[[shorthand]] 500 West 176th street. New York, June 19th, 1913. Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- The enclosed letter from Mayor Gaynor may interest you, especially the part referring to the Portsmouth Treaty, which was one of your greatest triumphs and one of the greatest triumphs in the history of peace treaties. You may recall that when I had the pleasure of meeting you last at your office I mentioned to you that my book "With Master Minds" had just been published. You expressed an interest in the volume, especially in the chapter containing the Russian version of the peace negotiations. I sent you the book, but I do not know whether it has ever reached you. With highest esteem and best wishes, I am, Yours sincerely, Herman Bernstein - Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, New York City.Bowers & Sands, Counsellors at Law, 46 Cedar Street, New York Telephone John 1990. Cable Address Brangsand. John M. Bowers. B. Aymar Sands. Frederic J. Middlebrook. Latham G. Reed. William H. Van Benschoten. June 19th, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City, Dear Sir: Yesterday our Mr. Van Benschoten turned over to your Secretary, Mr. Harper, a copy of the letter which we sent out at your request to the various witnesses, asking for their expenditures, together with the replies which we have received thereto. Enclosed please find certified copy of the judgment which was entered in your case, and which you may desire to keep in your files. We have received word from the stenographer of the Court at Marquette, that because of press of work he will not be able to furnish a copy of the record of the trial until August. As soon as our Mr. Van Benschoten returns from abroad in September, he will be very glad to assist youin any way that he can in putting the record of the trial into such permanent form as you may desire. We believe that this finally disposes of the matters relating to your case, and we trust that the result secured is satisfactory to you.Hon. T. R. -2- We have expended in your action brought against George A. Newett, the sum of $317.90, for which we enclose a statement specifying the particulars. At your convenience you may remit us check for the amount of our said disbursements. We further wish to express our desire that you accept such services as we have been able to render you without our making any charge therefor. Our reason for doing this is, that we feel you performed a great public service to the people of the United States in bringing the action and forever ending the false stories that have been circulated concerning you, and we are all remunerated in being permitted to take part in protecting your good name which, whatever our political views, is held by us in high esteem. Very truly yours, Bowers & Sands Enc. WHVB-TM[For 8eves see 6-19-13 5-31-13 4-14-13 4-14-13 5-29-13 6-10-13 6-11-13 6-12-13]BUCKNER & HOWLAND 32 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK EMORY R. BUCKNER SILAS W. HOWLAND June 19, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: I enclose, under separate cover, the report of the Curran Committee on Police administration. The tables attached were all prepared by us and are the results of original investigation. I regret that the only form in which the report has yet been published is the unattractive official copy which I am sending you. Sincerely yours, Emory R. Buckner Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, N.Y. City.63 Guilford St Jamaica 19-6-13 Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Hon Sir. My object in writing to you is to seek an opportunity to lay before you a decision rendered by the Appellate Div of the Supreme Court 2nd Dep't that for injutice to a laboring man surpasses any you laid before the people in the last campaign. I had been a laborer in the dep't of P. W. City NY. for years and incured the ill will of my superior by interfereing in a line of graft that he had been carrering on for years. Well I was arraign on a bogus charg and dismissed. The case was laid before the Per Diem Ass'n which I am a member and they meet twice monthly in the County Court [hose] house and it was refered to the law committee to trash out, and their report was, that the most flagrant piece of injustice that had ever come before them had been done.am fully aware that you are besieged with cranks and bores but for reference I can give you Mr Frank Furgerson and Petter Menneriger both of the 4th Assem Dist Boro Queens I am a warm supporter and active worker in the cause that you stand for. Which the above Gentlemen can vouch for. Hoping this appeal will not be in vain. I remain yours truly William Campbell Well it came up before Judge Blackmar 18-May-1912 and the contention of the corporation counsel was, that I was merely a day laboer and had no standing in law. The Atty for the Ass'n tryed to draw him in to a discussion of the merits of the case but nothing doing. My innoncents or guilt never was touched on, or whether I deserved dismissal or not. You could hear the voices of the delegates across the city hall park in indignation. We'll take it to the Appellate Div was the unanimous decision of the board of Del. In the course of a month and a half they upheld Judge Blackmar with the Exception of Chief Justice Jenks, who decided in my favor. Well the laboring men in the employ of the City. N.Y. are convinced that injustice is judicialy upheld in the courts. There was no opinion handed down at anytime. There must be a real remedy for a real wrong. Publicity of this case is all i want and I know you can give it that.Well it came up before Judge Blackmar 18-May-1912 and the contention of the corporation counsel was, that I was merely a day laboer and had no standing in law. The Atty for the Ass'n tryed to draw him in to a discussion of the merits of the case but nothing doing. My innoncents or guilt never was touched on, or whether I deserved dismissal or not. You could hear the voices of the delegates across the city hall park in indignation. We'll take it to the Appellate Div was the unanimous decision of the board of Del. In the course of a month and a half they upheld Judge Blackmar with the Exception of Chief Justice Jenks, who decided In my favor. Well the laboring men in the employ of the city. N.Y. are convinced that injustice is judicialy upheld in the courts. There was no opinion handed down at anytime. There must be a real remedy for a real wrong. Publicity of this case is all i want and I know you can give it that. I am fully aware that you are besieged with cranks and bores but for reference and can give you Mr Frank Furgeson and Petter Menneriger both of the 4th Assem Dist Boro Queens I am a warm supporter and active worker in the cause that you stand for. which the above Gentlemen can vouch for. Hoping this appeal will not be in vain. I remain yours truly William CampbellESTABLISHED 1887 BRANCH OFFICES: PHILADELPHIA, 10 NORTH 4TH ST. NEW YORK, 150 NASSAU ST. ROCHESTER, 15 STATE ST. CHICAGO, 108 LA SALLE ST. ST. LOUIS, 313 FULLERTON B'LD'G S & L ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THE SHOE RETAILER, EDICION LATINA AMERICANA DEL SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER SHOE AND LEATHER DIRECTORIES Shoe and Leather Reporter PUBLISHED AT 166 ESSEX STREET. Boston, U.S.A. A WEEKLY AND PRICE CURRENT FOR MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF SHOES, LEATHER AND THE ALLIED TRADES. Rochester, N. Y., 6/19/13. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*6*] My dear Colonel: Our mutual friend, Mr. Charles Stern, was anxious that your friends in the shoe and leather trades know that you paid him the compliment of being his guest while in Rochester last week. It is possible that you have no photograph of Mr. Stern and you may wish to clip this reproduction from the copy of the SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER which I am sending you under separate cover, for your scrap-book. I had the pleasure of hearing you both at luncheon and at Convention Hall, and Mr. Stern felt some concern because I did not take a ride out to his house to see you. As a former newspaper man I have had the pleasure of reporting your speeches in Rochester, the last time being at the unveiling of the Douglas monument, if I recall correctly. With best wishes, I am, Yours very truly, SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER, Harry a chase [*x*] Manager. HAC-FThe Trenton Public Schools R. D. Cresap, Superintendent Trenton, Nebraska, June 19, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Kind Sir:- I should like to secure copies of any of your speeches or editorials on the regulation of trusts. I thank you in advance for putting me in touch with any of them. Very respectfully, R. D. Cresap.[*[6-9-13]*] RED GABLES MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. My Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Homer would rather go into a railroad office than anywhere else, and I am enclosing a letter from Mr. Cullen to show you that we have been trying for some time to secure a position in that line. Thank you very much for your kind letter Most sincerely yours Daisy B. Davenport June 19, 1913. [*Regretted E.M. R.*] Harvard Commencement, June 19, 1913 The Class of 1863 requests the pleasure of the company of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt at luncheon at Phillips Brooks House from twelve until half past one o'clock Clarence H. Denny Secretary 23 Central Street Boston An answer is requestedThe E.T. Burrowes Co. Makers of Fine Rustless Insect Screens Cable Address: "Burrowes, Portland" Largest Wire Screen Factory in the World. Specialty, Screening Good Houses. Factories at Portland, Maine, U.S.A. 200 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Avenue Building Suite 1376--Telephone, Gramercy 1618: 1619 New York City, N.Y. [[shorthand]] June 19, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 - 4th Avenue, New York City. Dear Col. Roosevelt:- I wish to express myself regarding the political situation as to Mayorality candidates here in New York this Fall and believing that you will be interested, I am communicating the same to you. From my observation when I was the Borough Secretary of the Citizens Union General Committee in Brooklyn during the two Low Mayorality Campaigns, and from my observation during the present discussion of proposed candidates, it is clearly manifest that the machine Republican game is to be a game of "bluff" and a game of "freeze-out". The game of "bluff" is that they (the Republicans) claiming that they constitute 80% of the Fusion strength, and they propose to demand that amount of consideration in making up the ticket for the fall Campaign. Any one knows that the Progressives out voted the Republicans badly in New York City and notwithstanding this, we (the Progressives) do not feel warranted in demanding that a Progressive be put at the had of the Municipal ticket this Fall, but we insist that in selecting this candidate, a man who has demonstrated his fitness and ability to serve, shall head the ticket and such a man should be selected as would not be under obligations to any of the leading political parties, so that he would be strictly impartial if elected. The game of "freeze-out" you understand as well as I, and you will comprehend that the same men who played that game at Chicago over a year ago and who are now a unit behind one of the leading candidates for the Mayorality nomination are simply adopting this method to revive the Republican party again, and if they succeed you know what will be meted out to the Progressives organization and its members.The E. T. Burrowes Co. MAKERS OF FINE RUSTLESS INSECT SCREENS CABLE ADDRESS "BURROWES, PORTLAND" LARGEST WIRE SCREEN FACTORY IN THE WORLD SPECIALTY, SCREENING GOOD HOUSES Factories at Portland, Maine, U.S.A. 200 FIFTH AVENUE, FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING SUITE 1376 -- TELEPHONE, GRAMERCY 1618: 1619 New York City, N. Y. -2- June 19, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Now all this being absolutely plain, what is the natural thing to do? Simply find a man who is not closely affiliated with either the Progressive party or the Republican party and who would be qualified to fill the bill and then nominate him and he will be elected. Either Mitchel, McAneny, Gaynor or Loeb would make acceptable and desirable candidates and I believe the Progressives would accept either of these with practical unanimity. At our Kings County Committee meeting, the night before last, Governor Woodruff stated to the seven hundred or more members present that he had just come from a two hours session with the Nominating Committee of the Committee of 107 and that he had expressed to that Committee his personal opinion that it would be extremely wise to place an independent Democrat at the head of the Fusion ticket this Fall. Upon this announcement the entire membership of our Committee meeting present enthusiastically applauded and cheered for at least two minutes, so that you can see that Governor Woodruff's personal opinion as stated to the Nominating Committee of the Committee of 107 was unanimously and enthusiastically shared by his associates in our County Committee, and when you consider that we voted 71,000 Progressives to 50,000 Republicans in the last election, you can appreciate what the sentiment in Kings County is. I am writing you this for the reason that I wish to emphasize the fact that while we all appreciate the work Mr. Whitman is doing, we feel he should complete that which he has so admirably commenced and that someone else of larger municipal experience should be selected to head the Anti-Tammany ticket this Fall, and I sincerely trust that from your extended experience in matters of this nature has brought you to the same conclusion. With best wishes, I am, Yours sincerely, Edward H. Dockaur Chairman Tenth Assembly District Commitee of Kings County. 156 So. Portland Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y.THE NATIONAL MILITARY AND SHOOTING WEEKLY ARMS AND THE MAN Formerly Shooting and Fishing 1502 H STREET NORTHWEST JAMES A. DRAIN, Editor WASHINGTON, D. C. June 19, 1913 [[shorthand]] My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I was greatly pleased to see the newspaper announcement of your purpose to visit Argentina this fall. There is no doubt you can do a great deal of good for these people, and that your visit will go far to strengthen the friendly relations between the Yankees of the South and ourselves. Please tell me by what line you expect to make the journey and when. You remember when we last spoke upon this subject you said that though I might not go with you as your Secretary I might travel on the same ship if I liked. I do not suppose it would be practicable for me to go to Argentina when you go, although I expect to visit that country some time this year. At any rate I shall be glad to know of your plans. Yours very truly, James A Drain Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York.Louisville Ky. June 19. 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, New York. Dear Col. Roosevelt, Many thanks for your prompt and kind reply to my letter concerning the book that I hope to have published dealing with the Progressive movement. I realized that I was asking much of you, and only the belief that your word of commendation would help greatly in extending the book's circle of readers and so in multiplying its possible usefulness for Progressive propaganda induced me to venture. If the book is published you shall have the earliest available copy. We are counting upon seeing and hearing you in Louisville this Fall. We need your help in the election campaign for the State legislature. The Democrats are badly divided, the Republicans in hopeless shape and the outlook most promising for a good fight. With every assurance of respect, and on the firing line until we win, I am, Yours faithfully, T. J. Duncan Clark Col. Theodore Roosevelt New York.Folio 46 Cedar Street New York, June 19, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt To Bowers V. Sands, Dr. Attorneys and Counsellors at Law [For Professional Services] Disbursements: Miss B.B. Bernhardt, stenographic services $16.00 Telegraphic code book, 4.40 Expenses, Mr. Van Benschten to Marquette, 35.00 Marquette,Court Clerk's fee, 4.00 Miss S.E. Morrison, (Marquette) stenographic services 10.00 Fares, telegraph, telephone, etc. 5.39. $75. 19 _______ The following disbursements were made in the payment of bills, which Mr. Harper request- ed us to pay: RAYMOND B. DICKEY, Notary charges in taking depositions at Washington, D.C. 35 00 PERCY W. BUDLONG, services as stenographer in taking depositions at Washington, D.C. 84.00 HARRY B. GRACE, for services as stenographer in taking depositions at Jackson, Ohio, including one witness fee of 75¢ 14.91 GEORGE P. SHIRAB, reinforcement for C.O.D., express charges on depositions sent to Marquette from Athens, Ohio, 55 55 MISS R. EVA BYERS for services as stenographer in taking depositions at Bellafontaine, Ohio, 26.60 A.M. HANSON, for services as stenographer in taking depositions at Chicago, 26 05 ________ $ 317 90 We herewith annex either receipted bills or letters acknowledging receipt of payment as to the various bills which were paid on the direction of Mr. Harper. As these came to your office in the first instance, we thought perhaps you should have a receipted record of their payment. Received Payment, Bowers & Sands Charles Faber June 21/13[Inc. in Bowers & Sands 6-21-13]DISTRICT AGENCY OF The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company OF MILWAUKEE, WIS. CHARLES W. FIELDER, ASSOCIATE GENERAL AGENT 1025 FIDELITY BUILDING MAIN AND SWAN STS. H. E. CROUCH, GENERAL AGENT 1025 FIDELITY BUILDING BUFFALO, N. Y. PHONES FRONTIER 1236 BELL, SENECA 1236 BUFFALO, N. Y., June 19, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Sec. New York, N. Y. My dear Sir:-- Your favor of the 11th was duly received and contents noted. I assume that Colonel Roosevelt would get his notification at once of his election as a member of the Corporation of the Pringle Memorial Home, -- Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In my letter of June 5th in reference to the same I enclosed a pamphlet which fully explained the work of the Institution and reference to the same would probably give him a better explanation than I could make in the letter. The endowment fund for this Home was created by Buffalo people and many of the members of the Corporation live in this city. It was desired that there might be new members elected from New York and vicinity and we all thought that Colonel Roosevelt would be an acceptable member in every way. Should he ever stop in Poughkeepsie he would find among the 12 old men residents of the Home, several good friends and loyal supporters. "There are many Progressives there and many on the Board". One old man resident by the name of Mundy formerly a prominent New York lawyer took the stump for the Colonel in the last campaign. Hoping that this explanation will be what you desire, I am, Yours very truly, Chas. W. FielderArts Society, Queen's University J. R. LOWRIE, PRESIDENT J. BENNIE, VICE-PRESIDENT A. G. CUMMING, SECRETARY J. S. FLEMING, TREASURER KINGSTON, ONT. June 19th, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook Company, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Honourable Sir,- Professor Skelton of our University has done us the favour of writing you, requesting that you endeavor to come to Kingston, to be our Guest of Honour at the Arts Society Dinner next Fall, and we regret that he has had no encouraging answer. I need hardly say that this has been a deep disappointment to all students, as we felt that, although you could not come in the past, you might find it possible to come this Fall. We have looked forward to a time when circumstances would permit you to honour us with your presence, and now when we feel - I trust not mistakenly - that circumstances are better than they have ever been in the past, we are very loathe to give up all hopes of your coming. I feel it my duty, therefore, to write you personally, and extend to you an invitation direct from the student body of this University. Should you decide to honour us thus, we, the students of the Arts Faculty, promise you a cordial reception in historic old Kingston. The date of your coming we would leave for you to decide upon, so long as it comes in November. On behalf of the students, I again extend to you this invitation, and have the honour to be Your obedient servant, Edgar Frank Convenor of Prog. Com.Zellner-Frank, Inc. Advertising Service Plans - Literature - Counsel 1123 Broadway New York New York, June 19, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, City. Dear sir:-- This little book which I am enclosing was written by an enlisted man. It was brought to my attention by my printer. Some of it is very good, and some of it bad, but the fact that so much good verse should have come from an enlisted man of the war service, won my interest, and I thought it would win yours. This man has some good ideas, and what most of our present day poets lack, a facile pen. As an old soldier, familiar with the awkward recruit, I would call your particular attention to the poem entitled, "Drill". It will take you about three minutes to read, and reward you with five minute's healthy laughter. Very sincerely yours, W. Fr[?]holz-Copy- JAMES R. GARFIELD Attorney-at-law, 1029 Garfield Building, Cleveland, June 19, 1913. Messrs. Bowers & Sands, 46 Cedar St., New York, N.Y. Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge your letter of June 3, Mr. Harper, Mr. Roosevelt's Secretary, purchased my return ticket from Marquette to Cleveland. My other expenses amounted to but little more than my ticket from here to Marquette, for which it is not necessary to render an account. Thanking Colonel Roosevelt for his suggestion, I am, Very truly yours, JAMES R. GARFIELD.[Enc in Van Benschoten 6-2-13]JAMES R. GARFIELD ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 1029 GARFIELD BUILDING CLEVELAND June 19, 1913 Dear Theodore: I will arrange to take part in the Maine campaign as you suggest. The only contingency that may prevent is another trip to Mexico. Matters are still so unsettled there that I cannot tell when I shall be able to go. Has Mrs. Roosevelt gone to Italy as reported in the paper? I hope Mrs. Carol is not seriously ill. I fear I cannot be present at Newport on the second of July. Always sincerely, James R. Garfield Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N.Y.[6-19-13] (1) W. Ack EH 6/21/13 New York 6/ /1913 My Dear Mr. Roosevelt I am an admirer of you since you became governor of New York State. The cause of my admiration was due to an event which took place in the first year of your administration. A murder was committed then by a woman, whose name I don't remember now. The leading press of the entire state looked up to you for a pardon. But your answer was, that the murderer get his punishment,(2) whether the crime was committed by a man or a woman. Your view upon that case was undoubtedly a daring one. A governor of New York state as usual expects the president's chair. This requires a good many friends. The leading papers of that time tried their utmost to degrade you in the eyes of the people. One particular scheme of a certain daily, was that, in order to spoil your reputation, let print your picture on the front page, in a soldier's attire with a medal attached to it, inscribed the following words: (3) "That soldier killed that woman." Notwithstanding these rebukes and brandmarking, you acted according to your sense of justice; then I said to myself that you are a wonderful man. Of course to envy and appreciate the good qualifications in a person is a step nearer to progress, but with envy and wishes alone, neither inventions nor aprovements in society, were ever accomplished. I know full well that nature is very frugal in giving forth perfect men; but it is likewise true, that nature's works can be improved. And this is up to such men as you. (4) My strongest desire is therefor, that you should organize some kind of a club with your name attached to it, and to appear occasionally there to teach and to develop the members, according to your understanding. I assure you that this noble and important work would be crowned with success. Respectfully Yours, Barnet Selfer Citizen and native of New York city for the last 13 years 236 Clinton st.STUDIO AND RESIDENCE Marble Hill Kingsbridge, New York Telephone. XXXXXXX 708 Marble Frank Goddard Restorer of Paintings June 19th 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Sir, I trust that you will excuse me for taking the liberty of addressing you for a personal matter. I was committed for 20 years with the firm of William Schaus.- 204 Fifth Ave. and have since performed with for the Metropolitan Museum. J.P. Morgan, Jas. Teillman, E.S. Slotesberg & many others. My object however in writing you is that I have a son, who has been connected with the "Cassier Magazine" for some four or five years- as "advertising agent" (name appeared on Front cover) This concern failed in the early part of this yearpulling any boy out of a position. You must know how difficult it is for a (young man to gain another position after leaving ours that did not make good. I am an Englishman by birth but have been a good American for 30 years and have five sons born in N.Y. who are both voters, with one for you every time. If you could give my son (24 years old) an opportunity to get advertisment matter for the "Outlook" or any other paper, you would oblige us very much. I may say that my son does not know the taste of beer, or even "Grape Juice" My sister in Law Mrs. Towers when visiting Ambasador Bryce in Washington had the honor of calling & seeing you when you were President. Very respectfully Frank Goddard. DWIGHT B. HEARD INVESTMENT SECURITIES PHOENIX, ARIZONA June 19, 1913- Col. Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook, New York City. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- You will be glad to know that the Progressive fellowship dinner given Will White here on May 30th, was a thoroughgoing success. Over 170 attended of whom more than sixty were ladies. White brought an inspiring message and there was lots of ginger and go in the meeting, with topical Progressive songs, and the affair was a great help to the Progressive cause. Your telegram of good wishes was greatly appreciated and strenuously cheered. I learned from Jack Greenway the other day that you expected to meet him in Silver City, N.M. about July 12th and will later spend some time in Arizona. I am mighty sorry that I shall not be here to see you, as at that time, with the youngster and Mrs. Heard, I expect to be deep in the Maine woods on a fishing trip. There is a splendid spirit along the Progressives of this state but we are rather shy on good organization and I should be greatly favored if you would impress on your friends who you meet while in Arizona the desirability of perfecting with as little delay as possible, a simple but effective organization throughout this state, composed of men who are not afraid of work. The idea of a merger with the Republicans in this state has fallen very flat. When you are in the state if you have a chance to see Kibbey I should be glad if you would talk to him on the fallacy of attempting to revive the Republican party by giving it a Progressive forename.-2- Col. T. R. I cannot refrain from telling you how intensely I enjoyed your article on the 'Cowman's Country' in the May Outlook. It was so real that it must necessarily appeal to anyone who knows anything of the cow business. Trusting that your western trip may be a thoroughly delightful one, and with best regards for Mrs. Roosevelt and family, believe me Yours sincerely, Dwight B Heard DBH/D 1 enc.File under Hengelmuller[*[For enc see 6-19-13]*] September. If you feel disposed kindly to fulfill my request please send your introductory preface either to me or directly to them Martin street London. If you should wish to see the whole book before, please let me know and I will send you copies of proof sheets. Otherwise it will give me the greatest pleasure to send you a copy of the book when it is out. Please excuse my troubling you with this request, but to me your introduction would be a most powerful assistance and you have always shon me such friendly feelings that I have ventured to ask you for it. I hope you and yours are all well. How are you spending your summer. We shall go to Tatra Lomnicz in the Carpathian mountains but a letter addressed to Abbazia will always find me. Albania has been created on paper. There was one acceptable and very decent candidate for its princely throne, the (Duke of [Unoth?]) (between us) the Italians would not have him. So a prince has yet to be found. I have not heard anything particular or interesting lately from America. Washington seems very much changed. I think I chose the right moment for retiring, for otherwise I would have had to begin quite anew again. As for the future of the regime it seems to early to form a judgement. Perhaps we'll see clearer next year. Please give all our kindest regards to Mrs Roosevelt and believe me yours sincerely [Hengelmuller?]Marlborough-Blenheim Atlantic City, N.J. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir: I wish that your would spare me a few minutes of your time for an interview on a personal matter (not political) connected with affairs in New York City. You may recall me as from Connecticut in the pre-election days, and so persistent in urging you to come to our McKinley Banquet in Waterbury Conn in 1912. If you will say when and where I can see you I will be on hand, and I hope you will try to spare me a minute. Very Sincerely Yours Benedict M. Holden 111 Broadway N.Y. P.S. I will be here for next two weeks and will get your reply here.San Mateo, Fla. June 19th 1913 Col. Roosevelt New York City. My dear Colonel: Even if you can't help, it is a great comfort to realize you know of the fight we are making. Shortly after writing you May 1st, Mr. Rowley brought around a Mr. Barber who purchased the pine and cypress of standard size in our back unfenced fifteen acres for two hundred dollars. I paid our taxes and all bills we owed, expecting Mr. Rowley's and what I owe Uncle Frank. Reserving fifteen dollars, I paid the balance, one hundred dollars, to Mr. Rowley on our account. He asked yesterday if I could pay him as he was afraid he could not meet his obligations on July 1st. I told him I had no money. The fifteen dollars we had reserved with his consent, of the timber money had been nearly all expended in needed clothing, etc. I told him I didn't know what I could do, as though Stella is improving. Clarence and I both are tied down and couldn't seek relief by outside work. I told him I had been unsuccessful everywhere I had applied. That even Uncle Frank (S.J. Leit, San Jose, Cal) who I was positive loved us almost like his own children, though he was fully aware of our desperate condition, seemed unable to help us place a mortgage. Mr. Rowley asked if I had applied to Uncle recently. I told him the last letter I got from him last fall showed me that he had sickness in his family when I turned to him for help and I also felt he did not wish me to apply to him because of his advanced age. So R., it's tough to be poor in the peculiar circumstances in which my brother and I are placed. For instance, from April 12th until April 21st- nine days, I would get no sugar at the store. After that for about a month I could get no peanuts, one of the staples or our simple dietary. The chickens I have, need about two sacks of oats per month. In April they stopped delivering the oats (the only think I asked them to deliver with their wagon to us) and I had to carry a peck of grain along with the provisions, and come days my market basket was very heavy before I got home. It's a mile and a half about one way. While I was awaiting an answer from you to my letter of May 1st they sent the wagon down with a sack of oats, but when that was gone I had to carry grain by the peck or half-peck again. A short time back I asked them to send me a sack of corn if they couldn't get any wheat or oats for me, but I found when they agreed to do that, that day only had half a sk. to send and I wouldn't let them go to the trouble of the delivery for only half a sack, as it [?] too hot a day to send a horse and driver that far for so little. Well, we are going to keep on doing our best whatever comes. Faithfully yours, Allen HoltenOyster Bay L. I. June 19, 1913. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt:- [shorthand] Dear Sir: I know you have always been interested in our High School and as I graduate Tuesday Evening June 24th, I would consider it a great favor if you would attend our exercises. I have prepared a little essay which I wouldbe very much pleased to have you hear. Hoping you will honor us with your presence, Cordially Yours Marie A. Irwin[[shorthand]] AMBASSADE DE FRANCE A WASHINGTON JUNE 19. 13 [6-19-13] Dear Col. Roosevelt, The city of New Rochelle is going to celebrate next week the 225th anniversary of the landing of our own Huguenot Fathers. I have been asked to be present for at least one day. People, from Old Rochelle are coming. Themayor writes that he would like me to come on Tuesday next. I shall do so. From a very obscure program I gather that all I shall have to do will be to look at a "military, Firemens and civic Parade." Where will you be at that moment? Not yet in Argentina I hope? Could I call on you next morn. that is Wednesday the 29th at Oyster Bay? That would (for me) be a treat! The papers say you have all sorts of plans or plots, and mean to go round the world for 2 years. Perhaps they think you will do it on foot. We shall discuss short cuts. Hurrah for the Marquette Jury! Believe me with most affectionate regard Sincerely yours Jusserand[ENLL IN LEWIS 6-22-13] [6-19-13]-This & The Evening Post article are the only ones I have seen- June 19, 1913. WASHINGTON POST: A COLLEGE OF POLITICS. ----- Mr. Truxton Beale to Found It in Washington. Announcement is made that Truxton Beale, formerly United States Minister to Persia and until recently chairman of the board of regents of the University of California, will erect in Washington and elaborate building for the housing of a federation designed for the political education of college and university men and for the expression of academic views upon current political matters; "to have a sort of confederation of American colleges and universities for the study of politics at first hand and to serve also as a clearing house for advanced collegiate ideas." The proposed site of the institution faces Potomac park, near the Bureau of American Republics. The property will be transferred, with a suitable fund, to a corporation consisting of university presidents. Congress will not be asked for a charter for the institution; Mr. Beale prefers that it should be wholly unattached. "The purpose of the institution," Mr. Beale says, "is, first, to discuss, side by side with Congress, the most important questions of the day under debate at the Capitol. There would be no regular academic instruction, but my idea is to have a two weeks' session each spring, to be participated in by ten men from the senior class of each university or such members of the faculty as are interested in political science. "I should expect to have members of Congress and of the administration address the delegates on pending economic and political questions. Then the university men would spend the remainder of the annual session in debating the matters thus presented to them. At present we have no means of focusing university opinion upon Federal politics." Mr. Beale said he had not in mind a national academy, such as is found abroad; his plan was for something less rigid and conservative in ideas, more progressive in atmosphere. The site near the river was selected, he said, with a view of the possible development of athletics and rowing, "I should expect," he added, "to be instrumental in raising funds for a suitable building with an open-air theater, such as the Greek theater at the University of California." Dear Colonel Roosevelt Mr Beale may be at the luncheon today & if so this scheme ought to be hitched up to the Institute or Service J A KellerTHE S. A. McGINNIS LAW, LAND AND TITLE CO. PHONE WALNUT 898 ROOM 324 BALTIMORE BLDG. Oklahoma City, Okla. June 19, 1913 My Dear Colonel; It has been a long time since I gave you any trouble and I take it that I am due. You will remember of my writing you more than one and one half years ago about my oldest boy Harold, who is an electrician on the Battleship Connecticut. I was very anxious to have him guided and directed into the mode of life as well as thought of biger and better men. Since the death of my sweet wife I must and do feel the duty, more or less, single handed to get my six children in touch with high minded people. Harold is reaching out along that line. He was so pleased with your former invitation that he told all of his brothers and sisters about it and they were all helped. I am enclosing his last letter. I can see what a small detail from the right source would broaden the scope of his vision. He is so far from me I can only reach him by cold letters. The other children I can reach all of the time. I do not mean that I want you to help me father my children--not quite that, but to lend me a hand with Harold, he is fond of you, and he is right in the formative stage of life where the right encouragement will make a good man of him. He is a nice clean boy and I must keep him pushing for higher and better things. Sincerely Your friend Schuyler A. McGinnisAzadia Park, D. C., June 19, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I., New York. My dear Colonel: We are about to organize a command of United Spanish War Veterans in The District of Columbia, and I am making an effort to have it named after the late Captain Woodbury Kane of our Regiment; therefor I am anxious to secure a letter from you setting forth his characteristics as a soldier and as a private citizen. I trust you will be pleased to give me the desired letter. Monty Montgomery of Troop K died on the 12th inst., at Austin, Texas. Very sincerely yours, Creighton E. Marshall Late Troop K, 1st U.S. Vol. Cav.Cohn Brown & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Boys Clothes YOUNG MENS TROUSERS AND BOYS KNICKERBOCKERS. 715, 717 & 719 BROADWAY, COR.WASHINGTON PLACE. New York, June 19th/13 191 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook, #287 4th Ave. New York. Honored Sir: Just returned from my semi-annual trip, I again beg to call your attention to the great need that the travelling salesmen have got of a man who will interest himself in their welfare. On July 16th, our Association, will hold an informal meeting, and we would like very much to have you visit us on this occasion informally. Will you let me know if it is convenient to you to be with us at that time for about an hour. You will confer a great favor upon us, and I can assure you of a hearty welcome and great appreciation. If convenient, I would be pleased to communicate further with you in this respect. Hoping to hear from you, I remain, Yours very truly, Leon Meyer c/o Cohn, Brown & Co. Summerville South Carolina June 19th 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt 2857 Fourth Avenue New York City Dear Sir I have just received your favor of the 9th inst. for which I beg to thank you. I am a constant reader of the Outlook and always look forward to your articles with interestand pleasure. With best wishes I am Very truly yours Gustavus M. Middleton.H.S.HOWLAND ADVERTISING AGENCY INC. NEW YORK General Advertising Service and Counsel 20 Broad Street. THE CORPORATE TITLE HOWLAND-GARDINER-FENTON UNDER WHICH THIS AGENCY HAS DONE BUSINESS FOR OVER A YEAR HAS REVERTED TO THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE COMPANY TELEPHONE 2573} RECTOR 2574} June 19th 1913 Dear Colonel, As one who has voted consistenly for you every time you have run for office, and who Treasures your acknowledgement of my Congratulations when elected Govenor of New York (in which I predicted your elevation to the Presidency,) I want to say that I hope you will support Judge Whitman for the Mayoralty. While, in a way, it will be a cause for regret should he relinquish the office he now holds, his power would be augmented in the effort to deal with a situation which has become intolerable to the citizens of New York. In any event, I know that your course in this matter will be one reached after wise and careful consideration. Respectfully yrs. Geo. R. [Morse?] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt.Vaiden, Miss. June 19, 1913. Hon Theodore & Mrs. Roosevelt:- Doubtless you will be surprised to get this but when I tell you who I am I hope it won't be an unpleasant surprise. I'm tilling the soil here in Mississippi now but in 1906-7-8 and 9 I had the honor of being called ship-mate by you. I was Turret Captain on board the Louisiana, having helped to put her in commission and was honorbly dischargedfrom her Feb. 23rd 1909 when she, with the other fifteen, had completed the trip around the world. I was also one of the many who presented Mrs. Roosevelt with the "Loving Cup". It makes me throw out my chest, even now, when I think of these honors, so in this happy event I felt that my list of notices would be incomplete without remembering Mrs. Roosevelt and your-self. [one] Will I be further honored by having as much as a little card from each of you bearing a few words in your own writing? And may I call my self "your-old ship-mate"? With all honor and respect due each of you I am, Very sincerely, Ernest G. Randle.[For enc see 6-18-13]Paterson Daily Press The Sunday Chronicle The Press-Chronicle Company PATERSON, NEW JERSEY June 19' 1913 My Dear Colonel Roosevelt, Since I came here to reside, I have made the acquaintance of nearly all the prominent and intelligent Hebrews in the city and I have learned from them that their N.Y. City brethren will not support the District atty if he is nominated. There is some secret prejudice against him the cause of which I have been unable to ascertain. They want a Jew for mayor or one who is favorable to their class and they will not trust him, but will not say why. Before you endorse him would it not be advisable to consider this matter and make some inquiries upon the subject? Nobody can be elected without your endorsement, that is certain. Now would Jacob H. Schiff do? Or is he not progressive enough? He would pull an immense vote amongst the non- partisan class. Many democrats would vote for him. Yours Sincerely, David Banks SickelsPOSTAL TELEGRAPH - COMMERCIAL CABLES CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT RECEIVED AT 145 EAST 23 ST. TEL, 1315 GRAMER EAST 23 ST. N. Y. L. 1315 GRAMERCY TELEGRAM DELIVERY No. [6-19-13] The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (Incorporated) transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank 16. DbI.-12130 DESIGN PATENT No. 40529 27nymh 26, 3 ex BX, Phila Pa Jun 19th'13 Frank Harper Sec'y Outlook Office NY Yours of seventeenth forwarded to me from Ipswich thank colonel Roosevelt for me and tell him I will call friday at ten o'clock. C.D.Staufford., Ritz Carlton Hotel 1124aTHE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE AMONG ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES 1914-1915 50 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Honorary Chairman THEODORE ROOSEVELT Honorary Vice-Chairmen WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN JOSEPH H, CHOATE ALTON B. PARKER ELIHU ROOT ADLAI E. STEVENSON LEVI F. MORTON Honorary Treasurer Honorary Secretary LYMAN J. GAGE HARRY P. JUDSON Chairman ANDREW CARNEGIE Vice-Chairmen EUGENE N. FOSS JOHN D. CRIMMINS EDWARD F. DUNNE EDWIN GINN WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN THOMAS NELSON PAGE DANIEL SMILEY OSCAR S, STRAUS Secretary ANDREW B. HUMPHREY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Honorary Chairman CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS Honorary Vice-Chairmen RICHARD BARTHOLDT THEODORE E. BURTON EMMETT O’NEAL HERMAN RIDDER JACOB H. SCHIFF WILLIAM SULZER OSWALD WEST Honorary Secretary J. HORACE MCFARLAND Chairman JOHN A. STEWART Vice-Chairmen JOSEPHUS DANIELS THEODORE MARBURG W. 0. HART Secretary WILLIAM H. SHORT CHAIRMEN STANDING COMMITTEES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WILLIAM B. HOWLAND PUBLICITY ALBERT SHAW HISTORICAL REVIEW NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER MEMORIALS ANDREW B. HUMPHREY EDUCATION, EXTENSION AND ENDOWMENT E. R. L. GOULD COOPERATION PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS BENEHAN CAMERON MARITIME R, A. C. SMITH CELEBRATION IN NEW YORK GEORGE F. KUNZ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, ETC. AUSTEN G. FOX FINANCE COMMITTEE (Membership incomplete) Chairman CORNELIUS VANDERBILT Vice-Chairman WILLIAM CURTIS DEMOREST BERNARD N. BAKER JOHN D. CRIMMINS J. PIERPONT MORGAN, Jr. WILLIAM SALOMON FRANCIS LYNDE STETSON JACOB LANGELOTH CHARLES STEWART DAVISON JAMES B. FORGAN FRANCIS B. REEVES HERMAN RIDDER CHARLES M. DOW Depository J. P. MORGAN & CO. Treasurer JAMES L. WANDLING AUDITING COMMITTEE Chairman ROBERT C. MORRIS COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION Chairman ALTON B. PARKER June 19th, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I enclose copy of the program and recommendations made at the recent International Conference. As the Sub-Committee, continued under resolution by Judge Parker at the meeting of May 23rd, consisting of Charles Stewart Davison, R. A. C. Smith, Dr. E. R. L. Gould, and myself, will sit at various times during the coming several months, will you not kindly send to me any recommendations or suggestions which you may care to make in amplification of the program or relating to its carrying out? Very sincerely yours, John A. Stewart J.A.S.C. Enclosure[For enc see 6-19-13]46 WARREN STREET NEW YORK CITY June 19, 1913. Dear Mr. Harper: It is to you I am indebted for the portrait of Col. Roosevelt with the inscription for my son Roger. I thank you ever s much, and of course, I appreciate the attention on the part of the Colonel. I write in the absence of Roger, as he has gone to New Brunswick on a fishing trip Sincerely yours, [?peour S Straus]THE INTERNATIONAL & REVIEW OF TWO WORLDS~ 134 West 29th Street * New * York * Offices of George Sylvester Viereck June 19th, 1913 My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I thank you very much for your kindness to my father and my mother as well as to myself. To-morrow I shall bring Judge MacLean to your office as by your arrangement and my father will also at that time show you the Africian book of which we spoke and which will interest you. I heard various rumors that eventually you will join Mr. Howland on the Independent and that the Independent will become the great Progressive weekly. This somewhat upsets my own plans as I had hoped to make "The International" at some time the Progressive organ. If you should decide to join your fortunes with the Independent I should very much like to join my fortunes with them as well. I don't expect you to answer this letter, knowing the difficulties of your present condition, but I would just like you to keep this matter in mind. I am so glad you agree with me on Alfred Noyes. Believe me, as ever, Gratefully yours, [???]City-Club-of-Philadelphia Real Estate Trust Building Directors William B. Buck George Burnham, Jr. Robert D. Dripps Samuel S. Fels Charles Edwin Fox Will B. Hadley Clarence L. Harper Carl Kelsey Louis J. Kolb William M. Longstreth Otto T. Mallery George W. Norris S. Franklin Pepper Samuel B. Scott Howard R. Sheppard Albert E. Turner George Vaux, Jr. John Wanamaker Thomas Raeburn White Alexander M. Wilson George Burham, Jr., President William S. Buck, George W. Norris, Vice-Presidents Will B. Hadley, Treasurer 1132 Real Estate Trust Building William Alexander, Assistant Secretary Telephones Bell, Walnut 4547 Keystone, Race 1647 June 19, 1913 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: Miss Laura N. Platt, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Whittier Centre, has written to you to tell you of a large public meeting that is being planned for Philadelphia some time during November or early December, and that the object of the meeting is to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. She has further told you that the City Club and the Civic Club have been invited to co-operate in arranging the meeting. I am glad to put the City Club upon record as accepting this invitation and the Club will co-operate to the fullest extent. From the point of view of the City Club of Philadelphia no single service needs better to be rendered than the inspiration of the enormous negro population of Philadelphia with higher political and civic ideals. You know far better than I the depths of degradation which the negroes of Philadelphia are sunk; they are here, as they are in every other considerable centre of population, the willing instruments of a corrupt organization. The Whittier Centre has been formed in Philadelphia in order to bring to bear upon the negroes a noble and habitual influence that shall educate them to the level of decent citizenship and of finer human interests. We feel that you, more than any other are the power to come to us at this juncture in our very difficult affairs and to address us, taking as your subject that great idealist "Abraham Lincoln". And we feel that you can bring back to us some measure of that noble spirit that was his and so give us the impulse to go on with our extremely difficult work.#2- Colonel Theodore Roosevelt We suggest that you fix the date of your coming some time after election day and not later than the 18th of December. So far as I can learn, Miss Platt has not pointed out to you that the Mass Meeting which you would address in the Academy of Music would be but the beginning of a series of Conferences that shall continue over a considerable time, which Conferences will have as their object a clear looking into the facts about the negro in Philadelphia and a constructive effort to meet them. In other words, you are dealing with a powerful constructive effort to do a major service in the interest of political and civic and social righteousness in Philadelphia. I need not add that I most earnestly hope that you will accept our invitation. Faithfully yours, Hubert W. Wells SecretaryAn Bord des Dampfers den 19 Hamburg-Amerika Linie June 19th -[1913?] Dear Colonel Roosevelt I had hoped to have a chance of seeing you before I left on a short visit to England because I am afraid that you may be away when I get back in August. Several months ago you were willing to consider writing an article for the Metropolitan Magazine on the modern idea that the real progressives will all be socialists someday or else that the best of the socialists will be the real progressives. In any case much good can be done by a fair & reasonable discussion of practical socialism as for example it is put forth in the little book written by Morris Hillquit containing his articles printed first in the Metropolitan magazine. You yourself have in the past been regarded as so anatagonistic to socialismphases of socialism, and I promised not to bring up the subject for six months. The time is nearly up, & I only write now because I might miss you otherwise. I hope that you will be so kind as to give the matter a little consideration. I don't think there is any doubt that socialism of a practical and active type is growing by leaps and bounds in America. The Metropolitan has not espoused socialism as the one & only means of political salvation; but it is very friendly to the spirit that is behind the movement. The fact that a popular magazine can give free rein to the propaganda, can regard socialism as a practical policy & can at the same time increase its circulation from 125,000 to 310000 in twelve months is in itself a sign that the majority of the people have no longer any fear or horror of the socialists. I have anlay hold of the people. I am afraid you may think it too popular in its contents. Too much fiction & too little high thinking. But we wouldn't accomplish what we wanted unless we were popular. And I am pretty sure that you will not think that it is too high a medium for your pen. And anyhow the Metropolitan is the only popular publication in the country that is really progressive. By next year it will be the leading popular publication in the country. I have omitted any suggestion An Bord des Dampfers den 19 Hamburg-Amerika Linie [*E*] In fact the socialists fought you more than anyone else in last year's campaign that it could do no harm but rather a great deal of good to meet the question in an open & fair manner now. I have besides a business motive a strong personal reason for asking you to undertake an article or articleson this subject. Ever since I eat your food in Cuba I have had a desire to take a place in the ranks behind you - believing that no one else has more power to accomplish things that ought to be accomplished in our time. When the Metropolitan Magazine fell into my management eighteen months ago. I seized the opportunity to make a really popular & [?] magazine & I can say today that we have the only publication with a large circulation today that is absolutely untrammeled. I expected to lose circulation when we established our policy. Instead we gained it. I expected, & still expect to top advertising. But we are getting about enough. The Metropolitan will never be run to make money or at least a great deal of money so long as I have control of it. It is only just beginning toAn Bord des Dampfers den...19.. [*3*] Hamburg-Amerika Lunie about terms - I know that if you consent to do the articles it will be rather because you want to do them than because you want to be paid for them. But as a matter of fact the Metropolitan would gladly pay any price within reason for these particular articles. We always do pay high prices are mainly urgent about articles which I think would be particularly suited to our publication. And perhaps it is a mistake to let professional etiquette interfere with what one really wants. I hope you saw Hinebaugh's article in the July Metropolitan. He seemed to me to be one of the livest progressives in Congress. Might I ask for some kind of a reply through your secretary to me 8 Stratton Street Picadillybecause we have to. And that's good policy too. I have read in the papers that you mean to go to South America very soon. I wish I could persuade you to do something there for the Metropolitan if it is true that you are going. Some of the South American Republics, notable Uruguay, are a lap or two ahead of us in political beliefs & practices. The Metropolitan Magazine would be a great gainer of course by contributions from you, but on the other hand I don't believe there is any better medium for getting at the large public with progressive ideas. I know you will not misunderstand me. I believe it is not professional etiquette to approach an author too urgently when the author is attached to another publication. I Holy Cross Academy, Upton St. & Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C., June 19th, 1913. My dear Colonel, I shall, D.V., see you at Oyster Bay next Monday evening, when we can discuss our contemplated trip at length. I shall also endeavor, before that time, to see the Brazilian ambassador & others who will be able to be of assistance to us. With best wishes, I am, as ever, Very Sincerely Yours, J. A. Zahm, C.S.G Co. Theodore Roosevelt[ca 6-19-13] Preface Thanks to the magnanimous resolution of the Emperor King, Francis Joseph, the remains of Francis Rakoozi II were brought home to Hungary in 1906. For 170 years they had lain in foreign soil, at Rodosto in Turkey, now they have found their eternal rest in the cathedral of Kassa. The occasion was one of grateful emotion and rejoicing in Hungary. The manifestation of these feelings drew also the attention of the foreign press to the memory of the man and the part he had played in Hungarian history. It was then that I discovered that there was no history written in English on Francis Rakoozi and the great national movement which he prologued and led. Yet for the time he and his cause were most important although disturbing factors in the policy of England, nobody worked harder or more sincerely for an accomodation between Rakoozi and his sovereign who was England's ally than her minister in Vienna and his dispatches remain until today one of the main sources for the history of the first stage of the struggle. I have spent over thirty years of my life between England and the United States of America and thus conceived the wish to narrate to Anglo Saxon readers, who Rakoozi was, what he really did and why in spite of his struggle ending in defeat his memory is cherished by his nation. I have no aim and no desire beyond writing a merely historical tale. Deep in the ground rest the bones of the Austrian and Hungarian soldiers fallen in Rakoozi's 2 war. May all the issues that divided them lay as profoundly buried. Yet it is evident that the lesson to be derived from those days stands for all times. The long struggle ended with a compromise. It would have been well for Austria if her statesmen understanding the necessity of the latter would have avoided the outbreak of the former, and it would have been as well for Hungary and still better for Rakoozi if he had concluded the compromise when at the height of his power he could have done so voluntarily. The present volume gives the history of the movement up to this moment, to viz : till to the breaking of the peace negotiations in 1706. It is the history of the uprising on its upward plane. I hope to be able to continue the work and bring it to its natural ending with the peace of Szatmar in a second volume. The sources from which I have drawn my material are cited in the footnotes. I can not let this occasion go by without thanking Mr de Karolyi, director of the imperial and royal archives in Vienna, for the friendly courtesy with which he has helped me in my researches. Thanks to him I have been able to make use of hitherto unksown documents. At the same time I must mention that the Austrian sources for the period flow very scarcely. While thanks to the literature of memoirs and letter collections the figures of the French and English historica actors of the period stand vividly before us and the same is even the case with Rakoozi, Bercsenyi and other Hungarian leaders there are no Austrian memoirs of the time, the private letters of her statesmen, ministers and generals lie as yet unexplored in family archives and in consequence their individual figures3 are less marked out before us than those of their foreign contemporaries. The Author Table of contents Introduction being a survey of the relations between Hungary and Austria Part I 1526-1657..........pag 1- Part II 1657-1700 Chapter 1 Rakoozi's early life. The inherent difficulties of his position. Friendship with Bercsenyi and plans for a Hungarian uprising. Imprisonment, trial, escape and exile in Poland Chapter 2 The return and beginning of the Hungarian revolution. Early adhesions, Ocskay, Karolyi. Rapid spread and events from June to December 1703 Chapter 3 First negotiations for peace, English and Dutch mediation, the situation in Europe. The emperors military forces and financial resources. The imperial commanders in Hungary. Heister and Palffy. Chapter 4 Heisters campaigns and barren victories. Forgach' mission and defection. Rakoozi's election in Transylvania. The battle of Hochstddt (Blenheim) and its effect on Hungary. Armistice and first formal conference at Selmecz. Spring to autumn 1704 Chapter 5 The battle of Nagyszombat. English diplomacy in Vienna and French diplomacy in Hungary. Campaigns and negotiations4 till to emperor Leopolds death. November 1704 - June 1705. Chapter 6 Kurucz attitude towards the new reign. Fruitless efforts for peace. Desultory military operations of the Hungarians. Herbeville campaign in the East. The convention at Szecsen and the constitution of the Hungarian confederacy. Battle of Zsibo. The Austrians reconquer Transylvania and lose Southwestern Hungary. Chapter 7 Further efforts of England and Holland and the difficulties they encounter on both sides. Rakoozi's senate and council at Miskolez. Hungarian finances. The military situation in the winter of 1705. The armistice. Chapter 8 The peace congress at Nagyszombat. Rakoozi and Wratislaw. Transylvanian question the main obstacle to peace. Failure of the congress.Enc. in Hengelmuller 6-19-13][*Folio... 46 Cedar Street, New York,*] June 19th, 1913 M HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT [*To Bowers & Sands, Dr. Attorneys and Counsellors at Law*] [For Professional Services:] DISBURSEMENTS: Miss B.B.Bernhart, stenographic services $ 16.80 Telegraphic code book, 4.00 Expenses, Mr. Van Benschoten to Marquette, 35.00 Marquette Court Clerk's fee, 4.00 Miss S. E. Morrison, (Marquette) stenographic services, 10.00 Fares, telegraph, telephone, etc., 5.39 $75 19 The following disbursements were made in the payment of bills, which Mr. Harper requested us to pay: RAYMOND B. DICKEY, Notary charges in taking depositions at Washington, D. C. 35 00 PERCY E. BUDLONG, services as stenographer in taking depositions at Washington, D. C. 84 60 HARRY B. GRACE, for services as stenographer in taking depositions at Jackson, Ohio, including one witness fee of 75¢ 14 91 GEORGE P. SHIRAS, reimbursement for C.O.D. express charges on depositions sent to Marquette from Athens, Ohio MISS R. EVA BYERS for services as stenographer in taking depositions at Bellefontaine, Ohio, 26 60 A. M. HANSON, for services as stenographer in taking depositions at Chicago, 25 05 —— $317 90 We herewith annex either receipted bills or letters acknowledging receipt of payment as to the various bills which were paid on the direction of Mr. Harper. As these came to your office in the first instance, we thought perhaps you should have a receipted record of their payment.[Enc. in Bowers & Sands 6-19-13][6-19-13] The International Conference for the consideration of the commemoration of the first century of peace between the United States and the British Empire submits the following report to the National bodies from which its delegations derive their authority.-1- 1. Platform. The central idea for consideration is not only a program for the celebration of One Hundred Years of Peace, but a statement of purposes for the perpetuation of peace. 2. International monuments, possibly of identical design. (a) To be erected in Great Britain, the United States and their dominions and possessions beyond the seas. (b) The Committee to request their respective governments to defray the cost of these monuments, or that the cost be defrayed in part from public funds or by private subsoriptions. (c) The foundation stones to be laid on the selected day, if possibly by His Majesty, the King, in Great Britain, and by the President, in the United States and by their representatives in their respective ominions and possessions over seas. (d) In view of the good relations prevailing between the American and British peoples, and other nations, all foreign governments should be cordially invited to honor the more important of these occasions by an official representation. (e) That at the time fixed for laying the foundation stones, there should be a stoppage of five minutes from work throughout all the countries interested, to be occupied, where a public gathering or other assemblage is practicable, by the reading of the agreed inscription on international monuments. (f) At the time fixed as stated, the work in all schools to be stopped, appropriate addresses to be delivered, and the two national anthems to be sung, followed by a half- holiday. (g) A sub-committee should be appointed to ascertain what dates, arrangements, etc. are in the minds of the several countries, with power to determine them and to make them generally known. This duty to be assigned to any international committee which may be appointed to carry out the objects of the joint celebration. 3. Educational features of the Celebration. An organized endeavor should be made in British-American countries to promote, by well considered methods, the growth of these feelings of mutual respect and good will, which already -2- happily exist. This might include (a) The endowment of Chairs of British-American History, with special reference to the peaceful progress and relations of the two peoples, and based upon the principle of an interchange of professors; and the endowment of traveling scholarships to enable journalists and writers to visit the various English speaking countries. (b) The awarding of prizes for essays and some other topics in all schools, colleges and universities. (c) The cooperation of the respective committees in the preparation of a history of the Century of Peace from which text books and school books in the several countries may be prepared or revised. (d) An annual peace day celebration in the schools. 4. Universal commemorative tablets. 5. Universal religious services of thanksgiving, to be held on a day to be hereafter selected. 6. Permanent monuments. 7. The cordial approval of the early appointment of a preparatory committee as recommended by the last Hague Conference. 8. Celebration in Ghent, after consultation with the Municipality. 9. An international commemorative medal. 10. The conference recommends that an international committee may be appointed through action on the part of the national committee, with power to deal with such matters as may be referred to them of the several countries concerned. 11. Appeal for cooperation. The success of the movement requires not only the cordial support of national governments, but also local governments and municipal and religious bodies, as well as of those citizens-3- seeking national methods for dealing with international problems. To that end, it is earnestly hoped that all will join in this movement. 12. Manifesto to the Nations. The following manifesto was approved and issued:- "Representatives of Great Britain, of Newfoundland, of the United States, of the Dominium of Canada, of the Commonwealth of Australia, and of the Municipality of Ghent, having been in conference concerning an appropriate celebration of the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which marked the end of the last international war between the British and American peoples, unite in offering to the governments and the peoples of the civilised world an earnest invitation to take part in making this celebration in every way variety of the one hundred years of peace that it commemorates. "We invite such cooperation to the end that it may be made clear and unmistakable to public opinion everywhere that the time has come when international rivalries and differences, though numerous and severe, may be settled without the carnage and the horrors of war. Although it be unreasonable to disregard the possibility of conflict arising in the future, out of mutual or partial misunderstanding, yet we gratefully recognize that the chances of misunderstanding, have been largely eliminated by the degree in which modern science has facilitated intercourse and accelerated communication. We are, therefore, encouraged to hope that the development of letters, science and the arts of commerce, industry and finance, of mutual knowledge, trust and-4- good feeling on the part of those who owe different allegiances and who speak different tongues, may profitably absorb the energy of mankind, as well as offer opportunity for the display of he noblest and finest traits of mind and of character. “Great Britain has been a colonizing nation, snd the United States has drawn to its population various and powerful elements from different countries and from different flags. Therefore, a century of pence between Great Britain and her dominions beyond the seas on the one hand, and the United States on the other hand, touches directly both the interest and the imagination of every lend to which Great Britain's sons have gone, as well as those of every nation from which the present-day population of the United States has been drawn. Such a celebration will not only mark the close of a century of exceptional significance and importance, but it will call attention to an example and an ideal that we earnestly hope may be followed and pursued in the years to come. What nations have done nations can do "We respectfully request that His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of State of the United States transmit this invitation, through the proper of official channels, to the governments of the world, to the end that both by the participation of governments and by the cooperation of men of goodwill in every land, this celebration my be so carried out as to mark not merely the close a one hundred years of peace between English speaking peoples, but the opening of what we sincerely trust will be a fresh era of peace and goodwill between all the nations of the world."-5- The International Boundary. In addition to the foregoing, at a sub-committee meeting held between the delegations representing the United States and Canada, for the purpose of taking up the matter of appropriate marking of the international boundary in commemoration of the first hundred years of peace between the two nations, it was decided that suggestions be made to the organizations of the United States and Canada as follows:- That they urge upon their respective governments: (a) The erection of arches at the points where the proposed highways -- Quebec and Miami in the east, and Los Angeles to Vancouver in the West -- cross the international boundary. (b) The erection of shafts at a few historical and prominent points upon or on each side of the boundary (which, in the latter case should be erected in the immediate vicinity of the boundary) at points to be selected hereafter. This might properly include water gates on opposite sides of the Detroit River, near the City of Detroit. (c) That such arches and shafts be briefly and suitably inscribed. It was further felt that these outward and visible signs of the spirit of the occasion should not be restricted to the international boundary, but should also find a place in the great centres of population, often far distant therefrom, thus carrying the message of mutual good-will to the mass of both peoples. It was urged before the Sub-Committee that an enduring monument in the shape of a memorial bridge be built across the Niagara River. This and other like projects appealed quite strongly to the Sub-Committee, but it felt that, involving as it does very large expenditures on the part of the governments of both countries, they might very properly be allowed to stand for further consideration until the respective committees shall[6-19-13] -6- have had greater opportunity to look more closely into these larger projects in accordance with the following resolution:- "This sub-committee recommends that after the American and Canadian committees shall have decided upon a plan of celebration regarding boundary monuments, memorials and arches, a committee of six, composed of three members from each of the respective committees shall be appointed with instructions to consult experts in art, architecture and engineering with a view to the preparation of plans and the execution of the particular works to be undertaken."[Enc in Stewart 6-19-13]Enc in Numvo 6-24-13 6-19-13Chicago Evening Post June 19- PROGRESSIVE DEFEAT AMOUNTS TO VICTORY Killing of Minimum Wage Bill After Fight Approaching Riot Forces Recognition of New Party. SPEAKER'S GAVEL SILENCED Representative Munro Forces Legislature to Recognize Bull Moose Has Same Rights as Others. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June 19.--The minimum wage commission bill, around which the Progressives made a fight that almost led to riot yesterday, was killed this morning in the rules committee. This bill, which was like that of Massachusetts, embodied a part of the Progressive platform and was eagerly fought for by the Bull Moose members. Nevertheless there is a feeling that the new party men scored a definite victory in thep rocess of their defeat. They enforced their demand for recognition and openly compelled Speaker McKinley, and his "substitute" to abandon the use of the gavel. Demand Equal Rights. The battle which came to a head last night centered around Representatives Munro, Elliott and Schnackenburg. The Progressives demanded the same right for the minimum wage bill that McKinley and McLaughlin, his substitute, were extending to other bills. Refused this, they began to object to the working of the steam roller. The speaker would not give them recognition. As Munro persisted in his demand to be heard, McKinley sent the sergeant at arms to threaten him. The Lake County Progressive stood his ground, refused to be cowed and dared the house employes to touch him. They didn't dare do it; the house showed its sympathy both with Munro and his cause and the speaker finally recognized him. Won't Try It Again. Mr. Munro moved to suspend the rules for the consideration of the minimum wage bill. He lost, but it is not considered possible that Speaker McKinley will try to gavel down a Progressive again. The verdict of many observers is that Munro, for the first time, overset the working agreement between the speaker and various old-time Democrats like McLaughlin, Mitchell and Browne. Before the rules committee this morning Representative John Curran carried on the fight for the minimum wage bill. He shouldered the bill as a Progressive party measure and made a strong protest against its killing. He was overruled.OFFICE OF THE SUFFRAGAN BISHOP OF MASSACHUSETTS The Dioceasn House 1 Joy Street, Boston, Mass. June 20th, 1913 "On every side I hear words of praise for your sermons. You have made a deep impression on many church people in Boston through your preaching, which is not only spiritual, but interesting, and so striking as to compel the attention of the entire congregation. This is an unusual gift even in a minister, and I congratulate you, not only on its possession but for the good it enables you to accomplish. The people of St. Matthews' appreciate your work and will be glad to welcome you home after your vacation." (Signed) SAMUEL G. BABCOCK, Suffragan Bishop.Form 168 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. 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A143NY W 12 S PHILA PA JUN 20 1913 FRANK HARPER THE OUTLOOK NY THANKS FOR REMINDER OF LUNCHEON ENGAGEMENT IT IS QUITE IN OUR MINDS EDWARD BOK 1127AM32 NASSAU STREET NEWYORK June 20th, 1913. Frank Harper, Esq., c/o Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York. Dear Mr. Harper: This will introduce to you my long-time friend, Mr. Clay M. Greene, the well-known playright, and for many years, and until recently, the President of the Lambs Club in this City. I have spoken to you at length on the telephone about Mr. Greene, and need not add much by letter. Mr. Greene is an ardent Progressive and an admirer of Colonel Roosevelt's, and it gives me pleasure to be the means, with your aid, of bringing him into personal acquaintance with the Colonel. Yours faithfully, Bainbridge ColbyThe Progressive Club of Erie Co. (Inc.) 774 MAIN STREET PHONES: FEDERAL 1032 TUPPER 2452 Buffalo, N. Y. June 20, 1913 191 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Col. Roosevelt: In the name of the Progressive Club of Erie County, I want to tell you how profoundly we appreciated your recent visit. As explained to you, the little dinner at the Club was entirely informal. The projection of the Club finance was an unavoidable feature, which, however, told you something about the character of the Progressive movement in Buffalo. I am glad to be able to tell you that the men who came to see and hear you at the little dinner are the men of big business and the leaders in professional pursuits - who are not 'afraid of the cars'. They are, as you so aptly expressed it, men with ideals who have their feet on the ground. I can assure you that your visit here put new vigorous enthusiasm into all of us for furthering those causes for which we stand. There were one hundred and fifty men at the little dinner, each one of whom I wished might have been in my chair so that they might have enjoyed you as I did. Nearly as many have since re-voiced my wish for them. With your leadership we all feel militantly optimistic for the accomplishment of Progressive Party principals. Sincerely yours, Walter V. Davidson[*5*] [*FH EH*] [*6/31/13*] Benton Ks. 6-20-13 Ex President Theodore Roosevelt: Oyster Bay Dear Sir:- Some years ago we received a paper from Germany stating that there were an estate over there amount to about seven million dollar [by] for a lost Leiter tribe. As near as we can find out the estate was left by a Bacholer Brother of my great great grandfather about thirty years ago my oldest brother wrote-2- to the American Minister in Germany asking him if the report was true which we got in the paper and he wrote back and said it was. The reason I am writing to you is because I have ready so much of your good works and thought you might be able to find out more about this estate for me. I am enclosing a self addressed envelope for a reply, and trust that I will hear from you soon yours truly, Mrs. Barbara FisherCITY OF NEW YORK [[shorthand]] CHAMBERS OF WARREN W. FOSTER JUDGE OF THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. 