEMY. TELEPHONES: 2140 COLUMBUS. 2141 COLUMBUS. NEW YORK, June 12 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt They tell me here that you are going on Saturday with the Regiments to Van Cortland Park- and are to have one of the horses from here- I have a good horse here, that I take by the month, and if you should care to use him I have told the manager Mr. Chambers to [??] him out for you- He is by no means a Terror, but he is pretty good- A big chestnut with a good gait, easy and gentle- and he looks quite as well as anything they have here- I have not tried him with guns & bands but I think he'll do his duty anywhere- It would give me great pleasure to have him sent to you anywhere, if you should want him- and if General 12543Butt has provided nothing better- I shall be away- So you have only to telephone to Mr Chambers, if you want him- Hoping you are well this Summer [???] Yours very sincerely Frank [????] Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster BayWAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12, 1901. My dear Mr. President: Your letter was presented by Mr. W. G. Motlow today and I need not tell you that I shall take great pleasure in looking into his case and seeing that whatever, under the circumstances, is right and proper is done for him so far as I have any official connection with the matter. The facts is the case will be submitted to the Secretary as soon as he returns. Very sincerely yours, [*[?????]*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Yellowbanks, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. 12544BETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS, COUNSELLORS AT LAW. EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERIC H. BETTS. SAMUEL R. BETTS. JAMES R. SHEFFIELD. L. F. H. BETTS. TELEPHONE 1394 CORTLANDT. CABLE ADDRESS, "MIRAGE", NEW YORK. New York, June 12, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- Saturday, the 29th of June, will be convenient for me to come, and I thank you for the privilege of meeting the men you have suggested, at that time. I have just conferred with Reynolds upon the two or three Yale undergraduates, and he is going to communicate at once with New Haven to get further light upon the names we have tentatively selected. What time on the 29th do you wish us to appear? Anticipating the pleasure of seeing you at that time, and with very delightful memories of our evening with you and Mrs. Roosevelt last week, believe me Very sincerely yours, [*James R. Sheffield*] 12545 I have the endorsement of Capron Command. Spanish War Veterans, and Gen. Jos. McLeer Camp Sons of Veterans. I understand the Civil Service Commission have power to again Consider my name. Their office is Room #9 Federal Bldg Brooklyn. A word from you to them may set things right, or whatever you deem best. I shall feel very grateful to you for this. Yours Fraternally Geo E Shutter A Brooklyn June. 12 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sir & Comrade I beg to call your attention to a matter which I believe a word from you might set right. I had taken the Civil Service examination for clerk in P. O., and on May 10, was informed that I had passed with 86.60% and was placed #19 on list. 125462) On May 20th, 10 days later I received I received a notice saying that I had been certified to once. Now as I had supposed, and as I believe the rule is, when a man gets 3 notifications, and is then appointed. Under this impression I waited for the second notice which did not come. When I made inquiries I was informed by the asst. P.M that I had been notified and that I failed to appear, and that. my name had been passed Now while this seems to be the same letter that is sent to all, nobody would take it to be a notice of appointment it simply states that I have been certified to, or as I took it (passed upon; It does not say on it to appear, or report, at any time or place. It is not explicit. I had been so confident of being appointed, that on getting this news. I determined to see it I could not get you to interest yourself in one who like yourself has seen foreign service 12547Charles A. Terry, Pres., 208 West 189th Street. Charles E. Marling, Vice-Pres., 56 Cedar Street. Dr. Charles C. Linton, Treas., 65 West 126th Street. Geo. Warren Dunn, Sec'y, 229 Broadway. THE COLLEGIATE CLUB Second Collegiate Church, Lenox Avenue and 123d street. BOARD OF GOVERNORS, James H. Kennedy, James D. Shipman. Lyman N. Jones, W. C. Spalding, M. D., Berkley R. Merwin, Benjamin B. Stewart, Harry E. Montague, Arthur A. Stilwell, Charles Nelson, Frank E. Thompson, Robert W. Reid, Rev. Edgar Tilton, Jr., James R. Senior, William P. Uhler, Edward G. Wells. New York, June 12th, 1901. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dear Sir:-- I am writing you in the hope of gaining your consent to address our Club at its annual dinner in the parish house of our church on the first Monday evening of November next. In the club are many representative men of Harlem who would highly appreciate this favor from you. We have been addressed in the past by such men as Hon. Elliot [Elliott] Danforth, Gen. J. W. Clous and Gen. Avery D. Andrews of the United States Army, Donald Sage MacKay, D.D., George R. Van de Water, D.D., A. F. Schauffler, D.D., A. J. Canfield LL.D. of Columbia University and Prof. F. D. Gamewell of the Anglo-Japanese College, of Pekin, China. If for any reason you could not come on the first Monday evening of November, we shall be glad to fix the date on any other Monday evening of that month. I can promise you an audience of about 250 men who will be pleased to hear you on any subject of your own choosing. Yours respectfully, Edgar Tilton, Jr -- Pastor, Second Collegiate Ref. Church. [*P*] & if God pleases to spare me my Home I will [yous] use it to His glory. I have an Only Daughter . She lost her Husband the 3 of april she has a Daughter 7 years Old We do not spend our money for superfluous ornaments I ask Gods blessing upon those in office at washington with Respect Mrs Harmon Vandiyke His Roll No 26.792 [*[Van Dyke]*] Certificate No 187308 for Inc. With my twelve a month when I get It will not meet them & take all them pleas can you let me know soon Respectfully yours [*12550*] Owasso June 12th 1901 Hon (Vice Pres) Theodore Roosevelt- I thank The Invisible Creator our constant Benefactor as the author & a good giver of every good & perfect gift. For the Heads of our Loved country our Gov. we thank & prase God. My Husband Harmon Vandyke Roll No 26.782. passed away from this Life Last month was sick a short time. He thought you was the imediate caus of His Such He had made many aplications we had many times lost property. But He wanted to get a Home for us in our declining years with His $28 a month He could paid for it but it came to late. What will I do what can I The property is only 2 two blocks from our central school building there is but one nicer in the [*12549*]State. If I had six hundred dollars I could pay for our Home, My Mother used to tell of a lad that came from Germany & stoped at Boston. He comensed a wonderfull carear He got aquainted with Jesus In a little side or cotage meeting. This House is open to such meetings. Is it not a wonderfull aquatance I supose you have formed this If not In New Testament Jesus Teaches His disiples to pray In six chapter of st Mathew & in the last chapter of same. Tells of His suffering & death as through this He became our worthyness. Do we not thank of & prase our Father in Heaven that through Jesus [His] worthyness we can come to the Heavenly Father & in Jesus name ask pardon for all our sins & have them all bloted out of the book of Remembrance In this way the Lad found pardon & in HIs buisness He gave 10 cts of every dollar He makes to Gods caus & God prospered Him wonderfully I have done so & hope in the future I can do moreI hope our Hon President will Pleas find some one that will donate20 West 134 Str June 12. 1901. Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay N. Y. Dear Madam I found the enclosed article in to days Times. There is no one who tried to do more for the Bible than I did, I sent Gov. Roosevelt a copy of my Bible treatise when he became Governor but he had not even the courtesy to answer, though I wrote a private letter to it, containing my name and card, as the Treatise is written under a pseudo. - I am 65 years old in very terrible poor condition, every one who knows I wrote it avenges himself by withholding work from me, and have no more means whatever. If you could procure me some pupils in Oyster Bay for the summer I should feel obliged to you. Mrs Sayeraft the Gov. cousin was a pupil of mine in 1880-81 if I remember rightly. Forgive the trouble but I do not know where to turn to. The Post stole No 207 of my work I sent Febr. 11th to Mr Tiny Fany and [*12551*]I promised myself so much to make him a Christian and to let him see how much we like to see the Chinese unite with us, but he wrote me May 7th that he never got it. There is no justice for poor struggling men and women in America, perhaps nowhere. I sent No 210 to the Empress Eugenie May 8th and hoped to see her make a donation to our city for to build an asylum for "disabled private teachers of New York" but have no answer yet, the postage was 1.58 cts reg. but perhaps the Post stole it too to suppress it, my handwriting real and manuscript is known because about 50 copies went to Clubs and there are everywhere malevolent spirits who do not like liberal propositions. It takes me 16 days for a copy, and it is very hard to see my almost 12 years work frustrated in such cowardly way. I thought the Vice Pres. would sooner hear of it if I wrote to you - once more forgive the intrusion very cordially Maria B. Tolkmann (Mrs)Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD The company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions, limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is nor presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*11 A*] NUMBER SENT BY REC’D BY CHECK 5 Oy K 16 Paid RECEIVED at June 12 1901 Dated New York 12 To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Pay no attention to letter Colonel Brady and I will keep appointment made by your telegram G. E. Waldo [*12552*] Doctor and Mrs. Alvah Hunt Doty At Home Quarantine after the first of July Staten Island, New York [*12553*]Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD The company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions, limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is nor presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*11 A*] NUMBER SENT BY REC’D BY CHECK 5 Oy K 16 Paid RECEIVED at June 12 1901 Dated New York 12 To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Pay no attention to letter Colonel Brady and I will keep appointment made by your telegram G. E. Waldo [*12552*] Doctor and Mrs. Alvah Hunt Doty At Home Quarantine after the first of July Staten Island, New York [*12553*][*PF*] JOHN ALLISON, LAWYER, TILLMAN BUILDING. NASHVILLE, TENN. June 13th 1901. Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay New York My dear Mr Roosevelt On my return this A. M. from West Point I received your kind and most considerate letter of May 31st - I left here May 27th. and directed no mail to be forwarded to me as I was desirous of being free - and thus it happens, that I was deprived of the pleasure of accepting your unexpected, nonetheless - most warmly appreciated courtesy - for I certainly would have come by and given my wife as well as myself the pleasure of seeing you & yours. I want to tell you, when I see you that one of the conditions upon which I will be permitted to eat at my wife's table - if you are ever a candidate for President - is that I will not vote against you. [*12554*]JOHN ALLISON, LAWYER, TILLMAN BUILDING. NASHVILLE, TENN_________________________1901. This is the law, as laid down, sometime since, by the lady - who presides at the coffee pot - when we were all assembled around the family board, - her words, were addressed to her mother, about as follows - "Mother I want to tell you now, that no man can eat at my table who votes against Mr. Roosevelt. if he ever runs for President - " I shall not deprive myself of the privilege of eating at - my wifes table - I trust you & yours are well and that I may have the pleasure of seeing you down this way sometime. Thanking you most sincerely for your courteous invitation - and offering the explanation above for not sooner replying I am very sincerely and with high regard, your friend John Allison [*12555*][[shorthand]]Frankfort June 13 1901 President Rosevelt Pleas excuse me for taking the liberty to write to you and as you hav faced Shot and Shell the same as I hav I think you will I was a member of Co. F. 27. NY Regt H. W Slocum was our Col till after the first battle of Bull Run there he was surrounded I was wounded at the Battle of Gaines Hill the 27 day of June. 1862 with an ounce Ball in the Left Hip was taken Prisenor and the Ball never has been Extracted but I served the two years and was Discharge on the expiration of Service Soon as I was able I enlisted in the 5 NY Cavalry and was Wounded through the Left Shouldier the 5 Day 1864 of May at the Battle of the Wilderness now neather of the Wounds hav never been permanently Healed 17 piecs of Bone has been taken from the Shoulder at different times when it has Broke out and the Hip Wound has been Broke out now for three years and hav been totaly Disabled all the time [*12556*]now this is why I write you two years ago I applied for an Increas of Pension and Commissoner Evans rejectid my claim and at the time when I went before the Board at Utica the Hip wound was open and had to be Dressed three or four times a Day I was drawing 17 Dollars per month and that is what I get now and am not able to do any thing, now what Shal I do there is no use to apply as long as this man Evans is at the Head for we all See that he is against us I hav no Children my Wife and my Self and we ar well along in years and this 17 Dollars per month wont keep us and we dont want to beg I am a member of Olive Branch Lodg of F. and A. M now pleas tell me what to do in my present Situation the Hip Wound is open and Discharging and bad but I hope to get help and live to vote for one more President of these United States I will wait your reply and I hope I may live to do as mutch for you James Barry, Frankfort NY [*12557*]James Barry member co F, 27 Ret Infintry and Co. I. 5. NY Cavalry No of Pension Certificate 169.856 pensioned at 17 Dollars per month age 67 years James Barry Frankfort Herkimer. Co NY I am afraid it is a misstack in keeping this Commissioner in this 4 years now all we want is to have what the Laws allows us but this man Construes the Law to his one liking to mutch any one knows that 17 Dollars per month is not Sufficient for two Gun Shot Wounds and over 3 years Service and never lost an Hours Duty only when I was pumped full of Lead and the Bullet in or near the Left Kidney yet that is why it is So mutch trouble the whol Left Side is racked with Rhuematic pains Caused by the two Wounds in the Left Hip and Left Shoulder I am glad the 3 term is draped I want to go to the polls in 1904State of New York, Senate Chamber, Albany. Hon R. Brown. 35th Dist. Watertown, N. Y., June 13, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Colonel:- Your kind invitation to spend a night with you is received. I am going to be in New York two or three times during the next month, and shall be there on Saturday next. I could be with you on Saturday night, if convenient, or if not, then perhaps we can arrange it on my next visit. You can rest assured I shall accept your invitation, as it gives me much pleasure. Send reply to University Club, New York City. Very sincerely yours, [*Elon R Brown*] 12558342 First Ave, Mount Vernon, N.Y. June 13, 1901. Honorable T. Roosevelt. Sir:- Last July I was discharged, in San Francisco from the U. S. Army after twenty-two months service in the Phillipines having reenlisted in Co K 37 U S V. from Co L. 1st California's. After seeking employment all winter I have succeeded in obtaining a small clerkship in "Wanamaker's" Dept Store. February 11. I took the First Grade Customs Examination and have just been informed that I have passed and stand "Fourth" on the list of "eligibles" I am desperately anxious not to fail to get a speedy appointment. Your great big heart and interest in the men who have served their country, may do more in a substantial way to further my interests with you, than merit of home or social life. 12559I am married which doubles my anxiety to be suitable employed. The winter has been a severe tax on health and mental strain. I appreciate the fact that much is asked of you in this line but I do ask and hope you will take a personal interest in my case. Enlisted May 4. 1898 Co L. 1st California [???] Discharged July 14. 1899 at [???] P. I. Reenlisted July 15. 1899 Co. K. 37 Inf. W. W. Disability discharge July 3. 1900 at San Francisco I have been employed in Mount Vernon by Mr George H. Drumbellar, City Engineer and by Mr John O. Toole Commissioner of Public Works. Very respectfully yours Arthur R. Campbell 342 First Ave Mount Vernon, N. Y. 12560THE OYSTER BAY PILOT. ESTABLISHED 1886. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. TELEPHONE, 28 OYSTER BAY. June 13, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. My Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- A short time since School Commissioner Dr. James S. Cooley was requested to ask you if it would be convenient for you to make a private inspection of the new High School building in this place. Knowing you to be in full sympathy with the growth of schools, it would be a great pleasure to show you what your own town is doing along educational lines. The Board of Education has deferred the matter until the building is completed, or about completed. Could you name a day for next week to run down--say Wednesday or Thursday, selecting your own convenient hour? I might take the liberty to say in this connection that should you do the district the very great honor to accept the invitation to attend the dedicatory exercises on the afternoon of June 24th, it is not expected that you will tax your mind with an address, but that a few words of encouragement to the teachers sand scholars will suffice. Faithfully yours. [*[??] Cheney.*] TRUSTEE. 12561Squantum Association, Providence, R. I. Providence, R. I., June 13, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, My Dear Sir:- The Squantum Association is desirous of entertaining you and any friends whom you may desire to have with you at its club house,on any Wednesday that you may select, to enjoy a Rhode Island clam bake and we will invite a number of notable persons to meet you. It will be a very informal affair. Hoping to receive a favorable reply, I am, Very respectfully yours, [*Josiah W. Crooker,*] President. 12562St. Louis Republican Club No. 911 NORTH VANDEVENTER AVE. ROBERT C. DAY, PRESIDENT. JAMES P. BIRGE, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. EDWARD C. ELIOT, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. J. CLARENCE TAUSSIG, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. HENRY A. BAKER, SECRETARY. HENRY F. HAFNER, TREASURER. St. Louis, Mo., June 13th,1901. 1900. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:-- I am in receipt of your very cordial letter of June 3rd, and thank you sincerely for the sentiment expressed therein, although very much regret that you cannot be with us on this date. I did not receive your letter until June 11th, but wired you immediately in order that you would understand my telegram of the 8th inst. I did not desire to be placed in the light of knowingly urging you to accept when it was impossible for you to do so, therefore wired you, in order that you might understand that I had not received your letter of the 3rd when telegram of Saturday was sent. As telegram indicated, I trust you will give us some date in the near future. I presume that your time is absorbed during the summer months; but can you not now plan to address us on some date next fall? It is difficult to present, by correspondence, the reasons why such a meeting would be of great advantage to the Republican party in this section. If I could have a thirty minutes' conversation, I could marshal facts and conditions that would be conclusive, and I believe you would be induced to come. You know the situation, however, Mr. Roosevelt, and in knowing it, certainly appreciate why the St. Louis Republican Club and its friends throughout the State are anxious to welcome you. We would propose, 12563St. Louis Republican Club No. 911 NORTH VANDEVENTER AVE. ROBERT C. DAY, PRESIDENT. JAMES P. BIRGE, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. EDWARD C. ELIOT, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. J. CLARENCE TAUSSIG, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. HENRY A. BAKER, SECRETARY. HENRY F. HAFNER, TREASURER. St. Louis, Mo., 1900. #2. as indicated in my recent letter, to make this affair a State occasion, and believe that you will feel well repaid in making the effort. Can you not now set aside a definite date? I remain, Sincerely yours, [*Rob't. C. Day Pt.*] P. S.-- Do not allow this lengthy correspondence to interfere with your work and pleasures at Oyster Bay. 12564[*PF*] THE PHILADELPHIA ITEM DAILY, SUNDAY, MAIN OFFICE, 28 SOUTH 7TH STREET, "THE ITEM" ANNEX, 711 JAYNE STREET. Philadelphia, June 13, 1901 My dear Sir: As I wrote you before, we are for you for 1894, first, last, and all the time! And Pennsylvania always follows the lead of The Item, for we are "the Paper of the People." Sincly Harrington Fitzgerald [shorthand] [*12565*]Boston June 13, 1901. To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Vice Prest U.S. Oyster Bay- New York Sir:- I have the honor to present Mrs. Henry M. Upham whose works (Grace Le Baron Upham) are I am sure familiar to you. I have taken great pleasure myself in forwarding the excellent cause of preserving the old "Constitution" which she has so much at heart. Cordially, Curtis Guild, Jr. 12566[*[6-13-01]*] Speech of The Honorable John Day Secretary of State At a Dinner Given by the Board of Directors of the Pan-American Exposition to the National Editorial Association, Buffalo, June 13, 1901 Washington 1901 12567SPEECH OF THE HONORABLE JOHN HAY, SECRETARY OF STATE. AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION TO THE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, BUFFALO, JUNE 13, 1901. Last night as I looked from my window at this marvelous creation lined in fire upon the evening sky, and to-day as I have walked through the courts and the palaces of this incomparable exhibition, the words of the prophet have been constantly in my mind: "Your old men shall dream dreams; your young men shall see visions." We who are old have through many hopeful years dreamed this dream. It was noble and inspiring, leading to earnest and uplifting labor. And now we share with you who are young the pleasure of beholding the vision, far nobler and more inspiring than the dream. This ideal of the brotherhood of the nations of the Western World is not a growth of yesterday. It was heralded when the country was young by the clarion voice of Henry Clay; it was cherished 125682 by Seward and Evarts, by Douglas and Blaine. Twelve years ago we held the first reunion of the American Republics. Much was said and done destined to be memorable in our history, opening and blazing the way along the path of peace and fraternal relations. We have made steady progress; we have grown down by day to a better understanding, until now we are looking forward to our coming conference in the City of Mexico, in which we have the right to hope that with larger experience and profounder study of the great problems before us results still more important and beneficent will be reached. As a means to those ends as a concrete realization of those generous dreams which have led us thus far, we have this grand and beautiful spectacle, never to be forgotten, a delight to the eyes, a comfort to every patriot heart that during the coming summer shall make the joyous pilgrimage to this enchanted scene, where lake and shore and sky, the rich, bright city, throbbing with vigorous life, and in the distance the flash and roar of the stupendous cataract unite their varied attractions in one charm of powerful magic, such as the world has seldom seen. There have been statesmen and soldiers who have cherished the fancy in past years of a vast American army, recruited from every country between the Arctic and Antarctic seas, which should bind us together in one immense military power to overawe3 the older civilizations. But this conception belongs to other days, to an order of ideas which we hope is forever gone by. How much more in keeping with the better times in whose light we live, and the still more glorious future to which we look forward, is the result we see to-day of the armies of labor and intelligence in every country of this New World, all working with one mind and one will, not to attain an unhappy preeminence in the art of destruction, but to advance in liberal emulation in the arts which tend to make men happier and better, to make this long harassed and tormented earth a brighter and more blessed abode for men of good will. Our hearts have glowed within us as we have surveyed at every turn the evidences of the equality and fraternity of progress under skies so distant, under conditions so varying, as those which obtain between Alaska and Cape Horn. I remember how at a world's fair in Paris a great writer exclaimed: "What a prodigious amount of intelligence there is in the world!" We can say with hearts full of gratitude and pride, How prodigious is the progress of intelligence and industry in this New World of ours! All the triumphs of the spirit and of the skilled hands of labor; the garnered treasures of science, the witcheries of art; the spoils of earth and air and sea, are gathered here to warn, to delight, to encourage and reward the ever-striving, the 125694 indomitable mind of man. Here you have force which enables men to conquer and tame the powers of nature; wealth not meant, as Tennyson sang, to rest in mounded heaps, but smit with the free light to melt and fatten lower lands; beauty, not for the selfish gratification of the few, but for the joy of the many, to fill their days with gladness and their nights with music. And hovering over all, the sublime, the well-nigh divine conception of a brotherhood of mutually helpful nations, fit harbinger and forerunner of the brotherhood of man. God forbid that there should be in all this the slightest hint of vainglory, still less of menace to the rest of the world! On the contrary, we can not but think that this friendly challenge we send out to all peoples, convoking them also to join in this brotherly emulation, in which the prizes are after all merely the right to further peaceful progress in good work- will be to the benefit and profit of every country under the wide heaven. Every great achievement in art, in science, in commerce, communicates to the universal human spirit a salutary shock which in ever-widening circles spreads to regions the most remote and obscure, to break at last in lingering ripples on the ultimate shores of space and time. Out of a good source evil can not flow; out of the light darkness can not be born. The benignant influences that shall emanate from this great festival of peace shall not be bounded by oceans nor by continents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. CHAMBER OF REFEREE IN BANKRUPTCY. BUFFALO, N. Y. June 13th 1901 My dear Colonel:- I hand you herewith press copy of an address delivered in Cleveland yesterday, feeling that you may be interested in some of the suggestions made. The National Association of Credit Men has grown to be a body of great influence in the business world and my work as Referee in Bankruptcy, in particular as the poor might in charge of the proposed amendatory bill of which you will hear something in Washington next winter, has brought me into close contact with it and its reform measures. [*12570*] The Secretary of War has been here this week, enjoying the Exposition. You would have enjoyed his tussles with would - be interviewers; the reporters have given him up in despair. Very truly, yours William H. Hotchkiss Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. [*12571*]Executive Department J. EMIL JOHNSON, MAYOR City of Jamestown, N. Y., June 13. [*[01?]*] Hon.Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-president, Oyster Bay,N.Y., Dear Mr.Vice-president:- Your letter of the 10th instant was a great and genuine disappointment to me,and in voicing this regret I speak the sentiment of the people of Jamestown,who hold you in high esteem.I sincerely thank you for your cordial expression of good-will,which we reciprocate, regretting that you cannot join us in greeting this notable convention. Let me assure you that you will be very welcome to Jamestown at any time. Respectfully yours, [*J. Emil Johnson*] Mayor. 12572[*To be kept for reference.*] Manila, P.I. June 13, 1901 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Colonel; I have made an application for a commission of a lieutenant in the organization of the native troops of the Philippines. These appointments are to be made by General MacArthur. I am elegible. My application and endorsements have been filed. The appointment will all be made before Aug 1. 1901. Anything that you may be able to do for me will greatly appreciated I am qualified and can pass any kind of an examination; But I need all the help that I can get. I am Truly Your Obt. Servt. Geo: A. McCarter [*12573*][[shorthand]]Waukomis, O. T., June 13, 1901. Vice President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Colonel: I am an applicant for the appointment of Postmaster in the county seat town of Anadarko County, which is one of the new counties established in the Kiowa and Comanche country. I send by this mail such endorsements as I have been able to secure up to date, and if further endorsements are needed, kindly advise me. Thanking you for the advise given me, I beg to remain Most respectfully yours, [*Marcello. L. Newcomb*] 12575United States Senate, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, STATIONER'S ROOM. June, 13th 1901. William Loeb Jr., Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- We shipped by U. S. Express the balance of the order you sent us on the 6th instant, it ought to reach you before this letter. The order for cards for Mrs. Roosevelt was received, the cards will be shipped in a few days. Charles G. Bennett. Secretary of the U. S. Senate. By [*Chas. M. Richards*] Keeper of Stationery. 12576Highlandfalls N. Y. June 13th 1901 To the Hon., Vice President of the U. S.:- Dear Sir:- As you know what a soldier life is. I am going to write and tell you I am a soldiers daughter and ask you to help me to get what I consider is rightfully mine. and which the pension bureau are trying I believe to get rid of paying. My Father died in 1866 leaving my Mother- sister 2 1/2 yrs old and my self 7 1/2 yrs in 1879 we started a pension and for some reason or other it was dropped I think on account of mothers remarriage She was burnt out= losing every thing she had even the number to the pension On 1890 when trying to get our number from the pension bureau- they had been destroyed, either accidentally or on purpose. Twice then we have had had to begin all over again, and to show proof that we might have good evidence and not be destroyed again. Hon. A. S. Tompkins has sent all of our affadavitts in for us, he also has papers to prove with a lot of letter, that is was started in 1879 and very near ended in 1882, we had two Drs. and two 12577witnesses, one Dr, and one witness is dead. the others are living, and both have made out more affadavitts for us. The Dr, who is living was the army Surgeon. who examined Father when he entered the army- He was not obliged to go- but when the call for Vol. came he went, and came home sick, living only 18 months from the day he came home till the day of his death. My Father has been dead over 35 years and folks are not supposed to remember so many years back. but we have got good evidence, and Mother has taken her oath more than a month ago- She could not give them any more, and yet in the face of it all they still call for me- She is 67 years old- no home- no money and not able to do any work hardly able to walk around I wrote Mr Tompkins we could not get them any more evidence, he has tried his best to have them hurry it up. I send you the Interior's letter- also one from Mr. Tompkins as an answer to the one from the pension bureau which I sent him. Will you kindly interest your self for me and help me- for just at present I need the money so much. My husband is very sick- has first been operated on for a cartelagious growth in the bladder. he has just [*12578*]come home from the hospital, not able to sit up only two hours at a time. The Doctor's say he will not be able to do any hard work for a long while. his pay is stopped, and it looks pretty dark. Can you not examine my papers in the pension bureau, and see for your self that they are all right, I refer you here to Hon. Louis F Goodsell Senator also Post Master Stevens and Dr. Kemp of West Point for Cadets who examined my husband prior to the operation he told him he could not live as he was and also to Dr H. Y. Kurtz- the attending Physician, Please help me- as I think one word from you to give me my pension. would be sufficient- hoping to hear favorably. I remain- Yours Resp. Mrs Sarah E. Spaulding Highland falls Box 37 New York I refer you to the Departments letter, for Soldiers name- Number- and minors numberOyster Bay High School, District No. 9. BOARD OF EDUCATION. JAMES M. MCQUEEN, President. ALBERT M. BAYLES, Clerk. GEORGE B. STODDART, Counsel, THEODORE VELSOR. ALBERT L. CHENEY. C. A. WOODARD, Principal. Oyster Bay, L. I., June 13, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. My Dear Sir:- I have been authorized by the Board of Education to invite you to be present at, and take part in, the exercises in connection with the dedication of our new school building. The exercises will be held Monday afternoon, June 24th, at 2 o'clock. Very respectfully yours, [*C. A. Woodard*] 12579180 West 135th St 13th June 1901 Vice President Roosevelt, Respected & dear Sir. Again, I am on the war path, but like yourself, always in a good cause. Mr Spaulding has communicated with the "Appraisers'" office, stating that the department is in favor of re-instating my son-in-law, Mr James Riordan but the appraiser is desirous of having him transferred [*12580*]3 P. S. I may mention that Dr. Sherer (brother to Mr William Sherer of the clearing house, knows my son-in-law intimately and will vouch for him. L. M to the Surveyors' office He is known to Mr. Croft but if I could prevail on you (in your usual goodness of heart) to ask Mr. Croft to act speedily in the matter everything will then be all right, and it will afford me great Consolation, as my daughter's future is depending on his success. Respectfully Elizabeth Molony "Matron" [*12581*]G. N. CROSBY, PREST. G. W. CARPENTER, VICE-PREST. P. H. CROSBY, SEC. AND TREAS. THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY INCORPORATED SPECIAL DURABLE MEN'S FRISIAN FUR GOODS MOTHPROOF NATURAL COLOR ODORLESS and Custom Fur Tanning 116 MILL STREET. Dict. by G.N.C. Rochester, N. Y. 6/14, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- Whenever you are out gunning again and run up against some wild animals and get the better of them, and would like to have their skins well tanned and preserved, we should be pleased to do the work. We have been doing some work for the United States National Museum, Washington and rather think they would speak a good word for us if asked. Very truly yours, A.E.W. THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY . G.N. Crosby [*12582*][*[For enc see 6-14-01]*] [*6-14-01]*] Public School No. 7. 60 Chrystie St. N.Y. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice Pres. of U. S., Dear Sir:- It will be a memorable day in the history of No. 7. if the favorite of the nation honor the school with his presence on the morning of the 26th of June. Yours respectfully, Catherine V. Davis, Principal, June Fourteenth, Nineteen Hundred one. 12583ROBERT C. DAY, President. EDWARD C. ELIOT, Second Vice-President HENRY A. BAKER, Secretary. .JAMES P. BIRGE, First Vice-President. J. CLARENCE TAUSSIG, Third Vice-President. HENRY F. HAFNER, Treasurer. . . St. Louis Republican Club . . No. 911 NORTH VANDEVENTER AVE. St. Louis, Mo., June 14th, 1901 1900. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:-- I am just in receipt of your letter of the 10th and have noted contents. I shall not be discourteous by urging you further at this time. I take your letter to mean that you cannot possible come at time indicated in my original letter or telegram; but I will ask you to consider my letter of yesterday and at your convenience designate some date in the future when you will be able to squeeze in a day or two for us. I do appreciate the demand upon your time, and I have felt a certain degree of selfishness in even suggesting your coming to St. Louis, as you belong, in a sense, to the whole people. However, we all feel that we have some claim on you and have a very deep interest in your career and in your present, as well as your future success. I do not wish that you decide the matter now. I fear that I have already taken too much of your time with telegrams and letters, but I have desired to place the matter properly before you, and will ask that at some convenient date you take this matter under consideration and plan to give us one or two days next fall. I remain, Sincerely yours, Robt. C. Day Px. [*12585*][[shorthand]]Oak Villa Manse Yaphank N.Y. June 14-1901 Dear Colonel:- As I promised you the "tin pan" story when at your home the other day, so will at once fulfill the promise, and you can feel free to use it if you ever care to. It can be called, What's in a name, or impressions given and received. "At a Sunday School picnic given eight years ago in the grove this place opposite the home of the late Mrs. J. S. C. Abbott widow of the historian. A little fellow four years of age with his mother asked me my name, I replied Mr. Denton. He then said mama you help me to remember it. [*12586*] A71 PUBLIC SCHOOL No. 7. THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED AT THE. Commencement EXERCISES OF THE Female DEPARTMENT TO BE HELD IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING No. 60 Chrystie St. ON Wednesday, June 26- 1901 AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M. Catherine V. Davis, Principal [*12584*]3 but not the "Dent on" it. The "Dent on" it is my name. I have often said that no doubt there are as many impressions made in life as hollow sounding as that tin pan. If I had told him to make a "Dent on" his mothers dough in the pan before she baked her bread, there would have been in it that which gives strength rather than empty sound. I enjoyed very much the reception at your home and above all your address in the evening. Pardon the use I made of your name as the Roose [*e*] thats [*f*] velt well as seen. [*12588*] 2 On the spur of the moment I gave him the following as an aid to his memory. I said your mama has a tin pan he replied Yes sir! and you have a hammer Yes sir! Then I said you pound that hammer on your mamas tin pan and you will make a "Dent on" it wont you? Yes sir! Oh mama he said I can remember now. About two or three weeks after at our second meeting near the country store. The little fellow ran up to me saying in all innocence "I know your name" Well What is it? Oh "Tin pan" "Tin pan". You can imagine the smile. I said Oh you remember the "Tin pan" [*12587*]4 My earnest desire is as Dr. Lawrence expressed it that your influence for civic righteousness shall continue to be felt in the future as in the past. May you in connection with all times, places and circumstances have the Divine presence. and realize the promise "Lo I am with you always" With kind regards to Mrs. Roosevelt and the family I remain Your cordially James M Denton. 12589[[shorthand]]Fargo, N. Dak June 14, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, L. I. My Dear Colonel. The receipt of your recent letter, quoting the War Department as saying that the reports of my superior officers do not justify my entering the regular army, was indeed a shock. Believe me had I not been led by my superior officers to believe myself capable I should never have put you to the trouble of securing my appointment. It is useless to take the point up with the War Department, although I regret they were not more specific, in justice to myself however I have written Col. Kennon who is in Manila, also Col. Howze and Major Wheeler all of whom I have served under, for their opinion, upon receipt of which I will mail same to you, 125902/ the length of time however will loose me my commission, but not your opinion which I prize too much to have you think me incapable. It is a pleasure to state to you that my records with the different departments from an accountability standpoint are absolutely correct, as Col. Baird of the pay department has just written me, also that the brevet of Captain for distinguished field service in action has been recommended for me by Col. Howze. any inefficiency on my part that has ever been called to my attention has been in paper work and drill, both of which are mechanical and acquired with time and practice. Thanking you for your kind interest. I remain Sincerely. Arthur. S. Duncan. [*12591*]*illegible short hand?Washington, D. C., June 14, 1901. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. My dear Sir:- I have been quite anxious to see you for some time regarding a personal matter. When last in New York, about ten days since, I had an interview with my old friend, Dr. Lewandowski, the Polish leader, he then agreed to call in person upon you but I fear he has left the charge to another (he being very sick as I have just learned). I am in hopes of securing the Commissioner or Assistant of Immigration, Port of New York, and base my claim upon my services rendered the State and National Committees at the last campaign. I first appealed to Hon. J. H. Manley, who gave me directions in form of letter to Chairman Hanna, (he at that date being out of town). I followed his instructions and wrote to Franklin Murphy, then I wrote to Senator Scott, and in person with Hon. John Murray Mitchell called upon Hon. C. N. Bliss who advised me to go to Senator Platt and in a few days there after , he, Mr. Bliss, left for Europe. I did not go to Senator Platt for I concluded the service was known to the members of National Committee and they were the correct ones to deal with the matter. Later on I wrote to Senator Hanna and I will send you copies 12592-2- of these several letters thay you may see just how I have moved in the matter and also one just received from Mr. Manley this A.M. You will doubtless take in the situation at a glanos and if you will aid me in securing what I think I deserve, will certainly bear you in close remembrance. I trust you regard this matter as purely personal and confidential and if you will re-mail to me these copies, I will be obliged to you. Very sincerely, Geo. E Ellesin 12593THE COUNCIL. H. D. W. ENGLISH, PRESIDENT, PITTSBURGH. G. HARRY DAVIS, 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, PHILADELPHIA. J. L. HOUGHTELING, CHICAGO. W. R. STIRLING, CHICAGO. JOHN E. BAIRD, PHILADELPHIA. HECTOR BAXTER, MINNEAPOLIS. WILLIAM C. STURGIS, NEW HAVEN. EDMUND BILLINGS, BOSTON. J. C. LOOMIS, LOUISVILLE. SAMUEL S. NASH, TARBORO, N. C. JOHN W. WOOD, NEW YORK. H. C. TURNBULL, JR., BALTIMORE. FRANK J. WEBER, DETROIT. E. C. DENTON, ROCHESTER. RATHBONE GARDNER, PROVIDENCE. JOHN H. PEYTON, CHARLESTON, W. VA. SILAS MCBEE, 2D VICE-PRESIDENT, NEW YORK. JOHN P. FAURE, TREASURER, NEW YORK. PIERSON L. HALSEY, MILWAUKEE. WM. G. BENHAM, COLUMBUS. FRANCIS H. HOLMES, NEWARK. EDWARD S. ELLIOTT, SAVANNAH. ROBERT H. GARDINER, GARDINER, MT. T. C. RUFFIN, RICHMOND. A. L. FELLOWS, DENVER. EWING L. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA. H. R. BRADEN, SAN FRANCISCO. CECIL CLAY, WASHINGTON. W. A. GALLUP, NORTH ADAMS. FREDERICK R. ROWELL, SEATTLE. WILLIAM BRADDON, BROOKLYN. CHARLES B. CASTNER, NASHVILLE. CARLETON MONTGOMERY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL: CHURCH MISSIONS HOUSE, NEW YORK. OFFICIAL ORGAN ST ANDREWS CROSS ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Brotherhood of St. Andrew OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 341 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA., June 14, 1901. To Vice President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: The International Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, an organization of some fifteen thousand men of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of America will hold a joint Convention at Detroit, July 24th to 28th. At this Convention the entire Canadian Brotherhood meets with us and representatives will be present from England, China, Japan and other countries. These Conventions are notable and occasions of importance as they are attended by representative men from all parts of our own and other countries and are addressed by distinguished clergymen and laymen. On Sunday afternoon July 28th we have arranged for a great mass meeting of men in the large Armory and Auditorium in Detroit. The subject for discussion at this meeting being "National Ideals". It is the earnest desire of the National Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the United States the Council in the Dominion of Canada and the Joint Committee on Programme, having the Convention in charge, as well as the Local Committee in Detroit that you be present on that occasion and speak upon the subject named. As President of the Brotherhood in the United States and Chairman of the Joint Committee on Programme, I take pleasure in presenting this invitation and calling your attention to the fact that you will be speaking to [*12594*]V-P. R. 2. young men from all over this country and Canada on this all-important subject at this time. We have arranged for one other speaker on the same subject, Dr. Geo. R. Parkin of Upper Canada College, who has traveled about the world in the interests of imperial federation. Dr. Parkin is a close friend of Lord Rosebery and in close touch with nearly all the prominent men in England. It is one of those occasions where an opportunity is furnished to plant a seed that may produce a harvest far beyond anything the sower would at the moment be able to estimate. The Auditorium will hold between four and five thousand people. We have no doubt but what we will have that may men present. What I ask is that you will permit me to come and see you on this matter with several gentlemen, making an appointment either at New York Oyster Bay or at Washington, as may be most convenient to you, thus permitting us to present the invitation personally and hand you a number of letters which we have. We shall consider it a kindness if you will make such an appointment for the near future. Faithfully yours, [*H. D. W. English*] 12595THE NEW YORK AGE, NO. 4 CEDAR ST., BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. FORTUNE & PETERSON, PUBLISHERS. AFRO-AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEWS AND OPINION. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. NEW YORK, June 14, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster, N.Y. My Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I thank you for your letter of the 11th and Mr. Putnams enclosure, but regret that the letter is not more encouraging. Yours truly F. Thomas Fortune 12596ED. C. STRONG JOHN KEELEY, JR. RODERICK GREEN E C STRONG & Co Oysters & Clams PLANTERS & WHOLESALE DEALERS FAMOUS "PENNANT BRAND" OYSTERS HUGH S. GAMBEL SOFT CLAMS, HARD CRABS, FISH BAIT, &c &c LITTLE NECKS A SPECIALTY BOAT No 2, FULTON MARKET Telephone Connection New York, JUN 14 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay L.I. Dear Brother & Sir I take pleasure in addressing you as one of our fraternity asking if you can unless some previous engagement prevents, attend our closing meeting of Sagamore Lodge 371 F. & A.M. which meets next Wednesday evening in the Tuscan Room, Masonic Temple, N.Y. City. I would like and appreciate very much your presence on this occasion which is the eve on which I take my Third Degree and the closing for the summer of our Lodge. Many of our members would indeed be pleased to have you come amongst us and I thought that Mattinicock could not be represented better than by having you with us on this evening. Bro. Heyser 33° will deliver the lecture and I am sure you willbe well repaid for the visit. I hope and trust tou will find some way to accept of my invitation and be present with us on this occa sion. Trusting to hear from you I beg to remain Yours respectfully, H S GAMBEL Don't fail to be present, if possible. P.S. [*12597*]Lima - Montana June 14 - 1901 Teddy Roosevelt. Dear Friend and Col. Well Teddy old boy I have been for some time going to write you to congratulate you. I was in Ogden last fall to hear you speak to a large full house but it was impossible to get to have a talk with you, as so many people were around you. I have quit rideing for the 4 - out fit on the Powder Rider near Miles City and now I am employed on the Oregon short line as Brakeman. I am doing very well here in the Pay servise. Well the cowboys all me old Sam Bass. I was with the Montana Troop from Misoula Well Teddy old boy I would be more than pleased to hear from you as some of my friends say you wouldent write no how. I remaine Yours truly and com'd of the famous Rough Riders E E Hardy. [*12598*][[shorthand]]Samuel R. Weed Elijah R. Kennedy Edonard T. Mostert WEED & KENNEDY INSURANCE 29 & 31 LIBERTY STREET TELEPHONE 4298 JOHN CABLE ADDRESS OCTOPUS New York, June 14th, 1901 My dear Sir: The movement of which you have been advised for a memorial (probably a statue) of the late Father Malone of Brooklyn is now fully organized, Hon. S. B. Dutcher is Chairman of the General Committee, the Hon. Francis H. Wilson, Postmaster of Brooklyn, is Treasurer, and I myself am Secretary. The main purpose of the General Committee will be to endorse the enterprise & decide its character and the public statement is being prepared by a committee consisting of the Rev. Dr. Darlington of the Episcopal Church of Bedford Avenue, Prof. Hooper of the Brooklyn Institute, and myself. Nearly forty names will be attached to this statement, including some of the most eminent citizens of New York and Broiklyn. I write to ask whether we may have authority to attach your name to the appeal. You may be sure that it will be most considerately and discreetly expressed so as to antagnoize no element but merely to interest the community in the movement to honor Father Malone's memory. I would send a copy of the appeal if it were completed, but it is being [*12599*]handed around for revision. Yours very truly, [*E. R. Kennedy*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 12600year, is a good accountant is very methodical at his work which he understands from A to Z. He is quiet studious, understands French slightly and had a fair education. Any position you could give him where the climate is dry and it is mountainous would be a great help to the widow of your old admirer. Very respectfully yours, Frances E. Langam Setume, Overbrook. June 14, 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt, My eldest son has been ill for over a year and has now been ordered a change of climate. The only way that he can have that is [*12601*] by securing employment in some part of the country where the climate will agree with him. His lungs are delicate and sensitive to disease but are not yet affected with disease. The doctors say that a change of climate will effect a complete cure hence this note to you. He was for over seven years with the Real Estate Department of the Girard Trust in Philadelphia, but on account of his continued ill health he was compelled to resign last year. He is in his 29th [*12602*]United States Courts Boston June 14, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Theodore:- George Lyman and I have met together, and compared your letters to us, and we are left in some uncertainty as to your visit to Cambridge. As you have entrusted me, however, with a good deal of responsibility for your movements, I have made the following arrangements with him. On Tuesday night I have to go to my class dinner, as it is my 25th anniversary. In spite of this, I was expecting to put you up at our house in Boston, and give you dinner at home, unless you went to your class dinner, as I thought not unlikely. Still I should not be able to see much of you on Tuesday. Now George would like to see you, though he has been scrupulously fair in not seeking to interfere with your promised visit to me. You know that you are greatly in request, and by a perfectly friendly understanding between us, I have agreed to surrender my right and title in you to him for Tuesday evening. We propose, therefore, that you should come on Tuesday, and proceed directly to his house at Beverly. He will invite some people to meet you, and will give you a good time. He has kindly invited me to come also, but my engagement at my class dinner makes it impossible. 12603 2. He will bring you up to town by an early train Wednesday morning. I will meet you at the station with a carriage-a common hack- in which, entirely a ordinary citizens, and not as distinguished dignitaries we will proceed [promiscously], as somebody in the Pickwick Papers says, to Cambridge, where, in company with the other graduates of the college we will receive the distinguished guests of the day. Your will march to the theatre with the Overseers; I shall march with the Corporation. You will come to my Chief Marshalsspread when the exercises in the theatre are over, and later will go to Memorial Hall with your class. Having been fortified with a comparatively good luncheon at my spread, you will be able to scorn the scanty viands provided at Memorial. Hving heard the flow of eloquence which will follow the dinner, you and I will get away and down to Taunton, far from the madding crowd, where we will spend Wednesday night and as much of Thursday as you can give me. I shall not invite any distinguished citizens to meet you there, but propose to keep you entirely to myself. From your letter, I judge there is some doubt whether you come to Commencement if President McKinley does not. I suppose George would be glad to know your decisions on this matter as soon as convenient, as he would like to have some people to meet you. My arrangements will not be affected. I can well suppose that you will think this a cavalier way of disposing of the person of the Vice President, somewhat as if he were a statue or a bale of goods, but as you would leave the dispostion of yourself to us we have arranged accordingly, If you have determined to 126043. go to your class dinner, please let us know at once, as you will then have to give up your visit to George. Of course you know very well that I should be delighted to have you stay with me during the whole of your visit here, and as much time before and after as you could give me, and you know that George would like the same. Please give my regards to Mrs. Roosevelt, and believe me Your well-intentioned friend, [*Francis C. Lowell*] 12605[[shorthand]][*PF*] THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING ROOM 614, . . . 105 EAST 22D STREET. . . . OFFICE HOURS: 11 A. M. TO 12 M. MRS. FREDERICK NATHAN, President. MRS. HUGH MUNROE DEWERS, 1st Vice- President. MRS. I. N. PHELPS STOKES, 2d Vice- President. MRS. J. G. CROSWELL, Treasurer. MISS EMMA BRACE, Corresponding Secretary. MISS BERTHA H. SECCOME, Recording Secretary. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, MISS ISELIN, DR. MARY PUTNAM JACOBI, MRS. SETH LOW, MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL, MRS. WM. S. RAINSFORD, MRS. JACOB H. SCHIFF, MRS. SPENCER TRASK, MRS. FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT, MISS GRACE DODGE, MRS. ALEXANDER VAN RENNSELAER. ADVISORY BOARD. PROF. JOHN BATES CLARK, MR. S. H. DITCHETT, MR. ALBERT J. HOCHSTADTER, DR. HENRY M. LEIPEIGER, MR. WM. J. A. McKIM, MR. ROBERT C OGDEN, MR. JOHN SEELY WARD. MR. J. B. REYNOLDS. MR. JACOB RIIS, REV. THOMAS R. SLICER. NEW YORK, June 14 1901 [shorthand] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Thank you very much for sending me Mr. Buchanan's letter, which I herewith return, as you requested. It is my desire to do nothing that could possibly annoy or inconvenience you in any way in the matter. Therefore, with your permission, I shall write an official letter to Mr. Buchanan, asking him to let me know why The Consumers' League was refused space at the Exposition. I shall not mention the fact that you sent me his letter, but shall merely call his attention to the fact that it is unfair not to give us a valid reason. If this course meets with your approval, will you be good enough to ask your Secretary to send me one line to that effect? I regret extremely being obliged to trouble you further in the matter, but you have tied my hands and I can do nothing further without your acquiescence. It may interest you to know that a well-known manufacturer in Elmira told our Secretary yesterday that the Consumers' League was a positive [*12606*]THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING ROOM 614, . . . 