[*Ackd 10/12/04*] The Globe AND Commercial Advertiser. NEW YORK'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. 5 AND 7 DEY STREET EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT NEW YORK Oct. 11th, 1904. Dear Mr. President:-- I sent a copy of my letter to you to Cortelyou and he agrees entirely with its views. I am sure that we are right about this and I am very glad that you have come around to the same position. The attack is already showing signs of weariness because of lack of response and its failure and abandonment [is] are only a question of a short time. For the first time yesterday betting on this state showed odds in your favor. One bet even of $1000 was made that you would have a plurality of 20,000. Another bet was made of 10 to 9 that you would carry the state. The Sun in trying to figure out Herrick's election last night said that Higgins would run 60,000 behind you. That, in my opinion, is equivalent to confessing Herrick's defeat. All the reports that I get indicate so large a plurality for you as to make the election of Higgins a certainty. But the betting is still against him, and so long as it stays that way, it gives evidence of a strong faith on the part of the Democrats in their ability to defeat him. I will, of course, take great pleasure in letting you know promptly about everything I learn. I find no one who thinks that defection [of] on account of Higgins will injure you to an appreciable extent. In other words, everybody believes that you are as sure of this state as you are of Massachusetts or Illinois. Yours always, J. B. Bishop. President Roosevelt. [For 1 enclosure see ca. 10-11-04]COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK [SHORTHAND] *Ackd 10/12/04*] PRESIDENT'S ROOM October 11, 1904. My dear Mr. President: The National Educational Association, consisting of anywhere between 10,000 and 20,000 of the most progressive teachers in the United States, will meet at Asbury Park, N.J. in July, 1905, under the presidency of Superintendent Maxwell of New York. The sessions will begin on Monday, July 3, and last for several days. The plans include a great meeting on July 4 in the huge auditorium at Ocean Grove, to be devoted to the subject of education in patriotism. At the earnest request of Dr. Maxwell and his colleagues in the management of the Association, I write to say that it is the unanimous wish of everyone that you should be present at that time and speak as briefly or as much at length as you wish to the assembled teachers of the United States. You have never met this representative body since you have been in high office, and it would be a splendid thing all around if you would do this in 1905. I may add that they want you as Theodore Roosevelt, whether you are President of the United States or not, --although they confidently expect that you will be President. Inasmuch as Asbury Park is so near by, whether measured from Washington or Oyster Bay, I am in hopes that you may feel able and willing to agree to be present. President Harrison visited the Association at Saratoga in 1892.-2- and made a most beautiful address, which was long remembered. A new generation of teachers has now grown up and they want to hear you on the Nations's birthday present, as only you can, the general topic of education in patriotism. I doubt very much whether I am going to be able to get down to Washington before election; but if I can possibly do so I will drop you a line and ask whether I may come toward the close of next week. Always sincerely yours, Nicholas Murray Butler To the President, White House, Washington, D.C.[*PF*] WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, PRESIDENT GERRIT J. DIEKEMA JAMES PERRY WOOD WILLIAM A. MAURY WILLIAM L. CHAMBERS WILLIAM E. SPEAR CLERK. WILLIAM E. FULLER ASST. ATTORNEY GENERAL. SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. WATERLOO, New Hampshire, October 11, 1904. My dear Mr. President:- I thank and bless you for your appointment of Mr. Wynne as Postmaster-General. I ought also to say that I acknowledge that when at an early period in the post-office investigations Mr. Coolidge and myself - if not Mr. Wynne - thought certain more radical steps ought to be taken but yoa [you] and Mr. Lodge thought otherwise, we were wrong and you were right in your policy and tactics, as the result in all directions has proved. I count myself vastly blessed in the doubts and tribulations of this life that at times I have has the honor to receive and to be guided and restrained by the advice of such wise, discreet, self-controlled and always conservative friends as you and Mr. Lodge have proved yourselves to be. Very respectfully. Wm. E Chandler To the President. P. S. - I am happy to be certain that the present firm will continue in business at the old stand for four years more. W.E.C.