32 FRANKLIN STREET, NEW YORK. June 20, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I have your letter and thank you for it. I am sending herewith copies of the Sterilization Laws of the following states: North Dakota, Michigan, Kansas, Oregon. I hope to have the others shortly and will then forward them to you. You need give the matter no further attention for I am attending to it and you may depend upon receiving them in due course. With an assurance of my best regards, hastily, Yours truly, Warren W. Foster G. G. To the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.CALVIN M. HITCH JONATHAN B. FROST ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND BUSINESS MGR. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER FROST'S MAGAZINE THE CALL OF THE SOUTH ATLANTA, GEORGIA, [[shorthand]] June 20th, 1913. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir,- We noted sometime ago that the Gov. of Ohio refused a contribution made by Lipton, to the flood sufferers, returning the contribution to Lipton. We asked the Gov. of Ohio to kindly give his reasons for doing so. He replied that the situation referred to was similar to your action in regard to contributions for the San Francisco sufferers after the earth-quake. I shall be glad to know what contributions were declined on your part, which were tendered the earth-quake sufferers, andyour reasonsfor returning such contributions. Under another cover, I am handing you a copy of my Magazine, so you will understand my purpose in asking these questions. The writer is not heartily in sympathy with this action, and is seeking the information and the statement for these reasons, so that he may rest under the conviction that this action was correct, and if not, that he can make his Editorial comments with the fulliest possible knowledge on the subject. Sincerely yours, Jonathan B Frost JBF/BSt. Paul Minn June 20th / 13 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir Some twelve years ago I was Posted between Long Island City and Oyster Bay and this Family use to travel (with me of course I am satisfied they have forgotten me now but I saw in one of the St. Paul Papers your proposed trip to South American and2 being very anxious to make this trip I would gladly go for just expenses in any capacity you would Require Kindly let me know if it could be arranged with you to make such a trip I am employed with the Great Northern Railway Company now between St Paul and Seattle where I have been for Some time the Bull Moose3 Party Seem to be very Strong out this way I am wearing horns myself and if they are as strong out there as they are here there is no doubt of Victory with plenty to throw in the ash can after the [Shout?] now if you can take me along with you for this trip I would be very pleased4 to go for expences only with all the Bull Moose Luck in the world I am Your Humble Servant G.F. Gillison 1411 Washington Ave So Minneapolis Min PS The Last trip I had with you was Between Buffalo NY and Hoboken NJ 1901 during the ExpositionJOHN C. GREENWAY BISBEE, ARIZONA June 20, 1913. Dear Colonel:- Your good letter of the 16th received. You wish to know if I cannot meet you with a motor at Silver City and take you direct to Phoenix. There is no way of getting from Silver City to Phoenix by motor except by way of Bisbee and Tucson. The road from Silver City to Bisbee is not dependable after the rainy season sets, which beings about this time. I note that as usual you are in a great hurry. I make the following suggestion as to your itinerary from Silver City, having in mind your haste: This is based on the assumption that you arrive in Silver City about noon July 11th. Leave Silver City on the regular Santa Fe train about 4:30 P.M. the 12th instant and arrive at Deming the same afternoon at 6:30. I will meet your there with a special engine and private car that will probably accommodate yourself, the boys and two others and take you to Hermanus in time to connect with the west bound train that will put you in Bisbee the following morning at 7:30 o'clock. Remain in Bisbee that day. The following morning leave by motor for Tucson, remain that evening in Tucson and the following morning leave by motor for Phoenix where you will arrive in time to catch the evening train, which will put you in the Grand Canyon the following morning[*JOHN C. GREENWAY BISBEE, ARIZONA*] Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, --#2 6/20/13. at eight o'clock, July 16th. You can shorten this trip if you like by leaving Bisbee by motor at three o'clock the afternoon of the 13th, arriving in Tucson in time to catch the midnight sleeper for Phoenix. Your train will arrive in Phoenix the morning of the 14th in time for you to catch the north bound Santa Fe train for the Grand Canyon, which will put you in the Canyon the morning of the 15th. This will be rushing things somewhat, and you should plan your arrival at the Canyon on the 16th, if possible, provided you intend coming this way. To summarize, if you agree to leave Silver City on the afternoon of the 12th, I can see that you are at the Canyon on the morning of the 15th or 16th as you elect There are two things in Bisbee I should like you to see, and they are our new smelter, just blown in the first of this month,- the best in America- and the Shattuck cave in the Shattuck mine at Bisbee, a marvel of beauty, being 340 feet in diameter and 170 feet in heighth. All the walls and floor space covered with beautiful calcite crystals. I hope I have made this difficult itinerary clear. Of course, if you find it inconvenient to come by way of Bisbee, you can circle back through Rincon and Albuquerque to the Canyon, all the way over the Santa Fe, but the trip is uninteresting. I hope you will consider only what is most convenient to yourself. and wire me soon stating when you intend leaving Silver City and when you wish to arrive at the Canyon Faithfully yours, John Greenway To- COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Oyster Bay, Lng Island, New York.A. B. CRUIKSHANK Chairman, New York County Committee Executive Committee Meets Monthly ROBERT TOWNSEND, Chairman DEMOCRATIC UNION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK New York, June 20, 1913 Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I was very glad indeed to have had the pleasure of a conversation with you to-day and of course I regard as confidential the matters of which we spoke. The enclosed shows what we expect to do in the political situation as to this year’s election. Yours faithfully, Ernest Harvier[For enc see 6-20-13]HOTEL COLLINGWOOD 45 WEST 35th STREET NEW YORK CITY SETH H. MOSELEY SOUTHERN HOTEL COLUMBUS OHIO. WILLIAM H. MOSELEY & SONS, INC. June 20th 1913, Dear Mr. Roosevelt: You will probably not remember me "per se": but when I divulge to you that I am the father of "Montgomery W. Hawks. remember, 415 North i St." and that with Montgomery and Archie McLean Hawks, Jr. I had a very pleasant chat with you at the Tacoma Hotel that may serveto recall your correspondent. I have a matter in hand in which you alone seem to be the one who could give me some information and advice. Would it be asking too much of you to give me an appointment, in the very near future, so that I may call on you to discuss the matter? It seems like asking for much in return for my boy's slight offer of hospitality - But I do not know of any other way out of the dilemma. In reply, if you do grant the favour, will you please have your Sec. state just how & when I may come. Having been West for 25 years I am somewhat unfamiliar with travelling conditions in this vicinity. I am, my dear Sir: Yours very truly. A.McL. Hawks.WILLIAM H. HOTCHKISS 55 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK June 20, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Colonel:- In the papers of last evening and today, Mr. Bonheur makes the following statement: "As a result of the Whitman-Roosevelt conference, we are opening headquarters today." This statement creates the impression that, in spite of your attitude toward the municipal election in New York this fall -- as indicated in the Mail and other papers -- you really favor Whitman. I feel it, therefore, my duty to lay before you certain views as to this matter. I think I speak the views of a vast majority of the members of the party when I say that their first purpose -- indeed, the thing which led them to become members -- is the destruction of the old political system of machine control and, in particular, the Republican machine, typified by Barnes in the state and by Koenig and Parsons in the city. There are a few Progressives who joined the party because they thought thereby to get into office, but, fortunately for the party, they are few. There are other Progressives who joined the party because of its social program, but, relatively speaking, they, too, are few, and most of them recognize that the accomplishment of the social program depends upon the destruction of the machine system. To practically all of the rank and file of the party resident in New York and vicinity, the municipal campaign this fall seems one in which the future of the party, as such, is involved. Up to ten days or two weeks ago, these men were quite open minded as to who should be the so-called fusion candidate. Since the first of June, however, they have been served with notice by the Republican machine that such machine would not accept any other candidate than Mr. Whitman, and -- what is more to the point -- that such machine would not consider the candidates for any other places on the ticket until Whitman had been selected for the principal place. Statements to this effect were made to the Fusion Committee's nominating committee by several representative Republicans at hearings within the past two or three days. To those of us who were not born yesterday the methods employed by the Republican machine to force Whitman to the front have been very apparent. I am reliably informed that the committee of so-called independent citizens who waited upon Whitman some two weeks ago offering their support were, in effect, representatives of the Koenig-Parsons machine -- that method having been adopted for the purpose of deceiving both the public and the so-called fusion conferees.WILLIAM H. HOTCHKISS 55 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK T. R. -2- In other words, those of us who left the Republican party because of the action of the Republican machine at Chicago last June now find ourselves face to face with the same deceptive tactics and the same uncompromising intention to force us to take its candidate, that thereby such machine may be strengthened and the Republican party -- at least in this importantj section -- again made militant. Witness the meeting of the Republican County Committee last night, which the papers say was the most enthusiastic and showed the largest attendance of any meeting of such Committee in a long time. While I have kept out of the activities of the party for the past six months, I am still pretty well informed as to the wishes of the rank and file. [Speaking from that knowledge, it is my opinion that, should the impression of the past twenty-four hours, that you favor Whitman, continue to grow, there will be a split in the party, locally, which cannot be healed and which will have its effect both in the state and nation. I, for one, will not accept a candidate dictated to me by the Republican machine. The same causes which led me to leave that party after the Chicago Convention will lead me into any decent alliance in opposition to a nomination forced by Koenig and Parsons and resulting inevitably in the strengthening of their previously moribund organization through the control of municipal patronage, should their candidate be elected. I agree absolutely with Messrs. Bird and Woodruff in that the candidate here this fall should be an independent Democrat. Were there not several such who are available and who would make good mayors, the situation would be different -- but there are. So far as I have been able to get the sentiment of Progressives, they -- almost without exception -- are of this view.] I trust, therefore, that, after you have given this matter further consideration, you will deem it proper to make some statement that will correct the impression created by that of Mr. Bonheur -- above quoted -- and thus make it possible for us to continue a practically united force for the annihilation of the Republican machine. Yours very sincerely, William H. Hotchkiss Office of William B. Howland 14 West 40th Street New York June 20th, 1913. Dear Mr Roosevelt: You are right. The early Fall of 1914 is the time for beginning the publication of the series of articles which Harold suggested to you yesterday, and in which, according to his report, you were kind enough to express much interest. I believe that such a series appearing in The Independent as it will then be, and utilized also in the large group of daily papers with which we shall have relations, will be most valuable from all points of view. I am glad that the newspaper announcements of the Howland exodus were so kindly to both sides, and I am glad to believe that The Outlook, in which I am, as one of the owners, vitally interested, has been organized on a storing and effective basis. If it should be by any chance possible for you to let your old friends the Howland have a single article, preferably on a political or international topic, which may be announced in the Fall for publication in January or February, it would not, I assume, interfere with the prosperity of The Outlook, or with its policy, and it would be particularly gratifying to us. With very best wishes for a delightful vacation in Arizona, and with congratulations on your forthcoming South America tour, I am Yours sincerely, William B. Howland Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I.Dublin N. H. June 20. 1913 Dear Colonel Roosevelt, May I first remind you who I am be recalling to you the American Historical Assoc. meeting last Christmas, and the military Section, of whose committee I am chairman? I think I may say that since then we have pushed along fairly D. A. R., Senator Letmore and Commander J. N. Moore, U. S. N. (retired). Of course you are familiar with the departmental attitude in the matter. To the officials it means a good job, and a check of the War Department on a Civil War veteran is at least as competent to deal with documents as an historian or archivist. I do not for a minute suppose that the time has yet come when jobs of this sort can be placed in the hands of the competent experts, but I hope we can make a first well in various directions, and there is one in which I am anxious to get your active help, if only in the form of some remarks in the Outlook. In the last weeks of your Administration there was a report drawn up, incidentally to a Committee on Department Methods, by a Committee of historians and archivists (int. alia Mehan, Worth, Ford, Jameson, C. F. Adams) recommending the formation of a National Commission to supervise the publication of national documents. Nothing can come of it; and probably the recommendations were far too wide in scope and can counter to too many vested interests, to stand any chance of success. Now, however, an opportunity has perhaps arisen for effecting the same purpose, but modestly, by getting in the thin end of the wedge. In March, Congress appropriated $32,000 for the War and Navy departments to collect, copy and classify War of Independence documents with a view, eventually, to their publication. The initiative, I am told, comes from the Cincinnati, thestep. I have had a conversation with Secretary Eanison[?] on the subject, he treated me well, appeared to see the points I made, and has given his assent provisionally to the proposal that those in charge of the matter should work under an Advisory Board, for which I suggested Dr. Jameson as chairman with Mr. Leland or Mr. Kunt (Mss depat[[?]] Library of Congress) together with a representative of the Army War College (and I suppose the Navy will want one too.) General Cogiei[?] is, I think I may say, in sympathy with this, seeing in it[all an] advance towards more competent and technical administration. Mr. Eanison[?], I feel sure, means well,-- beyond that, of course, I remain sceptical. Could you not help on in some way? It is a trifling matter, perhaps, but it's all in the right direction, and to make a start in everything. Believe me, Sincerely yours R.M. Johnston.Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. June 20th, 1913. The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, New York. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- Your letter commenting upon my stories about Gettysburg has given me very great pleasure. I value your commendation highly. Your letter has inspired also a feeling of regret because I did not follow my first impulse and send you a copy of the book. You appear in it, and it was only my consciousness of the unimportance of this little volume compared with the many affairs with whichyou are occupied which prevented me from telling you so. On Memorial Day, 1905, you visited Gettysburg. An old guide here, John Pister by name, a member of the local Grand Army post had been appointed to drive your carriage from the hotel to the National Cemetary. By a device at the least questionable, Mr. Pister was cheated out of this honor to which he had looked forward for weeks, and was left waiting with his carefully polished carriage and his cockaded horses while you were on your way in a carriage driven by a youth with no military record whatever. This incident, plus a happy ending of my own invention, is the foundation of "The GreatDay". Every citizen of Gettysburg is at present occupied with preparations for the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. Roads are being oiled, the enormous camp for the veterans is being put in order, and daily tons of supplies are being brought in. When we consider our inadequate railroad facilities, the intense heat which Gettysburg usually suffers from early in July, and the advanced age of our visitors, we cannot help anticipating a variety of disasters. Thanking you again for your kind letter, I am, Very sincerely yours Elsie Singmaster-Lewars.ELECTUS D. LITCHFIELD ARCHITECT 477 FIFTH AVENUE HENRY PLINY ROGERS GEORGE A. DESSEZ June 20th, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. My dear Col. Roosevelt:-- I appreciate greatly your letter of June 19th. I thank you for it. Very sincerely yours, Electus D Litchefield EDL/JPAMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING CO. 165 BROADWAY MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WM. LOES JR. NEW YORK June 20, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Dear Mr. Harper:- Many thanks for your note of the 18th. I enclose herewith check for Forty-four & 50/100ths. ($44.50) Dollars covering railroad ticket and sleeping car accomodations which you secured for me for the return trip from Marquette. Sincerely yours, WM Loes JR. Encl.Newbury, N.H. June 20, 1913. My dear Mr. Roosevelt, Ever since my father's (Charles Battell Loomis) death in 1911 I have been anticipating writing to you to ask if you would spare the time to write for me your judgement of him as a man and your opinion of him as a man of thought in letters, if you hold any and consider him to have been a "man of letters" - not merely a clever hack. If you don't remember him he probably didn't make any marked impression upon you, so I will not recall the times of your meeting him as I am only interested to know your memory of him. I even develop to the point where I could make the work interpretive, I may attempt his biography some day and I would like your good or bad word for use in that I know you're very busy and I appeal to you as to an historical figure in behalf of one my judgement, whether with bias or not, leads me to think may be accounted contemporary with you in history. I'm much obliged [if] I have aroused your interest to the replying point. Yours sincerely, Battell Loomis.[*OFFICERS JOHN F. MOORS, BOSTON, MASS. CHAIRMAN W. E. CUMMER, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. VICE-CHAIRMAN W. FRANK PERSONS. NEW YORK. TREASURER FRANCIS H. MCLEAN, GENERAL SECRETARY MAURICE WILLOWS, ASSOCIATE SECRETARY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIETIES FOR ORGANIZING CHARITY GENERAL OFFICE ROOM 509 105 EAST TWENTY-SECOND STREET NEW YORK CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FREDERIC ALNY, BUFFALO, N.Y. WILLIAM M. BALDWIN, WASHINGTON, D. C. ROBERT W. DE FOREST, NEW YORK, N. Y. ROBERT GARRETT, BALTIMORE, MD. J, M. HANSON, YOUNGSTOWN, O. RICHARD HAYTER, SEATTLE, WASH. NATHAN B. HIGBIE, CHICAGO, ILL. ALICE L. HIGGINS, BOSTON, MASS. EUGENE T. LIES, CHICAGO, ILL. R, M. LITTLE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH C. LOGAN, ATLANTA, GA. JOHN S. NEWBOLD, PHILADELPHIA, PA.*] June 20,1913, Hon. Homer Folks, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. My dear Folks: - As you can see there are important points not covered in this investigation. It would have been well to have seen the brother to learn just what his attitude is and exactly how large an income is coming into the family. With these facts ascertained, it is quite possible that a real organization would have definitely taken up the question of providing a small business after going into the matter with Mrs.LeCler further. In the case of Richmond, I am sorry that we cannot promise much by a reference to the society there, as their methods are rather limited, Is there anything further which I can do for you in the matter? Sincerely yours, Francis H McLean [*signature*] General Secretary P.S. I do not know the Virginia law with reference to the responsibility of relatives.(Enc. in Folks 6-30-13)C.EUGENE MONTGOMERY. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICE 39 NORTH DUKE ST. LANCASTER.PA. Lancaster, Pa., June 20, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, New York. My dear Col. Roosevelt: I am enclosing a clipping from the Lancaster Daily Examiner of Friday, June 6, 1913. You will observe from the same that your good offices in our behalf at Chicago have at last borne fruit, in that the Bull Moosers have received recognition from the Washington Party of Pennsylvania. I felt that you would be glad to know the fact. While the horse was let out of the stable, we hope and shall strenuously endeavor to find him and put him back again. Very respectfully yours, C. Eugene Montgomery CEM/ZAstor Hotel New York 20th June '13 My dear Colonel Roosevelt, Confirming our conversation of this morning, and in order that I may not have misunderstood the position, I am writing you this purely personal letter. In understand that you are anxious and willing to go to Australia provided that the Commonwealth Government will extend you an invitation, and that the trip can be made in a dignified and befitting manner, that travelling expenses for yourself and party are to be paid, and in addition the sum of $50.000 to be deposited to your credit in a Bank to be named by you three months previous to your departure. There is to be no publicity given of this proposed trip without your approval and consent. It is of course understood that the tour to Australia is to be concluded in a manner befitting your high position and upon broad dignified lines and under the invitation and hospitality of the Commonwealth of Australia. The trip will include New Zealand, and the same conditions will apply. Some little time must elapse before I can return to Australia to place the facts before the Commonwealth Government. There will be no difficulty in this as I am certain of the most hearty and active co-operation.With your permission in the the interim, I will endeavour to keep you posted on matters of political interest in Australia. And in conclusion feel that I must express my gratitude and heartfelt thanks for the generous and cordial reception extended me this morning. It is typical of the American citizen and one of the many striking characteristics that appeal so much to the Australian citizen far away from home, With sincerest regards and best wishes. Yours sincerely, [?]MADISON HOUSE 216 MADISON STREET NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES MR. LIONEL SUTRO, CHAIRMAN MRS. HENRY OLLESHEIMER MRS. FRANCES HELLMAN MRS. HENRY W. SCHLOSS MR. HENRY W. SCHLOSS MR. HYMEN WERNER MR. BENEDICT ERSTEIN MR. ISAAC H. KLEIN DR. PAUL ABELSON DR. HENRY MOSKOWITZ DR. HENRY NEUMANN MISS CAROLINE R. SEELMAN MR. MAX MEYER MR. JULIUS HENGRY COHEN MR. M. A. ISAACS MRS. MAXIMILIAN TOCH MR. PHILIP BEROLZHEIMER MRS. M. A. ISAACS DR. HENRY MOSKOWITZ, HEAD WORKER MR. MAX MEYER, TREASURER MR. WALTER LEO SOLOMON, SECRETARY New York, June 20, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, New York City. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- Supplementing my interview with you I write to ask whether you will not refer to the deliberations of the Committee of One Hundred and Seven if you are making a public statement concerning the mayoralty situation. This Committee is an impartial body of citizens representing every shade of political opinion. They are packed against no candidate or for any candidate. I am convinced that when the case is in, this jury of One Hundred and Seven impartial men will decide fairly and sensibly respecting not only the qualifications of the leading candidates, but also their availability. I am firmly convinced that the judgment of this Committee is sound and that it is being wisely led. Thus far, it has made no mistakes. Our genuine Progressive leaders have faith in it. I believe that the citizens of New York are looking to it for leadership. A word from you expressing the attitude of a citizen who is waiting for action by the Citizens' Committee in the hope that this action will be satisfactory to all interested in defeating Tammany Hall will be of material assistance to the cause. Incidentally, it will dissipate theMADISON HOUSE 216 MADISON STREET NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES MR. LIONEL SUTRO, CHAIRMAN MRS. HENRY OLLESHEIMER MRS. FRANCES HELLMAN MRS. HENRY W. SCHLOSS MR. HENRY W. SCHLOSS MR. HYMEN WERNER MR. BENEDICT ERSTEIN MR. ISAAC H. KLEIN DR. PAUL ABELSON DR. HENRY MOSKOWITZ DR. HENRY NEUMANN MISS CAROLINE R. SEELMAN MR. MAX MEYER MR. JULIUS HENRY COHEN MRS. MAXIMILIAN TOCH MR. PHILIP BEROLZHEIMER MRS. M. A. ISAACS DR. HENRY MOSKOWITZ, HEAD WORKER MR. MAX MEYER, TREASURER MR. WALTER LEO SOLOMON, SECRETARY New York, June 20, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, -2. many false impressions have been created and will be hereafter created by candidates, that you are especially interested in their particular candidacy. Very faithfully yours, Henry Moskowitz HM/RSJune 20/13 40 East Forty-ninth Street My dear Col. Roosevelt: In accord with your kindly promise I hand you three photographs for inscription. One for Eugene Southack, a staunch supporter in the Union League. One for Henry Davies C.B., the Director of the Post Office Savings Bank of Great Britain. Davies has just been included in the "birthday honors" handed down by the King. He is a progressive Englishman andis the image of our late friend Senator Dolliver. The third copy I venture to add for myself, so that I may take a recent picture abroad with me. Thanking you again for your courteous reception of my talk this afternoon, I am, Faithfully yours Wm. [D?] Murphy.us very happy. You needed no vindication, but perhaps for the sake of history it is just as well that the thing has been done. We leave for Victoria Falls, via Beira, soon. Yours Faithfully, Chase S. Osborne of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay— U.S.A. June 20,1913 Durban South Africa My Dear Colonel Roosevelt Mrs. Osborne and I have just arrived here from the wilds of Madagascar and have learned of the satisfactory outcome of your case against Neivett[?]. It is the best news we have had and it makes P. S. I have secured an Acpyorcies Egg 34 in. in circumference and also a complete fossil skeleton of the extinct hippopotamus of Madagascar, besides fossil kuewrs and other things which I shall give to the University of Michigan. Just following your example, which I have done for years. C. S. O.Copy Schofield Barracks, H.T. June 20, 1913. Dear Sir:- As I can appreciate a mother's anxiety, it gives me great pleasure to say in reply to your letter of June 6th that private Douglas G. Benedict, Troop I. of this regiment, is in excellent health. In a "tryout" of nearly a thousand men, he was selected as one of about forty to represent the regiment in a three mile relay race on athletic field day for the whole garrison on the 18th of this month; a sick man could not compete successfully against so many, and this is the strongest assurance I can give you of his fine physical condition. I was Captain of the troop when he joined and until I was appointed regimental adjutant. he was under my observation, his interest in and attention to his duties gave me a very favorable impression of him, and since I left the troop I have had no reason to change the opinion then formed, as his name has not come under my notice for any breach of regulations or discipline. I have considered him a young man of excellent character and habits, and if he continues as he started, and gives his spare time to the necessary studies, nothing stands between him and his purpose to get a commission in the army. He informed me that he has a commission in view. Very truly, (Sgd.) John O'Shea Capt. & Adjt. 4th Cav. Mr. R. S. Sutliffe. A true copy - CC [*[Attached to Benedict 6-1-16]*]Douglas Robinson, 14 Wall Street [128 Broadway] Cable Address, "Ryraport," New York. New York June 20, 1913. Dear Sir:- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of June 19th, enclosing cheque of Scribner's Sons for $2,000., which sum has been placed to the credit of Colonel Roosevelt's account. Yours very truly, Douglas Robinson S Frank Harper, Esq., #287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. S[*LAW OFFICES OF BERNARD A. ROSENBLATT 31 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK TEL. 2563 JOHN*] [*[shorthand]*] N.Y. City, June 20, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dear Sir:- Enclosed please find article entitled "A Solution of the Panama Canal Difficulty." Realizing your great interest in the Panama question, I believe that there might be something of interest to you in this article. Trusting that you will read this small manuscript in the very near future and will comment upon the idea expressed therein, I am, very cordially yours, Bernard A. Rosenblatt per U.R.GEORGE SHIRAS 3P STONELEIGH COURT WASHINGTON, D.C. June 20, 1913. Frank Harper, Esq., Secretary, New York City. Dear Mr. Harper: Your letter of the 19th inst., referring to Mr. Pound's statement that he understood Mr. Hill would send his bill to me for professional services, has been received. The attack on Colonel Roosevelt was purely political and the support given Mr. Newett was likewise political. Of course Colonel Roosevelt s ought a personal vindication and the Progressive Party had nothing to do with the trial of the case or the expenses incident thereto. But it seems to me that the Colonel's friends have something to say in this matter and if they very properly believe he was put to extraordinary expenses and subjected to great inconvenience by the attack made upon him, that it ought not be out of place to help share some of the expenses. I would dislike returning to Marquette if the case had been lost, just as I now feel greatly pleased that this little town is given the privilege of settling forever the widespread slanders. I told Mr. Frank Russell on several occasions that I would like to pay the bill of local counsel. Such being the case, neither Mr. Pound nor Mr. Hill are to blame for any confusion in this matter, and I hope you will let the matter go until I reach Marquette - about Thursday of next week, having been detained here longer than expected.Mr. Frank Harper, -2. Have found a wonderful change in sentiment both in regard to the wisdom of Colonel Roosevelt pushing the suit and in the matter of his future leadership. Now that I am writing to the Outlook office, please have sent me five copies of the issue containing reference to the trial. Yours very sincerely, Ge. Shivas 3ALFRED F. BRACHER 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT W. H. KISTER, 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES K. SMITH, PRESIDENT FRANK W. STANTON, TREASURER JOSEPH S. WILLIAMS, SECRETARY Amparo Mining Company (Incorporated) 541-543 Drexel Building PHILADELPHIA, June 20th, 1913. Theodore Roosevelt, Esq., 22nd St., & Fourth Ave., New York City. Dear Sir:- Mr. James H. Howard, and Mr. Wm. Howard are the General Manager and Asst. Gen. Manager of our mines and mills at Etzatlan, and they are thoroughbred Texan Americans and very fine people indeed. They have met with the sad and serious loss in the death of their brother Jack Howard, who was a Government Inspector on the Rio Grande and was shot down by cattle thieves and smugglers in the performance of his duty on the boarder. He was insured in the North American Accident Insurance Company whose main office is at 425 Rookery, Chicago, Ill, said insurance policy was for $5000. 00 on which he had been paying the premium up to the time of his death. When they took this risk they well knew what his occupation was, not only as a ranch man of San Antonio, Texas, but also as a Government Inspector to prevent smuggling, horse and cattle thieving, etc., along the bo[a]rder and now when it comes to settle this claim, they are trying to induce his wife to accept $3000.00 for it. I have written a letter to them telling them that it would not be a stroke of good policy nor would it be just and equitable for them to attempt to have his widow to accept anything other than the face value of the policy, namely $5000.00, -2- June 20th, 1913. In justice to the memory of a brave man, I hope you will take this up with this Company, as I and all of my Board of Directors have done, and try and induce them to make the just, fair and equitable settlement of the full value for which he was insured. Youare connected with a Journal or Magazine that would be justified in giving publicity to the facts in this case, if the Insurance Company fails to make an honest and fair settlement for the full amount on which he has been paying premiums, namely $5000.00. With kind regards, I am Sincerely yours, Chas. K Smith [?] President. Dict. C.K.S.[*[6-20-13]*] Mr. Theodore Roosevelt c/o Outlook Publishing Co. 287 Fourth Ave New York Dear Sir- There is a thirteen mile stretch of wild natural scenery almost as primitive as it was before being trod by man. The Palisades of the Hudson from Fort Lee to Alpine N.J. Being as it is so near a great city this wild beauty appeals to thousands of your scholars, teachers students authors & artists and those who love nature and are unable to get off to the farther worlds. There is a road being built and to be continued I believe along the whole frontage of the cliffs. I feel that this road will destroy this natural beauty and its greatest charm the quietness. In Winter the lesser wild wood folk find refuge here. I have seen foxes, & mink raccoon and deer. every winter a pair of eagles come to one of the crags. Several times I have driven off hunters tho with out authority to do so. I endeavored to call attention of The American Scenic & Historic PreservationSociety to it that they might investigate as to whether a road would be a desirable thing or not, but it seems they want a name being a rather vagabond sort of person wandering about with a sketch book & some paint I thought my name hardly worth giving besides as I am a subject of the Emperor of Japan I do not want to attract the enmity of any one who might not like my criticism But your name is potent to start action if such be needed, If you could get away very early some morning cross to Alpine from Yonkers walk down along the shore drinking in its wild beauty until you come to where the road is now being built Then I am sure you will understand why I want to protect it. I have spent whole nights alone or with some painter out on the cliffs and learned to love them dearly and have met some of your big men who love them as I do. I wish you could get the viewpoint of men like John Muir, John Burroughs. Sincerely yours K. Soga Box 304 Coyterville N. J. June 30/13Telephone 3104 Cortlandt Residence, 8 W. Westwood McKenna & Sweet Hegeman Building 200 Broadway, N. Y. Philip K. Sweet New York City, June 20th, 1913. To the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 4th Avenue and 22nd Street, New York City. Dear Sir: Will you be good enough to allow me to refer Governor Sulzer to you in connection with certain work involving investigations that the State is about to direct. Major General John F. O'Ryan, and several other well known gentlemen have authorized me to refer to them, but I feel that if I could only get similar permission from you Governor Sulzer would then be satisfied that there would be no question as to my loyalty to any one who might entrust me with confidential matters of importance. Thanking you in advance, I beg to remain, Very respectfully yours, Philip K. SweetBowers V Sands. Counsellors at Law 46 Cedar Street, New York John M. Bewers. B. Ayman Lands. Federic J. Middlebrook. Latham G. Reed. William H. Van Benschoten. Telephone John 1990. Cable Address Brangsand. June 20, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, "Outlook", 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y. My dear Harper: Enclosed please find copies of letters today received from Ex-Surgeon General Rixey and Honorable James R. Garfield. Very truly yours, W. H. Van Benschoten WHVB-VBR-Encs.[For 2 encs see 6 - 18 - 13 6 - 19 - 13 ][*ARTHUR v. BRIESEN, ANTONIO KNAUTH, FRITZ v. BRIESEN, HANS v. BRIESEN, OTTO v. SCHRENK. JAMES L. SUYDAM, GEORGE T. HOGG, FRANK F. KIRKPATRICK. EUGENE EBLE. BRIESEN & KNAUTH, COUNSELORS AT LAW, BROAD EXCHANGE BUILDING, 25 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. CABLE ADDRESS, BRIESENK. TELEPHONE: 714 BROAD. NEW YORK,*] June 20, [*191*]3. André Roosevelt, Esq., Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Dear sir: I have your letter of June 19th and the papers therein referred to, being 9 pages of an amendment filed February 20, 1913, in the application of Eduard Benedictus. I am also informed by my Washington correspondents, that they have examined the digests of assignments in the Patent Office from December 10, 1903 to and including June 6, 1913, (last date of complete entry) and that they do not find on record any instrument which may affect the title of Patent No. 830.398, granted to Wood on September 4, 1906. Very truly yours, Av Briesen [*signature*] AvB-DLhardly be of the opinion attributed to me and I hereby and in this manner clear myself once and for all. very sincerely John A Wade. Rector. June 20. 1913. [*(6-20-13)*] [*Church of St. John the Evangelist 221 Waverly Place New York*] The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Long Island Dear Sir: During the campaign last fall the press attributed to me the statement "Harry Shaw is not so crazy as Roosevelt."it to me. You probably never heard of it and I had forgotten the matter until it was mentioned again a few days ago. Since I voted for you once for the vice presidency and twice for the presidency and hope to have the pleasure of doing so again I could I received a number of letters on the matter some of which would be highly amusing to you. The facts are that I happened to be in Poughkeepsie and in conversation with the editor of a democratic paper he made the statement and in his paper the next morning credited THE POST-STANDARD PUBLISHED BY THE POST-STANDARD COMPANY NOS. 515-821 SOUTH WARREN STREET LARGEST PROVED, PAID CIRCULATION WITHIN ITS TERRITORY W.E. GARDNER, TREASURER AND MANAGER SYRACUSE, N.Y. June 20-1913 "Personal" Hon Theodore Roosevelt Dear Mr. President: What do you think of a plan to establish in Syracuse a live Progressive newspaper, designed for Central and Northern New York? If you approve of the plan I shall take immediate steps to that end. This is no graft scheme; I want no financial assistance. I have built up The Poet Standard and I think that I can build up a business of my own. If agreeable to you, I should like a brief personal interview with you in the near future. I am a registered member of the Progressive Party, although the Poet. Standard is a "Stand Pat" Republican organ. Sincerely E. J. Waldrous CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO POST-STANDARD COMPANY BUSINESS MUST IN ALL CASES BE ADDRESSED TO THE POST-STANDARD COMPANY, NEVER TO ANY INDIVIDUAL.DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY A. B. WOLFE H. L. LUTZ EDITH GRAY OBERLIN COLLEGE OBERLIN, O. [[shorthand]] Oberlin College Oberlin, O. June 20, 1913 [*April 8, 1911 J. Abrahams 145-4 Ave*] Theodore Roosevelt, Esq. Oyster Bay Long Island Dear Sir: I am engaged in the preparation of a book of readings on social problems, among which I wish to insert a number of selections representing the various views on population. I desire much to have what you would consider your best and most characteristic expression on the subject. Unfortunately our Library has no complete set of your works, and I am unable to find the place where you have dealt directly with the subject of population or race-suicide. I wonder therefore if your Secretary will not be kind enough to send me specific information as to where I shall be able to find the desired expression. Should you care to tell me, not for publication, whether your views have undergone any modification since the institution of the eugenics propoganda, I should be grateful to you. Very truly yours, AB Wolfe[*Enc in Harvier 6-20-13*]THE ANTI-TAMMANY DEMOCRATS. In the various conferences which have been held to effect what is called "a fusion against Tammany" enrolled Democrats opposed to Tammany have not been taking a very active part thus far. In 1901, when the last fusion mayor, Mr. Low, was elected, the three cooperating organizations were the Republican, the Greater New York Democracy, and the Citizens' Union. In 1909 the three organizations were the Republican, the Independence League, and the Democratic Union. Nominations have usually been made for city offices at the end of September or early in October. In the Greater New York last year more than 50,000 Democrats enrolled as such did not vote the Democratic national or state ticket. There were 362,000 voters who enrolled as Democrats, while only 312,000 votes were cast for Mr. Wilson, and a considerable number of these were Republicans. The question has been asked how these enrolled Democrats and many thousands of others who are opposed to Tammany are going to act in the campaign against Tammany. If they should determine to do so, as is probable. The primaries for the regular parties take place on Sept. 16. Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 15 the outside Democrats (who may be the inside Democrats after Jan. 1) can just, as heretofore, nominate their candidates by petition, and there is nothing in the existing law which affects this right. Naturally they are not under the necessity of acting as promptly as must the regular organization, whose nominations must be filed not later than Aug. 26.[Enc. in Perkins 6-24-13] [6-20-13][?] age Herald 6/20/13 Betty's daily reports of the events of this epochal date in the Alabama good roads movement have proved an exclusive feature of real merit, and have resulted in making The Age-Herald even greater a family and home necessity than it has always been. Sol Caheen's Suggestion Sol Caheen makes a good suggestion. He wants to erect a monument in Birmingham, the heart of a state inherently democratic, to Theodore Roosevelt, former republican President, and now leader of the "progressives" in American politics. There is no large element in Alabama which believes, in a political sense, as Mr. Roosevelt believes. His arrogance and his pomposity do not always sit well. His never flagging effort to acquire notoriety, always to keep himself before the American people, grows at times exceedingly tiresome. But fortunately there are things apart from politics, and there is no question but that the former President was a benefactor of Birmingham. Of course, he should have been. When he permitted the Steel corporation to purchase the Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad company, he did nothing more than any other person in authority with calm judgment, foresight and fearlessness would have done. We should honor him not because of his action in refusing to stand in the way of the amalgamation, but because he was bold enought not to interfere, in other words, to speak his convictions in the face of an unfriendly public opinion. In this day and time when politicians for personal reasons, self-elevation and self-aggrandizement, believe or attempt to make others believe that every corporation is corrupt, and every head of every corporation crooked, it is the phenominal exception when a man is brave enough and honest enough to declare that among the whole, there is probably one or more who is good, and in all that is contemplated, something, at least, untainted with dishonest motive. BADHAM WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO FUND Will Give $100 and Raise $400 for Roosevelt Shaft INTEREST IN PLAN Sol Caheen Deluged With Congratulations on Suggestion That Birmingham Show Its Gratitude for Col. Roosevelt's Act That he would gladly donate $100 to the proposed monument to Col. Theodore Roosevelt and would guarantee $400 in addition was a statement yesterday of Henry L. Badham, president of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land company. He said that the suggestion by Sol Caheen that some lasting tribute be paid Colonel Roosevelt by this district for his approval of the Steel corporation purchase of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company was very pleasing, and he was in full accord with it. Mr. Badham said that he had written a note to Mr. Caheen congratulating him upon the suggestion, and was ready to assist materially in putting that suggestion over. Mr. Caheen was beseiged all day yesterday with callers, who pledged support to the movement to build a monument to the former republican President. The general opinion seemed to be that inasmuch as lifelong democrats of this section could not vote for President Roosevelt, and thereby show their appreciation for what he did on that memorable occasion they could at least chip in a few dollars and arrange a suitable and lasting monument for the man who, realizing the gravity of the occasion, boldly permitted that trade. Mr. Caheen said yesterday that he would ask that the Chamber of Commerce take the movement up and give it their support and prestige. Mr. Badham said yesterday: "I want to say that the suggestion of Sol Caheen strikes me as being entirely appropriate and worth while. There can be no fair measurement of the great boost given Birmingham when Colonel Roosevelt permitted the Steel corporation to become identified with this section. By that act he gave this district a 'shove' that has sent us spinning for 15 years or more. Without his sanction to that memorable trade this district would have yet been in the throes of dull times. I am heartily in favor of the Caheen suggestion and I pledge $100 personally and give my guarantee of $400 in addition to that. I intend to write Mr. Caheen, congratulating him upon his suggestion and pledging him my support for the scheme." All over Birmingham yesterday the suggestion of Mr. Caheen that Roosevelt be given a monument was received with interest. "I believe $5000 could be raised here promptly for this monument," said Mr. Caheen yesterday. "I have been given pledges all day long by some of the best men of the district. In my opinion there has been nothing suggested here in some time that has met with such favor. All day long friends and acquaintances have been in here telling me that the time was appropriate for such a scheme and that it should be promptly put over." It is understood that Mr. Caheen thinks the monument should be placed at Fairfield, where the activities of the Steel corporation are more local. [?] 6/20/13 SOL CAHEEN WANTS MONUMENT ERECTED TO ROOSEVELT HERE Merchant Says ex-President Pushed Birmingham Forward Ten Years in 1907 GAVE CONSENT TO STEEL CORPORATION Wants to Give $100 Toward Monument to Show That Birmingham Appreciates What He Did for This Entire District Is it possible to build a monument in Birmingham to Col. Theodore Roosevelt, ex-President of the United States? Such an honor was suggested yesterday by Sol Caheen, one of the most thoughtful merchants in Birmingham, who announces that he will subscribe $100 for such a monument. He believes that a monument to the noted republican leader should be erected here, "where all the people can see it and where it will not be lost sight of in the years to come." Mr. Caheen bases his suggestion upon the great and lasting good that was conferred upon this district by President Roosevelt when the colonel as President gave his sanction to the purchase of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company by the Steel corporation. Mr. Caheen says that by that act alone Colonel Roosevelt saved Birmingham from a backward march of 10 years, not to mention the great and tremendous good that has been done this district by the work of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company since it became a property of the Steel corporation. The opinion of Mr. Caheen is not the first one that has been expressed here that the Birmingham district owes something to Colonel Roosevelt for the advantage that he conferred when he permitted in 1907 the acquirement of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company by the Steel corporation. It has been heard time and time again in an indefinite way. Mr. Caheen is the first man, however, who boldly asserts that this democratic section should so signally honor a republican President. Did More Than Pioneers "Colonel Roosevelt," said Mr. Caheen, "did more for Birmingham when he permitted the Steel corporation to buy the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company than all the pioneers of this district. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company was worth 50 cents on the dollar in the days of 1907. In order to stem the tide of that fearful panic and to give Birmingham a great boom, Colonel Roosevelt, at that time President, gave his consent to Judge Gary that the Steel corporation buy the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. "It goes without saying that the giant Steel corporation did not need or want the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. However, the officers of that great corporation agreed to pay a tremendous amount of money to relieve the panic and at the same time acquire the local company. All of us know that up to 1907 the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company had operated on the smallest scale. I have no doubt but what eventually the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company would have weathered the storm and would have proven to the world that [???] re- quired 15 years or more. "In the meantime we would have been struggling and starving here without the great appropriations that have been made in Birmingham and which have served to make Birmingham the cynosure of all eyes in the industrial world. "Therefore I say that Roosevelt had more to do with this great achievement than any one man and I will give $100 that a monument may be erected to him in a public place so that future generations as well as the present one may recollect that it was Roosevelt that gave to Birmingham its greatest forward impetus. Our recent prosperity is all due to Roosevelt and the officers of the corporation. Adverse Suit Would Hurt "I will add that if this dissolution suit in New Jersey affects the Steel corporation's attitude toward Birmingham adversely we will never get over it. I am hoping that no such effect will occur. Roosevelt, the corporation and a few pioneers in the early days have made Birmingham and it is up to us of the younger generations to appropriately recognize this work with a monument that all the world may see how we revere those who helped make Birmingham great. I will start the subscription with $100. In the meantime I am a democrat." Mr. Caheen is very much in earnest about his suggestion and it is believed additional voluntary offers will be made toward such a remembrance.[Bailey, Herbert] NEW MONTEREY NORTH ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY FRANK F. SHUTE, MANAGER SHERMAN O. DENNIS, ASSISTANT MANAGER #1 June 21st 1913 Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay My dear Colonel As you are aware I am the candidate of the Progressive Party for Congress at the special election to be held July 22nd in the Sixth District of New Jersey. We are planning to issue a campaign circular to be sent out July 8thNEW MONTEREY NORTH ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY FRANK F. SHUTE, MANAGER SHERMAN O. DENNIS, ASSISTANT MANAGER 2 We are very anxious to put in that circular a letter from you to the voters strongly indorsing my candidacy. Will you send me such a letter at the earliest date Very sincerely Herbert M Bailey PS I am to day attending the state conference of Progressives at Asbury Park HMBNEW MONTEREY NORTH ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY FRANK F. SHUTE, MANAGER SHERMAN O. DENNIS, ASSISTANT MANAGER #3 My address is Herbert M Bailey 260 Moore St Hackensack NJMAIL AND EXPRESS ADDRESS DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE RAILWAY STATION, HARRISVILLE DAYSPRING June 21, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: Answering your letter of June 17th about going to Maine and Massachusetts: Certainly. If you say go, of course I shall go. I had hoped to devote this summer and fall without any interruption to my book, but your opinion as to the necessity of my speaking in those two states settles the matter with me. When is the election in Maine? and what is the latest possible date upon which I could go there and do any good? With best wishes. Faithfully, [?Albert J ?B???????] Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Your speech & reception at Boston: Great! Congratulations.Bowers & Sands, Counsellors at Law, 46 Cedar Street, New York John M. Bowers. B. Aymar Sands. Frederic J. Middlebrook. Latham G. Reed. William H. Van Benschoten Telephone John 1990. Cable Address Brangsand. June 21, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City, Dear Sir: Your communication of the 20th inst., enclosing check to our order for #317.90 in payment of our disbursements in your action for libel against George A. Newett, received. We wish to sincerely thank you for the very kind expressions contained in your letter, and can only state, as we did before, that we were very glad to be able to render you the services which we did. We herewith enclose receipted copy of our statement of disbursements. Very truly yours, Bowers & Sands Enc. WHVE-TM[For enc. see 6-19-13]Greenwood S. C. June 21, 1913 Col Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Sir, When you was elected President in 1904, I was practicing Dentistry. My health was not good and on that account I made application to you for the Post Office at Greenwood S. C. You kindly appointed me. I served the department for four years, honestly & faithfully. You had Mr. Taft nominatia for President, and wished all of your friends to support him. I did2 it, with all the vim in me. Spent over $2000.00 for his election. to be honest with you I did not like the man, but it was your wish to have him elected, and I did all that an honest man could do for his election; thinking that he would have gratitude enough to appoint me, but instead of doing so, he appointed a man that did not live in Greenwood or even in S. C. He did this to gratify a political friend. that lives in N. C. (Mr. Dan Tompkins) The citizens of Greenwood were provoked at this.3 When you came out as a Progressive. I went to work for you harder than I ever did for Mr. Taft for this my people did like me; but I didn't care for that. Knowing that you were right I went to Chicago to the convention, to do all that I could for you. Soon found out that Mr Taft crowd would get the nomination, by fraud I left in disgust. Now Col Roosevelt, I am not going to ask you for any money. I went inn of my own free will, came out not only a poorer man but in debt4 I have left from the wreck, eleven old gold dollars, and now, three dollar pieces, that are beauties If you and some of your friends would buy these rare coins, it would put me on my feet once again. I am so anxious ro educate my children. What ever you do would be highly appreciated, and you will never regret it. You could use the coins for souvenirs. You have no idea how much good it did me to see you win your libel suit, Wish you a pleasant & happy summer. very Resp Yrs P B ConnorThe Associated Press Financial Bureau 20 Broad Street June 21, 1913. Dear Mr. Harper- I have received this day from you a check for $30 on account of expenses incurred on my trip to Marquette. Thank you. Yours sincerely, L. F. Curtis[*GILSON GARDNER ROBERT WILSON WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS WASHINGTON BUREAU The Newspaper Enterprise Association 611-12 MUNSEY BUILDING Washington, D. C.,*] June 21, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Private Secretary to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. My dear Harper: Check received. Thanks. It was a great victory. Are you going to South America with the chief! Hastily yours, G. G. [*signature*] [*[GARDNER]*]June 21 [13?] University Club Fifth Avenue & 34th Street Dear Colonel Roosevelt Will you give me the pleasure of your company at dinner at this club on Thursday, June 26th at 8 o'clock to meet Mr. Martin Egan, recently Editor of the Manila Times Sincerely Yours F. [V?] Greene [[shorthand]][*PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robert G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHAIRMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U. Kellogg Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L. Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HIBBEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE FEFERENCE BUREAU 184 [*[shorthand]*] Education Committee Samuel McCane Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C.A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder New York,*] JUNE 21,1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: Mr. Dresser writes from Newport: "The chief petty officers of the Navy offered to give Colonel Roosevelt a body guard on that day (July 2nd) as a mark of respect to him. This is not any way in the nature of protection, but simply as a complimentary thing. Will you communicate with him and find out if this is satisfactory?" What shall I say to Mr. Dresser ? I am enclosing a cutting from the EVENING POST that you may have seen. I have just returned from talking with Mr. Beale about this plan of his. It seems to be a more or less along the same lines as the Academy plan of which Miss Kellor spoke to you last Tuesday. It would, of course, be a great pity to have Mr. Beale's idea and the Academy idea fall into competition one with the other. I have therefore urgedurged Mr. Beale to come to the luncheon next Tuesday and talk the whole matter over. His plan is more in the nature of a permanent school of politics in session only a short time each year; ours is in the nature of a sort of university extension department of such an institution, operating the year around. If Mr. Beale is willing, I see no reason why the two ideas should not be combined into a very effective and valuable organization for popular education in political responsibility. Believe me, my dear Colonel Roosevelt, Very sincerely yours, Believe me, my dear Colonel Roosevelt, very sincerely yours, Paxton Hibbon [*signature*] Director, Bureau of Education. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York.[*N. JOHANNSEN, ROSEBANK, NEW YORK*] [*[shorthand]*] June 21, 1913 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Esteemed Sir Kindly peruse the enclosed treatise on "Crop Notes as a Currency Reform Measure." It provides for the same object as the Governments' new plan does, mainly, as auxiliary currency, and does it in an exceedingly simple manner, without that dangerous feature of Government control. Copies are going out to all National Banks, with invitation to state their criticism. If you could approve of this Crop-Note plan, and if you could see your way to make it your own, you could have it adopted overhead of the Government plan. Respectfully N. JohannsenState of California EXECUTIVE OFFICE SACRAMENTO June 21, 1913 My dear Colonel Roosevelt: This week I finished with the extraordinary number of bills that have been passed by the Legislature and presented to me for approval or disapproval. This is my first breathing spell and I wished above all things to utilize it in giving you some sort of a narative of the events which led finally to the enactment of the alien land bill. Early in January, during the first part of the legislative session ( you know we have what is termed a bifurcated session, - first a meeting of thirty days, and then an adjournment for at least thirty days, and then a continuation of the session until the work is completed) there was some little agitation among legislators in reference to the Japanese. The question for many years has been a smouldering problem in California, now and then bursting into acute activity. The encroachment of the Japanese upon certain of our farming communities has been very marked of late years, and wherever they gained a foothold there they continued until the American farmers moved out and the Japanese farmers' supremacy was unquestioned. You are very familiar with the attempts of past legislatures to deal with the subject and the causes which led, in each instance, to postponment. I think you will remember two years ago I had some correspondence with the national administration inCol. Roosevelt, Page No. 2 which a distinct threat was made by the State Department speaking in behalf of the President to which I responded with some degree of firmness, and presented then the California view of our right to legislate exactly as I presented it this year. Two years ago a bill undoubtedly would have passed, but for the fact that it reached the Assembly after passage in the Senate just at the close of the session and was bottled up with many other bills under the rules governing the particular time. At the commencement of our session, in January, the Panama-Pacific Exposition officials came to Sacramento, and stated that it had been conveyed to them, and they conveyed it therefore to us, that Japan would regard as an unfriendly and offensive act any legislation of an alien land bill, any discussion of the subject or even the introduction of such a measure in our legislature. The Exposition people were extremely frightened and they begged that nothing be done, that discussion be stilled and that the subject be not mentioned, because they asserted that if there were the slightest agitation, Japan would refuse to exhibit at the 1915 Exposition at San Francisco, and that the most attractive part of the Exposition,-the part relied upon to bring European exhibitors, would be eliminated and the Exposition would be transmuted from a great international institution into aColonel Roosevelt Page No. 3. mere local affair. So very earnest and insisten were the Exposition Officials that I brought them in contact with my office with various delegations in the Legislature, and they presented their case in detail. At the time of the presentation of their case, the Exposition people assumed to answer for the Press and the Labor people, who had been foremost in anti-Japanese agitation. There was no very great disposition among the legislators then to proceed and the Exposition Officials might have succeeded in their purpose had it not been for the farmers of a few communities in the state. These farmers insisted that an alien land bill was absolutely essential for their protection, and necessary for the future welfare of California. They presented the story of their communities with such detail and their demonstration was so complete that they completely won many of the legislators who had not before been particularly interested in the subject. The result was that bills were introduced despite the Exposition people, and those bills rested during the February intermission, and took their regular course in the Legislature. During the second session, I arranged for a public hearing in the Assembly Chamber, when publicly the Exposition people could present their case to the legislators. At that hearing the farmers appeared, and the debate between the very plain rugged, untutored and uncultured men from the fields and our astute and educated, plug-hatted brigade who represented the Exposition was mostColonel Roosevelt, Page No. 4 interesting and memorable. When it had ceased the Exposition people retired crestfallen; the audience roared its approval of the farmers and the Committee in charge of the bill immediately and unanimously reported that it "do pass". Then I began to receive telegrams from various people in Washington, always intimating the desires of the federal government and suggesting delay, the direful results that would come to us from action by the Legislature, and how carefully we were being protected and safeguarded by the present administration. Finally, to one of those telegrams, from Congressman Kent, which he supplemented with a second stating that he was speaking authoritatively, I responded, saying that the national government had not hesitated in the past to express its wishes to the government of the State of California, and if the federal authorities had anything to say concerning legislation pending, I was unable to comprehend why it could not do so, in the ordinary fashion to the duly consituted authorities of the State. The dispatch to Kent brought me the first wire from Bryan. I then with the utmost courtesy and in detail, explained the pending bills, their exact status, and their possibilities. It was then thought that a general alien land bill would be passed, and I so stated to Mr. Bryan. The Bradford bill of the Assembly about this time passed the Assembly and it contained the clause "ineligible to citizenship"Col. Roosevelt, Page No. 5 Certain Senators prepared a general alien land bill and presented it to the members of the Senate for their acquiesence before pressing its passage, and then we found that the sentiment of the legislature was overwhelmingly against a general alien land bill. Not only was this so but the state began to be agitated from one end to the other and we were all deluged with telegrams and communications which were of sufficient moment to convince the legislators that a general alien land bill would be disastrous to investments in the state and to our development. During this period, I kept Washington advised and finally wired them that a general alien land bill would not be passed and we were unable to see how the use of the words "ineligible to citizenship" constituted a discrimination against Japan. During the exchange of telegrams the Washington government was constantly in communication with democratic senators here who were advising the administration just how to act so that they might be "in the clear," and the entire burden be assumed by the State administration. Undoubtedly, because of this underground method of communication, the President and Mr. Bryan were saying to me in dispatches that after the bill passed both houses of the legislature, and was in my hands, they desired it delayed until reasons could be presented to me concerning the vetoing of the bill, ever declining to present any real arguments against the measure. Just as often as I would receive a wire from Mr. Bryan, or the President, upon the subject, I would advise them that it was necessary if they had anything to communicate concerning the measure that they communi-Col. Roosevelt Page No. 6 cate it at once so that it could be transmitted by me to the Legislature. Finally, came the peculiar telegram of the President in which he referred to our national obligations, the hope that we would not pass the legislation etc., and then my response was made concerning what we conceived to be our right and our duty and defending the particular measure pending before the legislature. At last came the wire asking if we would receive Mr. Bryan and we prepared our reply for both houses of the legislature stating that while we insisted upon the right of the state to legislature as it chose, we were perfectly willing to have Mr. Bryan come to confer or consult. We acted with the utmost circumspection in dealing with the government at Washington, and I think that our correspondence was always respectful although I trust that it was at no time ambiguous. We delayed action in the Senate upon the bill pending Mr. Bryan's arrival. We all thought, of course, that he was coming here with something of great importance to impart, and the gravity of the situation was during this period of waiting, more keenly felt than at any other time. When Mr. Bryan arrived, immediately we arranged for his consultation with the legislature, and that consultation, at his suggestion, was made executive. The very suggestion aroused to the highest pitch the interest of the legislators, and the first meeting with Mr. Bryan was held with the idea prevalent that he would make such disclosures as would render imperative postponment of our measure. We sat with Mr. BryanCol. Roosevelt Page No. 7. for some hours that day. He invited discussion and various members - not always the most influential, nor the ablest, - presented their views. Before consultation he met with many of the democratic senators, nearly all of whom are candidates for federal office, and unquestionably with them arranged upon his plan of action. After sitting all day, Mir. Bryan presented absolutely nothing that could not have been transmitted within the limits of 4 night letter, without using all of the allotted words, and at the conclusion of the first consultation, there was a feeling among the legislators not only of disappointment, but that they had been decoyed more or less into a postponement without any real reasons, and that their time in consultation and conference had simply been frittered away. That night, at my home, I told Mr. Bryan that when he concluded on the following day, because he wished again to meet with the legislators, the Webb bill which had been prepared at my instance by the Attorney General would be introduced in the Senate and pressed forward for passage. I handed to him then a copy of the bill, and this was twenty four hours before it was presented, asking him to wire it to the President, and ascertain definitely if there was any objection to it. He did wire the bill to Washington, but he never presented to me any response. On that first days consultation, we had continued until about seven o'clock, talking of nothing particularly and having nothing presented to us of importance; and in the last moments of the conference, I talked to the legislators for not to exceedCol. Roosevelt, Page No. 8 three minutes in the endeavor to clear the atmosphere, and to bring them back to the one point at issue and I was delighted at the expiration of the brief talk to have our legislators with almost unanimity - excepting, of course, the democratic senators who were candidates for federal jobs, - applaud most heartily. The following day more of the same nonsense occurred, - Mr. Bryan talking always easily and quietly and tactfully, but presenting nothing, and that evening I had the President pro-tem of the Senate, who was presiding, turn to Mr. Bryan finally and ask if he had anything further that he desired to submit to the conference and he said he had nothing further, and then I announced to Mr. Bryan in accordance with what I had told him, on the previous day, that the Webb bill would go forward, and immediately it was introduced in the Senate. Then commenced a struggle that will ever be memorable to me, and that to me forms the historic aspect of this incident. We had provided Mr. Bryan with the Lieut. Governor's office, directly across the hall from the Senate Chamber. There he sat for the period of a week, representing the President of the United States, and the government of the United States, engaged during that period in sending for democratic senators and assemblymen, interviewing many others as well, and engaged in a parliamentary battle with the administration of the State. Immediately above my office, he was marshalling the forces of the federal government, determined to enact only such legislation in a State as the federal government should desire,Col. Roosevelt, Page No. 9 while I with a like determination, gathered the forces of the state government to pass legislation desired by the state. This struggle for days continued, and it was a spectacle that I daresay has never before been witnessed in the United States. I would not describe Mr. Bryan's activity during that time as lobbying, but it consisted of dealing directly and personally with every standpatter with whom he could deal in our Legislature and all of the democratic legislators, and in preparing with these the mode of procedure upon an alien land bill in the legislature of the state and directing that procedure. The first attempt was to postpone action and it was currently reported that the resolution introduced by Senator Curtin in that regard, was actually, in part, prepared by Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan admitted to me that he read the resolution and made some suggestions concerning it. The democrats whipped into line by the national administration were in a most peculiar position. Their party, and their's alone, had adopted an anti alien land law plank in its last platform. They were pledged to an anti alien land law. We were not. They had made their campaign in a great degree upon this plank and upon an anti-Japanese cry, and yet on the motion to postpone which, of course, meant no bill, all of the democrats but two in the senate, voted to postpone while on the other hand, I marshalled all of the Progressives but two against postponement.Col. Roosevelt, Page No. 10 After the defeat of the motion to postpone, various amendments were attempted, with a desire to kill the bill; the democrats struggling in every fashion to prevent its passage, but it was passed by the Senate a little after midnight Friday, and immediately transmitted to the Assembly Saturday morning. I knew the necessity for immediate action, and so I had the Assembly suspend the constitution, read the bill twice and then in the afternoon put it upon its final passage. Here again, the same bitter fight was made by the democrats; the same effort to postpone, the same attempts to amend, - all of which were voted down. On Saturday afternoon, during the debate, Mr. Bryan requested a last conference and when asked for what purpose, Mr. Bryan stated that he wished to bid the members of the Legislature Good-bye. In the very midst of the debate upon the bill, this last conference was held and instead merely of bidding the members Good-bye, he repeated the arguments that he had previously made. After his departure, the debate was resumed. At midnight Saturday night, the bill passed the Assembly, and then it came to me for signature. The different parts of our state have different kinds of people. The problems that agitate the northern part and the central part, do not disturb, sometimes, the southernpart of the state. The Japanese problem was peculiarly a problem of the northern and central part of the state. Our brethern in the south were littleCol. Roosevelt Page No. 11 interested; but they stood by me most loyally during this very trying period. Some of them, however, Mr. Bryan argued with privately, sometimes persuasively and sometimes speciously. It was perfectly obvious to me that when we had started upon our course, there was nothing to do but to go through with it and pass our bill. Of course, all of our timid legislators would have liked to recede, and at times, I had extraordinary difficulty in making them understand that having started we must finish, and I really believe that many of them went through with the matter more in personal loyalty than because they had any stomach for the particular kind of legislation. The big thing to me of this incident was the breaking down of the barrier that has heretofore existed between the nation government and legislation in the states; the direct repudiation of the doctrine of State's rights, but a democratic administration and the remarkable nd astounding seene of the United States Government, through its Secretary of State, for the period of a week struggling in every conceivable fashion as against a state administration, upon a particular measure pending in that state legislature. Of course, I have not been able to express myself publicly upon this phase of the situation, and during the time that Mr. Bryan was here, inasmuch as he was my guest, it was impossible for me to express myself as ICol. Roosevelt Page No. 12 desired in this particular. I did say to him during one of the trying times, however, that his position was an anomalous one, and that possibly no other man than himself could have occupied that anomalous situation for a period of sixteen second without a public explosion from the state administration. Now, you may not know the other side of this Japanese question, a side which I did not consider during the time of our fateful days with the legislature. Last year, however, in this state, the Japanese question was made an issue and the Democratic Party abused you roundly for your stand during the time that you were President. Mr. Wilson in his usual elegant diction presented to the voters of the State of California, his views upon the subject and during the campaign, cards literally by the hundreds of thousands were distributed throughout the State of California, bearing on the one side what purported to be a statement of your position and on the other the letter of Mr. Wilson upon the subject. I enclose you herein a copy of the matter appearing upon that card. To say that at least ten thousand votes were lost in this state upon this issue, I think is conservative. I did not know until I returned to California after the election the hammering we had undergone by democrats and reactionaries on this point and so you can pardon, perhaps a little malicious pleasure, that ICol. Roosevelt Page No. 13. took out of the attitude of our democratic brethern, and the democratic national administration. During Mr. Bryan's visit a friend of mine related in my presence to Mr. Bryan an incident that occurred just after the election, and this is an absolutely true story. Ralph Weill of San Francisco, gave a banquet to Democrats in celebration of the Democratic victory in November, last. The most blatant of the democrats, Senator Sanford, was present at one of the tables at that banquet. Sanford has always been a "bloviating" blustering demagogue, his chief stock in trade, - the Japanese question. At the banquet Sanford announced to those near him, that on the first day of the session, he was going to introduce an anti alien land bill, and that he would have that fellow Johnson side stepping and climbing over the capitol dome during all the rest of the session with that bill. The democrat sitting next to him said, "Be careful Senator, remember there will be then a democratic national administration, and you may have that administration side stepping". Sanford's boasting reply was, "Don't trouble about that. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Wilson know all about this question and we will have Johnson jumping during this whole session". Mr. Bryan didn't laugh as heartily at this narrative as my friend had thought he would. I might remark, parenthetically, Sanford is still side stepping. He was one of the democratsCol. Roosevelt Page No. 14 who is a candidate for a job. I think we have laid the ghost. I know that never again in California can the Japanese question be a political question, except as we shall want it to be. I do not think there is any danger of war, and I believe we have vindicated our right to legislate as we see fit upon a matter clearly and wholly within our jurisdiction and I believe too, that we have shown the democratic doctrine of "State's rights" to be sham and pretense, insisted upon when it is their state that is affected but denied when they represent the federal government and our State is affected. I haven't attempted to describe to you any particular phase of the Japanese problem with us. I think you understand that quite as well as I do. Suffice it to say, the question is one that had to be met sooner or later and it came about in such fashion at this session of the Legislature that I deemed it our duty to meet it, and to meet it with firmness. If you will read carefully the words of Mr. Wilson as set forth in an enclosed copy of the campaign card, circulated, last year, and then compare those words with Mr. Bryan's utterances during our conference you must reach I think, as I reached, one of two conclusions, - either Mr Wilson played the demagogue in California last year in his utterances or he has in the interim thoroughly changed his views. The latter conclusion, in Mr. Wilson's case, would not beCol. Roosevelt , Page No. 15. startling in view of our experience with him on other public questions; but the whole manner of the conduct of the campaign by the democrats in California last year, with the method of utterance of Mr. Wilson at that time upon a subject concerning which he doubtless knew little or nothing, might justly lead us to the conclusion first suggested. I am sending you by this mail a copy of the stenographic report of the conference with Mr. Bryan at our legislature. I do not know that you will care to read even all of this letter, but I thought there might come a time in the future when possibly you would desire to refer to recent occurrences here. Pardon this discussive letter. It is dictated hastily as I am about to leave on a brief vacation. Permit me to congratulate you not only upon the result of your recent libel case, but upon your usual courage in forcing it to trial. I hope that you have forever set at rest the false and malicious story to which this libel gave public utterance. Mrs. Johnson joins me in love to you and Mrs. Roosevelt. Sincerely, Hiram W. Johnson[For enc see Ca 6-21-13]175 9th Ave New York City June 21/1913 Mr Theodore Roosevelt The Outlook office 4th Ave & 22nd St N Y City Dear Sir I am writing to you a request for a personal interview for 10 minutes any day this week, convenient to you. Sincerely Yours A. W. KeirulffGARY REAL ESTATE BOARD OFFICE OF SECRETARY GARY. IND., Iune 21 st, 1913. 19 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, New York City. My dear Colonel: I wish to thank you for your very kind letter of 16th. instant. While I do not intend to be too obstreperous, I am in a predicament, seeking light -- more light. I did so, writing four letters to the Progressive Headquarters at Indianapolis, but no response came, save the last (enclosed) -- returned, making me believe the Headquarters to be out of Commission. Progressivism is my -- religion. I have a hard battle here, trying to save it intact for 1916! Our leaders here have joined with the rep. machine, forming a "Citizen" ticket, but I am fearful of the outcome. All the candidates come from the rep. side, myself only facing them. None published their views as I did mine. I have a dire premonition of losing out at the coming concocted convention, since the local "pseudo" prog. paper is with the reps. from whence it came last Fall. The administration if "feeding it" by furnishing it part of the City painting, a "divi" between the Demo. paper, owned by the present Mayor. Its city editor is a dem. candidate for City clerk and its reporter, a member of the safety board. All the "hitting" the venal Mayor gets from them, are like sugar coated Pop corn balls, or "rubber tipped" daggers, which merely tickle the vanity of the attacked Thus stand alone, I wish to invoke the asistance of the good ladies here, more so, since the said editor refused to publish my communication[*GARY REAL ESTATE BOARD OFFICE OF SECRETARY GARY, IND.,*] 2.) [*19*] I purpose to stay in the field, WIN or LOSE, refusing to go to Canossa! It will take money to "swing it", which I hope to receive by public subscriptions, depending on the ladies to a great extent. Any comments you may deem proper to impart, will be sacredly held secrete and buried in my breast. I have admired you ever since the Spanish- American war (which my oldest son "experienced" in Cuba), thinking of you, as the Saxons did of Charlemagne :"He is the Best Man on earth and the Bravest. Truth and good Faith he established and kept". Our city needs "cleaning up". It is like quoted in the "Revelations, Chap. 17-5."If the concocted " Citizen ticket" composed of reps. and now pseudo-prog. should win, the change" devoutly wished for" will not be forthcoming. The name will be changed, but a "new" machine will continue ruling. Could we, the "true" progressives organize as such now, irrespective of the "fusion" ticket? I enclose some Testimonials, to attest my character, being a stranger to you, which kindly have returned for my keeping. Hoping I am not "boring" you, and looking forward for some instructions in this serious matter for our party, I beg to remain, Yours sincerely, Maximillian Kirchman [*signature*] [Kirchman][*[For enc see 6-22-13]*]Foraker June 21st 1913 Col Theodore Roosevelt Out Look New York City Dear Sir You will find enclosed with this leter a copy of a leter I wrote to Nr Nephue last winter when He was in school. He was to debate on who should have credit for the Government having a Canal at Panama He has sent me a copy and requested me to send it to you so here you are Yours Very Respectfully James [Lavin?] Foraker Okla[*[For encl see 2-20-13]*][*LAW OFFICES McCULLOUGH, MARTIN & BLYTHE. GREENVILLE, S. C.*] Saturday- June-21-1913. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Ass. Editor of the "Outlook", New York City. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: You may recall me or you may not. I had the pleasure of meeting you while you were President, and you told me that Judge Pritchard had mentioned me to you. I state this so that you may identify me. I send you by this mail, a marked copy of the "News & Courier" of date of June 11th, 1913. It contains an address I delivered at the Clemson Agricultural College. I thought that perhaps some parts of it might be of interest to you. With assurances of personal regards, I remain, Yours very truly James A McCullough [*signature*] JAM/HMD.[*PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ROOMS 1527-1530 FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING NEW YORK WALTER F. BROWN CHAIRMAN ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE*] Dear Harper: I am in receipt of yours of the 20th enclosing check for $35.45 Michigan expenses, for which I thank you. Sincerely yours, J. W. Mc Grath [*signature*] Mr. Frank Harper,[*DULUTH, SOUTH SHORE & ATLANTIC RAILWAY MINERAL RANGE RAILROAD THE SOUTH SHORE JAMES MANEY, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT DULUTH, MINN.*] June 21st ,1913 [*IN YOUR REPLY REFER TO FILE*] R - G - O REFUND CLAIM - - Frank Harper Mr. Frank Harper, Secretary ,The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City, N. Y. Dear Sir:- Referring to your letter of June 4th, to Mr.H.E.Stewart, Commercial Agent,of the CM&&StPRy.,at Houghton, Mich.,enclosing unused portion of tickets of Form DE 611 No,1232 from Chicago to New York ,E 441 No.9458 from Marquette to Chicago and S M 3 No.508 also reading Marquette to Chicago. Can not you advise me just what transportation was used in connection with the tickets referred to above. For your information I will state that ticket of Form E 441 No.9458 is a certain portion of a through ticket and reads from Marquette to Chicago,the destination of the ticket that it was issued in connection with is Cleveland,O, accompanying ticket,or Form DF 611 No.1232 reads from Chicago to New York. Evidently the ticket of Form E 441 No. 9458 was issued to Cleveland,not used from Marquette to Chicago and that another ticket from Chicago to Cleveland,which was a portion of the through ticket was used from Chicago to Cleveland. If you can write me fully stating just exactly what transportation was used I assure you that it will enable us to effect a prompt refund. The Interstate Commerce Commission of course you know requires us to get full particulars before refunds can be made and the object of this letter is to get this information. Your early response I assure you will be greatly appreciated. Yours truly, James Maney [*signature*] General Passenger Agent.San Juan Porto Rico June 21st., 1913. Mr. Frank Harper Dear Sir: - Will you kindly keep these names for future reference for the time when a vacancy occurs for Mr. Raymond N. Matson. In addition to the ones sent to Col. Roosevelt; Mr. W. C. Bills Head of Department of labor. San Juan, P.R. Mr. Frank Tibbitts and Mr. George M Kirk both of The Y.M.C.A San Juan, P.R.. where Mr. Matson teaches a night class in stenography and typewriting. Very truly, Mrs. R. N. Matson Att'y General's Office San Juan, P. R.CABLE ADDRESS LIFE NEW YORK TELEPHONE 3680 MADISON SQUARE ANDREW MILLER 17 WEST THIRTY FIRST STREET NEW YORK June 21, 1913, My dear Theodore:- Young Mr. Patterson only a few days ago presented your letter of March 25th, end it was s pleasure for me to make him acquainted with my partner Mitchell, who will take much pleasure and interest in him and his work. In defence of my co-workers on LIFE I wish to assure you that the bitter hostility referred to does not exist. The emasculation of the Bull Moose Number of LIFE at the time of the shooting shows that we all retain and have a big affection for you, even at the cost of thousands of dollars. Won't you set a day, at your entire convenience, and come around to our shop to take a bite of luncheon with the five M's, vis: Mitchell, Metcalfe, Martin, Masson and myself? We should consider it an honor and a privilege to have you with us. Always sincerely yours, Andrew Miller To Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, New York, N.Y.[*Hotel La Salle La Salle at Madison St, Chicago*] 6/21-[*191]*3 Dear Colonel I failed to see Mr. Perkins here. As I advised you my financial condition is critical. I hope Mr. Perkins will carry a loan of $25000.00 on the property The party needs to papers and if there ever was a time, that I need help it is now. I know you are too busy to bother with matters of this kind but just a word from you would help Of course so far as I am concerned personally I will be for you & the party whether I go to the wall or not, but the party will suffer seriously & I will be wiped out financially. Sincerely yours A. Y. MareGIFFORD PINCHOT GREY TOWERS MILFORD PIKE CO PA June 21, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. Dear Theodore: There are sent to you under separate cover today, letters from Mrs. Platt of Whittier Centre in Philadelphia, and Hubert W. Wells, a classmate of mine, and Secretary of the City club, both urging you to attend a great public meeting for Negroes to be held in Philadelphia in November or early in December next. While I know how difficult it will be for you to accept any invitation, this one seems to me particularly worthy of attention, and so I am glad to do what I can to back it up. Since the subject is to be Lincoln, and since the meeting is to apply practically to Negroes, I think a strong argument can be made in favor of your going if you can. Yours as always, Gifford Pinchot[4150 Baleman] WILLIAM L. RANSOM 154 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK CITY June 21, 1913. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- The naive suggestion of ex-Senator Elsberg and others that the Progressive Party leaders should not undertake to pass upon the acceptability of the Whitman candidacy but should leave the same for determination in the September primaries of the party does not seem to offer any satisfactory solution of the situation with which we are actually confronted. The suggestion has such obvious bearings that, emanating from a veteran of the Odell-Quigg school of political expertness, it can hardly be regarded as ingenuous. This is so for several reasons. In the first place, the Progressive Party enrollment this month will be but a shadow of our real strength, and the system under which the enrollment is being obtained leads itself readily to manipulation by anyone having the funds and the inclination. It will not be possible, as I am sure everyone must realize, to obtain to enrollment which would afford a real expression of party sentiment in the primaries. The Whitman organization headed by Messrs. Bonhuer, Lantry, Elsberg, et al., have a man in the Bureau of Elections who is taking off the Progressive enrollment as fast as it comes in, at the same time getting unenrolled voters to fill out enrollment blanks brought to their attention for the purpose. The result of course is that the Progressive County organization is simply refraining from filling the enrollment blanks which come in through the district clubs, etc., and will not do so until the last moment. Even with the forces at work, I do not suppose our enrollment in the whole City will be a tenth of our vote last fall. These circumstances indicate the utter inadequacy of our September primaries as a method of determining real Progressive sentiment in the City. I say this in spite of a reasonable confidence that no amount ofWILLIAM L. RANSOM 154 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK CITY 2 - T. R. manipulation could bring about, this year, an enrollment unresponsive to the wishes of the New York County organization. In the second place, if the Progressive City Committee should "designate" a candidate other than Judge Whitman, I doubt very much if the latter's name could be placed on the Progressive ballot. Four per cent of the total party vote at the last election would be required, and on the 21st of June, with only a week more of enrollment remaining, four per cent of the party vote has not yet enrolled. Manhattan, The Bronx, and Richmond, are a unit against Judge Whitman's candidacy under its present auspices -- he could not get five per cent of the members of the County Committees in those three counties, and Brooklyn and Queens are very much divided and uncertain. Manhattan and The Bronx alone polled much more than half of the Progressive vote in the City, and will have weight in the City Convention accordingly. Also, be it observed, the Progressive vote in Manhattan and The Bronx alone exceeded the entire Republican vote in the City. If Judge Whitman's candidacy continues unacceptable to the Progressives in Manhattan and The Bronx, and no effort is made to work the thing out through the even-tempered and open-minded conference of the leaders in the anti-Tammany movement, Judge Whitman cannot possibly be "designated" in the Progressive City Convention and would have little or no chance, in my opinion, of even being placed on the Progressive primary ballot. He might be unable to get on the ballot even though it was perfectly clear that a large majority of the rank and file of Progressives favored his nomination, but in that event I would of course do everything I could to secure his nomination in the designating committee. If Whitman is to be nominated at all by the Progressives, it must be by the designating convention. In the third place, and perhaps most important of all, if there is to be any real anti-Tammany fusion this year, it must be brought about through the action of the "designating committees" of the parties, rather than the primaries.WILLIAM L. RANSOM 154 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK CITY 3- T. R. The reason for that is this: The designations will be made between the 19th and 29th of August; the primaries come in September. If the Progressives, for example, should nominate -- i. e., "designate" -- all of the ticket recommended by the Citizens' municipal committee except the mayoralty candidate, it would be of no avail that the name of that mayoralty candidate recommended by the Citizens' committee would also go on the Progressive primary ballot. The Republicans would hardly "designate" a ticket headed by Judge Whitman and made up of Progressives, Democrats, and Indenpendence Leaguers, as well, if the Progressives refused to "designate" Judge Whitman but insisted that his nomination should be left to the primaries. If Republicans and Independence Leaguers are to be represented on our ticket at all, or Progressives on theirs, it is perfectly obvious to me that the matter must be brought about in such a way that the fusion ticket will be "designated" by all three parties. Therefore, Senator Elsberg's suggestion would accurately be described as a proposal to acquiesce in the Republican plan of nominating a City and County ticket made up entirely of Republicans and McAneny Democrats. To "leave it to the primaries" would mean that no Progressive would possibly be on the Republican ticket, irrespective of whether the Progressive primaries endorsed Judge Whitman, for the primaries are all held on the same day. It seems to me that the wisest course for us all to pursue is to strengthen in every possible way the hands of the Citizens' Committee and encourage that Committee to put itself in position to nominate a ticket which Progressives and Republicans will each be compelled to accept. I think that the careful, painstaking consideration of candidates which the Citizens' Municipal Committee is conducting affords the only practicable way of really considering the several candidates on their real merits. Judge Whitman has made a most unfortunate beginning in his campaign for the nomination; the reaction against him is already very strong, far sooner than I expected; he has been "the victim ofWILLIAM L. RANSOM 154 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK CITY 4 - T. R. his fool friends" in a way I should not take so seriously but for the fact that I fear it is altogether characteristic of both him and his friends. If he is the strongest available candidate, and will disassociate himself with the elements which have already gone a long way towards making his nomination impossible, he should be nominated: but I think that if you will read carefully just the position which the New York County Chairman took, when he was asked by the Citizens' Committee to express what he considered was the view of the Progressive County organization, you will find that Mr. Bird took the course which will prove of the maximum advantage to every public interest concerned. I have written more at length than you will probably care to read; but, decidedly against my personal inclinations, as you know, I placed myself in a position where I am "pretty close to the ground", so far as the sentiment of the rank and file of our people throughout the City is concerned; and I think you are entitled to know the lines along which our people are thinking and the points of difficulty which have to be taken into account. Very truly yours, Wm L. Ransom WLR/HMDouglas Robinson, 14 Wall Street Cable Address, "Ryraport," New York. New York June 21, 1913. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your favor of June 30th, requesting that a deposit of $2,000. be made to the credit of Colonel Roosevelt's account in the Astor Trust Company. A deposit has this day been made. Yours very truly, Douglas Robinson. S. Frank Harper, Esq., #287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Sexcuse the delay. Yours sincerely, Geoge P. Shiras Marquette, Mich. June 21, 1913 Frank Harper Esq New York City My dear Mr. Harper, On my return from the East I found your letter concerning the slippers and am sending them forward to-day by express. I hope you will John M. Bowers. B. Aymar Sands. Frederic J. Middlebrook. Latham G. Reed. William H. Van Benschoten. Bowers & Sands, Counsellors at Law, 46 Cedar Street, New York Telephone John 1990. Cable Address Brangsand. June 21, 1913. My Dear Colonel Roosevelt: In addition to the reply of our firm to your letter of the 20th instant, I desire to personally thank you for your extremely generous reference to me and my services. I am very glad that I was able to render services which in anyway assisted in securing the splendid result which we all so greatly desired. I shall always count it as having been a great privilege for me to have worked with and for you in this case, both because of yourself personally and also because of its importance for the public good. The other members of our firm, as well as myself, will count it a great pleasure to continue the acquaintanceship which has arisen in the conduct of this action. Very truly yours, W. H. Van Benschoten Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.NEW YORK June 21st [*191*]3 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Long Island, NY [[shorthand]] Dear Sir District Attorney Whitman, would be very foolish to run on any ticket for Mayor of New York City, with any of the present Members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the reason they are boodle takers— They have played into the hands of Ryan Belmont, and Tammany Hall - engineered mostly by Mayor Gaynor - which a Copy of the enclosed letter to Hon William Sulzer Governor of this State will fully explain. By all means cut out Mc Avery and Prendergast. This subway boodle grab will be the principal issue in this coming campaign. Should Whitman become Mayor - He would be powerless to do anything honest - with a majority of boodle takers on the board of Estimate and Apportionment. By all means run a straight ticket of honest men, and cut the boodle takers out. Otherwise one ticket would be as rotten as the other. If you expect to get the support of the straight Republican party - The boodle takers will have to be cut out Yours Truly Henry. B. Wood, Suit 901 110 & 112 West 40th St[*Form 5-TT. E. C. CONVERSE, PRESIDENT ALEXANDER H. STEVENS, VICE-PRESIDENT THOMAS COCHRAN, JR., VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY J. COCHRAN, VICE-PRESIDENT BARKLEY WYCKOFF, CASHIER JAMES R. TROWBRIDGE, SECRETARY HOWARD BOOCOCK, TREASURER Astor Trust Company 5TH AVE, & 36TH STREET NEW YORK,*] JUN 21 1913 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, DEAR Sir:- YOUR ACCOUNT IS CREDITED $ 2,000. RECEIVED IN YOUR LETTER of June 21- From Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown Co. RESPECTFULLY BARKLEY WYCKOFF, CASHIER. PER B M[*[Ca 6-21-13]*] [**] WILSON AND THE JAPANESE. WOODROW WILSON is for exclusion of the Japanese from the United States. On May 3, 1912, he said: "In the matter of Chinese and Japanese collie immigration I stand for the national policy of exclusion. The whole question is one assimilation of diverse races. We cannot make a homogenuous population out of a people who do not belnd with the Caucasian race. Their lower standard of living as laborers will crowd out the white agriculturist and is, in other fields, a most serious industrial menace. The success of free democratic institutions demands of our people education, intelligence and patriotism and the state should protect them against unjust and impossible competition. Remunerative labor is the basis of contentment. Democracy rests on the equality of the citizen. Oriental coolieism will give us another race problem to solve and surely we have had our lesson." [**] ROOSEVELT AND THE JAPANESE. Roosevelt believes the Japanese should be made citizens of the United States. In his message to the Fifty-Ninth Congress he said: "I recommend to the Congress that an act be passed specifically providing for the naturalization of Japanese who come here intending to become American citizens." Roosevelt believes the Japanese should be allowed to overrun the lands of California. He demanded of the State legislature that it enact no laws denying Japanese the right to acquire title to land. Roosevelt demanded that grown Japanese men should be allowed to mingle in the public schools with white boys and girls of tender years. When the people of San Francisco and California protested he threatened them with "all of the forces, military and civil of the United States.” Roosevelt in his message to the Fifty-Ninth Congress demanded that the American people accept the Japanese immigrants “on a basis of full and frank equality."[Enc in Johnson 6-21-13](Tentative and confidential; not to be made the basis of any newspaper quotation or comment.) (Draft of June 21st, 1913.) SUGGESTED MUNICIPAL PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. The National Progressive Party, assembled for the first time in municipal convention for the City of New York, appeals to the people of the City, irrespective of national political affiliations, to unite in the support of a constructive municipal program, and definitely convenants that the candidates nominated by it will, if elected, put forth their best efforts for the carrying out of the pledges of this platform: Statement of General Principles. We pledge ourselves to work unceasingly to secure: 1. A City freed from boss and machine domination, through breaking the control of National political parties over municipal elections and concentrating adequate powers of government in the hands of officials responsible directly to the people. 2. A City freed from the interference of the State legislature in purely local affairs, through the constitutional establishment of genuine home rule. 3. A City freed from excessive charges and inadequate service by corporations supplying necessary public services, through effective, continuous public regulation, so far as possible, but municipal ownership and operation, where necessary. 4. A City freed from an excessive tax-rate, through increased administrative efficiency, a rigorous economy in public expenditures, and a sound policy as to the public credit.2. 5. A City freed from the conditions of economic injustice which harass and oppress great numbers of its people, through the progressive employment of municipal powers to end these conditions. For the speedy accomplishment of these general purposes, we pledge that the candidates elected upon this platform will, in their respective capacities, endeavor to bring about such legislation, constitutional amendments, and municipal action, as may be necessary to secure: I. THE RULE OF THE PEOPLE IN CITY AFFAIRS. A. Real Municipal Home Rule. The right of the people of this community to manage its local affairs is the essence of political democracy. We demand that this right be written into the laws and constitution of the State, at the earliest possible time. Real Municipal Home Rule, as we define it, includes the right of the city to determine for itself: (1) Its general plan of government as embodied in its Charter. (2)The organization and budget of its municipal and county departments. (3) The objects and rates of taxation for municipal purposes and for the collection of the city's share of the direct State tax. (4) The policy to be pursued as to the control, ownership and operation of public utilities. (5) Its municipal and local regulations, and similar matters of primarily local concern. B. Revision of the City Charter by the City. We favor an immediate and thorough revision of the City Charter into a clear and concise statement of fundamental law,3. drawn up by a Charter Convention chosen by the people of the several Boroughs on the basis of relative population and submitted to popular vote before adoption. C. Popular Control Over Municipal Policies. The City of New York has long been the citadel of machine government and boss rule, based upon party patronage and special privilege. To end the influence of political machines and give the people control over the policies of their City government, the revision of the City Charter should bring about the following: (1) A municipal election day should be established, approximately six months from the November election, at which all candidates for municipal offices should be elected, and matters submitted under the referendum or initiative voted upon. (2) All elective candidates for City and County offices should be nominated in direct primaries, without "committee-designations" or the presence of party emblems on the primary ballot; and the Massachusetts type of ballot should be used in their election. (3) The Board of Estimate and Apportionment should be made the responsible governing body of the city, and given adequate powers to that end. (4) As an effective ultimate check upon errors of policy and abuses of power, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment should be made directly accountable to the people, through suitable forms of the recall, the referendums and the initiative. In accordance with this principle, the terms of office of the Mayor and members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment should be lengthened to six years, subject to the right of the people, by the petition of suitable percentages4. of the electorate, to require that a vote be taken, on any regular election day, upon the question of the recall of any such officer, upon any franchise ordinance or contract for the private operation of publicly owned utilities, or upon any important question of public policy. II. MUNICIPAL CONTROL OVER PUBLIC SERVICES. The next city administration should take active steps towards establishing effective, continuous public control over every public service corporation. This control should be exercised through public supervision and regulation, so far as effectual, but by municipal ownership and operation, where necessary. The city, rather than the public service corporations, must be made the dominant influence. To this end, we favor the following: (1) Lower Rates for Electricity, Gas, etc. The city should act as complainant before the proper Public Service Commission in behalf of a reduction in the rates charged for electricity throughout the city, a reduction in the rates charged for gas in all areas where the rate exceeds eighty cents per thousand cubic feet, a reduction in all telephone rates in excess of five cents between points within the city, and a reduction in all railroad and street railroad fares in excess of five cents between points within the city. (2) Extensions of Service. The powers of the city should be actively exerted to bring about the extension of electric and gas services in areas not now supplied.5. (3) Elimination of Perpetual Franchises. The city should persistently seek to bring about the forfeiture, termination or surrender of all perpetual rights now held or claimed in the streets or public places, and the substitution of new franchises in standard form, consistent with the public interest. (4) Rapid Transit Extensions. The rapid transit lines within the scope of the so-called "Dual system" should be completed and placed in operation at the earliest possible moment. Lines should be placed in operation as fast as completed, even though such operation be temporary in character. Meanwhile, the finances of the city ought to be carefully and systematically adjusted so as to permit the city, at the earliest practicable date, to take over and operate these lines, as a whole or in part, if the electors of the city shall by referendum vote direct. We favor a "north-and-south" rapid transit line in Brooklyn via a subway in Bedford Avenue, and early construction of the projected subway to Staten Island. We do not believe that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment should give its approval to the erection of elevated railroad structures through congested districts or through residential districts where a substantial majority of the property-owners do not consent to the same. We favor the use of the assessment plan for the construction of necessary extensions of rapid transit lines wherever it is desired by the majority of the property-owners affected, and recommend consideration of the exemption of any such assessment districts from taxation for the pay-6. ment of deficits which accrue on lines built with city funds. (5) Street Surface Railroads and Transfers. In order that the outlying districts may be properly developed and undue congestion in the immediate vicinity of new transit lines prevented, we favor the development of an adequate system of surface feeders, to be operated in conjunction withthe rapid transit systems, with free transfers therefrom. We demand that the existing transfers between rapid transit lines and surface lines be required to be continued, and the transfer system expanded upon such basis as will adequately protect the usefulness and earning power of the city-owned lines. (6) Waterfront Ownership and Port Development. We favor immediate and vigorous port development under strict municipal control. Specifically, the city should acquire, as rapidly as funds can be made available, and retain, complete and continuous control of its entire water-front and water-front facilities. Private monopoly and special privilege in dock and terminal facilities should be ended. All water-front facilities should be built and owned by the city. Contributions of private capital to the cost thereof should be permitted only when city funds are not available, and then only upon the basis of strict municipal control and of the amortization of such contributions within a reasonable period, and upon such terms of recapture that the city may take over and operate such facilities at any time upon payment of the amount remaining unamortized, plus a reasonable margin of profit to the constructing contractor. Franchises or leases of water-front fac-7. ilities should be granted only for indeterminate period. Any plan for water-front development should include: (1) The immediate municipalization of the South Brooklyn dock and terminal railway system. (2) The progressive municipalization of the Brooklyn water-front. (3) The extension of similar improvements to the Staten Island water-front. (4) The earliest possible elimination of the grade operation of trains of the New York Central Railroad Company below Sixtieth Street in the Borough of Manhattan. (5) The construction of a water-front terminal railroad on the lower west side of Manhattan Island open to all railroad common carriers on equal terms. (6) The development and intensive use of the East River piers. (7) The co-ordination of the New York and New Jersey piers and terminals. (8) The Maintenance of selected piers open to use at any time by any shippers on equal terms. (7) Cheaper Ice Through Establishing Municipal Plants. The conditions affecting the supply and price of ice throughout the City of New York have from year to year become subject of increasing public concern, upon which immediate and effectual municipal action is imperative. To the end that shortage in ice supply may not be manipulated to produce still higher prices, with serious injury to the public health and the lives8. of children, we believe that the city should be immediately empowered to acquire, either through purchase or manufacture an adequate supply of ice, and to dispose of the same from time to time to independent dealers, or, if it may be necessary, at retail, upon the basis only of a reasonable return upon the cost thereof to the city. We denounce the present Legislature for its refusal to pass the Salant-Birnkrant bill, conferring such powers upon the city. (8) Municipal Wholesale Terminal Markets. The reduction of the cost of living, through lowered prices of foodstuffs, is of prime importance to the people of this city. To this end, we favor the municipal erection and maintenance of adequate wholesale terminal markets in each Borough. We also favor the creation of a City Department of Markets to coordinate and supervise the market facilities of the city and give wider publicity to market conditions. (9) Criminal Prosecution of Violations of Anti-Monopoly Statutes. There is a wide-spread popular belief that the prices and supply of many articles of food and public necessity are controlled by concerted action constituting violation of the anti-monopoly statutes of this State. The powers of the District Attorney should be aggressively used to break the power and prevent the exactions of any such combinations. III. ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY IN ADMINISTRATION. The appalling increase in the burdens of taxation and in the public debt of the City of New York requires that the next municipal administration shall observe a policy of rigid retrenchment, economy, and tax reduction. We pledge that the officials elected upon9. this platform will deal effectively with these conditions along the following lines: (1) The mandatory legislative acts prescribing the pay-rolls of County and City Departments should be repealed, and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment given full power and responsibility for the City and County budget and the elimination therefrom of every expenditure which is not essential to a progressive, business administration. (2) The assessment of property in excess of its fair market value should be stopped, no increase in the rate of direct taxation for municipal purposes permitted, diligent efforts made to reduce the rate of taxation, and the city compelled to live within its income, along the lines pledged in this platform. (3) The issuance of city bonds should be halted, so that a margin of safety between the bonded debt and the debt limit may be re-established. (4) The issuance of coporate stock and other evidences of municipal indebtedness should be abandoned during the next four years' administration, except on the basis that the same shall be paid off within the fiscal year of their issuance. (5) The city should seek constructively to reduce the present tax rate through utilizing new sources of city revenue in the form of community-created privileges not now paying into the public treasury any fair proportion of the value of their annual use. (6) All activities of the city, along lines formerly left to private enterprises, should be placed on a self-sustaining basis.10. IV. CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY. We favor and pledge: (1) The creation of a new City Department of Recreation, to create, systematize, and socialize public opportunities and facilities for recreation, to be placed under its jurisdiction. (2) The development of social centres and facilities for civic discussions, through wider use of the public school buildings. (3) The establishment of opportunities whereby all the people may hear good music at cost prices. (4) Extension of the preventive work of the Department of Health, including careful inspection of foods and beverages. (5) Municipal utilization of the moving picture as a means of public education along lines of health, wholesome recreation, scientific information, vocational guidance and discharge of civic duties. (6) Creation of opportunities for wholesome athletic games and exercises for out-of-school people, through utilization of public school gymnasiums and athletic fields at times when not in use for school purposes and the establishment of additional gymnasiums and fields under municipal supervision. (7) The providing, selling and serving of lunches to public school children, under the auspices of the Board of Education, in such schools and at such prices as such Board may fix, the price not to exceed the cost of the purchase, preparation and service of the food.11. (8) As a means of reducing by about one-half the expense to the city and as a preferable method of administration, the affording of public assistance, in their own homes, to dependent widows with children. (9) A constructive remedial inquiry into the problems presented by the prevolence of high rents, congestion, bad housing conditions, and inadequate use of the natural resources within the city, side by side with land speculation and the growth of great fortunes which represent no increase in the wealth, happiness or prosperity of the community. (10) The elimination of the dumping of raw sewage into Jamaica Bay, the Bronx Rivers and other open waters adjacent to residential districts. (11) Vigorous enforcement of all the State laws relating to the hours and conditions of labor and rate of wages of persons employed by private contractors on public works, and the prompt forfeiture of all contracts under which any substantial violation of those laws take place. (12) Requiring that the work called for by city contracts for printing and other supplies is done only in establishments conducted in complete conformity with the requirements of law and the regulationsiof the State Department of Labor. (13) The utilization of the public school system to increase the efficiency and earning power of those entering wage employment, to the end that vocational training may be conducted along practical lines, special training afforded pupils who do not intend to continue their studies in high school or college, and 12. studies calculated to increase the earning power of workers in their trades or avocations made available, through continuation schools, to the workers in their homes. (14) The establishment, in each of the Boroughs, of a municipal employment bureau, scientifically and sympathetically conducted with a view to reducing unemployment and bringing employers into touch with workers of desired qualifications and efficiency. (15) A vigorous and non-partisan enforcement of the civil service laws of the State, and the extension of the merit system in all departments of the City and County government, with a modification of the existing law and practice so as to provide for a thorough and flexible system of promotions for demonstrated efficiency within the civil service, rather than the filling of the higher salaried positions by examinations open to persons outside the service. V. POLICE DEPARTMENT. The sale of special privilege, official protection and official indulgence, in any form must end. Trafficking in the attitude of public officials toward law enforcement must cease to be the means of livelihood of political leaders and organizations. We require from every candidate nominated on the Progressive ticket in this city this year, the unqualified pledge of his efforts to this end. We endorse the work which has recently been done by District Attorney Whitman and his assistants, in the County of New York, in exposing and punishing certain police officials. We believe that this public service15. should be continued with vigor and determination, and carried to ultimate completion, uninfluenced by and political consideration. The police Department must be placed upon a basis of permanent efficiency. To this end, the Police Commissioner should hold office for a term coterminus with that of the Mayor and should be removable by the Mayor only upon the filing and publication of a statement of reasons for such removal.Enc in Thompson 6-23-13 6-21-13JUDGE WALKER FOR MONUMENT PROJECT Suggests Names of Those to Be Invited to Unveiling of Roosevelt Memorial The following national celebrities will be asked to visit Birmingham when the monument suggested for Theodore Roosevelt is unveiled in Birmingham, provided the project goes through: George W. Perkins, Miss Jane Addams, Frank H. Munsey, Colonel Roosevelt, Nicholas Longworth, Gilson Gardner and James A. Garfield. A part of this list to be invited was suggested yesterday by Judge William M. Walker, who is very much in favor of the suggested monument to Colonel Roosevelt and is willing to assist in whatever way is consistent in getting that plan worked out. Judge Walker said yesterday that the suggested monument to Colonel Roosevelt would typify to the world that in this democratic stronghold there was a wide, broad vision on the part of the people, practically all of whom were ready to recognize that even a republican President had done much to further the interests of this community. Judge Walker said that the acquisition of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company by the Steel corporation was the best and greatest single event that had ever taken place here from a material viewpoint. Judge Walker said that as Colonel Roosevelt had a great deal to do with the Steel corporation coming here he was entitled to the commendation of the Birmingham public. He added that the suggested monument was a very flattering and admirable method of demonstrating how this district appreciated that achievement. The plan suggested by Sol Caheen, the well known merchant, to get the proposed subscription for a monument into tangible shape, it is said, will be worked out by a few prominent citizens in a few days.C. LEONARD BALL MINES RANCHES and FARM LANDS LICENSED SURVEYOR APARTADO NO. 5 [*16*] P. O. Box 153, Santa Monica, California. June, 22, 1913. [*Ack FH EH 6/30/13*] Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. New York. Dear Sir: Learning of your intended visit to the Argentine Republic, and probable trip through the pampas of the upper Amazon and into the Andes, I take occasion to inquire as to the possibility of securing a place on your field party. My extensive experience in Mexico, where I resided until last September when the uncertainty of things in general made it expedient for me to move, has fitted me for useful service in South America, and I have been planning for some time to enter that field. It occurred me, on reading the notice of your proposed trip, that there would be a very busy place on your party for one with a good knowledge of the Spanish language and methods of dealing with Latin Americans. I am thirty years of age, and my life as a railroad and mining surveyor has naturally fitted me for camp life. In the event that you are disposed considered my services, I shall be glad to learn your pleasure in the matter. Respectfully yours, C. Leonard Ball.one from the Secretary of State which eventually enabled him to secure an [Sade?] from the Sultan, authorizing him to export a certain number of Desert horses, I am taking it upon myself to write you in regard to his unfilfilled purpose, in proving the possibilities of the Arab, bred to any American horse. Since Mr. Davenport's death, the old Gideon Daly farm has been allowed to go to pieces, + his beautiful Arabs sadly neglected. There are 21 head left, including stallions, brood. mares + foals, pure Arabs mostly, a few half-Morgans, Box 9 Station B. Brooklyn, N.Y. June 22, 1913 Theodore Roosevelt c/o The Outlook New York City. Dear Sir;- The writer was a warm friend and admirer of the late Homer Davenport, and learned to know & love the Arab Horse under his guidance. Knowing of your enthusiastic aid and interest in his Arabian expedition, in 1906, assisting him to procure a number of the Desert Arabs by a letter enclosed withand half-Arabs, led by Davenport herself, (the Morgan is the American Arab) all held for around $5000. My purpose in writing to you is to induce you, with your influence, to get the government to take over the entire steed for the cavalry remounts, as the English, German, & French governments are improving their calvary mounts by Arab studs; -orig- Mr. Spencer Bordeus' book,- "What Horse for the Cavalry," or Mr. Davenports own book,- "My Quest for the Arabian Horse," either of which I should be glad to lend you. One of these horses was Euphrates, brought as a lone cult out of the Desert, whose picture I am enclosing with that of Abu Said considred his his feet type of Arab Stallion, & also one of a lay colt by Haleb, the Pride of, & the best horse in the Desert, & by Nedjau, brought by the Arabs to the World's Fair at Chicago. Personally, I think the clever thing to do, would be to return those stallions & broad mares presented by, or acquireda pleasure to render, as a last duty to Mr. Davenport. Very truly yours, [*Bushenberg*] Mr. S. W. Bushenberg P.S. I am mailing you, under separate cover, a copy of "Our Arab Animals", in which there is an article by Mr. Spencer Barden on the Arab Horse as a Cavalry Horse. through the courtesy of Achuut Haffez, to the Sheikh. I think that the possibility of acquiring the best horse- blood in America is a vital matter to the U. S. Cavalry, and well worth the interest and importance I feel sure you will attach to it. Whatever assistance I may be able to offer, I shall considerbe done before the placking board holds its final session. From conversations, I know that Mr Evans fears the board and my hope is that if reinstated, it will influence the board in his favor. I thank you very much for your expression regarding Mr Evans and his startling qualities and I deeply regret, for this and also many other reasons, that you are not still 203 West 78th Street, New York City, June 23, 1913. The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt:- My dear sir:- Thank you very much for your letter which I recieved yesterday. I shall start for Washington tomorrow as I hope something canpresident. If wishes are of any value, I hope to salute your flag again in the near future, and I am only one of many that have expressed that wish. Very respectfully, [*Hellwig?*] J. F. Hellwig Lt. Colonel U.S. NavyEldora, Colo [*[6-22-13]*] June 28 - 1913 Hon Theodore Roosevelt New York Dear Sir Your welcome letter of 20 last received and noted what you said. It were not possible for you to help me in the way I suggest. I am very sorry. But perhaps there is some other way that you can help me. and I know there is as I know that there is a batch of money in New York waiting for good investment that will give good return on the money and P.S. Your Honor, I tell you that this property I have gate is O.K. I can show milliones of tones of ore, and I known of no better mining property frenchly Sold But it takes a mill an the grand to handel the are ore right ther. good place for Mill. and as I Have said befor that milliones of tones if ore in site. But as I have no money I can not handle it so ther for must sell ither and half(2) or all and, Now. Mr Roosevelt if you will be so kind and but this anp to somebody that lik to invest in a propotisan lik this. I do know that thy will mak Millions upon Millions of dollars and it will stand the investygatisan, and I tell you that I am honest and will not do any thing but honest work. So P.S. if you find time, if you will put this up to somebody that will take hast of this, and I Shall thank you and I Shall make it alright with you Faithfully yours Carl A Johnson Plise answer[*[Ca 6-22-13]*] Col. Roosevelt:- The "burden" of the following letter IS- THE OPPORTUNITY you would have at Gettysburg to deliver the speech (or ORATION) of your lifetime-One that should be so worthy of the time and place as to go down with Lincoln's , and be memorable for its timeley– utterance as a call for preparation.- Of treaties- Do you call "Halt."---Why not be more careful in making them? Why be so lazy in using language that later may involve us in disputes, if not war, when caution and good sense would prevent such - disputes?-Words may be cooing doves or roaring lions, and yet our - State Department seems to have persisted in perpetual blundering in - treaty making , and were it not for the Senate acting as a tomb for many proposed treaties we might be overwhelmed with treaty disputes.- There was the Hays -Paunceforte treaty, which England uses against us and which (it seems to me) any good lawyer ought to have foreseen might return to vex us . -"All nations", &c. should have read "All other nations, or "All nations except the U.S.:&c. With Japan our treaty - should have been contingent upon their conceding to U.S. the full equivalent of our concessions to Japan. We make our own treaty muddles in - most blundering way, and they return to vex us.- Instead of running our State Department as a manufactury to turn out as many treaties as possible would it not be better to turn out as few as possible ?-Have- them so carefully drawn the Senate would [pass] confirm them instead of killing ? But Gettysburg was the intended subject of this letter, as being your OPPORTUNITY,- (In 'Rough Rider' uniform) to greet the veterans of 50 years ago, both blue and gray , now all gray.- Yours, &c E.M. Johnson[*[For enc see 6-22-13]*]Claremont, N.H. - R.D.No.1. - June 22,1913. To- Theodore Roosevelt,- Ex-President of the United States,- Care of "The Outlook, "-287 -4" Ave. ,N.Y.City,N.Y. Dear Sfr-( commonly called "Col.) Please permit one who has been an admirer of yourself ,from the time of your having assisted in organizing the " Rough Riders", at the time I was then living in San Antonio, to this present time, and as a reader of "The Outlook" have enjoyed reading your articles therein, including "a possible autobiography ",&c. to ASK- ARE you going to GETTYSBURG ?-If not ,why not ?- Please permit me to suggest the coming Gettysburg -reunion may afford you the opportunity to utter the greatest speech of your life, in this- Is it not true that since the close of the Civil War (in which I was a boy-soldi_er on the Union side) we have built up a great industrial - nation, forgetting, or neglecting, as we built our "Bricks without - Straw", that no nation can be strong without ample means of defence in its army and navy, and first with vs (U.S.)our Navy.-That our assertinn of the Monroe-doctrine has placed us (U.S.) in the position of a big- bluster without means of asserting our guardianship, and also without - means of resenting an attack, if one be made upon us (U.S.) YOU rang the true note the other day at Bunker Hill, of which the "N.Y.American" ,- made editorial comment, (which I enclose lest you may not have seen it) and which speech I trust you will have printed in the Outlook, -AND-2 cannot you feel it to be your DUTY, (notwithstanding your former occu[p]pancy of the Presidential office) to utter the bugle-call for preparation to the American people, lest too much negligence cost us (U.S) too dearly later on -should Japan deem it her opportunity to attack us (US) in which event history may repeat itself in that our Democratic supremacy at present may repeat Buchanan’s administration to our regret.- In your "possible autobiography" you mention the difference between your boyhood days and later manhood, and how well and wisely you stated it .I thought of my own boyhood days when I was a Union soldier, of my participation as such in sieges and battles, of my almost fatal- army disabilities, of my coming to service in the War Department under the peremptory order of Secretary Stanton, of my regular and confidential service therein to himself; and through him to President Lincoln up to the latters assassination and thence on to President Johnson and General Grant up to the latter’s coming to the Presidency, when I resigned and went to my cattle and land in Texas, something as you went west, to regain health through out-door-life, and now at 66 years of age I am back in my native State in retirement, but eager again to - go forth, as in 186, at I4 1/2 years of age I dropped my school-books, and enlisted ,&c. Because I feel that our country has been drifting into a lamentable condition whereby Japan now seeks to insolently dictate to us (U.S. )and provoke war against us (U.S.) in furtherance of her scheme of her own supremacy in the Pacific, whereby she would intrude upon us- (U.S.) her undesired subjects, regardless of whether we want them or not and in this -exacting from us (U.S.) far more than she concedes to us -3 by return compliment. Is not Japan’s great object to herself build up a great Oriental empire to dominate the Pacific as England has dominated the Atlantic ?Does she not seek by way of excuse (the California - matter,&c) to sieze the Phillipines so as to thereby dominate China, and force her use unto herself as she did Corea ?-and coming to Hawaii - sieze that also, and then the Pacific coast, as foothold, and then humiliate us (U.S.) through such occupancy, adding Mexico to her grasp as usable against us (U.S.) and plunge us (U.S.) into all sorts of trouble from which years of war might be required to enable us to become victors.- If this be not Japan’s great scheme then I am very greatly mistaken, and in this my recent readings from Homer Lee’s "Valor of Ignorance", strengthens me.- If Japan is not seeking this great plan WHY is she so carefully increasing her navy ,&c. and preparing for war ?- Is it because she has fears of Russian retaliation, when she yet has her old soldiers of the Russian campaign to use ?-Certainly not.- It is because of this pending trouble I am led to write to you - in this way, to appeal to you (regardless of politics) to come out and in a great speech at Gettysburg sound the bugle-call for preparation. Gen.Wood has said “War is coming", and the first call should be for 600,000 men, who would need 16,000 trained officers and we have but 4,000 ,&c.-Is not this a lamentable admission ?- We need the truth told us to waken us from our Rip Van Winklean sleep, from which we may be awakened by Japan’s guns thundering on the Pacific coast and against the canal, and arousing Mexico against us .-(with all the hatred of that despicable people, treacherous and bloodthirsty.) Had Taft have done his - 4. duty and intervened in Mexico to restore order and establish and uphold a stable government, and incidentally protect our citizens there and their property investments, as well as foreign subjects and their investments under guise of the Monroe doctrine, we world not now be helpless in way of preparation for war, as we to-day are.- Would Japan, or any other nation, have dared to bark at us had we yet in hand our navy and army after the Civil War ?- If you have not vet read Homer Lee’s book-"The Valor of Ignorance", by all means please do so, for he shows - the burden we must bear and uphold, or go down in disgrace. -We truly - have run to industrialism and neglected the strong arm of defence-and- as a nation we should be fitted to take our place among nations with strong arms, until nations shall learn war no more.- I do not believe in a peace that rots, as ours is doing, but rather in a war that asserts and puts patriotism above the dollar of gain.- We need a war to - wake us up again, and put men at the head. Falstaff’s and school-teachers are poor military -commanders.- Will you be the LEADER?- Gettysburg can be your opportunity to sound the bugle call-"The - General" of the civil war that rang out so clearly. How many times my Old Col. Cross of the 5th N.H. Inf., ordered me to have "the General" sounded, and I ask you -Will you sound it ?-You have had all the honors of the Presidency, but would you now rest ?-Rather awake and act.- I know of no one in all this country to whom this appeal can be - made as to yourself-and Gettysburg the opportunity.-Praise the bravery of BOTH Sides on that occasion, for Pickett’s men were as brave as the- boys of the blue who repulsed them, and over all was GOD.- E.B.J. [Johnson][Enc in Johnson Ca 6-22-13]POST-&-TELEGRAPH•OFFICE BUTLERS•CROSS RAILWAY•STATIONS LITTLE•KIMBLE•1•MILE PRINCES•RISBOROUGH•3•MILES GREAT•MISSENDEN•5•MILES TELEPHONE 32•P•O•WENDOVER CHEQUERS • COURT BUTLERS • CROSS BUCKS June 22, 1913 Dear Theodore I feel really ashamed at not having written long before this, but somehow or another when I am feeling particularly happy about you I am less inclined to write and I am still purring with pleasure whenever I think of the wonderful time I had with you in April. I doubt if you can realise how much it meant to me, and how keenly I appreciated your arranging this. I should see you, alone, first in that way. and for so long. It was simply splendid of you and I do not think I can say more than that it amply repaid one for two miserable crossings of the Atlantic! Moreover the business part of my trip was a sad failure so the memories of Sagamore shine all the more brightly. Since my return all kinds of things have been going on here but before I come to that I must say (that I am sure you know) how-2- greatly I rejoiced at the outcome of your Libel suit. As it has all turned out-, nothing could be more satisfactory or better worth doing, but I still cannot help bitterly resenting that you should ever have been subjected to such a preposterous and upsetting ordeal. When you told me about it at Sagamore that day I am afraid I did not realize just how serious it all was (the charge was so ludicrous that I could hardly believe it was worth taking up). But now that I have read the full accounts of the trial I understand how essential it was that you should take the course you did and my only keen regret is that I did not stay over and go out to Marquette to add my nite of testimony. Of course you did not need me, but it would have given me peculiar satisfaction to have done it, and I could at least have spoken with some authority of the "dry" time we had in Cuba, and of your baffling resistance to the gross temptation of my own cellar (also that "of a gentleman" I trust) in May & June 1910. When I think of the way in which your friends rallied round you I can't help feeling a little-3- sore and ashamed that I did not realize in time what it all meant. Besides, about a delightful reunion it must have been and what from you must all have had after the case was over! I would have given up a front seat to be there, although it may appear easy to say that now. I read with some interest the assessment of your luncheon to the "100 years of Peace" enthusiasts and imagined many of the things which you must have thought (but not doubtless did not express). I amso saw Weardole the other day (I fear he would have some difficulty in convincing a Marquette jury that milk was his only beverage), and whilst he could not give me a very lucid or encouraging report of the success of his mission he seemed to think that he had been mainly instrumental in establishing an entents cordiala between you, Alton Parker, and Choate. This tickled me greatly and I am sure more than justified Weardale's appointment as Chief of the British Delegation. I only sorry that he did not stay over long enough to heal the break that separates you from Penrose and Barnes. Meanwhile I gether that the general enthusiasm over our "100 years of Peace" has moved the Senate to denounce any kind of arbitration with Snyder and that if the various "menorial Committees" continue-4- to engender good feelings by suggesting statue of John Paul Jones opposite the British Admiralty, and of Ross and Cockam in Washington, there is a fair hope that 1914 may see the resumption of hostilities between England and America. It is all very quaint, and I often chuckle to think that both you and I are officially implicated in this celebration. I do not suppose you have had time or inclination to follow the developments- of the Marconi affair here but it has been very interesting and dramatic and has undoubtedly shaken this Government to its very foundation. I will not attempt to weary you with even a summary of the story but I would like you to glance over the enclosed article by the hitherto unspeakable Massingham (editor of your old friend the "Nation") who, curiously enough, has spoken out-more strongly and vainly than any other supporter of the four!" His refusal to whitewash the whole transaction caused a good deal of commotion in radical circles and although the conversation vote of confidence was voted down in the House of Commons by a purely Party majority- (consisting mainly of Redmond and the Irish Nationalists) there was much searching of hearts amongst- the old traditional Liberals and Munro-Ferguson broke away after altogether and voted with as against the Government. This probably closes the "affair" so far as Parliament is concerned, but it will continue to seethe in the constitutionals for a long time to come and may even prove the ultimate downfall of Asquith's administration.(5) Incidentally, it has also smashed Lloyd George's new campaign against- "landlordism & the idle rich" before it could be even started, and it will take him a good many years to regain the ear of the masses whom he had taught to believe in the wickedness of "unearned increment". Truly the chickens have a way of returning to roost! According to all precedent, of course, he and the attorney-general ought to have resigned office but that would have involved the fall of the whole fort and ruin at the ensuing election. So they decided to brazen it out and to hang on if possible until next year when, in the ordinary course, the Home Rule & Welsh Disestablishment Bills should become law, automatically, under the provisions of the "Parliament Act." This may succeed up to a point but it will cause so much irritation that their disaster will only be intensified when it comes, and it is now clear to everyone that the Home Rule Bill cannot possibly be brought into operation unless and until it secures the specific approval of the country at a General Election. Personally I do not believe that the electors would accept it -- even on it merits -- but weighted down as it will be with the Governments' rapidly growing unpopularity it is almost bound to sink. I know of course that you and I do not agree about Home Rule, although we should probably be able to find common ground in the wider scheme of Devolution with a central Imperial Parliament & 3 local legislatures for Ireland, Scotland & England, but I feel sure that you (as President) would have promptly vetoed any such fantastic and unworkable Bill as is now being forced through Parliament.-6- Nor a simple Irishman that I know has a good word to say for it, in private, except that it concedes the principle, and apart from all else its finance simply spells bankruptcy. Even if passed it would have to be repeated and redrafted within 2 of 3 years and for this reason, amongst others, I cannot help regretting that you should hear authorized Redmond to announce in the debate that the bill had your warm approval. I do not mean that I object in the least to your support of the principle, but I feel so sure that you would not accept the present bill for a minute if you realized its provisions. And now, having made my growl I will pass on to something more pleasant! The "Times" people (and I) were much pleased with the further article in the "Outlook" about British rule in India. We made amends most handsomely. Have you by any chance read a new and very remarkable book, on this subject, called "Siri Ram-Revolutionist (A Transcript from Life)"? It is in the form of a short novel- written by an Indian Civil official, still serving in India- and is extraordinarily vivid and illuminating. I am sending you a copy by this same mail (under separate cover) and hope your secretary will allow it to reach you. By the way do you by any chance ever see the "Tri-weekly edition" of the London "Times" which I asked Northcliff to send you regularly? It contains all the serious substance, and the special articles, of the "Times" itself and whilst I know you do not love newspapers I do not believe you could get the real news of the world anywhere else in such a compact and reliable form. In case you did not know he was sending it-7- I wish you would write him just a line of acknowledgement as I know he appreciates such things. Both Ruth and I were greatly delighted with a recent article of yours in the "Outlook" on the Cubists and Post-Impressionists. The analogy of the Navajo rug was simply priceless and the whole thing was reflecting of good spirits and sureness of touch. You must have enjoyed writing it! I do hope the further chapters of the "Autobiography" are shaping well and my only complaint is that they appear at such long intervals. I am specially looking forward to the comments in your own Washington Press on the Spanish War article and hope that Harper will send me some of the best of them. We were so sorry to hear of Miss Carow's illness and of Mrs Roosevelt's enforced trip to Switzerland. If all goes well, as no doubt it will, we hope very much she may be able to return home via Scotland and pay us a visit on her way. It would be such a pleasure to have her at Chequers again and if only you could come over to fetch her our happiness would be complete. I presume that you will be starting west on your hunting trip, before long and I hear rumors of a visit to Argentina afterwards ( to see Kermit I suppose). Please send me a line, if possible, before you start and take any precautions that you reasonably can to ensure your safe return. I suspect you know that you are often a cause of serious anxiety to your devoted friends. Ruth sends you her love and agrees that your needs taking care of now that Mrs. Roosevelt is away! Yours ever affectionately, Arthur LeeNorth East Harbor, Me. June 22nd-13 Dear Colonel Roosevelt Very sorry I am not going to be able to be at the Service Luncheon Tuesday. I have called a meeting of the Legislative Reference Committee at Newport, July 1st. The meeting is a conference between the progressive congressmen and members of the Committee over the remaining measures on the congressional Progressive program of legislation especially the drafts of the three trade commissioners bills. I believe the construction policy expressed in these bills is correct, indeed that they represent the only definite constructive policy dealing with the [?] problem so far advanced; but I am very anxious that they should be explained to you prior to our committee's meeting in Newport Mr. Donald K. Richberg, the Director the Legislative Reference Department will be at the lunch, Tuesday. If possible give him then or subsequently, but before our meeting, an opportunity to talk to you about them. With H.K. Smith he is primarily responsible for the present drafts. His work for the committee has been of great value, and I believe he is destined to play a very important part in the Progressive movement. For this, as well as because of the importance of the trade commission bills, he was anxious that you allow him to feel that he is in touch with you. Most sincerely yours Wm Draper Lewis[For Encl see 6-19-13]Mayagüez, Porto Rico June 22, 1913 Mr. Frank Harper, New York City. Dear Sir: Your very courteous letter was received on the last mail. I appreciate very highly Mr. Roosevelt's kindness in saying he will autograph the fly leaf of a copy of his African Game Trails. By this same mail I am ordering a copy sent to you from Charles Scribner's Sons who I understand are the publishers. Will you be so kind as to mail this, after Mr. Roosevelt has autographed it, to Mr. Antonio Guzman Blanco, Caracas, Venezuela. To cover the postage I am enclosing two dollars. If this not sufficient please advise me. With many thanks, Very truly yours, Thomas B. McClellandSummerville South Carolina June 22nd, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevely 287 Fourth Avenue New York City Dear Sir, I write this to ask whether you can give me the address (residential) of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan of New York, as I have a letter I would like to forward him. I am following withmuch interest your "Chapters of a possible Autobiography" in the Outlook. With best wishes, I am Sincerely yours Gustavus M. Middleton [*(6-22-1913?)*] [*Prendergast*] THE UNION CLUB NEW YORK Dear Col Roosevelt, It has always been my habit to use each day as a reminder of the important things that happened to me on the corresponding days of previous years. Consequently, my mind has gone back many times today to the historic incidents of June 22, 1912 It was almost the corresponding hour as I write that a year ago, I was presenting your name to the great meeting in Orchestra Hall Chicago. Baron Von Benistorff has told me that in some respects he considered that the most interesting and eclectic gathering he had ever been in, To me, it is now mostly interesting as a reminder of your friendship which I have so much appreciated. I am glad I was with you then. I will be with you whenever you need me. Sincerely Wm A PendergastTELEPHONE 5480 JOHN. QUIGG & COLEMAN COUNSELLORS AT LAW LEMUEL E. QUIGG CHARLES W. COLEMAN MUTUAL LIFE BUILDINGS. 