105 EAST 22D STREET. . . . OFFICE HOURS: 11 A. M. TO 12 M. MRS. FREDERICK NATHAN, President. MRS. HUGH MUNROE DEWERS, 1st Vice- President. MRS. I. N. PHELPS STOKES, 2d Vice- President. MRS. J. G. CROSWELL, Treasurer. MISS EMMA BRACE, Corresponding Secretary. MISS BERTHA H. SECCOMB, Recording Secretary. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, MISS ISELIN, DR. MARY PUTNAM JACOBI. MRS. SETH LOW, MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL, MRS. WM. S. RAINSFORD, MRS. JACOB H. SCHIFF, MRS. SPENCER TRASK, MRS. FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT, MISS GRACE DODGE, MRS. ALEXANDER VAN RENNSELAER. ADVISORY BOARD. PROF. JOHN BATES CLARK, MR. S. H. DITCHETT, MR. ALBERT J. HOCHSTADTER, DR. HENRY M. LEIPZIGER, MR. WM. J. A. McKIM, MR. ROBERT C OGDEN, MR. JOHN SEELY WARD. MR. J. B. REYNOLDS. MR. JACOB RIIS, REV. THOMAS R. SLICER. NEW YORK,..........................................190 boon to all high-principled manufacturers. He has been compelled to compete with manufacturers who send their material down south to be made up in the prisons under contract labor, while he has been paying good wages to self-respecting citizens in Elmira to do his work. Unfortunately all manufacturers do not appreciate that the Consumers' League, in raising the standard of competition is really doing a splen- did work in uplifting the industries of the nation. There should be nothing sordid or degrading in what we term "the commercial spirit". We have no desire to stifle competition, but we wish to raise the plane of competition to a higher level. Will you have time to glance thro' enclosed pamphlet to judge some of the evils resulting from the manufacture of clothing under the contract system of work? Thanking you again for your co-operation, I am with kind regards, Your sincerely, Maud Nathan [*12607*][*[For enc see 6-14-01]*]Waukomis, O.T., June 14, 1901. Vice President Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Colonel: I enclose you the endorsement from our Central Committee man, also one from Ex. Gov. A.J. Seay, and will take pleasure in securing as many more as you require. Awaiting any further advise that you may wish to extend me, I remain with great respect Sincerely yours, M. L. Newcosub 1260807 June 17, 01 Oldgate Farmington Connecticut My dear Colonel Roosevelt Mrs.Cowles has just given me your letter of May 31st & I hasten to answer it. I wrote from Boston saying that we shall be dehalted to come to you for the night of the 17th if that will 12609suit, & I will arrive later what hour our train arrives. It was the areatest possible pleasure to me to meet you at Buffalo & I shall look forward much to continuing our conversa- tion on matters military with kindest messages to Mrs. Roosevelt and your daughter from us both Yours [?] [?] A. [?] husband 12610DEXTER, OSBORN & GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EMPIRE BUILDING, 71 BROADWAY, TELEPHONE 5449 CORTLANDT. STANLEY W. DEXTER, WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN, ROBERT McM. GILLESPIE. CHARLES E. WHITEHEAD, Counsel. H. LINSLY JOHNSON. New York, June 14th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Theodore:- Your letter of June 10th, meets me on my return from a trip to the Western part of the State and I shall take pleasure in writing to Walter Wycoff as to what particular two or three Princeton boys should go out to see you. Unfortunately I am not certain that I can come myself on Saturday, June 29th, as I must be in Albany that week to close up matters connected with the Lunacy Commission and I sail the following week for a brief trip abroad. However, of that I will advise you later. Thank you very much for thinking of me in this connection. Sincerely yours, Wm Church Osborn [*12611*][[shorthand]]Oyster Bay, N.Y. June 14, 1901 Dear Col. Roosevelt At three P.M. on Saturday June 22nd, we hold our Commencerment Exercises. I have one grad- uate - Helen Youngs. Shall be very glad to have you present to address the children and present the diploma. Hoping you will be able to be with us, I am Sincerely yours, Sarah C. Proost 12612[[shorthand]]Copy Copy Of Original Letter. St. Paul, Minn., 6/14th, 1901. Hon. F.A. Randle, Hillsboro, Ills. Esteemed Sir:- Your communication via Cincinnati, Ohio, 2d inst. received. I suppose you have received report from there for past six months by this time. I recently returned from business trips to Texas and Ark., where I found political prospects progressing, but whether we can take those two States out of the control of the Bryan rooters, is something, so far as present time speaks, not advisable for prediction. We are, however, gaining stable ground, while the Bryanites are losing every day. During last two months or more I have been over considerable parts of Minn., Wis., and Mich., where our increase is not so pronounced, but good. The knowledge I possess strongly indicates that there are changes of sentiment going on in both parties relevant solely to home affairs as distinct from our oceanic possessions. The Democratic party is full of fighting factions North and South, and the Republican party will no doubt lose and extensively suffer either from apathy or disaffection and perhaps from both [from] materially from present indications. There is no fault so far as I learn with the McKinley administrations, but there is there distrust as to encroachments of corporation conspiracies-Trusts etc-and some minor matters here and there. This leads me to believe that whoever assumes to foretell results of future campaigns, even of next year, will reckon without his host. Advices to leave alone [xxx] to fight it out with the Bryanites all who [yearn] still yearn for antique and cling to impractical politics are well take. You neatly and completely squelched that effort on the part of a few of our force to make of us a new and independent party. I heard of it here in Minn. and again in Texas. I have met several of the specials and from what I gleaned they have been more successful than I have been in gathering information. I think they have more time and not on the run over so much country as myself. Up here throughout Minnesota, Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and parts of Michigan a very large vote-of foreign extraction - that went solid for McKinley in 1896, and [again though] largely, though decreased, in 1900, has lapsed back into the Democratic party entirely, and no one knows this better than Mr.Bryan, and I have reasons for believing he is making strenuous efforts to make it subservient to his interests. Very truly yours. [*FAR*] P.S. I will do Wis. and Mich the next two months, meantime I will write Cincinnati when to send me instructions from you underscrolled to Detroit. I will take lay off short time to go to Pan-Am-Expo-Buffalo. [*FAR*] [*[F.A. RANDLE]*] [*12613*]WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 14, 1901. My dear Mr. President: I have put off answering your letter hoping each day that I could send you a definite reply. I wanted to see the Secretary to find out what his plans were at the time you suggest, and then I would have to arrange in regard to a visit from one of my Oneida County neighbors who some time ago fixed the 27th June as the time when he would come to see me. The Secretary's unexpected absence for two or three days longer than was anticipated has delayed me in seeing him, but I hope very soon to send you a definite reply. I need not say that I am very anxious to come, and greatly appreciate your wish to have me meet the men who are coming to your house. With kindest regards, I am, Sincerely yours, [*Wm Cary Langer*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 12614EXECUTIVE OFFICE, DES MOINES, IOWA. June 14, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Albany, N. Y. My Dear Sir: The Executive Committee of the State Teachers' Association of this state is more than anxious to secure you as their principal speaker at the state session next winter. I assure you that such an organization is worthy of consideration, and you can certainly ask no better forum of influence in our state. Personally, I shall be delighted to have you come. Our people are anxious to see you, hear you, and know more of you. Yours sincerely, Leslie M Shaw [*12615*]The Western Union Telegraph Company. [*815 Am*] Number 1 Sent by Oy Rec'd by K Check 18 Paid Received at June 14 1901 Dated New York 13 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay Will meet you at Century Club. As per your letter T.H. Shever [*12616*]TIFFANY & CO GOLD & SILVERSMITHS UNION SQUARE NEW YORK 14. June. 1901. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. N.Y. Dear Sir:- We regret that the pen would not work when you tried it and we enclose herewith two from which we trust you will be able 12617 to make a satisfactory selection. Very respectfully Tiffany & Co [??] 12618 Fort Scott Kans, June 14th 1901 Hon. Gen. Roosvel. Vice President of the United States, Dear sir if your Hon. Please allow me to Humly and Prayerfully ask your consideration to a worthy but strugling Church. I JAC Wade Pastor of Zion Chapel M. E. Church Cor. 2nd Little sts. membership 30. We are in debt $300. $200. are Pass due and must be Paid at an early date. and we hope to raise at least $200. by July 28, 1901. And dear sir will you please help us by sending, what ever your Hon. will to Rev. S. S. Martin Pastor of Ex. Presiding elder, now, Pastor of the First M. E. Church This City And he will give to the Church, what ever you send us. I have also ask the Pres. to help us. God grant that that we may get your favor we dont want to loose our Church. Yours truly J.A.C. Wade. (Col) address 217 Little St. [*12619*]EDITORIAL ROOMS, THE EMPORIA GAZETTE Emporia, Kans., June 14, 1901. My dear Colonel Roosevelt, I find that I will be unable to leave Kansas this week, and perhaps not until the first of July. I wish to come by the way of Washington. I have some business before the Attorney General. I want to hep the United States District Attorney of Kansas get reappointed. Senator Burton promised me faithfully, that he would reappoint him. But I always believe in seeing a thing done, before I call it done. Would it be asking too much to ask you for a letter of introduction to the Attorney General, identifying me as 12620a farly good Republicant if you can send this letter on to Emporia, I would be very grateful. Very truly, [?] Theodore Roosevelt, Esq., Vice President United States, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 12621THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE 105 East 22d St., New York City THE MENACE TO THE HOME FROM SWEATSHOP AND TENEMENT-MADE CLOTHING Testimony from Prominent Physicians, Nurses, and Inspectors before the Tenement-house commission of the State of New York. That sweatshop and tenement-house work, int he clothing trade, is an immediate peril to every home has long been known. The magnitude of the peril and the ways through which disease may be carried to the most distant villages are still dangerously misunderstood. The size of New York City and its constant stream of immigrants help us to understand why clothing is made there in larger and larger proportions. For example, Boston manufactured in 1899 but $22,000,000 worth of garments, while New York manufactured more than $160,000,000 worth. This proportion is daily increasing, and is distributed thence to thousands of stores, even in remote country districts. For instance, no one can say in Springfield, Syracuse, 3 12623 [*[6-14-01]*] THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE 105 East 22d St., New York City THE MENACE TO THE HOME FROM SWEATSHOP AND TENEMENT-MADE CLOTHING Testimony from Prominent Physicians, Nurses, and Inspectors before the Tenement-House Commission of the State of New York. 12622or Trenton, "Sweatshop or home-work does not concern us, because it is carried on in great cities like New York and Chicago." There are none more vitally concerned with this sweated industry than those who live in the remote towns to which these products are sent. The woman who shops in Concord, New Hampshire, is as likely to buy a tenement- made garment as though she shopped at a department store in New York City. In what does this peril consist? Much of this garment- making is done in admirable factories and shops where hours and conditions can be inspected and regulated. Other portions are allowed to go to the living rooms of the worker, where the employer can escape much immediate trouble and expense. These burdens fall upon the home-worker. Here the hours drag on to the last limits of bodily endurance. Here children toil when they should be at play. Here, in and about New York, in probably more than thirty thousand tenements and sweatshops, an enormous portion of this work goes on. It is all that Boston can do to inspect fourteen hundred, New York licenses twenty thousand, and is believed to have twice this number. Will anyone pretend that an adequate inspection is here possible? Will any one pretend that filth and disease will not run riot under such conditions? The visiting physician of the New York Infirmary gives the opinion that but a very small percentage of these tenements are inspected at all. This is the situation which the consumer of these goods has to face. The Consumers' League long hesitated to lay great stress upon these aspects of filth and disease, because of their alarmist and sensational nature. The sober and authoritative testimony, before such a body as the Tenement House Commission, of physicians and trained nurses of the highest standing makes it impossible for the League to withhold this evidence from the public. The menace to the great multitude of innocent buyers is so immediate and 4and I have never gone to bed so late or wakened so early that he was not at work on his machine. . . He is a perfectly temperate, hard-working man trying to bring his children up; and I can not imagine a more hideous family life than he leads in that kitchen." The Secretary: "You speak of disease. Is there very much disease communicated by the clothing in the tenements?" Mrs. Kelley: "It is very difficult to prove the communication, but the disease is there on a very large scale all the time. . . I have seen an exceedingly good coat, belonging to a suit costing $60, in a room where there was small-pox." No testimony before the Commission was more convincing than that given by the trained nurse. None see the evils more constantly or at closer range. The head of the Nurses' Settlement, on Henry Street, New York City, Miss Lillian D. Wald, testified: "Tuberculosis seems to us the disease most to be dreaded; almost as if we might consider it 'epidemic.' We see so much of it that we call it 'tailor's disease.' Our neighbors are more engaged in the needle industries than in any other work, but none of them seem free from phthisis. . . Tuberculosis has seemed very dreadful to us, because we have watched it spread and we have so often, as nurses, been called into some house for patients who have followed each other as occupants. My attention was called to a house last night, where a nurse had been to three different patients who were not related to each other, but who lived in the same house, in the same rooms. One family had had the disease and moved out or died, and after a few months we were called in to another case of illness, which proved to be a case of tuberculosis in the same room. We have been very much shocked, knowing the danger of its infection, to know that people very ill with tuberculosis move out, and other people come in immediately, perhaps an hour or two after the family moved out, into these same rooms, which have not been even swept or scrubbed. . . We have frequently found people working on garments (particularly knee-pants) in the room where there was scarlet fever. One case I bring to mind where felt slippers were being made and another, a few days ago, where our nurse visited three children ill with scarlet fever. The mother was working on women's cloaks. The garments, between the sewing and nursing, were laid on the bed. We have frequent experiences of that kind." A Commissioner: "What is your impression of the effect of carrying on the trade in tenement houses as far as the health of the workers is concerned? " 7 12625 so grave that agitation should not rest until every buyer can have at the retail store an absolute guarantee that the purchased garment is not from a sweatshop or a tenement, but is made under conditions so open to proper inspection as to insure to the worker a tolerable existence, and to the home where the garments are worn immunity from disease. To show the character of these tenements, the Tenement House Commission called as witnesses such physicians as Dr. John H. Pryor, who said (November 16, 1900): "So far as I can learn there are in the tenement houses of New York City alone- not in Greater New York, but in New York City alone- there are constantly 20,000 consumptives; that is, considering all the stages of the disease. Nor does this show the prevalence of the disease in the tenement houses; because it is found by post- mortem examination of those dying from other diseases that very many of them have forms of tuberculosis also. So that I think the statement is perfectly safe that a majority of the tenement-house dwellers in New York City have tuberculosis in some form. It is a disease quite distinctive of tenement-house life at the present time." Dr. Herman M. Biggs testified: "This question of infection is not simply one of observation, or a theoretical one, but it is a question upon which we have experimental proof. We undertook several years ago a series of experiments to determine the presence and infectious character of the dust in various tenement houses; and as a result of those experiments it was found that dust in a number of houses which we examined did contain tubercular bacilli, which produced tuberculosis in the animals used for observation. The dust was collected from the walls or from the mouldings or ceilings in houses which had been occupied, as we knew, by tubercular patients." Yet, in thousands of such places men's, women's and children's garments are made up in vast quantities, to be brought by agents and distributed later through a multitude of retail stores in all parts of the country. Mrs. Frederick Nathan, the President of the New York Consumers' League, in testifying before the Commission said: "A manager of one of the best-known clothing houses in the city admitted to me that if people knew under what conditions their 5 12624clothes were made in these sweatshops, and how the workers were obliged to throw them about in dirty rooms, on beds, and on the floor, they would not buy them or wear them. . . In fact, the clothing industry is probably one of the most degraded, if not the most degraded of all the industries. Manufacturers of other products are obliged to have their own plants and be responsible for the conditions under which their goods are made. But clothing manufacturers, apparently, are not held at all responsible; they very often do not know under what conditions they are made. The goods are given out to a contractor, who gives them to a sub-contractor, and finally they reach the sweatshop." Mr. Henry White, the General Secretary of the United Garment Workers of America, asked of the Chairman of the Commission if the quality of the goods was any guarantee that they had not been made in a sweatshop, replied: "The better grades of clothing are more apt to be made in sweatshops than the poorer grades, for this reason: more hand work is required on a well-cut coat, for instance, and that can be done at home; while cheap clothing is made in large quantities, and therefore requires large facilities. So that really the better, rather than the poorer, class of clothing, is made in tenement shops. Take, for instance, custom clothing; of that 90 per cent. is made in tenement shops." Mrs. Florence Kelley, out of her official experience as Chief Factory Inspector, asked to state her objections to the sweating system, said: "It puts a great premium on overcrowding the worst houses. The people have to live within walking distance of the shops, and they have to live where the rents are least; and it is only the worst- paid people who do that work. So every shop which gives out work in a tenement is a magnet to attract the most undesirable people to live within walking distance of it. The other disadvantages are the even further ruin of the homes in which work is being carried on, and the spread of disease." The Secretary: "How does it ruin the homes?" Mrs. Kelley: "Overcrowding further and wearing the people out who do the work. My nearest neighbor is a tailor, and I can not help, as it is in all the tenement houses, knowing everything that goes on. He works in the one light room that he has, and his wife is obliged to cook and wash there; the children are obliged to get their lessons there, and the whole family life goes on in this kitchen, 6 Miss Wald: "Exceedingly injurious. There is the fact of the dangers of having garments made where there are contagious diseases, but besides that the rooms are overcrowded; it adds to the collection of dust, utilizes space which should be free, and is a great menace sending these things out to the unsuspecting public." Dr. Annie S. Daniel, for nineteen years visiting physician for the New York Woman's Infirmary, said: "I also think that the amount of manufacturing which is done in the tenement houses is a great factor in the spread of disease." The Chairman: "Do you agree with Dr. Pryor and Dr. Biggs in their conclusions as to the remedy for tuberculosis being one largely of more light and more air and less overcrowding?" Dr. Daniel: "Yes, and no manufacturing in the tenements. I would emphasize that especially, because I believe that to be a great source of danger, not only in the tenement-house people, but to the people who wear these things. . . It is the dried tubercle that is most dangerous, and that can be carried in the clothing." A Commissioner: "Did you ever witness any cigar-making in tenement houses?" Dr. Daniel: "Yes, sir." The Commissioner: "Do you regard that as dangerous?" Dr. Daniel: "Yes, sir. I have seen tubercular people making them and flattening them down with their own sputum." The Commissioner: "You do not believe that there should be any manufacturing in tenement houses?" Dr. Daniel: "Absolutely none." A Commissioner: "Have you seen any diminution of these evils from tuberculosis in the tenement-house manufacture since the present sweatshop law went into operation?" Dr. Daniel: "No; I have not." Several well-known physicians have testified so strongly to the unusual competence of Dr. Daniel as a witness upon this special evil, that her report, read at the annual meeting of the Consumers' League of the City of New York, will be given at some length. Dr. Daniel M. Stimson wrote the following letter about Dr. Daniel's qualifications: "11 West 17th Street, New York City. "I am very glad to hear that you are about to print some remarks of Dr. Annie S. Daniel relative to diseases in sweatshops. I have known Dr. Daniel ever since her student days, and I have great 8615 new families whom I visited, as physician to the New York Infirmary, I found that the average rent paid was $11.27 per month for an average number of two and one- half rooms, the average income per month was $16.88. The woman and girls working in a shop earn usually twice, often three times as much per piece as they can at home, but the work is difficult to obtain, whereas, if the work is brought home more can be obtained and the sick and children can be employed. The Christian Sunday and the Hebrew Sabbath are utilized for work-days. A law was passed in April, 1899, to take effect September, 1899, requiring, among other provisions, that for all tenement- house manufacturing a license should be obtained from the Factory Inspector, and framed and hung in the room where such work was being done. I have not seen a half dozen such licenses in the rooms of 179 families in which I especially noted this fact. The law distinctly states under what conditions a license shall be given. One is unable to determine in some cases why a license has been given or why one is withheld. Last week I was greatly confused to know why a very clean German woman, living in good sanitary conditions in an apartment consisting of two light rooms, the family numbering herself, a son of 17 years, and her husband, had been refused. I have known this woman for ten years; her place is always clean. Within an hour I visited another family in a filthy rear tenement, living in two rooms, one dark, the family consisting of seven persons and two lodgers. Three children, six, eight, and ten years old, helped the mother finish trousers, and their license, properly filled out, was prominently exposed. One finds the work being done in the presence of the common contagious diseases, including tuberculosis and also the highly infectious eye disease commonly known as "pink eye" of which we have an epidemic during the past year, and also during the prevailing epidemic of influenza. 11 12627 respect for her unselfish devotion to her work, and also admiration for the results that she has attained. As a medical worker among the poor she is unsurpassed. Her knowledge of the subject of disease in sweatshops is such as to command for her opinion thereupon attention and respect, particularly as she is guarded in her statements and not given to exaggeration. "Sincerely yours, "DANIEL M. STIMSON, M.D." Address delivered by Dr. A. S. Daniel, at the Annual Meeting of the Consumers' League of the City of New York, January 21, 1901 The dangers of the sweatshop industry are twofold, first to the worker, and second to the consumer. Both finishing and manufacturing men's, women's, and children's clothing are carried on in these filthy, dark, damp rooms, and only occasionally is it done under good sanitary surroundings. A description of one seen only last week will answer for a majority of rooms, especially of Polish-Hebrew and Italian workers. The apartment consists of three rooms, two opening on an absolutely dark air-shaft; the other on a narrow yard; at mid-day only does any light from the outside penetrate this apartment, and then only the outer room, and for a short time. At other times kerosene oil lamps or candles are used. Two families occupy this apartment, for which is paid $9 rent. One of the men has consumption, and both men, heads of the two families, assort lemons, which one peddles, or they assist their wives in finishing trousers at one and a half cents each pair. Their hours are as long as they can hold their heads up or they have work to do. It will at once be apparent that the dangers to the workers are the long hours, the bad sanitary conditions of the apartment, and the presence of a disease classified by the Board of Health as contagious. Every member of this household is in danger of contracting this disease: the dark, damp surroundings, the lack of exercise and proper food 9 12626make this highly probable. And if they escape this disease (it requires two hours for one person to finish a pair of trousers, and by their combined efforts they earn 30 to 50 cents a day, or rather in twenty-four hours), rent, proper food, and clothing can hardly be bought for eight persons with from 30 to 50 cents a day. The children have become rachitical, the elders will succumb to the first severe malady that attacks them. To the consumers the dangers are the exposure to the contagion of tuberculosis and the probability that vermin will be carried in their clothing, and the consumer, if he has a conscience, will not be gratified to know that in order to save for him a little money, his neighbors are working and existing in ignorance, disease, and filth. It is well-known that children from three to fourteen years manufacture and finish clothing in tenement-house rooms. Work is carried to the extreme limit of physical endurance. I have seen women in the last stages of consumption, propped up in bed, finishing trousers until nature could stand it no longer, and the work stopped from absolute exhaustion, or death mercifully put an end to this suffering. There are places which are clean and light, and where, at the first appearance of any disease, contagious or not, work is suspended, but such are few. The greater part of the work is done, either in unsanitary surroundings or int he presence of contagious disease, often both. The wages vary from less than a cent an hour, for one person, to thirty cents an hour- this last is claimed to be paid by certain Fifth Avenue ladies' tailors. I have never seen anyone who earned that amount. I rarely see a person who earns more than ten cents an hour. The labor of children, from three to fourteen years, is estimated by their parents at from $1 to $3 a week, many of the children working only out of school hours. Rent must be paid, and after that whatever is left is used for food and clothing. Last year, of 10 [*[Enc in Nathan 6-14-01]*] Custom-work is also done in the same surroundings as the cheaper and poorer work. It is absolutely impossible for a manufacturer, however honest, to know exactly where th clothing is taken before it is returned to him finished. The women, like women in other walks of life, are fond of visiting and taking their work with them, and it seems as if they were especially fond of visiting where there is a contagious disease. The work is found in any place, often on the floor, but usually on the bed. Every year I ask myself, how long shall this state of things last and grow worse; and I answer, just as long as the consumer is willing. If the laws of the Factory Inspector and the Board of Health relating to the manufacturing and finishing in tenement houses were enforced, it would be impossible for the present conditions to exist. The Consumers' League has done much, and we, who daily see these things, look to the League to do more. What can we do to help? Ask for the Label of the National Consumers' League. This is only a first step, but a vital one. More than twenty model factories are now using the label on women's white underwear, corsets, equipoise waists, Jenness Miller waists, stocking suspenders, ladies' dressing jackets, children's wash dresses, sheets, and pillow cases. Every person buying goods of this character should ask that they bear the label.[*F*] EDWARD O. WOLCOTT. Denver, Colorado, June 15th 1901. Hon Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 10 inst to Mr Wolcott. He is now in Europe to be gone three or four months; & I take pleasure in forwarding your letter to him- Respectfully C. A Chisholm [*12629*] ARINGTON H. CARMAN, COUNSELOR AT LAW, PATCHOGUE, N.Y. SYNDICATE BUILDING. June 15 1901 [shorthand] Hon Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sir: I notice by report of proceedings of L I Bible Society at Oyster Bay that in your address you read from Prof Huxley's works, having read the Life and Letters of Prof Huxley by his son Leonard Huxley and an admirer of Huxley I am interested to learn what particular part of his writings you quoted. I would thank you to call my attention to it if not trespassing too much upon your valuable time Very respectfully yours Arington H Carman [*12628*]EDMUND P. COTTLE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, 828 PRUDENTIAL BUILDING. BUFFALO, N. Y. June 15, 1901. 189 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. My dear Colonel: Although somewhat late in the race some of my friends have proposed my Name for Adjutant-General of N.Y. If you feel that you are in a position to do it a letter from you to Gov. Odell would be greatly appreciated. I have served in the Guard nearly 15 years & in the Volunteers (201st N.Y.) about 9 1/2 months, in the latter as Lt. Colonel, Am a graduate of Yale, '84. I enjoyed Exceedingly our short stay at your delightful home a week ago. My regards to Mrs Roosevelt. Yours very sincerely. Edmund P. Cottle [*12630*][[shorthand]]THE WEST GROVE PRINTING COMPANY MASTERS OF "THE ART PRESERVATIVE OF ALL ARTS." PUBLISHERS OF WEST GROVE INDEPENDENT. PROPRIETORS OF WEST GROVE PRINTING HOUSE. WILLIAM T. DANTZ. EDITOR. WEST GROVE, PA., June 15th 1901 My dear Mr Roosevelt, I desire to explain my request of some weeks ago in which I asked your support in gaining Sen. Penrose's endorsement. Through an act of thoughtlessness, born of a knowledge of your sincere interest, I was prompted to make a request plainly unjust to you. Will you kindly pardon the assurance and believe me that I would rather let the whole thing go overboard than forfeit your esteem. With the splendid support already given however, I am [sure] confident of gaining this. Please accept my heartiest thanks and be assured that both myself and the Independent can always be ranked with your most loyal champions. Sincerely your friend Wm T Dantz [*12631*][[shorthand]]should I gain or lose, my patent I can not but feel that you have done everything to help me win it for which I am most deeply grateful. Very cordially yours Edwalyn de Ray 413 West 23rd St. June 15th [*[de Ray?]*] [*[6-15-01]*] My dear Mr Roosevelt; Because of the very kind note you sent me, I had a most satisfactory visit to Washington and was treated with great courtesy by Judge Allen- [*12632*]Charity Organization Society OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ROBERT W. DE FOREST, PRESIDENT. J. PIERPONT MORGAN, TREASURER. OTTO T. BANNARD, VICE-PRESIDENT. EDWARD T. DEVINE. GENERAL SECRETARY. CENTRAL OFFICE, UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING, 105 EAST 22D STREET. TELEPHONE, NO. 330 18TH STREET. CABLE ADDRESS, "CHARITY, NEW YORK." PLEASE ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO "THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY." June 15, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States. Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I am obliged to you for yours of June 11 enclosing copy of your letter of the same date to Dr. Furry. I noticed that your letter was,as you say,simply a statement of sympathy with any movement to help fallen women,but the difficulty is that the four or five letters taken together are all regarded by any one to whom they are shown as an endorsement of this particular scheme. The Lieutenant Governor's Secretary writes me that he [????] endorsed it simply because it had your endorsement and that of others whom he knew,and the object appeared to be a very worthy one. A telephone message from the gentleman who is managing their canvass indicates that your letter of withdrawal has produced some effect. The details of the methods employed by some of the people connected with this enterprise are enough to turn a pretty strong stomach. I will let you know if I have any evidence that they continue to use your letter of April 12. As an offset to the disagreeable subject under consideration, permit me to offer my congratulations on the satisfactory progress of the administration in Cuba,China and elsewhere. Faithfully yours, [*Edward T. Devine*] 12634if you will make my house your stopping place while in Rhode Island. Though my family is at Newport, I always have a bed and a bath for a guest. Believe me, Sincerely Yours R.S. Hammett[?] [shorthand] 50 SOUTH MAIN STREET Providence June 15th Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay L.I. New York My dear Sir Presuming upon a very slight acquaintance which I had with you many years ago and also upon the fact that you know my sister Mrs Slater of Washington, I wish [*12635*]as a member of the Squantum Club to express the hope that you will accept the invitation which has been extended to you by this Club Squantum & Squantum Clam Cakes have a national reputation, and many distinguished people have in the past joined us at our Wednesday gatherings to eat the succulent clam. The Club is made up of prominent citizens of Providence with not too many R. I,. ex-Governors in it; And it is the earnest desire of all that you will be our guest on some Wednesday this summer It would gratify me very much , also [*12636*]Glenville Ohio June 15/1901 Hon Theodore. E. Rooseveldt Woshington D.C Sir I have taken the liberty of calling your attention to the fact that I am an applicant for the position of Department Assistant in the Phillippines Civil Service. I have taken the examination and know that I passed all right. I have received and mailed to the President a letter from General Charles A Dick endorsing me. I have been promised one from Senator Hanna. I am a graduate of Harvard, Class of 89. a lawyer. married. It would be of the greatest value to me. if you could endorse the application or speak to the President. Thanking you in advance for any favors you may do for me. I remain Yours Truly Chas. D. Gibbons The Haven St Claire and Gravel Rd Glenville [*12637*]THE TARIFF MAGAZINE 570 WEST BROADWAY WASHINGTON CHICAGO NEW YORK, June 15th 1901 The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir:- You will be interested, we are sure, in the enclosed Prospectus of the Tariff Magazine, the first number of which will shortly appear. The Magazine will present the views of legislators, lawyers, political economists and well known business men upon the subjects which are set forth in the Prospectus. Many prominent and thoughtful men have already signified their intention to contribute articles. Our present purpose is to b speak your attention to this Prospectus and to ask whether we may, in the near future, have an article from your pen on the subject for publication. Thanking you in advance for your kind attention and reply, we remain, Yours very respectfully, [*G. B. Henshel*] Editor Tariff Magazine. 12638[*P.F.*] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WASHINGTON. June 15, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President the U.S., Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Mr. Vice-President: I am duly in receipt of your letter of the 13th replying to mine of the 12th, and entirely agree with the conclusions you have reached with respect to the invitation to visit and address the young Republicans of Missouri, upon condition, however, that you will kindly grant the request of the latter at some later date. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, EA Hitchcock [*12639*]TRINITY M. E. PARSONAGE NEWBURGH June 15. 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-Prest. My dear Friend: - I am writing a premium book for Talmadge' Christian Herald to be issued this fall. It is to be a book of five hundred page containing five hundred anecdotes, incidents, illustrations etc, with moral and religious lessons. I am very anxious to have three stories about yourself; of about five hundred words each. Will you do me the favor to let me have them? I am to be the author of all the stories, and whatever you sent would be written from my standpoint. Three incidents from your military and political, or boyhood career I should like, anything from which I can draw a lesson of heroism, honor, [*12640*]fidelity to any trust, industry, patriotism, etc. It is expected that the book will have a pretty wide circulation amongst your kind of people, and I am very anxious to have you grant this request. You could dictate all three of them to your stenographer in an hour or two. I should like very much to have the stories by the end of the month or sooner, if possible. Your Enthusiastic Friend, Ferd. C. Iglehart.sojourn- he is having the time of his life- winding up tho: with affectionate remarks about "Gods Country" Very Try Yours D.E.Kingman New York.June 15th 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt. Oyster Bay L.I. My dear Sir: I have to thank you for your kind letter of June 12th, and fully appreciate its contents- I trust some day you will meet Col Brainard- and if you do you will appreciate our interest in him and excuse the liberty I took in writing you I presume you hear often from Mr. Holls- I have a long letter from him dated Berlin June 3d-. one of his "meaty" letters descriptive of his Russian 12641THE CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD EDITOR'S ROOM June 15, 1901 My dear Colonel. Your letter just at hand. Mr Carroll is simply the Editor of the Peoria Journal on salary, I suppose. I don't know him, but he cuts no figure in Ill politics. You had better write him a polite letter, saying 12643you have no Manager in Ills. or anywhere else., as to allowing your "name to be used" that is a thing you cannot prevent. but you are making no efforts to get the nomination in 1904. I hope to see you when in Chicago. Trusting you are well. I am Yours Sincerely H H Kohlsaat [*[H H Kohlsaat]*] [*12644*][*[6-15-01]*] THE HARVARD UNION The LIBRARY The building, given by Major Henry L. Higginson to the new Harvard Union, a general club for past and present members of the University, will be opened at the beginning of the academic year. Three large and beautiful rooms with shelving for 25,000 volumes will be used for the library, and this we want to make one of the most attractive and stimulating elements in the life of the new club. It is our desire to bring together here, in the first place, the books which give inspiration and delight, including the masters of English prose and poetry in the best editions; the more important books of the day, novels, literary criticism, travel, history, and popular science; books relating to outdoor life, to sport and to games; the best works of travel and biography; college 12645publications; books relating to the history of the University; and, later, books in foreign languages;- in the second place, an ample collection languages;- in the second place, an ample collection of encyclopædias and dictionaries both general and special, and other books of reference;- and thirdly, if our means allow and if it is generally desired, books for study in connection with some of the larger courses given in College. We have already received several generous gifts of books and money, and we hope the Library of the Union will have the help and support of all Harvard men. It is the special object of this circular to ask such of the graduates and officers of the University as are themselves authors to contribute to its shelves copies (with autograph) of any or of all the works they have written, edited, or published, except such as are of purely technical or professional interest. During the summer of 1901 books may be sent to the care of the Librarian of the University; after October 1, directly to the Harvard Union, Quincy Street, Cambridge. An early response to this circular is, however, requested in order that as many volumes as possible may be placed in the library before the opening of the building in the autumn. The bookplate of the Union will be placed in each volume and will state its source, but the donor's bookplate will, in all cases, be a welcome addidtion. WILLIAM C. LANE, '81, Chairman, LEBARON R. BRIGGS, '75, JAMES H. HYDE, '98, ARTHUR DRINKWATER, '00, EDWARD BOWDITCH, Jr., '03, WILLIAM JAMES, Jr., '03, WILLIAM PHILLIPS, '00, Secretary, Library Committee of the Harvard Union. JUNE 15, 1901. 12646HEADQUARTERS National Association Spanish American WAR VETERANS. WILLIAM C. LILLER, Adjutant-General. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, LANCASTER, PENNA. WCL/MED-6 June 15th, 1901 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay,L.I. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay,L.I. Dear Comrade: I have the honor to respectfully invite you to deliver an address during our second annual encampment and reunion at Buffalo,September 9-12. Indications point to a large gathering of the members of the Order,in fact the success of the meeting as to numbers is already insured. Among the prominent officers of the Order who will attend are: General Owen Summers of Oregon,Colonel Wilder S.Metcalf of Kansas,Colonel Gracey Childres of Tennessee(late Colonel Wilder S.Metcalf of Kansas,Colonel Gracey Childers of Tennessee(late Colonel 1st Tenn.U.S.Vols.), Captain Wm.E.English of Indiana, and General J.C.Loper of Iowa(late 52 Iowa U.S.Vols.)We have a large number of members of your command in the Order,many of whom will be with us at Buffalo. General Hulings believes your presence will inspire greater enthusiasm and interest and we sincerely hope you will try and arrange to be with us on one of those dates,especially at our reunion and banquet on the evening of the 11th. A formal invitation will be mailed you shortly. Kindly let me hear from you at your earliest convenience. With great respect, Very sincerely yours, [*W. Liller*] Adjt. Genl. 12647[[shorthand]]EXECUTIVE OFFICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON Personal June 15, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the United States. My Dear Mr. Vice-President: The inclosures coming to me today from the widow of George Lanigan, whose fables used to delight us, will explain themselves. I trust you are having a restful and profitable summer. With respect and regard, Sincerely yours, Henry B.F. MacFarland [*12648*][[shorthand]]OFFICES OUTDOOR LIFE. A MAGAZINE OF THE WEST. 616-617 CHARLES BLOCK, DENVER, COLO. J. A. McGUIRE, Editor. J. A. RICKER, Manager. WM. COOKE DANIELS, Asso. Editor. DENVER, June 15, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I have your very kind letter of the 3rd and thank you for the suggestion offered regarding the use of some extracts from "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman". We have written to G.P. Putnam Sons to-day and hope that we may be able to make arrangements with them to use the extracts desired. I am glad you like the bound copies sent you and hope you will receive OUTDOOR LIFE regularly. Very truly yours, J. A. McGuire [*12649*][*PF*] Astor House BROADWAY BARCLAY & VESEY STS. NEW YORK. F.J.ALLEN, PROPRIETOR. A.H.THURSTON, MANAGER. June 15 1901. My Dear Col. Roosevelt: I have been in the City two days, and expected to avail myself of your kind invitation, but am unexpectedly called back to S. C. Since writing you I have had to do a little "rough riding" of my own, but the tide has turned and unless I am swindled out of my votes, nothing can defeat me. Tillman will never try to bully me again. I have ordered sent you from time to time papers, that I think will interest you. With kindest regards. In Haste Yours Sincerely John Lowndes McLaurin [*12650*][[shorthand]]The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. Great Northern Building, 77 Jackson St., Chicago. PAUL MORTON, Second Vice-President. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. June 15th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, U.S.A., Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Governor. I have your letter stating that you are going to Colorado Springs after all but not until the first of August when the Quarter-Centennial of the State will be celebrated. You can depend on my going out there at that time if I am anywhere about, but whether I am in this country or not I want you to be my guest at the time and use my car from Chicago west, even if I cannot go with you. Yours very truly. [*Paul Morton*] 12651Astor Library. New York City. N.Y. June 15, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir. I am making a collection of all publications relating to the Spanish American War and its kindred topic and write to ask you for a copy of each of the following of your issues and hope you will oblige me with a copy of each of the same. I am, Sir. Yours very respectfully. Wm Henry Nash. Wanted,- 1. "Address at re-union of Rough Riders, Las Vegas New Mexico June 25, 1899." 2. (Address?) "We cannot avoid facing dangerous questions." W.H.N. 12652[[shorthand]]the Fort. Sincerely yours M L Newcomb [*12654*] [*F*] Waukomis O.T. 6./15./01. Vice President Roosevelt. Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Colonel. If the indorsements already filed with you are insufficient to secure your support, I shall continue to charge the power, and party leaders for more. It may call forth, and into action, several thirteen inch guns, bus it will only be a pleasure for me, to reorganise, our Territorial group, and charge [*12653*]The Western Union Telegraph Company. Number 16 Sent by Ox Rec'd by K Check 20 DH Received at June 15 1901 Dated Washington DC 15 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Was reappointed today Many thanks for your kindness which I assure you will never be forgotten I greatly appreciate same M. A. Otero. [*12655*][[shorthand]][*PF*] T. C. Platt, CHAIRMAN. STEPHEN B. ELKINS. JAMES H. JONES. A.M. HOWE, CLERK. UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, WASHINGTON. At 49 Broadway, New York, N. Y. June 15, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Roosevelt: I have read very carefully your letter of June 7th, regarding Col. Shepard, and in view of what you say, I am inclined to endorse him for that appointment and have done so, as you will see from the attached copy of my letter to Secretary Root. Very truly yours, T. C. Platt HA [shorthand] [*12656*][for enc see 6-15-01]June 15, 1901. Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War, My dear Mr. Root: I have received some communications from Vice-President Roosevelt and General Woodford concerning the candidacy of Colonel C. O. Shepard, formerly the Commandant of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Bath, New York, for appointment as Superintendent of the Soldiers' Home at Hampton, Virginia, and I am constrained to express to you my desire that Col Shepard be appointed to that latter position when a vacancy may occur, as is anticipated will soon take place. I am sure it will gratify Col. Roosevelt and General Woodford very much and anything that gratifies them gratifies me. I believe that Col. Shepard is a man who is well fitted to assume the management of such a Home, by reason of his long experience in that kind of work. Very truly yours, [*(Sga) T.C.Platt*] HA 12657[enc in Platt 6-15-01]Compliments of ROBERT L. RODGERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 419 KISER BUILDING, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 419 KISER BUILDING, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. June 15 - 1901, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My Dear Sir. The papers returned have come to my hand, and your letter has just now (2.30 p.m.) reached me. I thank you for your kindly consideration. I did not for a moment entertain any doubt of the candid sincerity of your other letter. I have been a student of character by correspondence, as well as by personal contact and association, and I can generally understand how to "read between the lines," as well as on the lines. The front or face value may be [*12658*]sometimes more fairly estimated by a happy assurance of a strong reserve fund in support, or at the back of, an. utterance. The vidette line may be relied on with more confidence, when we know there is a stalwart double column of chivalrous comrades in the rear, like honest and earnest convictions in the mind. Of course I am sorry, and can but regret, that I cannot have the benefit of your active assistance, in the promotion of the personal aspirations which I have frankly confided to you. Your position in the Senate gave me some ground of hope 12659for favorable consideration, as appointments by the Executive are supposed to be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. I suppose, however, that such supposition does not amount to much in an actual sense of practical operation. Of course I recognize the Constitutional inhibition against your voting on questions in Senate, only in solving an even division or tie. I trust that I may still wish that you may be disposed to favor me, and that in some way you may find opportune occasion to promote the purpose for such wish. I beg leave again to 12660express my high regard for you and to assure you of the esteem in which you are held by our people in this section. With good wishes & am Very Cordially Yours, Robert L. Rodgers.*illegible short hand?be right for me to accept this sacrifice. I feel, therefore, that I ought to give up the pleasure of going to Oyster Bay. It is, I assure you, a disappointment not to see you and to meet the friends whom you are to have with you. I am, Very sincerely yours, [*Wm Cary Sanger*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Oyster Bay, L.I New York. WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 15, 1901. My dear Mr. President: The Secretary has planned to go to his Alma Mater, Hamilton College, for the commencement, the exercises taking place on the 27th. When I told him about your letter he said he would arrange to come home the 28th so that I could be away the 29th in order to go to Oyster Bay that morning, but I am sure you will understand my hesitancy in breaking in breaking in upon his time at his college especially as he has been working under such heavy pressure that I know he needs every day of rest that he can get. His offer to return, which I know was largely based on a desire to have your wishes in the matter carried out, would necessitate his cutting short a visit which he has planned for some time, and I feel as if he would hardly 12662[shorthand] THE SATVRN CLVB Buffalo June 15th [*[1901]*] Dear Colonel Roosevelt: Mr Roberts had a talk with Senator Platt the day before yesterday and gained his endorsement of me. Roberts & Warren are to write him & a reply will come in due time. This for your information. Sincerely Yours C. O. Shepard [*12664*]Bohoshe, I.T. June 15th, 1901. Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Washington D. C. Very Dear Sir:- Our infant boy born Jan 21st last was christened Mar 4th John Roosevelt and we call him Roosevelt, He is, I must say the fattest, plump boy of the Territory, and we will soon send his picture to the coming president of the U.S. Sincerely Yours, John R Smoot. [*12666*][[shorthand]]influence of the habits of the rich, all over the states, must be immense. What a queer thing it is that everyone who has been with the very rich knows that they are no happier than the poor: certainly not as happy as the moderately well off. Their life or its results of happiness is not a lot better off than that of people who never think of enjoying themselves. And yet with this commonplace in all our minds we go on assuming that in our own care the results will be different. This wont interest you very much but I just write what is passing through my mind. I am sure that preaching by example is what is needed now; because even to our appliances of civilization the stern necessities of existence are reward a short way off: but they are then all the same, and people should be told of them. The existence the men who worked in the fields & fought Indians for their life didn't need teaching what life taught them: their descendants who are rich & prosperous do: the same laws continue to exist and will avenge themselves if neglected: but they are not so immediately visible. This I know is your own view and I think it a matter of life & death for a nation that it should be carried out. Love to the children & Mrs Roosevelt. Yours ever Cecil Spring Rice [*[Spring Rice]*] Mt Blanc GRAND HÔTEL NATIONAL GENÈVE June 15, 1901 Jardins Ascenseur M. HOTOP Directeur SOCIÈTÉ DE L'INDUSTRIE DES HÔTELS Maisons appartenant à la méme Socièté: GRAND HÔTEL DE LA MÈTROPOLE HÔTEL DU LAC GRAND HÔTEL DES BERGUES My dear Theodore I am here with the Chambers Went is just as merry as ever though rather less energetic in body since his accident. Mrs. Went & the children are all right and have decided on nothing for good and all in Newport. Went says he can hardly talk to his son he only knows Italian! A friend of mine Clinton Dawkins is going with his wife to America. He is the head of Morgan's bank in London and goes with Morgan. He very much wants to see you. You would like him I am sure and his wife too (she was a Eustis) and I hope you will meet. [*12667*]have just been in Germany. I gather that the Emperor (who is really the only man above party in his Empire) and a few of his personal adherents is chiefly preoccupied with the necessity of guarding the Eastern position of Europe & maintaining trading facilities the world over and wants to collect all the kindred interests together. The position of Germany, splendid as it is, is not very satisfactory. Austria & Italy cant be depended on in case of a war and England is so much weakened & occupied with her present difficulties that she too is becoming less & less dependable in case of a European outbreak. The Germans themselves are delighted at this & speak of Austria and England with a sort of pleased contempt: but the situation isnt so simple to those who think. Not that there is much immediate danger from the side of Russia as she is in great financial & political difficulties and is bound to keep quiet at present. Germany is decidedly going ahead in Europe and in Western Europe she has almost the sort of position of the U S in N & S. America. The desire of the ordinary German is to turn this superiority into open aggressiveness but the Bismarckian tradition keeps the govt back. There seem some signs of a change in the character of the nation since they have become industrial instead of agricultural: and it is said that the official classes are becoming [not] less capable than they used to be- but I dont see much sign of a distinct change as yet. Society is hard for Judaism and dissipation by the watchful care of the Emperor who comes down like a sledgehammer on any fast coterie which he hears of. Owing to everyone, princes included, serving in the army he can dispose of any dangerous influence at once. It is rather an extraordinary power and he uses it without mercy. I wish he would apply his policy to England. I dont know how far English society is to be judged by the top layer: that is fairly rotten: heartless, craving for money and excitement: led by fashion and incapable of sustained & patient effort: very much ruled by young women who make love & talk philosophy & politics like the ladies before the French revolution. on the other hand there are numbers who make dowdiness & family life their rule and return quietly to the country & "beget children to be brought up in the knowledge & fear of the Lord." I wonder how your rich classes will be? are they being educated? Do they assume unselfish responsibility? What are their governing ideas? They have less chance to learn than those of Germany who have to serve in the army, or the English who have to manage estates- I hope someone is trying to get hold of the young men & women and force them to have some ideals. With the newspapers going into every household, the [*12668*]OFFICE OF JOHN S. STIGER, JR., CIVIL ENGINEER. MENDHAM, N. J., June 15th 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir!- Our town has just errected a new Liberty pole and expect to have a "Flag raising", on the Fourth for which, if it isn't asking too much, we would very much like a line from you to be read at the exercises. We are small in number but a loyal 12669 The New York Press ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, GEORGE D. SUTTON, Ass't Adv. Mgr. New York. June 15, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dear Sir: I would like to have you honor us with your point of view of the duel on horse-back that is exciting so much comment in Harold MacGrath's book "The Puppet Crown." For that purpose I take pleasure in sending you a copy of "The Puppet Crown" by post today. The duel in question begins on page 397, chapter 26. The contention is made that Maurice Carewe, The American, could not have lived as long as Mr. MacGrath states after receiving such a wound. On the other hand, are there not instances in the Spanish-American War that you may remember on the part of wounded soldiers that bear on the part of wounded soldiers that bear out Mr. MacGrath's portrayal of this remarkable encounter? I enclose a stamped envelope, and I can assure you that the Press will appreciate a few words from you on this. Very truly your, [*Geo. D. Sutton*] 12670few and a word from you would be greatly appreciated. Yours respectfully [?] [?] Jr.OFFICE OF JOHN S. STIGER, JR., CIVIL ENGINEER. MENDHAM, N. J., June 15th 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir!- Our town has just errected a new Liberty pole and expect to have a "Flag raising", on the Fourth for which, if it isn't asking too much, we would very much like a line from you to be read at the exercises. We are small in number but a loyal 12669 The New York Press ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, GEORGE D. SUTTON, Ass't Adv. Mgr. New York. June 15, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dear Sir: I would like to have you honor us with your point of view of the duel on horse-back that is exciting so much comment in Harold MacGrath's book "The Puppet Crown." For that purpose I take pleasure in sending you a copy of "The Puppet Crown" by post today. The duel in question begins on page 397, chapter 26. The contention is made that Maurice Carewe, The American, could not have lived as long as Mr. MacGrath states after receiving such a wound. On the other hand, are there not instances in the Spanish-American War that you may remember on the part of wounded soldiers that bear on the part of wounded soldiers that bear out Mr. MacGrath's portrayal of this remarkable encounter? I enclose a stamped envelope, and I can assure you that the Press will appreciate a few words from you on this. Very truly your, [*Geo. D. Sutton*] 126701025 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., June 15,1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington Sir: I am endeavoring to organize a movement for the purpose of creating a strong popular feeling in this country for the annexation of Canada, this agitation, of course, to spread across the corder and then be actively pushed there in every possible way-- it being only a question of time, at any rate, I verily believe, when Canada will become part of the United States. I have mapped out a systematic course of action to pursue, and feel sure that within a comparatively short time after same is under way, public sentiment in Canada will be so thoroughly aroused in favor of annexation that it will never die out, and the inevitable will be much hastened thereby. Of course, all this will take time and money, but the financial benefits arising out of this political change (to speak of nothing else) that will be reaped by the business men who look ahead and act accordingly, will be almost fabulous. I understand the limitations imposed by your high office, but I felt that the idea would appeal to your sterling Americanism, and thought that perhaps you could put me in touch with gentlemen who realize the magnificence of the project and be willing to seriously consider plans for its consumation. 12671As a young man, 28 years of age, married, and have made my own living since my twelfth year. Have led a strenuous enough life, but never seemed to be able to do any particular good to the world or make any impression on it, although am ambitious in that direction. Trusting I have not imposed on your good nature, Very respectfully, [*James T. Tyndall*] [*[Tyndall]*] [*Have started a discussion in the Sun on this question, which it is hoped will become quite lively & have likewise stirred a couple of other papers up a little.*] 1267220 West 134 June 15. 1901. personal. Hon Col. Theo. Roosevelt Vice Pres. Washington D. C. Oyster Bay N. Y. Dear Sir I received this morning Mrs Roosevelts reply on my letter of the 12th by secretary - and as the note says you never received a letter of mine I beg to lay the matter to your heart in full earnest in your powerful position to right the wrongs of the people. I keep diaries and have them since 1886. In the book 1889-99 from March to March I find under Jan.16.99 postage to Albany for no 194 Col Roosevelt 28cts, later I find May 9th letter to Col. R. about a correction in the mscpt April 8th letter to Pres. McKinley to announce the mscpt sent No 197 to Pres. Washington April 11th 30 cts wrote letter to his secretary April 17th. To all of this I had no answers. The mscpt to Wu Ting Fang was posted febr. 11th and May 7th he answered to a letter he received April 8th I received as yet not your prominent Bibleverses!! In all of the 3 manuscripts were private letters for the manuscript of 162 pages in inscribed Marius Leander. I desire no presents for my offered gifts, they were written for the good of the world, and I hoped to address myself to conscientious brave men who did not only hold high positions, but tried to fill them to the advantage of rich and poor, learned or humble; in or out of [*12673*]position - but as the Post wronged me, the Post ought to pay me. Col. Roosevelt, I presume you hold that title dearer than the one of Vice Pres., your life was in jeopardy, in the name of bravery I ask of you to see my complaints attended to personally, and speak to the President. There are such devils in the world now that to keep themselves in position they will do any knavery, I believe an enemy undermines me, and my work, for it lays bare the error of ways, for none believes truly in God and fears no judgment to come, and wants to make reform impossible. I enclose you a letter, which please return to me, out of which you see that even the Reformers like me to give up, because reform is not their aim but notoriety; I wish I could give you an other copy but I have none, I am writing 212 and if you want it, you shall get it. The Empress refused the mscpt, probably feared poisoning à la Borgia when she opened, and therefore avoided it, for I had registered the package under my cousins name, an italian one, and you know that Italians from Am. went to Europe to kill royalty. I am of very good family have officer nephews in the Pr. Army, my father Julius Volkmann was a much considered lawyer, you read german and find his name in the Brockhaus cyclopoedia - but he is dead 29 years and I am now bitterly poor. The Post ought to pay for 32 days work lost. Yours very truly Maria B. Volkmann[*[6-15-01]*] My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Miss Provost said that she had asked you come to the graduating exercises next Saturday, but I thought I would do some inviting "on my own hook," to use a slang expression, and include Mrs. Roosevelt and Ethel, and any one else [*12674*] [shorthand]whom you may leave with you. Hoping that you will be able to come, I am Very sincerely yours, Helem M. Young "Fleetwood" June 15th. 12675Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. [*F*] INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREAPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. 11 30 a NUMBER 4 SENT BY Oy REC'D BY K CHECK 8 paid RECEIVED at June 15 1901 Dated New York 15 To Vice President Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Will be down as Indicated in your note. S. B. M. Young [*12676*][*Enclosure "A."*] Morning edition of Washington Post, June 15, 1901. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING PRESSES FOR THE proposed public printing office at Manila, P. I. WAR DEPARTMENT Office of the Secretary Division of Insular Affairs Washington, D.C., June 14, 1901. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the chief of division of insular affairs until 11 o'clock a. m., June 26, 1901 (bids to be opened at that time), for furnishing the following printing presses for the use of the proposed public printing office at Manila, P. I.: CYLINDER PRINTING PRESSES. Two (2) latest improved two-revolution, four-roller printing presses, bed 39 by 53 inches; each press to include roller molds, circular sheet cutter, two extra sets roller stocks, hard packing for cylinder, automatic counter, set of wrenches, screw-driver, oil can, and to be complete with Crocker and Wheeler motor, speed regulator and geared connection. Two (2) latest improved two=revolution, four-roller printing presses, bed 32 by 44 inches; each press to include roller molds, circular sheet cutter, two extra sets roller stocks, hard packing for cylinder, automatic counter, set of wrenches, screw-driver, oil can, and to be complete with Crocker and Wheeler, motor, speed regulator and geared connection. PLATEN PRINTING PRESSES. One (1) Universal press, 13 by 19 inches inside of chase, for letter press printing and cold embossing. Press to include 12677[*A-2*] fountain, 6 chases, with full set of roller molds; 6 form roller stocks, 4 distributor roller stocks, 2 ductor roller stocks, 12 rollers, set of wrenches, and to be fitted with Crocker and Wheeler motor, complete with speed regulator and geared connection. One (1) Chandler & Price Gordon press, 10 by 15 inches inside of chase, with long fountain; 6 chases, 2 roller molds, 6 form roller stocks, 12 roller wheels (6 large,6small), full set wrenches, with Crocker and Wheeler motor attached, complete with speed regulator and geared connection. Prices to be quoted as follows: 1, free on board transport deck in San Francisco, Cal., in which case transportation from San Francisco will be at risk of Philippine Government; 2, free on board Manila, P. I., via New York, in which case transportation will be at risk of bidder. The prices of the various items will be considered separately, and awards made accordingly. Inspection at plant. To be properly packed for export shipment. Payment to be made from Philippine funds on invoice verification at Manila, P. I. The right to reject any and all bids and to waive defects is reserved. Bidders must name earliest date on which they can make delivery after receipt of order. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a bond with security, in the penalty of double the amount bid for, that the bidder or bidders, if his or their bids shall be accepted, shall enter into a contract with the United States to furnish the articles proposed for. 12678[*a - 3*] Envelopes containing proposals should be marked "proposals for printing presses," and addressed to Lieut. Col. Clarence R. Edwards, Chief of Division Insular Affairs. 12679[*a-4*] Marked copies of the Washington Post of June 15, 1901, containing Proposals for Printing Presses, were mailed June 17, 1901, to the following firms: The Michele Printing Press & Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill. The Babcock Printing Press & Mfg. Co., New London, Conn. Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Chicago, Ill. The Campbell Printing Press Mfg. Co., New York. C. B. Cottrell & Sons, Company. New York. The Cranstons Printing Press Co., Palmyra, N.Y. Van Allenss & Boughton, New York. The Whitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co., Derby, Conn. American Type Founders Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Chas. Enou Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Ullman & Philpott Mfg. Co., Cleveland O. The F. Vesel Mfg. Co., New York T.W. & C.B. Sheridan, New York. The Harriss Automatic Press Co., New York. Dexter Folder Co., New York. E. C. Fuller & Co., New York. The Brown Folding Machine Co., Erie, Pa. Geo. E. Lloyd & Co., Chicago. 12680 Hoping that you will aid me, and if you wish to know anything of my character you can find of from Judge Wm. N. Cohen, whom you are well acquainted with and with whom I am now employed at 22 William Street, N. Y. City. I am a few pounds underweight, can that be remedied? Hoping to hear from you I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, Seth P. Ackerman, 152 W. 93rd St. N. Y. City. [*12682*] N. Y. June 16th 1901. His Excellency: Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: Washington, D. C. Honored Sir: In addressing you as I do my mail I do so with the knowledge that I will be treated with perfect fairness. I am desirous of joining the Regular Army but will not do so unless I can get into the Cavalry and I ask your help in doing so. Yesterday I had the honor of receiving a salute from you while on scout duty at Van Cortlandt with the 12th N.Y. [*12681*][[shorthand]]COLONEL JASPER EWING BRADY, BROOKLYN-NEW YORK. 164 Montague Street. June 16th, 1901. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. My dear Colonel:- I enclose you herewith the letter in regard to Mr. Travis about which we were talking the last time I had the pleasure of meeting you. I hope that it may suit you as well as accomplish its mission. Certainly, the case is a worthy one, and the wrong done a worthy man should be righted immediately. Need I tell you what a great pleasure it was for me to meet you again the other evening and I want to assure you that you will have my sincere and hearty support and influence at any and all times. Sincerely. [*Jasper Ewing Brady*] 12683M. A. LESSER COUNSELOR AT LAW VINCENT BUILDING 302 BROADWAY, N.Y.CITY -Sunday- June 16, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Sir and friend: The morning papers report Consul Phelps at Crefeld resigned. Recurring to my long-standing application for a German Consulate - Senator Platt's official endorsement whereof has been on file at the State Department since last February - and recalling your former manifestations of sympathy therewith, I beg to solicit at this juncture your potent intercession with the President for my succession to the aforesaid vacancy. Yours as of yore M. A. Lesser. Naperville Ill June 16-1901. Hon and Respected Sir. Thinking you had forgot my petition to get me my Boyo back pay and Bounty Money, I am very needy and very anxious and hope you will intercede for me in every way possible. Please do it before Congress adjourns, you will surely have your Reward for this Kindly act, if necessary I can send a number of Names for reference Respectfully Yours Mrs. Dr. Daniels Naperville Dupage Co. Illinois [*12684*]Naperville Ill June 16-1901. Hon and Respected Sir. Thinking you had forgot my petition to get me my Boyo back pay and Bounty Money, I am very needy and very anxious and hope you will intercede for me in every way possible. Please do it before Congress adjourns, you will surely have your Reward for this Kindly act, if necessary I can send a number of Names for reference Respectfully Yours Mrs. Dr. Daniels Naperville Dupage Co. Illinois [*12684*] M. A. LESSER COUNSELOR AT LAW VINCENT BUILDING 302 BROADWAY, N.Y.CITY -Sunday- June 16, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Sir and friend: The morning papers report Consul Phelps at Crefeld resigned. Recurring to my long-standing application for a German Consulate - Senator Platt's official endorsement whereof has been on file at the State Department since last February - and recalling your former manifestations of sympathy therewith, I beg to solicit at this juncture your potent intercession with the President for my succession to the aforesaid vacancy. Yours as of yore M. A. Lesser. [*PF*] Phoenix, Arizona, June 16, 1901. My Dear Colonel: I have yours of the 10th. Regret I had not received it before, as I have permitted the Colorado people to advertise the postponement of the reunion. However it may be as well to hold this affair, as I have no doubt I will be able to secure the postponement of the next for at least three years. In the meantime, I shall communicate with the committee to the effect that only a small attendance can be hoped for and that officers and men alike will prefer that they be not made to serve as a section of the Wild West show. If there be any further parley or balking, I will simply call the whole matter off. I am only hoping for an excuse. The officers of the Colorado Springs committee were over sanguine, I fear, when they assured me that you were expected in August. I am with you on the suggestion that the meetings hereafter be held at the cost of the members of the regiment and be, in their general nature, private. I may wire you some good news before long concerning a solution of the distressful business. Concerning the secretaryship, I want to thank you, sincerely and warmly, for what you have done in my behalf. The fifght I have made h here at home has been a dignified one and has strengthened me with the party, rather than otherwise. I have gained, though I lost. It is generally understood that the appointment was made following upon a promise made about a year ago by the President to Frank M.Murphy, brother of the Governor. Yet it is sad to lose the place, for it is worth about ten thousand a year, and the man who gets it is even wealthy, and his main desire for the office was that he might thereby oust his enemy. [*12686*]In Arizona we are organizing a little association of veterans of the Spanish War, practically led by our men, and some day this association may take the initiative in inviting the regimental association to Phoenix. I have been reading [over the forgoing sheet] your letter again and note that there is a possibility that you may get to Colorado Springs on the occasion of th quarto-centennial. If you are there most assuredly there can be no escape from the reunion. If you are not [there] to be there, [xxx] another argument might be added to the desired end. I will wait a bit. With sincere regards. Jas H. McClintock Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. [*12687*]Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. [*F*] INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREAPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*4 P*] NUMBER 2 SENT BY LP REC'D BY A CHECK 19 paid RECEIVED at June 16 1901 Dated Glenwood Springs Col 6 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY A Rousing reception awaits you at Springs on morning of August second and third we expect you on second. Stewart. [*12689*] Killeen 6/16/19-1 Hon Theodore Roosvelt. V. P. Dear Sir Your kind reply to hand & I thank you for your kindness. I see I did not state my case quite plain. Sarg James B Hutchinson is not from Texas, but from Montgomery Ala, & he does not want to enter the Regular Army, only to be appointed a 2nd Leutenant in some new regiment going to the Philipines, or in a Native Reg there. This may be quite different from what you understood me to mean in my former letter. If it does & you can then aid him it will be a great favor & advantage to him, for he has been so long in the army that he is almost unfited for anything else, & loves the army life. Yours most respectfuly Mrs M H Richardson, Killeen, Tex Bell Co. [*12688*]Killeen 6/16/19-1 Hon Theodore Roosvelt. V. P. Dear Sir Your kind reply to hand & I thank you for your kindness. I see I did not state my case quite plain. Sarg James B Hutchinson is not from Texas, but from Montgomery Ala, & He does not want to enter the Regular Army, only to be appointed a 2nd Leutenant in some new regiment going to the Philipines, or in a Native Reg there. This may be quite different from what you understood me to mean in my former letter. If it does & you can then aid him it will be a great favor & advantage to him, for he has been so long in the army that he is almost unfited for anything else, & loves the army life. Yours most respectfuly Mrs M H Richardson, Killeen, Tex Bell Co. [*12688*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only be repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT. President and General Manager [*4 P*] NUMBER SENT BY REC'D BY CHECK 2 LP A 19 Paid RECEIVED at June 16 1901 Dated Glenwood Springs Col 16 To Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY A Rousing reception awaits you at Springs on morning of August second and third we expect you on second. Stewart. [*12689*] State of New York, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Buffalo [Albany], June 16 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Vice President of the U.S My Dear Col Roosevelt I notice by the papers that there is some doubt as to Mr Loomis returning again to Venezuela and if he is not Changed to some other place a New Man May be Sent there and in that event I might be considered for the place. The position I now hold is not what I want and is not pleasant for me to serve under Mr McMackin who is the head of the New Board and my position although payin $2000 a year is only assistant to the Seccond Deputy and I have been detailed to Factory Inspection 126902 State of New York, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Albany, 189 I took the place in the interest of harmony and on for Odells request but the least he could have done was to have given me one of the Deputies which would have made me one of the Arbitration Board however if I Could get this Consular appointment or one as good it would be more pleasing to me and my friends who are hardly Satisfied with my treatment by the powers that be at Albany I Saw Senator Platt for about ten Minutes a day or two ago at the Iriquois Hotel but had not talk with him on this Matter in fact you are the only one I have talked with on the subject- the Senator [*12691*]State of New York, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Albany, 189 had a fine time here & Seems very friendly to me & I think he would be with us when we needed him. I wish Col you. would keep your eye on this place as it looks as if no Change will be made till the fall & My going away would not prevent my returning at the time of the next National Convention yours very Respectfully WHH Webster 12692[[shorthand]]Lewiston Idaho June 17.1901 Theodore. Roosvelt. New York City. N.Y. Honorable Sir. Knowing you in the same capacity that I know all Eminant and Honored Men, And considering you a great philanthropist and, friend to fellow man, Prompts me with this liberty of writing to you, with mutual benifit my object, I respectfully ask you to entertain a few minutes of time and read this my brief and wishful letter, in which I respectfully present to you a proposition, And I have to say that for the past three years I have been prospecting for Gold. And in the mean time I have made three discoveries of Gold bearing quarts veins, in the Blue Mountains in Baker and Grant counties in Eastern Oregon, I have had assays Fire tests from quarts taken from the surface that showed from 3 to 13. dollars in Gold per ton, And I have every reason to believe that either of My discoveries would develope to be a good Mine. They are situated in one of the best free Gold Mining districts in the west, being quite accessable to Rail Road timber and water, where there are now a number of - [*12693*]Producing mine now paying dividens. I am not able to develope My discoveries, and respectfully ask if you will assist me in developeing one of them, It will require at least Three thousand dollars to develope one of the discoveries and put it in shape to sell, and if you will help me to this amount I will give to you a undivided one half interest in the Mine developed. I will commence work immediately on receipt of the money and agree to carry on the work continuously, sunday's excepted until the money is all expended on the work or a sale is made of the mine, at a fair profit for us both the mine to be developed and sold at the earliest possible time. I will first sink a shallow shaft on Each one of the discoveries, and will then develope the one that showes the best & most values the Mine to be known and recorded as the- - Theadore Roosvelt Gold Mine of Oregon, you may send a part say $1,500, at first and the balance as needed as the work progresses, or the whole amount at once. [*12694*]I enclose to you in this letter a photograph of Myself which you may retain, if you entertain this my proposition if not please return same to My address and oblige me. Praying that you take interest with me. I am Sir Very Respectfully- and Fraternally Yours A. A. Barry Lewiston Idaho Care Box 503 Honorable Theadore Roosvelt, Vice President of the United States New York City N. Y. [*12695*]North Tonawanda, N. Y., June 17, 1901. To His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt, Washington. D. C. Vice President U. S. Dear Sir and Comrade: By Resolution of Col. Lewis S. Payne Post No. 281, Dept. of N. Y., G. A. R., you are cordially invited to attend the dedication ceremonies of said Post at their New Hall, July 17, 1901, at 1:30 P. M., at North Tonawanda, N. Y. Is it possible for you to address us on that occasion? Respectfully yours in F. C. and L. EDWARD BELL, Commander. A. P. AUSTIN, Adjutant. [*over*] 12696North Tonawanda June 1901 Dear Sir and Comrade- The object of our meeting on July 17" is to dedicate our Hall and Raise money on that Occasion. This is the Baby Post of the U.S. the youngest Post in Existence and we expect to own our Property free of any debt, Our indebtedness is about 2000 00 dollars and we know if we can get speakers of National Repute here we will be able to Raise the funds from the wealthy, Lumber men of Our community A. P. Austin Col 16 Regt NVN of N.Y. and N.J- E Bell Commander Lewis S Payne Post No 281 [*12697*][*June 17, 1901*] [*F*] 256 West 94th Street. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: It gives me unbounded pleasure to accept the invitation you so kindly sent me through Mr. Derby. I have already answered him. The only trouble is that, as the 29th is the date set for our annual family exodus, I shall have to leave by two o'clock in order to catch their steamer. I hope it won't prove inconvenient to you. For my part. [*12698*]I'd rather miss a dozen steamers than the chance of such a visit. Yours most sincerely, Hartwell Bishop June 17, 1901. [*12699*]Ringgold Tex. June 17" 1901 Hon T. Roosevelt Vice. President Washington D. C. My. Dear Sir:- Yours. of recent date. to hand. and in reply. beg to say. perhaps. I- gave you the wrong. name. Ewells. name. is. E. A. Ewell. and not Ed. as stated- Thanking you. for the past favors. I would thank you for a more. extended search for- E. A. Ewell in Rough Riders with best wishes for you personally over [*12700*]I am your friend. Fraternatelly Anderson P. Eagle Ps. Ewees [name] is Edward Amos Ewell AP.THEODORE COX. 6 WALL STREET. NEW YORK. 2 each Congressional District. This Executive Committee and the Board of Vice Presidents contain between them about a hundred members and constitute the League "organization". These boards are generally elected, but the last League convention delegated the power of naming them to me. As I have had this Roosevelt plan in mind from before my election I have left the places vacant. Now, my idea is for you and I to go over each county in the state(mentally), when the time comes, and pick out an active, earnest young Republican for this post. Each one of these newly appointed officers will make it his first duty to organize in his district or county (as the case may be be) at least three active Roosevelt clubs to be enroled in the State League. 12702 THEODORE COX. 6 WALL STREET. NEW YORK. June 17 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Col. Roosevelt; I have thought out a detailed plan to make the State League not only an efficient and well organized Roosevelt host but also a real instrument with which to dig out delegates when the time comes. I intended to submit this to your criticism at our interview Friday but its somewhat hurried nature prevented me. Our constitution provides for a President, two Vice Presidents at Large, Secretary Treasurer, a Board of Vice Presidents(one from each County) and an Executive Committee of one member from 12701THEODORE COX. 6 WALL STREET. NEW YORK. 4 Then there are many ways in which such a well organized body can fight for delegates in the separate districts. In my home district I shall make ever effort to go as a delegate to the National Convention. In 1898 I was able to win out as State delgate and voted for you for Gov. This simply shows how most League men will be able to do something in their home districts. Hoping this plan will meet with your approval, I am, Sincerely, [*Theodore Cox*] 12704 3 THEODORE COX. 6 WALL STREET. NEW YORK. That will make the old Republican League of the State of New York a Roosevelt organization pure and simple without bringing it down to the level of the mushroom "McKinley League." This plan ought to give us an active membership of at least 10,000...every man a Roosevelt "boomer" From such a number it will be easy to take a thousand shouters to the Republican National Convention of 1904 to show the country how the bone and sinew of the party in New York state feels, "in spite of an office holding and "controlled" machine!" You can readily see how much more weight such such a movement will have coming from the recognized Republican League of Clubs of New York State than from any hastily organized "Roosevelt" League 12703[[shorthand]][*PF*] OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF AMBOS CAMARINES. Nueva Caceres, P. I., June 17th, 1901. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My dear Colonel: Colonel Quinton, who has commanded a large sub-district in this province for some time, returns to the States next month in command of the 14th Infantry. The Colonel has served here for several years, and was also with the 14th Infantry in China, and leaves here with the goodwill of all of us. He has done a great deal in assisting to establish civil government in this province, as he is not only a soldier, but is also a statesman. He was anxious to meet you and I gave him a letter of introduction and I know that you will find him interesting. I was appointed Governor on the 28th day of April, and ever since that date have been organizing the different towns into municipal governments, and by the 1st day of july will have every town organized in this province, with the exception of five or six that were destroyed during the war The insurrection in this province is practically at an end, having less than one hundred men out and opposing our authority, and they will be soon picked up by the local police. The position of Governor here, is of course, different from that in a State, as the Governor is practically the sheriff and has very little to do with the exception of enforcing the laws and acting as Chairman of the Provincial Board, which is similar to a Board of County Commissioners in the States. On the 1st of July the military will turn over to me the government buildings and the police of the province, and I am satidfied that I will be able to maintain law and order in this province without the the assistance of the military. Of cours , the military will be absolutely necessary [*12705*](2) for some years to come but the mere fact of their being ready to act will prevent the necessity of their doing so. The Philippinos take great interest in the elections, and in organizing the different towns I have called elections, and have taken a personal interest in them myself, acting as Chairman of the Election Board in order to teach them our method of voting. I enclose you a blank ticket In a small town of this province where election was recently held, and seventy-five per cent of the voters could read and write, and the desire to learn English is very great. Every town that I have visited, before leaving, the people of the town would beg me to send them an American teacher. They are not able in the small towns to employ an American teacher, as the salary of an American competent to teach os ninety or a hundred dollars gold per month, while the natives have been in the habit of paying from eight to twelve dollars per month Mex. The Cpmmission have already send four American teachers to this province, and have pro ised six more in the near future, and Iam perfectfly satidfied that in ten years the American language will be spoken to a greater degree than the Spanish is now. The different is that the native Philippino had, and still has, a hatred for the Spaniard, and that hatred does not exist to us. Of course, I don't mean to say that we have their friendship to a very great extent at the present time but we are rapidly acquiring it, as they see that the policy of Americans is to treat them fairly and honestly, and they are beginning to have confidence in us, and when that confidence is thoroughly established, I don,t think we will have any more trouble in the Philippine Islands, unless we get into a war with some foreign country, and that country should send emissaries to excite and stir up the people against us, but even in that event, I 12706 (3) don't think any large number could be induced to turn against us, Now, my dear Colonel, I certainly apprreciate all of your kindness, and hope that at the expiration of my term as Governor that my administration will meet the approval of the people and of the Civil Commission, and I will certainly do my very best to contribute to that end. Lieut. Sweet is to be Chief of Police of Manila, as he has rendered excellent service in unearthing the Commissary scandals, and is to be rewarded for his hard work by this appointment. Nearly all of the former Rough Riders that are here have done very well. Trusting that same day I will be able, in a small way, to serve you, I remain, Your friend, [?][?] 12707[For enc see 6-17-01]with you when I go East Yours Sincerely Horace Devereux [*PF*] EL PASO CLUB COLORADO SPRINGS June 17th, 1901 My dear Colonel I am delighted to hear that you are to attend the quarto Centennial, I think the rough riders end of the celebration a mistake, and hope the men can be persuaded not to have another reunion until 1904. Remember your promise to stay with me if you attended the reunion. I will surely give myself the pleasure of a few days visit [*12708*]United States Senate, WASHINGTON, D. C., , 1900. Fort Dodge, Iowa, June 17, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Mr. Vice-President- The invitation which I failed to enclose, I now enclose. It is from Dr. Shelton President of the State Teacher's Association of Iowa. There meeting is held in Des Moines during the holidays and I cannot help but think that it would be a splendid thing for you as well as for them if you could come. It is an indoor meeting and gives you an audience drawn from practically every township in Iowa. With cordial personal regards, I am, Yours very truly [*J Dolliver*] [*[Dolliver]*] 12710[shorthand] My dear Col. Roosevelt: It's always as a beggar that I appear 'fore you - Kipling might have written this line exactly for the correspondence that passes between us. This time I have to ask a personal favor. When around the 16th of July the Lloyd Steamer "Großer Kurfürst" reaches New York she has as passenger my fiancee - the girl I loved best when I was a mere boy. As she does not speak English I am compelled to do my best to facilitate confirm house matters. I arranged to have my vacation during that time and to have on Board an official - as soon as the G. K. touches her pier in Hoboken- to marry us- and I should like to arrange it to be able to board the boat, when she reaches quarantine - I could get the necessary permit through our paper but as the wedding will be chiefly private on account of two deaths in the family I don't care to let them know that I am going to be married. A recommendation of the V. P. o. U. S. will furnish the permit at least as quick and sure and that is, what I ask of you. Mr Bidwell is the [pers] official who has to secure the permit and as he is a personal friend of you I have no doubt that you'll do me the favor to give me a few lines to him. I remain very sincerely yours Dr. J. W. H. Emmert Editorial Rooms G.M.Y. Geslung 464 Manon Key B'klyn. June 17th 1901 [*12711*]Boone Colo. 6-17-1901. Theodore Roosevelt Vice President United States. Washington D. C. Honored Sir. I write to tell you that you have a small namesake in the person of my granddaughter. "Theodora Roosevelt Finch" whose father is my son James M. Finch of Plainview Nebraska. As a boy's name it would be very pretty but for a girl it is more even than pretty 12712being so unique. I will ask your pardon for the liberty my son and his wife have taken in giving their baby your name and hope you can forgive me for troubling you to tell of it. Very Sincerely Yours Mary Baird Finch PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901 BUFFALO N.Y.U.S.A. ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER, MAY 1ST TO NOVEMBER 1ST. 1901. June 17, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, Washington, D. C. Sir: I am requested by the President of the Pan- American Exposition to transmit to you the following resolution adopted by the Board of Directors at its last meeting: "RESOLVED: That the thanks of the Exposition be and are hereby tendered to Vice-President Roosevelt for his able and interesting address on the occasion of the Dedication of the Exposition, and that the President be requested to communicate this action to him." I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, [*Edwin Fleming*] Secretary. 12713Ferdinand C. Latrobe, Chairman Lloyd L. Jackson, Vice Chairman. Frank N. Hoen, Treasurer. Clarence H. Forrest, Secretary COMMISSIONERS: Edward L. Bartlett, Francis K. Carey, Franklin P. Cator, Reuben Foster, John S. Gibbs, John Gill, Frank N. Hoen, Lloyd L. Jackson, Ferdinand C. Latrobe, Robert Ober, Samuel Rosenthal, Jr. Herman Stump, Oswald Tilghman. Maryland Commissioners to the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y., May 1st to October 31st 1901. South Carolina Interstate & West Indian Exposition, Charleston, S.C., December 1st 1901 to May 31st 1902. Office: Merchants & Manufacturers Association, 10 Hopkins Place. Baltimore, June 17th., 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President Oyster Bay, L. I.. Dear Sir:- The Maryland Commissioners to the Pan-American Exposition unite in a request that you will honor our State by your presence at the Maryland Day exercises to be held at the Pan-American Exposition Wednesday, July 10th. at noon. The Governor and a large number of our Citizens will be in attendance and we would esteem it a great favor to have you accept. Believe me to be with great respect your obedient servant, C. H. Forrest Secretary. [shorthand] [*12714*]223 South Robey St., CHICAGO, ILL. June 17, 1901. To the Honorable, The Committee on Military Affairs United States Senate, Washington, D. C. (Through Senator Shelby M. Cullom) Gentlemen: I have the honor respectfully to state that as per copy of A. Chinese Stink-Pot, hereto appended, which embraces "truths stranger than fiction". I have now been before you for a period covering nearly eight (8) years. When I made my appearance in amended form, I brought into requisition the services of an attorney. Sometime ago I requested a report from said attorney and he informed me that it would be necessary to bring the services of an Ex-Attorney General into the case who was an expert in cajoling Committees on Military affairs, -and that such services would necessitate a 25% additional of the amount realized. When I struck a balance on this- I found that all that would remain for the privates share would be glory - and he has more of that than he can comfortably take care of. Hence I simply informed said attorney that his actions were not warranted by our contract and at variance with the laws as made and provided and that such acts warranted me in placarding him, and debaring him from further practice in the case. He humbly acknowledged the justice of my decision by informing me that my war-like missiles overpowered everybody. The base flatterer! This then will account for my gentle cackle tot he committee. For when it comes to cajoling Military Committees, I am just egotistical enough to consider myself an expert in that line. It appears on record that the Dear Committee did kindly go so far as to engross a bill for my relief &c. But since that time I have been unable to ascertain any information - and just now I am in a quandery as to whether I am in a faith curing establishment or amongst hold-up men. The proceedings in the case are prima facia evidence that I am not being accorded fair and just treatment, or a report would have been made to Congress on my case long er'e this. And the Senators from the State of Illinois are certainly negligent in their duties to their constituents or they do not possess the moral courage to make thedemands I have prayed for. Evidently the aroma of the components of the Stink-Pot -- are such as to warrant careful handling and all that, still a pitch fork might with safety be brought into requisiton. The Constitution of the United States certainly does not grant members of Military Committees just because they hold such a sinecure with the rank of Senators to keep me records -hermetically 12715-2- sealed up - as it were. Besides such proceedings are extra hazardous. The prayers I have offered up have certainly been in abundance, yet they remain unanswered. For why? The old and feeble reviewing authority of these cases sometime ago urged that I direct my prayers to God or words to that effect and he seemed fortified in his preaching by citing his experience with Military Committees. However, since the legislative branches of the government is the only power that can answer my prayers, my prayers ought certainly to be directed there. Gentlemen, you will observe that my prayers are not inspired because they are based on facts and certified copies of Courts of Record. The strongest papers that a government promulgates and every fact is confirmed by a syllogism, and it is the Committee's duty to report thereon. It is fruitless to search for precedents, and this fact dawned on the Secretary of War during the early part of this round-up. When he promulgated a decision in words to the effect of "You can now find a precedent for anything in this department, in the future this department will be governed by law and facts." And the Honorable Committee might deduce some suggest[??] food from such a business-like decision. Certainly the way things are progressing in this case, the prospects are not very flattering towards getting the Dear Committee's commodity check through the clearing house. And right here I might relieve the tension a little by granting the consent of the claimant - to forward all the Records and papers in my case to the Court of Claims - provided such authority is in no way abridged and does not infer that Congress does not have full faith and confidence in said Courts' findings and judgements. As a matter of course in logical sequence the Committee - when the spirit moves them to set aside the records, will find me on the rolls as a private with pay and allowances &c. with interest due me. The patent fact will also appear that I was subjected to slavery without due process of law and through a Revolutionary act, and that even after the Secretary of War had given his decision to keep his hands off and clean - that said official decided substantially that even had I been legally confined, that both sentences on account of being concurrent were void, and he directed that army regulations under this head be amended accordingly and the Supreme Court of the land concurred with said decision a short time thereafter by turning loose several Mormon Elders who had been awarded two years for every wife they took above the limit. This is in separate trials. They, as a matter of course, were fortunate enough to have their council on the outside. The latent pressure brought to bear upon the Committee by the War Department must certainly be of a very heavy kind of artillery, or they certainly would not remain in such an apparent paralyzed condition and allow its soldiers to be shanghied 12716-3- in the manner in which my records show. In the face of all this, I have nevertheless delivered the goods and their receipt has been acknowledged. To be candid my stock of prayers has become about exhausted and might it not be in order for the Committee to offer up a few. As a matter of course I shall endeavor to cheerfully help them along as much as I can , and in order to give this paper as much official prestege as possible, I shall forward a copy of it to the presiding officer of the Senate, and it may be just possible that he might evolve a way to bring the delinquent Committee to time. He has a fearless and forlorn record at least. For Military Committees that evolve ways and means to enable a private soldier to convict his peers of the very crimes as charged against him and all that - and then deem it wise and just to tender a soothing balm in the manner in which they have, are certainly entitled to being jollied a little. Still the Committee should firmly instill the fact into its mind that the Constitution will protect the U. S. and dCongress was only killing time in framing an enacting law. That the U. S. was not responsible for the malicious or erroneous acts of its agents. For if it was there would be no United States. And things are bad enough as it were. Nevertheless and beyond all reasonable doubt the United States must be held responsible for the revolutionary acts of its agents, for just a short time ago the United States declared war against Spain for the revolutionary acts of its agents, &c. And when the Committee placed the private soldier's claim into the scale of liberty and deduced that the pay and allowances of an unshackled soldier, proud in his sky blue kersey, as a sooting balm &c., they must have been in a trance or under the hypnotic influences of some spirit - the canteen being abolished, it could not have been canteen spirits- and if the committee would just submit its reports to Congress, why there would be no obstacles encountered that could not be dispelled in the way of reaching funds for adequate renumeration. Why they could even curtail the smokeless powder expense for a few days and that might raise revenue enough, or they could authorize a voucher or some contingent fund that is not otherwise employed. I trust the Committee will not consider me stingy in thus abruptly submitting this jolly. In my opinion I have certainly tendered full measure on a 25% basis. I am, gentlemen, Your most humble and obedient servant, [*Edmund Lautenschlaeger (Copy) For the information and guidance of the Presiding Officer of the United States Senate) *] 127171st ENDORSEMENT Room #305, #6 E. Washington St. Chicago, Ill. Feb. 4th, 1901. Respectfully forwarded to Senator Cullom for his guidance and action. The within appeal and claim has now been on file over a period of seven years. Without any prospect to date of any business like disposition. They are based upon the Official Copies of Courts of record and indubitable facts, Congress by its Committees has gone so far in its dillatory practices as to draft a bill granting the Courts of Claims, Jurisdiction etc. However, by inserting a clause placing a limit on the bill, which is not fair to the Court or just to the Claimant, for the simple reason that when persons get cases before the Court of Claims, they are allowed to prove them, just the same as in any other court. However, as the Court of Claims only has power to find upon facts and law, and so certify back to Congress, it certainly would be superfluous to go through such a proceeding with an already certified record of courts of record. Besides, Congress alone has the power to set aside the illegal and fraudulent records, and cannot delegate such powers. This is just a case of personal liberty pure and ismple, and either Congress has not the ability to do its duty, shirks it, or else the legislative halls have become so impregnated with the virus of corruption as embodied in the Chinese Stink-pot. That personal liberty is a thing of the past under our form of government. It will be observed that I have heretofore endeavored to enlist the Junior Senator's services in his official capacity, and the same authority of instructions as outlined in the open letter to him, are hereby conveyed. I certainly hope that it will not be necessary to mandamus the Committee upon making a report. The Senator in his official capacity ought certainly to have prestege enough to throw them into proper channels. Perhaps it might be suggestive and abreast of the times in this age of Commissions to empower a Commission to settle this affair, say a Cabinet Officer on the part of the United States, I to select one member, and said two to select a third. Why wouldn't this mode be logical and just? And, since the Committee has so kindly placed themselves upon record as being favorable to allowing me soldier's pay for the time I was enduring the revolutionary thumb-screws, (I wonder if they were cognizant of the fact that they can get all the soldiers 12718-2- that this country needs for a plug of tobacco per month, when they when they arrived at said mathematical conclusions) why not submit the proper remunerative question for disposal to his Excellency the President of the United States, or any member of the Supreme Court, for it certainly appears plain enough that Congress does not have the capacity for going beyond the limits of fixing their own pay in a just and remunerative way. In common decency some way should be evolved to dispose of these cases and in conclusion, I might respectfully state that I could, if I desired, still bring suit in the U. S. District Court now on a pauper's deposition against all persons whose names appear along the line of march. But this would only cause a large amount of expense to the U. S., besides, the case would naturally drift to where it is now. Congress has wisely enacted a law fixing upon 6 years as a statute of limitations, and a Congress that cannot bring its wisdom into action to do business within the same latitude, ought to resign and go into the practical log-rolling business. It is no wonder that kidnapping has become such a remunerative vocation when the federal government through its revolutionary annex, fixes a precedent. Respectfully, [*Edward Lautenschlaeger*] 12719United States Senate, Personal. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nahant, Mass., June 17, 1901. Dear Theodore:- Our speeches at Buffalo seem to have made quite a sensation and aroused all the discussion we could have possibly hoped. I received the other day,from our Consul at Glasgow, a long and withering editorial in the Glasgow Herald.George Meyer sent me Smalley's despatch in the Times,which you may have seen,in which he pitches into us both in great style. Perhaps you saw the long and rather friendly article from the "Nevee Vremya". The extracts from the German papers you have, of course,seen. The Evening Post really did us a great service by its savage assault,chiefly directed against me,which set the discussion going. I think we have fully attained our object and have made Germany aware that we are watching her. The Secretary of State has got the matter much at heart. I had a long talk with him before I left Washington and he has done all that can be done,but he cannot seem to impress upon our excellent friend Long the necessity of having a man-of-war down there. Hay says,very justly,that La Guayra is the most important point int he world just now for a powerful ship of the American navy. With great difficulty and much urging we have succeeded in getting Long to send the "Mayflower",which seems very insufficient but still it is something. 12720United States Senate WASHINGTON, D.C., We hope to get off on the 3rd of July. Give our best love to Edith. Always yours, H.C. Lodge Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Vice-President. P.S. You have,of course,a great many curious letters, but I enclose the envelope of a letter I have just received which I think you will be interested to see. Look it over and please return it to me. 12721[[shorthand]]2 -adherents of Cromwell, also related To him by marriage, with regard to the matter of which I wrote I wish to mention in confidence that I was favored recently with an interview with a friend of mine who stands very close to the Senator from Indiana, graduated in the same class at Delaware, sustains relations of friendly intimacy with him and is in fact the original Fairbanks man who first mentioned his name for the Presidency. He is a prominent Methodist Clergyman of Buffalo New York, This interview convinced me that the Senators closest friends will be very well satisfied if he can secure the second place on this ticket. Here in Ohio the conviction is prevalent that your chances for the first place are nine out of ten [*12723*] [*F*] 269 S. Third St. Columbus. Ohio June 17th 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir, I thank you most heartily for your prompt and kind response to my letter. I shall have occasion to be in Washington City about the fifth of October next and I shall be greatly obliged by you if you will favor me with an interview. I must not omit to give expression to the very great pleasure I derived from your "Oliver Cromwell" My English ancestors were from Huntingtonshire and were stout [*12722*]3 I believe that no ticket can be nominated which will rouse such enthusiasm in Ohio- and throughout the west as Roosevelt and Fairbanks Moreover I am sure that Senator Fairbanks most ardent supporters will find ample gratification in such an arrangement. It has been many years since New York could put forth a candidate for the Presidency whose name could evoke such popular and widespread enthusiasm throughout the Buckeye State as "Teddy" Roosevelt's. Most cordially Yours, Joseph Luccock [*12724*]Wilder S. Metcalf Successor to Russell and Metcalf Farm Loans in Eastern Kansas Safe and Prompt. Lawrence, Kansas, June 17, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My Dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I understand that you are expecting to join the reunion of the Rough Riders in Colorado the first week in August and that you will probably be in Colorado for some days after the reunion. The Twentieth Kansas holds its reunion in Ottawa, Kansas, the first week in September. Nothing would give the members of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment so much pleasure as to have you present with us for as long a time as you could give us, and to have you say a few words to the men. Could you not arrange to stop in Ottawa on your way back from Colorado ? You would not need to be delayed more than a couple of hours, or less than that, even, if you could spare no more time. In case your return should take place a little before the 1st of September, I would be glad to change the date of the reunion to fit the time of your return. Hoping you have had a cooler place than Lawrence, Kansas, is this afternoon in which to spend the warm weather, I am Most sincerely your friend, [*Wilder S. Metcalf*] 12725The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. Great Northern Building, 77 Jackson St., Chicago. PAUL MORTON, Second Vice-President. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. June 17th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President, U.S.A., Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Colonel: Again referring to yours of the 11th: Are you goin to take any part of your family with you to Colorado? I would like to know in order to arrange for space. I thought that if you were going to take your wife or daughter that possibly I would take one of mine, but if there are to be no ladies in your party I will see that there are none in mine. Yours very truly, [*Paul Morton*] 12726a year ago. He was only 17- I presume he must have said he was older. The old lady is completely prostrated after months of heartbreaking worry. If her boy is allowed to come back she may recover. Otherwise the doctors say she cannot live. Can you do anything in a case like this? Very sincerely and respectfully, Edward J. Newell Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Vice President. Oyster Bay. N. Y. Personal 39 Washington Sq. W. 17th June 1901 [HOFFMAN HOUSE, MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK.] My dear Mr. Roosevelt: With your manifold cares, could you give enough of your attention to a comparatively trifling matter to help an estimable old lady in what is to be a most bitter trouble? Mrs. Calhoun of this city, mother of private Wm. J. Calhoun, Troop M. 8th Cavalry, now at Puerta Principe, is worrying her life away - literally - for her son. The boy ran off and enlisted about [*12727*]DEXTER, OSBORN & GILLESPIE, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EMPIRE BUILDING, 71 BROADWAY, STANLEY W. DEXTER, WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN, ROBERT McM. GILLESPIE. CHARLES E. WHITEHEAD. COUNSEL. H. LINSLY JOHNSON. NEW YORK, June 17th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Theodore:- I learn that Walter Wyckoff has gone abroad and that all of the Juniors and Seniors of Princeton have been scattered since commencement and it will be almost impossible to get any of them for June 29th. I do not myself know any one in either of these classes and inquiries which I have made from my friends have so far been unavailing. I am sorry to send you such a negative reply and await your further suggestion in the matter. I remain, Sincerely yours, Wm Church Osborn [*12729*]Wiliams Arizona June 17-1901 Hon Theodore Rosevelt- Dear Comrad. I take the liberty of address- you. on your saying that you would help each of us in any way that you could, only for our asking. As there seems to be some disatisfaction here with the present Post- Master. I am thinking by request of several business men to ask of or for the apointment after the expiration of his present term. Will you please inform me or advise me what you can or are willing to do for me in case I present my application for same. I believe I can get the majority of the patrons of office on my petition. and as I asisted my Father P. A. Randebaugh for 8 years as Postmaster in a small Kansas. [*12730*]No. 2 town. Previous to my inlistment with your regiment. I deem myself capable of filing the office. Will you please ans as I am very anxious to follow your dictations. Hoping this will find you enjoying the best of helth. I remain. Yours Very Res- J. D. Randebaugh Formerly With A. Troop 1st U.S. Vol Cav. also Regimental Post Master. at San Antino Texas. & Tampa [*12731*][[shorthand]]Denver. Colo June 17th 1801 To The Hon Theodore Rosefelt Vice President U. S. A. Washington D.C Dear Sir As an old Naval Seaman and as a first request from one of the highest oficials of the land I would ask of you to request of the Post Master of the City of Denver Colo. John C. Lumley to apoint me to some position either as Collector or even Janitor as a native of New York and an old time Republican through all our reverses I have still the reputation of hanging by the old party and for twenty seven years in Colorado hung to that party and I am satisfied if JW Lumley hears from you I will receive consideration. Hoping Col you can consentiously help me out in my first atempt to obtain a posen in this city I remain Yours Respectfully J. C. Robertson 1865 Humbolt St Denver Colo [*12732*][[shorthand]]FREDERIC H.BETTS. SAMUEL R.BETTS. JAMES R.SHEFFIELD. L.F.M.BETTS TELEPHONE 1324 CORTLANDT. CABLE ADDRESS, "MIRAGE", NEW YORK BETTS,BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. June 17 - 1901 My dear Col Roosevelt - Many thanks for your good letter of the 15 inst. I will take the eleven AM train from Long Island City, as you suggest, which arrives at Oyster Bay at twelve twenty, and accept for luncheon and dinner with great pleasure. Thanking your and with anticipation of seeing you on the twenty ninth believe me. Very Sincerely Yours James R. Sheffield. To Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay [*12733*][[shorthand]]Quincy Mass June 17. 1901. Hon, Theodore Roosevelt. Vice President Dear Sir I trust you will excuse the liberty I take in writing to you. I wrote you a letter from Saratoga NY some few years back and asked a favor but you said that it was not in your power to grant it. I now wish to ask another favor which will be my last. I am a Nephew of Mary Morse Talcot The Lady was in your family for years she gave me some money when I was 8 years of age in 1869. I did not get it untill I was 21. I am pleased to say I have it yet. I wish to ask you if you can with your influence get me enough Wood from the Maine Crusier at Havana Cuba to make me two walking canes. I have a cousin Capt Sargent of Lawrence Mass [*12734*]he is a good Republican and has served two terms in the Mass Legislature, I wish to give him one. you are the only person I know that could or might do me that favor if I can not have wood some souviner of the Maine will be acceptable. I have a small collection of relics but none from the Spanish War. I ask this on the strength of being my Aunt Talcott favorite Grand Nephew. I only wish she had lived until I was in manhood. I have a Captain Jinks Hat now that she sent me when I was five years old. I trust if you can grant I me the favor I will not mention the persons name that helped me. Respectfully your obedient Servant Harry A Stone. No. 47. Washington St Quincy Mass. [*Mr McKinley is a splendid man but I am in hopes to see you take his place in 1904.*] [*12735*][*[6-17-01]*] Mme Tagliapietra begs that Vice President Roosevelt will accept the volume, written by her late father "New York in Bondage" By Hon. John A. Townsend that will go by this mail. [*12736*] 343 West 34th Street New York June 17th 1901 Care Mr John A. Townsend- [*12737*]THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY 239 Fifth Avenue Advisory Board C. C. Cuyler W. B. Thomas S. R. Bertron S. F. Houston D. M. Goodrich Walter Camp T. D. M. Cardeza Caspar Whitney, President and Editor Robert Bacon, Vice-President Fletcher Harper, Secretary and Treasurer DICTATED. New York June 17, 1901. My Dear Colonel : Here is a letter I have just got from John Fannin, so I have written to ask Van Dyke to do the coast elk. He is fully as well posted. Dal DeWeese is off somewheres up in the Northwest; at least he told me he was going. I think your suggestion about Devereaux is good. I will write him. Faithfully yours, Caspar Whitney Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*12738*]GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, No. 71 CENTER STREET, Repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, FISH RODS AND ALL KINDS OF FIRE ARMS. Saws Filed, Keys Fitted, Locks Repaired and All Kinds of Edge Tools Put in Order. DIFFICULT JOBS AND SAFE LOCKS SOLICITED. Rutland, Vt., 1 trouble. The girl had a miscarriage right there in the house with his wife. it drove her insane. she tryd to kill herself many times, they finaly took her to Brattleboro insane asylum for a few weeks for safety this happened the first year I was there. all the next two years I had to go to see my Sister every day. and she raved to me of her trials. was going to kill him. his mistress and herself. I was kept in terror all the while. her anger was something frightful to see and hear. I could not bear it any longer. I begd my husband to take me back here! or else I should go crazy. we took our money out of the bank again and came back. we both thought there was plenty of work always for him here. we came back [*12740*] GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, No. 71 CENTER STREET, Repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, FISH RODS AND ALL KINDS OF FIRE ARMS. Saws Filed, Keys Fitted, Locks Repaired and All Kinds of Edge Tools Put in Order. DIFFICULT JOBS AND SAFE LOCKS SOLICITED. [Rutland, Vt.] June 17th 1901 Middletown Conn Vice President Roosevelt Dear Sir In the first place I want to ask you to have the kindness and patience to read the long letter I must write. I am an old soldiers wife and in great trouble. I have herd so much of your great warm heart that I feel you may sympathize with me enough to help me. I have no children. there is no one but my husband and myself. all our married lives we have been unfortunate, hoodoo'd. we have been sure. if such a thing can be. had money so many times and lost it. money oweing us that a lawyer could not get twice. $800 lost in the Massachusetts benefit life insureance and he is to old to get insured again and too feeble. it lacked only [*12739*]a few months of [?] time to drain out our $1,000 in the Iron Hall when that went to the dogs, and when my Father died he thought there would be a thousand dollars cash for me. I got only a very little of it. I have papers that will proove all this. every where its hard luck follows us. this last pull has been too much for my husband, let me tell you about it. 4 years ago we were living here in Middletown and had a nice little business we found out that Mr Williams partner was stealing him blind. in every way he was mis useing. he said he would drive Mr Williams out of the business. or into the insane asylum. well in order to get rid of the partner he had to sell out for half what it was worth. we took what money we had and went to Rutland Vt where I had a sister. Mr Williams did very well there. but I could not live there any longer. My sisters husband I found was acting in such a way that she wanted to die. he fell desperately in love with a young girl they had in the house. got her in in the fall. all winter we had no work. but lived on what money we had and said in the Spring there will be plenty. he still has no work to speak of. and every dollar we brought with us gone. always before he has borne his hard luck patiently and in a manly way. Even when he lost part of his right hand in a circle saw. he was heart broken but now he feals ugly and I am afraid he has asked me several times to die with him. and says why not. why not. whats the use keeping this thing going any longer. he had to take a room in the rear of an old hotell because it was cheap. he did not dare use his money for advertising. must save it for house rent & food. few know he is here again. that is the trouble. all because of the lack of money. he says it has made him sick he is tired of it. and for the first time in his life with all he has been through. he is discouraged. we have lost our [?] all again only about five hundred. but it ment a good deal to us, now if you will take the troubleGEORGE W. WILLIAMS, No. 71 CENTER STREET, Repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, FISH RODS AND ALL KINDS OF FIRE ARMS. Saws Filed, Keys Fitted, Locks Repaired and All Kinds of Edge Tools Put in Order. DIFFICULT JOBS AND SAFE LOCKS SOLICITED. Rutland, Vt., 1 President Roosevelt. I feal you can help us on our way to good luck again. I have racked my brains to think of some way in which I could help my husband out of this hole he is in. for he came here to please me. but I do think he would kill me he would be so angry if his name was used in connection with the plan I have. I dont beleive there is an old Soldier who would not willingly give me 25 cents to help my husband who is their comrad. what I would ask of you is that you ask the Commander in chief of the grand army. if he will ask the commander of every past (and I think he would grant Teddy Roosevelt any favor) to appoint a committee to solicit of each the comrad 25 cents to help their comrad who is in [*12741*]water beyond his depth, more trouble than he can carry. onto his feet again. its so little for each one to give. but it would save us. can you realize what it would mean to me Mr Roosevelt. you cant understand what I am passing through. and I have had so much trouble. oh so much. and I too am tired of it. but I dont want to kill myself. or be killed. just yet. if you will do this thing for me. please dont use his name. but just say its help wanted for an old Soldier. I can proove to you that he is an able Soldier. an old soldiers wife is trying to help and save him. through his comrades and you. if you will be so kind. if not I dont know what I can do. what will be the end of it. he must work for himself. because no one would give him liveing wages with that half of a right hand, oh why are we so unfortunate when we try so hard to do right. please let me hear from you soon. oh how I pray you will help me. Mrs. G. M. Williams. 158 College St Middletown. ConnOyster Bay June 17th 1901 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir The Baptis Church is trying to raise money to liquidate a debt resting on them, and in order to do so have made arraingments for a June Supper at the French House Oyster Bay on Thursday evening the 20th inst. Any assistance for this purpose will be thankfully received Truly Yours, J B Wright One of the Committee [*12742*][*[6-17-01]*] Elecciones Municipales de que se verifican á las ocho de la mañana hasta las cuatro de la tarde del dia de hoy ... de.... de 190.. en el local de este Municipio. Sr. ....... Presidente Municipal. Sr. ....... Vice-Presidente Municipal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. Sr. ....... Consejal. 12743 Enc in Curry 6-17-01Maps on this order too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed clockwise beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method. 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9A CHINESE STINK POT. Or a Refreshing Ready Reference and Cogent Dissertation on the SUPREMACY OF LAW! Designed For Universal Information and Members of Congress in Particular. This being an era in which courts-martial have the boards, it might be interesting to members of Congress, and others, to lay some cogent facts before them, from the secret archives of the War Department, in order to show what a mockery and menace to liberty the system is when in the hands of corruptionists. The following summary will conclusively show that a private soldier was literally buried alive for a period covering about four years. Sometime during the month of May, 1883, a soldier was arrested and placed in heavy iron shackles, with a 22-inch chain, and dragged around at hard labor until the month of September, 1883, when he was arraigned before a court-martial upon the charges of fraud and forgery, the specifications being to the effect that said soldier had laid or caused to be laid before his company officer, whilst said soldier was performing the duties of company clerk, false and fraudulent final statements, and the inference was that said company-clerk and the discharged soldier would, in the common parlance of the world, divy up, after such papers had been realized upon. The charge of forgery was entered against he prisoner, so as to cover any apparent inadvertence on the part of the officer responsible for such papers. The trial began by the prisoner being ushered into the presence of his peers, not in irons; for the supreme court of the land has decided such a procedure is illegal, consequently he is daily taken to the blacksmith shop before the court convenes, where the shackles are removed, and after court each day immediately taken back to the same place, when they are securely riveted on again. This is to show the garrison at large how the laws of the land and decisions of courts must be held in reverence- but acts with quite irreverent effects were daily being played in the privacy of the court's chambers. The preliminaries ordered as was customary, with the reading of the detail of the court, and the prisoner being asked if he had any objections to any of the members present, submitted numerous cogent objections to any of the members severally, which were sustained until the detail was down in number to five, the minimum prescribed by law. At this point the prisoner, entered a frivolous objection against the 5th member, so frivolous, in point of fact, that the dignity of the members was shocked. Nevertheless, the customary mode of procedure had to be gone through with. The member objected to, and the prisoner, were ordered out of the presence of the court, during its deliberations, and when such deliberations were over they recalled and the decision announced. In this instance, the objection was not sustained. The prisoner having no further objections to suffer the court was sworn, the prisoner arraigned and pleas of not guilty entered by him. It may now be stated for the benefit of the uninitiated that the judge-advocate of these proceedings is supposed to be such a supremely endowed, and evenly balanced person that he can act, as recorder (for court-martials are courts of record), fill the office of prosecutor, and under the instructions (although at varience with the constitution) he is to consider himself counsel for the prisoner to such an extent as to object to any leading questions that might tend to criminate. Consequently a good bull-dozing judge-advocate generally has a very congenial and brow-beating avocation and the members of the court are but pigmies in his presence. The only obstacle his vanity encounters is when some member has fainted from his eloquence and been carried away in the arms of Morpheus. The officer was introduced who had certified the papers were correct and true, who extolled his administrative scrutiny, and the diligence he had displayed in comparing them with the company clothing accounts, the official standard of all such summaries. The court was then abruptly adjourned for a period of about five days without turning the witness over to the prisoner for cross- examination, a very sly and crafty move on the part of the judge-advocate, when a star witness in the form of a paymaster from New York was introduced he having cashed one of the final statements. It was evident to the prisioner when this witness was introduced with the duplicate of the cashed final statement, that he had not been suborned in the least, for he said that the final statement had been paid by him to a post trader as per endorsement thereon, which evidence was attentively comprehended and eagerly assimilated by the members of the court each severally inspecting the document and passing it from hand to hand around the magic circle. The prisoner though not a mind reader, was still satisfied that his chances were about equal to those of a snow-ball passing intact upon a meteoric coarse through an atmosphere of sublimated sinners. The prisoner observed to by the deft manner in which the record was kept, the evasion of reading of the documentary evidence in his presence and by leading questions, that he was going to be cold-decked, as it were, for the judge-advocate would just enter as much of the proceedings on the record as suited his administrative scrutiny, and the reading of the previous day's record for over-paid. He then thanked the court conclusion for their seeming attention to the evidence, feeling satisfied that he was up against a real brace-game. Afterwards the prisoner rested up awhile at hard labor again, pending the emanation of the record. The prisioner then demurred to the Judge Advocate General for a special review. He raised the question of jurisdiction of the court of four members, after having objected to the 5th, the law being that five should be a minimum, with a view of a deciding vote, and the court when said objection was entered, should not have exceeded its authority, but should have stated that: "We now find ourselves below the minimum prescribed by law for doing business," and referred the facts to the officer convening the court, and he would have strengthened the detail, and helped them out. This fatal error is sustained by numerous precedents. Second. The record does not show that consel was assigned or any such right raised; this is also a fatal error. Third. Leading questions, fraud and forgery. And this demurrer was made by registered mail direct, and a few days thereafter, as a feeler, a copy was put through proper military channels. It so happened that this over-developed judge-advocate who was in common, every-day parlance known as "positively- damn-me-sir!" was also post-adjutant, consequently, the commanding officer's right bower, and when the prisoner's hand was revealed, the commanding officer catechised the judge-advocate (this within the hearing of the orderly) and stated in words to the effect "that if you have been fooling with the documentary evidence in this case you certainly have dealt the prisioner the wrong hand." The judge advocate then prayed that the commanding officer intercede to have the court re-convened so as to get the record into their hands again and he replied, "Oh! no; that cannot be done." About two weeks after this the prisoner was arraigned before the same body of peers, on similar charges. He objected to them severally on the ground of their having formed and expressed an opinion, because they all sat in judgment on him, in a former trial; all overruled. Pleas of not guilty entered; no evidence either pro or con of any description. The prisoner thanked the gentlemen-by-Act of-Congress again, and the farce of a trial was over in just about three hours. A few days after this the reviewing officer suddenly made a hurried visit to the post from Omaha, had the prisoners paraded, and asked this prisoner personally if he did not wish to speak to him. The prisoner said he did not see any reason why he should try to influence the judge upon the record, besides the prisoner's simple and unsupported words were but a hollow mockery when it was considered what a line of cocked hats were arrayed in the general's train, that it was very probable the general would hear from him officially as soon as a copy of the record was furnished him. The general then turned about and gave verbal orders to the commanding officer of the post as follows: orders to he commanding officer of the post as follows: "I have approved of the second trial in this man's case, and as soon as the orders get here I want you to send him down to me." Suddenly after the general's departure, the original demurrer made to the Judge Advocate General, was returned to the local judge-advocate for special report and this facilities matters greatly. They hastily packed up the prisoner and shipped him across the country to the Kansas state penitentiary, and confined him without a mittimus, on a soldier's descriptive list, and the copies of the two court-martial orders. It might right here be stated that the principal prosecuting witness was the company officer who, under oath, deposed that the prisoner always bore a good general character. However in making said transcripts for the prison records, he embraced the opportunity to supplement the statement by averring that the prisoner was considered one of the hardest cases that ever came under his command or words to that effect- just because the prisoner tried to defend himself. The transformation at the penitentiary took place in a wax-like and impressive style. The prisoner was shorn of his locks and given a bath, something he had not been able to get for five months prior and during the time he was in the black hole at Ft. Laramie, Wyo.; this was on November 20th, 1883. On the first Sunday in each month the prisoner was allowed the privilege of writing letters to his friends, in the war department which were heard from a month, and consequently he followed them up by tracers. Another month passed by, and ad third, and tracers followed in order, when a very brief reply was received stating that the Secretary of War declined to take any further action in the case. The prisoner just prior to this reply, got an official copy of the record in his first case, by way of Ft. Laramie, the authorities at Washington of course, believing the prisoner to be where the court had ordered. This caused the prisoner to nail his colors to the mast. The prisoner respectfully declined said womanly compliment from the Honorable Secretary, politely told him that he had best reconsider his hasty action, and that the prisoner did not see any reason why said official should be tickeled under the fifth rib; reiterated the facts as supported by the records; called attention to the revolutionary act of taking the prisoner away from the legal jurisdiction of the courts; raised the question of concurrent sentences in violation of the 4th Article of the Constitution and inquired what kind of business the department of Military justice was doing. This paper caused pandemonium in the War War office. The Secretary of War recanted. He called attention by special circular to the necessity of confining prisoners in a legal manner; issued orders that in future only officers of experienced legal ability should be detailed as acting Judge Advocate Generals of Departments, since my records passed the administrative scrutiny of the reviewing authority's son, a babyfaced second Lieutenant, acting as Aid to his papa and thereby encumbering said office, and ordered his pri- by the army regulations to the Secretary of War. The prisoner endorsed said communication and referred it back to the Secretary of War for copies and of the reports referred to, the Supreme Court of the land having previously decided (in the Mason case) that such transcripts must be furnished, but he received no replies. By chance a copy of the Army and Navy Journal fell into the prisoner's hands, with a copy of the circular calling attention to the paragraph of the revised statutes, which prohibited the giving of any information in aid or prosecution of any claim against the United States. This showed conclusively to the prisoner that the Judge Advocate General had been reprimanded for condescending such information and a search through the files of the Army and Navy Journal showed the ex-post-facto laws covering the points raised by the prisoner; that Congress had abolished the Department of Military Justice; that courts-martial were granted authority by law to fix their own hours, and that sentences for definate periods must be considered to take effect from the date of their promulgation in order unless otherwise specifically stated in the sentence, regulations being prior to this that it was immaterial, as to their dates, for if a prisoner got more than one dose they would be considered on the commutative plan. Said change in regulations was not made until about twelve months after the question raised in the previous cases, and said act made the prisaner's sentences concurrent, consequently void. The prisoner endeavored to reach an attorney at LeavenWorth, Kas., after a visiting inspector had refused to take his affidavit, for if the prisoner could only get the facts before a United States Commissioner or District Judge, it would suddenly have changed his place of residence. When opportunity offered he saluted the deputy-warden of the inquisition and asked permission to go before the prison clerk to take an affidavit, said officer having a notarial powers. The Deputy Warden replied, "I don't know anything about this damn business; you were received here under a private regime, and you certainly cannot do anything with the War Department. They will turn you out when they get ready; see an inspector when he comes, Why, after being here as long as you have you ought to be able to stand on your head and do the balance of the time. You will be surprised some day and receive a pardon, just the same as Mason, the ex-army paymaster did." The prisoner as a matter of course received no replies to his numerous letters, and submitted to the inevitable and did time without further beating of the bars. This, however, did not pacify the administrative authorities for as he was coming down the home stretch, he was informed that he must see the inspector and straighten things up or he would not be let out, and when all such overtures were treated with stolid indifference, the prisoner was suddenly placed in a dark cell on bread and water, in a nude state for ninety-six hours, and the wire between Headquarters of the Military Department of Mo. and the War Department were kept hot during this latter period as recorded by traveling orders in the said Army and Navy Journal. The medical officer from the fort was sent to the State Institution, the prisoner was ushered into his presence and under brow-beating tactics informed the prisoner that he had kidney troubles and all the ills that flesh is heir to. Suddenly relatives who had been worried by his long absence, had traced him to said inquisition. Oh! what a change. The prisoner directed at once that the Chief of Police of Minneapolis, Minn., who had served with the prisoner in the army, be communicated with and requested to report in person which he did, and the authorities of the prison voluntarily informed said official that "Ed" had been allowed to do just as he pleased. When my testimony was laid before him he stated, "I'll block their game a little. I'll have a man to visit you daily; I'll go back and return with an attorney." But just prior to the completion of such arrangements, the famous order for the prisoner's release was received. The prisoner rested awhile and tried to divert his mind, a pretty hard thing to do after such a strain. However, he regained his equilibrium in time to get inside the statute of limitations--six years (this law was also enacted during the prisoner's confinement) and finding all the officers defunct and that Congress was in the habit of buying up such claims indirectly, he did not see any reason why they should not buy them up in a direct way. He has already on divers dates placed a copy of "Truths Stranger Than Fiction" in affidavit from in the hands of every member of Congress with a view of pricking their conscience. As they appear dull of comprehension he will do so again. The claimant is eager and ready to poll the votes of the law-makers on the supremacy of law. A potent fact also being of record that the famous reviewing authority in these cases recants his philosophy and comes out loudly proclaiming for the claimant - when driven to do so. It is up-hill work when one has to push his own conveyance. Military corruption may yet deprave this greatest government on earth, but Congress has latent power and full authority to set the records aside and it is useless under subterfuges to evade or delegate the responsibility. The facts are all patent and the time is mature. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. Chicago, Ill. (Amended open letter to Senator Mason.) CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 1, 1899. HHON. W. E. MASON, U. S. Senator, Washington, D. C. SIR:- I have the honor respectfully to state that during the last session of Congress a request was made that the honorable Senator demand action according to the orders promulgated- the same was a revolutinary and illegal act, and all subsequent acts but a natural and illegal sequence. I never would have reached the penitentiary through then-existing due process of law, for the administrative officers of the Government should have annulled such illegal acts as they had done in contemporary cases too numerous to mention, which is confirmed by numerous enactments. The administrative officers of the Government did not use the golden rule towards me, for while they were proclaiming to the world that liberty and reason should not be trampled on, with their right hand high to Heaven, with the other they were thumb-screwing the victim for which the cries of liberty emanated. Candidly speaking Congress has not enough pelf at its command to compensate me for the songs I have cried to liberty, including the mental depression, insomina and other incidents. I ought scarcely to be compelled to barter my liberty for a soldier's pay and allowances merely in the judgement of a candid statesmen free from delusions. I have enough war bonds now at my command to guard against being buried alive again, or at least provide for a magnificent funeral. Naturally I would like to settle up this legal business, which has been forced upon me, before retiring to the "Banks of the Wabash," since one legal battle like this is enough for a lifetime. In conclusion I respectfully ask for the honorable Senator's benediction upon my retirement. I am, sir, your most humble and obedient servant, and beg to remain, Very respectfully, EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. Chicago, Ill. Truths Stranger Than Fiction. (Amended Petition.) STATE OF ILLINOIS, COOK COUNTY. SS. IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. WASHINGTON, D. C. COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS In re EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. To the Honorable the Chairman of said Committe: Edward Lautenschlaeger, above named claimant and petitioner, by Lewis Edward Dickinson, his attorney in fact and of record as per Power of Attorney heretofore presented, and prayed to be filed herein, humbly petitioning, prays for leave to file this, his Amended Petition herein, and (the same being granted) showeth into your honor the following: A. That he is a good and loyal citizen of the United States of America, and of age prior to the accruing of the res gestsae he einafter designated, and that he has never engaged in nor instigated and abetted treason and disloyalty to the Government of the United States but that he has always borne true allegience to said government; that he is the sole person interested in the claim or demands arising out of said res gestae, and that he is now a resident of the city of Chicago, county and state aforesaid. That on, to-wit the 4th day of September, A. D, 1893, there was presented to the Congress of the said Uuited State-, in the Senate branch thereof, by the Honorable Senator Voorhees, your petitioner's petition (which in contradistinction to "this" petition will be hereinafter referred to as "said" petition,) with sundry exhibits therein referred to, which said petition, together with said exhibits, are hereby prayed to be taken, considered and made parts hereof this petition, and to which reference is especially made for purposes of information and great certainty. B. I. A DEMURRER COVERING MANIFOLD ERRORS ON FILE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DISPOSED OF. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court marital orders number 60 of said series being appended to said petition and marked exhibits A and B respectively), said proceedings being under date September 13, A. D. 1883. That 13, A. D. 1883. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court martial orders number 63 of said series being appended to said petition and marked exhibits C and D respectively), said proceedings being under date of October 12, A. D. 1883. That (pursuant to exhibit E of said petition) a demurrer was made to the Judge Advocate-General, United States Army, for special review, and acknowledged, as per endorsement, under date of October 27, A. D. 1883 (see also first and second endorsements, Exhibit A of said petition). That- see said exhibit A and B. (a1) the court had no jurisdiction, being below the minimum prescribed by law: (a disjunctive specification do not show any specific "'come due him, hand then to be confined at hard labor in "'such penitentiary as the proper authority may designate "'for the period of five years.' The proceedings, "findings and sentence in the case of Private Edward "Lautenschlaeger, Company H, Seventh I fantry, are "approved. Though the accused has been properly arraigned "a second time, still it is virtually on specifications "to the charges before disposed of. As I regard "the matter the sentence of the first trial was intended "to cover the crime committed. Additional specifications "do increase the criminality, but they do not change the "nature of the crime, and therefore I am unwilling to "duplicate the punishment. The full penalty awarded "would not be too far great for this isolated case, but certainly "ten years confinement is excessive for this crime. "It will be impossible to discharge a man already discharged, "and to forfeit money already forfeited; the "sentence is therefore mitigated to one year's imprisonment "at hard labor in such penitentiary as the proper "authority may designate and as thus mitigated will be "duly executed. The prisoner will be held at the post "where he now is until further orders." That in the interval between October 12 and November 14 of said year, the reviewing authority in the aforementioned cases, to-wit, General O. O. Howard, commanding said department of the Platte, made a hasty visit to the post (Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory), where your petitioner was then in confinement, and did, int he presence and hearing of petitioner, give verbal orders to Colonel John Gibbon, Seventh Infantry, commanding regiment and post, in words to the effect as follows, to-wit: "As soon as the second order arrives in Lautenschlaeger's case I want you to send him down to me." That, after demurrer was received by the local Judge Advocate for report, from the Judge Advocate General, United States Army, the prisoner (your petitioner) was hastily shipped across the country direct to and confined in the Kansas state penitentiary, where he arrived on to- wit, November 20, A. D. 1883; and there he was confinued on papers embracing a descriptive list. a discharge and the two court martial orders aforesaid, in direct violation of the orders as shown on their face, and contrary to the verbal orders of the reviewing authority aforesaid, until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887; your petitioner avers that the Secretary of War of the United States was the only person who had proper authority in the premises, and that the said records do not show the exercise of any such authority on the part of said Secretary of War. III. WAS STILL HELD IN DURESS FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS, EVEN AFTER PRIMA FACIE EXPIRATION OF AN ALLEGED SENTENCE. Your petitioner further states that. per said alleged prima facie cumulative findings (see exhibits A and B, and said exhibits C and D), the total original period of confinement nominally would have been six years on the face of said records; that, per said exhibit P, said first period of five years is made to run from first date of the action of the reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1882; that, per said exhibit P, said second period of one year is made to run from second date of the action of the reviewiug authority, to-wit, October 12, 1883; therefore, said first period of five years would have expired on to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1888, and said second period of one year would have expired on, to-wit, October 12, A. D. 1884, and hence, by this construction, said sentences must not be considered to have run concurrently and not cumulatively, thus reducing the net alleged prima facie sentence to five years actual time which period would have expired on, to-wit, September 12, A. D 1888, but, as per prison certificate, see said exhibit E. petitioner was "allowed 307 days." Reckoning said 307 days backwards then from September 12, A. D. 1888, and we have the following: Twelve days of September; thirty- one days of August; thirty-one days of July; thirty days of June; thirty-one days of May; thirty days of April; thirty-one days of March; twenty-nine days of February (the year 1888 being leap year); thirty-one days of January; and for the year A. D. 1887, thirty-one days of December; and twenty days of November, total 307 days, bringing the date of expiration of sentence back to November 11, A. D. 1887. which is the date of the document ordering the petitioner's discharge (see said exhibit D). However, the records show that petitioner was not discharged until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887, the same being a further confinement and detention of petitioner for five days, to.wit, the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th days of November aforesaid, even after he was entitled to discharge under formal order bearing upon said alleged sentence. IV. A MALADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL PROCESS PROBABLY WITHOUT A PRECEDENT IN JUDICIAL HISTORY. Your petitioner further submits that, per said exhibits A and B, sentence was pronounced under date of September 13, A. D. 1883; that, per said exhibits C and D, sentence was pronounced under date of October 12, A. D. 1883; that construction of sentences was received from military headquarters as per said exhibit P, dated September 2 A. D. 1884, making sentences for definate periods to run from date of action of reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1883, and October 12, A. D. 1884- said first sentence of five years had been running, prima facie, from said September 13, A. D. 1883, and said sentence for one year must also be considered, if such a thing were possible, as having been made to run from said October 12, A. D. 1883. But in the language of theby the army regulations to the Secretary of War. The prisoner endorsed said communication and referred it back to the Secretary of War for copies and of the reports referred to, the Supreme Court of the land having previously decided (in the Mason case) that such transcripts must be furnished, but he received no replies. By chance a copy of the Army and Navy Journal fell into the prisoner's hands, with a copy of the circular calling attention to the paragraph of the revised statutes, which prohibited the giving of any information in aid or prosecution of any claim against the United States. This showed conclusively to the prisoner that the Judge Advocate General had been reprimanded for condescending such information and a search through the files of the Army and Navy Journal showed the ex-post-facto laws covering the points raised by the prisoner; that Congress had abolished the Department of Military Justice; that courts-martial were granted authority by law to fix their own hours, and that sentences for definate periods must be considered to take effect from the date of their promulgation in order unless otherwise specifically stated in the sentence, regulations being prior to this that it was immaterial, as to their dates, for if a prisoner got more than one dose they would be considered on the commutative plan. Said change in regulations was not made until about twelve months after the question raised in the previous cases, and said act made the prisaner's sentences concurrent, consequently void. The prisoner endeavored to reach an attorney at LeavenWorth, Kas., after a visiting inspector had refused to take his affidavit, for if the prisoner could only get the facts before a United States Commissioner or District Judge, it would suddenly have changed his place of residence. When opportunity offered he saluted the deputy-warden of the inquisition and asked permission to go before the prison clerk to take an affidavit, said officer having a notarial powers. The Deputy Warden replied, "I don't know anything about this damn business; you were received here under a private regime, and you certainly cannot do anything with the War Department. They will turn you out when they get ready; see an inspector when he comes, Why, after being here as long as you have you ought to be able to stand on your head and do the balance of the time. You will be surprised some day and receive a pardon, just the same as Mason, the ex-army paymaster did." The prisoner as a matter of course received no replies to his numerous letters, and submitted to the inevitable and did time without further beating of the bars. This, however, did not pacify the administrative authorities for as he was coming down the home stretch, he was informed that he must see the inspector and straighten things up or he would not be let out, and when all such overtures were treated with stolid indifference, the prisoner was suddenly placed in a dark cell on bread and water, in a nude state for ninety-six hours, and the wire between Headquarters of the Military Department of Mo. and the War Department were kept hot during this latter period as recorded by traveling orders in the said Army and Navy Journal. The medical officer from the fort was sent to the State Institution, the prisoner was ushered into his presence and under brow-beating tactics informed the prisoner that he had kidney troubles and all the ills that flesh is heir to. Suddenly relatives who had been worried by his long absence, had traced him to said inquisition. Oh! what a change. The prisoner directed at once that the Chief of Police of Minneapolis, Minn., who had served with the prisoner in the army, be communicated with and requested to report in person which he did, and the authorities of the prison voluntarily informed said official that "Ed" had been allowed to do just as he pleased. When my testimony was laid before him he stated, "I'll block their game a little. I'll have a man to visit you daily; I'll go back and return with an attorney." But just prior to the completion of such arrangements, the famous order for the prisoner's release was received. The prisoner rested awhile and tried to divert his mind, a pretty hard thing to do after such a strain. However, he regained his equilibrium in time to get inside the statute of limitations--six years (this law was also enacted during the prisoner's confinement) and finding all the officers defunct and that Congress was in the habit of buying up such claims indirectly, he did not see any reason why they should not buy them up in a direct way. He has already on divers dates placed a copy of "Truths Stranger Than Fiction" in affidavit from in the hands of every member of Congress with a view of pricking their conscience. As they appear dull of comprehension he will do so again. The claimant is eager and ready to poll the votes of the law-makers on the supremacy of law. A potent fact also being of record that the famous reviewing authority in these cases recants his philosophy and comes out loudly proclaiming for the claimant - when driven to do so. It is up-hill work when one has to push his own conveyance. Military corruption may yet deprave this greatest government on earth, but Congress has latent power and full authority to set the records aside and it is useless under subterfuges to evade or delegate the responsibility. The facts are all patent and the time is mature. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. Chicago, Ill. (Amended open letter to Senator Mason.) CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 1, 1899. HHON. W. E. MASON, U. S. Senator, Washington, D. C. SIR:- I have the honor respectfully to state that during the last session of Congress a request was made that the honorable Senator demand action according to the orders promulgated- the same was a revolutinary and illegal act, and all subsequent acts but a natural and illegal sequence. I never would have reached the penitentiary through then-existing due process of law, for the administrative officers of the Government should have annulled such illegal acts as they had done in contemporary cases too numerous to mention, which is confirmed by numerous enactments. The administrative officers of the Government did not use the golden rule towards me, for while they were proclaiming to the world that liberty and reason should not be trampled on, with their right hand high to Heaven, with the other they were thumb-screwing the victim for which the cries of liberty emanated. Candidly speaking Congress has not enough pelf at its command to compensate me for the songs I have cried to liberty, including the mental depression, insomina and other incidents. I ought scarcely to be compelled to barter my liberty for a soldier's pay and allowances merely in the judgement of a candid statesmen free from delusions. I have enough war bonds now at my command to guard against being buried alive again, or at least provide for a magnificent funeral. Naturally I would like to settle up this legal business, which has been forced upon me, before retiring to the "Banks of the Wabash," since one legal battle like this is enough for a lifetime. In conclusion I respectfully ask for the honorable Senator's benediction upon my retirement. I am, sir, your most humble and obedient servant, and beg to remain, Very respectfully, EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. Chicago, Ill. Truths Stranger Than Fiction. (Amended Petition.) STATE OF ILLINOIS, COOK COUNTY. SS. IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. WASHINGTON, D. C. COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS In re EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. To the Honorable the Chairman of said Committe: Edward Lautenschlaeger, above named claimant and petitioner, by Lewis Edward Dickinson, his attorney in fact and of record as per Power of Attorney heretofore presented, and prayed to be filed herein, humbly petitioning, prays for leave to file this, his Amended Petition herein, and (the same being granted) showeth into your honor the following: A. That he is a good and loyal citizen of the United States of America, and of age prior to the accruing of the res gestsae he einafter designated, and that he has never engaged in nor instigated and abetted treason and disloyalty to the Government of the United States but that he has always borne true allegience to said government; that he is the sole person interested in the claim or demands arising out of said res gestae, and that he is now a resident of the city of Chicago, county and state aforesaid. That on, to-wit the 4th day of September, A. D, 1893, there was presented to the Congress of the said Uuited State-, in the Senate branch thereof, by the Honorable Senator Voorhees, your petitioner's petition (which in contradistinction to "this" petition will be hereinafter referred to as "said" petition,) with sundry exhibits therein referred to, which said petition, together with said exhibits, are hereby prayed to be taken, considered and made parts hereof this petition, and to which reference is especially made for purposes of information and great certainty. B. I. A DEMURRER COVERING MANIFOLD ERRORS ON FILE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DISPOSED OF. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court marital orders number 60 of said series being appended to said petition and marked exhibits A and B respectively), said proceedings being under date September 13, A. D. 1883. That 13, A. D. 1883. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court martial orders number 63 of said series being appended to said petition and marked exhibits C and D respectively), said proceedings being under date of October 12, A. D. 1883. That (pursuant to exhibit E of said petition) a demurrer was made to the Judge Advocate-General, United States Army, for special review, and acknowledged, as per endorsement, under date of October 27, A. D. 1883 (see also first and second endorsements, Exhibit A of said petition). That- see said exhibit A and B. (a1) the court had no jurisdiction, being below the minimum prescribed by law: (a disjunctive specification do not show any specific "'come due him, hand then to be confined at hard labor in "'such penitentiary as the proper authority may designate "'for the period of five years.' The proceedings, "findings and sentence in the case of Private Edward "Lautenschlaeger, Company H, Seventh I fantry, are "approved. Though the accused has been properly arraigned "a second time, still it is virtually on specifications "to the charges before disposed of. As I regard "the matter the sentence of the first trial was intended "to cover the crime committed. Additional specifications "do increase the criminality, but they do not change the "nature of the crime, and therefore I am unwilling to "duplicate the punishment. The full penalty awarded "would not be too far great for this isolated case, but certainly "ten years confinement is excessive for this crime. "It will be impossible to discharge a man already discharged, "and to forfeit money already forfeited; the "sentence is therefore mitigated to one year's imprisonment "at hard labor in such penitentiary as the proper "authority may designate and as thus mitigated will be "duly executed. The prisoner will be held at the post "where he now is until further orders." That in the interval between October 12 and November 14 of said year, the reviewing authority in the aforementioned cases, to-wit, General O. O. Howard, commanding said department of the Platte, made a hasty visit to the post (Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory), where your petitioner was then in confinement, and did, int he presence and hearing of petitioner, give verbal orders to Colonel John Gibbon, Seventh Infantry, commanding regiment and post, in words to the effect as follows, to-wit: "As soon as the second order arrives in Lautenschlaeger's case I want you to send him down to me." That, after demurrer was received by the local Judge Advocate for report, from the Judge Advocate General, United States Army, the prisoner (your petitioner) was hastily shipped across the country direct to and confined in the Kansas state penitentiary, where he arrived on to- wit, November 20, A. D. 1883; and there he was confinued on papers embracing a descriptive list. a discharge and the two court martial orders aforesaid, in direct violation of the orders as shown on their face, and contrary to the verbal orders of the reviewing authority aforesaid, until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887; your petitioner avers that the Secretary of War of the United States was the only person who had proper authority in the premises, and that the said records do not show the exercise of any such authority on the part of said Secretary of War. III. WAS STILL HELD IN DURESS FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS, EVEN AFTER PRIMA FACIE EXPIRATION OF AN ALLEGED SENTENCE. Your petitioner further states that. per said alleged prima facie cumulative findings (see exhibits A and B, and said exhibits C and D), the total original period of confinement nominally would have been six years on the face of said records; that, per said exhibit P, said first period of five years is made to run from first date of the action of the reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1882; that, per said exhibit P, said second period of one year is made to run from second date of the action of the reviewiug authority, to-wit, October 12, 1883; therefore, said first period of five years would have expired on to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1888, and said second period of one year would have expired on, to-wit, October 12, A. D. 1884, and hence, by this construction, said sentences must not be considered to have run concurrently and not cumulatively, thus reducing the net alleged prima facie sentence to five years actual time which period would have expired on, to-wit, September 12, A. D 1888, but, as per prison certificate, see said exhibit E. petitioner was "allowed 307 days." Reckoning said 307 days backwards then from September 12, A. D. 1888, and we have the following: Twelve days of September; thirty- one days of August; thirty-one days of July; thirty days of June; thirty-one days of May; thirty days of April; thirty-one days of March; twenty-nine days of February (the year 1888 being leap year); thirty-one days of January; and for the year A. D. 1887, thirty-one days of December; and twenty days of November, total 307 days, bringing the date of expiration of sentence back to November 11, A. D. 1887. which is the date of the document ordering the petitioner's discharge (see said exhibit D). However, the records show that petitioner was not discharged until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887, the same being a further confinement and detention of petitioner for five days, to.wit, the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th days of November aforesaid, even after he was entitled to discharge under formal order bearing upon said alleged sentence. IV. A MALADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL PROCESS PROBABLY WITHOUT A PRECEDENT IN JUDICIAL HISTORY. Your petitioner further submits that, per said exhibits A and B, sentence was pronounced under date of September 13, A. D. 1883; that, per said exhibits C and D, sentence was pronounced under date of October 12, A. D. 1883; that construction of sentences was received from military headquarters as per said exhibit P, dated September 2 A. D. 1884, making sentences for definate periods to run from date of action of reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1883, and October 12, A. D. 1884- said first sentence of five years had been running, prima facie, from said September 13, A. D. 1883, and said sentence for one year must also be considered, if such a thing were possible, as having been made to run from said October 12, A. D. 1883. But in the language of the reviewing authority aforesaid it is "impossible to dis- hibit marked R); also letter from assistant clerk at said penitentiary (see said exhibit marked S), verifying the record and showing a gain of 307 days as allowance for good time; also book showing copy of prison regulations (see said exhibits); also correspondence showing denial of the use of private funds (see said exhibits marked T U and V); also order by which your petitioner was released (see said exhibit W); also affidavit setting forth facts (see exhibit X); also certificate of E. Jones, clerk of said penitentiary (see said exhibit V); also letter from Adjutant- General's office denying further information (see said exhibit Zero). C. Forasmuch therefore as your petitioner has wrongfully and forcibly been deprived and hindered in the profit and enjoyment of his rights and privileges, including his compensation and other allowances as said private, as well as his right to engage in other pursuits for profit and emolument, as well as the benefit of habaes corpus or appeal until now, for a long space of time, to-wit, from September 13, A. D. 1883, until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887; and inasmuch as your petitioner is without adequate remedy save by act of Congress, your petitioner prays that Congress may find and hold that all said proceedings, findings, sentences and disabilities were and are utterly null and void, and that they be set aside and for naught esteemed, to the end that he may be given such remuneration, compensation, restitution and further relief, as this honorable body, upon proper investigation, evidence and findings, or upon amendment hereto, shall deem to be just. (Signed) L. E. DICKINSON, Attorney for Petitioner. 