[*ackd 10/13/04*] THE LARGEST PRINTING AND PUBLISHING PLANT IN NEW YORK. Collier's Weekly The Illustrated Journal of Current Events P. F. COLLIER & SON, PUBLISHERS 416 WEST THIRTEENTH STREET NEW YORK October 11, 1904. My dear President Roosevelt: The enclosed I just received from my son. There is no doubt about your election. Hoping your health is splendid, and that I will have an opportunity to congratulate you after the fourth of November, believe me. Always, Most truly yours, P.F. Collier To His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. [[shorthand]][For 1. enclosure see Collier 10-10-04.][*ackd 10/14/04 C.F.*] OFFICERS GEO. B. CORTELYOU CHAIRMAN ELMER DOVER SECRETARY CORNELIUS N. BLISS TREASURER WILLIAM F. STONE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FRANK H. HITCHCOCK ASSISTANT SECRETARY Republican National Committee 1 MADISON AVENUE New York EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GEO. B. CORTELYOU, NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN AT EASTERN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CHARLES F. BROOKER, CONNECTICUT H. B. SCOTT, WEST VIRGINIA FRANKLIN MURPHY, NEW JERSEY WILLIAM L WARD, NEW YORK CORNELIUS N. BLISS, NEW YORK AT WESTERN HEADQUARTERS, CHICAGO HARRY S. NEW, INDIANA FRANK O. LOWDEN, ILLINOIS R. S. SCHNEIDER, NEBRASKA DAVID W. MULVANE, KANSAS GEO. A. KNIGHT, CALIFORNIA ELMER DOVER, OHIO Personal. October 11, 1904. My dear Mr. Loeb: Will you be good enough to look into the matter mentioned in the enclosed correspondence and see if these things can be held up! Please keep this letter on your private files. Very sincerely yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou Hon. William Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C. Enclosures.[For 2. enclosures see New, 10-8-04 and Yeagley 10-7-04]OFFICERS GEO. B. CORTELYOU CHAIRMAN ELMER DOVER SECRETARY CORNELIUS N. BLISS TREASURER WILLIAM F. STONE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FRANK H. HITCHCOCK ASSISTANT SECRETARY Republican National Committee 1 MADISON AVENUE New York EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GEO. B. CORTELYOU, NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN AT EASTERN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CHARLES F. BROOKER, CONNECTICUT H. B. SCOTT, WEST VIRGINIA FRANKLIN MURPHY, NEW JERSEY WILLIAM L WARD, NEW YORK CORNELIUS N. BLISS, NEW YORK AT WESTERN HEADQUARTERS, CHICAGO HARRY S. NEW, INDIANA FRANK O. LOWDEN, ILLINOIS R. S. SCHNEIDER, NEBRASKA DAVID W. MULVANE, KANSAS GEO. A. KNIGHT, CALIFORNIA ELMER DOVER, OHIO Personal. October 11, 1904 My dear Mr. President: I had a very important conference to-night with Hon. John T. McDonough. I wired him at Albany to come down to see me and he came here at once. He is going to do good work, and a number of his strong friends will organize at once for quiet and effective service. This is in line with a great deal of work that I am doing here myself, and for reasons which you understand must be done by the National Committee. Please consider this entirely personal. Sincerely yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou The President.P. 7 F 212, North Capitol St. October 11, 1904 Mr. President:- The inclosure is from the Ave Maria, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 8. It is not in very good taste; but I send it, to show how the current goes. I shall do myself the honor of calling on you tomorrow as soon as I can get away from the University, - gTo the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. I know that I should not make this limitation; I am sure, however, that, if you knew the circumstances, you would excuse me. Mr. John O'Rourke called on me today; I think that there are some objections to his plan which ought to be considered. I am Yours, respectfully Maurice Francis EganFOR ENC. SEE CA.10-11-04[*acc'd 10-12-04*] State of New York, Senate Chamber, Albany. Nathaniel A. Elsberg. 15th Dist. 27 William Street, New York, October 11, 1904. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. President:— I have to-day received a letter from Secretary Hay in which he accepts our invitation to speak at Carnegie Hall on October 26th. I know how largely you contributed to persuading the Secretary to come, and I want to assure you of my appreciation and gratitude. We expect to make this meeting a great success, and are confident that it will produce valuable results on Election Day. I feel that so far as you are concerned, it is only a question of majority, but we are all of us working to make it as large and impressive as possible and as it should be. With kindest regards, I am, as always, Faithfully yours, N. Elsberg [*[ELSBERG]*][*Encl. sent to Atty. Gen. 10-17-04*] FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. JAMES A. TAWNEY, Chairman James S. Sherman, Augustus P. Gardner, John J. Gardner, Justin D. Bowersock, William A. Rodenberg, Joseph Howell, Henry Kirke Porter, Harry C. Woodyard Charles L. Bartlett, Harry L. Maynard, Courtney W. Hamlin, William J. Wynn, George S. Legare, Francis Barton Harrison. Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Hamilton Mass., October 11, 1904. My dear Mr. Loeb:-- If the President's time permits the examination of any of his correspondence, I respectfully request that the enclosed letter be brought to his personal attention, as it involves a serious difference of opinion between Attorney General Moody and myself. As Mr. Moody is my most distinguished constituent in this district, I think that the matter is of sufficient importance for the President's personal consideration. Very truly yours, A. P. Gardner Hon. William Loeb Jr., Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C. [*Augustus P. Gardner.*][P.F*] [*[10-11-04]*] OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF PORTO RICO. Dear Governor: We are having a fine old scrap over the elections but thank the Lord and Taft we have got a man as Governor now that will take all the trouble they can throw to him and ask for more. You made a splendid guess when you appointed Winthrop as Governor and I want you to know it right now for I have no doubt that you will hear many wails of woe from here about him — But as you know, when you have to clean out the Augean Stables it is some times necessary to use both ends of the broom. We are in a very pretty wreck heap just at present, but it is so much like the old days at Albany that it makes me feel quite at home. But I want you to realize that Winthrop is keeping his headsplendidly and it is putting the fear of God into these people with a funnel - He has made up his mind to try his best to have a fair and impartial election, and as a result the Republican Central Committees are howling, but he is going right ahead and will come out on top. Meanwhile I congratulate you and Mr. Taft on his appointment, and I am tickled to death to work with him. Always sincerely yours Regis H Post Tuesday Oct 11" 1904MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON, MASS. October 11,1904. My dear Senator Lodge I venture to call your attention to the inclosed in the hope that you will use your influence to undo the work recently done by the Treasury Department in this matter Respectfully, Edward Robinson[Enclosed in Lodge 10-12-04][*P.F.*] OFFICERS GEO. B. CORTELYOU CHAIRMAN ELMER DOVER SECRETARY CORNELIUS N. BLISS TREASURER WILLIAM F. STONE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FRANK H. HITCHCOCK ASSISTANT SECRETARY Republican National Committee 1 MADISON AVENUE New York EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GEO. B. CORTELYOU, NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN AT EASTERN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CHARLES F. BROOKER, CONNECTICUT N. B. SCOTT, WEST VIRGINIA FRANKLIN MURPHY, NEW JERSEY WILLIAM L WARD, NEW YORK CORNELIUS N. BLISS, NEW YORK AT WESTERN HEADQUARTERS, CHICAGO HARRY S. NEW, INDIANA FRANK O. LOWDEN, ILLINOIS R. S. SCHNEIDER, NEBRASKA DAVID W. MULVANE, KANSAS GEO. A. KNIGHT, CALIFORNIA ELMER DOVER, OHIO October 11th, 1904. William Loeb, Jr., Esq., Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Loeb: I have yours of the 10th and note that the President makes inquiry about more frequent assignment of General O.O.Howard. I have offered General Howard's services to every state under my control and they all decline to have the good old General. They say he is all right to talk at a camp meeting or a Methodist Sunday School, but his political work is actually of no account whatever. Besides, he is the highest priced proposition we have. He rendered me a bill for $600. salary and $192. expenses, and only four speeches. This, of course, is in confidence to yourself and to the [P]President. I am doing everything I can to get him out, but unless people will arrange for meetings for him it is impossible for me to assign him. Very truly yours, N B Scott Chairman Speakers' Bureau.