32 LIBERTY STREET New York. June 22, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: First: I want to say a word about Whitman. Do not suspect that I do so at his request, for that would not be true. His relation with me is that of intimate personal friendship. He was an election district captain of mine twenty years ago, and there has been no day of his life or mine since then when we have not been good friends, each in the other's sincere confidence. I am glad to observe that you have clearly indicated that you are neither opposing nor imposing him. That is precisely what your attitude should be. A sensible man ought to have a very good reason for opposing something that is going to happen, and, as for pushing him forward in the Progressive party, it is neither wise nor necessary. He has talked with me very frankly about you, and his attitude towards the Progressive organization and the Republican organization in the event of his election. If he becomes Mayor, you can depend upon it that he will not make a partisan administration in any sense of the word. Of course, he will have to take his heads of department almost exclusively from Republicans and Progressives. He is a first-rate organizer, and he is bound to have a workable outfit. If you could see the inside of his mind as I have seen it on many occasions, you would know that2 he has about the same idea that you have of the more prominent figures in the Republican organization and in your own. When I see you, if I get that opportunity at an early time, I will tell you exactly what this means. Second: Now, I want to speak about Barnes, or, more accurately, about the general political situation as I see it. It is the mistakes of Wilson, Bryan, Underwood and the Democratic party that will give opportunity to you, or to Republicans, or to both Progressives and Republicans, and, not at all in like degree, to the principles that you or the Republicans declare. I mean the opportunity will come to someone in whom the people have confidence & platform utterances will not much affect them. Your speech at Bunker Hill was capital. I don't care what they say about Hearst--both he and you have the gift of discerning the true sense of American opinion, and it will be much less than four years when he and his newspapers will be actively supporting you and your ideas. Meanwhile, I earnestly enjoin upon you to keep away from the British-American controversy on canal tolls and the canal question. Wilson and Bryan are going to make an almighty mess of that matter. It is a matter on which they will split their own party. The pride of the American people in the achievement of the Panama Canal is intense, and nobody can tell them that it is not their property or that any other nation has a mortgage on it. The exclusive administration of the Panama Canal, with particular privilege to American trade, and the construction of a navy that is competent to deal with any navy in the world, are the two things as to which American sentiment will tolerate neither opposition nor even compromise.3 The Underwood tariff bill has already begun a deadly work. Every time Bryan moves he puts his foot in it. Telling Americans anywhere in the world not to celebrate the Fourth of July is simply idiotic. Telling male men anywhere to be supine and spineless excites nothing but contempt and disgust. This policy will get us into trouble with both Japan and England, and the American people are not going to be made fools of in the interest of peace vagaries. If a peace program were feasible that would establish a court of arbitration and put behind it the military force of the competent nations,--if the timke had come for that, I dare say that our people would agree to it, but such a thing as that has got to be proposed and put into execution by somebody whose courage and willingness to fight have been demonstrated, somebody as to whom they know that he is not doing it because he is a coward and a weakling. It might be done by you or by the German Emperor, but it can't be done by a visionary or a demagogue. Now, as to Barnes. Before you go away, if you are going, you should see him. At the next meeting of the State Committee, which, I think, is to be held within two or three weeks, if Parsons and his crowd attack him, Barnes will beat them handily. Barnes's vices are virtues. He knows that you are still the leader of the Republican party, and I can't see, for the life of me, what it is that keeps the Progressives and the Republicans apart, except for the personal ambition and personal folly of a few particular individuals. When the Wilson administration and the Democratic party have done their work, those few particular4 persons will be of no account. Barnes is not in their class. He is a principled, dominant, as I said to you lately pig-headed, but he has sense and he understands perfectly that the sentiment of always everybody who is opposed or is going to be opposed to the policies of the present administration, as they now appear or are hereafter shown, has made or will make you the leader of that opposition. It is the kind of thing, Colonel Roosevelt, that neither you, nor any friend of yours, nor any enemy of yours, can get away from, and Barnes has sense enough to see that. My judgment is that you ought to have a frank talk with him, accidental, of course, as to time and place, but before you go away. It will not have, does not need to have, immediate result, but it will have very important result as things go on in the next year or so. Faithfully your, Lemuel E. QuissPINE BROOK FARM BARRE, MASS. June 22 [*[1913]*] My dear Mr Harper Thanks for the cheque for Marquette expenses Always yours Jacob A. RiisMedford, Oregon, June 22, 1913 To Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. [[shorthand]] My dear Colonel: I have just been informed by by Mr H. K. Ware, president of the Medford Commercial Club, and also president of the Progressive Cub that you are expecting to make a trip visit at an early date with your sons, and he is anxious to have you take in Medford and make a trip from here to Crater Lake, one of the great natural wonders of the world; and, accordingly, has written you tothat effect. I wish to join most heartily with him in the invitation, and would be much pleased, in case you see your way clear to accept it; to have you and your sons be my guests while you are in Medford. very truly sincerely yours, H. H. Sargent Major U. S. Army RetiredEast Orange N.J. June 22nd 1913 59 Burnett St [[shorthand]] Dear Sir, I take the liberty to send you a copy of The Legacy", the notice thereof being as its name implies for sake of the Truth. The press having disdained to review it, I am anxious to get the opinion of different men, noted for their influence upon the people, in order to ascertain whether the further spreading of this book will lend to the general welfare as it was intended; if not, I should like to get a good argument against the theories advocated therein; if so, it must deserve and I shall be glad to receive co-operation of some sort, even if only a favorable opinion, which, no doubt, will be vindicated in time by the Truth Itself. Respectfully C T Stoeller Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oysterbay Long Island N.Y.SOUND TRANSIT CO. HUDSON PARK DOCK INCORPORATED TELEPHONE 162 NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.. June 22, 1913. Dear Colonel, I hope the enclosed will bring you over this way often this summer and fall, for we're whooping things up here in great shape for the Bull Moose party. Its a cinch for Mayor in this town, but we've got to get around the county for men to send to Albany. Any time you plan a trip to Westchester, you'll find the ferry at your service and if the regular schedule doesn't suit you, phone and we'll have the boat meet you any time, night or day. Yours, Fred A. Wenck Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.Boston Mass. June 22, 1913 Dear Mr. Roosevelt I want to pass a year or more on a western ranch, for the purpose of toughening up and improving in horsemanship, believing the experience would contribute to make me more efficient in the field in time of war. (Your learned self understands). Now, my not knowing just where the ranches are in the West, and your having been over the ground so much, prompts me to ask you to kindly direct me to a western "ranch city" or town to where I might best go and from where I could branch out and meet some ranch owners nearby for an interview. That is all I - a stranger - can ask of you; but I know that if you KNEW me you would take a great interest in the matter. You can, however, safely imagine the fact that I am a worthy, industrious American near 30, and of exactly the same ideas as your honored self. It is my wish that you be made President for eight or twelve years, or longer, if necessary to put into effect the great improvements and remedies which the Nation needs and which you have at heart. To go back again to the subject of ranches - a sheep ranch is preferred if some riding is part of the routine on sheep ranches. I don't want simply to board on a ranch like a guest, but want to work hard like the others there do, for wages. Trusting I may be granted the honor of receiving from you the information or directions requested, I am Your Friend Charles S. Wheatley 106 Bowdoin St To Honorable Theodore Roosevelt New York.1624, CRESCENT PLACE, N. W. June 22D 1913 My dear Roosevelt, The moment I received your telegram the other day, I sent one to Herrick asking him to tell the Consular Agent at Cherbourg to meet Mrs Roosevelt and expedite her landing & departure, adding that he has to the fee which it was proper for them to offer a personage so august as yourself for each "Conference". I at once replied that I had no idea whatever and he then asked whether I thought two thousand dollars would in my opinion be proper. I again declined to express any opinionin a hurry to get to his sister who was ill. I only hope it reached him in time but I imagine it did, though the margin was not very large. Today the Brazilian Ambsssador called me up to say that he has heard from you with much satisfaction of your intention to visit his country next October and that he has told you they will be delighted to see you and to have you make addresses (faire une conference) at Rio and San Pablo, which [?Catta] Jack, who has been there, says is a very interesting place & quite unique of its kind. Dr Lama also sounded me as1624, CRESCENT PLACE, N.W. on the subject, pleading ignorance because of never having done anything of that sort myself but it has occurred to me that I may as well let you know his views in case you have any of your own in the [subject] matter and they differ He had previously telephoned how much he had enjoyed his unexpected meeting with you at Bigelow's. I am glad to see by the newspapers that you are supposed to be find to support Whitman for Mayor. He seems "indigne'. Yours Ever Henry Whitefor those he expressed. The words I have erased after "two thousand dollars" are "at each place". I certainly do understand him but I don't know on reflection that I should be prepared to swear that he used them, although the impression left upon my mind is $2000 for each of the two lectures. His Gov't is depending upon him I imagine for advice in the matter and hence his inquiry of me. I expect to hear about you from Cabot who with and Lodge is coming to dine tonight.(ca. 6-22-13) (Enc in Bushenberger 6-22-13)[*[ca. 6-22-13]*] [*[Enc. in Bushenberger 6-22-13]*] [?] Said, meaning Gift of God, is considered by Mr Davenport his finest Stallion [?] M, C, W. BUCHENBERGER, Representative BOX 9, STATION B BROOKLYN, N.Y. for it - a 4 year old boy and Mr Davenport lead himself out of [?] The [?] of the Desert, & 30 year old [?] of Chicago World's Fair Fame. M, C, W. BUCHENBERGER, Representative BOX 9, STATION B BROOKLYN, N.Y.Eve in Kirchman 6-21-13 6-22-13SEES PEACE AGAIN BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND MOOSERS Ex-Gov. Deneen at Aurora Asserts G. O. P. Will Again Will Be in Control After Predicted Reconciliation Aurora, Ill., June 20.- [Special.]- The Republican party, through reconciliation with the Progressive, will again come into power at the next election, Ex-Gov. Deneen said here tonight in an address at the First Presbyterian church. "The tariff will cause the reconciliation," he said, "as the Progressives' believe in a protective tariff, as do the Republicans. The Democratic party is a minority party and government by minorities does not endure even in Illinois. The Democrats are not united in Illinois and allowed an unknown untried man they really did not want to get the speakership. "They lost a United States senator and were unable to organize the Illinois senate. The woman's suffrage bill was not their party measure. The majority voted against it. I do not care to make an expression as to woman suffrage until after the legislature adjourns and Gov. Dunne has acted. I do not care to embarrass him. Mr. Deneen said that he intended to remain actively in politics, but did not say whether he would seek office again.THE COURIER-NEWS Morning and Sunday The only 7-day paper in North Dakota Fargo, N.D., Jine 23. 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Outlook Office, N.Y. Dear Col. Roosevelt;-- Appreciating very greatly your interest in my efforts to secure control of the COURIER-NEWS I wish to thank you at this time for the kindness shown at the time we were in New York and at Oyster Bay. Circumstances have made it impossible and within a short time I expect that my connection with the paper will cease. In view of the fact that I have splendid openings for my future activities with two good newspapers you will believe me sincere when I say that my chief regret in leaving the COURIER-NEWS is that what seems to be a magnificent opportunity to help you in your work. In either of the two openings before me I go to what will become under my management "a Roosevelt newspaper", advocating as I see the things which you have made so vital to the people of this country. In North Dakota it has happened that the COURIER-NEWS has been the chief exponent of those political principles which we enunciated in the Progressive platform. In the new connection there will be near neighbors who advocate the same things. I wanted to talk these matters over with you at the time I called on you last Tuesday, but noted that you were busy and wearied, so did not attempt to further burden you, but you will understand that it is simply a lack of capital rather than a lack of interest that breaks the connection here. Don't trouble to answer this letter. You have weighty problems and wearing work to accomplish so save yourself for the greater task. I simply want you to know that you have always the sincere support of the writer, fable though that support may be, and that any newspaper I may direct will stand for the things you advocate. Faithfully yours, D M BakerMOUNTAIN LAKE PARK ASSOCIATION Mountain Lake Park, Garret County, Md. Office of the President 117 W. Baltimore Street Baltimore, Md., June 23, 1913 The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Honored Sir: In the Alleghenies, six hours from Washington, on the Maryland Line of the B.& O. R.R. we have a large Summer Resort, Religious, Literary and Musical in Character, Bible Conferences, Literacy & Scientific lecturers, music events, Chautauqua Assembles, Education gatherings, Camp meetings etc. have been held during June, July, Aug, & September during the last 30 years. As many as 17 states of the Union have had representatives or visitors on the grounds at one time. It is in the midst of a mtg. population which contained more persons friendly to yourself in the recent Presidential campaign than in any other part of Maryland. I write to knowMOUNTAIN LAKE PARK ASSOCIATION Mountain Lake Park, Garret County, Md. Office of the President 117 W. Baltimore Street whether it would be at all possible for you to visit this place this season on any date and address the thousands who will gather to hear you and the many times many thousands who will look for your words in the newspapers. I beg for an early and favorable reply. Yours very respectfully, Charles W. Baldwin (Rev.) President, Mtn. L. P. A. 117 W Baltimore St. Baltimore, Md.June 23, 1913 Arlington, Mass. To the Private Secretary of Our Noble Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sit. I am sending to Him Two Editorial taken from two of Our Best Boston Daily Papers. I have had a large number of these Pamphlets printed and are sending them all over Our Country at my own expense.Dear Sir I hope you will be able to let Him read them. I have sent Five Post Cards to Him and I should feel greatly Honored if I could have His Autograph on them if you are able to get them. Faithfully Yours, Edward H.H. Bartlett, 216 Pleasant St Arlington, Mass.STATE MANUAL TRAINING NORMAL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PITTSBURG, KANSAS M. W. JOHN, DIRECTOR J. MONROE BRAGG, DIRECTOR A BROAD BUSINESS EDUCATION The Department offers (by M. Bragg) SALESMANSHIP Everyone has something to sell. Learn how to sell your services, goods, or skill to the best advantage. SHORTHAND A classmate of Pres. Wilson living at Girard, Kansas, says it was shorthand that started Wilson out as a perfect student. Thru it, he was the master of all lectures and all arguments he heard. TYPEWRITING The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Typewriter beats them both. (By H. John) PENMANSHIP BOOKKEEPING FARM ACCOUNTING HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTING COMMERCIAL LAW FINANCE TEACHERS' COMMERCIAL METHODS By English Department CONSTRUCTIVE ENGLISH AND GRAMMAR By Mathematics Department ELEMENTARY AND HIGHER MATHEMATICS A wide choice of broadening subjects from Language and other Departments. STUDENT ASSISTANTS MINNIE KOOFMAN DWIGHT POMEROY MAUDE DICKINSON June 23, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York Dear Sir: Political revenge in kniving your adherents in the state of Kansas is being worked to the limit. The Spoil System is being carried out even in the sacred boundaries of the state school system, There is one incident of this work which I want to call to your attention, especially. You probably recall Dr. Geo. E Myers who had charge of the large Manual Training School in the city of Washington, D. C. while you were president. Dr. Myers is a very efficient men, having several degrees of higher learning and having been especially complimented by some of the leading educationalists of the country. He was chosen by Governor Stubbs' administration to take charge of the Kansas State Manual Training Normal, located at Pitts- burg, Kanses, This is a section of the state controlled by a radical stand-pat element of both democrats and republicans, As you remember, this state went against the progressive candidates by only about 50 votes--and it is said that over two thousand progressive votes were thrown out. During the campaign you were here in the city and made a speech, Dr. Myers, being a fellow townsman with you in Washington, naturally was one among those who welcomed you to the city of Pittsburg. STATE MANUAL TRAINING NORMAL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PITTSBURG, KANSAS M. W. JOHN, DIRECTOR J. MONROE BRAGG, DIRECTOR A BROAD BUSINESS EDUCATION The Department offers (by M. Bragg) SALESMANSHIP Everyone has something to sell. Learn how to sell your services, goods, or skill to the best advantage. SHORTHAND A classmate of Pres. Wilson living at Girard, Kansas, says it was shorthand that started Wilson out as a perfect student. Thru it, he was the master of all lectures and all arguments he heard. TYPEWRITING The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Typewriter beats them both. (By H. John) PENMANSHIP BOOKKEEPING FARM ACCOUNTING HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTING COMMERCIAL LAW FINANCE TEACHERS' COMMERCIAL METHODS By English Department CONSTRUCTIVE ENGLISH AND GRAMMAR By Mathematics Department ELEMENTARY AND HIGHER MATHEMATICS A wide choice of broadening subjects from Language and other Departments. STUDENT ASSISTANTS MINNIE KOOFMAN DWIGHT POMEROY MAUDE DICKINSON in his particular case, politics did not enter into the case at all. It was nothing but common courtesy that he should meet you and show you some respect under the circumstances I have mentioned. However, out came the note books of the stand-pat element, both democrat and republican, He was a marked man because he showed a common decency as far as he was concerned, by showing you & common courtesy. On the strength of their narrow and doubtful majority, they have not only ousted him, but hosts of others throughout the state. Dr. Myers, being a man of refinement and a perfect gentleman, feels the sting of being let out very keenly and I suspect that it is injuring his health, For an excuse they tried to injure his reputation as well as to cause him to lose his job. The former is seemingly hurting him the most. I am taking this matter up with you entirely independent of Dr. Myers. You, with your wider opportunities might do much to make this kick at you through Dr. Myers of real benefit to the Doctor by putting him in touch with an opportunity of landing a much better situation. At least, I know he would appreciate a word from you, I am doing this because I believe that sometimes people will come to the aid of the innocent victims of these political grafters. I have watched Dr. Myers forSTATE MANUAL TRAINING NORMAL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PITTSBURG, KANSAS M. W. JOHN, DIRECTOR J. MONROE BRAGG, DIRECTOR A BROAD BUSINESS EDUCATION The Department offers (by M. Bragg) SALESMANSHIP Everyone has something to sell. Learn how to sell your services, goods, or skill to the best advantage. SHORTHAND A classmate of Pres. Wilson living at Girard, Kansas, says it was shorthand that started Wilson out as a perfect student. Thru it, he was the master of all lectures and all arguments he heard. TYPEWRITING The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Typewriter beats them both. (By H. John) PENMANSHIP BOOKKEEPING FARM ACCOUNTING HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTING COMMERCIAL LAW FINANCE TEACHERS' COMMERCIAL METHODS By English Department CONSTRUCTIVE ENGLISH AND GRAMMAR By Mathematics Department ELEMENTARY AND HIGHER MATHEMATICS A wide choice of broadening subjects from Language and other Departments. STUDENT ASSISTANTS MINNIE KOOFMAN DWIGHT POMEROY MAUDE DICKINSON two years very closely and you may take my work as a man, that I have seen absolutely nothing that could be held against this gentleman as far as character and efficiency for his work is concerned. Yours very truly, James Monroe Bragg Dept. of Commerce Thomas Branch & Co. Bankers & Brokers. Richmond, Va. June 23, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Secretary, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Dear Sir: We wish to thank you for your letter of the 20th instant, advising us the address of Mr. John C. Greenway is Bisbee, Arizona. Yours truly, Thos. Branch & Co., Per RG CabellRotorua Hot Lakes District June 23rd, 1913. Mr. Roosevelt - Ex-President U.S.A. Dear Sir. Having a few spare moments I think I cannot use it to better rewardage then in writing to you. I read lately an advice from given by you to the effect that Mr. N S Sleides would do more to build up a strong navy. These were my own very words on the subject more than a decade of years ago and I am of the same opinion yet. or still I notice you are as mussed in the business of the world as years ago. How is it with the poor soul? What do you to for it I tell that you do for Mr Jouldings you no action but oldest & leshesvanity of vanities, all is vanity But loving God & serving Him alone Taste and see how sweet is the service of the Lord. How rich the reward: Eternal life. While I regret, your ole friend of JP Morgan whom I cannot think think is dead. He was so active and energetic a builder of sky scrapers Bridges buctnels railways A wheel a wonderful means." But I thought he had more sense than to leave the world an exhibition of his belief or a confession of [su] with. The value of which is nothing. We all know & believe what our gracious savior did for us Mad an atonement saved us redeemed us [of we] make use of the means he left us. But he did not tell us that belief alone would save us, for faith without good works is dead.Gechol not left us either to hear the Bible, but, to hear the church and as he always worked by Isynein agency he bless apostle to teach and instruct in the etochus he established. As to belief alone Secomy. It is a feeling, for to not the devils believe & tremble but, no one would say that their faith would save them. No doubt but that Mr. Morgan meant well for his fellow men by impressing upon them his form of faith, but Jesus our Lord gave us one law before and the pity is that Mr. Morgan and many other people as well did not heed his words and obey his commands. Had they done so the world would not be torn by contending sects every one of them putting forth their opinions as the Irish & Mulbring Babel andnew demons aim We shall all meet soon at the tribunal of our judge where shall you and I be? Before every human being is life & death. That which God chooses he shall have good or evil hell or heaven Many sudden disasters by flood & accident comes on America. Many people are suddenly swept off with little time for preparation! What will be the fate of those legislators who strayed from a knowledge of God by propergating godless schools, and other vicious lessons. I give you good advice. Think of the eternal years. I write these God with your whole family & you heaven where I hope to see you. A G BolganLAMPORT & HOLT LINE BRAZIL & RIVER PLATE STEAMERS. BUSK & DANIELS, GENERAL AGENTS. 301 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. New York, 23rd June 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Dear Sir:- The S-S. Vandyck", scheduled to sail for Brazil and River Plate ports on the 4th October, is now in port and we should be glad if you cared to inspect her accommodations. We are, Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, [?] Daniels LD/JS.AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE Madras, India, June 23, 1913. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Editorial Rooms, The Outlook Company, New York City. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I have been reading with profound satisfaction the press accounts of the overwhelming defeat of your traducers and slanderers at the bar of justice. While I feel that it is superfluous to congratulate you upon a result that was inevitable, yet it is a privilege to assure you of my hearty sympathy with you in connection-2- connection with the preposterous assertions of a few unscrupulous malcontents whose calumnies were dissipated the instant the search-light of truth was flashed upon them. Among other deplorable features of this regretable incident is the humiliating fact that a former consular officer stultify himself by subscribing to statements which he obviously knew to be unqualifiedly and maliciously false. With earnest wishes for your continued health and assurances of my unalterable affection, believe me as always, dear Sir and friend, Most sincerely yours, Jose de RivaresBell Telephone, Camden, 476 OFFICES OF HERBERT A. DRAKE Counselor-at-Law SECURITY TRUST BUILDING 301 MARKET STREET Camden, New Jersey, June 23, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, New York, N.J. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- The enemy is again in trouble. He had made up his mind to attach his signature to the Sundry Civil Bill, because Trades-Union and Farmers' Alliances can be prosecuted by money, other than that appropriated by this bill. Any half equipped lawyer can tell how far the government would get with such a prosecution, in face of the construction of the Sherman Act in this particular, by the present Congress. The enclosed article will demonstrate what plain sailing the unreserved approval of this amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill would be. With best wishes, I am, Yours truly, Herbert A. Drake.[For enc. see 6-23-13][ca 6-23-13] A CONGRESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANTI-TRUST ACT. When Congress passed the Sherman anti-Trust Act July 2, 1890, declaring illegal "every contract, combination, in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations" it had before it certain canons for the legal construction of statuses. Those canons had long existed and were recognized and relevant - Hence Congress must have passed the anti-Trust act in contemplation of them. They are well expressed by Sir William Blackstone in his commentaries, as follows:- "There are three points to be considered in the construction of all remedial statuses; the old law, the mischief and the remedy: that is, how the common law stood at the making of the act; what the mischief was, for which the common law did not provide; and what remedy the parliament hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the business of the judges so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy." 1Blk. Com. 87. Congress has now concluded to construe the anti-Trust act so as to advance this remedy as well as to suppress the mischief and therefore in accordance with the above quoted canons. It has taken some time to reach that conclusion. On June 2, 1910 on motion of Hon. William Hughes, (then Representative, now Senator from New Jersey) an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill was adopted by the house providing that no part of the appropriation for the enforcement of the anti-Trust laws "shall be spent in the prosecution of any "organization or individual for entering into any combination or agreement, having in view the increasing of wages, shortening of hours or bettering the condition of labor, or for any act done in furtherance "thereof, not in itself unlawful." The rejection of this amendment was forced upon the house June 22, 1910, by the Senate with the active participation of Mr. Taft. The President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firement and Enginemen, seeking to stay Mr. Taft's hand, had protested to him against the use of the people's money to prosecute labor in its effort to better labor conditions. Mr. Taft objected in reply that the House amendment wouldconstitute class legislation and that class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, would in the end work no benefit to the laboring man or to Society and that the Trades Unionist, as Mr. Taft understood it, asked only equality before the law. At the end of Mr. Taft's term in February 1913, Congress took a further step in the construction of this act, in accordance with the Blackstone canons. Both the Senate and the House attached an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill, similar to the Hughes amendment embracing, in addition thereto, farmers and other primary producers. To the great inconvenience of government administration, which is still continuing, Mr. Taft vetoed the whole Sundry Civil Bill in order to veto this amendment, saying "it was class legislation of the most vicious sort." The present Congress, at its extra session as soon as possible after it was convened in April of this year, passed the Sundry Civil bill, adding the amendment above referred to, in favor of farmers and laboring men, and it now awaits the signature of the President. In construing this statute, Courts have been too prone to follow the letter of the law instead of its spirit. The mandates of the Court have, in one or two instances, been directed against combinations of labor as well as against other combinations; the Federal Supreme Court holding in one case that labor combinations were as amendable to the restraints of the Sherman anti-Trust act as capitalistic combinations. The Sherman anti-Trust Act was not aimed at combinations as such, because capital and ability engaged in the employment of labor, at remunerative rates, for the production of useful commodities in fair open and unrestricted and unrestricting competition, with like concerns, ("The New Philanthropy," as sometime ago pointed out in the Outlook) is the very acme of combination. Society itself, under our present era of collectivisim is co-operative combination. Combinations are not unlawful unless they are unjust. -2-To return to our quotation from Blackstone, let it be promised that the conditon of Society which obtained at the time of the enactment of the Sherman anti-Trust Act, was one in which the powerful rich had formed trusts and combinations with which they, as a class, were exploiting and encroaching upon, other classes. These classes existed at the time - the rich class, the laboring class and the farmer class. This enactment under discussion must have been read into the law in contemplation and recognition of these classes. It is proper, competent and legal for a legislature to classify persons and property to serve the ends of justice and the anti-Trust act, by implication, classified the persons it intended to serve and those it intended to restrain. It was intended to restrain the action of a class which was unjustly treating and injuring other classes. Indeed, unless our National legislators hit at an evil of one class which was injuring other classes, they fired their weapon in the air. These legislators have not spent time and effort upon what the law calls damnum absque injuria. That would be lost motion. The errors and fallacy therefore of the Courts in regarding a labor combination or a farmers combination as being as much within the restraint of the anti-Trust laws as a capitalistic combination engaged in suppressing other competing capitalistic combinations lies in losing sight of the fact that trades-unions and farmers alliances are combinations for the commendable social purpose of strengthening the feeble groups or classes and of rendering them competent to cope with predatory wealth to advance the remedy, and suppress, without public expense the very mischief which the Sherman anti-Trust law at large expense is now remedying, through the Courts, with such brilliant non-success. Clearly, by the erroneous view, Congress would fail to advance its own remedy to correct a mischief for which the common law in disregard of changed social conditions and advancing social and economic justice failed to provide or provided inadequately. For justice has now come to mean that development of the conscience of society, of the -3-collective conscience, which requires The State (the agent in its legislative, judicial and executive departments for the administration of justice) to restrain the strong groups from encroaching upon, to require the strong groups to give a square deal to, the weak groups. Under the Court's expressed erroneous view, the Sherman anti-Trust Act will fail to advance the remedy for the wrongs which the powers that pray heap upon farmers, and laboring men; and the groups intended by Congress to receive the benefit of the assistance of this anti-Trust act will be prohibited from taking action to advance the remedy Congress has given them by benefiting themselves. It is of the essence of Socialism to aid a weak group while preventing it from aiding itself and to let it so be aided by the State. Wise legislation would not hinder but promote self-dependence - would not promote but discourage state-dependent citizenship. Therefore, again, Congress is quite right in saying:- "we will constue this statute as we intended it to be construed when we passed it, so as, not only to restrain the wrong and might of the strong class, from the mischief of injuring the weak classes, but also so as to advance the remedy we intended to create by encouraging the weak classes, instead of hindering or preventing them from strengthening themselves." It is the old story over again of "right on the seaffold; of wrong on the throne" and while we are proceeding to evict wrong from the throne we will not hinder right from helping itsself in escaping the hangman's noose. While we wish to bring down the mighty from their seats and raise up those of low degree, we will not in the meantime hinder those of low degree from raising up themselves. Thus we shall, on the authority of the great low commentator "suppress the mischief and advance the remedy" of the Sherman anti-Trust act of July 2, 1890 and we ourselves do "the business of the judges." Herbert A. Drake.[Enc in Drake 6-23-13]J. W. EASTMAN ATTORNEY AT LAW JAMES BUILDING CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE June 23rd, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Sec'y., Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, #287 - Fourth Ave., New York City. My dear Mr. Harper:- Your valued favor of the 20th at hand and replying beg to advise that I am very much interested in having as much information as it is possible for your office to afford with reference to future activities of the progressive movement. From my previous letter you will be able to get my reasons for this request. Thanking you and Colonel Roosevelt for the courteous replies to letters I have received and assuring you that it will be a great pleasure for me to call when in New York, I am, Very truly yours, J W Eastman[*C] [*20.*] [*Ack*] [*FH EH*] [*6/27/13*] Tupelo, Miss. June 23rd, 1913 Mr. Theodore Rosevelt, Ex President U.S.A. [Washington, D. C.] [*Oyster Bay N.Y.*] Dear Sir: Please find enclosed photo of our triplets, born March 16th, 1913. We wish to present to you and pray you accept same in a spirit of love. Reading left to right they are Nora, Bonner and Dora. We are Respectfully, JH Edwards Father Annie Edwards MotherLiberty N. J. June 23 1913 Hon Theodore Roosevelt [shorthand] Dear Sir: Like many of your fellow Citizens, I have met you under various circumstances - the last time being at the meeting of the New York County Chairmen of the Progressive Parity in the Metropolitan Life Ins Co's building in New York City. I am what is generally known as an enthusiastic "Roosevelt Man". I was Chairman of the party in Sullivan Co. for a while.Hon Wm H. Holdits knows me quite well. I have a friend, a young Princeton College & Seminary graduate, and the position of the Presbyterian Church here in Liberty; remained; who speaks Spanish fluently. He is ancious to - accompany you to South America in any capacity. He is a California by birth; has roughed it with the Geological Survey in Alaska studied law in Idaho, and graduated in law and Theology. He wantsTo get into touch with the undeveloped possibilities of South America, and is anxious to join your party. He is strong, intellectually keen, and used to roughing it; Spanish is his delight. Can you use him in any possible way? He has the making of a magnificent fellow in him; clean, strong physically and intellectually, and he has a fine spiritual nature. As for myself, per [mil-rue?] [E-sy?], I was pastor of the Bergen BAptist Church for Eleven Years and subsequently pastor of the FirstBaptist Church of Indianapolis. Mr Allen is abt 27 years of age and an opportunity of his me - would be invaluable to him and of real service to you. Sincerely your friend (Rev) D. J. Ellison (DD)June 23, 1913. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I write you these few lines to ask if you could grant me one great favor. I sent you a picture of my daughter last august taking with her violin. I received an answer to the picture which was very thoughtful of you. Now Mr. Roosevelt this favor I want to ask of you is if it is in your power could you give me a letter of introduction to Mr. V. Astor. Mr. Roosevelt if you could spare a few minutes of your time. I could call to2. see you at your office and speak more plainly to you than I can write as I know there is a good future for my daughter on the violin. if I could interest somebody in her and I appeal to you to help me and I ask this letter to Mr. Aster from you knowing that he is a man that would take and interest in a case like mine if I could have an interview with him. Let me thank you in advance for anything that you can do for me and if I do say it myself you will never regret it. Very respectfully Mr. W. J. Fox 210 St. S Nicholas Av. B'Klyn N. Y.JAMES R. GARFIELD ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 1029 GARFIELD BUILDING CLEVELAND June 23, 1913. My dear Mr. Harper: The photograph of Colonel Roosevelt reached me safely. Mr. Scott has sent it to Mr. Batell in Vermont. Please thank the Colonel for it. I have no doubt he will hear from Mr. Batell directly. I thank you for attending to this. Sincerely yours, James R. Garfield Mr. Frank Harper The Outlook 287 Fourth Ave. , N.Y.Solomons Island Md 6 23/13 Dear Colonel I know you will be surprised to hear from me but I am glad to state to you I am still living and hope this finds you both Well & Happy. Colonel I saw in the Balto Sun of May 14th that Mr Loeb your private sect while President of the United States has been made Managing Director for the Guggenheims. I am going to ask you as a friend to use your influence with Mr. Loeb and try get me a position of Time Keeper in Amboy N Y. Balto Md or in the far West. I have had experience. In handling as high as 75 men and keeping thiese Time With Contractors also with the Sand Filtration Corporation of America. The Reason I ask your Influence I Know You Can do something for Me. Business here is very dull, and I don't wage 3 days in the week. Then I am getting too stiff to be climbing about on this kind of work, schooner work. I finished the Kent Island . saturday. there isn't much in it and I hope you can do something for me so I wont have so much physical tax. but on to make a living. If you got me with the Guggenheims you will find me a man of appreciation and a sober one. I am still behind you in every more. regardless of what it is so it keeps in the Pale of the Law. With best wishes for your Hunt in the West. I am as ever your friend & well wisher M. A. Gatsley Solomons Island Md[*(1913)*] Columbus June 23. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I am sorry that you took the trouble to write to me, though it was good to hear from you. I think that most half-way decent people in the United States are heartily glad that you throttled that brutal slander. You have rendered a service to all honorable men in public life. I think you don't know what became of the champagne which you carried into Africa. Tod Loving told me - a good while ago. - He thought that the basket was not opened until you were going down the Nile, when he was very sick with a fever, and it was fed to him, most of it.I am sending you today a new book of mine - "Present Day Theology". It isn't technical, but I think that is vital, and I hope you will like it. If you can't read but one chapter read the one on "Heaven and Hell". Yours faithfully Worthington Gladden The Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND PLAZA N. N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS-3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr. June 23d 1913. Honorqble Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Sir, I desire to meet you personally. I want to consult you on a business proposition which if feasible should be a good paying investment but what is more important of great benefit to the many. With your permission I would like to come out to Oyster Bay and take at least one hour of your time. I am yours truly C R GloverD.L.GORE,PREST. W.W.LOVE,VICE-PREST. R.B.SHEPARD,SECY & TREAS. SPECIALTIES: PEANUTS , HOOP IRON,NAILS AND DRUG SUNDRIES D. L. GORE COMPANY, WHOLESALE GROCERS. ESTABLISHED 1877 INCOPPORATED 1900. NOS.120,121,122,123,124 NORTH WATER STREET. GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE ACEME PEANUT ROASTER. Wilmington,N.C. June 23, 1913. Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir: - I enclose copy of letter I wrote you sometime ago, to which I have had no answer. Yours truly, D.L. Gore[For enc see 6-11-13]"What we are in this movement are endeavoring to do is to make this a movement for justice now, a movement in which we ask all just men of generous hearts to join with the men who feel in their souls that lift upward which bids them refuse to be satisfied themselves while their fellow countrymen and countrywomen suffer from a veritable misery. What we Progressives are trying to do is to enroll rich or poor, whatever their social or industrial position, to stand together for the most elementary right of good citizenship, those elementary rights which are the foundation of good citizenship in this great republic of ours." —Theodore Roosevelt, October 12, 1912. Preogressive (Provisional) County Committee FOR BERGEN COUNTY, N. J. President, HERBERT M. BAILEY, of Hackensack, N. J. Secretary, WILLIAM T. KNIGHT, of Bogota, N. J. Treasurer, JOSE M. DIAZ, of Hackensack, N. J. Vice-Presidents, WALTER Z. ZABRISKI of Ridgewood, N. J. A. H. BICKNER, of Rutherford, N. J. A. C. JEWELL, of Oradell, N. J. LOUIS B. COE, of Englewood, N. J. ERNEST WEBBON, of Ridgefield Park, N. J. HACKENSACK, N. J. June 23,1913 [[shorthand]] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt My dear Colonel May I back up, as a member of the campaign committee, the request for a letter from you recommending our leader, Herbert M. Bailey, as the Congress candidate in the Sixth District at the coming special election July 22? We want the letter right away to insert in our campaign literature Mr. Bailey helped to start the Progressive movement in Bergen County in 1910. He is one of the Roosevelt delegates to the last Republican National convention. He is a splendid, worthy man, his Record knows all about him. Very truly Julius S. Grunour 171 Clinton Place Hackensack NJ. Washington,June 23,1913. Received of J.C.O'Laughlin Ten Dollars for investigating witnesses in libel suit. Elisha Harrison Col. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. Dear Sir:-- I am taking the liberty to send you marked copies of two issues of The Eagle Magazine -- a fraternal periodical a little out of the ordinary. It is published by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and a copy goes regularly to each of the 325,000 members. It is the purpose of the editors to make it educative along the lines of humanitarian progress, and civic reform of which you are a most distinguished champion and leader. Our members, and therefore our readers, belong to the wage-earning class which is most deeply concerned in the solution of these various problems, and it is our desire and purpose to present the facts so that these people shall see wherein lies true interest and be aroused to act accordingly. The 325,000 Eagles scattered throughout the country if thus aroused might by voice and vote exert considerable influence for good. Any suggestion from one who, like yourself knows how to touch the springs of human action, would be greatly received.PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT GRAND AERIE LIBERTY TRUTH JUSTICE EQUALITY FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES THE EAGLE MAGAZINE CHAIRMAN W. J. BRENNEN, G.W.P SECRETARY FRED C. NAEVE, G.T. DAVENPORT, IOWA. CONRAS H. MANN, G.T. KANSA CITY, MO. JOHN J. BOHL, G.T. STAMFORD,CONN. ADVISORY MEMVER FRANK E.HERING, MNG.EDR SOUTH BEND, IND. OFFICE OF FRANK E. HERING, MANAGING EDITOR SOUTH BEND INDIANA, June twenty-third, Nineteen-thirteen. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Page 2. Permit me personally to congratulate you on your public service in teaching a lesson the libelers of public men. Sincerely yours, Frank E. HerringForm 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 25,000 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. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General MNanager ================================================= NUMBER | SENT BY | REC’D BY | CHECK 18 MC 2Ex ================================================= RECEIVED AT Oyster Bay June 23 1913 DATED Syracuse NY 23 TO The Hon T Roosevelt 20 The tenth annual Encampment U. S. W. V. Dept of NY in Convention Assembled sends this message of respect. C. Hauncey W Herrick Dept ComdrsFOUNDERS AND INCORPORATORS JESSE FULLER, JR. JOHN GERDES WALTER A. JOHNSON ALEXANDER McCLINCHIE PETER J. DOYLE O. I. LAMBERGER _____ HONORARY MEMBERS COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT HON. HIRAM W. JOHNSON HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS PROGRESSIVE CLUB OF KINGS COUNTY, INC 544 HALSEY STREET BROOKLYN, N. Y. OFFICERS JOHN GERDES . . PRESIDENT G. HAMILTON McCLELLAND, VICE-PRESIDENT FRANK J. O'BRIEN, SECRETARY FRANK M. DARLING TREASURER _____ HOUSE COMMITTEE ROBERT C. SHEPHARD WALTER A. JOHNSON HAROLD A. WOGLOM June 23rd. , 1913. 191 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, #287 Fourth Ave. , New York City. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I have the honor to write you on behalf of the Progressive CLub of Kings Co. , Inc. , the first club of its kind incorp- orated in this state. The membership is over two hundred and increas- ing by a steady growth, being drawn from all parts of Kings Country, but principly from to Fifth Assembly District, of which it is the headquart- ers. We have a very fine club house, a large private residence with spacious grounds, well furnished and equipped with every- thing but a library. I am endeavoring to start securing, at least, one book from each member, and one or more from our friends. Congress- ional Records, books on government, law, history, courts, good fiction, Etc. , and subscriptions to magazines are very desirable. Should you feel disposed to send us a book, or set of books, we ask you to write your name on the fly-leaf, and you will be very gratefully remembered by those who enjoy the fruits of your kindness. Very respectfully, Walter A. Johnson W. A. Johnson 892 Greene Ave.(6-23-13) (Kirchuran)[*[6-23-13]*] [*[Kirchuran]*] With Highest Esteem for the Greatest American Living Patriot of the Twentieth Century: Theodore Roosevelt, of whom is true the homage paid by SAXONS to Charlemagne: "He is the Best MAN on Earth and the Bravest. Truth and Good Faith HE established and KEPT." Respectfully presented by Maximilian Kirchuran Candidate for Progressive Mayor of Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Gary, Indiana, June 23rd. 1913Elizabeth N. J. [*(6-23-13?)*] Colonel; Theodore Roosevelt New York My Dear Colonel I am leaving Mrs. Knapps great book, which she is very anxious to have you start. We had intended asking you to sign it when you dined with us during the primary campaign, but in the excitement it was forgotten.The date of your visit was May 25 1912 which I have filled in pencil for your guidance. We had a very enthusiastic meeting of the Progressive State Committee in Asbury Park on Friday and Saturday and reports from all over the State were most gratifying. I am convinced after talking with leaders from all parts of the State, that if we nominate Everett Alby for Governor we will have an excellent chance of winning in the fall. With many thanks for signing our book, I am with all best wishes Yours very sincerely Edgar A KnappTHE MANCHESTER LEADER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY FRANK KNOX, PRESIDENT AND MANAGER JOHN A. MUEHLING, TREAS. AND BUS. MANAGER NEW HAMPSHIRE'S POPULAR PENNY PAPER MANCHESTER, N. H., June Twenty-three, 1913. My Dear Colonel: I have just concluded a deal this morning, which gives me the ownership on July 15th of The Manchester Union. The Union is the only newspaper in New Hampshire, aside from my own, which has a state wide circulation. It is published in the morning, so that this deal gives me not only two newspapers in the state having a state wide circulation, but also gives me complete dominance in a newspaper way in both the morning and evening field. The Union has been run, as you probably know, as the Standpat Republican paper, and this transfer would leave the Standpatters in New Hampshire with but trifling newspaper support. Indeed, it is this phase of the situation that presents the gravest problem. I would achieve but little if the consolidation of the two papers into one ownership merely brought a new paper into the field to represent the Republican organization faction. Because of this the newspaper situation must necessarily be A. A. A. REPORT JANUARY 1ST, 1913 - NET PAID CIRCULATION 10,844-2- handled with consummate care if we are not to produce a situation which would invite competition. I need not point out to you how tremendous an advantage it would be to have the only two papers in the state of general circulation preaching Progressive doctrines. Under such circumstances, I should like very much indeed to have the benefit of your advice. Could you give me a little time if I ran over to New York for that purpose? For the present at least, I desire that the foregoing information as to this consolidation be kept confidential. Yours very sincerely, Frank Knox Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook, New York City. L.Morganfield, Ky. June 23d, 1913. My dear Mr. Roosevelt,- Replying to your communication of June 13th, would state, I very much desire to become identified with the Progressive Party, and its campaign staff. My work for the past eight years has been that of securing capital for corporations. The scope I have traversed has unquestionably put me in possession of certain knowledge and facts that I feel you would regard as helpful to "the cause." I am coming to New York in the near future, and would ask that you grant me a short interview, for the purpose of determining my worth or otherwise. For obvious reasons I enclose my recent photograph. Soliciting your favorable reply, and a card or pass word enclosed, I remain, Faithfully yours, Thomas Lawton. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt 287 Fourth Ave., New York. Private. TL-MD.JACOB M. MOSES ATTORNEY AT LAW 943-953 CALVERT BUILDING BALTIMORE June 23rd., 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, c/o THE OUTLOOK, New York City. My dear Col. Roosevelt; In December, 1908, I received an invitation from you to attend a conference at the White House in the interest of dependent children. I had the invitation framed but it has faded so badly that it is scarcely legible. Through the courtesy of President Wilson's Secretary, I had the letter rewritten upon White House paper and send the same to you for your signature. I desire to preserve this letter for my little son and shall appreciate your kindness if you will sign and return same in enclosed addressed envelope. Thanking you again and with best wishes, I remain, Sincerely yours, Jacob M. Moses JMM.KJOHN T. MURPHY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 410-411 FRANKLIN BANK BUILDING BROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS PHONE, WALNUT 3880 RESIDENCE, 1226 ERIE AVENUE PHONE, TIOGA 5528 D Philadelphia, June 23rd, 1913. 191 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I attended the Proressive Banquet in the City of Scranton on last Friday and was more than surprised at the outpouring of citizens of that section of the State. While I am optimistically inclined yet this meeting went beyond my expectations. The Progressive sentiment manifested at this meeting was such as convinces, that the movement is gathering strength beyond expectations. What surprised me mostly was the spirit against any amalgamation. I was the last speaker and had an opportunity to dwell on this point. Congressman Farr was sitting in front of me, and pointing my finger at him let go this declaration. "The Progressives cannot amalgamate with the stealers of a Presidency and the man or men who may seek the support of the Progressive Party must stand as a Progressive, not a Republican Progressive, a La Follette, Hadley or Cummins Progressive, but as a plain unvarnished Progressive; and as a member of the Progressive State Committee I was voicing the unanimous opinion of that Committee". Congressman Farr was the first to congratulate me and said I was right. It was a glorious and encouraging meeting. Your friend Father Curran was superb and was cheered to the echo. I thought I would let you know the result and at the same time, that I am still alive and as full of fight as ever. With very best wishes, I am Yours very truly, John T. MurphyGEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT June 23, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- In letters just received from Hon. Richard Olney and Dr. Wickliffe Rose the belief is expressed that at the meeting of the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund held January 24th, 1905, in Washington, D. C., the late Mr. J. P. Morgan promised through Governor Porter, towards the funds necessary to build George Peabody College for Teachers, the sum of $250,000. I am writing to inquire if you know anything about this promise. If you do, will you be good enough to tell me when, where and from whom you heard it? I shall be grateful for an early reply. Yours sincerely, Bruce R. Payne. Geo. W. Perkins 71 Broadway New York June 23rd, 1913. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- Among some splendid letters I have received this morning on my testimony at Chicago is one from Oliver at South Bend. I think you know him. If you do not, you probably know about him. He is one of the largest implement dealers in the country. Please ask Mr. Harper to return Mr. Oliver's letter after you have read it? Sincerely yours, Geo. Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. P. S. I also enclose editorial just received from the Kansas City Times, which you may care to glance at.James H. Pound Lawyer BURNS BUILDING 86-90 GRISWOLD STREET DETROIT, MICH., June 23rd 1913 Col Theodore Roosevelt New York City Dear Sir. Your letter of the 17th duly received so long as there is no misunderstanding about the Athens testimony I have nothing to say and am satisfied. I asked Mr Shiras the younger to see whether the Testimony was at hand. It was not in the Post Office where I had inquired. We found it and paid for it. He asked me about bang reimbursed, just as were leaving, and I told him to communicate with your office, he did and all is well. As to the other I should have said nothing, and perhaps better not now. But I thought I would give lossthe information I had. But I am not interested for them. And have nothing further to say upon the subject Respectfully James H Pound[*Not for publication with my name*] Newark N J June 23, 1913 Ex Pres Rosevelt, Oyster Bay N. Y. My Dear Sir; I write to congratulate you on your temperance victory. I have always advocated your cause although am not a political man but a poor humble Preacher of the Gospel. I advocated your cause last year by giving individual talks giving outbuttons and literature I want to say that you are more popular then ever with the people. any man who labors for God and righteousness is bound to win although in this life we need to expect opposition on the way. I believe that your party will win over the resent party now in operation. You won over the Republican party in 90 days. Dont be discouraged my prayers3 are going up to God In your be half. This God whom we serve heard the prayers of his oppressed people in Egyptian Bondage, and also the cries of my Mother & Father 50 years ago. As the Midianites were confused by Gidean only 300 ran with Pitchers and lamps that they fought themselves. He can bring about this confusion in the South (colored) Chamber. Your own His name R. G., PullyDouglas Robinson, 14 Wall Street 128 Broadway, Cable Adress, "[Ryra?ort]," New York. New York June 23, 1913. Dear Sir:- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of June 21st, enclosing the Outlook Company's cheque to the or- der of Colonel Roosevelt for $1,097.25. This amount has been placed to the cred- it of Colonel Roosevelt's account. Yours very truly, Douglas Robinson Frank Harper, Req. , #287 Fourth Avenue, New York CIty. SNew York June 23/6/13 Dear Sir: Will you please answer the following question as a matter of courtesy. At the time of my birth in the U. S. of A. my father was not a citizen of this country. Am I eligible to the office of chief Executive of Nation? The constitution reads! No person excepta natural born citizen or a citizen of the U. S. of A. at the time of the adoption of the constitution ece. In one word I like to know the real definition of the word natural born citizen. According to Bouvier's Law Dictionary the defin is. Those born in country of parents who are citizens. is it correct? It seems that I am taking to much liberty by writing to you; but you must understand that no better man than you could give an answer. Any favor will be appreciated by Yours very respectfully T. M. Santella #173 Blunker St. N. Y. City GEORGE SHIRAS 3[?] STONELEIGH COURT WASHINGTON, D.C. June 23, 1913. Frank Harper, Esq., Secretary, New York. My dear Mr. Harper: I had rather hoped I might be able to "pay the freight" on Mr. Riis. He was worth it. However, the remittance was $4.00 in excess of the amount paid and is herewith returned. We leave for Marquette on Wednesday where I will be joined at camp by Mr. Frank Chapman and his family - all good Bull Moosers. Yours very sincerely, Geo Shiras 3Boxford Glen Cove, Long Island June 23, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: The Executive Committee (about twenty men) of the Nassau County Committee are taking a simple supper with me at my home in Glen Cove on Thursday, June 26th at 6:45. It will give me great pleasure, if you by any chance can run over and join us. I know how much your time is taken up, and forgive you in advance if you can't come; but I hope that you can. Very sincerely yours, Jacob Farrar[?]The Jos. O. Thompson Land Co. Suite 301 American Trust Building Birmingham, Ala., June 23, 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Care The Outlook, New York City. Dear Colonel: The enclosed clipping will be of interest to you. You have no doubt received similar ones from other sources. This movement is to give genuine expression of the gratitude of these people for your services to this district and State. I wrote you on April 26 regarding the meeting of the Alabama Land Congress in this city November 4, 5 and 6, and expressed a desire to extend you an invitation, to which you replied on April 29 that you could not make an engagement at that time. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the Equal Suffrage Committee, as you are aware, also desire to bring you to Birmingham, and knowing how utterly impossible it is for you to accept all invitations, or even a small portion of them, I have suggested that all three events be provided for the same day. The Alabama Land Congress will bring to the city the prominent farmers of the State, as well as representatives of the Bankers' Association and of the railroads traversing the State. You, of course, know how much I am interested also in equal suffrage, and especially would I like to see you address their Association here as Mrs. Hundley is its Chairman.-2- This letter will need no reply, but is written merely for the purpose of suggesting the one visit for all events. Respectfully, Jos. O. Thompson Vice President, Alabama Land Congress.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington, U.S.A. ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE June 23, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I have just made arrangements to continue Heller until October, when, if I return from the Canadian Rockies in good shape, I will see if I cannot get funds from some of the former friends of the expedition. Heller is a superb field man and a hard student, but apparently he lacks facility in writing, which has delayed his report. The white rhonoceros group is rapidly getting into final shape in its big case. It is superb and will, I think, rejoice your heart when you see it. The buffalo group is also rounding up in fine form. I note by the papers that you are going to Argentina. I wish you a most delightful trip, and hope that Mrs. Roosevelt is going with you. Sincerely yours, Charles Walcott Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Office of "The Outlook", 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.MADISON SQUARE BRANCH N. Y. REGISTRY RETURN RECEIPT. Form 1548, Received from the Postmaster registered article, the original number of which appears on reverse side of this card. [*???? 26*] Date of delivery 6/23 , 1913 [*TR*] (To be filled in by person signing receipt.) When delivery is made to an } x G Pinchot agent of the addressee, both } (Signature or name of addressee.) addressee's name and agent's } signature must appear in this } x W Madden receipt. } (Signature of addressee's agent.) Registered matter, the delivery of which has not been restricted by the sender of the addressee, is deliverable to any responsible person who customarily receives the ordinary mail of the addressee. (See amended sec. 858, P. L. and R.) When the above receipt has been properly signed, it must be postmarked with the name of delivering office and actual date of delivery and mailed to its address, without envelope or postage.Post Office Department OFFICIAL BUSINESS Original Reg, No. 42772 WASHINGTON D.C. JUN 23 10-AM 1913 RETURN TO: The Outlook (Name of Sender) Street and Number, or Post Office Box 287 Fourth Ave NEW YORK, NEW YORK The postmaster who delivers this reregistered article must see that this card is properly signed, legibly postmarked, and mailed to the sender, without envelope or postage.NORTHERN LAND AGENCY, J. G. R. BANER. MANAGER. IRONWOOD, MICH., 191 June 24th 1913. Mr .Frank Harper, New York. Dear Sir:- Thanks! Do you think it would be allright to inform the governer of Washington (ditts Oregon) that a land- and timber company, formerly spe- rating in Michigan and Wisconsin, and not always - hm,honorably (it get hold of much Wis.stateland for 50cts an acre,with the help of certain senators, and, I think with the knowledge of that state "Mr .[Por?pad?ur], although others had bid better, and their papers are not of the iron- [?] Ironbound kind) , that such a company now is operating in their states, having, two years ago, 1,200,000,000 ft of prima timber their, etc.The head of the company is one G.F.Sanborn, address Lumbermons building,Portland Oregon.The company is worth - watching. Yours truly J.G.R.Baner. 17. Forest Service, Washington, D. C. June 24, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Ack FH EH 6/27/13 Dear Sir: Under separate cover I am mailing you a copy of "A Sunny Life", a short biography of my father written by my mother. I am taking the liberty of doing this because you knew both my mother and father because his activities were so varied and his interests so broad that I think you would be interested in reading an account of them. Very truly yours, W B BarrowsForm 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 25,000 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. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General MNanager ================================================= NUMBER | SENT BY | REC’D BY | CHECK 15 Me M 21 1 4 ================================================= RECEIVED AT 345 yo June 24 1913 DATED Pittsburg pa 24 To Col. Theo Roosevelt Stone removed operation on Senator Flinn very successful stone removed from bladder under local anesthesia condition following operation very satisfactory J, H, Bigger Supt137 So. Hancock St. Los Angeles, Calif. June 24. 1913 Hon. Theodre Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. [[shorthand]] Dear Sir:- Helping to do our share of responsibility in the world's work aside from our tasks in the newspaper world - an early required life has this week been blessed with our first child - Robert Duncan Bogart Sincerely yours, Guy and Lenay Bogart[[shorthand]] 641 E. 78th St., New York, June 24th, 1913 My dear Mr. Roosevelt, - I take the liberty to write to you about a poor widow of an old soldier (who has been dead about twenty odd year.) She has been on Blackwell's Is., in the Incurable Hospital for many long years. She is the only living member of her family. One day a couple of years ago she spoke to a visitor of her husband being a soldier, they asked if she received a pension; but she had never thought she might receive one until then. She is very old and would like to end her days in the Soldiers' Home up the State and not in the poor house. I wrote to the Washington Pension office the facts as the old ladyremembered them. His name was John Henry Johnston, regiment the 84th N. Y. Inf. as near as she could remember. She said her husband often mentioned Colonel Conklin and Captain McKenzie as the head men in his company. During the Civil war they were not called out but were in readiness I believe. the Pension office man wrote back and said the name of old soldier was wrong and the officers mentioned were not in command of 84th N.Y. Inf.; Could you tell me where I might look to find out if the old lady made a mistake in the regiment number. She is a nice refined old lady and has her right mind and is so disappointed to receive no help. Of course, there is not much ground for hope, but I feel so sorry for her, I thought of you and your great heart for the poor. I am simply a Hospital Missionary doing the little things for poor souls less fortunate than myself. Excuse me for troubling a great busy man like yourself. I admire you and your great character. Please answer if you can find time. Yours in His in His Name M. Bremer P.S. The dear old lady's name is Mrs. Johnston, Ward F, City Home, Blackwell's Is., New YorkAddress - Y House H. Peters Esq. Dexter Mailing Aso Dated Phila. Penna June 24th 1913 To Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Long Island N.Y. My dear Sir: After careful consideration I have decided to write you, and to hand you, here with, copies of my letters and a State ment sent to the president, with a copy of a letter to the Commissioner of Patents. If I could at present enter the State of N. Y. without running the risk of being prevented from making any further effort to reenter business for some time, I should obtain a letter to you, from some mutual friend, and present they seem beyond belief. And that is surely an ideal position for my opponents to have me placed in. From Mr. J. D. Archbold and those associates with him I, quite naturally, cannot now obtain any explanation of their status. I enclose a list of some of the stockholders in the International Petro Co. and trust you will not only pardon the liberty I have taken in troubling you with this matter, but also that you will give me the desired information (for I now must, if possible, be prepared for action) as soon as possible.the matter in person and ask your advice, but the legal action instigated against me by my business opponents had the result specified, at least. The Judge holding he had no discretion in the matter, decision, if I understood my attorneys correctly, against me as a matter of law and not of facts. I could not appeal the case. So it seems to me facts oftentimes have nothing to do with justice as administered. However that may be, what I beg to ask of you is: If a man placed in the position described in the enclosures can or cannot through the government obtain an investigation of his case, and if he possesses sufficient evidence or facts to back up his charges, can the government institute the necessary legal proceedings to compel justice to all concerned. And if he can, how is he, in my position to proceed to obtain the investigation and the action, without meanwhile probably being termed both a crank and a fool. I have been a refiner and marketer of petroleum for years and know the facts in the case and am not either guessing at any of them or drawing upon my imagination in any way whatsoever, even through, when told by me, without the chance to present corroboration testimony,4 In closing permit me to state I have long considered the Sherman Law what might be termed a "foul law" and that regulation of what are called trusts is the only way at present for the public good. Very respectfully, Charles Russell BurkeList of Stockholders of International Petrol Co. Wallace Tiebout } H. C. Tiebout } Brooklyn, N. Y. Col. E. M. House } - - Andrews } Texas Colin H. Livingstone } Ex-Senator N. B Scott } Ex-Senator Davis Elkins } Judge Knapp } Washington D.C. A. C. Lucas } L. P. Harrington } J. C. McDonald Pittsburg, Penna C. R. Burke Jos. M. Cudahy Chicago Ill. B. F. Yoakam N. Y. City Note: Written from memory - no present list at hand. CRB P e r s o n a l June 24, 1913 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- Please accept my very best thanks for the delightful time I have at Oyster Bay yesterday. I shall never forget your courtesies to me. In a day or two I shall send you the information on the Monroe Doctrine you wanted, also that relating to the early international relations of Argentina and the United States. I shall also write to Professor Ernesto Nelso and to Dr. Agustin Alvarez of the University of La Plata, as you desired. Dr. Muller will be notified today of your desire to lunch with him at the Harvard Club on Monday, July 7, at 2 p. m. As you so kindly offered to do so, I am enclosing herewith an engraving of your honored self, with the request that you will inscribe it for me and return it to me. With renewed thanks, Very sincerely yours, Charles Lyon ChandlerMunro Hotel Cin. Ohio 24 June 1913. Col Theodore Roosevelt New York. My dear Colonel - Don't suppose you know me altho I make you several times while you honored the White House, from Munro, tho statehood from Europe, and [all] in all my politisal mitirys as a Correspondent I hesainass you first place. While I was born in the South I was about onusome my democratic predudices and work for William McKinly elctions - 1896 - and now I find myself in sympathy with the Progressive party. Had you not gone into the Chicago Convention, and organized the Progressive forces in the White House again, and America would be leading the world in progressing foreward. The "New Nationalism" has the "New Freedoms" distonsed many miles, and as a National force you and man if in America and the world thons any at this2 Malumon. Mr. Wilson is a noble man, but a free trader at hear, and the Democratic is not a party of real progress - missed of building it distrags. The old Republican party has been the gamulst if I am competent to venture a guess and, I believe the Progressive party has a destiny. I don't like to see some of the men who stood for your election last year getting "cold feet," yet we must expect such of frail humanity. I fear the democrats will make a mess of it, and I am very sorry you were not elected, but I am confident that income wins by 1916 if the party remains intact. Three pusss and oratory the people should be educated. I shall come Ewahagion soon and I want to write a series of articles for the Progressive papers, as many at three, and I pray that this glorious cause may succeed, and that I may be able to help in an humble way in sending you back to the White House, most sincerely yours, Randolph ChurchillWINSTON CHURCHILL TAHOE CITY, CALIFORNIA June 24, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt, I received your letter yesterday, and I cannot tell you how much pleasure and encouragement it gave me. I deeply appreciate such a communication from you, and I shall treasure it. I wrote the book out of my own experience: that is to say that I worked it out while writing it, and it ended where I ended. In a way, of course, the idea began farther back, when I first had my experience with the movement which started with your presidency. The meaning of it, for those of us who were engaged in it, as well as for the country and the world, was gradually revealed. I am inclined to agree with you as to the wisdom of having spoken about the ultimate abolition of property, - rather of the inadvisability of it. I have thought of this since the book was published. It seems to me the evolution is slowly but surely tending that way; but, if it comes it will not be, I think, until a far-distant future, and nothing was gained for the book by simply referring to it. It seemed to me at the time a different thing,-putting it in a book of this kind,-from inserting it in an article or an address. However, I meant it as a prediction, and not as advocating the immediate adoption of it in government. I cannot but think that property is one of the larger roots of selfishness, and that it forms a barrier against the spiritual.WINSTON CHURCHILL TAHOE CITY. CALIFORNIA (2) You have done another great service to the country in prosecuting and winning that libel suit, and it is something which every decent man who is fighting corruption hereafter will thank you for. It will, I think, make that kind of ras- cal a good deal more careful. We have been out here in California ever since last Dec- ember. Mrs Churchill has been rather miserable since our new son was born last October, and I had to have peace and quiet to write another book, in order to have it finished in time to take off my coat for our next Progressive campaign. My wife is much better in this altitude, which the doctors re- commended. Tahoe is a wonderful place. I remember the first time I ever heard of it. A young woman from California spoke of it in your presence to me at the White House, and I asked whether it were in New Jersey! A true provincial re- mark. Thanking you again, and with kindest regards from us both to yourself and to Mrs Roosevelt, I am, Sincerely yours, Winston ChurchillDear Colonel Roosevelt: Aerlium slipping from last nights globe. Of this fellow Bird, was a competant leader, he would have declared for whitman before the republicans even thoughht of it. Now he makes an ass of himself, and surely should not be allowed to speak for the Roosevelt progressives. Yours very truly, Sr. Theodore Roosevelt WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT Form 168 [6-24-13] RECEIVED AT [?] A321NY W 40 MONTAUK LI NY JUN 24 1913 COL THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE OUTLOOK FOURTH AVE NY I TELEPHONED MR HARPER THIS TUESDAY IN NAME MAJOR GENERAL ORYAN INVITING YOU VISIT MODEL STATE CAVALRY CAMP MOUNTAUK UNDER COMMAND CAPTIAN ANDREWS FORMERLY SUMNERS STAFF IN CUBA IF YOU CAN COME GENERAL ORYAN WILL FETCH YOU ANYTIME THIS WEEK. EDWIN EMERSON 314 Pm.DISTRICT AGENCY OF THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE, WIS. CHARLE W. FIELDER, ASSOCIATE GENERAL AGENT 1025 FIDELITY BUILDING MAIN AND SWAN STS. H. E. CROUCH, GENERAL AGENT 1025 FIDELITY BUILDING BUFFALO, N. Y. PHONES FRONTIER 1236 BELL, SENECA 1236 BUFFALO, N. Y., June 24, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Sec. New York, N. Y. My dear Sir:- Replaying to your letter of the 20th I have written to the Secretary of the Pringle Memorial Home to send at once to Colonel Roosevelt the information asked for. Yours very truly, Charsl W. FielderTHE SUNDAY COMMONS Charles Fleischer Dartmouth Street, 280 Boston, June 24, 1913 Dear Colonel Roosevelt: Your letter of a week ago arrived during my absence. I want to tell you that I appreciate the sentiments therein expressed, and that I recognize the difficulty of your complying with my request, -- or, rather, my suggestion -- for some comment on my sayings and writings. I note that you say "I will speak to Mr. Perkins gladly". If you will do this sometime during the present week, you will probably be definitely helpful to me at just the psychological moment. Next week Mr. Perkins will be a speaker at the Sagamore Sociological Conference; and I shall also be there. If, by an earnest word, you will have predisposed him to take with solid seriousness what I have to say, I know just how effective that would be. With wishes for "good hunting", in Arizona and elsewhere, I remain, Sincerely yours, Charles Fleischer Buffalo N.Y. June 24th 1913 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Dear Friend & Comrade I thank you a thousand times for your thoughtful gift to me [?] of your large formal Photo. I am having it framed. & It shall stay in the possession of my family as long as they live. I think It very fine indeed Colonel. "It was a splendid meeting you had with the Progressives. both at the Banquet & Hall. here. certainly we alllove you for your loyalty to the people: Here is one of Camera snap shots taken of yourself and Mr Channery Hamlin & of course you had to have Tony Gavin in it as one what would personally If be. die for you [underscored] so thanking you again for the personal gift. Photograph. & the Autograph in your Book. my family all join me in sending their kindest & best wishes to yourself & dear family = & may God be with you at all times, & protect you from harm. is the ever & only wish of our of your old affirmative Troopers = Yours Respectfully & truthfully Comrade Tony Gavin. 