92 LaSalle St., Suite 34, Chicago, Ill. STATE OF ILLINOIS, COOK COUNNY, SS. I Edward Latenschlaeger, being first duly sworn, on oath, state that I am the petitioner in the above and foregoing petition, that I know the contents thereof, and that the same is true, as I verily am informed and believe. (Signed) EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. SEAL Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 21st day of December, A. D. 1893. (Signed) L. E. DICKINSON, Notary Public. (Copy of letter of transmittal with 1st Edition.) CHICAGO, ILL , July 26, 1897. SIR:- Enclosed please find a synopsis of several cases which have been Congress for a period of more than four years. I am inclined to think that a revolutionary element is attempting to smother things in the Committee, in a manner similar to that employed by some gentlemen (through act of Congress), while I was in the "Pen." I have, therefore, had several hundred copies of the enclosed petition printed for the information of individual members of Congress. Very respectfully, (Signed) EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. BURLINGTON, VT., AUG. 18th, 1897. EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGAR, Room 7, No. 9 South Clark Street, Chicago. DEAR SIR:- General Howard is of the opinion that he cannot properly re-review a case which he has carefully and conscientiously decided. The courts would be the only tribunals to which such a case, admitting the errors claimed, could properly be referred. Congrees would, by their committees, cause the whole record to be brought before them, showing the long series of crimes actually committed and proven. Doubtless the errors noticed were under advisement in the primary review, and the whole of it had a re-examination in the Judge Advocate's department in Washington. Certainly the errors were not considered of sufficient importance to nullify the proceedings and the sentence. Having rendered now what you claim was more than full measure for your offences, the General thinks it would be wise to let the matter drop. Many of the actors in the Court Martial and General Gibbon himself have died. The General remarks further, that when called upon he is prepared to furnish the main facts in the case. Yours truly, R. L. ELLIS, Private Secretary. (1st Endorsement.) CHICAGO, ILL., Aug. 25th, 1897. Respectfully referred to the Honorable the Committee on Military Affairs, of the United States Senate, Washington, D. C. (copy of reply acknowledging receipt also herewith): This communication was brought forth by the forward ng of a copy of the amended petition in my cases to General O. O. Howard, with a view of having him recommend speedy action by Congress before the death of all the actors in those famous courts martial. It will be observed that General Howard still labors under the halucination that Congress has, so far, granted to him and the army ring roving commissions enabling them to ignore the laws, as enacted and prescribed by the constitution, ad libitum and with impunity, and he feels fortified in taking such a position because, as he says, the case had a re-examination in the Judge Advocate General's office, and virtually issues a challenge, stating that he is ready to prove the main facts, etc. This retired general may be an authority on inaction, among some other things, but he seems to be an adept, also in "crank house," which is only a short distance from the "bone yard;" then friends, who had been worried by my long absence, traced me to that famous institution at Lansing, Kansas. This caused them to change their modus operandi, and while arrangements were being made for obtaining a legal release otherwise, an order was hastily wired from the "intrenchments" at Washington for turning me loose. When I made inquiries at the adjutant general's office as to the reason for such a release, I was informed that no reasons were necessary because I was a "crank." It should be observed that the same combination has been trying to hoodwink Congress into passing a law to protect officers of the army from legal proceedings because of maladministration of their duty in conducting courts mar ial. Although judgments against such officers personally would not have been difficult to obtain, they intrinsically would not be worth the paper by which they would have beeen evidenced; and the only way they could have been realized upon would have been by offering them for sale to Congress, under the pretence of erasing stigmas from the records of such officers; and I am afraid then I would have to offer so many of them at one time upon the market in this way, that a heavy discount would have been called for. Though the aforesaid preacher-general may think he has conducted the last funeral rites in my behalf, his own doctrines evidently recognize a resurrecting power in congress. While congress may continue to allow him to receive French medals, yet he should not get the impression that it approves of foreign methods; still, as a matter of fact, I am in a manner handicapped in this affair just because I am a native-born American; were I a foreigner, I would be entitled to have a government interceding in my behalf. (Signed) EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. (Enclosure.) CHICAGO, ILL., Aug. 24th, 1897. GENERAL O. O. HOWARD, U. S. Army (Retired), Burlington, Vt. GENERAL:- I have the honor herewith to respectfully acknowledge the receipt of a communication from your headquarters, under date of the 18th inst. Age and experience do not seem to make any impression upon the general; but when he infers from my former communication that I desire him to re-review the cases he is in error; no thank you; I have had more than enough of the general's perfunctory reviewing. Besides such an inference was wholly foreign to my former communication. The whole records and proofs have already been before Congress for a period of over 4 years; and whether or not in the reviewing authority's opinion said records show a long series of crimes or not is irrelevant to the present stage of proceedings as Congress must commence just where the reviewing authority abandoned the records as called for in the amended petition. This is not a whitewashing affair, general, but an appeal; and said amended petition together with the records proper are the only legal documents that Congress ever had or can have before it. The general, too, admits that without a doubt the errors on the record were under consideration in the primary review, and the whole had a re-examination in the judge advocate's department at Washington. I am aware of this, but right here is where an hiatus in the logic appears; for the general reviewing his own acts states that said errors certainly were not sufficient to nullify the proceedings, etc.; however the constitution and laws of the land support the demand that they be set aside. As a result of the re-examination to which the general refers, after they had passed his personal review, an anomalous department was created, mis-named the Department of Justice, in connection with the War Department, and orders were caused to emanate from the War Department to the effect that in future only officers of experienced legal ability should be selected to fill the position of acting judge advocate; also a circular emanated from the same source calling attention to the importance of confining prisoners in a legal manner, since anomalous proceedings were becoming too numerous in said department. It caused Congress to allow courts martial to fix their own hours, that sentences for definate periods shall take effect, etc.; all this, too, while your prisoner was denied his rights and remedies, under a smothering policy resembling that of cowards and assassins, by which its officers appeared to disgrace the War Department. This continued until the prisoner was about to receive outside aid, when the famous order for his release were promulgated. Congress has already passed a joint act granting the Court of Claims power to adjudicate upon illegally forfeited pay and allowances, but the proceedings are so dilatory I asked if the general could see his way clear to urge Congress, by such means as were in his power, to early action, but must say that I will now have to abandon such a request; for, if he had some cobwebs before his eyes when he first reviewed the cases, these webs have evidently thickened into blinding cataracts. Congress has bestowed its bounty upon the general, while I ask for legal justice. When the general predicts what Congress would do by its committee, etc., he should remember that the constitution and the laws plainly say what Congress must do. When courts martial and the proceedings incident thereto are conducted as the records in my cases show that they were, it is almost time to substitute the black flag for Old Glory. The patent fact alone of my being confined in a penitentiary, without a mittimus, and by force was an everlasting disgrace to the army, the United States and civilized nations, which the length of time I was there only aggravated. The general and all others must be bound by the plain law and the facts in the case. When the general further states that, having now rendered what he back to the same place, when they are securely riveted on again. This is to show the garrison at large how the laws of the land and decisions of courts must be held in reverence- but acts with quite irreverent effects were daily being played in the privacy of the court's chambers. The preliminaries opened as was customary, with the reading of the detail of the court, and the prisoner being asked if had any objections to any of the members present, submitted numerous cogent objections to the members severally, which were sustained until the detail was down in number to five, the minimum prescribed by law. At this point the prisoner entered a frivolous objection against the 5th member, so frivolous, in point of fact, that the dignity of the members was shocked. Nevertheless, the customary mode of procedure had to be gone through with. The member objected to, and the prisoner, were ordered out of the presence of the court, during its deliberations, and when such deliberations were over they were recalled and the decision announced. In this instance, the objection was not sustained. The prisoner having no further objections to offer the court was sworn, the prisoner arraigned and please of not guilty entered by him. It may now be stated for the benefit of the uninitiated that the judge-advocate of these proceedings is supposed to be such a supremely endowed, and evenly balanced person that he can act, as recorder (for court-martials are courts of records), fill the office of prosecutor, and under the instructions (although at varience with the constitution) he is to consider himself counsel for the prisoner to such an extent as to object to any leading questions that might tend to criminate. Consequently a good bull-dozing judge advocate generally has a very congenial and brow-beating avocation and the members of the court are but pigmies in his presence. The only obstacle his vanity encounters is when some member has fainted from his eloquence and been carried away in the arms of Morpheus. The officer was introduced who had certified the papers were correct and true, who extolled his administrative scrutiny, and the diligence he had displayed in comparing them with the company clothing accounts, the official standard of all such summaries. The court was then abruptly adjourned for a period about five days without turning the witness over to the prisoner for cross- examination, a very sly and crafty move on the part of the judge-advocate, when a star witness in the form of a paymaster from New York was introduced he having crashed one of the final statements. It was evident to the prisioner when this witness was introduced with the duplicate of the cashed final statement, that he had not been suborned in the least, for he said that the final statement had been paid for him to a post trader as per endorsement thereon, which evidence was attentively comprehended and eagerly assimilated by the members of the court each severally inspecting the document and passing it from hand to hand around the magic circle. The prisoner though not a mind reader, was still satisfied that his chances were about equal to those of a snow-ball passing intact upon a meteoric coarse through an atmosphere of sublimated sinners. The prisoner observed too by the deft manner in which the record was kept, the evasion of reading of the documentary evidence in his presence and by leading questions, that he was going to be cold-decked, as it were, for the judge-advocate would just enter as much of the proceedings on the record as suited his administrative scrutiny, and the reading of the previous day's record for approval was always slighted. The prisoner was fixed in opinion then that they were going to put themselves on record as guilty of the various crimes the prisoner was charged with, i. e., forgery and fraud. It would not do to show up the endorsement on the final statement for that was signed by the same officer who had certified that the paper was correct and just, on its face. It would not indicate that the prisoner was guilty of forgery, because the post traders oral testimony was to the effect that he figured up the amount due prior to sending it to said officer, to witness the transfer, besides the pay department had decided that in case officers witnessed the transfers of false or fraudulent final statements, they would be responsible. I wonder if said officer was ever made to disgorge? When the company clothing account was introduced as a verification of the aforesaid final statement it bore two signitures of the officer responsible for the papers, and he swore that he had signed the recapitulation in the book simultaneously with the signing of the final statements. This was a lie, for when a sensation was sprung in these cases, he commenced signing up the records for six months back, and it so happened that he inadvertently got a superfluous signiture on this account and virtually acknowledged it on cross-examination; but the judge-advocate said, "Oh, I'll correct your testimony all right; besides the signiture is immaterial to the issue." The prisoner was satisfied then that he could rest easy and feel confident that they were going to make a true copy of said document (and leave the signiture off) and then when the official copy of the record would get into his hands, he would have two witnesses to the overt act to prove his contemplated charges. Consequently he skirmished along with the greatest experts in forgery of modern times (Esterhazy not excepted), managed to get enough oral testimony on the record to confirm said facts, made no defense because he was not allowed to do so, recalled the prosecuting witnesses and made them give the prisioner a good, general character under oath, and closed his case by stating under oath that he was not guilty as charged. This was corroborated by the only soldier who could be found that was 12744 try to influence the judge upon the record, besides the prisoner's simple and unsupported words were but a hollow mockery when it was considered what a line of cocked hate were arrayed in the general's train, that it was very probable the general would hear from him officially as soon as a copy of the record was furnished him. The general then turned about and gave verbal orders to the commanding officer of the post as follows: "I have approved of the second trial in this man's case, and as soon as the orders get here I want you to send him down to me." Suddenly after the general's departure, the original demurrer made to the Judge Advocate General, was returned to the local judge-advocate for special report and this facilitates matters greatly. They hastily packed up the prisoner and shipped him across the country to the Kansas state penitentiary, and confined him without a mittimus, on a soldier's descriptive list, and the copies of the two court-martialed orders. It might right here be stated that the principal prosecuting witness was the company officer who, under oath, deposed that the prisoner always bore a good general character. However in making said transcripts for the prison records, he embraced the opportunity to supplement the statement by averring that the prisoner was considered one of the hardest cases that ever came under his command or words to that effect- just because the prisoner tried to defend himself. The transformation at the penitentiary took place in a wax-like and impressive style. The prisoner was shorn of his locks and given a bath, something he had not been able to get five months prior and during that time he was in the black hole at Ft. Laramie, Wyo.; this was on November 20th, 1883. On the first Sunday in each month the prisoner was allowed the privilege of writing letters to his friends, in the war department which have not heard from for a month, and consequently he followed them up by tracers. Another month passed by, and a third, and tracers followed in order, when a very brief reply was received stating that the Secretary of War declined to take any further action in the case. The prisoner just prior to this reply, got an official copy of the record in his first case, by way of Ft. Laramie, the authorities at Washington of course, believing the prisoner to be where the court had ordered. This caused the prisoner to nail his colors to the mast. The prisoner respectfully declined said womanly compliment from the Honorable Secretary, politely told him that he had best reconsider his hasty action, and that the prisoner did not see any reason why said official should be tickeled under the fifth rib; reiterated the facts as supported by the records; called attention to the revolutionary act of taking the prisoner away from the legal jurisdiction of the courts; raised the question of concurrent sentences in violation of the 4th Article of the Constitution and inquired what kind of business the department of Military justice was doing. This paper caused pandemonium in the War War office. The Secretary of War recanted. He called attention by special circular to the necessity of confining prisoners in a legal manner; issued orders that in future only officers of experienced legal ability should be detailed as acting Judge Advocate Generals of Departments, since my records passed the administrative scrutiny of the reviewing authority's son, a babyfaced second Lieutenant, acting as Aid to his papa and thereby encumbering said office, and ordered his private military secretary to pay a visit to the prisoner. The presumption is that said official abstracted the descriptive list and discharge for cogent reasons. The prisoner was ushered into his presence hastily from work; asked how he was employed, and answered as clerk in the ware house of the Kansas Wagon Mfg. Co. under the contract system. The prisoner readily recognized this special emissary, and desired to submit a copy of the record for positive proof of his assertions, but the visitor simply said, "Oh, that is not necessary; when I return to Washington, I shall look into both of your cases." It took just eleven months before a copy of the second record was furnished the prisoner as required by law, and upon its face the court stated that their proceedings were conducted outside of the prescribed time. The prisoner called attention to this fatal error, also that no counsel was assigned or right waived. He noticed, too that the local authorities got into a train of thought in complaisant association with the now Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, who was then on the Kansas circuit and semi-occassionally put in an appearance at said famous institution for his Sunday dinner, prior to which he would dilate upon the sterness of the law to the prisoners from the chapel rostrum-- and maintained that the doer of the law must be justified, etc. The prisoner was transferred to the prison bake shop, and the man who administers spiritual manna to the convicts soon tried to deit the prisoner and train him to be a singer of Iseral for the purpose of furnishing entertainment on Sundays in the chapel. The prisoner maintained, however that this was without the scope of his accomplishments; that evil associations might corrupt his good manners; and hazardous therefore to risk contaminating the prisoner by mingling with such a lot of God-fearing pickpockets and thieves as were shouting on their- way to Glory. The bake shop which was selected for the prisoner was in a manner an isolated sinecure only available to those with a pull, and was occupied by him with some surprise. He continued to address the War office, but received no replies. Then wrote the Judge Advocate General for information, and said official politely informed the prisoner in sympathizing language that reports had been made upon all the prisoner's letters, and forwarded as required authorities for as he was coming down the home stretch, he was informed that he must see the inspector and straighten things up or he would not be let out, and when all such overtures were treated with stolid indifference, the prisoner was suddenly placed in a dark cell on bread and water, in a nude state for ninety-six hours, and the wire between Headquarters of the Military Department of Mo. and the War Department were kept hot during this latter period as recorded by traveling orders in the said Army and Navy Journal. The medical officer from the fort was sent to the State Institution, the prisoner was ushered into his presence and under brow-beating tactics informed the prisoner that he had kidney troubles and all the ills that flesh is heir to. Suddenly relatives who had been worried by his long absence, had traced him to said inquisition. Oh! what a change. The prisonor directed at once that the Chief of Police of Minneapolis, Minn., who had served with the prisoner in the army, be communicated with and requested to report in person which he did, and the authorities of the prison voluntarily informed said official that "Ed" had been allowed to do just as he pleased. When my testimony was laid before him he stated, "I'll block their game a little. I'll have a man to visit you daily; I'll go back and return with an attorney." But just prior to the completion of such arrangements, the famous order for the prisoner's release was received. The prisoner rested awhile and tried to divert his mind, a pretty hard thing to do after such a strain. However, he regained his equilibrium in time to get inside the statute of limitations- six years (this law was also enacted during the prisoner's confinement) and finding all the officers defunct and that Congress was in the habit of buying up such claims indirectly, he had not see any reason why they should not buy them up in a direct way. He has already on divers dates placed a copy of "Truths Stranger Than Fiction" in affidavit form in the hands of every member of Congresss with a view of pricking their conscience. As they appear dull of comprehension he will do so again. The claimant is eager and ready to poll the votes of the law-makers on the supremacy of law. A potent fact also being of record that the famous reviewing authority in these cases recants his philosophy and comes out loudly proclaiming for the claimant- when driven to do so. It up-hill work when one has to push his own conveyance. Military corruption may yet deprave this greatest government on earth, but Congress has latent power and full authority to set the records aside and it is useless under subterfuges to evade or delegate the responsibility. The facts are all patent and the time is mature. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. Chicago, Ill. (Amended open letter to Senator Mason.) CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. , 1899. HON. W. E. MASON, U. S. Senator, Washington, D. C. SIR:- I have the honor respectfully to state that during the last session of Congress a request was made that the honorable Senator demand action according to the legal import of the amended petition in my case before the Committee on Military Affairs in the U. S. Senate or withdraw all the papers in the case, which the Honorable Senator acknowledged. However, the law-making power of the government seems paralyzed in the tentacles of the War Department. It appears that for the honor of the Army my case is being smothered in the committee. The act proposed for my relief is in conformity with an act that was passed during my term to imprisonment that is, granting heads of departments authority to forward claims direct to the Court of Claims, without special legislation. But how is a claimant ever going to derive any benefits from the enabling act, when Congress by its committee holds all the evidence in the case? The whole proceedings appear to be simply a subterfuge to wear me out, for certainly it would have been more business-like to have set aside the records as per precedents too numerous to mention, and then, as in the Fitz John Porter c se, the moneys and allowances forfeited under the illegal, false and fraudulent record, would have reverted to me, with interest, a total greater than the limit of the bill. Still the bill as framed is not just, for the reason that during my term of imprisonment I was farmed out under the contract system at a per diem rate greater than the basis upon which the committee, with the advice of the War Department, arrived at its mathematical conclusions, although the Federal statutes prohibit the penal contract system, even in cases of legally confined convicts. This act engrossed at the base of the Statue of Liberty is enough to make the Goddess hide her head in shame. If I am legally entitled to one penny under the false record, then give me the just total. The more the searchlight explores the base of the statue the more scandal is discovered, and Congress must be led blindly thereabouts, or they would have awakened to this fact. Some way should be devised to erase these blots upon the escutcheon. The claimant is reasonable in his demands, and if Congress will proclaim to the world upon general principles that this great American government is not responsible for the revolutionary acts of its agents, it would dispose of the whole matter, since the gist of my claim is that when my body was taken away from the jurisdiction of the courts- as per EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. To the Honorable the Chairman of said Committee: Edward Lautenschlaeger, above named claimant and petitioner, by Lewis Edward Dickinson, his attorney in fact and of record as per Power of Attorney heretofore presented, and prayed to be filed herein, humbly petitioning, prays for leave to file this, his Amended Petition herein, and (the same being granted) showeth unto your honor the following: A. That he is a good and loyal citizen of the United States of America, and of age prior to the accruing of the res gestae he einafter designated, and that he has never engaged in nor instigated and abetted treason and disloyalty to the Government of the United States but that he has always borne true allegience to said government; that he is the sole person interested in the claim or demands arising out of said res gestae, and that he is now a resident of the city of Chicago, county and state aforesaid. That on, to-wit, the 4th day of September, A. D. 1893, there was presented to the congress of the said United State, in the Senate branch thereof, by the Honorable Senator Voorhees, your petitioner's petition (which in contradistinction to "this" petition will be hereinafter referred to as "said" petition,) with sundry exhibits therein referred to, which said petition, together with said exhibits, are hereby prayed to be taken, considered and made parts hereof of this petition, and to which reference is especially made for purposes of information and great certainty. B. I. A DEMURRER COVERING MANIFOLD ERRORS ON FILE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DISPOSED OF. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court martial orders number 60 of said series being apprehended to said petition and marked exhibits A and B respectively), said proceedings being under date September 13, A. D. 1883. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquartors department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court martial orders number 63 of said series being appended to said petition and marked exhibits C and D respectively), said proceedings being under date of October 12, A. D. 1883. That (pursuant to exhibit E of said petition) a demurrer was made to the Judge Advocate-General, United States Army, for special review, and acknowledged, as per endorsement, under date of October 27, A. D. 1883 (See also first and second endorsements, Exhibit A of said petition). That- see said exhibit A and B.- (a1) the court had no jurisdiction, being below the minimum prescribed by law: (a disjunctive specifications do not show any specific finding; that (b) the record does not show that any counsel was assigned or that the prisoner waived such constitutional right; that (c) leading questions were propounded; that (d) fraud was perpetrated on the part of the Judge Advocate and court in placing false extracts of documentary evidence before the reviewing authority; that (e) forgery was perpetrated on the part of the Judge Advocate in making extracts of the clothing account on the paper shown as the Burke final statement. That- see said exhibits C and D- (a) the record does not show that counsel was assigned or any such right waived; that (b) the finding is not specific; that (c) the court had no jurisdiction on account of time. II. PRISONER TO BE HELD WHERE HE WAS UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS-INSTEAD IS ASSIGNED TO THE PENITENTIARY AND DENIED ALL APPEAL. Your petitioner further states that in the course of proceedings had and done as promulgated in general court martial number 60, series of 1883, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, paragraph 1 (as shown in exhibits A and B of said petition) there is found the following, under date of September 13, A. D. 1883: "Sentence.- 'To be dishonorably discharged from "'the service of the United States, forfeiting all pay and "'allowances now due or that may become due to him, "'and then to be confined at hard labor in such penitentiary "'as the proper authority may designate for the "'period of five years.' The proceedings, findings and "sentence in the case of Private Edward Lautenschlaeger, "Company H. Seventh Infantry, are approved and "confirmed, and the sentence will be duly executed. "The prisoner will be held at the post where he now is "until further orders." That in the course of proceedings had and done as promulgated in general court martial, number 63, series of 1883, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, paragraph 1 (as shown in exhibits C and D of said petition) there is found the following under date of October 12, A. D. 1883: "Sentence- 'To be dishonorably "'discharged from the service of the United States, with "'forfeiture of all pay and allowance now due or to be- III. WAS STILL HELD IN DURESS FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS, EVEN AFTER PRIMA FACIE EXPIRATION OF AN ALLEGED SENTENCE. Your petitioner further states that. per said alleged prima facie cumulative findings (see exhibits A and B, and said exhibits C and D), the total original period of confinement nominally would have been six years on the face of said records; that, per said exhibit P, said first period of five years is made to run from first date of the action of the reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1883; that, per said exhibit P, said second period of one year is made to run from second date of the action of the reviewiug authority, to-wit, October 12, 1883; therefore, said first period of five years would have expired on to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1888, and said second period of one year would have expired on, to-wit, October 12, A. D. 1884, and hence, by this construction, said sentences must be considered to have run concurrently and not cumulatively, thus reducing the net alleged prima facie sentence to five years actual time which period would have expired on, to-wit, September 12, A. D 1888, but, as per prison certificate, see said exhibit E. petitioner was "allowed 307 days." Reckoning said 307 days backwards then from September 12, A. D. 1888, and we have the following: Twelve days of September; thirty- one days of August; thirty-one days of July; thirty days of June; thirty-one days of May; thirty days of April; thirty-one days of March; twenty-nine days of February (the year 1888 being leap year); thirty-one days of December; and twenty days of November, total 307 days, bringing the date of expiration of sentence back to November 11, A.D. 1887. which is the date of the document ordering the petitioner's discharge (see said exhibit D). However, the records show that petitioner was not discharged until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887, the same being a further confinement and detention of petitioner for five days, to.wit, the 11th, 12th, 13th 14th and 15th days of November aforesaid, even after he was entitled to discharge under formal order bearing upon said alleged sentence. IV. A MALADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL PROCESS PROBABLY WITHOUT A PRECEDENT IN JUDICIAL HISTORY. Your petitioner further submits that, per said exhibits A and B, sentence was pronounced under date of October 12, A. D. 1883; that construction of sentences was received from military headquarters as per said exhibit P, dated September 2 A. D. 1884, making sentences for definate periods to run from date of action of reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1883, and October 12, A. D. 1883, respectively, at which date- said September 2, A. D. 1884- said first sentence of five years had been running, prima facie, from said September 13, A. D. 1883, and said sentence for one year must also be considered, if such a thing were possible, as having been made to run from said October 12, A. D. 1883. But in the language of the reviewing authority aforesaid it is "impossible to discharge "a man already discharged and to forfeit money "already forfeited"; petitioner therefore submits that it is and was equally impossible for one and the same person to serve two distinct sentences at the same time and place, and that all said proceedings thereby became and were a nullity, and said sentences became and were incapable of enforcement. V. SINGULAR EXHIBITION OF CENTRALIZED FORCE, ARBITRARY IMPRISONMENT AND DISREGARD OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS- A ROTTEN RECORD FULL OF ERRORS. Your petitioner further avers that he was deprived of his liberty without due process of law and confined in the said Kansas state penitentiary, to-wit, at Lansing, Kansas, from November 20, A. D. 1883, until November 15, A. D. 1887 (as per exhibits submitted with said petition); that he was confined in said penitentiary illegally, because, among other reasons, of its being in direct violation of the reviewing authority's orders in said cause; that your petitioner was illegally and through centralization of force confined in said penitentiary for the original alleged prima facie period of six years, and that by reason of the cumulative findings of said courts martial, and by subsequent construction of said sentences (see exhibit P) making them concurrent, the one or the other, or both of them were absolutely void. Your petitioner further avers that said descriptive list and said discharge were abstracted and taken away from said penitentiary by persons unknown to your petitioner; that no medical examination of your petitioner was ever made between the dates of said first court martial finding and his final discharge, nor did the inspector detailed for such duty ever inspect the prisoner other than on the dates reported (see copies of letters in connection with said petition). Your petitioner also shows said exhibits marked alphabetically from F to O inclusive (as per said petition), being correspondence between the said United States war department officials and your petitioner; also a merit and account book (see said exhibits); also correspondence with Warden Jones of said state penitentiary (see x-evitable and did time without further beating of the bars. This, however, did not pacify the administrative authorities for as he was coming down the home stretch, he was informed that he must see the inspector and straighten things up or he would not be let out, and when all such overtures were treated with stolid indifference, the prisoner was suddenly placed in a dark cell on bread and water, in a nude state for ninety-six hours, and the wire between Headquarters of the Military Department of Mo. and the War Department were kept hot during this latter period as recorded by traveling orders in the said Army and Navy Journal. The medical officer from the fort was sent to the State Institution, the prisoner was ushered into his presence and under brow-beating tactics informed the prisoner that he had kidney troubles and all the ills that flesh is heir to. Suddenly relatives who had been worried by his long absence, had traced him to said inquisition. Oh! what a change. The prisonor directed at once that the Chief of Police of Minneapolis, Minn., who had served with the prisoner in the army, be communicated with and requested to report in person which he did, and the authorities of the prison voluntarily informed said official that "Ed" had been allowed to do just as he pleased. When my testimony was laid before him he stated, "I'll block their game a little. I'll have a man to visit you daily; I'll go back and return with an attorney." But just prior to the completion of such arrangements, the famous order for the prisoner's release was received. The prisoner rested awhile and tried to divert his mind, a pretty hard thing to do after such a strain. However, he regained his equilibrium in time to get inside the statute of limitations- six years (this law was also enacted during the prisoner's confinement) and finding all the officers defunct and that Congress was in the habit of buying up such claims indirectly, he had not see any reason why they should not buy them up in a direct way. He has already on divers dates placed a copy of "Truths Stranger Than Fiction" in affidavit form in the hands of every member of Congresss with a view of pricking their conscience. As they appear dull of comprehension he will do so again. The claimant is eager and ready to poll the votes of the law-makers on the supremacy of law. A potent fact also being of record that the famous reviewing authority in these cases recants his philosophy and comes out loudly proclaiming for the claimant- when driven to do so. It up-hill work when one has to push his own conveyance. Military corruption may yet deprave this greatest government on earth, but Congress has latent power and full authority to set the records aside and it is useless under subterfuges to evade or delegate the responsibility. The facts are all patent and the time is mature. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. Chicago, Ill. (Amended open letter to Senator Mason.) CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. , 1899. HON. W. E. MASON, U. S. Senator, Washington, D. C. SIR:- I have the honor respectfully to state that during the last session of Congress a request was made that the honorable Senator demand action according to the legal import of the amended petition in my case before the Committee on Military Affairs in the U. S. Senate or withdraw all the papers in the case, which the Honorable Senator acknowledged. However, the law-making power of the government seems paralyzed in the tentacles of the War Department. It appears that for the honor of the Army my case is being smothered in the committee. The act proposed for my relief is in conformity with an act that was passed during my term to imprisonment that is, granting heads of departments authority to forward claims direct to the Court of Claims, without special legislation. But how is a claimant ever going to derive any benefits from the enabling act, when Congress by its committee holds all the evidence in the case? The whole proceedings appear to be simply a subterfuge to wear me out, for certainly it would have been more business-like to have set aside the records as per precedents too numerous to mention, and then, as in the Fitz John Porter c se, the moneys and allowances forfeited under the illegal, false and fraudulent record, would have reverted to me, with interest, a total greater than the limit of the bill. Still the bill as framed is not just, for the reason that during my term of imprisonment I was farmed out under the contract system at a per diem rate greater than the basis upon which the committee, with the advice of the War Department, arrived at its mathematical conclusions, although the Federal statutes prohibit the penal contract system, even in cases of legally confined convicts. This act engrossed at the base of the Statue of Liberty is enough to make the Goddess hide her head in shame. If I am legally entitled to one penny under the false record, then give me the just total. The more the searchlight explores the base of the statue the more scandal is discovered, and Congress must be led blindly thereabouts, or they would have awakened to this fact. Some way should be devised to erase these blots upon the escutcheon. The claimant is reasonable in his demands, and if Congress will proclaim to the world upon general principles that this great American government is not responsible for the revolutionary acts of its agents, it would dispose of the whole matter, since the gist of my claim is that when my body was taken away from the jurisdiction of the courts- as per In re EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. To the Honorable the Chairman of said Committee: Edward Lautenschlaeger, above named claimant and petitioner, by Lewis Edward Dickinson, his attorney in fact and of record as per Power of Attorney heretofore presented, and prayed to be filed herein, humbly petitioning, prays for leave to file this, his Amended Petition herein, and (the same being granted) showeth unto your honor the following: A. That he is a good and loyal citizen of the United States of America, and of age prior to the accruing of the res gestae he einafter designated, and that he has never engaged in nor instigated and abetted treason and disloyalty to the Government of the United States but that he has always borne true allegience to said government; that he is the sole person interested in the claim or demands arising out of said res gestae, and that he is now a resident of the city of Chicago, county and state aforesaid. That on, to-wit, the 4th day of September, A. D. 1893, there was presented to the congress of the said United State, in the Senate branch thereof, by the Honorable Senator Voorhees, your petitioner's petition (which in contradistinction to "this" petition will be hereinafter referred to as "said" petition,) with sundry exhibits therein referred to, which said petition, together with said exhibits, are hereby prayed to be taken, considered and made parts hereof of this petition, and to which reference is especially made for purposes of information and great certainty. B. I. A DEMURRER COVERING MANIFOLD ERRORS ON FILE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DISPOSED OF. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court martial orders number 60 of said series being apprehended to said petition and marked exhibits A and B respectively), said proceedings being under date September 13, A. D. 1883. That your petitioner was brought before a general court martial pursuant to special orders number 54, paragraph 3, headquartors department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, series 1883 (an official copy of the record of the proceedings, findings and sentence as promulgated in general court martial orders number 63 of said series being appended to said petition and marked exhibits C and D respectively), said proceedings being under date of October 12, A. D. 1883. That (pursuant to exhibit E of said petition) a demurrer was made to the Judge Advocate-General, United States Army, for special review, and acknowledged, as per endorsement, under date of October 27, A. D. 1883 (See also first and second endorsements, Exhibit A of said petition). That- see said exhibit A and B.- (a1) the court had no jurisdiction, being below the minimum prescribed by law: (a disjunctive specifications do not show any specific finding; that (b) the record does not show that any counsel was assigned or that the prisoner waived such constitutional right; that (c) leading questions were propounded; that (d) fraud was perpetrated on the part of the Judge Advocate and court in placing false extracts of documentary evidence before the reviewing authority; that (e) forgery was perpetrated on the part of the Judge Advocate in making extracts of the clothing account on the paper shown as the Burke final statement. That- see said exhibits C and D- (a) the record does not show that counsel was assigned or any such right waived; that (b) the finding is not specific; that (c) the court had no jurisdiction on account of time. II. PRISONER TO BE HELD WHERE HE WAS UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS-INSTEAD IS ASSIGNED TO THE PENITENTIARY AND DENIED ALL APPEAL. Your petitioner further states that in the course of proceedings had and done as promulgated in general court martial number 60, series of 1883, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, paragraph 1 (as shown in exhibits A and B of said petition) there is found the following, under date of September 13, A. D. 1883: "Sentence.- 'To be dishonorably discharged from "'the service of the United States, forfeiting all pay and "'allowances now due or that may become due to him, "'and then to be confined at hard labor in such penitentiary "'as the proper authority may designate for the "'period of five years.' The proceedings, findings and "sentence in the case of Private Edward Lautenschlaeger, "Company H. Seventh Infantry, are approved and "confirmed, and the sentence will be duly executed. "The prisoner will be held at the post where he now is "until further orders." That in the course of proceedings had and done as promulgated in general court martial, number 63, series of 1883, headquarters department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, paragraph 1 (as shown in exhibits C and D of said petition) there is found the following under date of October 12, A. D. 1883: "Sentence- 'To be dishonorably "'discharged from the service of the United States, with "'forfeiture of all pay and allowance now due or to be- ercise of any such authority on the part of said Secretary of War. III. WAS STILL HELD IN DURESS FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS, EVEN AFTER PRIMA FACIE EXPIRATION OF AN ALLEGED SENTENCE. Your petitioner further states that. per said alleged prima facie cumulative findings (see exhibits A and B, and said exhibits C and D), the total original period of confinement nominally would have been six years on the face of said records; that, per said exhibit P, said first period of five years is made to run from first date of the action of the reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1883; that, per said exhibit P, said second period of one year is made to run from second date of the action of the reviewiug authority, to-wit, October 12, 1883; therefore, said first period of five years would have expired on to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1888, and said second period of one year would have expired on, to-wit, October 12, A. D. 1884, and hence, by this construction, said sentences must be considered to have run concurrently and not cumulatively, thus reducing the net alleged prima facie sentence to five years actual time which period would have expired on, to-wit, September 12, A. D 1888, but, as per prison certificate, see said exhibit E. petitioner was "allowed 307 days." Reckoning said 307 days backwards then from September 12, A. D. 1888, and we have the following: Twelve days of September; thirty- one days of August; thirty-one days of July; thirty days of June; thirty-one days of May; thirty days of April; thirty-one days of March; twenty-nine days of February (the year 1888 being leap year); thirty-one days of December; and twenty days of November, total 307 days, bringing the date of expiration of sentence back to November 11, A.D. 1887. which is the date of the document ordering the petitioner's discharge (see said exhibit D). However, the records show that petitioner was not discharged until, to-wit, November 15, A. D. 1887, the same being a further confinement and detention of petitioner for five days, to.wit, the 11th, 12th, 13th 14th and 15th days of November aforesaid, even after he was entitled to discharge under formal order bearing upon said alleged sentence. IV. A MALADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL PROCESS PROBABLY WITHOUT A PRECEDENT IN JUDICIAL HISTORY. Your petitioner further submits that, per said exhibits A and B, sentence was pronounced under date of October 12, A. D. 1883; that construction of sentences was received from military headquarters as per said exhibit P, dated September 2 A. D. 1884, making sentences for definate periods to run from date of action of reviewing authority, to-wit, September 13, A. D. 1883, and October 12, A. D. 1883, respectively, at which date- said September 2, A. D. 1884- said first sentence of five years had been running, prima facie, from said September 13, A. D. 1883, and said sentence for one year must also be considered, if such a thing were possible, as having been made to run from said October 12, A. D. 1883. But in the language of the reviewing authority aforesaid it is "impossible to discharge "a man already discharged and to forfeit money "already forfeited"; petitioner therefore submits that it is and was equally impossible for one and the same person to serve two distinct sentences at the same time and place, and that all said proceedings thereby became and were a nullity, and said sentences became and were incapable of enforcement. V. SINGULAR EXHIBITION OF CENTRALIZED FORCE, ARBITRARY IMPRISONMENT AND DISREGARD OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS- A ROTTEN RECORD FULL OF ERRORS. Your petitioner further avers that he was deprived of his liberty without due process of law and confined in the said Kansas state penitentiary, to-wit, at Lansing, Kansas, from November 20, A. D. 1883, until November 15, A. D. 1887 (as per exhibits submitted with said petition); that he was confined in said penitentiary illegally, because, among other reasons, of its being in direct violation of the reviewing authority's orders in said cause; that your petitioner was illegally and through centralization of force confined in said penitentiary for the original alleged prima facie period of six years, and that by reason of the cumulative findings of said courts martial, and by subsequent construction of said sentences (see exhibit P) making them concurrent, the one or the other, or both of them were absolutely void. Your petitioner further avers that said descriptive list and said discharge were abstracted and taken away from said penitentiary by persons unknown to your petitioner; that no medical examination of your petitioner was ever made between the dates of said first court martial finding and his final discharge, nor did the inspector detailed for such duty ever inspect the prisoner other than on the dates reported (see copies of letters in connection with said petition). Your petitioner also shows said exhibits marked alphabetically from F to O inclusive (as per said petition), being correspondence between the said United States war department officials and your petitioner; also a merit and account book (see said exhibits); also correspondence with Warden Jones of said state penitentiary (see ex- (Signed) L. E. DICKINSON, Notary Public. (Copy of letter of transmittal with 1st Edition.) CHICAGO, ILL , July 26, 1897. SIR:- Enclosed please find a synopsis of several cases which have been before Congress for a period of more than four years. I am inclined to think that a revolutionary element is attempting to smother things in the Committee, in a manner similar to that employed by some gentlemen (through act of Congress), while I was in the "Pen." I have, therefore, had several hundred copies of the enclosed petition printed for the information of individual members of Congress. Very respectfully, (Signed) EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. BURLINGTON, VT., AUG. 18th, 1897. EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGAR, Room 7, No. 9 South Clark Street, Chicago. DEAR Sir:- General Howard is of the opinion that he cannot properly re-review a case which he has carefully and conscientiously decided. The courts would be the only tribunals to which such a case, admitting the errors claimed, could properly be referred. Congress would, by their committees, cause the whole record to be brought before them, showing the long series of crimes actually committed and proven. Doubtless the errors noticed were under advisement in the primary review, and the whole of it had a re-examination in the Judge Advocate's department in Washington. Certainly the errors were not considered of sufficient importance to nullify the proceedings and the sentence. Having rendered now what you claim was more than full measure for your offences, the General thinks it would be wise to let the matter drop. Many of the actors in the Court Martial and General Gibbon himself have died. The General remarks further, that when called upon he is prepared to furnish the main facts in the case. Yours truly, R. L. ELLIS, Private Secretary. (1st Endorsement.) CHICAGO, ILL., Aug. 25th, 1897. Respectfully referred to the Honorable the Committee on Military Affairs, of the United States Senate, Washington, D. C. (copy of reply acknowledging receipt also herewith): This communication was brought forth by the forward ng of a copy of the amended petition in my cases to General O. O. Howard, with a view of having him recommended speedy action by Congress before the death of all the actors in those famous courts martial. It will be observed that General Howard still labors under the halucination that Congress has, so far, granted to him and the army ring roving commissions enabling them to ignore the laws, as enacted and prescribed by the constitution, ad libitum and with impunity, and he feels fortified in taking such a position because, as he says, the case had a re-examination in the Judge Advocate General's office, and virtually issues a challenge, stating that he is ready to prove the main facts, etc. This retired general may be an authority on inaction, among some other things, but he seems to be an adept, also, in handling innuendoes. The careless and indifferent manner in which this preacher-soldier seems to regard legal proceedings, causes me to regard legal proceedings, causes me to think that it may not be plain to the Military committee what the main facts to which he refers are; so, if the committee will kindly have access to the record in my second case, also to the amended petition, under the heading of maladministration of judicial process without a precedent in history, etc., it will find that the general exhibits inconsistencies in the most glaring manner. When as judge, upon the record before him, the general starts off by saying "as I regard the matter * * * it "is impossible to discharge," etc., there was no evidence upon said record to showing that a man was discharged, and the court did not commit any error in fixing said sentence; but this reviewing authority mitigates the sentence and does the very thing that but a moment before he said he was unwilling to do: i. e., he duplicates the punishment, whilst his first duty as reviewing authority should have been to see if the proceedings were conducted legally, etc.; for, if he would have read the record over, he would have at a glance discovered that the court stated that they had conducted their business outside of the time prescribed by law, and then the general could have saved himself the vexation of going outside of the record for evidence and drawing upon the imagination for a process of reasoning incapable of comprehending the law and the facts of the case. Candidly, now, I do not believe that the general ever read the records over in either of my cases. Of course, when the gang of savages hovered around me like crow Indians, his attention was evidently attracted by some of their ghoulish barbarities; but he should not have passed by so far on the opposite side. I now fear a sinister lobby influence upon the Military committee; but, if any senator or congressman will just press the button and cause the puppets in the War department to bring the records to them, they can procure authoritative information. They have barred me from all such data by ignoring my communications, and while I was in the "pen" my mail was suppressed and my letters returned to me marked "crank," and just prior to my release they even went so far as to place me in solitary confinement on bread and water for 96 hours in a dark cell, and had made all preliminary arrangements for a transfer from there to the that I desire him to re-review the cases he is in error; no thank you; I have had more than enough of the general's perfunctory reviewing. Besides such an inference was wholly foreign to my former communication. The whole records and proofs have already been before Congress for a period of over 4 years; and whether or not in the reviewing authority's opinion said records show a long series of crimes or not is irrelevant to the present stage of proceedings as Congress must commence just where the reviewing authority abandoned the records as called for in the amended petition. This is not a whitewashing affair, general, but an appeal; and said amended petition together with the records proper are the only legal documents that Congress ever had or can have before it. The general, too, admits that without a doubt the errors on the record were under consideration in the primary review, and the whole had a re-examination in the judge advocate's department at Washington. I am aware of this, but right here is where an hiatus in the logic appears; for the general reviewing his own acts states that said errors certainly were not sufficient to nullify the proceedings, etc.; however the constitution and laws of the land support the demand that they be set aside. As a result of the re-examination to which the general refers, after they had passed his personal review, an anomalous department was created, mi-named the Department of Justice, in connection with the War Department, and orders were caused to emanate from the War Department to the effect that in future only officers of experienced legal ability should be selected to fill the position of acting judge advocate; also a circular emanated from the same source calling attention to the importance of confining prisoners in a legal manner, since anomalous proceedings were becoming too numerous in said department. It caused Congress to allow courts martial to fix their own hours, that sentences for definate periods shall take effect, etc.; all this, too, while your prisoner was denied his rights and remedies, under a smothering policy resembling that of cowards and assassins, by which its officers appeared to disgrace the War Department. This continued until the prisoner was about to receive outside aid, when the famous order for his release was promulgated. Congress has already passed a joint act granting the Court of Claims power to adjuticate upon illegally forfeited pay and allowances, but the proceedings are so dilatory I asked if the general could see his way clear to urge Congress, by such means as were in his power, to early action, but must say I will now have to abandon such a request; for, if he had some cobwebs before his eyes when he first reviewed the cases, these webs have evidently thickened into blinding cataracts. Congress has bestowed its bounty upon the general, while I ask for legal justice. When the general predicts what Congress would do by its committee, etc., he should remember that the constitution and the laws plainly say what Congress must do. When courts martial and the proceedings incident thereto are conducted as the records in my cases show that they were, it is almost time to substitute the black flag for Old Glory. The patent fact alone of my being confined in a penitentiary, without a mittimus, and by force was an everlasting disgrace to the army, the United States and civilized nations, which the length of time I was there only aggravated. The general and all others must be bound by the plain law and the facts in the case. When the general further states that, having now rendered what he claims was more than full measure for the offense, he thinks it would be wise to let the matter drop, I am inclined to think he is presenting me with a rose having all the constituent elements of the poppy. I am, general, Very respectfully, (Signed) EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER. BURLINGTON, VT., Sept. 11, 1897. EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER, Esq., Chicago, Ill. MY DeaR SIR:- Your very thoughtful letter meets me on my return from Ohio. I would rather present you with such a rose as that a lovely christian lady gave to the suffering heart, which became the means of lifting that heart to peace and joy. But I really do not know how. Your claim may be right. Your petition may be wise. You have paid the penalty of law and judgment; and if, as you say, you have been made to pay in excess, there is, then, payment due you. I once was put to great pain and great expense was thrust upon me by my government, till I feared that I might not keep my head above water. The advice I gave you was the advice I gave myself, when I felt wronged. I went to work with double energy and succeeded in meeting my large obligations. You have fine talent and great natural ability. Now forgive this preaching. Get our Father by his Holy Spirit fully into your body, mind and spirit, and he will show you a plan better than yours or mine to get overwhelmingly righted. Very sincerely yours, OLIVER O. HOWARD. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) EDWARD LAUTENSCHLAEGER, 92 LaSalle St., Suite 34, Chicago, Ill. Chester, Vermont. June 18, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Sir:- I am in receipt of your kind reply to a recent letter in reference to a commission in the regular army. When the recent appointments were made I was sick in hospital in Washington and unable to attend to my interests and now I am informed by Senator Proctor that Vermont has been given her quota of officers. [*12745*]Would it be possible for me, at any time in the near future, to obtain an appointment at large? I am very desirous of entering the Army and propose to leave no stone unturned to prove my fitness for a Second Lieutenancy. Very respectfully, Wallace N. Batchelder. (late 1st Lieut. 46th Inf., U.S.V. formerly of Troop K., 1st. U.S. Vol. Cav.) [*12746*]1122 Broadway, Fifth Ave & 25th Street. 578 Fifth Avenue, opposite Windsor Hotel. 355 & 357 Columbus Ave. corner 77th Street. Laboratory, No. 2 West 47th Street. 212 Thames St. Newport, R.I. 6 Casino Building, Newport, R.I. Hotel Thorndyke, Jamestown, R.I. Caswell, Massey & Co. Chemists AND Druggists. New York, June I8th 190 [*[01]*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir:- Regarding your order for William's Shaving Sticks half size, would say, we have been unable to obtain any as the wholesalers know nothing of the preparation beingmade in that size. The only one we know of that comes in that size is Colgate's, which we have in stock. We would be pleased to fill your order for it if you wish.. Yours very respectfully, Caswell, Massey & Co. Bouton [shorthand] [*12747*]EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Horatio C. King, Chairman, 375 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Stephen P. Corliss, Albany, N.Y. Geo. W. Indil, New York, N.Y. John J, Toffey, Jersey City, N.J. Geo. E. Albee, U.S.A., New Haven, Conn Commander GEO W. BRUSH, M.D., No. 2 Spencer Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. MOSES VEALE, S.V. Commander, Philadelphia, Pa. PATRICK J. KYLE, J.V. Commander, Boston, Mass. JAS. MILLER, Chaplain, Philadelphia, Pa. L.G. ESTES, Adjutant, Washington, D.C. WALTER THORN, Judge Advocate, Brooklyn, N.Y. GABRIEL GRANT, M.D., Surgeon, New York, N.Y. JAMES R. DURHAM, Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. HENRI LE F. BROWN, Inspector, Jamestown, N.Y. J. MADISON DRAKE, Historian, Elizabeth, N.J. HEADQUARTERS MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION, 1132 Bergen St. Brooklyn [Washington, D. C.] June 18, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Vice President Dear Sir, Some time ago I received a communication from a Mr. George W. Roosevelt, a companion of this Legion requesting me to intercede for him with a view to his promotion from the position of Consul. a Brussels to that of Minister to Belgium, or, if that was not feasible, that he be promoted to the Consul General, the consulate to be changed from its present place, Antwerp, to Brussels, owing to the damp climate of the latter place. I have written to the Secretary of State making as strong an appeal as I can for the man, who has a good millitary record. I know nothing of his capabilities but he as a record of twenty three years service as consul at important posts which ought to stand for something in his favor. If it is within your province and you feel inclined [*12748*]Commander GEO. W. BRUSH, M.D., No. 2 Spencer Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. MOSES VEALE, S.V. Commander, Philadelphia, Pa PATRICK J. KYLE, J.V. Commander, Boston, Mass. JAS. MILLER, Chaplain, Philadelphia, Pa, L.G. ESTES, Adjutant, Washington, D.C. JAMES R. DURHAM, Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. WALTER THORN, Judge Advocate. Brooklyn, N.Y. HENRI LE F. BROWN, Inspector, Jamestown, N.Y. GABRIEL GRANT, M.D., Surgeon, New York, N.Y. J. MADISON DRAKE, Historian, Elizabeth, N.J. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Horatio C. King, Chairman, 375 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Stephen P. Corliss, Albany, N.Y. Geo. W. [?indil], New York, N.Y. John J. Toffey, Jersey City, N.J. Geo. E. Albee, U.S.A. New Haven, Conn HEADQUARTERS MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION, [Washington, D.C.,]................190 to add your potent influence to the mite that I can contribute in his behalf it will be appreciated by this legion as we are always glad to see any of our members prospered. Wishing you a pleasant summer I am Very Sincerely Yours Geo. W. Brush PS. I ought to say that I am informed that Mr Roosevelt is strongly endorsed by Genl Nelson A. Miles Hon. Thos. S Butler of Penna & others. [*12749*][[shorthand]]PASTOR'S STUDY, TABERNACLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PITTSBURGH, PA. 6017. Hoeveler St. E. E. June 18th. 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sir:- The "Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip" wishes to extend to you a hearty invitation to deliver an address in Pittsburgh at the meeting of its Federal Convention next November 1-3. and craves permission to visit you, at your earliest convenience, by a Committee, and urge its claims upon your time and attention. We are assured, not only from the high position you hold, but also, and more, from your interest in the cause of Christ among young men, that you could do great good to the cause in this city, and we believe that we can show that the benefit would not be wholly on our side. We beg leave to visit you, explain the nature and extent of the Brotherhood, (an organization of Christian men, representing twenty one denominations all over this country, with a membership of over fifteen thousand, whose object is the spread of Christ's Kingdom among men,) and answer such questions as will naturally arise in your mind on receiving such a request from men personally unknown to you. With great respect, Yours faithfully; Signed Allan Douglas Carlile, Pastor Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. John H. Prugh. Pastor Grace Reformed Church. [*12750*][[shorthand]]Motto: "Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it."- PSALM LXXXI: 10 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE Texas Presbyterian University A MEMORIAL TO CELEBRATE THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE UNION NOT TO BE LOCATED UNTIL $100,00O HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED [185 South Ervay Street.] 222 W. 123d St., N.Y.City, Dallas, Texas June 18th, 1901. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- Enclosed please frind copies of the prospectus of the Texas Presbyterian University which is founded as a memorial of the Semi-Centenial of the admission of Texas and the great southwest to the Union as a part of the United States. Texas and the territory that came into the Union with it as the result of the Mexican war added about one third to the geographical area of the United States. The Semi-Centenial of such an addition to the Union is worthy of a permanent memorial that shall be in keeping with the wonderful development of these first fifty years. What grander memorial can be erected than a great educational institution representing the moral and intellectual advancement of this new territory? Knowing that you are not only a patriot and especially interested in the development of the west, but, also, a staunch Calvinist (the German and Dutch Reform people are all Presbyterians in Texas) I thought it would be a pleasure to you to have some part in the erection of this memorial. Of the $100,000.00 12751Motto: "Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it."-PSALM LXXXI: 10 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE Texas Presbyterian University A MEMORIAL TO CELEBRATE THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE UNION TEXAS PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY CHARTERED FEB. 19. 1896. NOT TO BE LOCATED UNTIL $100,00O HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED 485 South Ervay Street. Dallas, Texas #2. Hon. T. R. necessary to be secured before we begin the erection of our buildings $55,000.00 is now subscribed. Under the Plan of Management you will notice how the subscriptions may be made if it is not convenient to make it in cash. Payments can be made to come due at such times as suits the convenience of the subscriber. Anything that you may have it in your heart to give will be appreciated. I am now in New York in the interests of this work. Kindly address me at 222 W. 123d St. Very truly yours, M.A. Clagett Enclosure.Prospectus University. [*12752*]KANSAS CITY IMPLEMENT, VEHICLE AND HARDWARE CLUB. OFFICERS. PRESIDENT, G. W. FULLER, 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, C. D. PARKER, 2D VICE-PRESIDENT, J. E. BAIRD, TREASURER, A. G. TRUMBULL. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. G. V. DODGE, F. L. KAUFMAN, J. M. PATTERSON, H. S. RHODES, JNO. CONOVER. OFFICE OF SECRETARY, 1308 WEST 12TH STREET. STATION A, KANSAS CITY, MO. June 18, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington D. C. Dear Sir:- You will perhaps, remember the writer as the president of the Knife & Fork Club two years ago, when you passed through here and who met you with a committee of the Club, fifty miles east of the city, and enjoyed two hours delightful interview with you while on the way in. The last week of October or the first week of November there will be held here in Kansas City, the annual meeting of the Implement & Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States. The writer has been appointed by our local Jobbers Association, as Chairman of the Entertainment Commitee. The chief feature of our entertainment will be a banquet that will be held the last evening of the meeting of the Association. The writer is not able at this time, to give you the precise date of the meeting of the Association, but would like to know whether it is within the range of possibilities that you could be present, as our special guest of honor? You have addressed the Market Day Club at Boston recently on topics not associated with partisan politics, and we believe it would afford the manufacturers of the country an opportunity to meet you and give you an opportunity of meeting them, that you might be pleased to make use of. Kindly address me at my place of business #1221 and 1223 Union Av. Awaiting your early reply, I remain, Yours very truly, A. B. Colson 12753[For enc see 6-18-01]215-13. War Department, Office of the Secretary, Division of Insular Affairs, Washington, D. C. June 18, 1901. Sir: By direction of the Secretary of War, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, requesting that this Government place you in an industrial school in the United States and furnish you with free transportation from Mayaguez, Porto Rico. In reply, I beg to inform you that your letter has been referred to the Honorable Charles H. Allen, Governor of Porto Rico, San Juan, Porto Rico. Very respectfully, Clarence R. Edwards. Lt. Col. 47th Inf., U. S. V., Chief of Division. August Gonce, Avenue 11th Agusto, Mayaguez, P. R. N. T. [*12754*][Enc in Gonce 7-16-01][*PF*] C. G. Gunther's Sons, Furriers, (Estab'd A. D. 1820.) No. 184 Fifth Avenue, New York, June 18.1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. Dear Sir:- We forward to your address this day, charges prepaid, the following rugs:- 3 Mountain Lion Rugs, full heads, measuring as follows:- (from nose to tip of tail) One, 8 feet. This was the largest skin in the flesh, measuring 8 ft 6 inches. One 8 feet 2 inches- The largest skin after being dressed. This is the skin of the animal which while falling struck the pitch and tore the flesh and fur from flank. One, 7 feet 2 inches. Killed with a knife. [*12755*] POSTAL CARD- ONE CENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY. [*MADISON SQUARE STA. JUN 18 1901*] Hon. Theo. Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. Long Island. [*12757*]The five Mountain Lions animal shape, plain, measure as follows:- 7 ft 9, 6 ft 10, 7 ft 1, 7 ft 1, 5 ft 8. The five Bob Cat mats measure as follows:- 3 ft 8, 3 ft 7 1/2, 3 ft 7 1/2, 3 ft 4, 3 ft 1 1/2. The following full head rugs we forwarded yesterday by express,charges prepaid:- 7 ft 9 inch rug to Mrs H.C.Lodge, Nahant, Mass. 7 ft 8 inch rug, to Mrs Paul Dana, GlenCove L.I. 7 ft 5 inch rug, to Mrs Douglas Robinson, Orange, N.J. 7 ft rug, to Mrs W.S.Cowles, Farmington Ct. Trusting that everybody will be pleased we remain, Very truly yours, [*CGGunther's Sons*] Per deL. 12756 New York, June 18 1901 We have forwarded to day by L. I. Express to your address three (3) packages. Trusting same will arrive safely we remain Very respectfully. C. G. Gunther's Sons.C. G. Gunther's Sons, Furriers, (Estabd A.D. 1820.) No. 184 Fifth Avenue, New York, June 18. 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. Dear Sir:- We forward to your address this day, charges prepaid, the following rugs:- 3 Mountain Lion Rugs, full heads, measuring as follows:- (from nose to tip of tail) One, 8 feet. This was the largest skin in the flesh, measuring 8 ft 6 inches. One 8 feet 2 inches- The largest skin after being dressed. This is the skin of the animal which while falling struck the pitch and tore the flesh and fur from flank. One, 7 feet 2 inches. Killed with a knife. 12755 Postal Card One Cent UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [[stamped]] MADISON ST. STA JUN 13 1901 [[end stamped]] THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. Long Island. 12757 The five Mountain Lions animal shape, plain, measure as follows:- 7 ft 9, 6 ft 10, 7 ft 1, 7 ft 1, 5 ft 8. The five Bob Cat mats measure as follows:- 3 ft 8, 3 ft 7 1/2, 3 ft 7 1/2, 3 ft 4, 3 ft 1 1/2. The following full head rugs we forwarded yesterday by express, charges prepaid:- 7 ft 9 inch rug to Mrs H. C. Lodge, Nahant, Mass. 7 ft 8 inch rug, to Mrs Paul Dana, GlenCove L.I. 7 ft 5 inch rug, to Mrs Douglas Robinson, Orange, N.J. 7 ft rug, to Mr W.S. Cowles, Farmington Ct. Trusting that everybody will be pleased we remain, Very truly yours, C G Gunther's Sins Per deL. [*12756*] New York, June 18 1901 We have forwarded to day by L. I. Express to your address three (3) packages. Trusting same will arrive safely we remain, Very respectfully, C. G. Gunther's Sonsmail. We already have pictures, with their autographs, of nearly all our benefactors - There is a vacant place which can be filled when this picture returns to us. - Thanking you in anticipation for this favor, I am, Gratefully Yours Sister Mary P. O Kiernan DOMINUS FECIT GABRIELS, N.Y. June 18, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, My dear Sir, I shall be very grateful, if you will do me the favor of writing your name on your picture, which I send by [*12758*][*D-1 Inclosure "D."*] 631 Second Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. June 18,1901. Clarence R. Edwards, Lt. Col. 47th Infantry, U.S.V., Chief of Division of insular Affairs; Dear Sir: I have the honor to inclose an inventory of body type for the proposed Public Printing Office at Manila, P. I. If I were not working under specific instructions as to the weight of the 6, 8, 10, and 12-point fonts, I would have recommended that the 6 and 8-point fonts be materially increased. I will follow this schedule with an inventory of the display type, and the necessary additional sorts for Spanish and Tagalog composition. In the inventory I have considered the advisability of providing for a limited font of type to set the bills, with amendments, etc., of a Legislative assembly. This is the 14-point font. I would recommend that this inventory be officially referred to the Hon. F. W. Palmer, Public Printer, in confidence, for his examination and recommendation. In submitting the same I would advise that he be made acquainted, as far as possible, with the nature of the work expected of the proposed office. I would also request that you ask the Public Printer for his estimate of the qualifications of Mr. H. C. McFarland, foreman of 12760-2- the Job Press Room, G.P.O., as the proper person to take charge of the proposed Press Room in the Manila plant. I have confer- red with Mr. McFarland, and I believe he would accept a transfer to the Manila office at the compensation he is now receiving, provided he does not lose anything in the transfer. Very respectfully John S. Leech. 12761#1828 Park Av. Phila June 18 '01. Mr Loeb, Dear Sir,- Your letter of the 13th in reply to my letter to the Vice President, received and noted. No doubt you have received my letter of the 13th inst regarding my efficiency record etc. I have applied to my congressman to intercede for me in regards to the Book Keeper appointment $1200 00 per annum which I certainly think I am entitled to and if this is impossible I would try for an appointment at the Pay Office $1000 00 or Equipment Dept Office $1000 00 this Navy Yard. Do you think the Vice President would place an endorsement on a letter from the Congressman and assist me? With many thanks, I remain, Very respectfully, Frank P. Wang[?] [*12762*]Dayton,O. June 18th.1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Sir,- Six days hence, it will be three years since General Hawkins sent me to Las Guasimas to ascertain the cause of the firing. I found you hotly engaged, and hurriedly returned with the information to General Hawkins, who ordered up the First Brigade to your relief. One week afterward, was fought the battle of SanDiago, where General Hawkins was wounded, two of his Aids were killed, I was fortunately left to escape, not injured. Subsequently, while you were making your Presidential campaign, it was my pleasure to call upon you in Miamisburg, ten miles South of Dayton, Ohio, and rode with you to this city. I sincerely hope, yet fear, that I have not been able to clearly identify myself to you. When the last Army Bill was passed it made it necessary to increase the number of officers in same, the President very kindly appointed me to a Lieutenancy. I have taken my examination, and have confidence that I acquitted myself in a satisfactory manner to the Board of Examiners. I am extremely anxious to get a First Lieutenancy, and I have the honor to respectfully request you to write a letter to President McKinley, also one to the Secretary of War, and if I am not drawing too heavily upon your friendship, one to the Adjutant General's office, asking each of them to name me for a First Lieutenancy. Sincerely trusting that you can see your way clear to oblige me in this, I have the honor to remain Yours very truly, Guy E. Manning Late A.D.C. To Major Gen'l. H.S. Hawkins U.S.V. 1st. Brig. 1st. Div. 5 a.c. [*12763*][[shorthand]]Boylan Industrial Home and school 328 Davis St. Jack'. Fla June 18th. 1901. My Dear Mr. Vice President;- Mr. T Thomas of New York has informed me of your cordial sympathy in the matter of procuring me a position in the Congressional Library. I am deeply grateful to you, and should I be successful. I beg to assure you that I will endeavor to prove my self by my work. You may remember me, by recalling a request I once made to you concerning the presentation of a flag to the 24th. Infantry. I venture to send you the enclosed which has reached me in a letter from Mrs. Burton Harrison. Thanking you again for any favor you may show me I am Respectfully Victoria Earle Matthews. [shorthand] [*12764*]UNION BANK NOTE [????] W. W. MORGAN, Prest M. C. ROSS, Vice Prest. O. P. BLOSS, Sec'y & Treas. A. S. RICHARDSON. THE W. W. Morgan Clothing Co. 1009-1011 Main St. Kansas City, Mo., June 18, 1901. Vice Pres. Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My dear Govenor, Thousands,like myself, have known of you for years, that you do not know personally. The papers, seantors and others are naming the next President of the United States. All must admit that the time is someways distant, still I see no harm in the discussion of the matter. Allow me to name the man that the Republicans want, out west, almost to the man. His name is Ex. Gov. Rosenvelt of New York. In my opinion, there never has been a more unanimous feeling of the people since the days of Washington. Time will dissolve all opposition, victory is sure for you and the grand old party you so ably represent. May God keep you and yours, is the prayer of Yours very truly, [*W. W. Morgan*] 12765Waukomis O.T. 6./18.-/01. Vice President Roosevelt Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Colonel. Inclosed find the indorsement of our Territorial Chairman T.B.Ferguson. I can secure many more if nessary. Most Respectfully Yours M. L. Newcomb. [*12766*]19 East 113 St. New York City June 18th 1901 The Hon. Theo Roosevelt Sir I have this day received your letter dated June 3d 1901 for which I thank you. I am expecting an appointment any day from the War Dept. I was informed that it was O. K. I should like very much to have a personal interview with you if you could spare the time I am Sir Respectfully Samuel S. O'Connor Capt. 46 Inf U.S.V. 12767NATIONAL HOTEL, MELLA & GIACOMINI, Proprietors. Leavenworth, Kas., June 18, 1901. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the U. S. Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Colonel;- I am taking the examination here at the Ft. I am getting along very nicely. I presume you know that previous rank in the service and the standing received in the examination are the factors that govern the Dep't in appointing the lieutenants and determining their rank. Now the rank of my previous service is [*12769*]NATIONAL HOTEL, MELLA & GIACOMINI, Proprietors. 2 Leavenworth, Kas., June 18, 1900 about as low as the lowest, My examination, I believe, will be considerably above the average. I am 37 years old. If I am not appointed a 1st Lieutenant these younger men in the Army who will be ahead of me will block my way to promotion, while if I get a 1st Lieutenant's commission, I shall retire and be out of their way 10 or 15 years before they have to quit. I suppose that it is very [*12770*]NATIONAL HOTEL, MELLA & GIACOMINI, Proprietors. 3 Leavenworth, Kas., 1900 natural to ask for what we want especially after we have several times received what we have asked for. If you do not care to make a request in this new phase of the matter, I shall be very glad, at any rate, to receive a 2d, Lieutenant's Commission, and shall always feel very grateful to you for securring the same for me. Most respectfully yours, O.G. Palmer. 12771[[shorthand]]WILLIAM A. OTIS & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. WILLIAM A. OTIS. PHILIP B.STEWART. WILLIAM P. SARGEANT. FRANCIS GILPIN. June 18th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I know a place about a day north in Wyoming where he can get wonderful trout fishing on a splendid river and where we can have good accommodations on a ranch, with splendid shotgun shooting. Would you wish to take a few days up there ? If so, I will make arrangements quietly, allowing no one to be aware of your plans, and we can slip up there for a quiet five or six days rest and complete outing for you. I make this suggestion, but it is only an alternative for a good outing here on horseback, with a chance at the wolves if we can make the run late in the evening or very early in the morning. I can also give you some quiet polo, in which all are amateurs and where sport is the only consideration. I leave tomorrow for New York, where I shall get my mail at the Waldorf, although I may not stop there, and it will give me the greatest pleasure to see you and put you in touch with the plans of the Quarto-Centennial Committee and to learn of any wishes you may have in reference to them. Very cordially yours, [*Philip B Stewart*] PBS P 12772No 2 Just Rote the Hon Vise President a letter asking him to call up the appeal on my case if he only new how it was I Would Shorley get it back again I am German decent and if I could only get it I would go back to the old Country wheare I have relatives liveing you ask me how I came to loose my pencion I was on the Police force in Addison Ny in 18.95 & 96 and was requested to break up a house of ill fame and I did it and I tried to protect a few Soldiers wives and children from the whiskey fiends in that place by letting those landlords if they did not stop up takeing a certain number of Soldierss checks & vouchers as soon as they was received and signed by the men and then giveing every cent of the value in their rotten whiskey and robing their famileys of Every Comefort of life I Would Report them to Washington and that made 12774 West Bingham Potter Co. Pa June 18th 19.01 Hon Dr Adkin Rochester Ny Dear Sir I Will Say in the diagnosis of my Case that I think it is all Rite you tolde me not to give my hopes that you Could cure me I wish it might be so if you Wish to Send Medacine under said Conditions you may send it if you only new how anctious I am to live I have two the Brightest little girls in the State Respectfuley five & ten years of age & me all sufferd Every thing last Winter untill Hon Vise President Rosevelt nitifyed them hear at this place that they must look after us & since that the neighbors has had to threaten of respecting them in order to get half enough for to keep us alive I have 12773No 3 them mad at me and they said that I would be sorey for makeing that threat for I Would loose my own pencion and I did they gave this mean woman their rotten whiskey to smeare my life away from me O god if I only had the health that I had when I ran away from home and changed my Name to serve my Country they could have all of the money that they have in Washington and I would prefere my health I came home sick and have Never saw a well day since you can judge for your selfe if I ought to have it or Not God now I dont want to cheat no one can doe as you please about sending the medicine I no that I must soon leave this world if I don't get help my prayer is it may come before it is to late and I may get home to the old Country with my Dear little Children yours in Distress) F. G. William West Bingham PA 12775woman their rotten whiskey to smeare my life away from me O god if I only had the health that I had when I ran away from home and changed my Name to serve my Country they could have all of the money that they have in Washington and I would prefere my health I came home sick and have Never saw a well day since you can judge for your selfe if I ought to have it or Not God Noes I dont want to cheat no one you can doe as you please about sending the medicine I no that I must soon leave this world if I don't get help my prayer is it may come before it is to late and I may get home to the old Country with my Dear little Children yours in Distress) F. G. Williams West Bingham PA [*12775*] GREAT WESTERN MFG. CO. MILLING, ELEVATOR & MINING MACHINERY Engineers and Machinists Supplies. ATLAS ENGINES & BOILERS. 1221-1223 Union Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MO. FACTORY LEAVENWORTH, KANS A. B. COLTON, Manager. [*12776*][*F*] NATHAN BIJUR, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, 34 NASSAU STREET. TELEPHONE."2023 JOHN." NEW YORK June 19th,1901. My dear Mr. Vice-President, I would have acknowledged your letter of the 10th inst. before this were it not for the fact that I transmitted it to Dr. Adler in order to learn his further intentions. He has asked me to convey his thanks to you for your very prompt, courteous and full response to our inquiry,- to which I beg to add my own. He is in some doubt as to what he will do; and, until he has decided, I shall take the liberty of holding in abeyance your very good offer to give him a letter to the Ferris Bros. Believe me, Very truly yours Nathan Bijur [*[Bijur]*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. [*12777*]The Independent 130 FULTON STREET NEW YORK CLARENCE W. BOWEN Publisher Telephone 3928 CORTLANDT Cable Address INDEFULT NEW YORK June 19, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I wish to send you a line to thank you for all you have done for my brother Herbert whom the President has just promoted as Minister to Venezuela. My brother will be true to the trust placed in him I know. As I appreciate your sympathetic help in the past I have taken the liberty of sending you these lines. With best wishes to yourself, believe me, Very truly yours, Clarence W. Bowen [*12778*][[shorthand]]June 19, 1901 1671 Second Av New York City The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Vice President of the United States Dear Friend I write you asking if you would if possible do me another favor. There will soon e promotions made and it is my ambition to go higher in the department. I have my application filed for Roundsman but I have heard that there will be no examination for the position as Commissioner Murphy intends to appoint the required number from the role of Honor. The favor I would ask you to do for me if I am not asking to much and I am afraid I am would be to have me transfered to the detective bureau. There has been a law passed making all the detectives at the Headquarters Bureau Detective Sergeants on the First day of [*12779*]Jan. 1902 and they are eligible to take the examination for Captain. The Commissioner has the power to promote any Patrolman or Roundman to the position without an examination Captain Titus is Chief of the Detective Bureau. I can refere you to my very dear and kind friend Mr Clarence Gordon or to any of my superiours. Hoping you will not think I am imposing on good nature by asking this great favor and thanking you with all my heart for the past favors and kindness you have shown me I am Your obedient servant Jeremiah J. Butler June 19th 1901 12780[[shorthand]][*[6-19-01]*] Dear Mr. Roosevelt. The mountain lion preceded your note by a few hours & I write at once to thank you for both. The skin is superb & the animal is so fierce as he lies at 12781but because you thought of sending it to me. Paul joins in kind regards to Mrs Roosevelt & yourself. Sincerely yours Mary D Butler Dana June 19 Glen Cove. my feet that I am tempted to believe all the stories of hair breadth escapes you had when you were shooting him! Thank you very many times for this beautiful trophy & believe that I shall value it not only for its own beauty [*12782*]Kansas City, Missouri, June 19,1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- We are arranging plans to have the eightieth anniversary of Missouri's admission into the Union celebrated in an appropriate manner by a gathering of citizens from all over the state, at Fairmount Park, in Kansas City, on August 10th. We would be very much pleased to have you present with us upon that occasion and make an address upon some subject of your own choosing. However, inasmuch as you are the author of the only biography of a Missouri statesman in "The American Statesman" series, "Thomas H. Benton" would be a very appropriate and decidedly popular subject, dear to the hearts of the people of this great state, whose honored representative in Congress he was for thirty years. We therefore greatly desire that you will give your countrymen of the Middle West, and your many admirers of this state, irrespective of party bias, an opportunity to hear you speak of the life of one whose great service to his state endeared him to all native born and adopted Missourians. We trust it will be your pleasure to delight our people with an early acceptance of this invitation. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, [*Edward L Dimmith*] 12783For enc see 6-19-01[*D-3*] WAR DEPARTMENT Office of the Secretary Division of Insular Affairs Washington, D.C.,June 19, 1901. Sir: Recalling your kind offer of aid in selecting the plant, may I take the liberty of requesting that you will look over the inclosed schedule of body type for the proposed Philippine public printing office, and give the Department the benefit of your expert's knowledge? Any suggestions or corrections will be much appreciated by the Department. Very respectfully, Clarence R. Edwards Lt. Col. 47th Infty., U. S. V. Hon. F. W. Palmer, Public Printer, Washington, D. C. 12784The Colorado Springs Telegraph. DAVID ELLIOT, EDITOR. June 19th,1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. Dear Sir; Will you favor us with a photograph of yourself in rough rider costume and also in civilian dress. We propose issuing on the occasion of the Rough Rider's re-union in Colorado Springs a special edition to commemorate the work of that celebrated regiment and also to celebrate the Quarto-Centennial celebration of the admission of Colorado into the union. With best wishes, Very truly yours, [*David Elliot*] Editor. 12785The Western Union Telegraph Company. [*8 a*] Number Y Sent by PJ Rec'd by K Check 13 paid 1x Received at June 19 1901 Dated Manila Via Washington DC 18 To Roosevelt Vice Pres Oyster Bay NY Am New York Service Entitles first lieutentant Cavalry Ask General Miles record William Foote. [*12786*]F.V.GREENE, NO 11 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. S. June 19th, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Roosevelt : I am going on to Cambridge to-night for Class Day and shall be in Newport on Saturday, and go on in the "Wild Duck" to Oyster Bay on Sunday morning trusting to the chance of finding you at home. Mrs. Greene and the children will be on board, and if you have no other engagement we would all be delighted if you and Mrs. Roosevelt and your children would come on board for a turn in the Sound and lunch. I will be up at your house about 10 o'clock. Sincerely yours, [*F. V. Greene*] 12787HOWARD LODGE, NO. 35, F. & A. M. W. W. GRIFFIN, Master, F. A. WINSHIP, Secretary, DORIC ROOM, Masonic Hall, N. Y. City. New York, June 19th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir and Brother: You will remember some weeks ago, on behalf of Howard Lodge, I extended to you an invitation to be present with us at the invitation of your old friend and predecessor, the Hon. Wm. McAdoo. At that time, you regretted your inability to be with us. I write now to extend to you a [*12788*]very cordial invitation to be present with us on Friday evening, June 28th, when Brother McAdoo will take the third degree. I can promise you a very enjoyable evening and also give you an opportunity of meeting some of your old friends who were present at your own recent entrance into Masonic circles. Trusting to have the pleasure of greeting you, I remain, Fraternally yours, [*W. W. Griffin 50 East 19th st*] 12789Webb City, Mo. June 19th 1901- Hon Theodore Roosevelt- Vice President U. S. Washington D. C. Dear Sir- We have M C. Benton as our representation in the city from this district Congress- He claims to be a nephew of Hon Thomas H Benton- We have "Bentons 30 years in the Senate", and want your "Life of Thomas H Benton", If you will send it, I will deposit the three volumes in our High school Library, that our people, (especially republicans) may know that we are represented by a fraud- Sincerely yours S.O. Hemenway [*12790*][[shorthand]]Fort Monroe. Va. Post Guard. June 19th 1901. Most Honable Theodore Rosevelt. Vice President United States. Washington. D. C. Sir:- I was confined in guard house Dec 14th 1900 and was tried by General Court martial Jan 19th 1901 was convicted and sentenced to one (1) years confinement at hard labor at this military post. The Sentence went into effect Feb 28th 1901. Since confined here my health has become very bad and is growing worse and I shall appreciate your kind favor if you will take this matter up early as convient and have the unexcuted portion of my sentence remitted. Thanking you in advance I remain. yours very truly Robt. A. Higgins [*12791*]DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON. June 19, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the U. S., Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Vice-President: Your letter of the 17th instant, enclosing a communication from James Fullerton, of Red Lodge, Montana, preferring charges against one W. F. Meyer, also of Red Lodge, has been received. In response thereto, I have the honor to state that, upon looking into the matter, I find that Mr. William F. Meyer, referred to by Mr. Fullerton, is a United States Commissioner, and as such officer, is under the supervision of the Honorable the Attorney- General, to whom I have accordingly forwarded your letter and its accompanying encloser. Very truly yours, [*E.A. Hitchcock [Hitchcock]*] 12792JOSEPH F. BONHAM W. H. H. LLEWELLYN BONHAM & LLEWELLYN ATTORNEYS AT LAW WILLIAM H. H. LLEWELLYN DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR DONA ANA, GRANT, SIERRA, OTERO AND LUNA COUNTIES THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT NEW MEXICO [*PF*] TERMS OF COURT LAS CRUCES FOR DONA ANA COUNTY FIRST MONDAYS IN APRIL AND OCTOBER SILVER CITY FOR GRANT COUNTY FIRST MONDAYS IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER HILLSBORO FOR SIERRA COUNTY FOURTH MONDAYS IN MAY AND NOVEMBER ALAMOGORDO FOR OTERO COUNTY FIRST MONDAYS IN MAY AND NOVEMBER DEMING FOR LUNA COUNTY SECOND MONDAYS IN JUNE AND DECEMBER Las Cruces, New Mexico? June 19th. 1901. Colonel Theodoro Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, L. I. N. Y. My Dear Colonel:-- I was very much surprised to receive your letter in which you stated that Captain Muller had written you against Otero. The last time I saw him he agreed to join with the others in Governor Otero's support, and I can not think what has changed him. I wired you from Deming last week and I sincerally hope that nothing that Muller has said made any difference with you. Of course you know that the Governor has been re-appointed. The entire party of the territory was back of him and all of the newspapers of the territory except one or two soreheads. By the way our comrade Muller does not cut any particular figure in our politics, he is a thouroughly good man but polotically a chump, but in the case of Otero he had no earthly business to do otherwise than to support him. A friend of mine over in Sierra County desires to present you with a cub bear, the same being a young grizzly about six months old if you care to except this present I will send it to New York D. H. under my Well's Fargo frank, and if I knew what the charges would be from New York out to Oyster Bay would also pay same? I have just finished the last term of court for this spring and will now be foot loose to some extent until September 1st. Will you attend the reunion at Colorado Springs? Faithfully yours. W.H.H. Llewellyn [*12793*][[shorthand]]all so love to see you. Cabot is well & fascinating & we hope to sail two weeks from today, so I wish we might see you here first. Please tell Edith, with my love that I am on the lookout for Mrs. Brock & hope to see her before we go - Ever Yrs Nahant [*P.F.*] June 19 [*[01]*] Dear Theodore The beautiful Cougar arrived, even before your note, & is the admiration of all of us - He's a splendid skin & so large & [*12794*] very gratefully A. C. M. Lodgelong. He must have been a formidable beast, & I appreciate what sport you must have had with such game. I think it is too kind & lovely of you dear Theodore, to give me a share of your spoils & to make me such a valuable & important present . I daresay I shall have a glimpse of you at Commencement, but I do wish you could come here just for one night, instead of hurrying back. Can't you manage [*12795*] it? We shouldUnited States Courts Boston June 19, 1901. Dear Theodore:- I have not yet reached the condition of fervidly wishing I had not asked you. On the contrary I am still glad that I have done so. Your class has no regular dinner this year. The Class Secretary, Woodbury, said that if you were coming on they might try to get up a special occasion for you, but this proposed special occasion did not seem to be a sufficient reason to put off George Lyman; so I have committed you to him, as far as I have authority to do so. He wants you to take the 10 A.M. train from New York on Tuesday. This will get you to Boston at 3 P.M.. You will take the 3.45 P.M. train from the northern station for his place, and spend the night with him as described in my last letter. He will deliver you into my hands on Wednesday morning, and I will be responsible for you thereafter. As he [has] wants to invite[d] some people to dine with you, please telegraph him at once a definite statement about your coming. You had better address him at the Custom House. Since starting this letter, I have seen Harry Chapin, and explained to him your feeling about the class dinner; indeed I showed him your letter. He agreed with me that, as there was no regular class dinner, you might just well go to George Lyman. Now, as to Taunton. You will come come there with me after the dinner in Memorial Hall. You can get away from there either Thursday morning [*12796*]2. or early Thursday afternoon and reach Oyster Bay very comfortably the same day. Yours in haste, Francis C Lowell Don't let your good nature lead you into promising to address anybody this visit. George and I are going to watch over you most parentally [*12797*] POSTAL CARD ONE CENT. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS. BOSTON PM 1901 MASS. WASHINGTON D C JUN 20 3 PM 1901 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt. Oyster Bay [Washington D.C.] N. Y. [*12798*] HARVARD COLLEGE A stated meeting of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College will be held in University Hall, Cambridge, on Commencement Day, Wednesday, June 26, at 9 o'clock A.M. ALEXANDER McKENZIE, Secretary. CAMBRIDGE, June 19, 1901.POSTAL CARD ONE CENT. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS. [*BOSTON ? PM 1901 MASS.*] [*WASHINGTON D C JUN 20 3 PM 1901*] Hon. Theo. Roosevelt. Oyster Bay [Washington D.C.] N. Y. [*12798*]HARVARD COLLEGE A stated meeting of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College will be held in University Hall, Cambridge, on Commencement Day, Wednesday, June 26, at 9 o'clock A.M. ALEXANDER McKENZIE, Secretary. CAMBRIDGE, June 19, 1901.The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. Great Northern Building, 77 Jackson St., Chicago. Office of Passenger Traffic Manager. GEO. T. NICHOLSON, Passenger Traffic Manager. Chicago, June 19th, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, The Vice President United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- At the suggestion of Mr. Paul Morton, Second Vice President A.T & S.F.R.'y System, we have placed in the little libraries on our California Limited train, copies of your books entitled "The Strenuous Life" and "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail". These libraries are mainly devoted to a description of western life and scenery. Enclosed find sample copies of catalogues, covering libraries "A" and "B". Yours truly, Geo Nicholson [shorthand] [*12799*]For enc see 6-19-01PRIVATE OFFICE OF Robert C. Ogden, Firm of John Wanamaker. BROADWAY & TENTH ST. New York, June 19, 1901. 189 Dr. W. H. Tolman, Industrial Betterment Department. League for Social Service, New York City. Dear Dr. Tolman: From nearly five years of observation of your service to the cause of Industrial Betterment, I take pleasure in expressing my deep appreciation of your very thorough, scientific and humanitarian work. Your special investigations have developed a large fund of information that should be very valuable to every humane employer- more than this, your work is very positive contribution to Social Science. I, therefore, am very glad to commend your illustrative lectures to all commercial, social and philanthropic organizations as a means of information at once and very interesting and deeply instructive. The itinerary of your autumn journey is constructed with wisdom, and I sincerely hope that your altruistic crusade may not only be serviceable to such good people as welcome you with sympathy, but also that it may broaden and deepen your experience of American life. (Copy) Very truly yours, ROBERT C. OGDEN. 12800Enc in Tolsman 7-12-01TO MEMORANDUM FROM G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS RETAIL DEPARTMENT 27 AND 29 WEST 23D STREET NEW YORK June 19th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir:- We send you by mail today copy of Admiral Evans' new book, and we have ordered for you, from the out of town publishers, Col. Dennison's "History of Cavalry" and "History of the War of 1812" and we will forward these to you just as soon as we receive them. VERY RESPECTFULLY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS PER [*K.W.*] 12801United States Senate, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, STATIONER'S ROOM. June 19th, 1901. Wm Loeb Jr. Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir:- The cards for Mrs. Roosevelt together with card boord have just been shipped as directed by you to Mrs. Roosevelt. Charles G. Bennett. Secretary of the U. S. Senate, By. [*Chas. N. Richards.*] Keeper of Stationery. 12802 if she would rather not make the exertion. You & Edith were both so sweet to me in my anxiety. It seems wonderful that he should have recuperated so quickly. He will not be able to get to Oyster Bay that Saturday afternoon about which Dick Derby wrote him. I am awfully sorry & so is he, but I do not think the doctor would let him go to the races, or if he is TELEPHONE. 147 ORANGE. [*R.*] June 19th 1901 [*PF*] ["Overlook"] Orange, N.J. Darling Theodore Would Monday next the 24th be a possible day for you to come for my "afternoon with the Vice President"? I did not dare write till I received Teddy's telegram saying he is out of the hospital. I [*12803*]so I write hastily for I know you would perhaps rather come before little Ted comes home on Tuesday next. If I am mistaken & you would rather not come then, any day next week will suit me equally well, & perhaps Ted would come to. Of course I would love to have Edith, but I shall quite understand felt that if he got a positive culture today that would mean that he could not get out of the hospital until next Sunday or longer, in which case I would go back to Cambridge tomorrow. The happy telegram that he got a negative culture & was about to leave the hospital has just come, [*12804*]TELEPHONE. 147 ORANGE. [*[6-19-01]*] "Overlook" Orange, N.J. still at Farmington I do not think he ought to take the trip down and back. Will you telegraph me if Monday will suit you, so that I can let the people know in time. I do so appreciate your being willing to come. I was so excited over a box which came from [*12805*] an air of distinction. My dearest love to Edith & for your beloved self. Devotedly Corinne [*[Robinson]*] Gunther's yesterday. Such a gorgeous mountain lion fell out of his wrappings that I almost felt as if he were alive. It was such an unexpected gift darling, & so appreciated. He is lying on the floor in my pretty white room, & makes the whole room have such [*12806*] Washington D.C. June 19 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Sir and Bro: I am requested to give my personal endorsement to the enclosed invitation and to forward it to you, under the mistaken notion that a word of mine would be needed to influence you to a favorable consideration of the request. Although I am not vain enough to believe that any word I could say would have particular weight, I shall only add that the general character of this organization is such as to address itself to your mind, and Pittsburg is a city where you could find such personal pleasure I am sure; so that you may be certain that every word you may have to say to the young men will be carried very far and be likely to do great good I am especially interested in this invitation because Dr. Paugh, the second member of The Committee, is pastor of the Congregation of which I was a member when I started to College, which [???] may also serve to explain why I am asked to write these lines to you on the ground that you worshiped with our congregation when in the city Wishing for yourself and family a very pleasant vacation I am with very highest regards, and dear sir, Yours in Grace J M Schich Pastor of Grace Church Washington D C. [*12807*][[shorthand]]THE BOSTON GLOBE. Boston, June 19, 1901. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I understand that the President of the Squantum Association of Rhode Island has invited you to a clam bake. Its membership includes the leading men of Providence, and you would have a splendid time, if you accept. Of course, I know how busy you are and how many engagements you have, but please give it as good consideration as you can. Yours Sincerely, [*Chas. H Taylor.*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*[????] [????]*] 12808 Edward L. Dimmill, General Manager. Incorporated. Telephone No. 755 Dimmitt Manufacturing Company, Manufacturers of Dimmitt's Universal Ball Bearing Casters, Dimmitt's Perfection Ball Bearing Roller Skates, Dimmitt's Hardware and Furniture Novelties. Office and [???] 224 American Bank Building. Kansas City, Mo. 12809.I understand that the President of the Squantum Association of Rhode Island has invited you to a clam bake. Its membership includes the leading men of Providence, and you would have a splendid time, if you accept. Of course, I know how busy you are and how many engagements you have, but please give it as good consideration as you can. Yours Sincerely, Chas. H Taylor. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [shorthand] [*amateur*] [*amateur*] [*12808*] Edward L. Dimmitt, General Manager. Incorporated. Telephone No. 755 Dimmitt Manufacturing Company, Manufacturers of Dimmitt's Universal Ball Bearing Casters, Dimmitt's Perfection Ball Bearing Roller Skates, Dimmitt's Hardware and Furniture Novelties. Office and Factory: 224 American Bank Building. Kansas City, Mo. [*12809*]Joel Elias Spingarn [shorthand] c/o Phi Beta KappaPATRONS of THE CALIFORNIA LIMITED may secure, on application to the porter in charge of the Observation Car, any book catalogued herein. Books thus borrowed to be returned before leaving the train. Current periodicals and newspapers are provided in the Buffet- Library and Observation Cars. Passengers are cordially invited to avail themselves of these privileges. 12812 A LIST OF THE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES OF The California Limited This Car Carries LIBRARY A SANTA FE 12811 [*[6-19-01*] The LIBRARY of The CALIFORNIA LIMITED ALL OF ITS BOOKS SANTA FE 12810California Limited LIBRARY B 1 More Fables George Ade 2 The Day's Work Rudyard Kipling 3 The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, and otherStories and Essays Mark Twain 4 The Mantle of Elijah Israel Zangwill 5 The Old Santa Fe Trail Henry Inman 6 In and Around the Grand Canyon George Wharton James 7 Ramona Helen Jackson ("H. H.") 8 The Land of Poco Tiempo Charles F. Lummis 9 Some Strange Corners of our Country Charles F. Lummis 10 The Luck of Roaring Camp Bret Harte 11 The Prodigal Mary Hallock Foote 12 A Truthful Woman in Southern California Kate Sanborn 13 The Court of Boyville William Allen White 14 Miss Cherry Blossom of Tokyo John Luther Long 15 The Arkansas Planter Opie Read 16 The Love of Parson Lord, and other Stories Mary E. Wilkins California Limited LIBRARY A 1 E. W. Howe The Story of a Country Town 2 George Ade Fables in Slang 3 F. Frankfort Moore The Jessamy Bride 4 Hamlin Garland The Eagle's Heart 5 Frank R. Stockton The Lady of the Tiger, and other Stories 6 W. D. Howells The Parlor Car 7 W. D. Howells The Sleeping Car 8 W. D. Howells The Register 9 Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson's Letters (Two Vols.) 10 Henry Inman The Old Santa Fe Trail 11 George Wharton James In and Around the Grand Canyon 12 Helen Jackson ("H. H.") Ramona 13 Charles F. Lummis The Man who Married the Moon 14 Charles F. Lummis Some Strange Corners of our Country 15 Joaquin Miller Poetical Works 16 Margaret Collier Graham Stories of the Foothills California Limited LIBRARY A 1 E. W. Howe The Story of a Country Town 2 George Ade Fables in Slang 3 F. Frankfort Moore The Jessamy Bride 4 Hamlin Garland The Eagle's Heart 5 Frank R. Stockton The Lady of the Tiger, and other Stories 6 W. D. Howells The Parlor Car 7 W. D. Howells The Sleeping Car 8 W. D. Howells The Register 9 Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson's Letters (Two Vols.) 10 Henry Inman The Old Santa Fe Trail 11 George Wharton James In and Around the Grand Canyon 12 Helen Jackson ("H. H.") Ramona 13 Charles F. Lummis The Man who Married the Moon 14 Charles F. Lummis Some Strange Corners of our Country 15 Joaquin Miller Poetical Works 16 Margaret Collier Graham Stories of the Foothills 12813California Limited LIBRARY A 17 A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 18 Stories of a Western Town Octave Thanet 19 The Open Boat Stephen Crane 20 Prue and I George William Curtis 21 A Day at Laguerre's and Other Days F. Hopkinson Smith 22 Coffee and Repartee John Kendrick Bangs 23 Miss Numé of Japan Onoto Watanna 24 The Strenuous Life Theodore Roosevelt 25 A Woman Tenderfoot Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson 26 A New Mexico David Charles F. Lummis 27 From Sandhill to Pine Bret Harte 28 Pony Tracks Frederic Remington 29 Captain Courageous Rudyard Kipling 30 Frontier Stories of the Indians and the Pioneers Cy Warman 31 The Girl at the Halfway House E. Hough 32 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series One 33 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series Two alifornia Limited LIBRARY A 17 A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 18 Stories of a Western Town Octave Thanet 19 The Open Boat Stephen Crane 20 Prue and I George William Curtis 21 A Day at Laguerre's and Other Days F. Hopkinson Smith 22 Coffee and Repartee John Kendrick Bangs 23 Miss Numé of Japan Onoto Watanna 24 The Strenuous Life Theodore Roosevelt 25 A Woman Tenderfoot Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson 26 A New Mexico David Charles F. Lummis 27 From Sandhill to Pine Bret Harte 28 Pony Tracks Frederic Remington 29 Captain Courageous Rudyard Kipling 30 Frontier Stories of the Indians and the Pioneers Cy Warman 31 The Girl at the Halfway House E. Hough 32 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series One 33 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series Two California Limited LIBRARY B 17 Gallops David Gray 18 Coffee and Repartee John Kendrick Bangs 19 The Odd Number Guy de Maupassant 20 In Castle and Colony Emma Rayner 21 The Real Issue, A Book of Kansas Stories William Allen White 22 Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail Theodore Roosevelt 23 New Mexico Stories William Ellery Curtis 24 Crooked Trails Frederic Remington 25 Snow-Bound at Eagle's Bret Harte 26 The Story of the Railroad Cy Warman 27 The Story of the Cowboy E. Hough 28 Enoch Willoughby James A. Wickersham 29 Main-Travelled Roads Hamlin Garland 30 Gallegher, and Other Stories Richard Harding Davis 31 With Hoops of Steel Florence Finch Kelly 32 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series One 33 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series TwoCalifornia Limited LIBRARY B 1 George Ade More Fables 2 Rudyard Kipling The Day's Work 3 Mark Twain The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, and other Stories and Essays 4 Israel Zangwill The Mantle of Elijah 5 Henry Inman The Old Santa Fe Trail 6 George Wharton James In and Around the Grand Canyon 7 Helen Jackson ("H. H.") Ramona 8 Charles F. Lummis The Land of Poco Tiempo 9 Charles F. Lummis Some Strange Corners of our Country 10 Bret Harte The Luck of Roaring Camp 11 Mary Hallock Foote The Prodigal 12 Kate Sanborn A truthful Woman in Southern California 13 William Allen White The Court of Boyville 14 John Luther Long Miss Cherry Blossom of Tokyo 15 Opie Read The Arkansas Planter 16 Mary E. Wilkins The Love of Parson Lord, and other Stories California Limited LIBRARY B 17 David Gray Gallops 18 John Kendrick Bangs Coffee and Repartee 19 Guy de Maupassant The Odd Number 20 Emma Rayner In Castle and Colony 21 William Allen White The Real Issue, A Book of Kansas Stories 22 Theodore Roosevelt Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail 23 William Ellery Curtis New Mexico Stories 24 Frederic Remington Crooked Trails 25 Bret Harte Snow-Bound at Eagle's 26 Cy Warman The Story of the Railroad 27 E. Hough The Story of the Cowboy 28 James A. Wickersham Enoch Willoughby 29 Hamlin Garland Main-Travelled Roads 30 Richard Harding Davis Gallegher, and Other Stories 31 Florence Finch Kelly With Hoops of Steel 32 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series One 33 Land of Sunshine, 1900, Series Two The Santa Fe [*[Enc in Nicholson 6-19-01]*] PRESS OF ROGERS & SMITH CO. CHICAGOLAW OFFICE OF PEABODY, BAKER & PEABODY, Charles A. Peabody, Fisher A. Baker, Charles A. Peabody, Jr. 2 WALL STREET NEW YORK, June 20 1901 Hon. Theodor Roosevelt - VP My dear Sir I am something of a farmer, a lover of trees and I thank you for the copy of the Yearbook of the Dept of Agriculture. It is an interesting book Faithfully Yours Fisher A. Baker of Yonkers NY 12814Manila, P. I. June 20/1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I have the honor to transmit herewith to you a number of true copies of indorsements of Dr H. E. Stafford, who has recently been appointed a Captain and Ass't. Surgeon U. S. Army. The accompanying copies of indorsements of Major- Generals McArthur and Wheaton are from the official indorsements of those officers upon Dr Stafford's discharge as a Surgeon of Volunteers, he having been Surgeon of the 71st. New York Vols. He desires the appointment of Major and Ass't. Surgeon- and has accepted the Captaincy only upon the urgent solicitation of his friends- and I am afraid that the United States will lose the services of a valuable officer if he is not given a majority. I can bear personal testimony to his rare ability as a Surgeon and physician. and besides that to his being a gentleman in all his social relations [*12815*]2 Can you join Dr. Stafford's friends in the request to have him advanced to an original vacancy of Major and Ass't. Surgeon? We think that a request from you may accomplish that which we so earnestly desire. I thoroughly appreciate the many vexatious applications made to you, but hope that this officer, really an exceptionally good one, may obtain the position he desires- With assurances of high esteem and great respect, I am, Sincerely Yours W. H. Beck (Major 6th U. S. Cav.) To the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Vice President. U. S. of America. 12816[shorthand] [*B*] [*PF*] Office of the Collector of Customs, Port of New York, N. Y., June 20, 1901, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I am in receipt of your favor of June 12th, enclosing communications from Lt. Col. Jasper Ewing Brady and Colonel Barnes, of the 23rd Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., in regard to their desire to have Mr. William J. Travis reinstated at the position of Inspector of Customs. As perhaps you know, about the first of March it was found necessary to abolish the places of quite a number of Inspectors, among them Mr. Travis, and to change the methods in taking the declaration and examining the baggage of incoming passengers upon the dock. This was done after most careful consideration and for the good of the service, and the results have shown that the action taken was fully justified. As to the particular reasons leading up to Mr. Travis case, and which make it impossible for me to consider his reinstatement, I will be glad to talk them over with you more fully, if you desire, when I may see you. Yours very truly, G R Bidwell [*12817*][*Copy*] -1- Manila, Ph. I. June 20,1901. To Mr. Wm. C. Dix. Sir:- I have the honor to acknowledged receipt of your favor of the 26th of April last. In reply I beg to make up a resume of the facts before giving forth my own considerations. PACIFICATION. The Federal Party faithfully and actively cooperating in the work of pacification has succeeded in bringing about the presentation and submission to the sovereignty of the United States Generals Mariano Trias and Emiliano Riego de Dios, who were operating in Cavita; Tomas Mascardo, who was operating in the provinces of Zambales y Bataan; Torres, Alejandrino, Lacuna, Tocson, Tinio, Aglipay (the latter is a Philippine clergyman who became revolutionary led by his hate to the friars, but not against the Americans), Salvador y Villamor who were operating in the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Ampanga, Pangasinan, Union, Ilocos Sur, Abra and Ilocos Norte, with about four thousand muskets and a large quantity of ammunition In the Island of Leyte, the Party has secured the submission of General Mojica, and in the very important Island of Panay the submission of Generals Martin Delgado, Vicente Tullon, Quintin Banderas and several other chiefs with about a thousand guns and also a large quantity of ammunition. With them, without exaggeration, nearly thirty thousand persons who lived hidden on the mountains and in the woods have come 12818-2- into a lawful life. We expect the surrender to-morrow of the famous General Cailles, in the province of Laguna. (Surrendered June 24th. W.C.D.) There only remain therefore as irreconcilable General Malvar, in the province of Batangas, with about a thousand guns (muskets or rifles); General Velarmino in the province of Albay with about three hundred guns; General Lucban, in the Island of Samar, with about five hundred guns, and General Maxilum, in the Island of Cebu, with few guns; as the American army has succeeded in capturing General Diceno in the Province of Capiz, and the chief of the revolution D. Emilio Aguinaldo in Palan, province of Baler. The revolution is, therefore, morally and materially dead, as besides being disarmed, it now lacks the organic principle which was represented by D. Emilio Aguinaldo. THE CIVIL COMMISSION PRESIDED BY MR. TAFT. This Commission has so far organized about five hundred Municipalities and about twenty-eight Provincial Governments, there being little more wanted to have all the towns and provinces of the Archipelago enjoying self-government, this being the form of local and provincial government adopted by the Commission in the provincial and municipal codes it has created. The Commission is engaged in reorganizing the Courts of Justice, the public office-holders in the Civil Service and the public schools, in order that the functions of the General Administration may be more efficaciously beneficial. 12819-3- My. Taft and his four associates are men of extraordinary energy, as it may be assured without exaggerating that from the 1st. of September to date they have not let pass one day, one hour or one minute without being at work. The Party faithfully and actively assists them, accepting their work of reconstruction as beneficial, but by no means definitive. THE PHILIPPINE PEOPLE. The people enjoy at present the free exercise of their individual rights excepting that of carrying forbidden weapons. Agriculture, industry and commerce are recovering life, and the people show a great application to learning at the thousands of schools which the active Superintendent Atkinson has established in all the pacified towns, and especially the English language. The Philippine people, collectively considered, have a high conception of what is good and evil, of civilization and savagery; therefore the Philippines are not the despicable beings depicted by General Young in a speech I have read among the newspapers you have sent me, but a moral man who being ill at ease with the vicious lessons received from the Spanish government, is endeavoring to mend and improve by means of the wise teaching of the United States Government. The newspapers published this morning a telegram from President McKinley ordering the implantation of a Civil Government and appointing Mr. Taft Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands. POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS. The Philippine people receives with joy the change of authorities, because the military power is not consistent with self-government [*12820*]-4- and the free exercise of individual rights. We hope that the Civil Governor Mr. Taft, after having organized the municipalities, provinces, judicial district, Supreme Court, and everything connected with the judicial power, the public schools, public order and what refers to revenue and taxation, to have a starting point for the future politics of the country; we hope, we will repeat, that he will give his attention to the organization of the general control of the country, unless he confines himself to waiting for the Congress to resolve what the definitive form of government for the Philippines shall be. Such is the general anxiety at the present time. The people are suffering from a great paralysis of their activities-- It seems that they exhaust all their strength in making war and afterwards in making peace; they desire a rest. Now their actual occupation is to work in order to earn money wherewith to recuperate their lost strength. Therefore agriculture, industry and commerce are recovering life and animation. Politics seems to even horrify them, and it appears that, Musselman-like they expect from Congress and from the Civil Commission either the kindness or the rigor of destiny as regards their future fate. I was waiting for this change to a Civil Government in order to undertake a political campaign aiming steadily at annexation; but I see that I am going to fail, because the people does not respond.--- Nevertheless, I keep on working. [*12821*]-5- And there are reasons for it: In the first place because the war has left us so poor, that it is impossible to obtain money. And in the second place because without money no active political work can be successful. Such is the situation of the Philippine people, a very dangerous situation, because its present inertness might be interpreted as a consent to a colonial policy,-- in which case new insurrections are to be feared, because the people holds in horror the colonial system I have said this very plainly to the American authorities, in order to be irresponsible for the calamities with which such an uncertain future as that of a colony is pregnant. In this critical situation I turn my eyes to the America of 1787, to the legitimate heirs of those who drew up the famous Declaration of Independence, the source of your present happiness, greatness and welfare. I turn my eyes and address my prayers to the Honorable Senator Hoar and his adherents to continue defending our legitimate desire to enjoy the rights and privileges of American citizenship, the ideal we have bought with the sacrifice of thousands of lives, with our blood, fighting honorably with a courage and heroism that make us worthy of being your fellow-citizens and your subjects. I turn my eyes and address an equal prayer to you, with the assurance that you shall soon have in your country a legal representation of millions of my countrymen, who share with me the noble and high aspiration of being American citizens, and who are entitled to a Territorial and not a colonial form of government. 12822-6- This aspiration not only has for object the enjoyment of those highly democratic rights, but is a forecast that the attainment of such an ideal suppresses any element of secession, and therefore, any motives for new revolutions, which are always the accompaniment of the colonies. It is evident that a population of ten millions of inhabitants, peacefully assimilated by the United States, with ninety millions of rich, industrious, active and intelligent inhabitants cannot fail to progress morally and materially and to attain in 10 to 20 years the necessary qualifications to be considered as a State of the Union. In conclusion, Sir, I pray to you to convey this letter to Senator Hoar, whom we admire and bless without a personal acquaintance, because he has turned to be a true interpreter of our inmost sentiments, or of those who entertain our supreme ideal, which is our annexation to the United States. I thank you and bless you a thousand times for your good and honorable intentions, and pray God to preserve your life and mine for a great many years, in order that at some time, not far off, we may meet on your sacred land of justice and blessed by liberty. B. S. M. (Signed Felipe Buencamino. [*Sent a copy to Senator Hoar, from whom I received a most felicitous acknowledgement. D.*] [*12823*](12) THE CHICAGO TIMES-HERALD. EDITORIAL DEPARMENT. Chicago, June 20, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, United States. Dear Colonel:- I have your enclosure of the 13th from the Bureau of Pensions. I know how strict the Pension department may be in the requirement of evidence, sometimes too strict after the lapse of many years since these old soldiers were injured or diseased. I have submitted the letter to Mr. Le Bron and he will do all he can to comply with the requirements of the department. So far technicalities have deprived him of his claims except $8. a month pension. There is not the slightest question of the truth of his assertions as to his wounds and diseases incurred in the army but it is sometimes difficult to prove these assertions to gentlemen in the pension department who entered the public service long after the war and who pay more attention to the letter of the law than the spirit. It is for that reason that I appeal to you in behalf of this man to whom a grave 12824 (12) THE CHICAGO TIMES-HERALD. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. 2-TR injustice has been done. I enclose you a letter addressed to you and handed to me by one of his old commanders, a gentleman of high probity and standing still living in this city. I hope to see you in July and to be with you in Colorado in August. With many thanks for what you have done in this matter so far, Your friend, [*H. I. Cleveland*] 12825a proper halt has been called upon it - With love to Edith & the children I am vy sy W. S. Cowles June 20th. 1901 [*[June 20, 1901]*] BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. Dear Theodore I forward to you an official letter of some kind that has been wandering about to various address until [*12826*]Fire Department Headquarters, VILLAGE OF FREEPORT. R. H. MAYLAND, Chief. H. E. RIDER, First Asst. F. W. GREAVES, Second Asst. C. M. FOREMAN, Treas. J. HUYLER ELLISON, Col. F. S. SNEDEKER, Sec'y, P. O. Box 218. Freeport June 20 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Sir The Town of Hempstead Volunteer Firemens Association will hold their Fifth Annual Parade & Tournament in Freeport N.Y. on Sunday June 25th. Please accept this invitation to attend & witness the parade & contests. Parade at 10.30 contests at 2 PM Respectfully Huyler Ellison Chairman [shorthand] [*12828*]Suffolk County Historical Society The Past, Present and Future We United Them 1683-1892 Rooms at Riverhead, L. I. President, NAT. W. FOSTER, Riverhead. 1st Vice Pres., REV. EPHER WHITAKER, D. D., Southold. 2nd Vice. Pres., AUGUSTUS FLOYD, 32 Pine St., N. Y. City. Cor. Sec., O. B. ACKERLY, 115 Broadway, N. Y. City. Rec. Sec., MISS RUTH H. TUTHILL, Riverhead. Treasurer, TIMOTHY M. GRIFFING, Riverhead. Curator, GEO. F. STACKPOLE, Riverhead. President's Office, (See other side.) RIVERHEAD, N. Y. June 20 1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay. L. I. Dear Sir I am very much obliged to you for the "Year Book of the Department of Agriculture for 1900" just received- Now I want to ask for more - For our Suffolk County Historical Society we are trying to gather Cabinet Photos - of all Ministers Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers and Public Men (& Women) generally, that are now, or at any time have been connected with this County - To be sure you live in another County but you are close by us and you are an earnest Long Islander. Not only do we want Photographs. with sketch of life - but we also want a copy of any book, or address written by any of our people. We do not wish to cause you any inconvenience, but whenever it may be convenient for you we shall be very glad to receive whatever may be convenient for you to send - With your Photo, we should be much pleased if you can send one of Mrs Roosevelt. I am very truly yours Nat. W. Foster Prest. [*12829*]The objects of the Society shall be to foster the historical spirit in thought, study, and purpose; to encourage historical and antiquarian research; to disseminate historical knowledge, to collect and preserve such autograph letters and other manuscripts, maps, plans, charts, paintings, engravings, and other pictorial representations, books, pamphlets, newspapers, curiosities, and antiquities of every kind as may have been or shall be the products of Suffolk County, or of its several towns, some of which are the oldest English settlements and religious and civil organizations within the bounds of the State of New York; and also to discover, procure, and preserve whatever material of any kind may illustrate the history of the county and of its several towns. Any person may become a Life Member of the Society by the payment of ten dollars, or an Annual Member by the payment of one dollar. -CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY.[*[1901]*] Alpha Delta Phi Club. Dear Brother:- The Annual Spring Dinner will be held at the Club House on Thursday evening June 20th at seven thirty o'clock. Cambridge; Mass. June R.S.V.P. W. S. Godfrey Secretary [*12830*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON. June 20, 1901. Dear Mr. Vice President:- I have received your letter of the 17th of June with enclosures from Governor Murphy, and have placed them on file for consideration in case the President should find it in his power to make such an appointment. There are at present no vacancies, and I imagine you already know enough of the Senate to form some idea of the number of applications, urgent, pressing and important, which are already before the President. Mr. Bardshar seems the sort of man we should like to have in the service, but I have no more power of appointment than you have. Sincerely yours John Hay Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*12831*]of the 22 assembly District, Mr John S. Wise, has known me all my life, I have been a loyal friend to the party- and followed you on that memorable night, all through the bowery. I now ask you after reading the above, if you would be so good as to place me in some small position in the government, here or elsewhere. Anxiously awaiting your reply, I am Your obedient servant John H[???] 213 E-49th New York June 20 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Esq. Oyster Bay, L. I. Honorable Sir, A few days after your nomination for Governor, I wrote to you at your home in Oyster Bay, suggesting when you come to New York, to pay a visit to the people [*12832*]of the east side, and let them hear and see you, this was done, and surely it was a great help towards your election, When I addressed you I did not sign my name, as I was at that time employed by Ellison & Co. Druggists 5th Ave- 58 St. whom I was with for five years, they have since gone out of business, owing me about $500. in salary, a part of which I got a judgement for, is tied up in the court, but I have been unable to realize anything from it. Honorable Sir, I am at present unemployed, am an enrolled republican [*12833*]OFFICE OF KELSO & KELSO. GRANT CITY, MO. Grant City,Missouri.June 20th,1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington,D.C. My Dear Sir:- I have recently noticed in the newspapers that you are to visit Kansas City in this State on the 10th of August this year. Now,Mr President you have a great many admirers in north west Missouri of all political parties,and Ellsworth Post of the Grand Army of the Republic through me,as a committee extend to you a cordial invitation to deliver an address at the Old Soldiers 23_th annual reunion to be held at this place commencing on Tuesday August 13th,and ending on Friday August 16th,1901. On either of these days which ever will be the most convenient to you,will be acceptable to us. Will you please do me the kindness to advise me by return mail if you will do us the honor to be with us on that occassion,and what you will want as a remuneration for your services; and on which of the days can you convienently come?. I beg to remain, Most respectfully yours, [*A. W. Kelso*] Dic- 12834Fort Worth, Texas, June 20, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- I have an application on file in the Division of Appointments asking for an appointment in the Secret Service. My application and endorsements, which are as good as this State can afford, were filed by the Hon. S. W. T. Lanham. I served in the Spanish-American war, as my application will show, and as you are the soldier's friend, I ask that you examine my application, endorsements, etc., and then if you can see your way clear to help me in any way to secure this appointment, your kindness will be deeply appreciated. Hoping to hear from you, I am, with best wishes, Very respectfully, [*Henry. W. Locke*] 12835On Wednesday morning together - I am delighted that Yale is to give you a degree but it is a reflection on Harvard which alas She deserves- That cougar skin is a beauty- Love to Edith- Ever Yrs H. C. L [*[Henry Cabot Lodge]*] [*PF*] Nahant June 20th [*[01]*] Dear Theodore- By all means come to Commencement- The President's not coming seems to me is reason for your being here not for staying away- Do come on Tuesday & pass the night here- I so want to have a talk with you before [you] I go- Do come & we will go out to Cambridge [*12836*]Private and Confidential Office of the Collector of Customs, Port of Boston, Mass., June 20,1901 Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Ted: I am in receipt of your letter of June 18,and, as I understand it, you are not going to have a class dinner. So I am informed by different members of your class, as well as by Judge Lowell, and I will leave it open to you to do as you like about coming to me. A letter from Frank to you has apparently crossed yours to me. In his letter, as I understand, he informed you that there has been no preparation for any class dinner. If you come down here, I can look after you and have a few fellows to meet you, as Lowell will be engaged.# We would then go up in the morning train and I would deliver your corpus over to the Judge,on arrival in Boston, who will transfer you whole and sound to Cambridge. So please wire me if you are coming from N. Y.10 oc. train - Tuesday- I am very glad you have put yourself in writing to me in regard to the San Juan matter so that I may have it to refer to at any time, if it is necessary. I hope I do not gather from your letter that you had the slightest idea that my conversation with John McIlhenny showed any notion on my part of a tendency to believe Miles's statement. I made the statement myself at the time that such a remark was open to one of two criticisms: either that it was a --- lie,which was bad enough, or second, [* # He is Chief Marshall, as you know & must of course attend his 25th Class dinner*] [*12838*]Custom House, Collector's Office, BOSTON, MASS., , 190 Collector. SUBJECT: No. of Inclosures,2 if the lie was technically covered by the fact that San Juan Hill was not the Hill the battle itself was fought on, as in the case of Bunker Hill and Breeds Hill, that the statement was infinitely worse than the lie, because it was a sneak. Some day when the said General is at dinner, and I happen to be there, as occasionally occurs, I will see if I cannot get him to commit himself, and it would give me infinite pleasure, if he made such a statement again, to show him up before everybody.# And don't for a moment think that I take any stock in it whatever. I should regret very much to have given McIlhenny such an impression. It would make no difference to me whether you were there or not. Under the circumstances, I should have sworn black and blue that you were, against your own oath or signature. Sincerely yours, George H Lyman [*# I cannot say openly what I think of such conduct- as the statement was addressed by Mills to Murray Crane, at a private dinner given by the latter.*] [*12839*]Custom House, Collector's Office, BOSTON, MASS., , 190 Collector. SUBJECT: No. of Inclosures,Letters, from influential men, socially and commercially, addressed to the Senators Depew & Platt, encouraged me to hope for success; I failed again. With renewed thanks for your kindness and the interest you have shown in my behalf and apologizing again for having troubled you so much, I am, Sir, Loyally & faithfully Y WE Mantins. REFORM CLUB. 233 FIFTH AVENUE. 20. 6. 01. Hon Theodore Roosevelt, United States Vice President. Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir, A week of hustling, here and in Washington, kept me from acknowledging the receipt of your esteemed favor, of 13 Inst. This morning I was notified by Dr Hill, of the State Dept, that the President has already disposed of the Consulate, at Turin. 12840[*PF*] TELEGRAPHI ADDRESS, "RIVSAM LONDON," [*M*] TELEPHONE No. 83. HOLBORN. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, LIMITED. English Foreign American & Colonial Booksellers & Publishers. [shorthand] St. Dunstan's House, adjoining the Public Record Office, Fetter Lane. Fleet Street. THE PUBLISHERS' CIRCULAR 8/6 PER ANN; THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 2/6 MONTHLY. THE FISHING GAZETTE 10/8 PER ANN: SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE, 1/- MONTHLY. London, June 20 1901 E.C. Dear Sir In reply to your note of the 10th- I am sorry to say vol VI of our "History of the Royal Navy" will not be ready for at least 6 weeks - W. Laird Clowes's illness has delayed the completion of this work very much indeed. also he finds it imperative to make a 7th volume - so it will be 7 -instead of 5 vols as we originally intended. Colonel The Hon. Theo Roosevelt Vice President's Chamber Washington. yours faithfully R. B. Marston [*12842*]Proposed Memorial to the late MR. R. D. BLACKMORE, M.A. Late Scholar of Exeter College, Oxford Author of "Lorna Doone," etc. RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE.1 DIED JANUARY 20, 1900. A STRONG, calm, steadfast, single-hearted soul, Sincere as Truth, and tender like a maid, He lived as one whom nothing could persuade From reticence and manly self-control, Insight, and humour, and the rhythmic roll Of antique lore, his fertile fancies sway'd, And with their various eloquence array'd His sterling English, pure and clean and whole. Fair Nature mourns him now, as well she may So apt a pupil and so close a friend But what of us, who through his lifelong day Knew him at home, and loved him to the end One thing we know: that Love's transcendent name Is link'd with his, and with his honour'd fame. This sonnet is by the late Mr. R. D. Blackmore's old friend, Mr. Arthur Munby, and is reprinted by his kind permission, and that of the Editor of THE ATHENÆNUM, who published it on February 3, 1900. ST. DUNSTAN'S HOUSE, FETTER LANE, LONDON, E.C. [*20 June*] 1901 To [*Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Washington* Dear Sir*] I HAVE been asked to act as Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer of a Fund to be raised with the object of placing a Memorial of the late Mr. R. D. Blackmore in Exeter Cathedral, and, having known Mr. Blackmore intimately for nearly thirty years, and enjoyed the great privilege of his hearty friendship, I need hardly say that in accepting the position I do so with the feeling that whatever work it may entail will indeed be a "labour of love." The accompanying reprint of an article in The Publisher's Circular and Bookseller's Record of May 4, 1901, explains fully how the Memorial came to be suggested. It is probable that the Subscription Fund will be more than sufficient for the erection of a suitable Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, and I have proposed, with the sanction of Mr. Blackmore's representatives, that any surplus should be invested for the benefit of the AUTHORS' BENEVOLENT FUND, which has recently been established in connection with the Society of Authors. [*If you are an admirer of "Lorna Doone" &c. I should be very glad indeed if I may add your name to the Honorary Committee with those of M W. Clark Russell M". Rudyard Kipling M" Thomas Hardy M" Eden Philpotts*] I am, yours faithfully, R. B. MARSTON. [P.T.O 12843[*[FROM THE PUBLISHERS' CIRCULAR, May 4, 1901.]*] ST. DUNSTAN'S HOUSE, E.C. May 3, 1901. PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO MR. R. D. BLACKMORE AUTHOR OF "LORNA DOONE." Mr. Eden Phillpotts, in his notice of the late Mr. R. D. Blackmore in "The Literary Year-Book" for 1901, expressed the hope that "an adequate memorial of Mr. Blackmore may shortly be established," and the editor, Mr. Herbert Morrah, thus referred to the matter: "Here we are anxious simply to commend the appeal made elsewhere in this volume by a distinguished novelist. . . Already a movement is on foot in his own county of Devon to erect a memorial which shall help men of later generations the more easily to recall those services which he rendered to our own." In our notice of the Year-Book we mentioned that the suggestion has been made, and asked for particulars of the "movement which was on foot." It then appeared that there was no "movement on foot," merely a suggestion in the air. We have since received the following practical suggestion from a great admirer of the author of "Lorna Doone," Mr. James Baker: To the Editor of THE PUBLISHERS' CIRCULAR AND BOOKSELLERS' RECORD. Sewelle Villa, Clifton, April 12, 1901. DEAR SIR,- Your articles on "The Literary Year-Book" have given publicity to the fact that Mr. Eden Phillpotts has been suggesting that a memorial should be raised to Mr. R. D. Blackmore. As one who had the honour and delightful pleasure of calling Mr. Blackmore friend- how kindly, genial, and sympathetic a friend he was! - will you allow me to state that shortly after his death I received a letter from an American friend of Mr. Blackmore, one whom I first met at the little house at Teddington, and in his letter he suggests to me how appropriate it would be if some memorial of Mr. Blackmore could be erected in Exeter Cathedral; it would be a shrine to which many an American would resort, to pay homage to the life-work of a great writer; and this gentleman, Mr. Albert Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., will receive subscriptions in American for this monument. At the time I was writing articles on Mr. Blackmore's life for the Fortnightly Review and the Leisure Hours, and I suggested to Mr. W. L. Courtney that this American proposition should appear in a note at the end of my article; but that article has not yet appeared (the Leisure Hour THE LATE MR. R. D. BLACKMORE. article appeared in April, 1900), and so the matter has been in abeyance; but I dare say my American friend would be glad to join in with any committee who were wishing to do just honour to so pure and noble an idealist and writer. How great a writer Blackmore was is only known to those who study his works for the quaint wit and genial philosophy and sharp insight into human nature ever rippling over in his books. Like Hamlet, many of them are packed with incisive "quotations," but the story-reader sees nought of this; but he, and she, enjoy such books as "Lorna," "Springhaven," and "Dariel" for the interest and excitement of the story. If Mr. Eden Phillpotts will give me an idea of his scheme, if he wishes our mighty western brother to join in homage to R. D. Blackmore, I will send on to Mr. Whitin, and I feel sure some good results will issue from combining America with England in the memorial. I am, Yours faithfully, JAMES BAKER. P.S.- Since receiving proof of the above, I have had a kindly letter from Mr. Eden Phillpotts falling in with the above proposal, and concluding with the words, "I hope a strong move will now be made, and need not say that anything and everything in my power will be done to help the cause." Before publishing Mr. Backer's letter we thought it would be well to ascertain if the representatives of Mr. Blackmore were favourable to the proposed Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, and we are glad to say that they welcome the idea, only stipulating that the artist to be employed should be Mr. Harry Hems, of Exeter. We have since ascertained that Mr. Hems will be glad to carry out the work, and also that the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral are willing to permit its erection. Mr. R. B. Marston has been asked and has agreed to act as Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretary of the Memorial Fund, and he suggests that the Memorial should take the form of a Marble Tablet with a medallion portrait or bust and a suitable inscription, and that any balance after defraying its cost should be invested for the benefit of the Authors' Benevolent Fund which has recently been established in connection with the Society of Authors. A subscription list will be opened presently, and all subscriptions received will be acknowledged in THE PUBLISHERS' CIRCULAR. Those who are willing to aid the movement are requested to send their names to Mr. R. B. Marston, Hon. Sec., R. D. Blackmore Memorial Fund, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, London.Cheques to be crossed Smith, Payne & Smith's a/c, Blackmore Memorial Fund.] THE R. D. BLACKMORE MEMORIAL FUND Form for Subscriptions __1901 To MR. R. B. MARSTON, HON. SECRETARY AND HON. TREASURER BLACKMORE MEMORIAL FUND, ST. DUNSTAN'S HOUSE, FETTER LANE, LONDON, E.C. SIR,- Herewith I send you subscriptions for the above-named Fund to the amount of £ s. d. to be acknowledged in THE PUBLISHERS' CIRUCLAR, etc., as indicated at foot,* also direct to Yours, etc., Kindly write Name and Address clearly. * This form can also be used when two or more subscribers send together. THE R. D. BLACKMORE MEMORIAL FUND NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS. ADDRESSES OF SUBSCRIBERS. AMOUNT. £ s. d. [*12844*]OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN, F. W. CILLEY, PUBLISHER. Randolph, Neb., June 20th 1901 Hon Theodore Roosefelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find a stamp picture of our twin boys; nine months old; named William McKinley Nellor and Theodore Roosefelt Nellor. I have been for the past two years editor of the Randolph Times and Plainview Republican and on the 22nd of last May was burned out and left with nothing but a bicycle and 10 cts. I am now working by the day trying to support my family and buy household goods. Hoping you Appreciate the picture. I am Yours Respct. D. E. Nellor [*12845*]Washington D.C. June 20th 1901. Colonel Roosevelt Colorado Springs, Colo. My Dear Col. I only have arrived here from Puerto Rico and having spent most three years there in fact every since we was mustered out, I am stopping with one of the boys Mr Jas. B. Lewis who went and married here and is in business and as it will be impossible for us to attend the Reunion we join in sending regrets and sorry we cannot be with the boys, kindly remember us to all inquiring friends and as for my self will be going West in a few days. Prop. address M.M. Morgan 522 R. St N.W. J.B. Lewis Washington D.C. [*12846*] [*D-4*] GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Office of the Public Printer, Washington, D. C., June 20, 1901. Lieut. Col.Clarence R. Edwards, U.S.V., Chief, Division of Insular Affairs, War Department, Washington, D. C. Sir: I return herewith the schedule of body type for the proposed Philippine public printing office, received with your letter of June 19, and have to say that the changes which this Office has to suggest in the schedule will be found noted on the margin thereof. Respectfully, F.W. Palmer, Public Printer. (Inclosure) [*12847*][shorthand] [*P*] [*PF*] Water Street Perth Amboy New Jersey June 20 1901 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Vice President Dear Colonel- I thank you very much for your kindly remarks concerning my Article in the Military Journal. I have just returned from the Phillipines. Your letter reaching me in this Country. I agree entirely with you when you say that "a regiment in which 90 per cent of the men are fit for individual firing over which their officers merely exercise a general supervision, will be more effective than a regiment in which volley firing is the normal method". The trouble with our volunteers is that it is seldom you find a regiment where the men are mostly fit [*12848*]for individual firing. They have not had sufficient preparation. To illustrate: Firing at a target, the shots being marked and signalled one man can fire 60 shots per hour, or 180 shots, a fair qualification, in three hours. With 12 targets 10 men can thus be qualified, in 3 hours 30 men in a day of 9 hours so that two months is necessary to qualify a regiment of 1350 men if a range of 10 targets is handy. But in many cases this practice was not possible. When I formed the 45th Vols at Manila I found the men had fired but 15 shots apiece. These men, in action, (some of them) when the firing was hot and uncontrolled, fired into the air, at an angle of 30°, thinking, all the time, they were aiming at the enemy. With such, it was necessary to have volley firing, the Captain seeing that each piece was armed before giving the word fire. On the other hand, beforethe 4th arrived in the Phillipines, I commanded a force of the 33rd Vols, (Texans & New Mexicans) well instructed shots, at Vigan, Dec 4, 1899. The insurrectos, at night, slipped in between our outposts, and established themselves on three sides of the Plaza; we holding the fourth. A regular house to house fight then took place, for four hours, at the end of which time they decamped, leaving 50 bodies, our loss being 9 killed. These Texans fought individually and aimed to kill; they were magnificent. With such men, to order volley firing, would be to waste shots, for in order to fire a volley each man has to jerk his trigger, which is fatal to aim. To send troops into action without proper target practice is Murder, but our authorities never seem to learn it. No troops at Chickamauga fired a shot in practice until the war was over. With volunteers, the guns should be issued the day the company is [*12849*]organized, and the second week of service should find the men firing at a mark. The same principle should be carried out with recruits. Our regular regiments in the Phillipines were full of uninstructed recruits and were worse off than the Vols. I believe that good shooting is half the soldier's education (for battle). How easy to give this education to our Military population under the form of sport! How immensely profitable to the Government would it be if near each large City the Govt maintained a range and gave prizes and certificates for efficiency with (using) a military rifle, provided the contestant were physically qualified as a soldier! Such is the plan adopted in Switzerland and recommended recently in England by Lord Salisbury. In 1892, in the Military Journal, I advocated it. It might begin at once, here at places where there are military posts. Thanking you again for your very Kind encomiums I remain, Colonel Very sincerely yours James Parker, Maj of Cav.T. C. PLATT, CHAIRMAN. STEPHEN B. ELKING. JAMES K. JONES. ---------- A.M. HOWE, CLERK. UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, WASHINGTON. At 49 Broadway, New York, N.Y. June 20, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay. New York. My dear Roosevelt: I am in receipt of your letter of June 18th, enclosing endorsements of Colonel Shepard, and will at once transmit them to the Secretary of War, in connection with the appeal which I have made for his appointment as Superintendent of the Soldiers' Home at Hampton, Virginia. Yours very truly, T C Platt HA [*12850*]that, if Justice is to prevail, they must win. I wish our Government could see its way clear to keep them The matter cannot be one of partisanship since men of both parties including the late ex-President Harrison, and now Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill hold that the Boers are right and that their Republics should not be crushed. BETHLEHEM NEW HAMPSHIRE. June 20. 1901 My dear Mr. Roosevelt. Please accept my very sincere thanks for the Year Book of the Department of Agriculture which has reached me here. Our Government is not surpassed by any in its efforts to procure useful information and to give it to the public I believe this is 12851conceded by other nations, and the amount of very valuable material preserved is truly remarkable. The Department of Agriculture in no way departs from this rule. My friend Commandant Snyman recently told me of a very pleasant day that he and his son spent with you not long ago at Oyster Bay. He is a fine man, and I have become very fond of his genuine, manly nature. I have seen all or nearly all of the Boer officers who have come to America and every one of them impresses me favorably. I have no hesitation whatsoever in saying that the Boers are right and [*12852*][*[6-20-01]*] [BETHLEHEM NEW HAMPSHIRE.] We are holding our Transvaal League of the Eastern States in readiness to help the Boers in any and all ways not in violation of the neutrality laws of the United States. So we could easily support the Administration in any efforts it might make toward ending the war. The distinct turndown by the British Government of the Canal Treaty certainly puts us under no obligation to Great Britain 128531756 Sept. 9. Johannes van Rozeveld e Montibus ad Gomam. J. (aged)18. 1774 Sept 12 François Adrianus Rozenveld Cataur, Civis Vlissinganus, 18. J. Perhaps you have these already. If so pardon this long letter but your Agricultural Report has drawn me into quite a chat. With kind regards believe me, Very truly yours- John V. L. Pruyn I happen to have a student list of the University of Leyden and in looking it over I find the following entries which may interest you. 1583 June 9. Gerardus Roosvelt, Bouckholdiensis in Munsteriensi. J (i.e. Juris studiosus). 1709 Sept. 16 Rudolphus Roosvelt, Groningamus, (aged) 22, T(heology). [*12854*]UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. (INCORPORATED.) 184 ELRIDGE STREET. SETH LOW, PRESIDENT. SEYMOUR L. CROMWELL, SECRETARY, JAMES SPEYER, TREASURER. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. STEPHEN H. OLIN, CHAIRMAN. R. R. BOWKER. FRANKLIN N. GIDDINGS. RICHARD WATSON GILDER. FRANK J. GOODNOW. HENRY HOLT. ROLLIN H. LYNDE. V. EVERIT MACY. JOHN R. MacARTHUR. EDWARD N. PEASLEE. AMOS. R. E. PINCHOT. WILLIAM M. SLOANE. J. C. PHELPS STOKES. HENRY P. WERTHEIM. SEYMORE L. OROMWELL, ex-officio JAMES SPEYER, ex-officio. JAMES B. REYNOLDS, HEAD WORKER. NEW YORK, June 20th, 1901. 1899. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- As Yale men, I would suggest the following:- B. C. Rumsey, 309 Welch Hall, New Haven, Conn., F. H. Sincerbeaux, 257 Lawrence Hall, New Haven, Conn., Cortland F. D. Barnes, 46 Vanderbilt Hall, New Haven, Conn. In case any of these three should fail us, I would add, W. E. Day, 34 Vanderbilt Hall, New Haven, Conn., and E. L. Fox, 318 Vanderbilt Hall, New Haven, Conn. I am writing the first three today, but they will, of course, be much more pleased to receive some word from you, and as in your letter asking me to get them, you did not give me any definite information regarding the time of the day when they are wanted or the length of their stay, they will look to you for that information. Will you also please let me know when we are expected and for how long we are to stay. I found, after conference with Mr. Sheffield, that he was also in the dark as to the time of our arrival and departure. Of course, I could suggest to you many other names as there are a considerable number interested in public affairs at Yale. I am not sure if the same embarrassment will exist at Harvard! Very sincerely yours, [*James B. Reynolds.*] 12855[[shorthand]]GEO. H. STUART, JR., President J. R. WHITNEY, Treasurer W. H. SORVER, Rec. Sec. REV. C. H. RICHARDS, D. D., REV. FLOYD W. TOMKINS, Chairman Board of Managers Vice-Chairman Finance Committee. Geo. H. Stuart, Jr., W. H. Wanamaker, J. H. Convers, Dr. E. E. Montgomery, Capt. S. L. P. Ayres, U. S. A. W. H. Sorver, Henry K. Fos, W. A. Levering, Dr. J. L. Cameron, F. W. Tunnell, T. D. Andress, ...The Evangelical Alliance of Philadelphia... ..OAK LANE.. Rev. W. C. WEBB, D.D., General Secretary. Philadelphia, June 20th 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the US. Oyster Bay. Dear Mr Vice President, We the undersigned forming a special committee of the Evangelical Alliance of Philadelphia take great pleasure in inviting you to speak at our anniversary in Philadelphia sometime towards the close of November. The Evangelical Alliance represents all the evangelical churches of Philadelphia and we trust you will see your way to favor us with your presence. The regular date for the anniversary is Tuesday Nov 26th, but we are ready to make the date suit your convenience. Yours, with respect, Charles H. Richards, Chairman Central Cong. Church Floyd W. Tomkins - Rector Holy Trinity Ch. Cyrus D. Foss, Bishop - sec E. Ch. - Wayland Hoyt Pastor Epiphany Baptist Ch. Russell H. Conwell, Pastor The Bap Temple Wm Chas Webb Gen Sec. Evangelical Alliance [*12856*]Enc in Webb 6-29-01BETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERIC H. BETTS. SAMUEL R. BETTS. JAMES R. SHEFFIELD. L.F.H. BETTS. TELEPHONE 1324 CORTLANDT. CABLE ADDRESS, "MIRAGE", NEW YORK. June 20,1901. Hon.Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Col.Roosevelt:- I have just seen James B.Reynolds,and we have agreed on the names of three or four Yale men as representing about the right sort for the meeting at Oyster Bay. He has promised to write you to-day in relation to it. It was,of course, as I said to him, exceedingly difficult to pick out two or three Yale men from such an abundance of fine material. Looking forward to seeing you on June 29th,- believe me Very sincerely yours, [*James R. Sheffield*] 12857Greenwood Dairy Farm Rhinebeck, N. Y. H June, 20, 1901 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir I received the Year book of The Department of Agriculture 1900. for which I am very thankfull to you for it Yours most respectfully W.L. Ten Broeck [*Ten Broeck*] [*12858*]The Harvel Germania Association Harvel, Ill., June 20th, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President of the United States, Washington D.C. Dear & Honored Sir - We have here each year, in the month of August, a celebration known far and wide as German Day. This is by far the largest and most popular gathering in the Great Old State of Illinois that is distinctively German. It enjoys the patronage of the Governor and other high State officials, as well as Senators and Congressmen from all over the State. Senator Wm. E. Mason of Chicago, with whom you are no doubt acquainted, will be one of the speakers, and I am just in receipt of a letter from Governor Yates, announcing that he will be here again, in fact, the Governor said he would come again without solicitation, proving that previous trips here have been profitable and pleasant. As said before, this celebration is distinctively German, but rest assured, thousands of visitors come here each year that do not speak the language. In spite of bad weather last August, we had 15,000 people upon our grounds, and we hope to swell the throng to 20,000 or more, this time, as the number of visitors is annually becoming larger and larger and our festivity is even talked of at various places outside [*12859*]THE HARVEL GERMANIA ASSOCIATION. HARVEL, ILL., Pg. 2. of this State. Our celebration is truly a great affair, and we enjoy press notices in all the Chicago and St. Louis Dailies, not to mention the German Press, every one of the latter in every part of the Union have large accounts of our doings, and each seems to vie with the other in giving their readers descriptive matter relative our big day. The St. Louis Globe Democrat, and also the St. Louis Republic, each devoted a column and half to us last August, having sent their reporters here for that purpose. The Chicago Dailies also had men upon the ground. The German people are getting to be a power in the political affairs of this country, and in this Grand old State of Illinois, they are especially strong, and it is no more than proper that some form of recognition be extended them, even be it only a visit from some of the higher Government Officials, and for that reason it has been decided to invite you to partake of our festivity on the 21 st day of August. You will meet here a great many State Officials, including the Governor, U. S. Senators, etc. and we sincerely hope you may see your way clear toward visiting the representative German element of the State, as we understand you will be visiting in that month at other places in this section of the Union. Last, but not least, I might mention that a visit here on the occasion [*12860*]The Harvel Germania Association Harvel, Ill., Pg. 3. of our annual festivities is very productive of political popularity and for that reason large numbers of politicians swam here to get acquainted and with fruitful results. Of course, this is not necessary on your part, for every child knows your name and political position, but I simply mention the fact to give you an intelligent conception of the magnitude of our doings here. You may think that some of the statement contained herein are a little too enthusiastic, but i hope you will verify my statements by writing to the County Republican Committeeman, Mr. Wm. L. Seymour, of Raymond, Montgomery Co., Ill., and I am perfectly willing to abide by his opinion of the day. Now, sincerely hoping you may find it convenient to be with us, and assuring you that it will be an event to be remembered for a life-time, I remain, Yours very truly, H.H. Zimmerman Cor. Sec'y. Harvel Germania Association. [*12861*][[shorthand]]June 21st 1901 22 William St. His Excellency: Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: Vice President. Oyster Bay, N.Y. Honorable Sir: Your kind favor of the 19th inst. was received by me this morning and although I regret very much that you cannot help me, I thank you just the same for your trouble. With hopes still high as to my finding some means of getting into [*12862*]the cavalry I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, Suh P. [?] 