[*Ackd 10/12/04*] Personal. CUSTOM HOUSE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. NEW YORK. October 11, 1904. The President, White House, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: I was handed a few days since your endorsement to me upon a letter written you by Williams Barnes, Jr., of Albany, asking that his brother be made a Special Employe. I immediately took up the matter with Secretary Shaw, and the appointment has now been made. To-day it looks like seventy-five thousand majority in the State of New York for the National ticket. I have the honor to be, Very sincerely yours, N. N. Stranahan [*[STRANAHAN]*] [[shorthand]][*0.7*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 3 PO. ON. FD. 22 Paid 1:46 p.m. New York, October 11, 1904. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President United States, Washington, D.C. Your appointment of Postmaster Wynne is the greatest compliment ever given to the people to reward honesty and courage in public life. Frank C. Travers.[*F*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 2 PO KE GI 21 Paid--1:05p New York, October 11, 1904. Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C. Show my telegram to the Wynne about Pa[i]yne; outlook has improved fifty per cent. yesterday. We have them on the run now. Frank C. Travers.Office of the Commissioner. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington. October 11, 1904. [*Ack'd 10-11-04*] [*Encls. sent to Chm. Cortelyou*] My dear President: A few days ago you called me to the White House to show me a letter which had been addressed to Mr. Cortelyou by one O. D. Wilkerson, and you wrote me a request to examine into it and see what the facts were. I return the original letter herewith and subjoin a full report thereof. Very respectfully, E. F. Ware Commissioner. [*Ack'd 10-13-04*] BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE. INCORPORATED. TUSKEGEE,ALABAMA. October 11, 1904. Personal President Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D. C. Mr dear Mr. President:- The enclosed copy of a letter Mr. J. O. Thompson has sent to me. Please do not give this matter serious attention. Mr. Thompson has done so out of the goodness of his heart, but I am not an applicant for an office. My only thought is to serve you as best I can, and in serving you I am sure I am serving the cause of my race and the whole country. Yours very truly, Booker T. WashingtonCOPY. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. [*[ca 10-11-04]*] Dear Mr. President: Several months ago when I had the honor and pleasure of an interview with you at your home at Oyster Bay, I suggested that I thought it would be a nice compliment to Dr. Washington could you at some time appointment him a delegate to a Hague conference. I see that you have asked for such a conference and I respectfully submit that no man in America could more ably represent our nation than Dr. Washington, and there is no one whose appointment would give more general satisfaction to his people, and to those of us in this country who would like to see some real and genuine honor conferred upon this great man. I am doubtful whether there is any political position in the nation which he could be induced to accept but I feel quite sure that he would appreciate an honor which in no wise could be so construed. I beg to remain, Most respectfully, Jos O Thpmpson.No. .......................... OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, District of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., ....................................., 180...... Collector. SUBJECT: No. of Inclosures , ............................................................. Offices of Internal Revenue must fill out the indorsement and brief on the back of each letter to the Department.[*(2)*] [*[ca 10-11-04]*] "The headquarters of the Japanese Manchurian army in reporting conditions on October 11th, telegraphs as follows : "The enemy's artillery opened a severe attack at 10 o'clock Tuesday against our forces at Bensihu. The enemy with one regiment from his right and five battalions from his center, assumed the aggressive. Fighting is now progressing. He is bombarding points between Ta Pass and Bensihu. In the direction of Tumentsu Pass another artillery duel is progressing." "Our detachment sent to the left bank of the Taitse River returned after driving the enemy back. The enemy has some guns near Tayupu, on an upper stream of the Taitse River. The enemy is holding a line from Tumentsu Pass to Bensihu and east of the road way he has eighty guns and fully two divisions of infantry." "The right column of the right wing and the left column continued severe fighting until sundown. The left wing of the left column operating with the right column and the center army are trying to attack the enemy, posted at Sanchiatsu, but the progress of the the front, center and left wing is very favorable. The commander of the army was still keeping up the attack on the enemy even after dark."