276 Hampshire St Buffalo N.Y.Bridge Builders' Society room 575 Number 50 Church St. New York June 24,1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay. N.Y. Dear Sir: within a few days you will receive from the publishers, A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, a copy of "The New Competition" by Arthur J. Eddy. This book is sent with the compliments of this society, at the suggestion of John Sterling Deane of Pheonix Bridge Compiany, a Member. It is a book which is worthy of being read by every man of affairs and you will find it worth your while to give it careful attention. Yours very Truly, Geo. E. Gifford CAIROLI GIGLIOTTI ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LOW 105 WEST MONROE STREET SUITE 1103, FORT DEARBORN BUILDING PHONE CENTRAL 2966 AUTOMATIC 51004 CORRESPONDING ATTORNEYS: AVV. PROF. UMBERTO PRANZATARO Professor of the Civil Law at the Royal University of Naples, Italy AVV. GIOVANNI PERSICO Editor of the "Italian Bar Journal" Lungo Tevere Mellini 17, Rome, Italy OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 A.M TO 6:00 P.M. Ack FH EH 6/27/[1313.] CHICAGO, ILL. June 24, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Colonel:- I have just completed a little work in ten chapters, each one dealing on one important problem of the day. it is not by any means a complete work but each and every problem which is discussed, in the way in which they are discussed in the newspapers, I have suggested a remedy, basing it on European legislation, experience, etc. This country, as you have repeatedly stated, needs reforms and the battle which we fought last fall under the Progressive Banner, while if winners would have placed us in the position to give them to the people, is nevertheless a political battle to which some people look with distrust on account of its connection with politics. A suggestion out of politics would be better accepted and cared for. You have been the first one who has had the courage and the ability to denounce certain evils, especially with reference to the administration of justice and with the dis- tribution of special privileges. You have made a true study of European legislation and there is not a person in the country, better posted than you, who can intelligently stand for certain reforms. For this reason and as a homage to you,OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M. CORRESPONDING ATTORNEYS: AVV. PROF. UMBERTO PRANZATARO Professor of the Civil Law at the Royal University of Naples, Italy AVV. GIOVANNI PERSICO Editor of the "'Italian Bar Journal" Lungo Tevere Mellini 17, Rome, Italy CAIROLI GIGLIOTTI ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 105 WEST MONROE STREET SUITE 1103, FORT DEARBORN BUILDING PHONE CENTRAL 2966 AUTOMATIC 51004 CHICAGO, ILL. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt--2. not only as a party in whose favor I fought my first political battle in 1898, and under whose banner I am fighting now, but also as an eminent American who took the gauntlet in behalf of clean politics and reform, I have decided to dedicate this work to you. If you have a little spare time and will read it, I will send you a copy of the work which will occupy about 130 or 140 pages of a book or pamphlet of ordinary proportions. I have not looked as yet for a publisher and if I decide not to look for any, I will see that the work is published by a good printer, under my personal care and supervision. For your information, will say that the ten chapters in which the book is to be divided are as follows:- 1st: Education 2nd: Popular Government 3rd: Courts and Judges 4th: Marriage and Divorce 5th: The First Remedy Against Vice 6th: Corruption and Inefficiency in Public Life 7th: Law and Criminology 8th: Social Work and Charity 9th: Race Prejudice 10th: The Duty of the Press. Will you please let me know whether or not you are willing to permit me to dedicate my work to you, giving to me in such way the honor of placing your name in front of my work. As soon as I get your reply, I will mail you typewritten copy of the work for your perusal. Many wishes and kind regards. Sincerely yours, Cairoli Gigliotti CG/GR [Printed letterhead of George Hain, The Groceryman crossed out] Cleveland, Tenn., June 24, 1913, Dear Mr. Roosevelt I thought I would write you a few lines asking you ow you are getting along now I hope you will run for president again My part of the state is still strong for you I do not believe in reunit- ing with the "Republican Party at all. I will close now as Your friend Mr. Wm. Hall Hain P.O. Box. No. 393, TELEPHONE MADISON SQUARE 485 ERNEST HARVIER 1193 BROADWAY NEW YORK June 24, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I had the pleasure of a conversation here yesterday with former Assemblyman Michael J. Costello, who told me that he is to call to see you. Am sending you the enclosed as of possible interest. Yours faithfully, : Ernest Havier Printed letterhead crest HOTEL COLLINGSWOOD 46 WEST 35TH STREET NEW YORK CITY SETH H.MOSELEY _______ SOUTHERN HOTEL COLUMBUS, OHIO. WILLIAM H. MOSELEY & SONS, INC. 24th June 1913 Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Thank you for invitation to call on you Friday next. I regret that i will be unable to avail myself of it as I am leaving town for a short trip. On my return I will ask if you can then grant me the pleasure of a brief interview. Hoping that I may be favored, I am, my dear Sir, Yours very truly, A. ML Hawks. Little Rock Ark June 24 - 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt New york City Dear Col Roosevelt: Pardon me again for the liberty in writing you again, but, I think when you finish reading these lines I have written you perhaps you will pardon my second letter to you in such a short space of time. The Progressive State Comm[?] of Arkansas issued a call for convention to be called here in the City of Little Rock Ark on the 24th day of June 1913, to nominate a candidate for Governor of Ark well sir the way those gentlemen responded to that call was as though God him self demanded of them that they give up all business pleasure ect, & come forward & do their duty as citizens & [word unintelligible] of our commonwealth there came sir doctors, preachers lawyers laborman farmer capitalist richman men from all walks of life came forward leaving behind them all pleasure & business & fighting & crying for a cause as you ever heard before. With tears in some of the speakers eyes & crying to al mighty God to make them with power to give to this land of Ours the Proganda[?] offered by the Progressive Party's Col Roose velt I have never attended such a gather ing On this a gentleman am ask me if all the conventions of the party are held in the same [word unintelligible] and I said yes indeed we are all united as one for this great cause, & we all work together in con cord. Sir, everything that was done was by acclamation of every one, and when the chair had appointed a committee of Three to notify Col Murphy of his nomination by solid unanimous vote of the convention a sweet southern breeze blew in & the seet scent of the flowers outside & the band play ing Gather in the Sheaves made ita situation worth any man's pre sence, and when the kind old gentleman was told of his nomination with tears & trembling emotion he told us what he thought of us. Oh that talk that kind old gentleman made will stay with me forever, it was a grand gathering thank God I am a Progressive. I am so glad I have affiliated with such people. how I wish you were there words are to rare to describe to you the doings & working of this great Party assembled here on this day. I thought perhaps you would en joy this & you don't have to feel at all [word unintelligible] about us here, we are all on top & doing things. Very truly yours. Isadore Kasselberg 520 W. 2nd St.SURVEY ASSOCIATES, INC. NATIONAL COUNCIL ROBERT W. DE FOREST, NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN JANE ADDAMS. . . . CHICAGO ERNEST P. BICKNELL WASHINGTON ROBERT S. BREWSTER . NEW YORK CHARLES M. CABOT . . BOSTON O. K. CUSHING . . SAN FRANCISCO EDWARD T. DEVINE . . NEW YORK RTHUR F. ESTABROOK . BOSTON EE K. FRANKEL . . . NEW YORK JOHN M. GLENN . . . NEW YORK WILLIAM GUGGENHEIM . NEW YORK WILLIAM E. HARMON . . NEW YORK WILLIAM J. KERBY . WASHINGTON JOSEPH LEE . . . . BOSTON V. EVERIT MACY . . . WASHINGTON CHARLES D. NORTON . . NEW YORK SIMON N. PATTEN . PHILADELPHIA JULIUS ROSENWALD . . CHICAGO JACOB A. RIIS . . . . NEW YORK GRAHAM TAYLOR . . . CHICAGO PAUL M. WARBURG . . NEW YORK ALFRED T. WHITE . . . BROOKLYN S. W. WOODWARD . . WASHINGTON FRANK TUCKER, NEW YORK . TREASURER THE SURVEY 105 EAST 22D STREET, NEW YORK THE STAFF EDWARD T. DEVINE JANE ADDAMS GRAHAM TAYLOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS PAUL U. KELLOGG EDITOR ARTHUR P. KELLOGG SECRETARY GRAHAM ROMEYN TAYLOR MARY BROWN SUMNER JAMES P. HEATON JOHN A. FITCH WINTHROP D. LANE WILLARD D. PRICE CHRISTINA C. MERRIMAN TELEPHONE 4066 GRAMERCY June 24, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: Mrs. Simkhovitch's assistant at Greenwitch House said she would undertake personally to get word to Dr. Simkhovitch as to the appointment Friday morning at nine o'clock at the Outlook offices. Sincerely, Paul U Kellogg PUK-s 6/24/13 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay L.I. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I am holding an aviation meet in Asbury Park from the 21st of August to the 28th, 1913, to try and demonstrate to the American people that the flying machine of the present day under careful manage ment is a very safe machine. I am going to try and point out the many uses that it can be put to in the time of war and peace so as to correct in the minds of the people the vision made by many of the news papers. Now as you are one of America's greatest men and most honored I would like you to attened this aviation meet as my guest to help advance the art which ranks very low in our country. Hoping you will accept this invitation and let me know as soon as feasible which dates, if not all, you will attend I will try to give you a very royal and pleasant stay I remain, Most repectively yours Eugene Koster. #115 Locust Hill Ave. Yonkers, N.Y. THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB NEW YORK June 24 - 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Colonel: I wish to see you for a short interview, regarding the coming municipal campaign. I will call at your office on Friday next, at eleven o'clock and trust you will favor me with a few minutes of your time. Sincerely yours, Francis E. Larinbeer 299 B'way.1 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Division No....576 ...C.E. ....Sec-Treas. June 24 -1913 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Ex Prst. of U. S. Dear friend. I read in last Sundays Spokane Review where you said you are at little Mo Rest N. D. in sept. 1883 I am there in June. Just a little after those 3 old times. were Odonnell - McDowell and Orily were captured by the Marquis Demone . when the Sheriff came for them and they would not give up. The Macus & his 50 men was Laying in a cut 1/2 mile west of little mo. If I am not mistaken Oriley was Killed also. I Remember the Old P. Park Hotel Mr. Moore was Running it. I was put up in the attic there one night only then I bought Blankets and made me a bed out of shoveing out on the medosa side. I was a carpenter those days. I worked on the Marquis Res. south of N. P. and on the west side of River2 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Division No.... ...C.E. ....Sec-Treas. .....191 I worked on the Sarsephter house the Hotel, and some of those dwellings. there was a man by the name of Fritz who Run the Hotel Van N. P. ex Road master. they had two black cub bears chained to a tree just east of the Hotel. I have seen the Cow Puncher Ride into that Bar Room Horse back and call for the drinks. I have saw the Marquis Ride a horse in a lope and Kill Birds in the trees. With his Revolver. You are Remind me of alll times I was born in Greenfield O. March - 26 - 1859 came on with my Parents to Indianapolis Ind. at the close of the war. in 1881. I came to minneapolis Minn. in 1882 - I came to stark co. N. D. in May " " I home steaded 1/4 acre of land 11 miles east of Dickinson. I worked on the first church in Miles City 1882 late in the fall. I saw lots of antelope & deer. I got my Pattent on Land while dear old Grov. was Pert. But never voted his Way.3 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Division No.... ...C.E. ....Sec-Treas. ...191 when you came through here in 1903 I Broke a Valve Yoke on the Engine that I was Running west of here some 20 miles I did not get an opportunity to hear you but we have a boy & a girl they heard you speak but I was disappointed. when you were here last fall I got through with my work at 310 pm and when I arrived at the Auditorium you came out of the Rear door at about 330 if you Remember got into an Auto drove away. But I did not speak to you as there was so many grabing at you. if you ever come this way I will try and see you. I have been street car conductor for the W. W. P. Co. of Spokane for the last 9 years I am working for them yet. I am a member of this Div. 576 11 years I have been this Insurance secy. for 9 years. I have a lovely little home 20 bearing fruit trees most of them are loaded down. such as you Know we Grow here. I am sending you a leaf out of our mey so that you see for your self.4 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Division No.... ...C.E. ....Sec-Treas. ...191 Dear friend I am not wanting any favors of any kind. I have always voted and I am a true believer of your Principals. in this Country last fall out of 11 Officers we Elected 7 that is not bad for us Kids Just let us grow some more. You Remind me of my early manhood days and old D. D. and Mont. I have seen the deer antelope and Buffalo meat hanging at the Kitchen door. should you ever come to this Spokane you are as Welcome to my Place as if you were at your own home. I am a few months older than you I am yours to the end Frat. J. C. Lawson secy 576 B of L. E. 123 Olympic av. Hillyard, Wash.10, CHESTERFIELD STREET. LONDON, W. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "OPTIMISTIC LONDON" TELEPHONE 1835 MAYFAIR. 24th June 1913 Dear Mr. Harper, As Mrs. Roosevelt is abroad I am enclosing to you a letter to Mr. Roosevelt and shall be much obliged if you will see that it reaches him. I am also sending by this same mail a book, "Siri Ram", about which I have written him and which I am anxious that he should read. Will you also kindly see that it does not go into your capacious wastepaper basket until he has had a look at it? With kind remembrances, Yours very truly, Arthur Lee.[FOR ENCL SEE 6-22-13] [NOT WITH LETTER]SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM WASHINGTON, D. C. June 24, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt 287 Fourth Avenue New York City. Dear Col. Roosevelt: Your hint of June 9 was exactly what I needed, and I am exceedingly obliged for it. Kermit published the account of his moose hunt in Colliers, April 6, 1912. I have just succeeded in getting this number where I find the names of several of the men who were with him. The rhino group is now finished. It is a splendid piece of work. I shall be much interested to see the book you and Heller are engaged on. Sincerely yours, Gerrit S. Miller Jr. Curator of Mammals. S[19.] Ack FH EH 6/27/13] Chicago, Ill., June 24, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Honorable Sir: We are a number of young men between the ages of 18 and 20, organized under the name of the Universal Club, for the purpose of socially enjoying ourselves in moral and interesting affairs. Our Club is organized primarily for the purpose of enabling us to participate in such matters of social enjoyment as may be of interest to the members, - literary readings and discussions, debating and public speaking, military drilling, amateur athletics; to interest ourselves in and discuss the good and welfare of our fellow citizens, and the conditions of our government; and other things which are of interest to its members. This Club has been organized since 1911, and during that time our meetings were and are still held at Stanford Park, formerly West Park No. 2. Our moral character is of the very highest,-2- as is also our reputation. Our Club is widely known among the people of the vicinity where we meet, having been successful in whatever it undertook. We would like very much to have you an honorary member of the Club. It has always been our desire to have you as one, and we take the liberty of asking your acceptance, which, if given, will be greatly appreciated by us. Thanking you for any interest you may show in this matter and hoping you will do us the honor of accepting, we remain, Very respectfully, UNIVERSAL CLUB. By Walter Morris Pres. J. Butner Sec'y. Stanford Park Union & Barber Streets Chicago, Ill. B-R[*Ack F Y G k 6/27/13*] [*8*] FORTY - EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE OF ILLINOIS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FAYETTE S. MUNRO 8TH DISTRICT HIGHLAND PARK My dear Col. Roosevelt:- I am sure you will be pleased to know the nature of our fight at Springfield for party measures. The enclosed article will give you some of the rotten conditions at our capitol during the closing days of the last Session and how both Republicans and Democrats joined to kill progressive bills. But they wanted to kill them secretly. We were fortunate in securing roll-calls on many measures and putting both parties on record. This was especially true in committees where, under progressives rules, a record was kept of all roll-calls. Very truly yours F. S. Munro[For enc see 6-24-13][*(6-24-13)*] ERNEST DRESSELL NORTH CHOICE RARE AND SECOND HAND BOOKS 4 EAST 39TH STREET NEW YORK June: XXIVth, 1913 My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I note by the public press that you are going to South America next winter. I am wondering if you are going to buy any books on that country and whether I can be assistance in getting them together for you? I have special facilities for securing books which are out of print and would gladly send you lists and bibliographies of the countries you are to visit, if you so electMay I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the very effective way you took to kill the calenemies being spread about you - and to Commend your generous conduct toward your foe! Trusting this matter interests you and that I can be of further service, I am Yours very truly Ernest Dressel NorthST. LOUIS COURT OF APPEALS ST. LOUIS GEO. D. REYNOLDS PRES. JUDGE ALBERT D. NORTONI JUDGE WILLIAM H. ALLEN JUDGE [Ack FH EH 6/27/13] [14] June 24, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt:- We are under many obligations to you for your letter of good cheer to the Progressive conference here. It did us lots of good and made everyone happy. We had a fine conference. The spirit was splendid. I inclose you herewith a clipping from last Saturday's Kansas City Star reporting our afternoon conference also from Sunday morning's Star reporting our evening conference. You may be interested. With kindest wishes, Yours very truly, Albert D. Nortoni. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N.Y.GEO. W. PERKINS 71 BROADWAY [Ret 6/30/13] June 24, 1913. My dear Colonel:- Perhaps you will care to look over the enclosed letter from O. K. Davis; also the enclosed letter received a day or two ago from Ben Lindsey. Sincerely yours, Geo. W. Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.Geo. W. Perkins 71 Broadway New York June 24th, 1913. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- Referring to what I said to you this morning about the movement for the monument in Birmingham, I enclose herewith some newspaper clippings, which you may care to glance over. You need not bother returning them. Sincerely yours, Geo W Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.[For enc see 6-20-13]GIFFORD PINCHOT 1617 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE WASHINGTON D. C. June 24, 1913 Mr. Frank Harper, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Dear Mr. Harper: I am returning the three first galleys of the Colonel's articles which you were kind enough to send me. The other three have gone to Milford, and I will see that you get them by Friday morning. Haven't hit a golf ball since I saw you. Sincerely yours, Gifford Pinchot 3 Enclosures.JOHN C. ROSE, ROOM 310 POST OFFICE BUILDING, BALTIMORE. [Ack FH EH 6/27/13 2.] June 24, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Colonel:- I believe the new Nationalism you teach says that the President shall be the responsible head of the party in power. President Wilson has adopted that much of the creed. It also says that there shall be no twilight zone - the States should control wherever State control does not interfere with the public good, and that the Nation should have the right to control wherever the same public weal requires. The Supreme Court seems to believe in that particular portion of your platform. Where are you going to be on July 2nd? I shall be in New York on that day and if you are where you can conveniently see me I should like to clasp hands again. Please remember me to Mrs. Roosevelt. As ever, Sincerely, John c Rose R/b-N. W. AYER & SON ADVERTISING PHILADELPHIA 300 CHESTNUT STREET NEW YORK FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING BOSTON OLD SOUTH BUILDING CHICAGO 105 SO. LA SALLE STREET CLEVELAND SWETLAND BUILDING PHILADELPHIA June 24, 1913. Dictated L. S. Mr. Frank Harper, c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. My dear Sir:- Thank you for your interesting letter of June 17th giving us permission to publish part of Mr. Roosevelt's speech in The Leviathan. I have amended the introduction to comply with your request and when the Leviathan comes off the press, I shall be pleased to mail you a copy of it. Our extract of the speech was obtained from The North American which seemed to give a very full, if not complete, report. I am mailing you several copies of the date when the speech was printed. Also in the Hill School News a very full report was published. It contained one or two thoughts not in The North American, and several other thoughts were in The North American not in the News. I shall write to the headmaster of the school today, or tomorrow, and shall be glad to request that he send a copy of the paper to you. This, I have no doubt, will give you the fullest published reports. Yours very truly, Louis Seabed For N. W. AYER & SON.The Idlewhile Inn A. M. Suplee, Proprietor Select Boarding A refined Resort, Away from the Hurly-Burly Location and Service the Best Real Estate and Insurance Sold. Booklet. Beautiful water front Homes Phone 208-D THE MOST PROGRESSIVE RESORT ON THE BAY, WHERE ONLY THE BETTER CLASSES ARE WELCOME. NO ROWDYISM OR OBJECTIONABLE PEOPLE ARE TOLERATED HERE. IT IS PURELY AN UP TO-DATE AND CAREFULLY DEVELOPED HOME LIKE PLACE. OVERLOOKING THE FAMOUS CHESAPEAKE BAY, WITH ITS CHARMING MARINE VIEW: YACHT COURSE AND FISHING GROUNDS AND AMUSEMENTS. COME BY THE ERICSSON LINE OF BOATS FROM PHILA: COME BY TOLCHESTER LINE OF BOATS FROM BALTIMORE, PENNA. R. R. (DELAWARE DIVISION) PHILA. Betterton, Md. June 24, 1913 My dear Mr Roosevelt Hope you are well and I am sticking to you, we will win sme day, Your old School mate, A. M. Suplee [*(Suplee)*]2M-5-20-13 TRUMAN INVESTMENT CO. DIRECTORS I. J. TRUMAN, PRESIDENT P. J. TRUMAN, VICE-PRESIDENT A. C. TRUMAN, SECRETARY L. H. EMMONS V. P. ABBOTT INSURANCE BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD INVESTMENTS MADE LOANS NEGOTIATED REAL ESTATE, MONEY LOANED PHONES BERKELEY 2379 SAN FRANCISCO, DOUGLAS 4079 [*I J Truman*] EX-PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIAN BANKING CO. EX-CITY AND COUNTY TREASURER TRUMAN, HOOKER & CO. I. J. TRUMAN & CO. PRESIDENT THE TRUMAN INVESTMENT CO. OWNERS REALTY COMPANY HOLLYWOOD ADDITION COMPANY ROOMS 701 & 703 HUMBOLDT BANK BUILDING 785 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO June 24th.1913 Mr.Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay,N.Y. Dear Sir:- I was a listner to the Earl Lectures delivered by you in the Spring of 1911,and on the 1st.date took some pictures which I just came across,and thought you might like them so enclose the same. This was the first day,and the entrance is shown and then after all were seated on the platform and the next picture shows [h] how closely the audience were packed,filling up all the aisles and steps as well as the seats. I am one amongst the many who voted and worked in the last election for thecause which you ably espoused,and which has awakened the entire Nation,for good. Yours Very Truly I. J. Truman PROGRESSIVE PARTY STATE OF MAINE HEADQUARTERS 390 Congress Street, Portland, Maine National Committeeman for Maine HERBERT P. GARDNER, Portland STATE ORGANIZATION CHAIRMAN IRVING E. VERNON, Portland TREASURER CHARLES A. MILLIKEN, Augusta SECRETARY EDWARD K. MILLIKEN, Portland EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Roland E. Clark, Houlton W. B. Andrews, Westbrook Luther Maddocks, Boothbay Harbor Edgar C. Smith, Foxcroft N. P. M. Jacobs, Wells STATE COMMITTEE Androscoggin, Edward R. Parent, Lewiston Aroostook, Roland E. Clark, Houlton Cumberland, W. B. Amdrews, Westbrook Franklin, Ernest L. Libby, Farmington Hancock, Charles L. Morang, Ellsworth Kennebec, George W. Heselton, Gardiner Knox, Frank C. Knight, Rockland Lincoln, Luther Maddocks, Boothbay Harbor Oxford, John S. Harlow, Dixfield Penobscot, Halbert P. Gardner, Patten Piscataquis, Edgar C. Smith, Foxcroft Sagadahoc, Sylvester H. Rowland, Bath Somerset, Frank P. Pennell, Skowhegan Waldo, R. W. Rogers, Belfast Washington, B. C. Bubar, Danforth York, N. P. M. Jacobs, Wells June 24th, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Dear Col. Roosevelt:- After leaving your office on Tuesday last, I called upon Mr. Perkins and stated our needs for the purpose of the campaign Mr. Perkins seemed to think that our request could be granted provided the National Committee was in a position to give us the assistance. If entirely consistent and provided you have the time, we would appreciate a word of recommendation from you to Mr. Perkins along that line. We are beginning to receive some offers of Republican assistance in the Third District, for these parties realize that our probable candidate is an exceptionally clean, able man. The Republicans are absolutely at sea as to whom they will nominate in that district and the nomination is likely to go by default to some person who will be unable to command the full Republican support; we are therefore going to make a most strenuous fight and we have possible chance of landing in first place. If you have time prior to your leaving for the West, I would greatly appreciate a letter from you setting forth your ideas relative to the proper attitude of the Progressive Party to date on the trust and currency situation. #2 T. R. 6/24/13 Our platform will, of course, endorse the National platform; making some mention of our position on the tariff question, but going into the trust proposition more in detail and touching upon the currency matter if found advisable. I desire your ideas along these lines for the purpose of framing a proper campaign platform. Thanking you, I am Sincerely yours, Irv. VernonWILLIAM WILSON, A. B. NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON JAMES C. WATERS. JR.. A.B. LLB WILSON AND WATERS CONTRIBUTING EDITORS. COMPILERS. INVESTIGATORS AND GENERAL CORRESPONDENTS INFORMATION ON ANY SUBJECT WASHINGTON. D. C. June 24, 1913. To the Editor in Chief and Editorial Staff, "The Outlook", New York, N. Y. Thro Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Contributing Editor. I have the honor to lay before you, if you please, the enclosed mounted clipping of an article which appeared in the Washington Bee and other newspapers published by members of the Negro race, and to invite your perusal of its contents. This letter, whether meritorious or not, by reason of its publication and somewhat extensive circulation circulation, has become a part of the record in what might be called "The Case Against Booker Washington." It should be borne in mind that, no matter what Mr. Washington's status may be in the eyes of the white people of the United States, a large---and it is an increasing---portion of his own people look with the greatest disfavor on the METHODS he has employed to win and hold the applause of the white element of the population. This fact has been publicly referred to by President Taft and it has been made the subject of both written and spoken discourse. by such eminent Americans as Oswald Garrison Villard, Ray Stennard Baker, W. E. B. DuBois, Prof. Joel E. Spingarn and others. The late Dr. Teunis Hamlin, of Washington, addressing the students of Howard University some years ago commented on this fact and said “it made him tired.” Dr. Hamlin declared that a Negro audience which would hear Booker Washington's name called without responding in a deafening applause was a thing not at all to be understood. The opinion of the white people seems to be that Dr. Washington is a great man. He has countless times been referred to, by white men, as "the Moses of his people.” Those who think these things about Dr, Washington are unquestionable entitled to their opinions. What this communication seeks to do is not simply to controvert those opinions, but to call your attention as sharply as possible to the fact if the colored people themselves refuse te concur in the white man's estimate of Booker Washington, the time must come when Dr. Washington's usefulness as "the Moses of his people” must come to an end. You gentlemen of “The Outlook" have done much to make Dr. Washington what he is. You think well of him, and I am broad enough to be glad that you do think well of him. I wish to say, however, that you gentlemen should hesitate a long time before you classify as idiots all colored men who find it impossible to indorse Dr. Washington's methods. Very respectfully, James C. Waters, Jr. 1339 T Street, N. W. 1 encl.(for enc see 5-3-13)[*16*] [*Ack FH EH 6/27/13*] Boston Mass. June 24th 1913 Hon Theodore Roosevelt My Dear Sir, I propose starting a missionary campaign in the interests of the Progressive Party in Vt. At the last general election the voters in Vt. gave us the cold shoulder and they need to be brought to a more healthy state of mind. I have been in touch and consultation with the leaders of the movement in this city. I am a Vermonter and know the people of that state thoroughly and can see just what they need to waken them. Hon W. H. Lewis late Ast Atty. Gen at Washington is a close friend of mine and if you should like to know somewhat more of me I am at liberty to refer you to him. I shall need $500 for a campaign fund. Will you make a contribution large or small to help on the work. I feel safe in guaranteeing that at thenext nat. Election Vt. will cast a majority vote for the Progressive Party. Will you kindly send me an early reply and greatly oblige. I have the honor to be Most Resply Yours, L. E. Wells, M. D.OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL Honorary President, THE HON. WOODROW WILSON Honorary Vice-President, HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT Honorary Vice-President, COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT President, COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE, Washington, D. C. Vice-President, B. L. DULANEY. Bristol, Tennessee Vice-President, MILTON A, McRAE, Detroit, Mich. Vice-President, DAVID STARR JORDAN, Stanford University, Cal. Vice-President, F. L. SEELY, Asheville, N. C. Vice-President, A, STAMFORD WHITE. Chicago. Ill. Chief Scout, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Greenwich, Connecticut National Scout Commissioner, DANIEL CARTER BEARD, Flushing. N.Y. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUE TELEPHONE GRAMERCY 545 NEW YORK CITY FINANCE COMMITTEE John Sherman Hoyt Chairman August Belmont George D. Pratt Mortimer L. Schiff H. Rogers Winthrop GEORGE D. PRATT Treasurer JAMES E. WEST Chief Scout Executive ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Ernest P. Bicknell Robert Garrett Lee F. Hanmer John Sherman Hoyt Charles C. Jackson Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks William D. Murray Dr. Charles P. Neill George D. Porter Frank Presbrey Edgar M. Robinson Mortimer L. Schiff Lorillard Spencer Seth Sprague Terry June 24th, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, % The Outlook Co. New York City. My dear Mr. Harper:- I am very much concerned about the case of Major Charles Lynch, about which I wrote to Colonel Roosevelt on June 13th, a copy of which is herewith enclosed. I appreciate how tremendously pushed Colonel Roosevelt is, but would greatly appreciate it if you could in some way get his interest and his action at this time. Sincerely yours, James E. West Chief Scout Executive. JEW:WSK "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY."United States Postoffice FORT TERRY, N. Y. June 24th.1913. Hon.Theodore Roosvelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Kind Sir:- I was appointed Postmaster at this place January 1908, under your administration when Postmasters was appointed for greater and nobler purposes than political aid. Now I am loosing Office on account of the political change and for no other cause. Should our Country be blessed with a Progressive administration in 1916, I will no doubt ask your kind assistance as I have three children of my own and other relatives depending on us for support and my husband being a soldier on small pay it would be hard for us to get along without the Office. Any thing you could do to prevent the appointment of my oponant (Mr.Henry Dicks, ) whose nomination is now before the Senate,would be highly appreciated. Thanking you for past favors I beg to remain yours Very Respectfully, Elvira Williams Postmaster, Fort Terry,N.Y. JAPAN SOCIETY 165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK OFFICERS PRESIDENT LINDSAY RUSSELL VICE-PRESIDENT AUGUST BELMONT HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS JACOB H. SCHIFF DR. JOKICHI TAKAMINE EMERSON MCMILLAN CHARLES L. FREER OFFICERS SECRETARY EUGENE C. WORDEN 165 BROADWAY TREASURER BANKERS TRUST COMPANY June 24, 1913. Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., City. Dear Sir:- The Japan Society is to give a luncheon on Thursday, June 26th, at one o'clock at the Hotel Astor in honor of Dr. Soyeda, a prominent banker of Japan, and Mr. Kamiya, representing the Chambers of Commerce of Japan. We shall be very happy to have you as our guest on this occasion and to have you say a few words, also, if you felt so inclined. Dr. Mabie will preside and the speakers will include Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, Dr. Soyeda and Dr. David Starr Jordan. Respectfully, Eugene C. Worden. Secretary.Davis, W. Va. June 24, 1913 My dear Col. Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. I am writing you to know if you will be at Gettysburg, at the great gathering of the blue and grey on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. I am one of the boys in blue from St. Lawrence County, N. Y. who took an active part in that great event and would like to hear you talk on that subject and grasp your hand. Very truly Horatio N. WordenJune 24th, 1913. My dear Theodore:- I have looked into the matter of the mortgage requested by Messrs. Neffsinger & Walehli, attorneys of Kalispell, Montana, on behalf of Mr. Merrifield, for $14,000. on his property. I have kept a copy of the letter and am returning the original to you. I do not believe it is possible for Mr. Merrifield to obtain here a loan on his property in Kalispell, at the present time. You can say to Messrs. Neffsinger & Walehi that it is very difficult in the present market to get money even on real estate in New York. The rates are higher than they have been for some time, and lenders are not anxious to lend, even at the higher rates. I would be glad to do anything I could to help Mr. Merrifield obtain the loan in questions. Personally, I have not the money at the present time to take this mortgage, and, in fact, I have always made it a rule never to loan money outside of New York City. As you know, our business consists chiefly of selling real estate, and does not include the placing of mortgages. Therefore, I do not know of anyone to whose attention I could bring this matter. Our clients would not consider a mortgage of this kind, as their investments are entirely made in Greater New York real estate. I believe it would be very difficult to obtain this mortgage here in any market, and certainly in the present market it is practically impossible. There are no funds of yours available for such an investment. I regret very much that the result of my investigation has been so unsatisfactory, but I feel it is only fair to Mr. Merrifield thatII have been over the situation very carefully. I can only ask you to impress upon him the difficulty of the situation, and the impossibility of our being able to do anything for him in New York under the present conditions. In fact, I doubt whether New York is the place where he could expect at any time to obtain such a loan. Yours very sincerely, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, #287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. S Enclosure New York City, June 24, 1913. District Attorney, New York City. Dear Sir:- Am writing to ask if a sort of endless chain business which is being conducted at the address given on inclosed card, is strictly legitimate. Yours truly, 321 West 118th Street, New York City.United States Post Office J. M. Crawford, Postmaster NEW LONDON, IOWA, June 25 th. 191 3 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir:- In recognition of your big family idea we will have a representation of it in our 4th. of July parade. A word from you would emphasize this your idea, if we could receive and publish it in our local paper the Burlington Hawkeye and Gazette. Respctfully, Hiram Allen Chairman of parade Committe.New York, June 25, 1913. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Contributing Editor (The Outlook) 287 Fourth Avenue, New York. Dear Colonel: Would you kindly send me under cover of the enclosed envelope a letter to Mr. William Arthur Flynn, care of Pittsburgh Contracting Co., 3785 Broadway, New York. There is a position open for an adjuster, and a letter from you will obtain it for me. I am thoroughly competent, having had ten years' experience, but desire an outside position, which this opening calls for. I have always been, and will continue to be, a stanch follower during your campaigns, and would appreciate very much if you will grant me this favor, being always at your service. Sincerely yours, Edward Altman 3200 Broadway, New York City.[*9*] [*(6-25-13)*] New York 48 Charles St June 25th '13 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir - I have been a Republican since I came to this Country. Was President of 3rd Assembly Dist. N. Y. of the Irish American Republican Association When we helped to place General Harrison in the Presidential Chair. I have voted and helped in electing ea. Republican President, Since Yourself Included My reason in writing you now, is, that I & my friends would wish to see you Nominated and returned President again. The following matter, if you would take it in hand, would gain you the vote of every Irishman, both Democrats & Republicans from the Niagara to New Orleans, from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. Your letter on the Home Rule Question has made you many friends amongst the Irish here and in Ireland I enclose you cartoons of when you Mr.V Astor & others, encouraged the thousands of children & young Boys in their athletic Exercises. The Crowningpoint of Triumphant Victory in next General Election for President, would be capped by helping Ireland to bring thousands of Wealthy Visitors to her shores This would be done in the first instance and principal one, by keeping out "The Lakes of Killlarney" and with some outlay Converting & be of the most beautiful of Nations handiwork into a Regular garden of Eden. &c&c Mr Vincent Astor or Some other of Your Rich friends would join you in the undertaking — The Rent would pay a good fair percentage on the outlay. Outside of that I can show you where a million dollars a year "at least", can be realized & a Home Rule Year. The influx would be so great that it would jump to 2 million over and above the Tempals &c &c - When this was only discussed in a primitive way, - Some name for having the Subject laid before "The Hon William J, Bryan Sec," but as those parties know nothing of my way of creating the large Surplus, their ideas were put down by Mr. A. Wealthy Irish Gentleman from San Francisco will be here in some short time (wrote me so) Would you kindly let me have an answer at your earliest convenience Yours most Respectfully and Sincerely Simon P. Armstrong# Harelin Herald 58 East 96 Street New York City June 25, 1913. My dear Mr. Roosevelt, Since you have been and are to-day the foremost and most influential leader in the food government movement, we would like to have your support for an interscholastic magazine, that is advocating good government and better citizenship. This magazine issued hither to every six weeks as a club paper is being published by a group of earnest young men from the Witt Clinton High School and from Townsend Harris Hall. The Harelin Social Club has been in existence about nine months and during that time has held several debates and moot courts; and under its super-vision, the members have sought to excell in both athletics and literature. Not the leaste of its activities has been the Harelin Herald, through which politics and political issues have been explained, original stories and essays criticized and sociability promoted. The club now proposes to work toward a wider field and to lay special emphasis on our civic duties and help form that progressive army of voters, which will soon have grave problems to solve. It is for these reasons that we believe that an interview with you on some topic of the times, published in our magazine, would be a most helpful article. Hoping to receive a favorable reply, I remain Respectfully yours, Leo Bayea, Editor - in - Chief.Tel. Fort Hill 3695 Callahan Detective Agency (Licensed and Bonded) 39 Court Street Boston, Mass. D. T. Callahan, Mgr. Formerly of U. P. Secret Service June 25, 1913. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Outlook Office, New York City, N.Y. My dear Colonel:- Just a line to inform you that you made a decided "hit" in Charlestown on the eve of Bunker Hill Day. Hundreds of young Democrats feel indebted to you, and I believe the Progressive Party in this strong Democratic district will receive many recruits owing to your splendid speech. As directed by you I request that your autographed photo be forwarded at your earliest convenience. Receipt of same would afford me great pleasure, and it will always have a prominent place in my office. With much respect, I am, Always at your command, Dan. T. CallahanJames A. Comer Attorney at Law Little Rock, Arkansas June 25, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Colonel: A special election for Governor of Arkansas has been called for July 23rd. Yesterday the Arkansas Progressives held a convention and nominated George W. Murphy, an Ex-Democrat, Ex-Confederate soldier, Ex-Attorney General of Arkansas and the best known criminal lawyer in the State. Colonel Murphy was introduced by Judge Chas. C. Waters, a Federal soldier, an Ex-Circuit Judge, at one time United States District Attorney for the Western Division of the Eastern District of Arkansas and at present a Referee in Bankruptcy. The convention was well attended and very enthusiastic. The political condition in Arkansas to-day is a little more strained than it has ever been before. The Democrat party is divided into two well defined factions. On last Saturday, the 21st., the Democrats held their primaries and it is not yet known who is the nominee of the party. The tension is extremely high and the factions are extremely bitter. It is now pretty clear that there will be a contest no matter who is declared to be the nominee. In that event the Progressives have a splendid chance of electing Colonel Murphy Governor of Arkansas. The boys here are thoroughly alive and are working fifty per cent of their time to that end. Am enclosing you a copy of Col. Murphy's speech of acceptance. Yours truly, J.A. ComerTHE BRITISH ENCYCLOPEDIC PUBLISHING CO. MANAGING DIRECTOR: L. VAN PRAAGH. 26. MUSEUM ST. LONDON, W. C. AND AT 425 LONJA DEL COMERCIO, HABANA, CUBA. CABLE ADDRESS, "MOLOPRAG." CODE WESTERN UNION. TELEFONOS: MEXICANA 877 NERI. ERICSSON 7500 ROOMS 10, 11 Y 12 1A TACUBA No. 6. MEXICO, D. F. Y APARTADO No. 5226. J. H. Cornyn, Editor. Mexico, June 25, 1913 Col. T. R. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, E. U. A. Dear Sir:- In this morning's press of this city there is a notice to the effect that you intend visiting the various republics of South America. Do you want to take with you some one who speaks Spanish as fluently as English, and who can act as interpreter and secretary? If so I would like to go with you. With me it is not a question of salary as I have means of my own. All I ask is my expenses. I have been managing editor of the "Daily Evening Star" and the "Mexico Daily Record" and Sunday editor of the "Daily Mexican" and "La Prensa", all of Mexico City. At present I am professor of English in the National University of Mexico, editor for the British Encyclopedic Publishing Co., and Managing Editor of the Mexican Press Bureau. I am an honor graduate of the University of Toronto in Romance Languages and member of various literary and scientific societies, among others, the Mexican National Geographical Society and the Indianista Society of Mexico. As a newspaper man I have had experience in Canada, United States, Cuba and Mexico. I helped to edit the Mexican supplement of the Americana encyclopedia and prepared the Mexican section of the New Student's Reference Work.I have had experience as a lecturer on a variety of subjects and have acted as interpreter for lecturers from Spanish into English and from English into Spanish. I am in a position to give you the best of references should you think fit to take me with you. In the meantime I would refer you to Prof. W. H. Fraser, occupant of the chair of Italian and Spanish in the University of Toronto, Don Guillermo de Landa Y Escanden, ex-governor of the Federal District of Mexico; General Porfirio Diaz, ex-president of Mexico; Francisco Belmar, member of the Supreme Court of Mexico and perpetual secretary of the Mexican Geographical Society; Dr. Diaz de Leon, President of the Indianista Society of Mexico and Lic. Manuel Olivera Terra, President of the Supreme Court of the Nation. Yours respectfully, John Hubert Cornyn P. S. Under separate cover I am sending you today a pamphlet published by the Geographical Society, in which you will find a list of some of the works I have published. J. H. C.DEIMEL LINEN-MESH SYSTEM CO. 236-238 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK FACTORIES AND BRANCHES NEW YORK BROOKLYN BALTIMORE DETROIT WASHINGTON, D.C. SAN FRANCISCO MONTREAL, CANADA LONDON, ENGLAND DUREN, GERMANY CABLE ADDRESS: MESHLIN, NEW YORK Dr. Deimel (LINEN-MESH) Underwear T.M. REG. IN US PAT. OFF. June 25, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir:- We are sending to you to-day by Adams Express, prepaid, two suits of the Dr. Deimel Underwear, which we trust will reach you in due time and prove entirely satisfactory. These garments will shrink a trifle in the first washing for which due allowance has been made, but there will be no shrinkage after the first washing. If the fit should not be entirely satisfactory to you, we would thank you to advise us and we will either alter of exchange the garments for you. Yours very truly, DEIMEL LINEN-MESH SYSTEM CO. R.K.D. D/SVILLAGE OF PLEASANTVILLE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. WILLIAM H. DOMINICK, PRESIDENT ELMER E. KINNEY } LAWRENCE F. LADD } GEO. WASHBURN } OLOF BERGMARK } TRUSTEES ALBERT SEE, TREASURER CHAS. F. FLINK, COLLECTOR CHARLES J. LAIRE, CLERK AND SUPT. WATERWORKS POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND CLERK'S OFFICE. WHEELER AVE. TELEPHONE 129 PLEASANTVILLE, N. Y, June 25, 1913 Dear Mr. Roosevelt I beg to acknowledge your letter to our people on the Direct Primary question. It was fine and was greatly appreciated by our meeting. Pleasantville was very much pleased to hear from you, and your letter was received with great applause. Thanking you again for your kindness in helping to make our meeting a success, I am Sincerely hyours W, H. Domiinick PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT OLIVER W. HUNTINGTON JOSEPH HUTCHESON CHARLES E. HOLMES WALLACE HATCH MARY B. ANTHONY BENJAMIN LINDEMUTH Navy Day and Progressive Conference Committee PROGRESSIVE HEADQUATERS 140 THAMES STREET TELEPHONE 9859 COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN THOMAS LUCAS ARTHUR B. COMMERFORD CHARLES BIESEL DANIEL LE ROY DRESSER MRS. RALPH HAZARD MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT DANIEL LE ROY DRESSER, CHAIRMAN EDWARD GRIFFITH, TREASURER R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY 154 1. ack FH - EH 6/30/13 Newport, Rhode Island, June 25, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: -- I have received from Miss Keller today word that you would prefer to come up here on the Fall River Line Streamer on the night before the event, and that you would like us to meet you with an automobile at Fall River on the morning of July 2nd upon arrival of the boat, which we should be very glad to do; but I would suggest for your convenience that it would be much more comfortable for you to take the train, which leaves the boat landing at Fall River at 7:50 a.m., and arriving at nine o'clock, and that we meet you at the deport in Newport instead of at Fall River. The reason for suggesting this is that the train comes down directly to the boat, whereas it would probably take two hours to get here by automobile, and as you will doubtless have a long day I think you would be much more comfortable. I wish that you might consider coming to Newport on July 1st, at one o'clock, by train, and stop overnight with me, and then going quietly to the Beach in the morning. However, if you will write me a line as to what is your final wish in this matter it will be at-PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT OLIVER W. HUNTINGTON JOSEPH HUTCHESON CHARLES E. HOLMES WALLACE HATCH MARY B. ANTHONY BENJAMIN LINDEMUTH Navy Day and Progressive Conference Committee PROGRESSIVE HEADQUATERS 140 THAMES STREET TELEPHONE 9859 COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN THOMAS LUCAS ARTHUR B. COMMERFORD CHARLES BIESEL DANIEL LE ROY DRESSER MRS. RALPH HAZARD MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT DANIEL RE ROY DRESSER, CHAIRMAN EDWARD GRIFFITH, TREASURER R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY 154 ---2--- ttended to exactly on the lines you may determine. We are going to have a wonderful meeting here, and there is a tremendous enthusiasm in regard to it. Very sincerely yours, Daniel Le Roy Dresser Chairman, Navy Day CommitteeCAT CAÑON SILVER CITY NEW MEXICO June 25/13. Dear Theodore. I can't tell you how delighted we are that you still plan to come to us July 11th & hope you'll ask anybody who can read our out-of-the-way corner to meet you. That you wish - We'll arrange to put them up here in town. Conveniently. (It's only a seven minute motor run to town.) Can you give us time enough to make a 2 or 3 day trip through a part of the Moyohens? Going to Tom Lyons (a 3 hour motor run.) thence up to his Hot Springs rance. one day on horseback - to the head of the Gila Cauca - across from then to the "Diamond Bar" & "X.S.X." When you can be met again I motor - to save time. a 1/2 days run back to Silver (60 miles) It's grand country. of veg varied character. rough terested mountain & smooth rolling waleed pack county - Tom Lyons would be good company to ride a trip - He has become a simple hard working farmer. irrigating some 3 or 4000 acres! - (with 40.000 cattle on the side - just to remind him of the cattle business - & his brighter days -) but he's just as good time - The boys would really have lots of fun out of it. I think. I do hope you'll let us arrange this - Malilea could go if there were no real objection to petticoats - (or divided skirts.) & I'd love to tell Tom Lyons the time has really come - We're threatened dude trips to after - but not yet accomplished one -Will you let me know when you are due to arrive at Deming - the junction - so that we can fix your missing day? We shall have a motor to bring you up the 30 miles - John Greenway knows to do it. The train leaves Deming for Hachita at about 10 AM. By it will be good to see you. Yours, [Signature: unreadable] Am big (Lt. Col?) Charlie Ballard (who is due here about that time for a cattleman meeting), and Charlie Mills are representing the reactionary mining trust. Am cooking Brown's cutting (if it is right to take?) trust. If the boys would care to play into the Brownie's big, could have some fun - holding up flags & lands - blowing up old mill tracks & reservoirs on what we rather range. Do you aim as much time as you can? Will punt it to thoroughly well.Los Angeles, Cal., June 25th, 1913. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I., New York. Dear Madam:- I hope you will pardon the liberty I am taking in writing you this letter, but as I am preparing a series of articles for one of the magazines on the "Girlhood of the Presidents' Wives, I would consider it a great favor if you could tell me a few anecdotes pertaining to your early life. Some little incident or experience, which I might weave into my sketch would prove acceptable, also any important social function given during your regime at the White House. As these articles are being written specially for young people, I believe you will realize that any information of this character will prove both interesting and instructive. I desire to maintain the standard of American girlhood and feel that the lives of the ladies of the White House will serve as an example to many a young girl who could thereby qualify herself for any important position in life. Thanking you in advance for any favor you may bestow upon me, I remain, Very sincerely, (Mrs.) B.A. Gardiner.. Eagle Rock, Calif.June 25 1913. [*7/1*] UNIVERSITY CLUB BALTIMORE, MARYLAND [*Ans'd Ack FH EH 6/27/13*] Frank Harper, Esq., The Outlook, New York. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of June 23rd, asking me to meet Mr. Roosevelt this Friday at 11 a. m., I wish to say that I should be only too glad to; except that circumstances are such as to make it problematical. I am coming on to New York next Monday,3/ say, Tuesday morning. But I feel I cannot leave Baltimore just at the date you suggest, and am confident that you understand my situation. I trust this will not inconvenience Mr. Roosevelt. Sincerely yours, John Sterett Gittings, Jr. My New York address after next Monday will be c/o H. A. Content, 11 East 45th St. 2/ to be there a week, preparatory to sailing on the "Olympic" on July 5th for a short visit to my parents in Europe. I am packing my books, furniture, etc as I do not expect to live here in this Club next winter. All this takes time[s] as you can readily appreciate. Then, I have various work being done by tradesmen, who simply will not be hurried, and one or two important things on Friday. I very earnestly wish to put myself at Mr. Roosevelt's orders, and do so freely for all of next week, beginning, Rochester, N. Y. June 25, 1913. Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. My Dear Sir:- Yours of June 10th over the signature of your Secretary, Frank Harper, duly received and contents carefully noted. I acknowledge that you surely have a plenty to do without bothering with a case like this, but what am I to do? I have employed a good many attorneys in the case and have also put up good money for them to investigate it after they had told my wife and I that this was the timbered lands on 12-16-12 Newaygo County, Mich. Judge Hazelton of Ovid, (now deceased) was one of the attorneys. Yeomans & Moss of Elmira another firm, and I can give you the names of others who were also employed on the same transaction. One party locked up my papers and skipped out and I was unable to get them for nearly five years. It has been simply influence or buy off all the attorneys I could get. Now, this may seem like a Wild West story to you, but they are facts, for my wife was with her father, (Enos Merritt) when he bought some of this timbered land, and she carried-:2:- the money as he was not in very good health. Mrs. Hayes and myself have about lost confidence in mankind, and we know of no one on God's green earth to appeal to for help but you. This Pine timbered land was estimated at $80,000 at the time of her father's death, and we are willing to give one-half for its recovery- the interest on the same would make it over $150,000. (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) If you feel that you cannot take up this matter personally will you not kindly refer the case to some one you know personally, whom you think would willing to take up the matter. Any courtesies extended the writer will be greatly appreciated and treated in strictest confidence. Thanking you in advance, I am, Very respectfully yours, Thos. C. Utayer Address: Phelps, N.Y.THE HOCKETT LAND CO., IN HARPER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA PERRY B. HOCKETT, FIELD MGR. ROY G. HOCKETT, PRESIDENT REAL ESTATE SALES REAL ESTATE EXCHANGES REAL ESTATE LOANS REAL ESTATE LEASES OLD LINE INSURANCE TAXES PAID AND LAND LEASED OR RENTED FOR NON-RESIDENT OWNERS Yelton, OKLAHOMA, June 25th 13 Secretary to Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Dear Sir Permit an admirer of your chief to call your attention to a very unfair and unreasonable comment regarding your recent chastisement of the Michigan editor, Mr. Nuvett. The attached clipping is from the June 5 issue of the "Ashland Clipper" published at Ashland, Clark County, Kansas by H. C. Mayse. Mr. Mayse has successfully stifled his local opposition, and is democratically unfair. We have called his attention to a partial list of the witnesses and he is unwilling to make any correction. His is the only paper in the county seat of the wealthiest county, per capita, in Kansas. Assuring you of my very high regard, always, for the work done by Mr. Roosevelt, I am Very respectfully, R. G. HackettBELL PHONE DIME BANK BUILDING A MAGAZINE OF THE TIMES THE GATEWAY JOHN F. HOGAN, PUBLISHER DETROIT, MICH. June 25, 1913. 191 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, New York City, N. Y. Dear Sir:- "And Cain replied, 'Am I my brother's keeper?'" This defiance, brought down to date, has resulted in a condition, one phase of which is strikingly depicted by Vice President Marshall who recently declared: "If a bill were introduced today in Congress, limiting inheritances to $100,000--all the remainder of the estate escheating to the State--the bill would pass by a two to one vote." Naturally, you doubt--you may even sneer at the possibility of such a catastrophe-- but a glance at legislation during the past twenty years discloses the most startling changes in the attitude of our people toward men of wealth. The man who rides in an automobile cannot see these changes clearly, nor does he realize the the temper of the people. He rides in a Packard, while the common people are herded in street cars like cattle. Worse still, the change has not been confined to the poor, for the middle class itself is today innoculated with the poison of discontent. I have made personal investigations and know that the future pressages trouble. Manyu close observers confirm this opinion. One of the foremost journalists in either Europe or America recently wrote to the present writer, as follows: "I am slowly and unwillingly becoming an Anarchist. If things continue I shall certainly fall behind the Red Flat before long. This sounds badly, but there are thousands who feel exactly as I do." The Socialist vote increased more than 100%, in the four years ending 1912, while the vote of every other political party largely decreased. Does this mean anything to you? If my statements appear too startling for belief, advise with your newspaper friends who have investigated conditions of today. Then, compare those with conditions in France preceding the Revolution. I am now working out a plan to combat this present unrest, but before making it fully known would like to get your views on present conditions, as you see them, embodying the same in the general scheme. My plan is practical but must have the cooperation of men of influence, like yourself, to make it successful. I may briefly add that I am in touch with a number of America's most influential men, to whom I will refer when necessary. Upon your request, I will go more fully into details. In closing, may I add that what I have already done has stood the acid test of closest examination. Do not delay writing, or think that I am presenting to you merely some idea, with no practical side. The direct opposite is the fact. Will you not give me the benefit of your ideas? Yours truly, John F. Hogan JFH/EHewlett, L. I., June 25, 1913. Mr, Roosevelt, Dear Sir: I have inclosed "English lessons" on accent and accent marks, which I hope you will consider minutely on account of their great value to your undertaking in simplied spelling: I sent lessons to you some years ago while you were at Oyster Bay, L.I., but received no direct news of any nature, but again the nature of my present request is of far more importance to you personally than my previous one had been. I had sent thelessons &c. to Mr. Carnegoe a short time ago and he pleaded no time, but I believe this was occasioned more by accident than design, for you will observe upon close observation that they are of indispensible value to you in your line of work, particularly when they are combined with your "Simplified Spelling" in the letter to Mr. Carnegie I offered, if necessary to do the work myself so far, as getting the vocabular into order, and sending in, or preparing it at your office. I enclosed a few suggestions in my previous letter, together with other particulars that will make everything quite evident to you.Mr. Roosevelt, Dear Sir: I would also like you to ascertain a few particulars about my lessons in reference to their publication I have not attempted to have them published for some years. I was told by one publisher that he could not take any risk with the work, because the "Book Concern", (A trust controlled about everything, and that if they would not interest themselves, that I would perhaps find my efforts futile Hoping that I may hear from you favorably, I am, Yours very respectfully, Miss Nettie Kern, Nettie Kern. Hewlett, L.T.C. ARCHIBALD KING, SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY REAL ESTATE 875 - 879 FULTON STREET ESTABLISHED 1900 TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS LONG ISLAND ESTATES, ACREAGES, SHORE FRONTS, COTTAGES, LOTS. BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 25th 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear sir:- I am, for my own pleasure, privately illustrating the autobiography of "Mark Twain" by adding portraits of persons and friends of places having a relevancy to the text. The enclosed portrait of yourself I have selected for this work, and I trust that I am not going too far in my enthusiasm in asking you to autograph your signature thereon, for which and the portraits return I beg you to accept my thanks. Yours very truly C. Archibald King P.S. - I canot forbear adding that one of my other enthusiasms is the collecting of portraits and sketches of Theodore Roosevelt of which I hope later to add to first editions of some of his books. CAKing[6-25-13] [Lindquist] FRANS E. LINDQUIST ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI June 25th,1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, New York, N. Y., My dear Colonel:- Wish that we were over in Sweden to-day.This is Midsummer day, the time of the year when they have sunshine day and night. I wish to congratulate you upon your victory in your law suit. Certainly glad to note that you showed the World that it is no money that you are after, but to retain your good name. I had a letter from The Outlook, as to my article about Mr. Gordon R. McGee. The article was retuned, without being printed. I regret this very much, because I know that I have teak the right stand, on that proposition, and no honest man can contradict me. The Attorney General refuses to do anything, because his information as soon as he is released. Now, I have asked him and President Wilson what in the name of common decency that has got to do with the question as to whether or not he has been in a penitentiary ever since December 21st, 1911, for doing something which Congress has not seen fit to make a crime. How I wish that you occupied the President's chair, if only for one day. I know that would be all that would be required. If the President refuses to do anything, I sure will have a good campaign argument against him, if he decides to run again. It seems to me that the Government should take pleasure in correcting the wrong, and order McGee released and restore his citizenship. it is rumore dthat Attorney General McReynolds is about to resign. I have written the President, suggesting that he appoint our own Mr. Frank P. Walsh, and have not only one of the best attorneys in the country, but a man with a soul and a conscience. Am pleased to note that the Progressive spirit has not died, like the Republican elephant. Just watch us grow. If you think that the McGee case if of enough interest to publish, I will re-write same and make it short and not so detailed. Hoping to have the pleasure of hearing from you soon, I remain, Very sincerely yours, Dict.F.E.L. Frans E. LindquistH. C. LODGE, CHAIRMAN. E. T. C. ARK, CLERK. United States Senate, COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. June 25, 1913. Dear Theodore:- It was a great happiness and pleasure to get that glimpse of you at Sturgis Bigelow's, although it was only a glimpse, and I enjoyed it more than I can say. We mean to go home for the 4th of July and expect to leave here Sunday next so as to have a few days at Nahant. I am afraid that we should not have time to get down to Oyster Bay because our days at Nahant are so few and John and his wife and Bigelow are coming down to meet us. If you are to be in New York on Monday we will take the afternoon train to Boston, then we could meet and perhaps you will take luncheon with us at the Belmont, but we do not want to bring you up to New York solely on that account, although we are both extremely anxious to see you. It is intolerable here just now waiting about while the Democratic majority struggles for six weeks with the tariff bill. I have not liked my summers in Washington when I have had plenty to do but a summer with nothing to do but stand about is irritating in the extreme. There are many things here that I should like to talk with you about if we should have a chance. Nannie sends her [????] love Ever yours, H. C. Lodge Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,[*18*] [*Ack FH EN 6/27/13*] #2 Rector St., New York June 25th 1913 Hon Theo. Roosevelt Dear Sir: A crisis that involves the weal or woe of our City is dawning upon us, and if we want to be able to say, like St Paul, "I am a Citizen of no man City" now is the time to follow it in its rapid course to that desirable goal for as any discerning mind can see, that so far as the accomplishment of good results from good government is concerned, there is not likely to be, except we have entered upon a political millennium, in our day a more perfect dovetailing of devoted public servants than we now have in charge of the administration of our Municipal County and Borough offices. Let the most exacting point out to any intelligent assembly any one act that the pot pouri of Administrators has done that can bear any other verdict than "Well done thou good and faithful servant enter to thy reward" How truly and wisely our Mayor spoke twenty odd years ago in advocacy of the divorcement of Municipal from State and National politics and has continued it in practice at the first opportunity that presented itself to him as is seen by his appointments to office. Here we have a combination of unsenfrassable Public Servants viz. The Mayor - Democrat and Citizens Comm. The Comptroller, Prendergast, the best ever, A republican until he found that the people's will was not themost potent at all times. Mr Aveny Borough Pres't. of Manhattan - Fusion whose record for good works stands out in emblazoned letters of red fire. Mitchell whose conscientious fight for changed subway conditions has the respect of the whole community for the courage and ability by which he fought his fight and Whitman, Republican - the fearless actor - who deserves the thanks of and has them of every decent man in the community. Steers, the Borough President of Brooklyn Fusion, I think, against whom I have yet to hear adverse criticism. Why proceed further; tell me sir, was there ever a more effective combination to make for good government than this one and if after training together for four years what good must we expect from this invincible potentiality, if continued, one and all in their present duties How future generations would point out with pride to this Coterie of Washingtonian, Clevelandesque, Rooseveltian public servants. What a milestone in the cause of good government to have it said, Democrats, Republicans. Progressives, Fusionists all above everything else Americans and New Yorkists were nominated and elected on the same ticket because of faithful, effective service. That would be a red letter day in New York's Civic affairs. We could then, indeed, rejoice in being citizens of no mean city.Of all these of course the one longest known for his good public deeds is the Mayor but like all big men who do things, including yourself, he has been roasted and toasted and basted and lambasted by some who are peculiarly oblivious to the fact that many many yes twenty odd years ago he single handed and without any expense to tax payers saved old City of Brooklyn about $1,000,000 n the old L.I. water Supply Co. that the ring wanted to unload on the city at a fictitious price - then we know how he purified the ballot box by ending anarchy at Gravesend by downing Czar John Y. McKane forever and his gang. With the exception of yourself there has not been in our Country such a powerful champion of the common people as his decision from the Bench will prove. You never spoke more openly against the Courts than he has in his decisions for the rights of his fellow man = his even stepping down from the Bench when on the Appellate Division to help an uninfluential boy of poor parentage, his prevention of disgraceful arrests and clubbings for minor offences by overzealous policemen but why go on. As people who serve the public are entitled to a remuneration So is the public that honors its citizens by electing them to high office entitled to another term of Service at their hands. Use your power, Sir, to continue this unbeatable combination of honest and superlatively able servants in office. Very Respectfully Henry J. McClellandMEDILL MCCORMICK 139 NORTH CLARK STREET CHICAGO June 25, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, % The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. My dear Colonel:- I am sending you under separate cover casts of the medals attached to the badges used in the first Progressive National Convention. I am sorry that they are attached to fob straps rather than to ribbons used by delegates, assistant sergeant-at-arms, etc., but I send them anyway, think-ing that the coming generation, from Alice to Archie and Quentin, might want to keep one or two of them to show the succeeding generation evidence, in-destructible even in a nursery, that their Grandfather founded the National Party in the year of Grace, 1912. Faithfully yours, Medill McCormic R.R. MMCC/RR MEDILL McCORMICK 139 NORTH CLARK STREET CHICAGO [*4.*] June 25,1913 [*Ack FH EH 6/27/13*] Frank Harper, Esq., % To The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. My dear Frank: - Can you let me know for my own information when the Colonel expects to start for South America? Faithfully yours, Medill McCormick[*6-25-13*] [*MEYER*] WESTERN UNION Form 163 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT RECEIVED AT 172 FIFTH AVE., N.Y HAMILTON MASS JUN 25 1913 [*1.*] COL ROOSEVELT THE OUTLOOK NY LETTER RE CAN YOU GIVE KELLOGGS ADDRESS AND GREATLY OBLIGE GEO VON L MEYER 1227PM [*ack 6/27/13 7H En*]P. S. 166, N. Y., June 25, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt, I am sending you, Judge O'Brien and Mr. Deering each a little piece of work done by one of the boys. I have chosen this way of showing my unfailing gratitude to three gentlemen who while you were Police Commissioner worked for the lasting good and welfare of a member of my family. The principal of our school Dr. Reigart; in naming the worlds greatest teacher for the boys spoke of youas one of them; and the boys understood better what he meant in naming you when he referred to the others who are dead and gone. So please to accept this little paper as representative of the whole class and with their teacher's sincere wish that they grow up to be men nearly like you. I chose this particular boy's paper because his father is General Thos. L. James physician and I like and admire the General very much indeed. I have just run acrossmy father's Masonic Certificate dated 1861; that he carried through the Civil War. It was in the Gettysburg Campaign where he was severely wounded, and is stained and yellow with agree Most gratefully yours, Jennie C. Miller This class of mine is industrious, courteous and noted for the wholesome way in which they have been managed. I am interested in their athletics as well as their studies. A number of them are good swimmers, runners etc[*6-25-13*] [*[MOORE]*] Form No. 1. [*[6-25-13]*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 24,000 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. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager ================================================= NUMBER | SENT BY | REC’D BY | CHECK 20 Mc CC Govt 717pm ================================================= RECEIVED AT June 25 190 DATED SD Washn D.C. June 25 TO Col T. Roosevelt Oyster Bay [D?] 140 [[shorthand]] Dr Muller regrets inability to lunch with you July seventh as he does not return to New York till July ninth he would be glad to lunch with you either on July tenth or July twelfth Kindly wire your wishes to Dudley Field Malone third asst secy Fairmont Hotel San Francisco who accompanies the ambassador [*J B Moore Counseller Dist State*][*(6-25-13)*] Huntington L. I. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir:- I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the bill which was introduced with your aid in the last Legislature for the relief of my husband, John J. Munro, and family, that he might have his case adjudicated, was vetoed by Governor Sulzer after having passed both houses and having been commended into the world as the breadwinner. The Bill as put through by Mr. John J Robinson and Senator Henry Salant was well drafted and fully commended. My dear Colonel you will appreciate the fact that in the precarious condition of my husband's health a pension under the Employee's Act, as has been suggested would not guarantee the children's future. As our very kind friend Dean Youk said to me last winter, "It is theby Superintendent, Board of Managers and Hospital Commission. The Governor gives as his reason for the veto, that if it takes an Act of Legislature to put this case before the Court of Claims, the Law should be amended so that it should not take an Act. If the above is the Governor's opinion you will understand that we are no nearer adjudication than we were before. I have been advised by Legal Talent that this was the only way I could get redress from the State, and I beg that you will use your kind offices with the Governor that this law be amended at once or that he reconsider the Act as passed, as not only is the life and reason of my husband at stake but the education of my three children. It is an awful injustice that I should be forced to leave my sick husband and little children to the care of strangers while I go out2 children who have been injured and this whole case revolves around them and should be settled as quickly as possible for my husband will not consent to go under the surgeon's hands until he is assured that his children's future is provided for. I thank you very, very much for the prompt manner in which you took up our cause as brought before you by Rev. Charles Cragg and for yourkind attention Very truly yours Ella F. Munro (Mrs. John J.) May 25 - 1913OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR THE PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION FOR SCIENCE THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NEW YORK 25 June,1913 My dear Theodore: I had a conference with Mr. Chapman on June 24th, in which he told me of your most interesting plan for South America. I can hardly express to you how much your offer to cooperate with the American Museum of Natural History pleases me, both for your own sake and because of the historica association of your Father in the foundation of the Museum. Before sending you defi-nite word in the matter I want to talk it over with one or two of my friends, who are also your friends, on the Board of Trustees. I will then write you fully. In the meantime, I am Always cordially your friend, Henry Fairfield Osborn R President. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. I am having this letter initialed as I am just leaving town and cannot sign it myself.THE PLUNKETT HOUSE DUBLIN Telegraphic Address: "Organise," Dublin. Telephone No. 1090 25 June 1913 My Dear Colonel I have just received from Gifford's and my medical adviser at Battle Creek copy of a letter from Jacob Riis in which he says that you do not scoff at vegetarians. Your Catholic spirit would I am sure understand the large purposes of the enclosed address. I confirm, however, that my object - sendingit to you is to interest you in a theory of health in middle and advanced age, this practical acceptance of which might make for as good an example to us feeble folk in their periods of your valuable life as for have been hitherto. Your friends over here were amazed that you dont have had to take notice of the potogine suggestion that your habit were sick as much, away other results, have much from public seemed impossible. The President is I think going to advance your country life policy which his kindness or allowed to the dormant. Your Sincerely Horace PlunkettVIRGINIA SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS P. A. IRVING. FARMVILLE PETER WINSTON. FARMVILLE D. S. FREEMAN. RICHMOND L. P. STEARNES. NEWPORT NEWS COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA State Board of Charities and Corrections S. C. HATCHER, CHAIRMAN, ASHLAND JOSEPH T. MASTIN, SECRETARY RICHMOND, VA. 6/25/13. Dear Mr. Folks: - In reply to your letter of June 23rd to Mr. Mastin, who is out of the city, beg to say that I have called on Mrs. Martha Lecler, living at 1715 Washington Street, this city. She tells me that she was married in Wilmington, Del. to a dissipated man who goes by the name of Robert LeCler and Robt. Jones; he was a deserter from the U. S. Army and they lived in constant fear of his being caught. Mrs. LeCler has no marriage certificate to prove her legal marriage. She was deserted about a year ago in Baltimore, Md., at which time she was helped by Miss Stephenson of the Federated Charities in that city. She is now living with her grandmother, Mrs. Stubbins, who owns a neat little home and seems fond of the two LeCler children. I also had a talk with Arthur Van Buren, Mrs. LeCler's brother, who makes about $50 per month and pays his grandmother $5.50 a week board, and says he will always try to help take care of his sister and her two children. Mrs. LeCler has been working for $6 a week in a tabacco factory, leaving her children in care of her grandmother; but as both children have been sick during the last week she has not been at work. As to her effort to borrow money to start a store, both the grandmother and Mr. Van Buren think it unwise for her to do so at this time, as there is no opening in this city for a small store. They realise that an unprotected woman with little experience and handicapped with two delicate children would most likely soon come to grief trying to conduct a country store. Trusting that this information will be satisfactory, and with best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, Louise S. Price Asst. SecretaryProgressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HIBBEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robert G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHAIRMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U. Kellogg Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L. Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE COMMITTEE William Draper Lewis Jane Addams Henry F. Cochems James R. Garfield Francis J. Heney George W. Kirchwey Ben B. Lindsey Charles E. Merriam Gifford Pinchot Herbert Knox Smith Walter E. Weyl [6.] [Ack 7H 6/27/13] New York, June 25, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 - Fourth Avenue, New York City. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- In my talk with you yesterday, you expressed a willingness to encourage favorable action on the "workmen's compensation" bill, Senate Bill 738, prepared by the American Association for Labor Legislation, and the "women's eight hour law for the District of Columbia", Senate Bill 1294. In as much as I understand that you will leave this part of the country before very long and any action in regard to these bills is likely to be taken either at the Newport Legislative Reference Conference, July 1st, or shortly thereafter, I venture to suggest that a letter from you to me, which I could have in time for the Newport conference, would be most serviceable. Please understand that I do not suggest this letter for public support but simply for use in talking with our own people. I would not wish to attempt to report your opinion without being sure that I was exactly correct, but your counsel and aid would be most valuable. To get the facts before you, I will make a brief statement regarding each bill, which I enclose for your consideration if you are willing to give me a letter on this matter. I have tried to make it as concise as possible, and yet lay the necessary facts before you. Very truly yours, Donald R. Richberg [Richberg] Director, Legislative Reference Bureau. DRR/MB.[FOR ENCL SEE 6-25-13][6-25-13] Memorandum for Colonel Roosevelt Bill providing workmen's compensation for Federal Employees covering both accidents and occupational diseases as drafted through the American Association for Labor Legislation by the Columbia Drafting Bureau, is a carefully worked out piece of complicated legislation and has been editorially referred to as bringing the United States much nearer the condition of a "model employer" than ever before. This bill, while introduced by Senator Kern, cannot be regarded as a partisan measure. We are working in conference for our model state compensation bill with the men who drafted this bill, probably the best equipped men on this subject. On a difficult and elaborate subject such as this, an individual Progressive party measure could only be produced after great labor and it would not advance the cause of workmen's compensation particularly to fight for a conflicting bill. In regard to women's eight hour law the situation is somewhat different. I have a long letter from Josephine Goldmark very strongly urging support of the bill. She writes in behalf of the Consumers League. The bill passed the Senate at the last session and that bill has now been reintroduced in the House and in the Senate. It is undoubtedly a good bill. Although introduced in the Senate by Senator La Follette, it is hardly his bill (I believe the Consumers League is largely responsible for it) It is also true however, that this is not as complicated a document as the workmen's compensation bill. Representative Nolan of California (a Progressive) has drawn a bill differing somewhat from this but I judge on hasty consideration, a creditable document. It would however, probably aid the cause of limiting the hours of labor for women to support the Consumers League bill. Miss Goldmark seems to feel that serious harm will be done the cause by bringing in an opposition bill.-2- I present these facts to you as a basis for such variance in comment as you choose to make on the two bills, that is, it occurs to me that you may wish to approve specifically of the workman's compensation bill but approve only the general principles of the women's eight hour bill. [Richberg][ENCL IN RICHBERG 6-25-13]GABRIELS. N. Y., June 25, 1913. 191 The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, "The Outlook", New YorkCity. Dear Sir: I am very anxious to have some word from you as to your acquaintance with my Father, "Zeb" Robear, the guide, who passed to his rest about a year ago. I know he often spoke of having guided you at Paul Smith's when you were a young man; and I am quite sure you must remember him. I am preserving whatever I can gather together regarding my Father's life as a guide to prominent people in this section, and I should greatly appreciate the favor if you would write me some little thing of interest that you recall of your trips with my Father about this section. Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of your reply, I am, Very respectfully, Miss Margaret H Robear "The Mountain Sprite". T. S. ROMERO SPANISH SCHOOL 49 WEST 63RD STREET NEW YORK AUTHOR OF "SPANISH IN A WEEK" A TEXT BOOK EMBRACING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICS TELEPHONE 7867 COLUMBUS LARGE VARIETY OF SHORT STORIES IN THE BOOK DEPARTMENT COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL TRANSLATIONS Col Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Long Island, M. Y. My dear Sir: I take great pleasure in sending you with my compliments a copy of the little volume "Spanish in a Week" which you will greatly honor by accepting. May your trip to Spanish America be an embrace which will promote better feeling and acquaintance with all Spanish peoples. Very Truly yours Tesdoro S. Romero June 25/913United States of America Republic of Panama Joint Claims Commission Ancon, Canal Zone, June 25, 1913 Col. Theodore Rossevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, My dear Col. Roosevelt: In yesterday's papers I see a cablegram an-nouncing that sometime during the fall you will pay a visit to the Argentine Republic. I sincerely hope that this news is correct, as I feel that in making this trip you will be doing a great service to our country. I hope to return to the States before you leave and to have the opportunity of seeing you. With very cordial regards, Yours sincerely, [??Rowe]JOHN SCHUBERT, President J. H. PENSKE, Vice President Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania May 13, 1913. RICHARD FISCHER, Secretary P. J. BARBER, Treasurer Progressive Printing and Publishing Association Office: - 1314-16 Peach Street [*10.*] ERIE, PENN'A. 52 So. Hancock Str., Wilkes_Barre, Pa., 25. Juni 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*Ack FH EH 6/27/13*] Dear Sir: - The enclosure will be of interest to you. From all sides I receive the most encouraging assurances for the success of the paper which will be the only National Progressive Weekly in the German language. Can you give us a personal word of encouragement for the undertaking? It would be of the .reatest value to us and help us to build up an immense circulation from the start, if you would consent to write a short introductory editorial for the first issue which is to appear on September 3d. May I ask you for this favor? Very sincerely yours, J. SchubertForm No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 24,000 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. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager ================================================= NUMBER | SENT BY | REC’D BY | CHECK 21 MC 29 264 706pm ================================================= RECEIVED AT Oyster Bay June 25 1913 DATED H New York W TO Hon T Roosevelt Ns What time on Saturday the 28th or July 1st first or third May I have the honor of calling on you with introduction from Viscount Kane Ko Soyida Hotel AstorT Studio Bldg. Boston,Mass. June 25,1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Mr.Roosevelt: Just previous to your coming to speak at Bunker Hill I sent you a telegram asking you to give the Mass.Progressive Party Club a few moment of your time on the night of the 16th inst, so that many of us who worked for you and the cause would have a chance to meet you personally. I desire to report back to the club the result of my efforts, but have not had any word from you as to the receipt of the telegram or otherwise. Kindly advise me as to the above. Respectfully yours, Wendell P. ThoréOfficers - SEWARD S. TRAVIS, Pres Greenport ERNEST L. MERITT, Vice-Pres. Gloversville EDWARD P. SMITH, Sec'y North Tonawanda FRANK M. SMITH, Treas. Lestershire Associated Academic Principals State of New York - TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING SYRACUSE DECEMBER 29-31, 1913 Executive Committee - ALFRED C. THOMPSON Brockport EDWARD J. BONNER Nyack BURTON P. FOWLER Oneida [*15.*] [*Ack 6/27/13 FH EH*] Greenport, L. I. , June 25, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Esteemed Friend: - As President of the Associated Academic Principals of the State of New York, I express the unanimous wish of this body and allied organizations that you appear in an address before them at their annual meeting to be held at Syracuse on December 29, 30 and 31 of this year. These organizations wish again to urge you to give them the inspiration and uplift of your presence and power. If you accept you will be doing a splendid thing for the cause of education in the Empire State, and the enthusiasm which your presence and address would create, would, through the delegates at this convention, be disseminated to all sections of the state. I wish to assure you that I appreciate the kindly consideration which you gave me at the Outlook Office in October 1911 even though you were at that time unable to accept our invitation. We are endeavoring to make the meeting this year the best it has ever been and that means-as you know-second to none of its kind in the country. Hoping that I may hear from you and that you may render this splendid service to the cause of education, I am, Very sincerely yours, Seward S. Travis SST/AMM presence by one solitary symptom. A word of assurance on that point will be a blessing to Mollie and a Godsend to us. You must be very lonely without Edith. If you will come to us for a weekend you will find a warm welcome and nothing to do but rest. Please try it. Ever faithfully yours Nellie J. Tyler The Glen New London, Conn. June 25th 1913 Wednesday p.m. Dear Theodore: I shall be very grateful for any news you may have received concerning Emily's condition. Poor Mollie is worrying herself to the point of a nervous breakdown. She sleeps very little and eats next to nothing. Her one thought is of Emily. Since hearing of the Sister-in-law of one of her friends dyeing of an operation for gall stones, she has repudiated the diagnosis of Emily's physician. She is sure, poor dear, that Emily has gall stones and that appendicitis, if it exists at all, is merely extraneous to the true and probably fatal malady. No one was ever more in awe of a surgeon's knife than I. I confess my anxiety - about Emily; but I can see no reason for trembling at a horror which has never, so far as we know, declared itself nor so much as expressed itsPastor First Baptist Church. - Chief Promoter of the "Robt. E. Lee" Agricultural, Industrial and Mechanical Arts College for "Negroes." OFFICE OF WILLIAM A. D. VENERABLE, Ph. D. 14th Street and Greenfield Avenue, NORTH CHICAGO, ILL. Phone 1020 June 25th 1913. Rt. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, c/o "The Outlook", New York City, N. Y., My Dear Colonel: I mailed you a letter, some time since with regards to my school effort. Doubtless you have overlooked the matter for I know, an engagement of the magnitude of this one must especially appeal to you. The effort to establish a second "Tuskegee" in the Middle West, is commended in [my] letter, I have received from thirteen states from Leading Club Women and Philanthropists, who, assure me, that the cause of the Black boy and girl appeals to them and that I shall have their hearty co-operation. Men of honor and efficiency are accepting Trusteeship on the Board, not merely prefunctory but Trustee, "Defacto". A Leading Club Lady ask me: What the Progressive Party can best do to help the Negro? I promptly replied. And now Colonel, I say to you in like expression and meaning: Since the freedom in fact, of the Negro, can never precede his Industrial and Social Uplift, and since the effort to build a second "Tuskegee" was born looking to his Industrial and Social Uplift, (for this class of Training for the masses of us seems to me and to those more wise the surest way). I believe, the best work of the Leaders of the Progressive Party, for the Negro, would be to see to it that this effort does not fail of its plans and purposes. We seek not offices nor social equality, but an opportunity to develop a race of strong & useful men and women. With great respect. I am, Yours very truly, William A. D. Venerable D.H. DEHPHONE PARK 3110 L. MARTY & BRO. HOTEL PONTIAC 138 6TH STREET ROOMS BY THE DAY WEEK OR MONTH San Francisco, Cal., June 25 1913 Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay, U.S.A. Dear Sir, I take this liberty to address you in the hope that it will in a measure enable you to get at the real cause of your having been shot in the height of your political campaign by one John Schrank John Schrank will be found to be a victim of "psychic influences", or in other words an hypnotized man, upon proper investigation. This particular delirium brought about in the mind of John Schrank is characterized as Auto-hypnosis, that is an hypnotic state brought about by and used through, the aid of a Magneto, wherein it will be found that it is absolutely unnecessary for the Psychic or Hypnotist to put in actual visible physical appearancePHONE PARK 3110 L. MARTY & BRO. HOTEL PONTIAC 138 6TH STREET ROOMS BY THE DAY WEEK OR MONTH San Francisco, Cal., 191 2 and call upon the victim for a concentration of mind. It is worked upon the dictaphone plan used in detecting criminals. (from room to room) and on account of the mysteriousness of Applications "the victim" being unable to account for the phenomenon in no other way, attributes it to Spirits. In all cases of victims of Auto hypnosis. you will find this Trinity 1st the Spirit 2nd The Victim 3rd The men or women, or man or woman, who are, or who is responsible for an imaginary wrong. The object of the Psychic or Hypnotist, in selecting an innocent man or woman is to distract attention from himself, and make things a delusionary as possible. This will be found, in a great measure to be responsible for the Mysteriousness of "Psychic Influences". For instance after the Psychic victim has perpertratedPHONE PARK 3110 L. MARTY & BRO. HOTEL PONTIAC 138 6TH STREET ROOMS BY THE DAY WEEK OR MONTH San Francisco, Cal., 191 3 an outrage when asked the question, Why did you do it, he answers "I was commanded by the Spirit or Spirits. Which answer bumps the thinking mind up against the illogical and where all investigation ceases. We have what we are pleased to term, a crazy man. I could go much further than this, by way of throwing light on the psychology of things this way rigged, but it is my object to be as brief as possible. Now then, If you see fit to engage detectives to run down the Psychic who hypnotized John Shrank the following will be revealed to you. Either John Shrank was to be put out of the way in order to secure his $25000.00 worth of property, or that some secret enemy paid a psychic a some of money in order to be revenged upon you, and had you shot down at the height of your last political campaignPHONE PARK 3110 L. MARTY & BRO. HOTEL PONTIAC 138 6TH STREET ROOMS BY THE DAY WEEK OR MONTH San Francisco, Cal., 191 4 Respectively submitted, Milo Waldron 138 6th St San Francisco P. S. I enclose one of their (Psysichs) advertisements, and call your particular attention to the line about the power of control. Mind you, in all cases of men and women, selected as victims of "psychic influences" the psychic goes after the Victim, and the reason is obvious. If they did not, the influence could very readily be traced to its material source. Respectfully, M.W.[For encl see 6-25-13]District Attorney's Office County of New York CHARLES S.WHITMAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY June 25, 1913. Mr. Wm. J. Judd, 321 West 118th Street. Dear Sir,- I am in receipt of your communication of the 24th inst,. together with enclosure. I do not see anything illegal in the advertisement indicated by the enclosed card. Yours truly, Charles S Whitman District Attorney. AJC AJC/a[Enc in Judd 11-2-14G · SYDNEY · YEAGER ADVERTISING NORFOLK · VIRGINIA P. O. BOX 708 June 25,1913 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, c/o The Outlook, New York City. My Dear Sir: Thinking the enclosed clipping may be of interest to you, I take great pleas-ure in sending it to you. Very Respectfully Yours, G Sydney Yeager(Encl in Waldron 6-25-13) (6-25-13)MASTER MIND. Absolutely reliable, permanently located 30 years in California. No questions asked. He tells your full name, age, occupation, the ob-ject of your visit and all about yourself, giving reliable advice and help to overcome the cause of any trouble, sickness, bad luck; advises on love, marriage, changes, business investments; teaches power of control over any one, even miles away; how to succeed in business, specu-lations or lawsuits; how to marry the one of your choice; removes evil influences, reunites the separated. Special readings, 50c; hours, 9 a. m. to 8 p. m.The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York June 26, 1913 Dear Mr. Harper: As you will see from Mr. Townsend's memorandum attached, these letters were found in Mr. Karl Howland's drawer and I have only just received them. I did not know about them before at all. The dates of these letters are so far in the past that I do not see how we can use them now. They refer almost entirely to the first chapter. I return them to you, thinking that you may wish to keep some of them, if not all of them, in Mr. Roosevelt's files. Yours very truly, LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT LFA JCOFFICERS Chairman TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF First Vice-Chairman CHARLES S. ARONSTAM Second Vice-Chairman HENRY S. BURGER Third Vice-Chairman Dr. THURSTON H. DEXTER Secretary ALFRED D. THOMPSON Assistant Secretary MARK REARDON, jr. Treasurer WM. A. PRENDERGAST Sergeant-at-Arms JOHN W. LEICH Kings County Headquaters National Progressive Party 198 Montague Street Telephone Main 7361 Brooklyn, N. Y. Vote Under This Emblem June 26, 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Outlook, 287 - 4 Ave., N. Y. My dear Col. Roosevelt, On behalf of the Celebration Committee of the National Progressive Party of Kings County, which has arranged for a day's outing and a dinner at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, on July 12th, 1913, to celebrate the first anniversity of the birth of the Party in Kings County, we take pleasure in extending to you a cordial invitation to attend this Celebration, which will be known as "Progressive Day," and hope you will be able to do so. The Progressives of Kings County would indeed be pleased to welcome you as its honored guest on this occasion. Governor Woodruff joins us in the invitation. May we have a letter from you to be read to the Progressives at dinner, if you can not come? Very sincerely yours, Chas. S. A[?] Chairman Guests & Speakers Committee.-2- tailed his powers as an autocrat." Another passage to which the Censor objected is this; taken from Count Tolstoy's statement to me: " The activity of the revolutionists , like the deeds of violence committed by the Government , will not lead to any improvement in the life of our people. On the contrary, Stolypin, who is hanging hundreds of people, or the revolutionists who are trying to kill NicholasII are only interfering with the natural development of [xxx] events". With kindest regards and highest esteem, I am, Yours sincerely, Herman Bernstein [*7.*] [*Ack 6/30/13 FH EH*] 500 West 176th street. New York , June 26th, 1913. [[shorthand]] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay , N.Y. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: - I have just learned from your Secretary , Mr. Harper, that you have not received the copy of my book, "With Master Minds", which I sent you immediately upon its publication. I now take great pleasure in sending you another copy. It may interest to know that a copy of this book, sent by me to a friend of mine, a Member of the Council of the Empire, was barred by the Russian censor. The passages to which the censor objected are marked. One of them is the following: "There are many opinions about Count Sergius Witte in Russia. The Czar , it is known, hates him for having hastened the conclusion of peace and for having overestimated the strength of the revolutionary forces. But for Witte, the Czar and the reactionaries still believe that the Russian army would have defeated Japan, and but for Witte there would have been no Constitution in Russia today... All this is a tremendous step forward for the Russian people, and the Czar will not forgive Witte for having our-I was very much disappointed, on a recent trip to New York, to hear you had cancelled your speech at Carnegie Hall. I had hoped to hear it, but happy your case for which you cancelled it turned out as it did. I am a Wilkes Barre girl and how my city does enjoy your visits here. We all love you Father Curran does not stand alone on that question. I hope next campaign the women of Wilkes Barre will have the privilege of voting for you and not in vain. Very Sincerely, Agnes Bartels [*Ack Emms 6/26/13*] [ca6-26-13] [Photographs] 22 Carey Way Wilkes Barre, Pa My dear Colonel Roosevelt, During the last presidential campaign I wrote you, not realizing how very busy you were, asking you for your photograph, with your very own signature attached to it. Mr. Emlen Roosevelt very kindly answered my letter, stating how occupied your time was, and that I should write you after the campaign and you wouldundoubtedly send it to me. You see Colonel, what isn't worth going after isn't worth having - and altho, I am not a collector of photographs still there have been his I have always wanted - one was of Miss Maude Adams whom I love dearly - and yours, whom I consider our greatest American. Miss Adams has sent me hers - now Colonel Roosevelt, are you going to disappoint me and not fulfil my entire wish? I realize fully, how bored you must be, by receiving so many requests of this sort but I really don't believe any one else ever wanted one so badly direct from you. They say if you wish long enough for a thing you want, you'll get it - so I'm going to wish real hard from now on until I get it. So Colonel Roosevelt, don't disappoint meWILLIAM RICHARDS BUTLER MAUCH CHUNK,PENNA. 26 June 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: On July 4 our enterprising neighboring town of Palmerton is to have a grand flag-raising in the town park, and the event is to be celebrated by a parade which will include about the whole town. I have been asked to make the address at the flag-raising, and, in the course of my remarks I want to be able to present to the Palmerton people a little Fourth of July message from you. Palmerton is destined to be one of the most important towns in this valley of the Lehigh, and is growing by leaps and bounds. Some of the most interesting sociological experiments are being worked out there, the progress of which is being watched from our whole section of the state. You have a great many friends in Palmerton, and I know that your name will awaken a great deal of en-thusiasm, and a message from you will be regarded with most special favor. May I ask, sir, that you will do this enterprising little city of Palmerton the great honor of transmitting a Fourth of July greeting? It would give me much satisfac-tion to present it in the course of the address, and I re-main Yours very truly, WR ButlerCABLE ADDRESS: "BOURNECHAD" WILLIAM M.CHADBOURNE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW MUTUAL LIFE BUILDINGS 32 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK June 26, 1913. Dear Mr. Harper: Would you kindly have Colonel Roosevelt autograph the accompanying photograph, which, you will note, is for Mr. Walter M. Pratt. Thanking you for all the trouble you have taken in the matter, Yours very truly, Will m. Chadb[?] Frank Harper, Esq., c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. C:OCABLE ADDRESS: "BOURNECHAD" WILLIAM M. CHADBOURNE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW MUTUAL LIFE BUILDINGS 32 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK June 26, 1913. Dear Mr. Harper: Pach Brothers are to send over to you tomorrow, Friday, a photograph of Colonel Roosevelt. It will be addressed to Walter M. Pratt in your care. I would greatly appreciate it if you would have Colonel Roosevelt put his name and Mr. Pratt's name on the photograph. Would you then advise me and I will send for this photograph and the other one which you have? Would you also be so good as to send me Mr. Pratt's letter and money order, which I will return to him. Yours very truly, Will m. Chadbourne Frank Harper, Esq., 267 Fourth Avenue, New York City. C:O[*8*] [*6/31/13 Ackd Fd Eh*] [[shorthand]] 411 East 142 St. N. Y. June 26/13 Mr. T. Roosevelt Oyster Bay Dear Sir: As a member of the N. Y. N. of. I take the liberty of writing this letter to you. My father was on the police force in New York for several years and had the pleasure of meeting you on several occasions, and also voted for you a number of times. Being a member of the 22nd Regiment, corps of engineers. I was assigned to the Demolition squad to go camping with the provisional company, but owing to business matters I had to ask to be excused. I write you this letter in the hopes of being able to see you in the near future. If you could only realize what it will mean to me, if I could only see you, I'm sure that you would grant this favor for me. I am aware of fact that you are very busy now,but at any rate, kindly let me know when I can see you, for any hour will suit me. Will go to keep your appointment any hour as I will not need a moments notice. Hoping to hear from you very shortly, I beg to remain Yours very truly Frank F. D'Arcy 411 East 142 St. Bronx[*[6-26-13]*] RED GABLES MORRIS PLAINS, N. J. My dear Mr. Roosevelt, After thinking the matter over thoroughly, Homer feels that if he could get a position with the Lackawanna Railroad, it would be the best place for him as it is not only our home road, but a very excellent one. Most sincerely, Daisy B. Davenport June 26, 1913.Fitzwilliam Depot, N. H. June 26, 1913 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, Long Island Dear Sir,- We are Harvard graduates working for social and economic betterment of rural communities. Our work has the approval and sanction of men of note. We give as references: Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Chancellor of New York University, and formerly your Commissioner of Education; Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver of Harvard, now a Director of National Bureau of Rural Organization; and Rev. A. P. Fitch, President of Andover Seminary. In our work for better conditions on farms and in country towns, we wish to carry to the people a personal message of greeting and hope from you who are nearer to their hearts than any other man. Very respectfully yours, Clyde L. Davis Roger Eddy GreatPROGRESSIVE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MUNSEY BUILDING WASHINGTON D.C. June 26, 1913. O. K. DAVIS SECRETARY Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: How is the article for the Century coming on? I have had some very satisfactory correspondence with Mr. Yard, the new managing editor, about it and am satisfied that it will be substantially worth while in a material way to you, as well as of very great benefit to the party. When do you go west and are you going to stop in Arkansas? I have a telegram from Comer saying they have held their convention and nominated the "ex-Confederate Colonel named Murphy." Faithfully yours, O. K. Davis. OKD/sSyracuse N.Y. June 26, 1913. [*de Lima*] Frank Harper Esq. Dear Sir I am in receipt of your good letter of yesterday. I shall be pleased to meet Colonel Roosevelt at his office to lunch with him at one o' clock on Thursday July 3rd. Sincerely yours, J. C. Alves de LimaI am glad you are with Cooper & Whitman and hope you will win, as this City needs a good "house cleaning - " Yours Faithfully Me Dominic" Margaret. Murray. Dow The Marines Friend. 253 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. D June 26/13 Col. T. Roosevelt. Dear Col - I am under the necessity of writing until I recover the letter I sent you from the Act. Secy of the Navy Franklin; Answer - seen to my friend Chas - Judson Hardenbeck 286A Vanderbilt Ave. and thus I use as my credentials from said Dept. It was sent to you while you were at Marquette - or just as you were returning. I enclosed a stamp for return, as it is valuable to me. Kindly see about it, and also let me know if you can come sometime before your Fall trip to the Banock and speak to my Boys". The letters of appeal in my behalf are still going in to the Dept. asking for an appropriation for my work among the Marines, that I may keep my little home, and carry on this great work.TELEPHONE MADISON SQUARE 485 ERNEST HARVIER 1193 BROADWAY NEW YORK June 26, 1913. Dear Mr. President: I sincerely hope that (unless the present situation changes radically) you will take no overt part in this year's municipal contest, which has degenerated into mere "jockeying" by small men without any reference to human betterment, political progress or even decent civic standards. All these things appear to have been forgotten in the talk of the "availability" of candidates, but there is no "availability" which has not for its basic character, fitness, principle or patriotic purpose. As to Mr. Whitman, all our people have come to regard as fair the test that what a man will do in one office of authority and power, he is likely to do in another. During your service as Governor of New York, the resolute standard of absolute fairness to all interests which you set was an earnest of what you would do as President -- and what you did. Mr. Whitman was elected District Attorney in 1909, receiving 167,000 votes of which 84,000 were on the Hearst or League, and 63,000 on the Bannard or Republican, ticket. In the matter of his appointments, after election, he accorded three-fourths to partisan Republicans and one-fourth to Tammany. Under this iniquitous distribution, Mr Foley close one of his assistants, Judge O'Gorman (not then a U.S. Senator) another, the Tammany people in the 14th assembly district a third, the Tammany people in the Bronx, a fourth, and so on. The only man named for the Hearst party was Mr. De Ford, recommended by Henry W. Taft. Whitman proceeded on the theory of the Scotch divine who believed in pleasing the Lord and the devil at the same time as "it would be safe toTELEPHONE MADISON SQUARE 485 ERNEST HARVIER 1193 BROADWAY NEW YORK - 2 - have friends in both places." I violate no confidence in stating to you that the Independent Democrats of New York are unalterably opposed to Mr. Whitman, and will, under no circumstance, proximate or contingent, support him for the office of Mayor. Yours faithfully, Ernest HarvierPRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRINCETON, N.J. PRESIDENT'S ROOM June 26th, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- At the June meeting of the Board of Trustees it was decided to hold the exercises in connection with the Dedication of the Graduate College Buildings and the Cleveland Tower on October 22nd, 1913. We would be very pleased to have the honor of your presence upon this occasion and also to have you make one of the congratulatory addresses. Hoping that we may have a favorable reply to this invitation, believe me, Faithfully yours, John Grier Hibben To- Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y.Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE . R.K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HIBBEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 154 [*5*] PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robert G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHAIRMEN Frances A. Kellor [xxxxx xxxxx] Truxton Beale Paul U. Kellogg Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L. Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A.W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E.W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C.A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder New York, June 26th, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, The Outlook Office, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. [*Ack 6/27/13 FH EH*] Dear Mr. Harper: Following my conversation with you on the telephone this morning, I am sending you herewith the proof and copy of Colonel Roosevelt's foreword to Mr. Ransom's article on “The Making of a Municipal Platform", which is to be published as a Progressive Service Document. I am sending, also, a stamped envelope addressed to the printers. I shall ask you to be good enough, so soon as Colonel Roosevelt has corrected the proof, to see that the same is mailed to the printer, to whom I am writing full instructions. The people at Newport are anxious to get an advance copy of Colonel Roosevelt's Navy Day address for the local papers. Will you let me have one so soon as it is practicable? Sincerely Yours, Paxton H Hibben Director, Bureau of Education. NY PH.HDJr. Encs.[For enc see 6-26-13]WILLIAM H. HOTCHKISSS 55 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK June 26, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My Dear Colonel:- I greatly appreciate your letter of June 24th. [ [ ]I have long been a believer in absolute nonpartisanship so far as municipal elections went, and preached this doctrine to our people both while I was State Chairman and since. I cannot find, however, that very many Progressives look with favor upon our endorsing Mr. Whitman. As a straw bearing upon this subject, I talked with the New York City Progressive members of the Assembly in Albany a day or two ago, and found they were unanimous - indeed, emphatic - in their protest against any such thing being done. [ ] ] The deceptive methods which are being adopted by members of the Republican organization to bring about this result are characterized by a sug-gestion which has becently been made that, if we will endorse Whitman, a deal can be fixed up relative to the Court of Appeals ticket - the Republicans to nominate Haebrouck of Kingston and we to nominate Alden. I am sure you would not favor any such deal; yet the report comes that our former, but now deposed, County Chairman - Smith - of Schoharie County has been assured by you that such an arrangement would have your approval. He is so reporting, saying he has talked with you. As to this man Smith, I think I should say that he betrayed us in the last campaign, assisting Hasbrouck to steal our endorsement by fake petitioners who were, in almost every case, Republicans; that I had to take the management of the campaign in his county out of his hands; and that Haebrouck, after his election as Supreme Court Judge, rewarded him for his perfidy to us by making him his secretary. The reason f or these comments at this time is a letter, received today, from Lucius Tuckerman, from which I quote: "It has been reported to me that Haebrouck sent Smith to Oyster Bay to do all possivle to secure the Colonel's promise that Haebrouck should habe our endorsement for Court of Appeals this fall. I am told that Smith returned saying that he had secured such a promise. I am also told that Haebrouck kept Elting, Republican County Chairman, in line with the Barnes crowd, and also has another of his heelers in line with the so-called hedges crowd of the Republicans, that he may get the nomination from whichever of those groups controls that party this fall. He feels that if he can grab an endorsement from us that he will be elected. And from what little I have been able to learn we shall have to watch pretty sharp that he cannot bring itWILLIAMM H.HOTCHKISS 55 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK T. R. -2. about. I feel that that would be a very disastrous thing to have happen in this State." I hope to have opportunity soon to talk with you relative to this and other matters. Yours very sincerely, William H. HotchkissF.R. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT. JACOB KIEHL, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREAASURER. JESSE KIEHL, SECRETARY. Red Bank Improvement Company Incorporated CAPITAL STOCK $24,000.00 REAL ESTATE OFFICE NEW BETHLEHEM TRUST COMPANY BLD'G. New Bethlehem, Pa., June 26" 1913 Hon. Theo Roosevelt. Oyster Bay N.Y. [*Ack 6/10/13 FH GH*] [*6.*] My Dear Sir- Several weeks ago I wrote you (in care Outlook) asking if you could address the Clarion, Armstrong, and Jefferson Co's, Harvest House Assoc. on Aug. 14, 1913, at 2 to 4 P.M. We expect with your presence and favorable day to have an audience of 18000 people. You can learn about my standing through Hon. M. Clydes[?] M.C. a personal friend in the [?] Legislation Session 1911 - 1912. Please advise by return mail if you can come and what the price will be for your services. I will then submit your proposition and wire you reply. I am Yours Truly F. h. KnightALCOLA GROVE Penn Street Railroad Street Pennsylvania Rail Road Cemetery Red Bank Creek 6th Ave 5th Ave 4th Avenue 3rd Avenue 2nd Avenue 1st Avenue This Company owns Three Hundred acres of fine manufacturing sites and resident lots at Alcola in the Valley of Red Bank Creek on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The celebrated Armstrong and Clarion County Natural Gas Belt within short piping distance. All the surrounding territory underlaid with soft coal of the best quality, brick and pottery clay, shale, etc. Seven mines owned by the Fairmount Coal Company, Frank Williams & Company, Alcola Bituminous Coal Company, Etc., are in operation within a radius of one mile of Alcola. Free sites will be given manufacturers, and resident lots in town plot sold on terms to suit purchasers. Alcola is the coming city of the Red Bank Valley, having advantages over any location in this section of teh state. If you want a sure investment that will never depreciate in value as time goes on, invest your surplus in a lot, and do it now. The standard of individualism must be raised by giving play to a natural selfishness. 10,000 real home owners where there [about] are but 1,000 now - that's the incentive which creates a natural selfishness and better citizenship What is your answer to Dr. Crane? With greater regards than ever I am your friend - D. W. Matten 361 E. 25th St. Brooklyn, N.Y. Personal Brooklyn June 26 '13 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir, I enclose clipping. We are together in about everything pertaining to human development. - How far can you go in subscribing to the meat in the Enclosed? Have just finished four articles in Outlook, and rejoiced in the kinships, and conjunctively signed an enrolment blank of the Nat'l Progressive Party sent out officially by the States. I also enclose something I have translated. I think it a practical way to gain about all we seek in the advancementI think the most serious economic mistake we make is permitting false and high value on land. State regulation and competition in both land and improvement will reduce inflation and speculation to a minimum wont you reason it out? In the Interpreters House of the American Magazine for May - last of the book, the position is taken that the thinker should be a liberalist, or the topics of the day not subscribing to the tenets of any party, in order that one might endorse the good in each without prejudice. That's why I voted for you altho I had hoped for more progressive action in Mr Taft, then he has since shown. (2 ment of ourselves to a place of higher efficiency and happiness. I wish it were possible that you could [and see.] see the land reform movement as I see it, not as a single taxer views it in the abstract he may be right, but in the concrete wrong - viewing it in the light of James A. Garfield's famous saying with reference to free trade - "all things being equal I am for free trade" so with reference to land all things being equal I am in favor of a single tax - and that on land values!Nashua New Hampshire June 26 1913 ex President Roosevelt Dear Sir I am an old woman 84 years old. But I want to congratulate you on your success in dealing with that editor of a weekly paper in far west town. When he received the notice to appear and defend himself or maligning the late President of these United States, it must have struck him like a stroke of lightning out of a clear noonday sky, and the reverberating thunder will not soon be forgotten by his contemporaries throughout the land. It was a master-piece to wait until the new president was seated in the Presidential Chair, and all was serene, then suddenly to strike. The benefit to thiscountry will be far reaching, and will not soon be forgotten. For ex President Roosevelt has learned men it is not safe to falsely accuse their political opponents, and deserves the gratitude of every well meaning citizen in the country. Harriet B Murgatroyd (Mrs E) 16 Whiting Nashua NH715 Berendo Street. Los Angeles, Cal., June 26, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Esteemed Sir: My name has been placed on a large silver cup in Los Angeles High School, through my winning the oratorical contest held once a term for the pupils of the first two years. The victory is to be ascribed rather to the witchery of my subject, "Theofore Roosevelt," than my ability. I take leave to inclose a copy of the same. I remain, Your fifteen-year-old admirer, Howton Peterson. [shorthand]GEORGE F. PORTER FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING CHICAGO June 26, 1913 Mr. Frank Harper, Secy., The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., NewYork. My dear Mr.Harper: Please pardon my delay in answering your letter of June 5th with regard to Certificate for Rivilo Oliver, Jr., which delay has been occasioned by my absence from town and also difficulty in finding Certificates which had been put in storage. Enclosed please find Certificate issued in the name of Rivilo Oliver, Jr., and also addressed envelope for this. I have had to issue a Certificate for $10.00 as we had no blank ones left. Will you kindly forward it, after Col. Roosevelt has added a personal message. Very truly yours, George F. Porter GFP:B Encs.[3] WILLIAM L.RANSOM 154 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK CITY [[Shorthand]] [*ack ???? 6/30/13*] June 26, 1913. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York, My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I am sending to you herewith, for any consideration you may be able to give it and any suggestions you may be willing to make, a tentative draft of a municipal platform as it is being worked out by the Platform Committee representing the five Boroughs of the Greater City. The platform in its present form has not been adopted as yet by the Committee; it is rather in the course of final revision; and it seems best that before the platform is taken up for final consideration in the Committe, it should be discussed with you, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Straus, Governor Woodruff, members of the Committee of 107, influential County and District leaders in the Progressive Party organization in the City, and any other person whose relation to the campaign makes it proper that their views and judgment on the matter should be taken into account. Accordingly, this version has been worked out, and is being made the subject of such conferences, with persons outside the membership of the Committee as well as those in its membership. I have no doubt that there are things in the present draft which should be eliminated; there are things in it which I shall myself, if necessary, move to strike out or modify; but this draft has been made up for consideration by the leaders of the party, in advance of the final deliberation of the Committee. If you come upon anything in it which you think should be taken out or re-phrased, or if you have suggestions of new planks for inclusion, I hope that you will advise me to that effect, as the making of this platform is certainly a task calling for the very best political judgment within our party. Very truly yours, WLR/HM William L. Ransom OFFICERS OF S. P. C. C.: PRESIDENT, MR. ROBERT L. FLEMMING ; SECRETARY, MR. EDWARD A. RANSOM, JR. ; ASSISTANT SECRETARY, MRS. EDWARD A. RANSOM, JR.; TREASURER, MR. HENRY EWALD ; ASSISTANT TREASURER, MISS HARMS ; MATRON. MRS. MARGARET READ. OFFICERS OF EIGHTEEN CENT CLUB: CHAIRMAN, MRS. FREDERICK A. HOAR ; VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. SUSAN C. MARVIN; SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. LIPMAN LYONS; FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MISS HANNAH MORE CREASEY, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MISS NELLIE L. RUSS; TREASURER MR. FREDERICK H. BENNITT; ASSISTANT TREASURER, MRS. FREDERICK H. BENNETT; AUDITOR, MISS HANNAH E. ELTRINGHAM. COMMITTEES: CLOTHING, MRS. DAVID W. McCREA, MRS. SUSAN C. MARTIN AND MRS. GEORGE M. CULVER; HOUSE FURNISHINGS, MRS. E. KIESSLING, MRS. M. WILSON AND MRS. JOHN M. PAUL PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO FREDERICK H. BENNITT, TREASURER EIGHTEEN CENT CLUB AND SEND TO MISS HANNAH M. CREASEY 116 NEWKIRK STREET, JERSEY CITY. . THE EIGHTEEN CLUB IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. 37 Park St., Jersey City, ¥.J., June 26, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N.Y., My dear Mr. Roosevelt, The Eighteen Cent Club, which raises funds for the maintenance of the Home for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at 163 Grand Street, this city, proposes to start a campaign to raise money for the purchase of a building sufficiently large to meet the demands upon the Society. The officers desire to start the campaign in the fall with a meeting at the Dickinson High School that will awaken the sympathy of the people of this city in behalf of the abused, neglected and abandoned children of drunken and shiftless parents for whom the Society is caring. Knowing your interest in the cause of children and all that makes for better citizenship, the executive board of the Eighteen Cent Club has directed me to ask you if it would be possible for you to visit Jersey City some evening in the early fall, the date to be set by you, for the purpose of addressing such a meeting. We are confident that if you could see your way [*Dear Colonel: The writer, Miss Hoar, is one of the very best women in this Club and an unselfish worker for the poor. George L Reun OFFICERS OF S. P. C. C.: PRESIDENT, MR. ROBERT L. FLEMMING ; SECRETARY, MR. EDWARD A. RANSOM, JR. ; ASSISTANT SECRETARY, MRS. EDWARD A. RANSOM, JR.; TREASURER, MR. HENRY EWALD ; ASSISTANT TREASURER, MISS HARMS ; MATRON. MRS. MARGARET READ. OFFICERS OF EIGHTEEN CENT CLUB: CHAIRMAN, MRS. FREDERICK A. HOAR ; VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. SUSAN C. MARVIN; SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. LIPMAN LYONS; FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MISS HANNAH MORE CREASEY, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MISS NELLIE L. RUSS; TREASURER MR. FREDERICK H. BENNITT; ASSISTANT TREASURER, MRS. FREDERICK H. BENNETT; AUDITOR, MISS HANNAH E. ELTRINGHAM. COMMITTEES: CLOTHING, MRS. DAVID W. McCREA, MRS. SUSAN C. MARTIN AND MRS. GEORGE M. CULVER; HOUSE FURNISHINGS, MRS. E. KIESSLING, MRS. M. WILSON AND MRS. JOHN M. PAUL PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO FREDERICK H. BENNITT, TREASURER EIGHTEEN CENT CLUB AND SEND TO MISS HANNAH M. CREASEY 116 NEWKIRK STREET, JERSEY CITY. . THE EIGHTEEN CLUB IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. 2 Clear to give us one evening of your valuable time to talk to the people of Jersey City concerning the duty of the city at large toward the helpless girls and boys who have never had a "square deal” the success of our undertaking would be assured. Out of a fund of $1,000 per year the city pays a small weekly board for those children designated on the books as "Police cases". The balance of the expense of the Home is raised through the Eighteen Cent Club, so named because it originally cost eighteen cents. aiday for the support of each child. The S.P.C.C, not only takes charge of all children who fall into the hands of the police, but also cares for children whose parents have been formally charged with cruelty through complaints made by private citizens. The officers of the S.P.C.C. investigate cases and give their time to this work without any compensation whatever; instead,they supported the work through the first few years of its existence. There are, ss a rule, between thirty and forty children in the care of the Society. The building is overcrowded. We now pay $660 yearly rental. We need a bigger and better building and we are anxious to save paying rent. We have $1.200 in the building fund to ante. The greater part of our fimancial assist- ance thus far has come from the teachers of the public schools. We believe that your presence here in behalf of the children Rae Raairrsicntisrsitsiecies.cree. WAN AnAR eC Aer iaOFFICOFFICERS OF S. P. C. C.: PRESIDENT, MR. ROBERT L. FLEMMING ; SECRETARY, MR. EDWARD A. RANSOM, JR. ; ASSISTANT SECRETARY, MRS. EDWARD A. RANSOM, JR.; TREASURER, MR. HENRY EWALD ; ASSISTANT TREASURER, MISS HARMS ; MATRON. MRS. MARGARET READ. OFFICERS OF EIGHTEEN CENT CLUB: CHAIRMAN, MRS. FREDERICK A. HOAR ; VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. SUSAN C. MARVIN; SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. LIPMAN LYONS; FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MISS HANNAH MORE CREASEY, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MISS NELLIE L. RUSS; TREASURER MR. FREDERICK H. BENNITT; ASSISTANT TREASURER, MRS. FREDERICK H. BENNETT; AUDITOR, MISS HANNAH E. ELTRINGHAM. COMMITTEES: CLOTHING, MRS. DAVID W. McCREA, MRS. SUSAN C. MARTIN AND MRS. GEORGE M. CULVER; HOUSE FURNISHINGS, MRS. E. KIESSLING, MRS. M. WILSON AND MRS. JOHN M. PAUL PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO FREDERICK H. BENNITT, TREASURER EIGHTEEN CENT CLUB AND SEND TO MISS HANNAH M. CREASEY 116 NEWKIRK STREET, JERSEY CITY. . THE EIGHTEEN CLUB IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. 3 would stir up the people of this city as they have never been stirred. It would do them good to have their consciences aroused and we hope it would be a great benefit to our work. Thanking you for your patience in reading this long letter and hoping you can arrange to be with us, I am Yours very sincerely, Constance E. Hoar (Mrs. Freerick A.) Chairman, the Eighteen Cent Club.JAMES BRONSON REYNOLDS 151 CENTRAL PARK WEST NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE, 7380 SCHUYLER June 26, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. My dear Colonel:- I enclose my letter received from Frederic C. Howe, together with the petition enclosed by him, and my answer. You note in his statement of those who had already signed are several of our friends. I know you are no less loyal to free speech, personal liberty, and peacful assemblage than the petitioners but I submit that these privileges must be guarded in the interest of the per-sonal liberty of law-abiding citizens and honest working men, and merit protection only when they are used for the people and not for special interests whether of lawless capital or lawless labor. I think you may be interested in the petition as an in-stance of the very thing that you oppose in order to secure the greatest good to the greatest number, while the hasty defender of the I. W. W. fail to see that they are injuring instead of helping the general public welfare. Very truly yours, James Bronson Reynolds Enclosures. [FOR ENCL SEE 6-2-13 6-2-13 6-14-13]Form 1 [*(6-21-13)*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 24,000 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. 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Morgan & Company, saying that Mrs. Derby has not applied to Messrs. Morgan, Harjes & Company, Paris, for the remittance I sent them for her account on April 9th. I do not know Mrs. Derby's address, and therefore am enclosing a letter for her to you, thinking you do and that you will forward it to her at the proper address. Yours very truly, Dry'an Robinson Frank Harper, Esq-, #287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. S Enclosure6-26-13 National Roosevelt League Organized in Every State of the Union (Incorporated April 25, 1907) [left column] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE J. P. Berg, Chairman Carlos C. Alden, N. Y. H. H. Hillhouse, Nev. Wilbur L. Anderson, Conn. Knowlton Mixer, N. Y. B. F. Howard, Miss. Luther Kyle, Oklahoma Philo H. Lindley, M. D., Wis. F. W. Brindley, Iowa B. F. Daniels, Arizona Wallace Batchelder, Vt. Theo. Henckels, Washington, D. C. Capt J. C. Balbridge, Ill. E. Mont. Reilly, Mo. Victor Hugo Duras, N. Y. James A. Comer, Ark. Wm. S. Lawille, Ky. E. A. Rogers, Me. R. F. Thorp, Va. C. E. Gregg, S. C. R. R. Robinson, Fla. F. G. Jacobson, Minn. George Meyers, Mont. J. N. Williamson, N. C. David Bartlett, N. D. Rudolph Aronson, N. Y. Dr. Henry W. Cole, Oregon Dan Swab, Tenn. P. G. Peterson, Utah Cassius W. Ranney, Pa. C. W. McGlure, Ga. Samuel W. Bradford, Md. J. W. Whicker, Ind. O. F. G. Megie, N. J. O. W. Wallis, Ill. [middle column] BELA TOKAJI President New York City Lucien Knapp, N. Y., Treasuer [sic] J. F. Houchins, N. Y., Secretary NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 424-426 Sixth Avenue Phon. 2799 Madison Square New York City N. Y. STATE HEADQUARTERS Bennet Building Suite 206-27 97-99 Nassau Street New York City N. Y. CITY HEADQUARTERS 507 West End Avenue New York City BUREAU OF LITERATURE 1244-1246 39th Street Borough of Brooklyn New York City [right column] HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Governor Chase S. Osborne, Mich. Governor R. P. Bass, N. H. Ex-Governor Horace White, N. Y. Ex-Governor E. C. Stokes, N. J. Ex-Governor John T. Fort, N. J. Governor Wm. E. Glasscock, W. Va. Governor Jos. M. Carey, Wyom. Governor Herbert S. Hadley, Mo. Governor Chester A. Aldrich, Neb. Governor Tasker L. Oddie, Nev. Governor R. S. Vessey, S. D. Ex-Governor George Curry, N. M. Ex-Governor Jos. Kibby, Ariz. Ex-Governor Geo. C. Pardee, Cal. Ex-Governor L. F. C. Garvin, R. I. James R. Garfield, Ohio Oscar S. Straus, N. Y. Judge Benj. B. Lindsay, Col. U. S. Senator Miles Pointdexter, Wash. U. S. Senator Chas. E. Townsend, Mich. U. S. Sen. Geo. W. Norris, Neb. Ex-U. S. Senator A. I. Beveridge, Ind. Senator William Flinn, Pa. Congressman B. L. French, Idaho Col. Henry H. Andrew, N. Y. N. T. Folwell, Pa. Walter F. Brown, Ohio I. T. Shedd, Ill. Col. Cecil A. Lyon, Texas Chas. S. Bird, Mass. Thos. S. Hisgen, Mass. Wm. Allen White, Kansas Col. E. C. Carrington, Md. F. I. DuPont, Del. Col. Juno Parker, La. O. H. Hundley, Ala. [mss] Personal New York June 26, 1913 Col. Theodore Rooset [sic] New York City My dear Colonel - The Officers of this League are mighty sad that you will be on a speaking tour in Argentina during the coming N. Y. Mayoralty Campaign. Why, in the name of common sense should you mix up in the purely local campaign? Next year in the Gubernatorial and Congress campaign we, your true and consistent followers and friends, hope to see you in the thickest of the fray. Do I need to reiterate that the members of this org. are as loyal to you now as they have been for the past ten years? I arranged 1000 mass meetings (indoor and outdoor) last year at my expense and God willing I shall do likewise next year and three years hence. We wish you courage Colonel. Take good care of the two little fellows who will accompany you. Faithfully yours Bela Tokaji Kindest regards from Mrs. Tokaji and progeny -- [sev?]en children [*(6-26-13)*] ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT EAST SIXTY FOURTH STREET My dear Colonel Roosevelt Accept many thanks for the most excellent photograph of yourself enscribed to me, which our mutual friend Mr Murphy was the means of procuring for me, and which I shall prize very highly. With renewed thanks and many good wishes for the cause. Believe me, Very sincerely yours, Eugene Southack June 26th-13Hotel Astor New York June 26,1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir: Many thanks for your kind wire. Mr. Tadao Kamiya, the Honorary Chief Secretary of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, and myself will esteem it a great honor and privilege to be given the opportunity of seeing you on Tuesday, July 1st, eleven o' clock in the morning, at the Outlook office. Enclosing the letter of introduction, I remain, Yours sincerely, J. Soyeda[*Speer*] [*6-26-13*] [*"Americans and American Judges" Annual Address by Judge Emory Speer Delivered before Iowa State Bar Association at Sioux City, Thursday June 26th 2 P.M. Not released until the 27th*] MR. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE 10WA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: These age evil days for a co-ordinate power of our government. It is the judiciary on which so much depends. In truth, it seems that the symmetrical design carved by the fathers of the nation is in grave danger of mutilation and possibly of complete destruction. This foreboding may not be fully justified, bat men of robust and patriotic Americanism should lose no occasion to invite the attention of the people to the theme, Not patriotic is he, nor indeed is he wise who may discern the baleful portents to the future of our judiciary looking above the horizon, and then fail to disclose or seek to minify the ruin now threatened to the fairest and most effective government for free men, the world has ever known. The ruin of the National judiciary is the downfall of their government. What is iur government? How came our government? When Mr. Gladstone declared it is to be the greatest work ever struck out in a given period by the brain and purpose of men, the eulagism was not unmerited, but it was wholly inaccurate. The constitution of the United States was not "struck out in a given period". It is a perfect growth, but of long, -2- slow, and unintermitting development. The germinal principles were quickened on that black heather-crowned peninsula, jutting into the purple waters of the North Sea, where was the primal home of the Anglo-Saxon, the liberty loving race from whom we spring. The steady, fructification is seen in the laws of Edward the Confessor. It expands in the brief and bad latin of Magna Carta. On Runnymede, wrung by Church, Lords, and Commons from that King of whom Stephen Langdon, the Primate of England explained, "foul as it is, hell itselfis defiled by the presence of John." It was fertilized by the petition of Right in the time of the First Charles, declared by Macaulay to be the second great charter of the liberties of England. By it the royal traiter bound himself never again to raise money without the consent of the Houses, never again to imprison any person except in due course of law, and never again to subject his people to the jurisdiction of courts martial. It was revived and restored by the Bill of Rights, presented to William and Mary by that famous young lawyer, John Somers, who spoke for the estates of the realm. In the constitution of our nation its mighty stem is like the Ben Yan of India, and the constitutions of every state like the tendrils of that forest marvel strike down, take rest, multiply and replenish the expansive frondage, until a hundred millions of free men are sheltered by its refreshing shade. -3- True, in a given time, in 1787, the constitution was considered and framed. It may well be doubted if in the annals of time there can be found a deliberative body of approximate size which approached, or of any size, which surpassed, the Philadelphia Convention which framed it. The body was indeed unrivalled in the originality and native power of its membership, in their practical familiarity with all the struggles man had made for the protection of personal and property rights. It was most notable for the presence of many leaders of men whose supreme powers had been trained by long military service and the gigantic energies put forth in the most terrible, yet most fascinating of all games, the game of war. The English Revolution of 1686 and John Somers' Bill of Rights little ante-dated many of these men. There was Benjamin Franklin, sagacious as Nester, wise it was said as the immortal Gods. Born in 1720 he was never the petition of Right than some here to our great war about our Union. There too, came "the silent watchman, the patriot and sage," the tall and sinewy Virginia planter, the orator who in the Virginia House of Burgesses made the shortest and most eloquent speech in our language - "I will muster one thousand men, arm and equip them at my own expense, and march them to the relief of Boston." His was the stately figure who had drawn his sword, wheeled his Virginia thoroughbred, and under the giant elm at Cambridge had taken command.-4- taken command of the Continental Army. He was but twelve years younger than Franklin. He it was who at Yorktown, when Bush fighters swarmed over the Redoubt and dragged down the meteor flag of England, closed his field glasses and quietly said, "the work is done and well done." When the Father of His country came to die there arose in Congress another Virginian. He was the son of Washington's boyhood sweetheart, his lowland beauty, Lucy Grimes, and the father of our Southern hero, Robert Edward Lee. He too, had the manly bounty of another historic American family. He came to pronounce the perfect tribute - "First in war, First in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen." Such were the men who framed our organic law and provided for the independence of that judiciary whom pigmies perched on Alps have now marked for impotency and destruction. In the later history of our country there was another very great man. He went to England and was there seen by perhaps the greatest writer and thinker of the last century. Wrote Carlyle to an American friend - "Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest of all your notabilities, Daniel Webster. He is a magnificent specimen. You might say to all the world "This is our yankee Englishman; such limbs we make in Yankee-land! As a logic [?fenser], advocate or parliamentary-5- Hercules, one would incline to back him at first sight, the morphous crag like face; the dull black eyes under the precipice of brows; like dull anthracite furnaces needing only to be blown; the mastiff mouth accurately closed. I have not traced so much of silent Berserkir rage that I remember of in any other man." Oh the joy it is, to turn from the stra-billious pigmy, be he perched never so high, and listen to the melodious thunders of a Webster." "Justice sir" said Webster "is the greatest interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings, and civilized nations together. Wherever her temple stands and so long as it is duly honored, there is a foundation for social security, general happiness, and the improvement and progress of our race, and whoever labors on this edifice with usefulness and distinction, whoever clears its foundations, strengthens its pillars, adorns its entablatures, or contributes to raise its august dome still higher in the skies, connects himself, in name and fame, and character, with that which is and must be as durable as the frame of human society." Gentlemen, the judiciary are the priests of that temple, but of all the judges of earth's nations, those of our country have the loftiest vocation, the most significant, the most awful responsibility.-6- The responsibility of the American courts to pronounce an Act of legislation violative of the constitution, prompted DeToqueville to declare that "a more imposing judiciary was never constituted by any people." The Supreme Court is placed at the head of all known tribunals, both by the nature of its rights and the classes of justiciable parties which it controls. While this is true, since its jurisdiction, save in controversies between States and suits by and against foreign ambassadors, ministers and consuls, is wholly appellate, since all litigation must originate in the trial courts, the significance of this judicial pwoer extends even to the least conspicuous State court entrusted therewith. This power from the beginning has excited with some the utmost jealousy, and, as many of us may have heard, to the jealous "trifles light as air are confirmation strong as proofs of holy writ". And yet, it is demonstrable by the mere citation of decisions that this power has saved the country from calamity beyond the scope of human description. Has it ever occurred to you, my hearers, to contrast the consequences of other efforts in other lands to dismember territory and destroy government with these which followed the downfall of the Confederacy? Sixty-six years before the war between the States the-7- gallant Poles attempted to throw off the Russian Yoke. The combined Russian and Prussian armies moved on Warsaw. After resistance the most glorious the city fell. Ten thousand Polish soldiers were slain and above twelve thousand citizens of every age and sex were put to the sword. In the familiar lines of Campbell -- "Hope for a season bade the world farewell And freedom shrieked when Kosiuske fell." Have you forgotten the reign of terror in France, the massacres in La Vendes and Lyons, the execution by the Guillotine of the son of Saint Louis and the daughter of Maria Teresa? Do you recall that Narat declared that two hundred and sixty thousand heads must fall before freedom was secure, that the revolutionary committees discovered that seven hundred thousand persons should perish? Do you recall how the mob hurled itself upon the Cathedrals of Paris? How the ransacked the tomb of Henry of Navarre, who, at Ivry, had exclaimed to chivalry of France -- "Press where you see my white plume wave, amid the ranks of war, And be your Oriflamme today, the helmet of Navarre." How they scattered the skeleton of Francis the First, who at Pavia, though in defeat, had exclaimed, "all is lost, save honor." That even the glories of Turenne, could-8- not protect his grave from spoilation, that French hands profaned the coffin of Dugueselin, whose heroism in days of yore had relled back the tide of English invasion. Do you not know that such cruelties and excesses of the victors were not confined to foreign lands or other races. On the restoration of Charles the Second his servile courtiers dragged from the grave, hung, quartered and burned the remains of Cromwell, whom Macaulay declares was the greatest prince that ever ruled England. Do you not recall the bloody Assizes after the combat at Sedgmoor, when under the presiding rule of the infamous Jeffreys, the most indellible stain in all the bloody history of the race, was fastened on the courts of England? In one city two hundred and ninety-two persons received sentences of death. In the entire circuit the unfortunate victims whom Jeffresy hanged were three hundred and twenty. "At every spot where two roads met" writes the historian "at every market place, on the green of every large village which had furnished Monmouth with soldiers, ironed corpses, clattering in the wind,, with heads and quarters stuck on poles, poisoned the air and made the travelers sick with horror. In many parishes the peasantry could not assemble in the house of God without seeing the ghastly face of a neighbor grinning at them over the perch."