12863 152-93rd St. [?][*Personal*] EXECUTIVE MANSION PORTO-RICO San Juan, Porto Rico. June 21st, 1901. The Honorable Theodore Roosvelt, Vice President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My dear Governor Roosvelt: Your letter of the 13th inst. duly received, covering a letter from Mariano Gracia, of Corozal, P. R. Were you as well acquainted with these people as I am, his expectations would not be hard to fathom. He expects you to put your hand in your pocket and furnish him with about $300. to $500. per annum to keep his sons at school in the United States. Such instances are not uncommon in this island: almost daily, or at least tri-weekly, applications of the same kind are made to me. Not long since a man applied for a position on the police force, and as I have nothing to do with the appointment of policemen, his letter was referred to the Chief of Police and he probably failed to receive an answer. He wrote again and said- I now apply to you a second time for a position on the police force, and if you cannot give it to me, lend me $12. or $15. on my furniture. One of the Secretaries replied to him, informing him of the state of facts in the matter. I have caused a letter to be written to Mr. Gracia 12864-2- of which I enclose a copy, explaining that you cannot be expecting to comply with such request as he has made you. Do not hesitate to turn over to me any communications of similar nature. With kindest personal regards, believe me, Very sincerely yours, [*Chas. H. Allen*] 12865For enc see 6-21-01[*[6-21-01]*] [Western Union telegram form] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. NUMBER 14 SENT BY sm RECD B CHECK 21 paid RECEIVED at 21 1901 Dated Watertown NY To Hon Theo Roosevelt Have just returned from a trip & find your letter am very sorry Cannot have the pleasure of going down tomorrow. Elon R Brown [*12866*][[shorthand]]EDMUND P. COTTLE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, 828 PRUDENTIAL BUILDING. BUFFALO, N. Y. June 21. 1901. 189 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. L. I. My dear Colonel: I thank you very much for your letter of the 18th inst. received by me to-day. I appreciate your position and that it was somewhat thoughtless and indelicate in me to make the request, but I did, and I am probably better satisfied than if it had been otherwise with the result. I have just ascertained that the Governor is likely to choose some personal friend whose name is to me unknown. Thanking you for the annoyance I have caused you. With best regards to you and Mrs Roosevelt, I am, Yours very sincerely Edmund P. Cottle. [*12867*][[shorthand]]Kings County Republican General Committee. Walter B. Atterbury, President Adolph Kiendl, Vice-President M.J. Dady, Chairman Executive Committee Clarence A. Barrow, Secretary Residence Dyker Heights Frank J. Gardner, Assistant Secretary John Drescher, Jr. Treasurer 200 Joralemon Street, corner of Court Street. Telephone 298 Main Brooklyn, N.Y. JUNE 21/01 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President, United States, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir:- I am very much interested in Mr. [Luther] Luke O'Brien who is a resident and active worker in the Fourteenth Assembly District of Kings County. The matter which he desires you to interest yourself in will be fully explained by him and any favors extended by you to him will be greatly appreciated by, Yours respectfully, Michael J Dady Luke O'Brien 141 N. 6th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. [*12868*]For 3 encs see 3-22-01 3-28-01 6-21-01New York, June 21, 1901. Dear Roosevelt: Your skin was the very finest. I believe that Mrs. Dana's appreciation of it is ample, but I thought that the merits of the case demanded an indorsement from me. Faithfully yours, Paul Dana. 12869DIEKEMA & KOLLEN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. FIRST STATE BANK BUILDING. GERRIT J. DIEKEMA. GEORGE E. KOLLEN. HOLLAND, MICH. June 21, 1901. Hon. Theodore Rooseveldt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Sir:- It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that at the recent June meeting of the Council of Hope College, held at Holland, Michigan, the degree of L.L.D. was conferred upon you by unanimous vote. Very truly yours, [*G.J. Diekema*] Secretary o the Council. 12871New York June th21/1901 To. Hon. Vice. President. Washing D. C Sir I would like to ask you if the United States has stoped takeing colored men in the Army I went to an Inlisting office the other day to see if I could get in the tenth- Cavalry I was told to my surprise that they had orders not to inlist colored men only those who have been in the Army befor I felt very much hurte when this was told to me Sir to think that I am an American & born in New. York. City and have any thing like that told me. over 12872you know as a good brave Soldier to your country what my feeling was Sir I Sincerley hope that you will give this letter your kind attencion. I am sure you can and will do something for me Resp Joseph C. Fisher 36. Commerce. Street New. York. City [*12873*]J. H. FOREY, 308 IRVING AVE., SYRACUSE, N. Y. June 21" 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, V.P. Washington D.C. Dear Sir. I am in receipt, under your frank, of a Copy of the "Year Book of the Department of Agriculture". for which you will please accept my sincere thanks. Very Respectfully Yours John H. Forey, 12874[*[For enc see 6-21-01]*] 41 RIVERSIDE DRIVE New York, June 21st, 1901. My dear Colonel: Thanks for your note. You may rest assured that I keep tally very closely upon the British Press, particularly its views upon yourself and the opinions you allude to have not escaped my attention. Nothing would delight Great Britain more than to see a war between Germany and the United States, but I am of the opinion that in the event of such catastrophe British moral and material aid would be with Germany. You cannot eradicate from my mind the conviction that the present demonstration of English affection for us is hollow and insincere and it annoys me to see intelligent Americans playing the part of sicophants and tuft-hunters in London and absolutely apologizing for the existence of their nationality. I enclose you some comments of mine on Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Jesup, which I hope you will have time to read. Wakeman had an interview with Senator Platt a few days ago. The Senator seems unwilling to 12875help him oust the corrupt official against whom charges are on file in the department. The continuance of this man in office is a disgrace to the service, but some hidden influence keeps him in his place. The same influence is against Wakeman's retention. He saw the President yesterday but is satisfied that he will not be disturbed. Nothing can be done in my matter, until the official I have referred to is removed. With best wishes, believe me Very faithfully yours, [*L. Lt. John Gafferty*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, L. I. 12876Pittsburg, Pa., June 21st 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Vice Pres. of the United States Washington D.C. My dear Colonel, I beg earnestly you to send me a letter of presentation for the Senator Quay, as I like to have the same work I made in New York under your orders. You know I never asked your political favors in account of my work in supporting your ticket, especially in 1898 during your election to Governor of New York, and that if I like to ask you this presentation now, it is not in account of compensation but only because I know your personal benevolence toward me and my brother or [?] [?] Hoping to hear by you very shortly I remain Very truly yours Prof. [?] [?] P.O. Box 626OFFICE OF The Allegheny Company. COAL AND COKE 813 ELEVENTH STREET.N.W. Washington,D. C. June 21st 1901. To The Vice President, Hon. Theodore Rosevelt. New York City. My dear Sir: Knowing you have taken a house here for next winter, I write to say that if you have no dealer particularly in view we should be very glad to have the honor of your patronage for the necessary coal and wood for the ensuing season. I should like to introduce my self to you as a son of Doctor Hagner, whom you knew when you resided here several years ago. Hoping you will forgive me for troubling you, but thinking that you would probably wish to order your supply of coal at summer prices for Fall delivery, I took the liberty of writing to you. Yours Very Truly Randall H Hagner for The Allegheny Company. [*12878*]WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON PUBLISHER SCHOOL BOOKS MANUFACTURER SCHOOL SUPPLIES 3 & 5 West 18th Street NEXT CHICKERING HALL. Cable Address: "Wilbevhar." NEW YORK, June 21st, 1901. The Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I received recently from Brazil a very unusual and very fine collection of the bows, arrows, war clubs, spears and feather costumes, ornaments, etc. of the cannibal tribes of Brazil.[*#*] These things very rarely come to this country. Indeed, the American Museum of Natural History I believe has no single specimen of what is in this collection. The owner sails soon and is anxious to dispose of them. I know of your interest in things of this kind, therefore write you. If you care to see them I can arrange by appointment so that they may be in shape for display. At present they are all in bales and packages. The price asked is $2500.00 Yours very truly, W B Harison [*# Upper waters of Xingu & Tocantins Rivers*] Removed to 42-48 East 20th Street, Near Fourth Avenue. [*12879*]2053 Lexington Avenue New York. June 21st 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt My Dear colonel Pardon my trespassing on y our time. I am a man of good character and habits. A Presbyterian and "therefore" a Republican- but in this letter there is neither- it is purely business. I have a record of ten years in each of my last two places of service. Have been accustomed to the handling of large sums of money in collecting and paying men. Can show credentials that will entitle me to consideration. Appreciating the value of one word from you, I only ask that you give me a "lift". I shall fully establish my own claims as to ability. Perhaps you know of somewhere 12880on something in my line. I am so confident of my appeal reaching your heart, that I am even now encouraged. I have testimonials of the highest character from ministers and business men of standing in the community. I do not ask any favor or trouble other than you put me on the track I know in "Bible language", that if you "only speak the word", it is done. Believe me dear colonel with much respect very truly yours James Hart.to assist them to start again. Bitterness there must be, it seems especially so among the women but I do not see why it should not disappear, as in your case after your Civil War. There are many Key Knotty problems to be solved. It is a large country [*PF*] RAND CLUB. JOHANNESBURG. June 21st [*[01?]*] My dear Roosevelt. Thank you for your letter; I hope one future day to find myself once again in New York, but I am afraid that day will not be just in the near future [*12881*]for holidays will not be thought of here for some time to come. The prospect of an approaching ending to this miserable guerrilla warfare, seem lately more favorable, The Boers are coming in, in fair numbers and if the authorities do not allow them to use these surrender camps as hotels, and leave when they plan to go as commando again, why the end cannot be so far off now. The future certainly does not look over bright, with the whole country laid waste houses, cattle, sheep gone, but doubtless measures will be taken [*12882*]RAND CLUB, JOHANNESBURG. and every thing connected with it seems on the large scale. It is a weird Country too, and always seems cursed with some infliction. of independent. Jameson raids, Boer land in drought, pestilence or plague in some form. As for all of us here, we are shouldering muskets [*12883*]and endeavoring in our impatience to be at work again, "to mark time", and so days, weeks, and months slip away. And we who are here, in the midst of it all. Know far less than those in London. It is curious looking back to see how wrong to find how, the estimate of those men like say Rhodes who ought to have been in a position to judge; a few exceptions like Selous, alone anticipated the resistance & probable length of the war My best wishes to you. Sincerely yours E Heneage [*12884*]E. J. LINDSAY, President, Milwaukee. D. W. HULBURT, Cor. Sec'y and Gen'l Missionary, Wauwatosa. F. C. DINSMORE, Treasurer, Delavan. The Wisconsin Baptist State Convention. Address Correspondence to the Corresponding Secretary. Send money for the State Work to the Treasurer. WAUWATOSA, WIS., June 21, 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the U. S., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- My son, Judson Farrar Hulburt, eighteen years old, graduated from our denominational state school at Beaver Dam, Wis., yesterday. The inclosed is a copy of his graduation oration. I thought there would be no harm in letting you know what young America is thinking and saying about you. As there were thirteen in the class and each had to be heard the orations had to be brief. Yours most cordially, [*D. W. Hulburt*] [*12885*]For enc see 6-21-01[*[6-21-01]*] THEODORE ROOSEVELT, A TYPICAL AMERICAN. At no time is a man able to rise to prominence as rapidly as in war. When the throbbing heart of a great people is palpitating with fear and suspense, it hails with unrestrained joy the appearance of a hero who can free it from its terrors. On the other hand there may come in the life of any man a moment when all the stored-up potency of his experience is called into action, when the outlines of his character are revealed as if by the unlooked for play of a flash light. Such a moment came to Col.Roosevelt at Santiago. To be sure he had before been well known, but on that memorable field he stood forth in a peculiar manner as a thoroughbread American. Roosevelt is in the first place a physical type of the American of the present. We see him to-day a strong and powerful man, ever after conducting a political campaign with its strain which but few men could have endured. This very fact testifies to the spirit of the man. From a feeble boy, not able to join his comrades in their regular sports, he has grown to be a man of marvelous physical endurance. Recognizing the value of a strong physique and seeing his constitutional deficiency he set out at once to remedy his weakness. Out into the wild West he went, there to war with the elements and to live close to Nature's heart. Voluntarily denying himself the luxuries which might have been his, this aristocrat took upon himself the arduous duties of the hardy cowboy and thus learned to love the open, free life of the plain. By grappling with Nature herself, he attained the desired results and deep and well he laid the foundations for future greatness. Strong in body, free from the contaminating influences of the city, he started his career with his whole personality overflowing with life and courage, eager and impatient to meet the problems of life and to solve them. As Roosevelt is a physical type, he is also a mental type. By making his education thorough, he has developed a mind of astonishing capabilities. No man in politics to-day possesses more sound business sense or discriminating judgement. The marvelous rapidity with which his brain works is bewildering. At a glance he can grasp a situation, see the proper solution and act on the suggestion of his thought. Level headed and far-sighted, he is a natural leader of men. Roosevelt is a reformer, but not like most reformers. Instead of standing aloof from all factions and trying in vain to accomplish something, he enters body and soul into co-operation with the party which he thinks is based on the right principles. But never does he stoop to the dishonest means which some of his allies employ. Instead, he contends against the evils of his friends as bitterly as those of his opponents. He plainly sees that not only must he remain pure, but that good must be done and that to do this he should use the available forces. How soon would all the corruption which now disgraces our fair land be wiped out if all reformers would take this common sense view of matters. 128862 Couple with his hard, practical business sense, in this man is the power to act. This combination it is which enables him to accomplish much unattainable by ordinary man. Roosevelt is above all else an American who believes in the gospel of action, who puts his trust in the man who does the deed and not in him who theorizes about it. His whole being teems with action. Every word that falls from his lips seems shotted with an act. When the Rough Riders lay in the jungle at the foot of San Juan hill and Roosevelt saw his young athletes and fearless rangers being massacred as they stood waiting for orders that never came, he would not wait. Without commands from his superiors, he gave the word for the charge. With contempt for red tape, with common sense and courage, he led his gallant followers up the hill. A man fuming at delay when action was necessary, the sight of a possibility of success, and a dash to victory tell the tale of the battle of San Juan. It was the most representative American act of the whole Spanish war. The actor was beyond all question the most chivalric and efficient figure in the campaign against Santiago. But the crowning glory of Roosevelt's character lies not in his physical power, not in his mental ability, nor even in the marvelous activity of the man. It lies in his deep moral nature and his loyal obedience to its promptings. Strict honesty guides all his actions and determines every deed. With his mind ever fixed on the grand ideal of a country whose political life is clean in every respect, he never for an anstant stoops to the gross or the mean. Good is not his aim, but the best. Only this will satisfy him. Disregarding entirely all possible evil consequences to himself he poroposes to do right and right only. Never must conscience as the teachings of christ be violated. Only by adherence to them will the best results follow. In him corruption and evil of all forms have found an eternal and unrelenting enemy and in him they see their bitterest and most successful opponent. We have seen this man of but forty years, single handed, take the reins of government in a state known to all the world to be ruled by rings and bosses and we have seen him carry on successful campaigns and institute needed reforms. When threatened with political death by these machines, he laughed them to scorn and as inflexable as ever, he went on in his laudable work. Tammany, that seething pool of vice and corruption, received from him the most crushing blow of its history. All the forces of evil have been marshalled against him to no avail. Defeated and in rout they have ever fled before him. Any other man would have been crushed, but not Roosevelt. Instead he came forth from each successive struggle stronger and more illustrious than ever. With all his pent-up energy he met the forces of darkness and defeated them most disasterously. The very strength and character of the man carry him to victory. With God and the right on his side he is sure to win. Such he is, the typical American. All peculiar American virtues seem in him to be coupled in one symetrical whole. Cosmopolitan as no other man of his rank, with the greatest energy, physical, mental and moral of any man of his time, with a will as immovable as the Rock of Giberalter, with the loftiest moral and religious ideals, Theodore Roosevelt stands before the people of America a leader in war and a leader in peace. Ready to do his Country's bidding whether it be in 128873. the home, in professional life, in the political hall or on the battlefield, he will give to history a name ever illustrious as the complete American of the opening years of the Twentieth Century. Copy of the graduation oration at Wayland University, Beaver Dam, Wis., of Judson Farrar Hulburt, of Wauwatosa, Wis., June 20, 1901. 12888 [*[Hulburt]*]Enc in Hulburt 6-21-01Oneida. June 21, 1901 V. P. Rosevelt sir: I have a baby boy that was born the same day you made your speech in Oneida last fall. My husband who is a strong Republican, named the boy after you our next-door neighbor made all manner of fun over it and said that you would not give him a penny to save his life, now please do not take this as a begging letter for it is not for that purpose. [*12889*]I write it is simply to show them they are wrong. Now if possible please send the baby something and I will thank you most sincerely again again. yours Respt Mrs J.C. Lawton 29 Cherry St Oneida Madison, Co N.Y.Sherman Private School, Established 1871. J.H. LeTellier, A.M., Principal, Sherman, Texas, June 21 1901 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir : It is the intention of the citizens of Sherman Texas to present in the near future Gen. Luther Hare a sword elaborately wrought and appropriately etched as a mark of our high esteem and in appreciation of his distinguished services in the late war with Spain. Gen. Hare is our fellow townsman. We recall the fact that your intrepid troop of Rough-Riders was organized in this state - thus enabling us to claim you as a Texan. We propose to make the day of presentation big - big as all out- doors - in [*12890*]Sherman Private School, Established 1871. J. H. LeTellier, A.M., Principal, Sherman, Texas, ____________________ 190__ [*2*] other words, big as Texas our town will be filled with citizens from all parts of the state and that means hordes; We, a committee for that purpose, wish to know if you could and would find it agreeable to your convenience and pleasure to address us on that occasion. Owing to a delay on the part of the manufacturer, the happy event will not take place until some time in August,- Hoping that you will generously Consent to be with us on that occasion, we beg to subscribe ourselves, with mark of distinguished Consideration. Yours very truly, J.H. LeTellier } [* [Le Tellier] *] W.H. Hankford} Com. Richard Hodson} [*12891*][[shorthand]]have carried me so far as the City of Mexico and London. Now that I am entering the last stage of the Composition of my work, it has occurred to me that perhaps you have some materials which were not available in your history- "The Winning of the West"- which might serve my cause. May I not have a line from you in reference to this? I should esteem it a rare privilege to talk on the subject of the Conspiracy with you. On the larger theme of Western history we are agreed. Halesite, Long Island. June 21, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir:- I am sure you will pardon the liberty I take in addressing you when you know that I too am a student of history, and have been making a long study of a most interesting episode which has also received your attention. It is the Aaron Burr Conspiracy. My researches [*12892*]But in the matter of the conspiracy my evidence comes sharply into conflict with the accepted story. When you were something more than two years ago at the University of Chicago I had the pleasure of hearing you speak. Since then I have gone through "the mill", and refer you for my credentials to President Harper. During the summer should you find an hour's leisure, it would give me great pleasure to meet you by appointment. I am most respectfully, Walter F. McCaleb [*12893*]A. S. MACDONALD 1052 BROADWAY CABLE ADDRESS, "SOMERLED" TELEPHONE MAIN 322 OAKLAND, CAL. June 21st, 1901. 190 Hon. Theodore Roosavelt. New York City. Dear Sir:- There has been placed in my hands the vast cattle and property interests of Miller & Lux in Nevada and Oregon, consisting of about 230,000 acres controlling a territory or range about 400 miles in length by 150 miles in width, including some 80,000 head of cattle and 3,000 head of horses and mules, 16,000 calves were branded last season. Thoroughly improved and fully equipped for carrying on cattle business. Over 500 miles of fencing. Many miles of ditches, houses, barns etc. The property is unique and cannot be duplicated in the Country. Messrs. Miller & Lux have been for over 40 year gradually acquiring these lands and aside from the tracts to which they possess U.S. patents they have taken up all the springs, water rights and privileges so that no others may come in, controlling thereby thousands of acres outside. Have the best shipping facilities via either the U. P. Short Line or C. P. R. R. The property could never before be purchased but is now offered for sale to effect a settlement amoung numerous heirs. Aside from the Eastern Market, and that of the Pacific Coast the business of shipping beef and mutton has recently been extended b the firm to the Hawaiian Islands and the demand is upon them from the Philippines, Siberia and the Orient. Not any of these places can raise cattle. [*12894*]A. S. MACDONALD 1052 BROADWAY CABLE ADDRESS, "SOMERLED" TELEPHONE MAIN 322 OAKLAND, CAL. 190 The great development now started on the Coast, as yet in its infancy, insures an increase in valuation of the lands and still greater demand for the cattle. This is a magnificient proposition for a syndicate and can be purchased at a price that would prove attractive. It will bear the closest investigation and knowing that you possess some knowledge regarding property of this character I have taken the liberty of submitting it to you. If it interests you I should be pleased to furnish you with full particulars. It is an unusual opportunity. Very respectfully, A S Macdonald References, Union Nat'l Bank. Oakland Bank of Savings. First Nat'l Bank. Farmers &: Merchants Bank. [*12895*]Hen. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice - President U.S., Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Colonel: Ever since receipt of your esteemed favor of May 7th I have been very anxious to make an appointment to meet you; but, up to the present, have been wholly unable to set apart a time for so doing. I shall be in New York the greater part of next week and would be glad to have an opportunity of seeing you if you should be over that way; or, if you will indicate to me a time and place suiting your convenience, I shall be glad to conform to your wish. With assurances of respect and esteem, I remain Very sincerely yours, [jn???????][[shorthand]][* Copy *] San Juan, Porto Rico. June [?] 1901. Mr. Mariano Garcia, [?] P.R. Sir : Your letter of May 20th was sent by Vice President Roosevelt to Governor Allen, and by him referred to me for reply. Of course you must understand that the Vice President of the United States has nothing whatever to do with the education of any citizens of the United States or of any person domiciled in the United States or Porto Rico. Free instruction in the United States is generally limited to citizens of the state where the institutions exist, or to such other persons as by vote of some Board of Trustees or other corporation, receive its benefits. If it were possible for the Vice President of the United States to assist you, no doubt he would be glad to do so as he is a man noted for his generous impulses and readiness at all times to assist distress, but such demands as this cannot be considered as altogether reasonable. By sending your letter to Governor Allen he has done everything in the world that a man would be expected to do, and I regret 12897Mr. H. Garcia, 2. very much that neither he nor the Governor has any public funds at command from which your sons could be educated. Respectfully, J.H.M" Leary ASSISTANT SECRETARY. [F.?] 12898[Enc in Allen 6-21-01]85 CAROLINE STREET. OGDENSBURG,N.Y. June 21st, 1901. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I am in receipt today through your courtesy of a copy of the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1900. I sincerely thank you for it. I shall be glad to renew my thanks when I meet you, which I hope may occur before long. Yours truly, [*D. Magone*] 12899221 Mosgrove St Urbana, O. 6-21 ?01. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Honored Sir. The grave importance of the topic on which I propose to treat I take as at least a partial apology for my temerity in addressing you at all. As you are already aware, there is and has been for some time back, an organized effort being made by Democratic politicians of certain states in the south whereby our colored fellow citizens of those states may be successfully deprived of their just rights as citizens of this great nation. The passage of the 14th & 15th amendments to the Federal Constitution, about 32 or 33 years ago was the means by which the colored man of the south was elevated to the position originally designed by a a wise Providence, viz: that all men should be free and equal. It was the Republican party, the party that has at all times lived up to its pledges with the American people whenever it has been possible or practicable to redeem their pledges. At the present time we are confronted with the sorry spectacle of a people numbering more than ten millions of souls without a solitary representative of their race in either branch of the National Legislature, Geo. H. White, of the 8th district of North Carolina being the last colored man that was so honored. For a period of thirty two years the colored citizens of one or other section of the south have succeeded in having one or more of their race to represent them and stand out for their political rights and privileges, and, now that the country is favored with a Republican Executive, besides both branches of Congress being [*12900*]strongly Republican, it strikes me very forcibly that now is the golden opportunity, now is the time par excellence for the Republican party to cover itself with imperish glory, while at the same renewing its lease on national affairs for an indefinite period by having the courage, the manhood to keep faith with our fellow citizens of the colored race. Under certain circumstances it is much more difficult to maintain moral than physical courage, and the approaching Congress, the 57th will find itself confronted without a doubt with the task of discharging a solemn duty long neglected, not neglected with the connivance of the Republican party, but all men are the slaves of circumstances. Your having the enviable reputation of being a great lover of justice and fair play among men is the sole reason why I have presumed to obtrude myself upon your notice at the present time. You may also take it as rather odd that I, a full blooded Celt should take such a keen interest in the welfare of my colored fellow citizens, for which query I can give no other reply than that I am a good deal like a stalwart son of Erin who in ante bellum days was hired by a North Carolina planter as overseer on his plantation and when one of the "niggers" committed a slight depredation for which it was customary to flog the slaves, and upon being commanded to use the whip his reply was No sir, I like fair play. Yours very respectfully, Patrick Hylan.[*[O'Brien]*] [* [6-21-01]*] To His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt Vice-President of the United States. Sir: I was born Oct. 15th, '44, and enlisted on the 13th day of June, 1861 as a private in Company G Second Regiment New York State Militia (82 D Volunteers) to serve for three years or during the war. I was discharged from the army on the 27th of March, 1864 for reenlisting as a veteran volunteer at camp near Stevensburg, Va. to serve for three years or during the war. On April 7, '64, I received a furlough for thirty-five days, and while on furlough, I was vehemently and perpetually adviced by injudicious friends and relatives not to return to the army again, I regret I took their foolish counsel. On July 7, 1864, I enlisted in the Navy as John J. Logan, and while my vessel, the U.S. Steamer BIGNONIA was being repaired at the Gosport Navy-yard, Va., I read the Amnesty Proclamation authorized by Congress and issued on the 11th day of March 1865, by that gallant soldier, magnanimous ruler, and martyr, Abraham Lincoln, calling on all absentees from the army to return to their regiments or report themselves to the nearest Provost-Marshal inside of sixty days and they would be amnestied. I and another shipmatate belonging to mythe 27th of March, 1864 for reenlisting as a veteran volunteer at camp near Stevensburg, Va. to serve for three years or during the war. On April 7, '64, I received a furlough for thirty-five days, and while on furlough, I was vehemently and perpetually adviced by injudicious friends and relatives not to return to the army again, I regret I took their foolish counsel. On July 7, 1864, I enlisted in the Navy as John J. Logan, and while my vessel, the U.S. Steamer BIGNONIA was being repaired at the Gosport Navy-yard, Va., I read the Amnesty Proclamation authorized by Congress and issued on the 11th day of March 1865, by that gallant soldier, magnanimous ruler, and martyr, Abraham Lincoln, calling on all absentees from the army to return to their regiments or report themselves to the nearest Provost-Marshal inside of sixty days and they would be amnestied. I and another shipmatate belonging to my Regiment and Company went at once to the commander of our vessel and informed him that we desired to give ourselves up pursuant to the President's proclamation, he gave us permission, and we went immediately to Norfolk, Va. and surrendered to the Provost- Marshal on the 27th day of April, 1965, he put us in the guard- house and treated us kindly, on May 6, '65 we were brought before him, he said: [*12901*][*[Enc in Daly 6-21-01]*] Page 2 [shorthand] "Boys, I am going to send you back to your vessel," we protested against being sent back, and he replied, "the war is over and you are not needed." We were delivered to the commander of our vessel on May 6, '65, at 6:15 p.m, I was honorably discharged from the navy by an Act of Congress, Dec. 31, '65. I made an application to have the charge of desertion [des??? record] removed from my army record, and last month the Hon. James R. Howe, ex-member of Congress, and now the distinguished Register of Brooklyn, N.Y. called on Col. Ainsworth, the officer in charge of the Record and Pension Division in Washington, D.C. in my behalf, and was informed by that gentleman that there was no record of my surrender to the Provost-Marshal, and moreover at the time of my alleged surrender I was stationed on the North Carolina in New York harbor. I wrote to that erudite author, excellent statesman, the veracious, and renowned Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long, he sent me documental irrefutable evidence, conclusively proving that I did surrender*, [I enclose the document.] I was expelled from the Seymour Democratic Club of the 14th Ward by Senator P. H. McCarren for lauding and supporting you for governor, I was the first to write an article in the Brooklyn TimesI made an [application to have the charge] of desertion [d??? removed] removed from my army record, and last month the Hon. James R. Howe, ex-Member of Congress, and now the distinguished Register of Brooklyn, N.Y. called an Col. Ainsworth, the officer in charge of the Record and Pension Division in Washington, D.C. in my behalf, and was informed by that gentleman that there was no record of my surrender to the Provost-Marshal, and moreover at the time of my alleged surrender I was stationed on the North Carolina in New York harbor. I wrote to that erudite author, excellent statesman, the veracious, and renowned Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long, he sent me documental irrefutable evidence, conclusively proving that I did surrender*, [I enclose the document.] I was expelled from the Seymour Democratic Club of the 14th Ward by Senator P. H. McCarren for lauding and supporting you for governor, I was the first to write an article in the Brooklyn Times advocating that you be nominated for Vice-President, and urging the election of that eloquent orator, conspicuous statesman, and unique ruler, William McKinley, I enclose four of my newspaper articles praising, you, President McKinley, and the Republican party, also a letter from Bert Riess, Esq., [and] one from ex-Senator George A. Owens; and one from M. J. Dody, and an article nominating you for President. [A]. [*12902*]Page 3 I served more than four years and four months in the war and took a humble part in the first Bull Run; siege of Yorktown; the battle of Fair Oaks; the seven days battles about Richmond; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; the second and third day's battles of Gettysburg; and Bristow Station. My regiment belonged to first brigade, second division, second Army Corps, (Hancock's.) Hoping you will use your potent influence to have the charge of desertion removed - it is an undeserved stigma on my record. I have the honor to be your Excellency's most humble servant. Luke O'Brien 141 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, New York, June 29, 1901 *I gave this document to ex-Judge Bristow, now member of Congress from Brooklyn, N.Y.Latham Ills Logan Co June 21 1901 Vice Pres. Mr. Roosevelt sit I wrote you quite a while ago I would send you the picture of your Name sake this is first chance to Have them taken. and not Extra good but Hope you will appreciate it as much as we are proud of the Name Teddi is ten mths old curly Hair dark Blue Eyes. Please answer that I shall know the Picture got there all right respt Mr & Mrs Wm Phillips [*12903*]J. C. Platt, Chairman. Stephen S. Elkins. James [?] Jones. A.H Howe, Clerk United States Senate, Committee on Printing, Washington At 49 Broadway, New York, N. Y. June 21, 1901. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I invite your attention to the attached copy of a letter which I have addressed to Senator Sewell in behalf of Colonel Shepard's appointment to the Superintendency of the Home at Hampton, Va. It explains itself. Yours truly, J.C. Platt H-S (one) 12904[For enc see 6-21-01]June 21, 1901. Hon. William J. Sewell, Camden, N. J. My dear Senator: Vice-President Roosevelt and General Woodford have appealed to me very earnestly for my influence in accomplishing the appointment of Colonel C. O. Shepard to the Superintendency of the Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va., when a vacancy in that office shall have occurred, and I have placed myself on record with the Secretary of War in that behalf. Colonel Shepard was for many years the Commandant of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, at Bath, N. Y., so that his experience in the management of such an institution as the Hampton Home has been extensive. Vice-President Roosevelt considers him an exceptionally capable manager. General McMahon, suggests, as you will see by his letter which I attach, that you will have the deciding voice in the selection of a Superintendent at Hampton. I am moved to submit the matter to you in the hope that you will feel disposed to gratify Mr. Roosevelt and the other friends of Colonel Shepard, including, Yours very truly, [*[Platt]*] H-S (enc) 12905[Enc in Platt 6-21-01]A CORNER IN FUN- THE THREE ACT COMEDY, ENTITLED: SALLY'S BABIE'S SUPERBLY PRESENTED BY MILLER BROTHERS, COMEDIANS A CITY SHOW ALWAYS. WE ARE UNDER BONDS TO THE AUTHOR NOT TO WEAKEN OR CHEAPEN THE CAST FOR ONE NIGHT STANDS. References:- Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York, or the Manager of any Theatre in any city in America of over 100,000 inhabitants. New York, June 21 1901. Hon Theodore Rosevelt Oyster Bay My dear Sir. Being a theatrical manager, I travel each season from Coast to Coast and from BC to Mexico and am in a position to say that you have the very best chance of any one, to be named at the next national convention the candidate for president and if nominated you will have- what no candidate can afford to despise- the good will of nine tenths of every person connected with the theatrical profession. The members of the Amusement profession wield a powerful influence, but we are confronted with the fact that we hear but little of you anymore. I am, and always have been a "dyed in the wool" Republican and want to see you the candidate and like the rest of my brethren, would like to see you a little more prominent. We all like to talk about you and hear others say "he's it." You can break the solid south and no one knows it better than I, for that is where I [*12906*]A CORNER IN FUN- THE THREE ACT COMEDY, ENTITLED: SALLY'S BABIE'S SUPERBLY PRESENTED BY MILLER BROTHERS, COMEDIANS A CITY SHOW ALWAYS. WE ARE UNDER BONDS TO THE AUTHOR NOT TO WEAKEN OR CHEAPEN THE CAST FOR ONE NIGHT STANDS. References:- Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York, or the Manager of any Theatre in any city in America of over 100,000 inhabitants. 2 New York, 1901. Spend most of my time. I use a picture machine and show pictures of prominent men and your picture always wins much more applause than any other. My boys sing topical songs and any refference in these songs to yourself meets with deafening applause. I am going to open my season again very soon and I want you to furnish me a good stereopticon and some pictures of yourself and I'll win you enough delegates in the convention to beat the field. I can assure you that Odell is not in it and and hardly known outside of NY State, thirty minutes conversation with me will satisfy you that you can trust your life in my hands. I have never betrayed a confidence and never will. I feel that it is no presumption to ask you to furnish that with which I can very greatly benefit you and as the cost is trifling- say $300- I have an idea you will think well of my proposition. Dont give me the picture [*12907*]A CORNER IN FUN- THE THREE ACT COMEDY, ENTITLED: SALLY'S BABIE'S SUPERBLY PRESENTED BY MILLER BROTHERS, COMEDIANS A CITY SHOW ALWAYS. WE ARE UNDER BONDS TO THE AUTHOR NOT TO WEAKEN OR CHEAPEN THE CAST FOR ONE NIGHT STANDS. References:- Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York, or the Manager of any Theatre in any city in America of over 100,000 inhabitants. 3 New York, 1901. machine, simply buy it and loan it to me and when ever you can see any one that can use it to better advantage than I, I would expect to give it up. McAllister, 149 Nassau St is the most reliable dealer in dissolving stereopticons. If you will get it for me, I will use it discretely for now until the next national convention and in places where it will do most good. You will never be known in it. I await an early reply and will frankly say an unfavorable reply will greatly disapoint me. Respectfully JW Randolph 207 East 14" St N.Y 12908 June 21st [*[01]*] [*PF*] TELEPHONE 147 ORANGE. [*R*] "Overlook" Orange,N.Y. Darling Theodore I did not know you were going to Commencement, or would not have written - Have you any day free before July 10th The 2nd of July is the [*12909*]only day, I could not have you-. The Kinnicutt fellows, address is 39 East 35th Herman & Frank are their names- I cannot tell you how superb I think the mountain lion- Devotedly Corinne- [*[Robinson]*] [*12910*] BETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERIC H. BETTS TELEPHONE 1924 CORTLANDT . SAMUEL R. BETTS CABLE ADDRESS, JAMES R.SHEFFIELD "MIRAGE," NEW YORK. L.F.H.BETTS July 21 ; 1901 My dear Col. Roosevelt - By all means Gordon Brown. I suggested his value to Reynolds who thought you wanted [?] who would be in college next year. I did not so understand it, but as he had talked with you about it I decided he must be right: Gordon's address is [?] Gordon Brown Jr. 341 White, New [?] And no more influential of representation could be selected. Very Sincerely yours James R. Sheffield. [shorthand notes] 155 East 38th St., New York, N.Y. June 21, 1901 My dear Colonel Roosevelt: I thank you for letting me see the enclosed letter, and for taking so much trouble in the premises. You probably know by this time that the plan to urge the appointment of Colonel Shepard to the Hampton Soldiers' Home is not likely to succeed, because Senator Sewall has a candidate of his own, and is prepared to urge his appointment. This is the word that I get from Col. Shepard; I do not know personally anything about it; but a man of Shepard's administrative ability should find some place before long. As you request, I return the letter to you. Col. Shepard writes me that Mr. Roberts, former Comptroller of the State, saw Mr. Platt in Buffalo, and got very good attention to Col. Shepard's matters. So that altogether I hope we shall be able to place Shepard where he belongs. Have you observed the article on Queen Victoria published in the British Quarterly? It has been republished in the "Living Age" for May 31st and June 1st. It is evidently written by someone very near to the Queen, and has singular vitality of expression. Since reading the above, I sent you the article as a [?] favor I am just about getting through with my work before vacation, 12912-2- and shall leave the city on the evening of the 30th of June for a couple of weeks in the Adirondacks, after which my address will be Little Compton, Rhode Island, where I have a house. I am Yours always [*Norman R. Slicer*] 12913[*HOTEL MANHATTAN HAWK & WETHERBEE*] Friday 21 June [*01?]*] Dear Roosevelt I want to tell you how very much I appreciated my visit and how delighted I was to see and be with you at Oyster Bay. I saw Mr Horace L. Hill - he is still at the New York Club. and I know would be pleased to have a line from you on the genealogical subject. Mr Hill and his wife are very nice people and very good friends of mine. Please provide my very kindest regards to Mrs Roosevelt. Faithfully your friend S B M Young P.S. I leave at one p.m. today for San Francisco. SBMY [*12914*][[shorthand]]THE SATURN CLUB Buffalo June 21st [*[01]*] Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I have written Senator Platt thanking him for the endorsement but pointing out that the Sec'y of War has no control over Hampton appointment. In view of his approval do you see your way to seconding the application that has been made to the Sec'y of War for my designation to some administrative place in the Philippines. I doubt not you [*12915*] [shorthand]will support your request with the letters of Sickles King, Woodford Hatch & Slicer. My friend the Deputy P. M. Gen. wishes to know when you have written so that all weight may fall together. Something will sometime come somewhere. Sincerely Yours C. O. Shepard Sec'y Root wishes to be assured of my ability. [*12916*]mixed race and are no more related to us as a whole than to Germany." Another influential English publication says upon the same point: "All the chatter about cousinship, brotherhood and blood is the merest cant. I suppose there may be about 5 to 10 per cent. of the American population of English descent, and as a nation they use the English language- which they speak in a most unsavory fashion- but the masses are of Irish and foreign extraction." A well-known writer upon ethnological subjects says in a paper upon American racial characteristics: "My investigations have impressed me with the belief that of the seventy-five millions forming our present population, there are a far greater number of individuals who could be more certain of their African origin, than there are those who could prove a direct English descent." In an article by the late Mr. Mulhall, the distinguished statistician, upon the twelfth American Census, he says: "Among the foreigners who come to the United States, some nationalities make it their home especially the Scandinavians, Germans and Irish. Others return to Europe, especially the British. The annual outflow from 10 000 settlers in the Union is 43 among the Irish, 47 among the Germans, 110 among British, which shows that the Irish and Germans have two and one half times as much attachment to America as the British, and that in this respect the Irish even surpass the Germans. It is the generally accepted opinion among the best authorities that Celtic and Teutonic blood preponderates in at least fifty million of our present population. The Scandinavian, Slavonic and Latin races divide the remainder with those of English lineage. The latter contribution to our nation, instead of increasing the numbers and influence, is steadily diminishing as time progresses. Mr. Jessup continues: "We have the same religion." This is a common error of after-dinner speakers, who make a specialty of the "kith and kin and Anglo- Saxon" jokes, but there is just as little foundation for the statement that we are of the same religion, as the same race. If Mr. Jessup had said we have the same religions, he would have been nearer the truth. The dominant religious organization in Britain is the Church of England of which the American Episcopal Church claims to be the offspring. I believe there are about a million Episcopalians in the United States. There are about twenty-five million white Christian church members in the Union, divided between Catholics and about two hundred different forms of non- Catholic belief. It would be manifestly absurd to regard the fifty million of our population who are not connected with a Christian church, as belonging to any special denomination. If Mr. Jessup claims them for his particular brand of faith, he is welcome to them. Of the twenty-five million church members in The United States, nearly one half are Catholics, so it is simply ridiculous to claim that the American and English people are of the same religion. A further examination of Mr. Jessup's speech would convey the impression that all that we enjoy of political institutions, of law and civilization, might with justice be ascribed to what he is pleased to designate "our Mother Country." England America have in truth today much the same legal principles but they are the same because derived in large measure from a common foreign source, the Roman Civil law. It is to Rome that we are indebted for almost all our system of equity and admiralty, our laws relating to the administration of estates and the care of minors, the rights of married women, bailments and to a large extent, our whole system of commercial law. Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and the secret ballot prevail in England today, but in adopting them, England has not been the leader but has followed int he footsteps of America. In regard to our civilization and institutions, I might enter into a long dissertation to show how remotely England is responsible for them but I hope THE PILOT will permit me instead to make a quotation from the work of Douglas Campbell- "The Puritan in Holland, England and America" which sums up those of our institutions for which the United States is indebted directly or indirectly to the Netherland Republic, itself the heir of all the ages. "First comes the Federal Constitution, a written instrument as opposed to the unwritten English Constitution. Next are the provisions of this instrument placing checks on the power of the President in declaring war and peace, and in the appointment of judges and all important executive officers. Then comes the whole organization of the Senate- a mutable and yet a permanent body, representing independent bodies politic, and not caste in State and Church. After these features of the national system, but not less important, follow our State constitutions, our freedom of religion, our free press, our wide suffrage, and our written ballot. With these come the free schools, for boys and girls alike, the township system (with its sequence of local self-government in country and State), the independence of the judiciary, the absence of primogeniture, the subjection of land to execution for debt, and the system of recording deeds and mortgages. Added to these are our public prosecutors of crime in every county, the constitutional guarantee that every accused person shall have subpoenas for his witnesses and counsel for his defence, the reforms in our penal and prison system, the emancipation of married women, and the whole organization of our public charitable and reformatory work." These institutions are practically the basic principles upon which our Government is formed, and if many of them exist in England at the present day, it is because she has adopted them from our country. It must be remarked also that no Englishman favored the cause of American Independence. Franklin said that every man in England seemed to consider himself as a piece of sovereignty over us. We hear a great deal now in Mr. Jessup's set of the few men like Burke, Fox and Sheridan (two of whom were Irishmen), who endeavored to secure for us a small measure of justice from Parliament, but very little of the fleets and armies of France, without which we could not have achieved our 12917 liberty. We are indebted to France also in a large measure for the intellectual light which her gifted sons contributed to the frames to our Constitution. Montesquieu exercised far more influence on Jefferson and Hamilton than all the traditions of England. His "Spirit of Laws" was better known than Blackstone to Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Morris. Speaking of Rousseau's influence on the Continental leaders, John Morley says: "His writings produced that glow of enthusiastic feeling in France which led to the all-important assistance rendered by that country to the American colonists in a struggle so momentous for mankind. It was from his writings that the Americans took the ideas and phrases of their great chatter." In concluding an able article on "America's Obligation to France," Mosby says: "France may rightfully lay claim to a large part in the paternity to American political ideas and ideals. To her we owe a great degree their original suggestion and their final realization. To her we are bound by the ties of gratitude precisely to the same extent that we appreciate those institutions which she helped us to establish, and although, as Washington declared, it would be unwise in us to form a political alliance with any nation, yet it would seem that the friendship of France should be dearer to us than any 'secret understanding' with those who have ever been our enemies, except when they would make a commercial asset of our friendship." There was another influence un-English in character which contributed its full share in the up-building of this Republic, and to which justice is being slowly done. Of this element, Douglas Campbell says: "In the middle and Southern colonies an un English influence was exerted by the multitude of immigrants from the North of Ireland, to whom the English were an alien race, only hated for their oppressions. "They were un English in all their ideas, hating the institutions of England, civil and ecclesiastical, with a bitterness elsewhere unknown, to which the Revolution gave full vent. In the field of education the debt of America to these immigrants can hardly be exaggerated. They contributed elements to American thought and life without which the United States of today would be impossible. By then American independence was first openly advocated, and but for their efforts seconding those of the New England Puritans that independence would not have been secured. Not only did they contribute largely to the success of the Revolution, but it was mainly through their influence that after the Revolution, representative institutions, unknown in England, were introduced into the South and West." Mr. Jessup also speaks of Great Britain brings to the ends of the earth the blessings of civil and religious liberty. When we consider the conditions prevailing in Ireland, at her own door, it is simply ludicrous for Mr. Jessup to give expression to such a sentiment. Neither civil nor religious liberty exists in Ireland. That country is at present governed under a coercion act, free speech is banned, newspapers are suppressed and law is a mockery. A Catholic cannot be Lord-Lieutenant of this Catholic country. The Catholics are denied a university although numbering three-fourths of the population, while the Protestants have three. Practically all the responsible officers of the Government are in the hands of Protestants. The House of Commons last year refused to consider a bill to remove the disabilities of the religious orders which are at present permitted to remain in Ireland only on sufferance. Such is religious liberty in Ireland, while in England the king recently took a sacrilegious oath which insulted the faith of millions of his subjects including the premier Duke and Earl Marshal of the Empire. I do not think that the hysterical declaration of Mr. Jessup that himself and his associates "were children of this great country," i. e., England, will be approved by his fellow-citizens at home. No Englishman or foreigner, loyal to his country, would have been guilty of such an unpatriotic outburst. It is not astonishing that his additional statement that the American visitors were "unworthy of the Lord Mayor's hospitality" should have met with the disapprobation of his co-delegates. In view of the awful situation in South Africa which has horrified the Christian conscience of the civilized world Mr. Jessup's allusion to Great Britain carrying the blessings of civil and religious liberty to the ends of the earth might have well been omitted. Is international good will greatly promoted by such exhibitions? I am frankly of the opinion that it is not. T. ST. JOHN GAFFNEY. 12918