[*[Enc. in Chaffee 10-15-04]*]The Evening Post cannot support Judge Herrick because it believes he has been a wicked politi- cian. It is dubious about Mr. Higgins because it fears he has been something worse. In this great moral crisis there is only one possible ticket to which the Post could give undivided support - For Governor - The Evening Post For Lieutenant Governor - The Nation Platforms - "To the pure almost everything is rot- ten." World -- [ca 10-11-04][Enclosed in Bishop 10 - 11 - 04] em. ca[ca. 1[1]0 - 11- 04]NEW RULING TAXES PICTURE FRAMES -------------------- Boston Art Museum Compelled to Pay Duty on Setting of a Painting, for First Time, While Work of Art Comes in Free. ---------------------- CONTRARY TO PRECEDENT, SAYS CURATOR ROBINSON ---------------------- Recent Decision Extends Even to Works Imported for Temporary Exhibition--Will Interfere with Educational Work. ----------------------- To the Editor of the Herald: In spite of the wishes of certain party managers, the minds of many voters seem to be occupied with tariff issues as the time of the presidential election draws near. I should therefore like to call the attention of your readers to one of the latest phases in the development of what seems to me the most barbarous and stultifying tax to which any civilized nation is subjected at the present time, namely, our tariff on works of art. The law itself, under the mildest interpretations, is bad enough, but under the rulings which have been adopted by the treasury [?] [partment] since it went into force, some of which are due to the unfortunate wording of the bill, it has become both intolerable and mortifying to all Americans who wish to respect the laws of their country. It is hardly conceivable, for example, that those who framed this act intended to make any discrimination between a statue and a bas-relief as a work of art, yet the unfortunate use of the word "statuary" instead of "sculpture" in the section referring to works of art (par. 454) has made it possible to import a statue by a third-rate sculptor under that heading, at a duty of 20 per cent, while a relief by Michelangelo would have to be entered as manufactured marble, with a duty of 50 per cent, the department having made the unhappy discovery that the dictionaries do not include bas-reliefs in their definitions of the word "statuary". Some of these department decisions do not rest upon even this amount of either reason or authority, and such a one has recently been made in the case of our Museum of Fine Arts. The facts are as follows: Several weeks ago the museum imported a painting from Montreal. It came by way of St. Albans, where it was entered; and, although the picture itself was admitted free of duty under par. 702 of the tariff act, which applies to museums and other educational institutions, the frame was held to be dutiable, and both picture and frame were forwarded accordingly to the custom house in Boston. A remonstrance against the payment of duty was at once made by the museum, and considerable correspondence with Washington has followed, with the result that the treasury department has twice upheld the decision of the St. Albans appraiser and instructed the collector of this port to assess duties, which have been paid accordingly. Obnoxious as is the present tariff upon works of art, there is to be said in its favor that its intention was to respect museums and educational institutions by exempting them from taxation so long as they imported works of art in good faith for exhibition and not for sale. In the act itself no distinction is drawn between a painting and its frame in regard to free admission by museums; and the present decision of the treasury department is based upon a ruling of the board of appraisers which had nothing whatever to do with museums, as it referred to the clause in the tariff act allowing free entry to the "productions of American artists residing temporarily abroad." Paintings imported free under the clause may be sold afterwards by the importer without penalty, but the same privilege is not extended to museums, which are under bond to pay duties on works of art which they have imported if they sell or otherwise dispose of them. In the 34 years since its incorporation, and under the various tariff laws which have been in effect during that period, I believe this is the first instance in which the Museum of Fine Arts has been required