-9- In 1864, while our struggle was on, the people of Poland again arose against their Russian conquerers. They showed the most splendid heroism, but were overcome by the massy armies of Russia. Then followed the butchery of the vanquished. The Polish leaders were mercilessly hanged. The few who survive toil as convicts in the Siberian mines. Well might the Russian Commander telegraph his master "Order reigns in Warsaw." Order! Aye, and silence. But it was the order, the silence of death. Now, look on another scene, it was in the ensuing year. ON the 9th of Aprili, 1865, the incomparable remnant of Lee, surrounded by ten times their number, grounded their arms, and furled the conquered banner at Appomatox. "Brethen of ours now are these men" exclaimed the Union Commander, and not a salvo of rejoicing was fired, not an unkind word was heard form the brave foemen whom they had so often defeated, so long held at bay, and the soldiers and officers of Grant made haste to open their haversacks and uncork their canteens to revive and sustain the starving heroes of Lee. It was said at the time to President Lincoln, do not allow Jeff Davis to escape the law, he must be hanged. "Judge not, that ye be not judged" came the instant reply from that great American heart. What explanation is there of that absence of cruelty towards the victims which marked the termination of the mightiest-10- and bloodiest civil war the world had ever known. In that struggle there were one thousand unnamed skirmishes of greater magnitude, of greater destruction of life, than in the battle of Sedgmoor which in England led to the Bloody Assizes. No other struggle excelled ours in fierceness, nor equalled it in the percentage of loss. The ablest military writers concede that America still holds the world's record for hard fighting. At the famous battle of Blenhin, the victors commanded by Marlborough and Eugene lost nineteen per cent. and the total percentage was twenty-six per cent. At Austerlitz the total percentage was sixteen per cent. and the victors thirteen per cent. At Waterloo the total loss was twenty-four per cent. and the victors twenty per cent. Now look at American fighting - at Gettysburg, the losses of the Union Army were twenty-three per cent. and the losses of the Confederates thirty-two per cent. And, said lieutenant-Colonal G. F. Henderson, in his great work on Stonewall Jackson, "since Eylau in 1807, there has been no great battle in which the losses of the victors equalled the twenty-seven percent. of the Confederates in their victory at Chicamauga." Waterloo was eclipsed by Gettysburg; Gettysburg by Sharpesburg; Sharpesburg by Chicamauga. Besides, in our great-11- American struggle, desperate as was the fighting, there was rarely the spectacle of a routed army. At Chicamauga, the brave soldiers of the Union lost thirty per cent, but even then, one corps, that of General Thomas, held fast to prevent pursuit, and the next day and until that victorious march out at Mission Ridge the whole army held their lines in Chattanooga. At Sharpsburg, the confederates, though defeated, held fast to their position all the next day. At Gettysburg the Confederates held their ground nearly all the following day, and a majority of them did not know they had been defeated until the war was over. In view of these figures, the story of the human bullets by Japanese writers may not, after all, be so appalling. Fourteen and one-tenth per cent. was the extreme loss sustained by the human bullets at Mukden. and eighteen and five-tenths per cent. at Lie Yeng. These terrific losses must be held to represent not only the conviction of duty, but the desperate valor of men from American States called Northern, and American States called Southern, in what a Southern writer so aptly termed the brothers' war. Why then was it, when the struggle was over, when the fiery tide of revoliution had engulfed our land, bearing on its destructive waves countless thousands of priceless lives and countless millions of property, the bitterness between the fighters istantly disappeared and not only was there no retributive action on the-12- part of the victors, put in the period of a breath, in the life of a nation, every right of citizenship was restored, and the men who had led the forces of the vanquished, who in other lands would have expiated their action on the seaffold or in exile, were in the briefest period holding the highest stations, and entrusted with the greatest responsibilities under the government they had attempted to destroy. I maintain that it was the spirit of American constitutional justice established and taught from the beginning by American lawyers and American courts. It lived and moved and had its being in the hearts of the people. It perfected what the armies ex necessitate had left incomplete. It fixed American institutions upon foundations breed and stable as our physical empire itself. It vitalised American character with principles, just, generous, benignant, indeed, affectionate, as the blood with which pulsate the great hearts of a noble people. In the ennobling work, the Federal judges of that day, took full part. Bitter indeed was their arraignment by certain politicians, North and South, whose knowledge of the firing line was strictly "Hear say", but even this heroic garrison of the bomb proofs soon put behind them their belated ferocity. And now, that the lapse of time has cooled the fierce spirits in which the first post-bellum legislation was enacted, all men of all parties know that the court was right then, and its eternally right. It but epitomised-13- the latest address to his countrymen which fell from the lips of the martyr Lincoln. This was the 11th of April, 1865, For three days longer was that mighty heart to throp with love for his fellowman. What did he say? Oh! Words immortal! They should be inscribed in letters of gold on the walls of that mighty memorial to the martyr to be builded and consecrated by a nation's love- "We all agree" said he "that the seceded States, so called, are out of their proper practical relations with the Union, and that the sole object of the Government, civil and military, in regard to these States is to again give them proper practical relations. Finding themselves safely at home, it would be utterly immaterial whether they had been abroad." What said the court? It was in Texas vs. White. The opinion was pronounced by the Chief Justice. He had been a member of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet. He had left it in anger. But the benignant purpose and exquisite judgment of the President [xxxxxxx] had made him Chief Justice. "The constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union composed of indestructible States." Lincoln was dead, but it seemed that the genius of America had breathed upon thr ashes of the martyr slain and that the soul of Lincoln had met the Justices in the consulation room to deliberate, counsel and decide. Thus the court saved us. Other mighty rulings followed and applied the principle, healing, cementing, making restoration perfect.-14- These cases branded the condemnation of the constitution upon measure after measure, in decisions vital to the peace and happiness of the homogenous American people. It enabled us who in all sincerity and for love of home and fireside, followed the red/flag [cross] of the Confederacy, and upheld for four desperate years the sinking fortunes of a hopeless cause, to rebuild our homes, to re-consecrate our altars, to re-kindle the torch of education, to add the superabounding products of our practically untouched resources of field, forest and mine, to the aggregate wealth of the nation, and so endear again to the people, our common country, that in its latest need the veterans of Lee and Johnson, and the sons of their blood, flocked to the colors with a spontaneity and enthusiasm un-surpassed by the veterans of the Union, or by the gallant youth of the North. But the demands of the National courts for the support, aye, and the gratitude of the people of the whole county are beyond the descriptive measure of human speech. The supremacy of the government in every proper case, where its power is challenged, its right to establish banks for the commerce of the peoples; its power to control the commerce with foreign nations, and between the states upon principles of Justice; to restrain combinations in restraint of trade; to establish uniform rules of naturalisation, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptey; to restrain unconstitutional powers attempted by the States; to condemn the valueless state currency at times emitted; to uphold the obligations of contracts;-15- to promote internal improvements; and to provide for the common defense -- these are but a few of the vital questions which are imperishably imbedded in our system by the constructive genius, the massive minds, the immovable firmness and the abounding patriotism of the great judges by whom they were heard and determined. It is most unhappily true for the peaceful administration of National Jurisprudence that in the early history of our government, there arose the bitterest feud between two of America's greatest sons. It is impossible to overestimate the conflicts in the forum and possibly also in the field which can be traced to the personal animosities of Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence, and of John Marshall, who found the constitution of the United States a skeleton and clothed it with power, beauty, and, patriots may trust, with life immortal. And yet Jefferson and Marshall were kinsmen, It is not generally known that to the kinship may be added the immortal name of Robert Edward Lee.. Marshall's mother, Mary Keith, Jefferson's mother, Jane Randolph, and Lee's grandmother, Mary Bland, were all three granddaughters of Col. William Randolph, the first of that great name in this country. Indeed, Jefferson narrowly escaped a closer kinship with Marshall. Marshall's wife, the lovely Mary Willis Ambler, was a daughter of Jaqueline Ambler, the Treasurer of Virginia. Her mother was "Judy" Burwell,and this same "Judy" at one time inspired a temperate passion in that breast whose patriotic [xtr]-16- fires in later days prompted the Declaration of Independence. In the euphuistic fashion of that day, which made every sentimental youth refer to his lady love with romantic appellation, Jefferson called "Judy" "Belinda". Why "Belinda" I do not know. The adolescent statesman told his "Belinda" that he loved her but did not desire at present to engage himself, since he wished to go to Europe for an indefinite period, but he guardedly said that if on his return he found his affections had undergone no change, he would finally and openly commit himself. This early Declaration of Independence did not appeal to Belinda, and she promptly gave him walking papers to the laggard in love. A little more affection on the part of future sage of Monticello, and Jefferson might have been the father-in-Law of Marshall. Their histroical differences would doubtless have been terminated by conjugal decrees, for the, as now, as it ever ought to be, the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. And it turned out Jefferson hated Marshall. John Adams appointed Marshall Chief Justice in open defiance of Jefferson. In a letter to Gallatin Jefferson speaks of the gloomy malignity of Marshall's mind. He refers to Marshall's life of Washington as the "five volume libel." Mr. Jefferson's real cause of complaint against Marshall was that he enforced powers not expressly delegated by the letter of the constitution. Mr. Jefferson had written the Kentucky resolutions in which he made that state dealer that it would tamely submit to undelegated and consequently unlimited powers-17- in no man or body of men on earth, and yet no American ever lived who made more signal use of an unexpressed power, than did Mr. Jefferson himself. This was in the Louisiana Purchase, of this on August 12, 1802, he wrote to Breckenridge "The constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union." Then Mr. Jefferson quickly pocketed his constitutional scruples, his followers trampled upon them with equal alacrity, and they made the purchase. Thus it was that the United States. instead of remaining a feeble fringe along the Atlantic Coast, with hostile Nations to the West, North and South, was able to follow the star of Empire as it westward took its way, and became the great world power which in this day at once excites the envy and challenges the admiration of mankind. On the other hand, the power which Jefferson exerted when he bought from Napoleon the Western Empire, was avowed by Marshall to be lawful and its exercise valid. His views were expressed in the great case of McCullough vs Maryland. This involved the constitutionality of a National Bank. But for the ruling of the court not a national bank would exist in the broad reach of this land of the free. Said the great Chief Justice -- "Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are -18- not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and the spirit of the constitution are constitutional." That Marshall was right and eternally right is not longer in the realm of debate. If we must stick to the letter of the constitution, we mist sweep from the statute books the entire criminal jurisdiction of the United States Courts. If there are no implied powers, the fame of our jurisprudence would wither and perish like the prophets gourd. The public buildings which house our officials and protect our records, the forts and batteries on our boundaries, the friendly lights which guide the mariner, the granite walls of the great locks on the Great Lakes through whose portals float annually in safety a tonnage greater and more valuable than that which rides over the waves of the ocean, the stupendous works at the mouth of the Mississ-ippi, the incessant clanking of those gigantic machines now cutting an inter-oceanic canal for the maritime commerce of the world, these, and much more like these would be but the monuments of an usupping government, a lawless, and therefore a decadent people. What letter is there in the constitution which justified Theodore Roosevelt to rush the army and navy of the United States for the salvation of earthquaked, shattered and fire swept San Francisco? What line or letter to justify Woodrow Wilson to despatch the surgeons of the army, the stores of the Way Department, the boats of the life savers, for the -19- salvation of Omaha, of Dayton, and other cities, swept by the cyclone and submerged by the flood? And yet, who is there to challenge this power? When Cushing, on the Marshall's associates on the bench, died, Jefferson wrote in great glee to Albert Gallatin - - "I observe old Cushing is dead. The event is a fortunate one, and so timed as to be a God's send to me. At length we have a chance of getting a Republican majority in the Supreme judiciary." It resulted, however, as Mr. Jefferson doubtless thought, in swapping the devil for a witch. The illustrious Jospeh Story was appointed. He came to idolise Marshall, and in 1822, this great Associate Justice wrote - - "Mr. Jefferson stands at the head of the enemies of the judiciary, and I doubt not will leave behind him a numerous pregeny bred in the same school." I sometimes fear that the prophecy was true. It was a method of very wise man, whom Mr. Jefferson well knew, to advance the truth by the Socratic method, - this was by asking questions. He was Benjamin Franklin. Let me, with prudent reserve, and afar off, imitate the perfect judgment of that man, who at once stele the fire from heaven and from the angry breasts of his countrymen-20- Does not a measure of recent legislation make it possible that the power of the United States Courts can be for an indefinite period actually paralyzed? Is it not likely that this measure will be generally utilized with Judges of the greatest effectiveness and by law breakers of the most atrocious character? Consider the crime of a Guiteau or a Cgolgocz. Let the accused be represented by reckless or desperate counsel, A president, gentle and noble as McKinley, or learned, fervid, and eloquent as Garfield, or manly, fascinating and many sided as Roosevelt, has perished by the hand of an assassin. The world stands aghast at the crime. The assassin awaits the trial. Every preliminary has been arranged. Then ten days before the trial, Section twenty-one of the new judicial code is invoked. What is this? "Whenever a party to any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, shall make and file an affidavit that that the Judge before whom the action or proceeding is to be tried or heard, has a personal bias or prejudice, either against him or in favor of any opposite party to the suit, such Judge shall pressed no further therein." It matters not how frivolous the alleged cause of personal prejudice. The statute is imperative. With all the injurious consequences of delay, of public excitement and the furious-21- outbreak which may result from frensied passion of an outraged people, no matter how perjured the oath, how paltry the pretext, how great and causeless the delay, the Judge must descend from the bench, another Judge be designated. The illustration is, perhaps, extreme, but the innovation is applicable to any case, to all cases, and I believe that no other single measure of legislation can do so much to cripple the effectiveness, the usefulness, and the authority of our National Courts. the letter of the Statute accords no hearing. Is this due process of law? Test it by the definition of the immortal Webster - - "By the law of the land is more clearly intended the general law, a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgement only after trial."[*[22]*] But more dangerous than the power to disqualify a judge is the power to diagnose and defame him. My brethren, I ask you to consider if, in the utter absence of all charges against him, is not the recently adopted method of arbitrary espionage or investigation of a Judge, made by Examiners, as they are termed, of the Department of Justice, under the direct order of the Attorney General, to maltreat American judges with cruel and apparently callous indifference to their reputation and good name? I speak impersonally and with all due deference and respect for the Head of a Department who is ex officio the leader of the American Bar. He is, however, also the leading counsel for the Government, and no matter how considerate, how equable in thought and language, how completely non partisan he may be, ought any lawyer to have inquisitorial power over the judge who is to try his cases? And, least of all, should this power be exercised in a land where the independence of the judiciary is the very foundation stone of the National structure? Is it not indeed intolerable that the lawyer who is the leading counsel for the Government shall have within his power and control, the right to question the honor and character, official and personal, of the judges upon whom determinations of all national jurisdiction must depend? True, the Attorney General can set at any time and make any accusation he thinks proper, as can any citizen, but can he constitutionally[B 23] exert the powers, details the officials, utilise the machinery and expend the money of the Government in inquisitorial examinations of a Judge appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who holds his office during good behavior? Where is the constitutional right or statutary authority? Does this not commit to a lawyer on one side of a multitude of cases the right to investigate the title to his office of the trial or Appellate Judge, and if this could ever be properly done, should it ever be done without notice to the Judge and information to him of the complaints against him? Would even the President attempt this, and if the Attorney General has no such power can his Examiner lawfully appear at the court, and officially enter upon the in-quisition of a judge? And, finally, if there could ever be a shred of propriety in such session and when the Judge should be un-disturbed in those absorbing, intense, and exacting intellectual efforts on which the rights of property and of liberty must depend? And, finally, if a judge should not submit to such hounding, who is the Examiner of the Department of Justice? I have looked in vain through the statutes to find the definition of his duties. This critic and censor of judges need not be a practitioner or even a lawyer. For many years, however, I have observed that they were restricted to examination and report on the Marshall, Clerk, and other disturbing officers, most of whom are directly[? 24] appointed by the Department of Justice and who, of course, should be responsive thereto. Now, however, they exercise functions infinitely graver, infinitely more dangerous to the three-feld distribution of power under the American system. The court may be in session, the calendars may be thronged with assignments, the jurors and grand jurors in attendance, the members of the bar gathered. The Examiner appears on the scene. It is, of course, at once given out in the newspapers that he is to investigate the Judge. He appears in court. He casts a critical eye upon the proceedings, and sometimes takes notes, with an air not wholly insignificant. He interviews disgruntled attorneys. Sometimes when a ruling is made, he hastens to the attorney losing and sug-gests error. He takes statements of stubborn debtors whom the judgements and decrees of the court have obliged, most unwillingly, to pay their debts. All the quid nuncs of the community are on the alert. The Examiner, and I speak of him with great respect, even with timid deprecation, "works in a mysterious way his wonders to perform." He is a person of largest consequences. He seems to hold the fate of the Judge in the hollow of his hand, and as he walks the street he reminds one of his lines - - "Tis air I trend, and as I stop I feel my advanced head knock out a star in heaven. All the while, be it remembered, there is not a syllable of imputable censure or criticism pending against the Judge where[*D*] [*25*] alone charges should be made, and that in the appropriate offices of the representatives of the people, to whom is committed as well the rights of their constituents to an upright and honest judiciary, and the honor and character of judges who are presumed to have done their duty. In the meantime, the Examiner imparts to the Judge no information whatever of any complaint. There is there no chance for defense, even if defense to an unauthorized inquisition by unauthorized inquisitor was not unworthy of the judicial station. Who then can forcast the report the Examiner will make? When it will be made is equally uncertain. Finally, the attorney General himself informs the public in the most public way, that no charges have been preferred, but, alas, the harm irremediable, causeless, cruel harm is done. This method is very, very recent. I dare declare that no other could be more offensive to the chastity of judicial honor, no other more harmful to judicial vigor. With experience of four years in the service of my State, and thirty-four years in the service of my country, I declare that no other proceeding can be so destructive of the confidence and support accorded the judiciary by the masses of the people. If proper with a District Judge, it is equally proper with the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. For action less directly in the presence of the court, less interfering with the administration of Justice, men have been convicted for contempt of court[*E*] [*26*] and the convictions have been sustained. It is indeed to place the Judge at the mercy, not only of the Chief, but of the subordinate of an Executive Department. It is a Continental and not an American method. Aye, it is more Russian than American. Then, too, there is no end to it. The investigations of the Judge may and do follow for each successive year. Does it not trench upon the supreme privilege of the representatives of the people? Is it not violative of every well known principle of our constitution to secure the independence of the co-ordinate branches of our government? Surely this method has grown up through the action of subordinates, and the non-observance, rather than the orders of the lawyers who fill the station of Attorney General. Will the Attorney General longer permit such continuous torture to the Judges of our country? Do we dread constitutional investigation? No- Falsus honor juval Et infamia mendex terref Quem sod mendosum et mendacem To endure such an ordeal as that I have but feebly portrayed, without suffering the most intolerable, the Judge must have the hardihood of a head-hunting Igorete or a Patagonian savage. And shall this un-American method continue? By it and similar aggressions upon the independence of the judiciary, shall the august fabric which Marshall and the great Judges who held with him have builded, amid the cursings of the mob, the jeers of the[*F*] [*27*] hoodlum, and the mouthings of the demagogue crumble into nothingness? The independence of the Judges is the chief felicity of the Constitution. Will they now be asked to crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift my follow fawning? No greater curse can be inflicted upon the nation, said John Marshall, than a cringing and dependent judiciary. If the magistrates to whom the judicial power of the nation is entrusted shall be dragged down from the serene reserve they now maintain, if they must be subservient to the politicians who hold departmental offices, then truly the noble mottoe, “Let Justice be done, though the heavens fall" will be supplanted by the odious slogan "To the victors belong the spoils,” and the high judicial station, once the glory of the nation, will become the ignoble need of the party strife. Forget not, my Brethern, that the dignity of our noble profession depends upon the undefiled purity and the righteous authority of the courts wherein you are the Priests of Justice. Your courts degraded and enthralled, your judges prejudged uncertain, timorous, trembling before partisans in office and before that “many headed monster the mob", wherein lies your safety, your repose of mind, the glory and honor of your noble profession and the security of liberty itself? First to feel the change, you will be the most constant sufferers and the last to suffer. Is it not then your solemn duty to stand by the system the father's framed? Stimulate, if you please, your law reformers to merit the pride and rival the achievementsG 28 of Napoleon, who, in his darkest hour, despite the memories of Lodi, Marengo, and Austerlitz, exclaimed- "I shall go down to posterity with the Code in my hand." Let this be your ambition and the purpose of the great, sane, judicious, patriotic masses of our countrymen, and in the prophetic words of a great American lawyer - Judges will be appointed and will pass away. One generation rapidly succeeds another, but whoever comes and whoever goes, the courts remain, strong in their traditions, consecrated by their memories, fortified by the steadfast support of the profession around them, anchored in the abiding trust of their countrymen, they will go on and still go on, keeping alive through many a century that we shall not see the light that burns with constant radiance upon the high altar of American constitutional justice.me have this data and assure you that you will receive my thanks for same, Yours "Progressively" Philip G. Straus 1628 Eustaw Place Baltimore, Md. [[shorthand]] My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I will greatly appreciate your kindness if you will favor me with the following information:- (a) Were you or General Leonard Woods in command of the Rough Riders the day of the capture of San Juan Hill? (b) How many Spaniards were there defending the San Juan Hill Blockhouse? I sincerely trust that you will let W. R. STUBBS LAWRENCE, KANSAS June 26, 1913. My Dear Colonel: The enclosed invitation is very important. Accept it, if possible: If not, write a good strong letter for publication, The Beveridge article in the Saturday Evening Post is a strong presentation of our cause. The Progressive party has never been so well established and so strong as it is to-day, and I am hoping that your defeat last year will ripen into an overwhelming victory for yourself and the party which you represent in 1916. The scandal-mongers and slander-vendors have been properly squelched, and have been as mute as an Egyptian mummy since the Michigan affair. With best wishes, I remain Very truly your friend, W. R. Stubbs To Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y.LAW OFFICES J. S. & B. D. WISE 20 BROAD STREET NEW YORK JOHN S. WISE JOHN S. WISE. JR BYRD D. WISE WILLIAM J. MAHON CABLE ADDRESS "PLOVERWISE June 26th, 1913. James H. Pound, to Byrd D. Wise, Dr. March and April telephone calls, 2.00 R. Ellis, public stenographer, .96 April 30/13 Petty cash 1.00 May 31/13 " " 1.39 $5.35 Received payment, [Ca 6-26-13] FOREWARD By THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Unlike both the old Parties, the Progressive Party has a platform which in very important respects applies in local precisely as in State and National affairs. This may mean that in certain Cities the local Progressive Organization offers by far the best instrument for obtaining in Municipal matters Social and Industrial Justice through clear and efficient governmental action. But in many of our Cities, including all our biggest Cities, the conditions are so utterly different that our first effort must be to keep the local and national issues distinct. In these Cities there are many good citizens, who, as we believe mistakenly, oppose us, and one another, on national politics, who nevertheless agree to the application of our policies locally. They disagree with us, on the tariff, for instance, or on the power of the national government to deal with child labor, but agree with us in the effort to secure not only an honest police department but better housing and living conditions for wage-workers, a better system of public parks and playgrounds, a better and cheaper system of transportation, and a re-adjustment of taxation designed to make it more equitable and so far as possible to prevent rise in rents. It is surely desirable that all citizens who agree on these fundamental matters, and who desire to work for the same ends in Municipal affairs, should come together in the war against both the forces of reaction and privilege and the forces of sheer corruption and lawlessness. This has nothing whatever to do with party amalgamation, and to be successful it must have nothing whatever to do with that kind of fusion which-2- consists merely in dickering for division of office among various political organizations. It must represent the joint action of decent citizens, irrespective of their several attitudes on national politics, on behalf of a platform plainly expressing the fundamental needs of the local situation and on behalf of candidates whose characters and expressed convictions are such that the sincerity of their acceptance of the platform is evident.Insert in "Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt" at * In these larger cities, the problems of administration and policy are sometimes more formidable and difficult than those confronting many States; but the conditions of economic injustice, the opportunities for constructive governmental activity, and the consequences of retrogressive administration, all come a little morely closely home to the citizen, than similar phases of State and National government sometimes do. It is not so much that the problem, the conditions, or the needs, are so much different, in municipal as compared with State and National administration, but that they are more obvious and undeniable. Thus it comes about that in these cities there are many good citizens who thus far -- mistakenly, as we believe -- oppose us on National and State-wide application of our fundamental principles and purposes, but are willing to join with us in giving local application to essentially the same humanitarian conceptions of government. They disagree with us, for instance, on the tariff, or on the power of the National government to deal with child labor and problems of the minimum wage, but agree with us that the powers of the municipal government should be actively employed to secure not merely honesty, economy and efficiency in administration, stability in public credit, and enforcement of the law, but also better housing and living conditions for wage-workers, more adequate means of effective, continuous control over franchise-holding public utilities, a more comprehensive system of public parks and playgrounds, a coordinated and cheapened system of transportation to make the suburban districts a unified part of the greater city, the socialization of the facilities for the public enjoyment of music, art, science, athletic diversions, and the like, a readjustment of taxation so as to make its burdens more equitably distributed and the exercise of the taxing power of the State a factor for economic justice. These citizens are in doubt as to the desirability, for instance, of the introduction of the recall, the referendum, or the initiative, into State-wide or Nation-wide matters, yet are quite willing to establish the rule of the people in municipal affairs, through the introduction of suitable forms of these expedients. They doubt whether minimum wage legislation, in the form which it has taken in some of the nations of the world, is consonant with our economic and political theories,(2) or they doubt whether our conditions yet cal for the enactment of such legislation in the State of New York; yet they readily acquiesce in our view that every large city should begin at once to do its part and make its contribution towards solving the problems of the minimum wage, through the establishment of suitable educational facilities for vocational and "continu[ation]" training, along lines which will give every boy and girl a chance for a schooling of practical value, thereby obviating the possibility that he or she will ever be a problem for the student of the minimum wage. Many citizens who are not yet progressive, with either a large or a small P, in National affairs, are liberals of demonstrated tendencies in municipal matters. It is surely desirable that all citizens who agree on these fundamental mattersof municipal policy, and who desires to work for substantially the same ends in municipal affairs, should come together and act together in the war against both the forces of reaction and privilege and the forces of sheer corruptions and lawlessness.[Enc. in Hibben 6-26-13]Enc in Bebbington, Higson & Co 6-30-13 6-26-13 Report and AccountsBEBBINGTON, HIGSON & Co. Chartered Accountants TELEPHONE 2785 JOHN CABLE ADDRESS “SUMIT" 52 WALL STREET NEW YORK June 26th, 1913. 2 TUSKEGEE NORMAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31ST 1913. Index: Summary ef Income & Expenditure ......... Page No. 1 ” " Operating Cost ....... " 1 Statement of Indebtedness ..... " 2 " accounting for Indebtedness ..... " 2 Expenditure on account of Current Expenses ...... " 3 " " " New Buildings and Equipment... " 4 Income " " Current Expenses ...... " 5 " " " New Buildings & Equipment.... " 6 Undesignated Legacies Account..... " 6 Statement of Operating Costs...... " 7 Permanent Improvement Funds Account.... " 8 Statement of Endowment Fund....... " 9 1 TUSKEGEE NORMAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE SUMMARY OF INCOME & EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR REDRD MAY 31st, 1915 Last Year Expenditure: 324,105.92 For Current Expenses - Schedule No.1 ......... 275,767.97 ! 48,820.85 " New Buildings & Equipment " " 2 ........ 112, 264.88 372,926.77 388,032.85 Income: 206,770.40 For Current Expenses - See Schedule No.5 272,236.10 14,052.42 " New Buildings & Equipment " " 4 68,383.02 340,619.12 152,103.95 Deficiency of Income ................... 47,415.75 Appropriation from Undesignated Legacies: 35,000.00 For Current Expenses - See Schedule No.5 - - 5,565.84 " New Buildings & Equipment " " 5 28,507.49 28,507.49 111,588.11 Net Deficiency ................................... $ 18,906.24 82,335.52 For Current Expenses ................ $ 3,531.87 29,202.59 " New Buildings & Equipment ....... $ 15,374.37 Budget & Contingent allowance for Current Expenses $ 276,656.11 SUMMARY OF OPERATING COST FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31st. 1913 Last Year 324,105.92 Expenditure for Current Expenses - as above ........ 275,767.97 29,598.98 Depreciation of Buildings & Conduits ............... 28,498.46 46,994.70 " " Equipment ........................ 26,950.37 14,497.78 Decrease of Stock in Trade ........................ 935.51 415,197.38 Total Operating Cost for the year as per Schedule No.6 $ 332,152.31 2 STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS MAY 31st, 1913 Last Year 68,596.77 Amount due to Outsiders ................... 12,899.86 50,000.00 " " " Committee .............. 185,157.73 _ _ Less: Undesignated Legacies ....... 28,507.49 156,650.24 118,596.77 169,550.10 18,812.93 Amount due from Outsiders ............ 17,749.07 1,410.80 Cash in Bank ....................... 36,275.33 98,375.04 Net Indebtedness to Outsiders &Committee ............ 13,041.78 Amount due from Students ................. 527.40 10,187.38 " " to " ........................................... 95,518.64 Total net Indebtedness ................ 115,000.30 54,050.01 Stock in Trade ............................................. 53,114.50 3 SCHEDULE NO.1 EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT OF CURRENT EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31st, 1913 Budget Underspent and Overspent Academic & Normal ..................................... 40,370.32 1,863.05 Agricultural ..................................... 34,446.39 4,600.12 Mechanical Industries .................................. 22,380.57 703.92 Girls Industries ............................................ 3,449.78 516.07 Religious Work ............................................ 5,607.51 15.43 Physical & Military Training ........................ 6,239.24 448.37 Boarding Department ................................. 18,992.15 14,724.56 Hospital & Health Department .................. 7,552.09 983.35 Extension Work .......................................... 10,641.67 1,804.91 Agricultural Experiment Station ................. 1,530.79 30.79 General Operations & Expenses: Including General Store, Business Agent's Office, Mail & Express delivery, Gen'l Supt.of Industries,etc 13,591.64 2,656.87 Maintenance of Plant: Including Repairs to Buldings, Care of Grounds, Fire Protection & Guards, Insurance, etc. .. 28,430.32 7,431.12 Expenses of Publicity & Soliciting Funds ..... 39,117.82 4,976.72 Administration .............................................. 37,584.76 2,229.11 Students' Aid ................................................ 5,742.91 942.91 Total Expenditure ....................................... $ 275,767.97 - - Budget Underspent - net .................................................... $ 888.14 Schedule No. 2 Rxpenditure of account of new buildings & Equipment For the year ended May 31st 1913. Buildings: John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital ............ 41,454.54 White Memorial Building Addition .............. 10,095.69 Lee Cottage ..................................................... 1,969.80 Walker Cottage .............................................. 1,088.98 Sundry Building Improvements ................... 1,949.02 Band Stand ..................................................... 308.50 New Practice Cottage .................................... 2.32 Thomas Cottage ............................................. 1.00 56,869.76 New Water & Steam Systems ............................................ 42,383.07 New Equipments: For John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital ...... 6,539.79 " Fire Protection ............................................. 2,910.24 " Agricultural Department ............................ 1,082.16 " Mechanical " ................................................ 830.23 " Roads & Grounds " ..................................... 167.47 " Sundry " ....................................................... 106.06 11,635.95 Land Improvement ...................................... 692.87 Conduit " ....................................................... 368.10 New Fences .................................................. 314.33 1,376.10 112,264.885 SCHEDULE NO. 3 INCOME ON ACCOUNT OF CURRENT EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31st 1913. Last Year 83,144.94 From Endowment: .............................. 105,637.75 8,250.00 Less:- Annuities ............... 8,280.00 1,265.10 Expenses ............... 2,084.99 10,364.99 73,629.84 * 95,272.76 From State of Alabama: 3,000.00 For Teachers' Salaries ........... 3,000.00 1,500.00 " Agricultural Experiment Station 1,500.00 4,500.00 From Donors: 54,994.00 For General Purposes ............ 99,450.07 35,748.10 " Academic Scholarships ....... 36,085.65 2,803.46 " Special Purposes ........... 1,625.30 9,000.00 Slater Fund for Teachers' Salaries 9,000.00 10,000.00 General EducationBoard Appropriation 10,000.00 156,161.02 15,895.00 From Students' Entrance Fees ................... 16,152.32 200.00 From Sale of Donated Real Estate ................ 150.00 206,770.40 $ 272,236.10 *Note: This figure is subject to a reduction of $1,201.13 Income of the Preshe Fund to be set aside.6 SCHEDULE NO. 4 INCOME ON ACCOUNT OF NEW BUILDINGS & EQUIPMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31st 1913. For John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital Building and Equipment ............. 47,941.44 Interest on this amount ............. 52.89 47,994.33 For White Memorial Building Addition ....................... 10,095.69 " Steam Plant ........................................... 8,683.00 " Cottages ................................................ 1,310.00 " Band Stand ................................................ 300.00 $ 68,383.02 SCHEDULE NO. 5 UNDESIGNATED LEGACIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31st 1913. Legacies received during the year ......................... 26,437.13 Balance forwarded from last year ......................... 2,020.36 $ 28,507.497 SCHEDULE NO. 6 STATEMENT OF OPERATING COSTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31st 1913. Academic & Normal .......................................... 45,618.57 Agricultural ............................................... 37, 295.77 Mechanical Industries ...................................... 32,241.54 Girls Industries ............................................ 3,692.49 Religious Work ............................................. 5,757.84 Physical & Military Training ............................... 5,883.49 Boarding Department ....................................... 22,705.71 Hospital & Health Department ................................ 10,201.96 Extension Work ............................................... 10,443.57 Agricultural Experiment Station ................................. 2,002.04 General Operations & Expenses: Including General Store, Business Agent's Office, Mail & Express delivery & Gen'l Supt. of Industries, etc. 15,161.47 Maintenance of Plant: Including Repairs & Depreciation of Buildings & Conduits, Care of Grounds, Fire Protection & Guards, Insurance, etc. 58,769.87 Expenses of Publicity and Soliciting Funds .................. 39,225.97 Administration .............................................. 37,409.11 Students' Aid .............................................. 5,742.91 Total ................................ $ 332,152.31PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31ST. 1913 Donations received during the year: For John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital Building & Equipment ......................... 31,727.63 " Interest on ditto ........................... 52.89 " White Memorial Building Addition...... 6,095.69 " New Steam Plant ........................... 8,683.00 " Cottages ............................................. 310.00 46,869.21 $ 69,492.16 Funds forwarded from last fiscal year: For John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital .......... 16,213.81 " White Memorial Building Addition .......... 4,000.00 " Ice & Refrigerator Plant ............................ 1,100.00 " Teachers' Cottages..................................... 1.000.00 " Band Stand ................................................ 300.00 " Y.M.C.A. Building ....................................... 9.14 22.622.95 Funds appropriated during the year: As per Schedule No. 4 ............. 69,383.02 Funds forwarded to next fiscal year: For Ice & Refrigerator Plant ................... 1,100.00 " Y.M.C.A. ................................................. 9.14 1,109.14 $ 69, 492.14Statement of the endowment fund For the year ended May 31st. 1913 Fund as at May 31st 1912- 1,918,665.20 Additions during the year: Gifts as per Donors’ List- 12,901.50 Income of Preshe Fund added to Principal 301.62 13,203.12 1,931,868.32 Deduction during the year: Net decrease due to re-valuing securities- 30,400.00 Fund as at May 31st. 1913- $1, 901,468.32June 27, 1913. Mr. Harper: Please write to Mr. James Garfield at Cleveland as soon as possible letting him know whether Mr. Roosevelt will pass through Cleveland when when he goes West to Arizona and if so, on what day and what train, as Mr. Garfield wishes, if possible, to see Mr. Roosevelt. Please let me know and let me see a copy of the letter you write. L. F. A. [*[abbott]*]"BULL MOOSE" PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION STATE OF TENNESSEE H. B, ANDERSON, Chairman Memphis JOHN C. HOUK, Chairman Executive Committee Knoxville WM. BARKER, Secretary Columbia Tennessee Progressive State Committee H. B. Anderson, Chairman, Memphis First District E. C. Alexander, Elizabethton D. C. Swab, Hartranft Second District John C. Houk, Knoxville Sam Breaseal, Harriman Thhird District John E. Edington, Chattanooga A. J. Fletcher, Cleveland Fourth District John E. Oliver, Cooksville Jos. Morgan, Dayton Fifth District E. Q. Stewart, Murfreesboro Warren Smith, Woodbury Sixth District W. W. Taylor, Nashville Thos. E. Hutchison, Nashville Seventh District W. K Shedden, Columbia E. P. West, Pulaski Eighth District George W. Partin, Parsons W. H. Lancaster, Lexington Ninth District J. C. Burdick, Jr., Union City W. F. Poston, Alamo Tenth District T. G. Barnes, Memphis Harvey B. Anderson, Memphis State at Large Wm. F. Omberg, Memphis G. T. Taylor, Memphis J. W. Eastman, Chattanooga John H. McDowell, Buntyn S. E. Callender, Columbia John C. Ramsey, Cleveland B Grissom, Hinson Springs Alfred E. Howell, Nashville Jno. E. Fisher, Nashville John Samuel, Nashville Executive Committee John C. Houk, Chairman Thos. E. Hutchison John H. McDowell H. B. Anderson, Ex Officio Memphis, Tenn., June 27,1913, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York, Dear Sir: A very respectable young colored man named Sutton E. Griggs has just called at my office and left a little book which he has written and which he requested me to forward to you. I have glanced at it and it seems to be a very sensible and well written This man Griggs appears to be a great admirer of yours and called simply to ask me to forward you a a copy of this book, He seems to have the very hearty endorsement of the White Baptist of the South, and, like most writers, has the pride of authorship rather strongly developed. He appeared to think, because I am State Chairman of the Progressive Committee, if I would forward this book you perhaps would glance it over, From present prospects, Arkansas is very likely to have a "Bull Moose" governor in Colonel George W, Murphy, of Little Rock. With best personal wishes, I am, Yours truly, Harry B. Anderson P.S. I am sending this book of Griggs under separate cover, L. C. BARKER LAWYER OFFICE: COMMERCIAL BANK BLD'G HOME PHONE } OFFICE 058 } RESIDENCE 609 OFFICE HOURS: 8 - 11:30 a. m., 1 - 5 p. m. EVENINGS: TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, 7-8 Wellston, Ohio, June 27th, 1913 Mr. Frank Harper, New York. My Dear Sir:- Your favor of the 19th instant at hand concerning fees in taking depositions in the Roosevelt case at hand, and am herewith inclosing bill and also letter from Mr. Pound concerning same. Sincerely yours, L C Barker[*[For enc see Pound 6-16-13]*][*Ack FH GH 6/30/13*] I am healthy and capable and would be glad to come on to New York for a trial if I secured the position I want. Thanking you sincerely for your kind attention, I am Yours truly. (Miss) Helen M. Bates. 353 Dewitt St., Buffalo, N. Y. [*24*] [*Ack FH EH 6/30/13*] June 27, 1913 Buffalo, N. Y. Teddy the Great toasted by queens and kings. Honored by all - with his deeds the country rings. Earnestly working for the good of all mankind Only a man like him once in a century we find. Doer of things while - head of our country One man who helps the millions in this land of the free. Rare as is his intellect - clearer still his brain's Ever ready to fight for the cause that he maintains. Rich in great adventures, steady, cool and brave, Often has he risked his own, some other life to save. "Outlook" he has given us, a magazine worthwhile Sincere, clear and sunny as our brave Teddy's smile. Even a child would know him he is true and tried Volunteer strong is he against Race Suicide. Each on of us in this family of eleven Loudly sing his praises and hope we'll meet in Heaven Theodore Roosevelt.The Favor: I have been a Stenographer ten years - have good practical experience in every line of Office Work and a high school education. Have had one year's experience in New York and am well fitted for a position as Private Secretary at $25.00 per week. Do you know of such a position? One of ten girls and one boy - Nicholas Theodore - is writing to ask a favor of you - three reasons why I feel you will try to grant it: 1st - We are eleven enthusiastic admirers of you and your good policies - especially encouraging large families 2nd - We are related to you - our great - great -grandmother being the same. 3rd - We are Progressives. Metropolitan Club Washington, D. C. June 27 1913 Dear Col, The reporter in this interview has made a mistake - I did not say I had been invited by you but that I had been invited to New York to discuss the enclosed suggestionI thought perhaps this might be brought to your notice. If Hebbeu and I can have a short interview with you when I come to New York I have something to suggest Sincerely yours Troxton Beale [*[Troxton Beale]*]Brooklyn NY June 27th 193 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Sir - I herewith enclose you clipping from the "NY Times" of today, relative to the endorsement of Mr. Gaynor by the progressives I hope you will not approve of such action, for it would surely sound the death knell of our party which has made such a noble start. From my observation Mr. Whitman will be asure winner; his record will do it. Although a Republican (so were you and I) yet he has proven himself a progressive at heart, in all that he has done and said since his coming into public life. Let all who stand for good honest government put this efficient and fearless man into the office where he is needed. Like yourself he has all the qualifications and requirements that people admire in public men. I know one thousand progressives that will support and if necessary work for Mr Whitman I merely write to inform you of the feeling which exists among our lay voters in a little spot of our city, so that you can better judge what tremendous power there is back of the candidate we all should feel thankful to support. Trusting you will receive this letter in the same spirit given, I remain, Yours sincerely W H Beckendorf Jr 1361 Sixth StreetOFFICE OF THE COMMODORE LOCUST AVENUE AND EAST FIFTEENTH STREET BROOKLYN, NEW YORK June 27th 1913 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear Sir: The writer has recently become a resident of Cove Neck, having purchased the Swan property, and I am writing to inform you that on Saturday July 5th at 2.30 o'clock I am going to have the official trials of my new racing motor boats - Speed Demon Reliance and America. My little Baby Reliance II of last year will also be there, and there ought to be some fast going. If you are at all interested in seeing these trials, I shall be most happy to receive you and your friends on board my yacht PAULA, which will be anchored on the mile course in Cold Spring Harbor, at two o'clock on the above date. I have invited Mr. W. Emlen Roosevelt, and can pick you up in my launch if you so desire. Yours very truly, J Stuart Blackton Dict.JSB/FHEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA PROGRESSIVE PARTY THOS. L. MOORE, STATE CHAIRMAN JAMES S. BROWNING Candidate for Congress - Sixth District EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FIRST DISTRICT G. A. Walker, Fredericksburg, Va. SECOND DISTRICT Percy S. Stephenson, Norfolk, Va. THIRD DISTRICT John L. Grubbs, Richmond, Va. FIFTH DISTRICT Jno. B. Anglin, Martinsville, Va. SIXTH DISTRICT J. R. St Claire, Roanoke, Va. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEVENTH DISTRICT John N. Davis, Woodstock, Va. EIGHTH DISTRICT A. S. Woodland, Clarendon, Va. NINTH DISTRICT Henry T. Einstein, Radford, Va. TENTH DISTRICT E. J. McCulloch, Buchanan, Va. ROANOKE. VA. June 27, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., Dear Sir: You have failed to give me the answer to the question I wrote in my letter, as to what we should do in the State of Virginia. These things are pressing upon me, and I do not want to take the initiative without consulting. Give me an answer to Pocahontas, Va. Your friend, James S. Browning [[shorthand]] ON ELECTION DAY WRITE OR STAMP THE NAME OF JAMES S. BROWNING ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT AND SCRATCH ALL OTHER CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSLeft page: ... en un mot, en un empressement de grandeur, gratitude vous m’avez donné avec une extrême certitude et de même grandeur. Je dispose cela même pour que je puisse vous accompagner et je sais que vous vous trompez, vous êtes trompés. Ce n’est pas véritable, mais nous le sommes assez volontiers, pour tout ce que nous vous vous avez dit, je n’accompagne que ... fait dans ... ainsi que cela peut se passer, en grands travaux, acte de somme. ... reconnaissance de votre extrême devoir. [Signature: d’Échanville de Bonthoux] Right page: Sénat Monsieur le Sénateur, Vous avez donné le cas de la Haye, c’est une immense service pour que je devienne infiniment votre ... mais c’est également ce que je demande à venir à vous. ...THE NEW YORK PEACE SOCIETY ANDREW CARNEGIE, PRESIDENT BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX, CHAIRMAN JOKICHI TAKAMINE, TREASURER WILLIAM H. SHORT, SECRETARY 507 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY June 27th, 1913. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear sir: A Committee of this Board, which has in its charge the arrangements for a banquet on Thursday evening, September l8th, in honor of the Delegations of Foreign Students who come to America in the latter part of the summer to attend the Eighth International Congress of Students at Cornell University, desires us to invite you to be present and to speak on the occasion. We believe that your acceptance would be most pleasing to our guests and would constitute a contribution to that international understanding and good will which it so important at the present time to cultivate, such as could be made only by one who has held the great office of President. We are trying in every way to make the occasion a notable one. A partial list of the Honorary Committee for the dinner is enclosed. On the multigraphed statement concerning the delegations you will notice the high auspices under which they come to America. It is natural that we should wish to make this occasion, which will be the closing public function, and in a sense the culmination of their tour, one from which they will carry home a favorable impression of American hospitality and high ideals. Hoping that you can help us in the accomplishment of this purpose, we are, Very respectfully yours, William Frederic Dix Chairman William H. Short Secretary The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York June 27th, 1913. Office of Theodore Roosevelt My dear Madam: Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor myself ever remember seeing that letter, and there is no trace whatever of it in the files. It must have got lost in the mail. As a matter of fact Mr Roosevelt receives so many hundreds and indeed thousands of letters that it is very unwise to send letters the return of which is desired. I am very sorry that we can find no trace of it. Sincerely yours, Frank Harper Secretary [Mrs] Miss Margaret Murray Dow. (I return for reference.) I regret exceedingly the loss of theletter to Charles. Judson Haulurberk (Bauxer) from the Secy of the Navy - signed Franklin Roosevelt Act. Secy. No letter was seen during the time Col. Roosevelt was at Marquette, Mich. Was in a legal envelope & probably forwarded to him. It could not possibly have been lost in the Mail, as my return ad. was on it. My fifteen (15) years experience in writng to the Gov. and the unlisted men, make me careful2 to put "return address" on, and few are lost. Mr. Haulurberk is a man important in public life, connected with the "White Sunday" observance law - Supt. ofRep. Bethany S. S. a member of a rich church on Bklyn Heights widely known for his splendid christian character, and the letter was a reply to his plea for an appropriation to be made for my3 Gospel trunk or the Maine Barracks (of 16 yrs standing) Was the Col's mail forwarded to him at Mich? If so, my letter & inclosure was with it. I have written all the richfolk of the day - in hope of getting their "ears " and so help for my work. From none of them can I get a reply. xcept Helen Gould Shepard - that she has no more money for the soldiers. Yet I see how4 Mrs R. Sage has given to the Chinese Mission for a new bldg 50 thousand dollars. If some one like you, Col, would send a line to or see personally some one of thesepeople with money. I know they would look into my work and perhaps endow [the] it. I am trying hard to keep my home, where the enlisted men have had a friend for so long, and putting out every bit 5 influence from friends to bear in the Dept. I have asked you before to add your name, as a man high in authority & popularity. You would carry higher to my cause, by a letter to the Dept.For all these years I have carried on this work, being able to get no money from church or Religious Organization, and friends advised this plan of getting the Dept. interested. Please help me6 in this. You have done (as I have already written) more than anyone for the men of the Navy - do just this one thing & help me to stay with the men for whom I have given all. Sincerely Yours Miss Margaret Murray Dow 353 Putnam Ave Bklyn N. Y. CITY OF NEW YORK CHAMBERS OF WARREN W. FOSTER JUDGE OF THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. 32 FRANKLIN STREET. NEW YORK June 27, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: On the twentieth of June I sent you copies of Sterilization Laws of of North Dakota, Michigan Kansas, Oregon, and said that you need give the matter no further concern as I was getting the other laws for you. I hope they reached you in proper or-der. Herewith I am sending you the Sterili-zation Law of New Jersey, Washington, and Iowa, together with a medical description of Vasectomy, and hope to forward in a few days, more of these laws. I saw in the newspapers only yesterday that Pennsylvania had passed a eugenic law but I got the impression that it was rather a law relating to the issuances of marriage certificates only to the fit than a sterilization law. I note in the paper that you are leav-ing for the West on July eighth and I hope to be able to send you more before you go. Be good enought to let me know if you re-ceive them properly, and believe me, with an as-surance of my cordial regard, Sincerely yours, Warren W. Foster To the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HISSEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robet G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHURCHMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U, Kellog Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L, Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C. A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder New York, June 27, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Dear Mir. Harper: I thank you very much for your kind letter of this morning, enclosing several copies of the Colonel's Navy Day address. I shall be very gled to take care of the distribution of this. I have informed Mr. Dresser of Colonel Roosevelt's acceptance of the offer of the naval men. Very sincerely yours, Paxton Hissen Director, Bureau of Education. PH/JCWILLIAM T. HOYT BUSINESS ADDRESS: P. O. BOX 2121, NEW YORK CITY HOME ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 21. MILFORD. CONN. June 27th, 1913. Honorable Theordore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Sir:- You have perhaps had called to your attention the No Drunkard Plan we are working on throughout Connecticut and the United States, I hand you herewith a copy, also a copy of recent letter from Jack London, the noted author, and Elbert Hubbard, and can also give you letters and quote interviews from Presidents of the leading industrial companies of this country who are members, also Lawyers, Doctors, Ministers, and in fact from men in all stations of life, bringing out the fact that they believe some such Law would free more abject slaves than did the Civil War. It is the writer's belief that you are a man to help in a good cause, even though it may mean a little personal effort on your part. Our proposition is this: Would you be willing to write us your opinion of this Law and we will only use it if President Wilson and Ex-President Taft write us also a letter favoring it, at the same time. We are submitting the proposition to all three of you honorable gentlemen at the same time, and will not use any of your answers excepting with your authority unless all three are in favor of it. If you would read this Plan once every day for three days, and take note in the newspapers of the murders, suicides, auto accidents and Railroad wrecks, all caused by intemperance, and if I could show you letters I have in my desk from all stations in life, it would seem to prove that almost 100% of the misery of this country comes from the sale of liquor. Is it not therefore, worth a little effort on your part to help in a cause that will unite all the anti-liquor elements? A strong letter from you will do as much good for this cause as 100 letters from ordinary people. Yours respectfully for SAFE, SANE & SURE temperance law. W. T. Hoyt President National Defense Association. [*10*] [*Ack 6/60/13 FH EH*] [[shorthand]] (For encs see 6-15-13 6-17-13)June 27 1913 Mr Roosevelt Dear sir, I have noticed by the papers that you were coming to Arizona for an outing. I have been trying for five years to get a National Park in this part of the country But it seems to be going slow. If you could make it a point to come to this part of the country I will go out and show you a natural park and game country. I have hunted and trapped here for years, and take parties out every year, and I know by the way the hunting parties are coming the game will be all These are some Photos that I had They are not very good but have the negatives of better ones.2 killed off in a few years. Knowing that you are a naturalist and would be interested in such things I am writing to you. Years ago there were thousands of elk in this country but they have all been killed off. The country is very rough and not suited to the cow-business. As most of the cow-men have moved out and now is a good time to take the country as a park. The country is well stocked with game five trout streams Deer Bear, Turkey, Lion, Cats Coyotes, grey wolves, otter and every kind of game except Elk. I am not3 much on the write as you will see, but if you will come out here I will show you that which I cannot explain Now is the time, as in a few years, the game will be gone. The country I am speaking of is a natural game country plenty of browse and weeds in the winter and higher country for the game in the Summer. Of course you know that Deer and Elk will scatter out if they can't find plenty of weeds and browse in the winter. Resp yours Clay Hunter Springervill, Ariz.[[shorthand]] 84 Prentis Ave. Detroit, Mich. June 27/13. My Dear Sir, I was much interested in your reference to Tom Reed in your article in this week's Outlook, and venture work if you have correctly credited the remark there attributed to him. I myself heard Roscoe Conkling [make] use the phrase in his great speech at the Rochester Convention in 1877, when he had the great night with Geo Wm. Curtis. As a newspaper reporter I sat on the platform, and remember well the air with which he uttered the words - full of scorn and contempt toward all "reformers". As I remember him, he used the words - "the yet undeveloped possibilities (or capabilities) of the word reform? Of course Tom Reed may also haveused the same expression, but that it was used by Conkling on the occasion referred to, I personally know. (It is possible the Convention was in 1878 - am not quite sure.) With assurances of great regard and best wishes for your future success, which I doubt not will yet be yours Very truly yours Wm. L. Jerome[*15.*] [*Ack FH EH 6/30/13*] Claremont, N.H., R.D. No. I.- June 27#, 1913. To- Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-President of the United States, Care of "The Outlook, "287-4" Ave., N.Y. City, N.Y. Dear Sir:- Having ventured in a letter recently addressed to you to suggest your going to Gettysburg and there deliver (at the coming meeting of veterans of both (then) contending armies) a speech (oration) that should ring down through time as Lincoln's has rang to awaken to this sleeping nation the necessity of awaking to emergencies of preparation for war by providing for defence (and through such defence for aggression if need be) I am enclosing you some extracts from Homer Lee's book on "The valor of ignorance", for such perusal as you may see fit to - give the same, thinking, possibly, your very busy life may have prevented your giving such consideration to the subject as you may desire to do, and I also enclose an editorial from the "American" written by - Brisbane, I suppose, whereby he forcibly states the issue.- I am presuming you desire again to become President, as Gen. Grant desired, in order to do even better than previously, as the passing - years give a wisdom earlier years forbid, and it my belief that events- ("Coming events cast their shadows before.") will so happen as to cause the American people to turn towards you as their most capable citizen for such high honor, for political parties are in the throes of decay, and a politician Napoleon needs arise to command and prepare this country for such events. -Myself an Independent Democrat and an ex-Union sol-2. dier of the Civil War, I sincerely hope you may SEE in the coming reunion of veterans at Gettysburg the OPPORTUNITY for your greatest effort in way of oratory, simple, perhaps, as was Lincoln's address, now - styled "oration", and which shall be our nation's awakening. -Admiral - Dewey is reported to have said we should have a navy next in size to Great Britain, and Gen. Wood is reported as having said "War is coming," &c.- It seems to me the greatest opportunity of your life is now at hand and I hope you may avail yourself of it in most patriotic way. My personal desire is (although I am now 66 years of age, as I was only 14 1/2 when I enlisted in 1861) that I may engage in the next war which I am assuming is to be with Japan.-The slips I send are for your convenient reading- IF you care for them, otherwise please return to me by causing same to be returned by enclosed stamps therefor, as I would otherwise use them.- As a reader (and subscriber) of "The - OUTLOOK", I thank you for your very interesting articles therein and - hope to have the advantage of many more, recognizing your remarkable - ability therein. I also want to commend the activity you have exercised since leaving the Presidency, in that you have set an example - of intense activity for all American to follow .- That you may come again to the Presidency is my desire, regardless- of politics, believing you would receive the support of the better men- of all parties.- Most respectfully.- E. M. Johnson From the clippings enclosed you may "glimpse" the items for a great - speech.-THE LOTOS CLUB NEW YORK June 27/13 Frank Harper Outlook Magazine City Dear Sir: I am sending a marked copy of a flood article for many facts in which I am indebted to you - in that you directed me to Col. Roosevelt's letter to J. M. Parker. I thank you. I feel deeplyon this subject of floods having seen the ravages of several of them. Yrs Sinerely E R JophnstonePROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robert C. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Linsday Clifford Pinchot George L. Record Raymond Robins Wm. Fellowes Morgan COUNCIL OF CHAIRMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U. Kellogg Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L. Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C. A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE COMMITTEE William Draper Lewis Jane Addams Henry F. Cochems James R. Garfield Francis J. Heney Geroge W. Kirchwey Ben B. Lindsey Charles E. Merriam Gifford Pinchot Herbert Knox Smith Walter E. Weyl Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HIBBEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE George W. Perkins Jane Addams Walter F. Brown Chauncey Dewey William Flinn Ben B. Lindsey Meyer Linner George C. Priestley Charles H. Thompson New York, June 27, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Care, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. Dear Mr. Harper:- We are trying very hard to get Miss Addams to go to Newport on the 2nd for the conference. She arrives on the "Olympic", White Star Line, Wednesday the 2nd. In a first cable she said she would go. In a second cable, she said that she thought she ought to be in Illinois for the suffrage demonstration. But we understand this is somewhat indefinite; and will not be until the 4th or 5th of July. I suggest that you ask the Colonel if he would be willing to send a wireless to the "Olympic" asking her if she will not make a special effort to join in this anniversary of the Progressive Party, as this is probably the only National meeting we will have this year. The people are going to be very much disappointed unless she can come. It would be best to send this wireless on Monday, as the rate on that day is 36¢. Please have it charged to the Progressive National Service, if the Colonel is willing to do this. Very truly yours, Frances A Kellor Chief of Service. [[shorthand]] CMP/FAK LA FARGE & MORRIS, ARCHITECTS 101 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK C. GRANT LA FARGE BENJAMIN WISTAR MORRIS CHARLES M. CULLEN June 27, 1913. Dear Theodore, The enclosed circular will show you what the Association of which I am chairman is doing in the matter of organizing boys. We are going to have a meeting on the evening of July 8th at the Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory, 26th Street and Lexington Avenue. There will be about 2500 boys there an an audience that may run up to 2000 besides. I understand that you leave here on the 8th but if you do not go until night, would it be possible for you to turn up, even for a few minutes, and say something to the boys? Please do it if you possibly can. Any time between seven and nine will answer. Yours ever, C. G. La Farge CGLaF/H Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, City.[*[6 - 27 - 13]*] [*COL. E. T. LEE MUSIC, BOOKS AND PICTURES 3153 BLOOMINGTON AVE. T. S. CALHOUN 27 ALL KINDS OF FLOWERS AND BULBS FOR SALE MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. June 27th 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY. Dear Colonel I am Sending you a copy of my Memorial Address delivered at the Ross Methodist Church Minneapolis Minn on Memorial Sunday May 26th Please to let me know what you think of it and oblige Your Old Friend and Hearty Supporter Col. E. T. LeeTRINITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. HARTFORD, CONN.. June 27, 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay Long Island, N.Y. Colonel Roosevelt:- Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the Hartford Courant"of blessed memory" con-taining my baccalaureate sermon. Don't read it, but there is a good poem at the end and if you glance over the discourse for two minutes I think you will agree that I have succeeded in preaching a political sermon without getting caught at it. Very sincerely yours, F.S.Luther L/MWe want a League, Offensive and Defensive, with every well-wisher of Kentucky and her People State Board of Health of Kentucky DR. JOHN G. SOUTH, FRANKFORT, PRESIDENT DR. C. A. FISH, FRANKFORT DR. O. C. ROBERTSON, CYNTHIANA DR. CHARLES Z. AUD, CECILIAN DR. I. A. SHIRLEY, WINCHESTER DR. GEO. T. FULLER, MAYFIELD DR. W. W. RICHMOND. CLINTON DR. J. N. McCORMACK, BOWLING GREEN, SECRETARY EXECUTIVE OFFICE, BOWLING GREEN, KY. June 27, 1913. Dictated Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York, My dear Sir; Recently, I wrote you in regard to the campaign of County Judge Stamper in Knox County for re-election on the Progressive ticket, and you were good enough to write him a letter, which was of the greatest service to him. I have just returned from a trip to Pulaski County, where Judge Tartar, who really merits the name and who is really the leader of your people in our mountain section, is similarly campaigning for re-election. Judge Tartar is a young man; has accomplished more for his people during his term of office than all of his predecessors for a hundred years, He is both aggressive and progressive and a personal letter from you to him at Somerset would enable him to line up the votes of the county practically unanimously. Appreciating your interest in those who have been so loyal to you, I am Sincerely, J.N. McCormack Secretary.22. Ark [unknown] Fayette, Iowa Dec. 27, 1913 Gen. Col. Theodore Roosevelt New York, N.Y. My dear Sir Roosevelt, We on the T.R. Progressive Club have been requested. There are 27 young men in the first American Club of Fayette County, but each one wants not credit for votes of course. We have been requested to write and begin this fall to talk of you. The [Committee] I am forming of The [Committee] that I will work or will of I can help it do! (Right page continued on the left) We hope to do better work next time for you get our County gone [Your] # of 2. Mr. Wilson last year. Taft 0. We will meet the Committees every 3 months just the same. You may not feel you wish to tell us what to do only we are too [full] of ideas to give up to the old GOP, and did I tell you one of the best Bishops in the Catholic County? I am not a Catholic, but I allowed the good [Theme] of our club & am proud to stand by you. With greatest love sincerely. Miss Thea Miss Tho Donald. Box 132 Fayette Iowa. James Albert Metcalf Glendine, Montana June 27, 1913 My Dear Colonel-- I feel as though I ought to reply to your note of the 9th and especially to felicitate you as the leader of our splendid new party, on the manner in which things are coming our way these days. It seems that President Wilson is literally playing into our hands. Not content with disturbing the propriety of the country, as he himself admitted in his latest grand-stand speech to Congress, by his free trade bill, he is going to force us into the dangerous experiment of this new banking law, which appears to be entirely theoretical in character. I believe, before he is through, he will precipitate genuinely hard times. And in the meanwhile his administration is befouled with the shameful California case, which has out-Ballingered the Ballinger case, on which Taft's administration was wrecked to a large extent. We will enter the Congressional campaign next year with every-thing in our favor, and our prospects of success will become in-creasingly brighter by 1916. I haven't forgotten your remark to Dr. Creegan that day we were at Oyster Bay. But you certainly must not publicly proclaim any intention with regard to the next Presidential race, one way or the other. . . . . I am both sorry and glad the Fargo Courier-News deal did not go through. As I wrote Mr. Perkins today, on receipt of a fine letter from him, I fail to understand Mr. More and Mr. Baker. If they did not actually misrepresent the condition of that busi-ness, they were at least guilty of an inexcusable lack of frankness in regard thereto. After being allowed to believe that the busi-ness was paying its own way, Hugh Helbert's expert and myself found it to be losing heavily--perhaps $1,000 per month. Do you know, I would like very much to come to New York, and have suggested to Mr. Perkins that if he knows of any opening for me, where I can further my ambition to get ahead in the world, and at the same time do some literary work and possibly take some post graduate work at Columbia in Political Science ( which has long been my ambition ) I would like to have him let me know of it. And I might say the same thing to you. I want to be in the fight somewhere. It appeals to me more and more every day. I am always Sincerely Yours, James A. Metcalf Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y.John Martin's Room John Martin's House, Inc. 5 West 39th Street New York June 27, 1913. Dear Mr. Roosevelt, I am sending you with this mail the last three issues of John Martin's Book. We know that you are interested in little children and in things that make for their happiness. Will you be so good as to look them over and tell me what you think of them; particularly the idea back of this new magazine for very little folks. Of course, our magazine is built upon a foundation of Fun and Happiness first of all, but the subtle suggestions of good thoughts, kindliness and truthfulness, together with the gradual developing of a taste for good books, are some of the other things we are trying to do. True, the publishing of this magazine is a commercial enterprise, yet I want you to believe that its ideal and ethical sides are just as important to us as profitmaking. A great many little folks and their mothers all over the country are being made happy every month by this magazine, frankly, however, a few words from you will help us introduce it to many more homes. If you feel that John Martin's Book deserves a good word from you, the Editor, and all the members of his Household will appreciate very much whatever you may feel disposed to write. Sincerely yours, Harvey [?] One of John Martin's Helpers.AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION PHOTO-NEWS DEPARTMENT NEW YORK LONDON PARIS BERLIN VIENNA 225 WEST THiRTY-NINTH STREET NEW YORK, 225 WEST THiRTY-NINTH STREET BOSTON, 133 OLIVER STREET BUFFALO, 45 NORTH DIVISION STREET PHILADELPHIA, 200 SOUTH THENTH STREET PITTSBURGH, 1235 LIBERTY AVENUE CHICAGO, 318 SOUTH CANAL STREET COLUMBUS, 313-315 NORTH FRONT STREET INDIANAPOLIS, 45-49 SOUTH CAPITOL AVE ST. PAUL. 114 EAST THIRD STREET OMAHA. 1007 FARNAN STREET DES MOINES. 203 WEST SECOND STREET KANSAS CITY, 707 BALTIMORE AVENUE ST. LLOUIS, 1128 PINE STREET CINCINNATI, 128-130 OPERA PLACE DETROIT, 24 WOODBRIDGE STREET EAST ATLANTA. 23 EAST MITCHELL STREET DALLAS. 1305 ELM STREET PORTLAND, ORE. 18-20 FRONT STREET SAN FRANCISCO, 32 CLAY STREET CABLE ADDRESS "AMPRESSA NEW YORK" TELEPHONE 881 BRYANT DAVID A. MURPHY, MANAGER NEW YORK June 27, 1913 The Hon. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L I. Dear Sir:- As your proposed hunting trip in Colorado is at this time of immense interest to the general public, we desire if possible permission to have one of our staff photographers go to Oyster Bay and make a few good pictures of yourself and your two sons who will accompany you on this trip. Representing eleven thousand newspapers throughout the country, we have already had numerous requests from them for such photographs. We will greatly appreciate this favor, and will have our operator take these pictures any time that suits your convenience. Very truly yours, D. A. Murphy Manager, Photo-News Department. [*11*] ]*Ack 6/31/13 FH BH*] [[shorthand]] THE KANSAS CITY STAR. Magnolia, Mass., June 27, 1913 My dear Colonel Roosevelt: Your letter of the 17th has been following me around the country, which accounts for my delay in answering it. In my reply I am going to take the liberty of reviewing the situationi from The Star's standpoint, so that you may see just what our position in the matter must be. And in the first place I want to say that we have no thought of holding the Progressives up to "scorn and contumely," as White puts it. We have not done so, and we do not intend to do so. The editorial which he evidently had in mind was printed May 9, just after the vote in the House. It was headed, "Standpat Progressives," and was so short that I quote it in full: "Fourteen Progressivs voted with the standpat Republicans against the Wilson-Underwood Bill in the House yesterday. Whatever may be the imperfections of the bill - and it is doubtless far from perfect - it is infinitely better than the existing law which was built on special privileges. "Under the circumstances a vote against the Wilson-Underwood Bill was a vote for the Payne-Aldrich Law. The effect of their vote yesterday was to line up those fourteen Progressives with the old standpat gang in defense of governmental favoritism and against the square deal."2 THE KANSAS CITY STAR. To my mind the editorial was simply an accurate statement of fact. It certainly didn't come from our scorn-and-contumely pigeon hole. We attributed no unworthy motives. We merely state the facts as we understood them. If such a statement of facts hurt the Progressive congressmen, it hurt them because of the square deal sentiment that has been built up in this country largely under your leadership. The Payne-Aldrich Law was what discredited Taft and made the Progressive Party. If he had fought for an honest revision and fought hard, the other mistakes of his administration would have impressed the country as really trifling. But Senator Bristow and the Kansas Progressives and The Star made the campaign against the Payne-Aldrich Law. Now, in the eyes of the country, there are just two alternatives open - the existing law and the Wilson-Underwood Bill. People are not overexacting about legislation. They recognize that no law is perfect. But they do believe that the pending bill with its heavy reductions in almost every direction, is an indefinitely better square deal measure than the Payne-Aldrich Law. If the Progressives from Kansas vote against it they are going to be in the positioni before the country of voting to continue the Payne-Aldrich Law, which they made their big fight on. There could be no possible objection to their pointing out all the flaws in the bill and trying to get it perfected. But unless in the end they vote for the bill I believe they will have difficulty in explaining to their constituents, without The Star taking a hand at all. Particularly in this the case with a man like3 THE KANSAS CITY STAR. Senator Bristow who cannot possibly be reelected without getting the votes of independent Democrats. My position is different from yours. If I were a Progressive in Congress I would say: "This is not the bill I wanted. I believe it contains inequities which I tried to have corrected. It goes too far in some things and not far enough in others. But it goes in the right direction. So I shall vote for it in preference to voting to perpetuate the Aldrich Law whose injustices I have ofte pointed out." This is a perfectly possible attitude. It is the attitude of such men, I understand, as Kent of California. It was the attitude of Cleveland in letting the Wilson-Gorman Bill become a law. As to the tariff commission, that is right and ought to come. But not in such a way as to defeat a measure framed in the interest of the people and to perpetuate a law constructed for the benefit of gentlemen with a pull. Why not start from a law that may be a little too low rather than from one that is certainly too high? Until we get the commission are we to have the highest protection possible? Why not give the people the benefit of the doubt? So far as The Star is concerned, we could not possibly take any other attitude than we are taking. In the thirty odd years of its existence hardly a week has gone by without its taking a crack at the monstrous policy of using the taxing power of the government to make favored men richl. It is not a business question with me, but a moral question. Tariff privileges seem to me not only unwise but wicked. With the government in the habit of favoring certain individuals it has been easy for all sorts of special privileges to4 THE KANSAS CITY STAR. grow up. I verily believe that a large share of the evils you fought throughout your term as President were offshoots of this policy. You may recall that back in 1904 - in August of that year - on the occasion of your writing a letter on the tariff I wrote you from Karlsbad that I had been for you ever since you entered public life and that I earnestly hoped we had not then come to the parting of the ways. To this you replied that you expected to urge a tariff revision plank in the Republican platform for 1908. Shortly afterward Taft made his Bath speech - under your inspiration - and thereby attracted to himself the independent tariff revisionists. The Star supported him as a revisionist, although we did not expect that he would be able to go so far as we would have liked to go ourselves. But we felt it was a great thing to have the dominant party started in the right direction, and we would have been satisfied with a decent start. When I haven't been able to accomplish all I wanted to I have been content, as you once put it, to get another hand hold on the rope. Then came his amazing fiasco in the special session. We tried to find excuses for him and just as he was starting on his Western trip I wrote him from Magnolia urging that he should not say anything in his speeches that would prevent the progressives from continuing their support. I got a short and polite answer which I read between the lines to suggest that I go to, and this was followed by the Winona speech.5 THE KANSAS CITY STAR. At the next election the Republican Party was overwhelmed with the Payne-Aldrich Law as the issue. The Star did what it could in this campaign to insure such a result. Under the circumstances you can see that it would be impossible for us to continue silent when it is proposed to continue the Payne-Aldrich Law indefinitely on the statute books simply because we cannot at present have scientifically adjusted revision. As I said before we have no intention of imputing unworthy motives to Progressives who differ with us. With most of them I suspect their protectionism is a matter of sentiment. We expect to approve them heartily when we can. At the same time we are bound to hold up President Wilson's hands when he is making a fight for what we regard as the square deal. For The Star is and always has been, and independent newspaper. You may recall a conversation we had on the subject when you were a candidate for vice-President. You were urging that The Star must get into one party or the other. You had tried the mugwump business yourself, you said, and it didn't work; to get anything done a man had to associate himself with an organization. I replied that a newspaper was different from an individual in two respects. It always had an audience, and it never was a candidate for office. So it could be more influential in getting done the things it approved if it atced outside of parties and helped whatever officials were trying to put into effect the policies it stood for. A year and a half ago when I happened to be calling on you at Oyster Bay at the same time with Cowles of Spokane, I remember telling you that as the cards then appeared The Star would6 THE KANSAS CITY STAR. have to support Wilson in preference to Taft and you agreed that in view of The Star's position that would be the thing for us to do. I am writing you thus frankly as an old and dear friend so that you may understand exactly what our situation is. You have personally known how hard The Star has fought for the progressive policies you advocated, and you know, too, how it always has seized every opportunity to push along this other great square deal policy of tariff reform which it felt really ought to be the foundation of your scheme. In time, I believe, you will come to see that this is true. Sincerely, W. R. Nelson. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. P. S. From the standpoint of effective party management the question arises whether the present attitude of the Progressives in Congress is not making them a distinctly Republican faction. If the party is ever to win it must have Democratic votes. But the Progressives are not doing anything to attract Democrats. Probably I see the situation through Democratic eyes. You will recall that my concern always has been that the Progressives make room for Democrats, for there aren't enough Republicans to go round. A winning national Progressive party must have recruits from both sides. Today, for instance, The Star is keen to see Murdock, Bristow and the whole crowd succeed themselves. It would hurt to beat the band to part company with men we have been training with. But if the Progressive Party should permit itself to become really a Republican ally, who knows what the exegencies of a campaign might require - and we are considering the future rather than the present. I am sending copies of this letter to White, Bristow and Beveridge. W. R. N.Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HISSEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robet G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHURCHMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U, Kellog Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L, Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C. A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder LEGILATIVE PREFERENCE COMMITTEE William Draper Lewis Jane Addams Henry F. Cochems James R. Garfield francis H, Heney George W. Kirchway Ben B. E. Merriam Gifford Pinchot Herbert Knox Smith Walter E. Weyl NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE George w. Perkins Jane Addams Walter F. Brown Chauncey Dewey William Flinn Ben B. Lindsey Meyer Lisner George C. Priestly Charles H. Thompson New York, June 27, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Dear Mr. Harper: I enclose herewith reservation on the "Priscilla" for stateroom 391. Also ticket to Fall River for July lst. I made this reservation on the 24th and it was the best that could be secured all the better rooms having been sold. This reservation is made under my name. I understand that Mr. Dresser is to meet Col. Roosevelt and take him to Newport by automobile on the arrival of the boat at Fall River. Very truly yours, C M Benfield Officcg Manger. OAS [[shorthand]] [*Ref 6/30/.3*] GEO W. PERKINS 71 BROADWAY June 27th, 1913. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- I am sure you will be glad to read the enclosed, telling how nicely Mr. Flinn is coming out of his recent operation. Sincerely yours, Geo. Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.[*Ref 6/30/13*] GEO W. PERKINS 71 BROADWAY June 27th, 1913. My dear Col. Roosevelt:- I wonder if you saw the enclosed article in yesterday's Evening Post. It is a most remarkable statement, coming from such an able man as Judge Speer. Sincerely yours, Geo. Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.GEO.W.PERKINS 71 BROADWAY June 27, 1913. My dear Colonel:- I return Mr. Fleischer's letter of June 24th. I know a good deal about this gentleman, have seen and talked with him, and am familiar with the backing he has received in Boston. I will try to remember to speak to you about him the next time I see you. Sincerely yours, Geo. Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.GEO. W. PERKINS 71 BROADWAY June 27th, 1913. My dear Colonel:- Perhaps you would like to read the enclosed, which was sent me from a Birmingham paper. Sincerely yours, Geo Perkins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City,Form 2589 B. DAY LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 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 Day Letter. 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 Day Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, 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 DAY LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT MS 172 Fifth Ave. N. Y. 322NY CL J BLUE MILFORD PA JUN 27TH [*(13?)*] MR FRANK HARPER 287 FOURTH AVE NY COULD NOT LEAVE WASHINGTON AS EARLY AS I HOPED HENCE WAS NOT ABLE TO FINISH GOING THROUGH LAST THREE CHAPTERS. IN TIME TO GET THEM IN YOUR HANDS TODAY WHICH IS THE LAST DAY AS | UNDERSTAND FROM THE COLNEL I AM SORRY IT WAS JUST HARD LUCK GIFFORD PINCHOT 321PMTHE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, AFFILIATED WITH THE STUDENTS' CLUB, THE INTERCOLLEGIATE BRANCH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK BROADWAY AND 120TH STREET, NEW YORK Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. My dear Col. Roosevelt, We are very anxious to have you speak before the students of the Union Theological Seminary some time during the coming school year. As you probably know, the Seminary, under the leadership of such men as Dr. High Black, Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert, and Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin, has stood for the broadest and most practical training. It has attempted to develop notTHE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, AFFILIATED WITH THE STUDENTS' CLUB, THE INTERCOLLEGIATE BRANCH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK BROADWAY AND 120TH STREET, NEW YORK 2 more preachers, but men who could lead their communities into a more moral social life. At these meetings we want to place before the students those problems which they will have to face in their future work, and to help them in solving them. We should be more than grateful if you could give us one hour on any Monday, at noon, during the school year (October 1 - May 1). The third Monday of each month, however, is reserved for the faculty. Please select any subject which you may wish. I sincerely hope you can give us an hour. Respectfully yours, Truman Post Riddle (207 E. 16 St., N. Y.)Arctic Club, Seattle, Washington, June 27th 1913. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Care The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Dear Colonel: You need not reply to this, you are too busy a man for me to bother you that way. I am sending you a clipping of an interview with myself that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle of the 22nd instant. It refers to the Panama Canal. Really it makes one feel 'tired' not to use a more emphatic expression, to see the fear some newspapers have that they will do justice to some one they do not care to praise. My whole talk with that reporter, was to impress him with the now nationally evident fact, that California in particular has never given Theodore Roosevelt proper credit for ploughing through a mountain of opposition to bring about the building of the canal. But they did not publish a word of that part of the interview,- they only published what it suited them to publish. All the time the great fight was going on, I was making the Statehood fight in the Senate, and Farnum (the canal man) was in my way, and I was in his, so I had a good chance from day to day to see things going on. There are, among other things, two certain things yet to be written, one is the epitaph of Robert Emmet, and the other is the history that will give Theodore Roosevelt proper credit for bringing about the building of the Panama Canal. When other things he has done, and they are numerous, lie embalmed in the dusty tomes of history, Roosevelt's monument standing on a high pillar at the entrance to the Canal will beckon the commerce of the world to pass. If the management of the San Francisco Fair in 1915 does not invite Colonel Roosevelt to deliver the oration on its greatest day, then will the most ungrateful act in all the world's industrial history have taken place. Sincerely yours, B. S. Rodey[?]ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO M. A. HANNA & CO. M. A. Hanna & Co. Sales Agents for Coal, Coke, Iron Ore and Pig Iron Cleveland, O. June 27th, 1913. SUBJECT D. R. Hanna. R. L. Ireland. M. Andrews. H. M. Hanna, Jr. ALL QUOTATIONS, ORDERS AND CONTRACTS ARE SUBJECT TO CAR SUPPLY, STRIKES,ACCIDENTS AND CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL Mr. Frank Harper, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. My dear Harper:- We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 20th enclosing check in settlement for account of expenses on the Marquette trip. With kindest personal regards, we remain, Yours very truly, W. P. Schaufele WPS: CWBR. F. D. No. 1 PETERSBURG BOONE COUNTY KENTUCKY Personal June 27th [*(1913)*] [*File under Mrs. Selmes*] Dear Col - How I wish I could hear, and talk, and ask, and see you! And ride a bronco down Bear Creek with you, just for old times sake. But I am bound to this part of the country, and you must ride with my grand babies, and hug nature for me, and write me how everybody is. Isabella has just had her first moment of rest, the first let up of anxiety and over work, her first thought of herself, in eight years - in her six weeks at the Coast, near Santa Barbara, with the children Has Corinne told you about our nine weeks in Va. this year? We talked of, and wanted you very often, as we rode over those beautiful mountain trails, and decided you must come some time while we can all ride. From Va. the Robinsons came back with me and we did Ky. The Lincoln Memorial, dined with the Leslie Crubs, picniced with Roger Williams &c, &c. And of course, you were in out midst, as you usually are. Kentucky fell, to a man, at Corinne's feet and I think they really enjoyed it all. I wish you could have seenThe fact that she was willing to go shows that Bob is on the upward grade, and that she believes it. What Bob needs is confidence in his ability to do, now - he gained fine friends in the absence of petticoat rule and fussing. Bob's method of sitting tight has been a good one so far, but now, I think, if he could be interested in something which would take his mind off himself and the petty details of Carlys, and be gotten out of the tubercular zone - he could live a normal life in the heat as many thousands do in his condition of health—What wouldn't I give to talk to you before you go to Cat Cañon! To Bob, your voice is more than the voice of God - and I have often been on the point of asking you for help in rather desperate moments, but it's been so long since I have had a talk with you and writing is very difficult. The Cat Cañon life is very hard on Isabella and the servants, particularly in bad weather, of which we had five months last winter Will you look things over and write me what you think? I know you will be glad to know that, through Frank Cuteluon's wonderful management & generosity and Isabella's still more wonderful economy, they can live in entire comfort, where they please. Worry, in the point of money, for him is at an end—PETERSBURG BOONE COUNTY KENTUCKY My Aunt, at 80, riding off with Douglas to show him his place - Some day, some way you must come to B [?] This is a great deal about his and mine—and I want to hear about you & yours— Elliot, Kermit, all of you. Did you know that to my grandchildren you are “Uncle Kermit’s Dada”? It’s a unique position for you— I am so glad you are going to [Silver?], nothing that could happen would make Bob as happy, and so delight them all!! How I wish I could have my share! - And am Faithfully yours, Rally M. F. S. ([*[Selmes]*][*(6-27-13)*] Major W. A. Wadsworth requests the pleasure of Col Theodore Roosevelt's company at Supper at the Homestead after the sports of the Genesee Valley Hunt Club on July the Fifth Confidential There is a bed of mint in the garden. WTHE POST-STANDARD PUBLISHED BY THE POST-STANDARD COMPANY NOS. 815-891 SOUTH WARREN STREET LARGEST PROVED, PAID CIRCULATION WITHIN ITS TERRITORY W. E. GARDNER, TREASURER AND MANAGER SYRACUSE, N. Y. June 27, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, C/O The Outlook, New York City. Dear Mr. President:- It gave me great pleasure to receive your letter of June 23. I appreciate that you are very busy at the present time, and, therefore, will wait until after you return from Arizona before calling on you. I have an appointment with your nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, at Herkimer in the near future. We can talk over the matter in detail and, no doubt, he will inform you in regard to the result of our conference. Sincerely yours, E. J. WaldronN. M. O. 161 Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Vallejo, Cal., June 27th, 1913. , 191 Personal and Confidential. My dear Colonel Roosevelt,- An attack is being made on me, behind my back, to injure my chances for promotion. It is claimed that while President of the United States, you directed that I be not sent to the Philippines on account of my attitude towards the Philippinos and that this was continued during the next administration. I am quite sure that with the enormous pressure of business, correspondence, policies, incidents, etc., an incident in itself so small would ordinarily have escaped notice but for the fact that it was brought to your attention by the Postmaster General, Mr. Wynne. When I had been back from the Philippines about eighteen months the papers published the fact that I was to be ordered back. The first intimation I had of the intention was a telegram from Mr. Wynn asking if I wished to go. I replied in the negative stating that there were six others ahead of me on the roster. Mr Wynn then wrote me that he had taken the matter up with you and that you had directed that I should not be sent saynig, in effect, Send someone who has not done any work. Immediately after this rumor got abroad to the effect that I could not be sent to the Philippines by your direction, on account of my attitude towards the Philippinos. Of course under the circumstances I could say nothing. If you can recall the incident and will tell me whether the instructions to keep me back from the Philippines were given because of the apparent injustice to me or from motives of policy I shall be greatly obliged to you. You have, in the past, expressed your opinion as to my soldierly qualities and ability and I would be glad if you hold the same opinion still if you will express it to me. I wish, of course, to use this to refute the attacks already made and that will be repeated in the near future. My friend O. K. Davis can tell you how I was knifed by Senator Penrose and his cousin, Colonel Biddle, made Major General Commandant U. S. Marine Corps, although the appointment had been promised me. I am sorry to trouble you with such a small matter but it is important that I should know the truth and be prepared in the coming fight. Sincerely yours, Sittleton N. J. Waller Colonel, U. S. M. C.“SAVE THE BOY” Anti-Cigarette League of America Successor to “The Anti-Cigarette League,” Incorporated 1899, and “The National Anti-Cigarette League,” Incorporated 1901 AIM: A crusade against the use of cigarettes and tobacco by the young. SUPPORT: From the public which the League serves METHOD: EDUCATION — LEGISLATION — LAW-ENFORCEMENT General Headquarters, 1119 Woman’s Temple, Chicago FROM THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED Judge Leroy B. Crane, Chairman Charles Loring Brace Mrs. Clarence Burns Frank L. Brown Rev. Dr. D.J. Burrell Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby Mrs. James P. Cahen Mrs. Mary E. Falkner W. W. Freeman Newell Dwight Hillis, D. D. Prof. Franklin Hooper, LL. D. Cornelius S. Loder L. D. Mason, M. D. Rev. Dr. Henry Mottet T. A. MacNicholl, M. D. John B. Prest Rev. Chas H. Parkhurst, D. D. A. Josephine Sherman, M. D. Courtland Smith Rev. Leslie W. Sprague James E. Sullivan Mrs. Fanny G. Villard Gen. Geo. W. Wingate Wm. Alberti Whiting Burt G. Wilder, M. D. GENERAL OFFICERS Honorary President, JOGN BALCOM SHAW, D. D., Chicago President, DAVID PAULSON, M. D., Hinsdale (Chicago), Ills. Vice-Presidents DAVID STARR JORDAN, California. JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY, Colorado OZARA S. DAVIS, D. D., Ills. CHARLES BULKLEY HUBBELL, New York E. THOMPSON SETON, New York, P. P. CLAXTON, U. S. Com. of Education. Superintendent (and Founder), LUCY PAGE GASTON, Chicago Corresponding Secretary, MRS. CAROLINE F. GROW, Chicago Treasurer, CHARLES S. ROBERTS, First National Bank, Chicago EASTERN DIVISION Chairman, JUDGE LEROY B. CRANE, New York General Secretary, LEONARD L. NONES 452 W. 47th St., New York Supt. Legislation and Law Enforcement, J. W. HUFF, Elmira, N. Y. Chairman Publicity, J. GEORGE FREDERICK Counsel, ALEXANDER CUMMING, LL. B., A. M., Ph. D, Field Secretary, REV. MANFRED P. WELCHER 310 Clermont Ave. Brooklyn: Lecturer, MRS. KATE UPSON CLARK Treasurer, WILLIAM W. J. WARREN FROM THE GENERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL President Brown Ayers Commander Ballington Booth Francis E. Clark, D. D Mrs. D. A. Cleage Horace Fletcher, M. D. S. B. Goff, Sr. J. H. Kellogg, M. D. Ira D. Landrith, D. D. Mrs. John A. Logan Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan Bishop W. A. Quayle Josiah Strong, D. D. Mrs. Elizabeth R. White Henry Smith Williams, M. D. 129 Lafayette St., New York New York, June 27th, 1913. Col. Thoedore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:- [[shorthand]] You will recall signing a letter to me last year in response to my request for your approval of my work. I accept and commend your position taken in that letter, namely in essence, the impracticability of beginning in that line. You will notice by the enclosed pages some evidence of progress in giving my message and kind words of approval. In my lantern talks I begin with Abraham Lincoln, then until recently Mr. Taft, and now President Wilson, and for the third one on every occasion your own. Permit me to say frankly and simply as a matter of fact that your photograph on the screen never fails to produce applause. Just now a few weeks ago in the Harlem Baptist Church at a penny concert for children, the response to your . picture was all that even you could wish. On Thursday of election week last November, I gave my lantern talk at half past eight A. M. in the High School of Erie, Pae to ten or eleven hundred pupils, and yours was received with great enthusiasme I mention this merely as a matter of justice to you and of information, not because I am going to ask you for something. Yesterday a mother who was loyal to you even I may say, in opposition in this particular case to her husband and her father, asked me to get your photograph and a letter similar to the enclosed of the President. You are still the hero of the boys, she said. And as in the past I desire to give the boys the full benefit of your attitude toward the smoke habit. I am not ask- ing yow, however, for a letter. I know perfectly well your attitude. If, however, you could send me your approved autographed photograph for a lantern slide, it will be all I need, unless you prefer“SAVE THE BOY” Anti-Cigarette League of America Successor to “The Anti-Cigarette League,” Incorporated 1899, and “The National Anti-Cigarette League,” Incorporated 1901 AIM: A crusade against the use of cigarettes and tobacco by the young. SUPPORT: From the public which the League serves METHOD: EDUCATION — LEGISLATION — LAW-ENFORCEMENT General Headquarters, 1119 Woman’s Temple, Chicago FROM THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED Judge Leroy B. Crane, Chairman Charles Loring Brace Mrs. Clarence Burns Frank L. Brown Rev. Dr. D.J. Burrell Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby Mrs. James P. Cahen Mrs. Mary E. Falkner W. W. Freeman Newell Dwight Hillis, D. D. Prof. Franklin Hooper, LL. D. Cornelius S. Loder L. D. Mason, M. D. Rev. Dr. Henry Mottet T. A. MacNicholl, M. D. John B. Prest Rev. Chas H. Parkhurst, D. D. A. Josephine Sherman, M. D. Courtland Smith Rev. Leslie W. Sprague James E. Sullivan Mrs. Fanny G. Villard Gen. Geo. W. Wingate Wm. Alberti Whiting Burt G. Wilder, M. D. GENERAL OFFICERS Honorary President, JOGN BALCOM SHAW, D. D., Chicago President, DAVID PAULSON, M. D., Hinsdale (Chicago), Ills. Vice-Presidents DAVID STARR JORDAN, California. JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY, Colorado OZARA S. DAVIS, D. D., Ills. CHARLES BULKLEY HUBBELL, New York E. THOMPSON SETON, New York, P. P. CLAXTON, U. S. Com. of Education. Superintendent (and Founder), LUCY PAGE GASTON, Chicago Corresponding Secretary, MRS. CAROLINE F. GROW, Chicago Treasurer, CHARLES S. ROBERTS, First National Bank, Chicago EASTERN DIVISION Chairman, JUDGE LEROY B. CRANE, New York General Secretary, LEONARD L. NONES 452 W. 47th St., New York Supt. Legislation and Law Enforcement, J. W. HUFF, Elmira, N. Y. Chairman Publicity, J. GEORGE FREDERICK Counsel, ALEXANDER CUMMING, LL. B., A. M., Ph. D, Field Secretary, REV. MANFRED P. WELCHER 310 Clermont Ave. Brooklyn: Lecturer, MRS. KATE UPSON CLARK Treasurer, WILLIAM W. J. WARREN FROM THE GENERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL President Brown Ayers Commander Ballington Booth Francis E. Clark, D. D Mrs. D. A. Cleage Horace Fletcher, M. D. S. B. Goff, Sr. J. H. Kellogg, M. D. Ira D. Landrith, D. D. Mrs. John A. Logan Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan Bishop W. A. Quayle Josiah Strong, D. D. Mrs. Elizabeth R. White Henry Smith Williams, M. D. 129 Lafayette St., New York New York, 191 - 2 - to give me more, The simple fact of your autograph on your photograph sent to me for this purpose will carry with it the burden of the matter. True I have a slide but I found it in the market in stock. If you will send me as I ask, your signed photo, it will meet the requirements very fully. I am telling the boys what I suppose is authentic regarding your unpromising physical condition in early life, at about 21, and your departure for the West to live on a ranch to breathe clean air, to live outdoors, and to gain the result of which we know today, ability to outride the cavalry, outmarch the infantry, and outshoot the sharpshooters; to carry a bullet in one side of your chest, and we hope not to get another one in the other side. I am giving this because I suppose it is true and you will, I think, understand my motive in saying it frankly. As I am giving the boys and children generally the benefit of President's Wilson's position, similarly and equally I desire to give them the benefit of your position in so far as you see fit to grant my request. You may be very sure that the mothers, a multitude of mothers, I believe a large majority of the mothers of the little children, and of boys even up to College and beyond, will be glad and grateful for any push you may give against the smoke habit. The lamentations of the mothers and the letters of the fathers too, are a somewhat painful burden and a most emphatic incentive to me in my work. Anything you can do legitimately, and any argument that I can gain can scarcely be devoted to a more worthy purpose as you will agree. Grateful for your favor, and with all best wishes, I am Very respectfully, Manfred P. Welcher [*(Welcher)*]OFFICE OF Southern Pacific Milling Co. SAN FRANCISCO June 27, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Roosevelt: Mr. Frank Trower, who is at the head of the Order of the Hoo-Hoos, an organization made up of men interested in the lumber trade, desired that I should aid him in an endeavor to secure you for a meeting to be held in St. Louis, on September 9th, 10th and 11th. I take pleasure in endorsing all that Mr. Trower has said in his letter of this date. For a talk on Conservation I know of no audience more fitting, or one that could be of more practical advantage to your cause. I have long known Mr. Trower and hold him in high regard. I am glad that he has expressed his tribute to your achievements in the 2 Cs - the Canal and Conservation. You probably do not know me as connected with lumber; but in addition to acting as Vice-President of the Southern Pacific Milling Company, I have been for over twenty years Vice-President of the Salinas Valley Lumber Company. In February, I had the honor to deliver an address before a convention of lumbermen at Spokane. In due time, the National Federation of Retailers requested permission to print some three hundred thousand copies for distribution. Perhaps the talk gains some significance at this time whenNo. 2 To Col. Roosevelt FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC MILLING CO. DATE June 27, 1913. the socialist wants to do away with all buying and selling. I doubt if your busy day will grant you an hour for its reading, but I enclose you one, upon the chance. In any event, I send you an ocean of good wishes, and remain Yours sincerely, J. H. WheelanPringle Memorial Home Officers and Directors for 1912-13 CLARENCE M. FENTON, PRESIDENT CHARLESTON, W. VA. BERT L. JONES, VICE-PRESIDENT 604 ELLICOTT SQUARE. BUFFALO. N Y JOHN R. WILLIAMS, TREASURER 612 PRUDENTIAL BLDG . BUFFALO. N.Y NELSON ZABRISKIE. SECRETARY 45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK HON. FRANK HASBROUCK, CHAIRMAN HOUSE COM. 56 MARKET STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. WHITNEY G. CASE, BUFFALO. N. Y. DR. LEE H. SMITH. BUFFALO. N.Y. FRANK DICKERSON. NEW YORK JOHN K. SAGUE, POUGHKEEPSIE. N.Y. RESIDENCE 153 ACADEMY STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. June 27th, 1913. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Sir:-- I take pleasure in notifying you that at the annual meeting of the members and trustees of the Pringle Memorial Home, held at the office of the Secretary, you were elected a member of the corporation, and trust that you will find it convenient to accept. No liabilities and no special duties are imposed upon the members, but I hope you will be able to attend our annual meetings held on the first Monday of June in each year. Very truly yours, Nelson Zabriskie Secretary NZ*LRB. [[shorthand]] [*13*] [*Ack FH EH 6/30/13*]For immediate release: PROGRESSIVE NEWS SERVICE Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. June 27, 1913. A DAMNING RECORD. About the middle of March, Maury Diggs and Drew Caminetti, both married men and fathers, seduced two young firls of Sacramento, abandoned their families, and eloped with their victims to Reno, Nevada. A few days later, all four were arrested in the house in which they were living in Reno. They were taken back to California and the two young men, each twenty-seven years old, were indicted under the Federal White Slave Act, which makes it a crime for any person to transport a woman from one state to another for immoral purposes. California blazed with wrath and indignation over the crime and the two young men deemed it wise to remain for some time in jail in Sacramento to avoid the danger of physical violence. The record shows that immediate efforts were made on behalf of the two young men so to arrange the testimony of the girls as to make these girls themselves bear the burden of the infamous episode and permit their seducers to escape. Subsequent to this, Anthony Caminetti, a Democratic State Senator of California, father of one of the defendants, was appointed Commissioner General of Immigration by President Wilson. In that office, Mr. Caminetti becomes an important agent of the government for the enforcement of the White Slave Act. When President Wilson appointed him to this office, he knew, or should have known, Mr. Caminetti's intimate connection with the infamous California case. He knew or should have known,- there is no excuse for his not knowing,- the natural influence which Mr. Caminetti's connection with the case would have upon his general attitude toward enforcement of the White Slave Act. Mr. Caminetti came to Washington and assumed the duties of his office. Soon afterward, he received informationi that Mr. McNab, the District Attorney of San Francisco, was pushing the case of his son for trial. Mr. Caminetti asked for leave of2. absence to go to California for the trial of his son. Thereupon, William L. Wilson, Secretary of Labor, Commissioner Caminetti's immediate superior, made the astounding proposition that he would ask for a postponement of the trial until fall. Secretary Wilson says he did this for two reasons. He did not desire Mr. Caminetti to leave Washington until he was thoroughly familiar with the duties of his office. Furthermore, by fall, Mr. Caminetti would have become so proficient in his duties as to enable him to inspect the immigration stations on the Pacific Coast. The inference is unavoidable that Secretary Wilson contemplated permitting Commissioner Caminetti to make his trip to the Coast for attendance upon his son's trial at government expense under the guise of an inspection of immigration stations. Secretary Wilson did make the request for postponement. Attorney General McReynolds granted it. Whether Mr. McReynolds was aware of the importance of the case of understood the temper of California with regard to it, does not appear. There is no excuse for his not knowing. He telegraphed District Attorney McNab to postpone the case. Mr. McNab immediately protested. He says he protested repeatedly. Mr. McReynolds has referred to one protest, but has not published the record to show how many times it was repeated. At last, failing to secure proper support from Mr. McReynolds and the Department of Justice, District Attorney McNab appealed his case to the public and, in an open telegram to President Wilson, resigned his office as a protest against the unwarranted interference of the Attorney-General with the course of justice. Immediately the whole country rang with indignation, but Attorney General McReynolds dismissed the matter with a contemptuous sneer and the remark, "A Republican District Attorney has resigned and I am shedding no tears." Up tothe time of Mr. McNab's telegram to him, President Wilson apparently had not been informed of the matter. He then called upon Mr. McReynolds for a report. Secretary Wilson at once came forward with public confession of his share in the unlovely affair.3. Mr. McReynolds at last woke up to the gravity of the matter. He wrote a letter to the President setting forth his side of the case and attempting to save his face by suggesting the reversal of his order of postponement. Meantime, the members of the Federal Grand Jury which indicted Diggs and Caminetti signed a telegraphic appeal to President Wilson in support of McNab's attitude. Also Mr. Clayton Harrington, the Special Agent of the Department of Justice who had procured the evidence for the prosecution of the case, telegraphed to the President adding his protest against the delay. Now comes the utterly damning record of action by President Wilson. Did he dismiss the Attorney General who had thys interfered with the orderly procedure in this flagrant and outrageous case? Not at all. Did he dismiss the Secretary of Labor who had volunteered the indefensible suggestion for delay, coupled with its equally indefensible implication of a trip to the Pacific Coast by Commissioner Caminetti at public graft? Not at all. Did he dismiss the Commissioner of Immigration unfitted by the circumstances of this case for a post which requires him to enforce the White Slave Act? Not at all. What did he do? He ordered the prompt prosecution of Diggs and Caminetti under their indictment and thus confessed that McNab's attitude was right, admitting what all the world knew, that, if it had not been for McNab's protest, the prosecution of these two men would still be held up. What else did he do? He sent a telegram to Mr. McNab mercilessly scoring him for his protest and accepting his resignation, thereby further hampering the prosecution by placing it in the hands of a new man, unfamiliar with the case. And he either ordered or permitted the Department of Justice to order the summary suspension of Mr. Harrington. But that is not all. He wrote a letter to Mr. McReynolds publicly and heartily approving the Attorney General, although disapproving the Attorney General's order for delay. Shocking as this inconceivably inconsistent procedure is4. in itself, it does not yet measure the whole of the damning record. For the action of President Wilson toward McNab and Harrington can be construed as nothing but a formal notice to every Federal employe whatever and wherever his job may be, that, if he lifts a finger or says a word in criticism of governmental action, no matter how flagrantly wrong it may be, his head will instantly pay thne penalty. According to President Wilson's oft repeated public declarations, Mr. McNab and Mr. Harrington were not primarily in his employ or that of Attorney General McReynolds or Secretary Wilson. They were employed by the people of the United States, sworn to serve and protect the interests of the people, and they received their pay from the people. If the Administration had deliberately sought a method of notifying every Federal employe to line up and stand by its every act, no matter how wrong or immoral it might be, no more effective means could have been chosen. One of the most far reaching and pernicious results of this scandal is the order that has thus gone forth from Washington to the Federal organization far and near to line up for anything and everything that may emanate from headquarters,- or expect summary decapitation. We repeat, it is a damning record.[Encl in Perkins 7/3/13] [6/27/23]June 27, 1913. Mr. Harper: Please write to Mr. James Garfield at Cleveland as soon as possible letting him know whether Mr. Roosevelt will pass through Cleveland when he goes West to Arizona and if so, on what day and what train, as Mr. Garfield wishes, if possible, to see Mr. Roosevelt. Please let me know and let me see a copy of the letter you write. L. F. A. [Abbott]FIRE INSURANCE RENTS COLLECTED J. O. BOWER REAL ESTATE BROKER 529 LINCOLN AVENUE BELL PHONE 563 NEVILLE BELLEVUE, PA., June 28th, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, New York City. Dear Sir: Pardon the boldness of the writer, but I trust you will appreciate the matter after reading to the end. Bellevue Pa. is having a whirlwing campaign to raise $50,000 for the hospital. The writer has been very active in helping to raise the desired amount. Being captain of Team No. 1. And as the enthusiasm is running pretty high, some of my friends put a good joke over at the dinner last night, in which a telegram was read addressed to me from Teddy Roosevelt. It created a good laugh, as the writer has always been an ardent admirer of yourself, to such an extent that lots of people call me "Teddy". I am enclosing said telegram, with the hope that I may be able to turn the tables by getting the GENUINE ARTICLE. We would greatly appreciate a subscription, but I should like very much to get a telegram from you. The campaign will close Tuesday evening July 1st, and I should like to have it by that time. Trusting you will enter into the spirit of this, and at the same time treat it very confidential, I am sir, Respectfully yours, J. O. Bower Address. J. O. Bower, c/o C. A. Coggins, Bellevue, Pa.Private [?] June 28 1913 My Dear Roosevelt Your interests are so universal that I fancy you will like to hear something about the present situation in China, as I should like to tell you something. It is however very difficult to reach any conclusions or venture on any predictions. The Europeans most friendly to the Chinese themselves say they see no daylight. Every one agrees that China is as unfit for republican institutions as any country can be, but the chances of any power will probably fall to the person who has money to pay the troops, especially if he is himself a good soldier. This seems a dark prospect, yet the Chinese have such an instinct for organization and such an interest in preserving the order necessary for industry and trade that we must not be despondent. The only republicans among them are the few who have received their education abroad, and they will really be swayed more by facts than by theories. One must wish that they be left alone. The less foreign intervention the better. Our kindest regards to your wife. I trust she is keeping well. When I get back to civilization I shall look with great interest to the later installments of your reminiscences Always yours James Brycerestoration of a monarchy are slender, and the Manchus Dynasty had become so feeble and effete that nobody regrets it. The Legislature consists of men nearly all inexperienced and most of them young Among those I saw there seemed to be a good many of talent, and animated by a patriotic spirit, but so far they have done nothing but talk and intrigue, and have not secured the confidence of the nation. Europeans generally desire to see Yuan Shi Kai establish his power as a strong Executive and think that the more he is left to run the country, the better. But he does not look likely to live many years, and is exposed, as every prominent man is to the attacks of assassins. There is a great deal of bomb throwing and bomb sending here. No man has yet appeared fit to take his place, and when he goes,J. B. WHITE G. W. CLARKE WHITE & CLARKE LAWYERS. OFFICE IN CALDWELL BLOCK. ADEL, IOWA. June 28th 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Mr. Roosevelt:- I suppose your refusal to allow me to see you as I requested ends the chapter of my two and a half years of effort to get you to take up the biography of your life that I have written and to lead a back to nature movement. In some ways I do notm care for I dislike to be dependent upon anyone. I want to stand on my own feet and always have wanted to but this influence of which I have written you made it impossible for me to stand on my own feet and made me stake everythingon this biography alone. It ruined me in a business way and took practically three years out of my business life so that I am practically that much later than I otherwise would have been in getting a start in life. Furthermore there is no indication that even now I can get back into business, for this influence has made it practically impossible for me to succeed in my efforts in business and every thing indicates that it will continue to do so. I wrote the biography in the way which I described to you and staked all on the outcome as I was compelled to do. Of course I was astonished when you began writing your autobiography for there is a peculiar irony in having my efforts nullified in that way. I have wondered a great deal about your entitling your autobiography as you have, "Chapters from a possible autobiography" but I suppose I will never know why you did that. I certainly would love to cut loose and do something worth while on my own account but everything, according to my best judgment, indicates that I must succeed with that biography or with the back to nature movement in some way or not at all. I still think if something of the kind (the back to nature movement) were injectedJ.B. White G.W. Clarke WHITE & CLARKE Lawyers Office in Caldwell Block Adel, Iowa into the Progressive movement it would be a grand good thing. Of course it isn't politics but that is just why it would be a good thing it seems to me. It would have a sincerety about it that people are not accustomed to associate with politics. Meanwhile I shall try to take up the law business where I dropped it three years ago and shall try to make myself like it even though I have been filled with a deep bitter hatred for it that I fear cannot be eradicated in a life time. Sincerely yours, Chas. F. Clarke.Seattle, Washington June 28th 1913 My dear Mr. Roosevelt; Your very kind note of June 20th about "The Preliminaries" has just reached me. I hasten to say that it was not I who sent you the little book. Myself, I shouldn't have had the 'nerve' so to trespass upon the attention of so busy a man! But I feel that I owe a debt of gratitude to whomever I may have been - presumbly the publishers - that put the book in your way, since it has given methe great pleasure of learning that you approve it. No other man's commendation could be such a satisfaction to me, or, I may add, to my husband. Very sincerely yours Cornelia A. P. Comer (Mrs. W. D. Comer)Dayton Ohio June 28th 1913 Theodore Roosevelt - New York City Booker T. Washington's name will be most prominent before the next National Convention. A Negros name will be presented anyway Washington's will be most prominent - of course - And Respectfully - James L. Cunningham PS I hope it will =RED GABLES MORRIS PLAINS, N. J. June 28, 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, New York. My dear Col. Roosevelt, Your letter to mother with one enclosed for me to present to Mr. Truesdale has just arrived. I shall go to Mr. Truesdale on Monday and will let you know the result. Whether he sees me or not Col. Roosevelt I shall never forget what you have done for mefor I thoroughly appreciate it. Gratefully yours, Homer Davenport PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MUNSEY BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. O. K. DAVIS SECRETARY June 28, 1913. Mr. George W. Perkins, 71 Broadway, New York, N.Y. My dear Mr. Perkins: I enclose copy of an editorial on the Diggs-Caminetti matter which is to be included in the Bulletin that will be published next week. I am also sending this to a selected list of our papers, - those that have shown a willingness to print at considerable length and to take strong stuff. I am sending out to all papers on our list to-day a very long release made up of reports of Progressive activity in a good many States. I am running the matter in the Bulletin and so sent the release this week in printed form. It now looks as'if we shall have Congress in session all summer and we shall be lucky to get adjournment in the fall. I cannot detect any sign that Wilson is only bluffing in his insistence on the currency reform, at this session. The Senate is delaying the tariff bill and the word this morning is that it will not be reported by the Finance Committee until about July 10th. That, of course, means September 1st as the earliest possible date of passage. The Democrats have always been slow in their Congressional work and it is more likely that the tariff bill will hang on well into September than that it will be passed by September 1st. If the currency bill is then to be taken up by the Senate, there is no reasonable hope of getting through with it under six weeks or two months. These continues to be vigorous opposition among Democratic Senators to handling the currency bill at the special session. While this continues, there is, of course, the possibility that they may be able, by delaying the tariff, to convince Wilson of the futility of attempting currency legislation at this session. If they could get an agreement from him to be content with action by the House at this session and let the currency bill go over to the regular session in the Senate, I have no doubt that that would hustle action on the tariff and we might get through by September 1st but, in the light of Democratic experience, the prospect is for an all summer session. When you get back from Europe in the fall, you will probably find us doing business at the same old stand. I hope you have a good trip and come back really rested and refreshed. [Dictated but not revised.] Faithfully yours, O K Davis OKD/s(Encl in Perkins 7/3/13)GEORGE DONALDSON SHORTHAND REPORTER 1016-19 MAJESTIC BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHER WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT TELEPHONE M. 1952 June 28, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dear Sir:- The enclosed bill is for a copy of the deposition of James Martin Miller, taken at Detroit last winter in the suit of Roosevelt vs. Newett. The copy was furnished at the request of Mr Henry N Wallace of this city and was originally billed to him, but sometime ago he returned it to me requesting that I send it to Mr Pound and he would attend to it. Mr pound has endorsed it as you see. Very respectfully, George Donaldson [*Check for $15.00 sent July 10/13*] PROGRESSIVE PARTY HEADQUARTERS-102 MIDLAND BLDG.. KANSAS CITY, MO. L. A. ELLIS, Chairman J. M. COBURN, Treasurer J. A. GALBRAITH, Secretary The State Committee First District— J. T. WHITE, Palmyra, Mo. WALDO F. SMITH, Macon, Mo. Second District— H. C. MYERS, Brookfield, Mo. J. W. HIGGINBOTTOM, Carrollton, Mo. Third District— DR. E. R. McDONALD, Cameron, Mo. J. A. SELBY, Gallatin, Mo. Fourth District— DR. J, A. GRAY, Watson, Mo. NATHANIEL SISSON, Marysville, Mo. Fifth District— J. A. GALBRAITH, Kansas City, Mo. T. R. BARTLETT, Kansas City, Mo. Sixth District— FRANK HUBER, Belton, Mo. G. W. SCHWEER, Windsor, Mo. Seventh District— W. A. JACKSON, Springfield, Mo. ............................. Eighth District— G. A. BROWNFIELD, Boonville, Mo. DR. I. N. ENLOE, Jefferson City, Mo. Ninth District— E. A. CLAUS, Louisiana, Mo. R. R. BUCKNER, Mexico, Mo. Tenth District— PAUL V. JANIS, St. Louis, Mo. J. M. ROLLINS, St. Louis, Mo. Eleventh District— COL. A. B. WOEHRHEIDE, St. Louis, Mo. R. P. WIGGINS, St. Louis, Mo. Twelfth District— PERCY STONE, St. Louis, Mo. WILLIAM HERBERT FIELD, St. Louis, Mo. Thirteenth District— .............................. G. O. NATIONS, Farmington, Mo. Fourteenth District— DIXON VAN WORMER, West Plains, Mo. JAMES F. MILLER, Bloomfield, Mo. Fifteenth District— T. W. HARKNESS, Lamar, Mo. HARRISON KELLER, Joplin, Mo. Sixteenth District— COLUMBUS BRADFORD, Kinderpost, Mo. DR. B. F. JOHNSON, Buffalo, Mo. June 26, 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, New York City. Dear Col. Roosevelt,- We have just held a Conference at St. Louis, which city, by the way, is least progressive in many ways of any city in the United States I sometimes think, yet the spirit of our meeting was fine--the same fervor pervading the meeting as characterized the August Convention at Chicago. And so far as I can judge there is in this state no dispostion to desert our cause. I want to thank you most sincerely for the letter which you wrote Judge Nortoni because at this particular time and place it was of peculiar benefit. Permit me to add the thought that your silencing of the slanders circulated against you with reference to personal habits has been of immense benefit to young men in the nation who might have gotten a notion that one could really be a man of great achievement yet be a man of intemperate habits. Sincerely yours, L. A. Ellis LAE-IAE Salt Lake, Utah, June 28, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Yesterday's bulletins announced your inten- tion of spending the ensuing two months in Arizona. For six weeks past a number of the leading Progressives of Utah, consti- tuting a general committee on arrangements, have been formulating plans for a conference to be held in Salt Lake City at some convenient date in the near future. The possibility of our being favored with your presence at this proposed conference has been very much discussed among us, but the long distance necessary to be traveled, and the consequent infringement upon your time, have stood in the way of our hoping to have you with us. But now that we learn of your intention to be in this region, we are very hopeful of being able to so arrange our plans and appointments as to make it your pleasure to be with us. As chairman of the committee on general arrangements for the conference, I have consulted with the members of the committee, and also with National Committeeman, Heiner, and I express their unanimous sentiment in a most cordial invitation to you to so arrange your plans, if possible, as to be present at our conference. We are today addressing a letter to Governor Johnson, inviting him to be with us and suggesting about September 1st and 2nd as the dates of meeting, but subject, of course, to the convenience of yourself and Governor Johnson. Yours very respectfully, "Signature" Suite 1022 Boston Bldg.ISRAEL M.FOSTER ROY D.WILLIAMS Law Offices ROOMS 1,2,3,4, LAWRENCE BUILDING ATHENS, OHIO LELAND S.WOOD MILTON D.HUGHES [6-28-13] Athens J U N E 28th 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. Dear Mr. Roosevelt: This acknowledges the receipt of your very kind letter bearing date of June 4, 1913. I should have thanked you for this letter sooner, but have been busily engaged in court work, which has necessitated the postponement of my correspondence until this time. No one received more satisfaction out of the termination of the Marquette trial than I. I have been pleased to note that you have recently given some consideration to our fellow townsman General Grosvenor. My deposition in the Marquette case covered some of his unwarranted hostility to you during the primary of last year. Sincerely wishing you good health and continued success, I beg to remain, Very truly yours, I. M. Foster IMF/CLG.The Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., June 28, 1913 Frank Harper, Secretary The Outlook New York Dear Sir: Yours 27th to hand, same noted. I have not asked Mr. Roosevelt to enter into any scheme, and there is no intention of doing so. I do not like the word scheme, never engage in them myself. Of course I know that Mr. Roosevelt's time while at Outlook office belongs to the Company that pays for same. I supposed his time while at Oyster Bay was his own. I have some views, or ideas of my own upon existing conditions along certain lines and I wanted his opinion of same. The recent ruling of Attorney General McReynolds that National Banks ofThe Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (2) $25,000 and $50,000 could not be permitted in the suburbs of Cities. This may be according to the Law, but if so its an outrage and should be annulled. This ruling is in favor of the large banks who never do business with the suburban business man or citizen and against the small business man depositor and borrower. If you don't grasp the situation as I know exists, just select from your office force some good, clean, perfectly honest, married man with family who has not a bank account and send him out to borrow $100 for 90 days and see what he runs up against. At the large city banks one must keep a daily balance of $3000 to $5000 to entitle him to borrow - or to discount his collateralThe Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (3) The ordinary business man or individual without a bank account is in about the same condition as the man with 25¢ going to the Waldorf Astoria. In other words the large city banks are just about as much benefit to 95% of the citizens of N. Y. as the Waldorf is to same 95%. But thanks to the chain of Childs Restaurants and hundreds of others the people can get meals from 15¢ up. Thanks to the combination of capital the United Cigar Stores supply that demand. Thanks to the saloons on each corner and one in the middle of the block the thirsty of all ages rich and poor can get all they want, if they have the price.The Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (4) Go stand at the door of any of your city banks and see how many farmers or small business men enter Watch for the Suburban depositor to enter to make his daily deposit. Every State and every City is trying to legislate "Loan Sharks" out of existance and every law that is enacted makes it harder for the small borrower. To remove the "Loan Shark" who charges 10 to 20% per mo remove the cause. Establish many small National Banks that will do for the small business man small depositor and small borrower what the big banks do for the big fellows and you have gone a along way to remove the necessity that bring "Loan Sharks" to the front.The Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (5) The small National Bank with capital of $25000 if properly managed will soon have $250,000 deposits the accumulations of small depositors that now deposit in no bank - 85% of this $25,000 can be loaned back to the community at legal rate of interest and on good security. No 10% per mo shark could exist in that community. Every suburb of New York should have a National Bank of least permitted capital for the reason that people having more confidence in National than State or private banks - and its confidence that bring the small savings from nooks and corners - and places it in the loan fund and as the loan fund increases the interest rate decreases. If it is impossible to have National Banks in the business centers of New York proper that small deals may be properly attended to that business could go to the suburbs - and the bank noThe Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (6) matter where located will have all the business it can properly attend to and the bank does not have to part with a dollar until the ecurity is satisfactory. I commenced banking in 1881 in the unorganized territory of North West Nebraska, and we made small loans at 2@ per mo - and as the County Settled up and deposit increased the rate of interest decreased until we finally got down to legal interest. I find here in N. Y. a Charitable Loan Association only a stones throw from The Outlook office that loans at 2% per mo - requiring the borrower to insure the security in favor of associations loaning. This associating is handling the Safe Estate funds - If they would [?] their Association to a National Bank and bring out of hiding $25000 they could loan at legal rates and make more than the do at 2% per mo.The Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (7) I enclose pg 469 United States Investor of March 22, 1913, showing how 1-88% can be earned by $50,000 National Bank. If this article is true and I think it is, only $375.00 is required in actual cash - to put a $50000 National Bank in working order. Is this a scheme or is it business. If I was a Roosevelt or a Geo W Perkins I would go to the man who is holding the Government Bonds, for the 2% annual interest and induce him to deposit same with us - get his 2% just the same and his share of the 188% and what the bank made - and my line of reasoning is that if it pays business men to have "Chiles Restaurants" and "United Cigar Stores" that another combination of business men could make more by having a chain of banks - that would do business with common people In fact do for the community where they are located, just what a country bank does for its patrons.WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 The Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (8) I.E. do business with any worthy business man or individual whether he kept a bank account or not. There are hundreds of things a bank can do and should do for their patrons. what saves the patrons money and makes the bank money. I have known banks in Nebraska with but $5,000 capital that carried loans of $130,000 and most of the $5000 invested in bank building and fixtures. This was possible owing to confidence in the officials of the bank and the large line of deposits. The bank that I organized in 1881, with but $15,000 new capital is carrying loans and discounts of $135,000 and there has never been a day from 1881 to date when a check was not paid on presentation. Do you realize what it means to a community to keep $135,000 in circulation rather than in hiding. If ever of these banks needed money, they could get it by sending their notes to Omaha Chicago or New York and they could get all the money they neededThe Glover Cuban Land Company (INCORPORATED) OWNERS "El Palengue Plantation" OMAJA, ORIENTE PROVINCE, CUBA WILLIAM GLOVER, PRESIDENT CHAS. R. GLOVER, GENERAL MANAGER OMAJA, CUBA CHAS. O. GLOVER, TREASURER PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 BRANCH OFFICES OMAJA, CUBA AURORA, NEBR. HOME OFFICE OMAHA, NEBRASKA GROUND FLOOR N. Y. LIFE BLDG. DOUGLAS 3963 IND. A-3963 Omaha, Nebr., (9) at 6% per annum. The Suburban National Banks could do the same thing and while the big National Banks would not make one of the loans the small bank makes. Yet they would take $10,000 $25,000 $50,000 or $100,000 of the loans from the Small Natl Bank - So you see my plan brings out the small deposits. for loan fund for small business borrowers without the 10% Loan Shark and gives the big bank chances to make big loans. I could name hundreds of benefits to all parties interested. If we are Progressives why not progress? Shall we permit the McReynolds Ruling to wipe out the opportunity to establish Suburban Natl Banks? What Mr. Roosevelt says on this subject will receive attention What I say will not for I am not big enough to obtain an hour of his time. Respectfully C. R. Glover 359 W 23rd St.ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO M. A. HANNA & CO. M. A. Hanna & Co. Sales Agents for Coal, Coke, Iron Ore, Pig Iron D. R. Hanna. R. L. Ireland. M. Andrews. F. B. Richards - Pig Iron & Ore Sales Dept. Wm. Collins - Coal Sales Dept. C. N. Hickok - Coke Sales Dept. H. M.- Ore Mining Dept. M. Gallagher - Coal Mining Dept. J.P. Ashley - Transportation Dept. M. McMurray - Blast Furnace Dept. L. W. Folsom - Accounting Dept. R. B. Maltby - Auditor. R. F. Grant - General Counsel. SUBJECT ALL QUOTATIONS, ORDERS AND CONTRACTS ARE SUBJECT TO CAR SUPPLY, STRIKES, ACCIDENTS AND CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL [Cleveland, O.] New York Tuesday, 28th [*(June 28, 1913)*] My dear Col. I am off today, returning July 4th when I hope to see you. We had an informal meeting yesterday and every thing looks awfully good to me. The following figures I suppose you have seen but in case you have not I will give them to you as they are the worst that can be put together and after your beautiful fight I believe that is the way to figure. in other words we must not take one chance. Giving Taft all the contested delegates. 507. Roosevelt will have at least 513. Taft delegates we are very sure of = 110 and we only need 27 of them to nominate. in addition to that these some 60 odd doubtful. A cinch. Good bye & good luck Sincerely, D R HannaOLE HANSON, PRESIDENT. A. H. REID SEC'Y & TREAS. Ole Hanson & Co. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $175,0000. REAL ESTATE 314-15 -16-17 NEW YORK BLOCK TELEPHONE, ELLIOTT 3928 SEATTLE, U.S.A. June 28, 1913. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Honorable Sir: When you visited Seattle during the last campaign and spoke at the Dreamland Rink and at the Progressive State Convention at the Armory, I was chosen chairman of the Reception Committee. We met you at the depot and conducted you to the Dreamland Rink. Thereafter, however, having other duties to perform, George W. Dilling took charge of the committee and your entertainment. Now, there has been a continuous lying rumor afloat which has been published in one of the political papers here, that, because of some action on my part, you refused to ride further with me than the Dreamland Rink Meeting. Of course, nothing of the kind occurred. Young Mr. Roosevelt of your party wrote me, as Chairman of the Reception Committee, and thanked us for the reception, etc. I have said letter. However, as some people have been continually peddling this slander, I would like very much if you would kindly write me a letter stating that no disagreement or affair of the kind occurred. This is probably a small thing, but it is very aggravating to me. Hoping to hear from you. I beg to remain, Respectfully yours, Ole Hanson OH/DE Model and Training School JULIA C. JACKSON HARRIS PRINCIPAL Athens, Ga., June 28 - 1913 Ex President Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Roosevelt, Enclosed you will find some literature pertaining to our school and settlement work. I am hoping to enlist your interest and sympathy. By making the school and home a center of this community, we are striving to improve the conditions of the home life of the people and thus reduce crime and disease. Our effort means that we must have the cooperation of every good citizen, white and colored, North and South, to make this work telling in its results. The situation has developed so that personally we must raise money on teachers' salaries for next term, to say nothing of other vital needs. We want to keep going the good that has already been done. Will you give us something to helpin this struggle for the betterment of these people. We were able to present this work before your Country Commission when it met in Athens some time ago. It was then that Mr. Bailey made request for our literature. Let me plead with you to give this your earnest consideration and help us. Anything you send will be deeply appreciated and will help us keep our work moving. I am most gratefully yours, Julia Jackson Harris Principal [[shorthand]]Hoboken N. J. June 28, 1913 Theodore Roosevelt, Esq. Editor, "Outlook" New York City:- Dear Sir:- I am more than anxious to look for a Government job, I should first ask you a question - "Can deaf mutes have the liberty of taking Civil Service examinations for Government positions"? Awaiting your reply as soon as possible. Yours truly, Julius T. Kieckers 328 Grand St., Hoboken, N. J. [*21*] [*Ack FH EH 6/30/13*]New Vidalia Hotel MRS. TOUCEY MAYES, PROPRIETRESS MOST MODERNLY EQUIPPED HOTEL IN SOUTH GEORGIA RATES: $2.50, $3.00. $3.50 Vidalia, Ga. June 28, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay N Y Dear Mr Roosevelt as I am a personal admirer of you and have great confidence as to your ability would you kindly advise me The Best Equiped Land School that I could get the Best results for my Investment. Thanking you in advance for the Courtesy I am with kind wishes Very Respt Chas. Larkins[18.] [Ack 7H ? 6/30/13] EDWARD STAATS LUTHER 247 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK June 28, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. My dear Colonel: Your trip to Argentina in October should mark a new era in the commercial relations between the United States and the South American countries. It undoubtedly will strike a responsive chord in the Southland that will result in bringing the two continents into that close harmony which always has been desired but which never has existed. In order to further the good work in which you are setting the pace I have perfected plans, in connection with the Pan American States Association, headquartered at Thirty-second street and Sixth Avenue, and the National Educational Film Company, located at Broadway and Forty-second street, by which a party will start for South America in October for the purpose of showing through practically all of the Latin-American countries films of an educational nature concerning the industries of the United States. These films will bring the peoples of the South into close touch with the harvesting machines, with the steel products, the sewing machines, many of the food products and other important exports of the United States. They will exhibited before Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade and the like in South America. At the same time the operators who will accompany me will take important pictures of South American industries for exhibition before like organizations in the United States on our return. By the way one of the operators who will accompany me will be young Cummins who was with you last year on the greater part of your campaign trip. You must remember him? In addition the party will include former diplomatic representatives who will lecture in the languages and patois of the countries visited and we shall explain in detail the various industries pictured in the films shown. The trip is planned to cover practically all of the countries of South America and will occupy many months. I believe that our plans would interest you sufficiently for you to have me call at your convenience and explain them in brief detail and shall be more than glad to do so if you will indicate when and where. Incidentally I have no favor to ask of you in this connection and nothing to gain in the line of profit except the pleasure of renewing the acquaintance of many years ago when you were Governor of New York and I was a reporter on The New York Times and located at Albany. Respectfully yours, Edward Staats Luther ESL/MSROXANA PETROLEUM COMPANY 81 FULTON STREET CABLE ADDRESS "ROXANACO" ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY N. G. M. LUYKX NEW YORK June 28th, 1913. Dear Sir: Although I have not the pleasure of your personal acquaintance, I take the liberty of addressing you on behalf of the above company with a view to obtaining some information regarding the character, standing and reliability of MR. RICHARD C. ADAMS, formerly of Oklahoma, now residing at Washington, who, I understand is the Hereditary Chief of the Delawares. I have been informed that he is personally known to you, which I request you to accept as my excuse for trespassing on your valuable time. Yours very truly, ROXANA PETROLEUM COMPANY By NGM Luykx President. [*[Luykx]*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. [[shorthand]]M. A. MYERS GROCERIES, CROCKERY LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS WALL PAPER CLEVELAND, NEW YORK 5 & 10 CENT GOODS A SPECIALTY June 28th. 1913 My Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I want to thank you for your letter of Mar. 31st. which we used to the best advantage, and made a proportionate gain. but the Combined Republicans and Democrats by a supream effort elected their ticket. We made our gains from the Democrats as there was a lot of them that did not like to combine with the Republicans, and we proceeded to annex them. We are not discouraged or beaten, We have only begun to fight and if the National Committee can furnish me with fifty copys of The Saturday Evening Post of June 28th. 1913 which contains an article by Albert J. Beveridge, I will agree to make at least one new bull mooser for every copy. I bought all the extras the News stand had and gave them away, and it seems to me that this article coupled with the insane exhibation of boss rule that we have had at Albany for the last few weeks ought to make a lot more progressives. Yours truly. M. A. Myers Theodore Roosevelt New York, N.Y.R. S. Naon Washington, D.C., June 28, 1913. Personal. My dear Colonel: I received your very interesting letter of the 16th istant, in which you are kind enough to announce to me your final decision relative to your visit to Argentina. I am sure that you understood the purpose of my asking for the modification of the form of your announcement, that I permitted myself to suggest to you in my telegram of the 16th. I did not want to appear as setting forth qualifications of my own country that might be considered as immodest, or that might give rise to criticism from those who do not feel as I do in my love for it. Besides, in my diplomatic character, I am obliged many times to restrain my personal enthusiasms, as you perfectly know. I can not express to you how very interested I am in the success of your trip, and I am now working, writing to my friends and to the Government, in order that you may have no inconvenience at all during your stay in Argentina and on your return trip from there. I am sure that my hopes will be fully realized, and that you will enjoy your visit as much as I am enjoying the idea of having you among my fellow-citizens. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, New York City.Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking with Father Zahm, and of going over the plans of your trip with him; and to have all things in proper shape, I asked him whether he knew how many days you intended to spend in my country. He was not able to answer that question, and so I beg that you tell me something about it, tentatively, for the reason that I do not want you to have the least trouble, if I can avoid it. Should you think of anything, at any time, wherein you believe I could be of help to you in connection with your visit, I shall be only too glad to respond to your wish or suggestion immediately. With my highest regards and warmest greetings, I remain, my dear Colonel, Yours very faithfully, R. B. NaonTHE KANSAS CITY STAR. Magnolia, Mass., June 28, 1913 My dear Colonel Roosevelt: Since writing you yesterday another consideration has occurred to me regarding the position of the Progressives on the tariff commission. As I understand it they insist that there must be no further revision without the assistance of a tariff commission. They oppose the pending bill on the ground that it is a hit-or-miss measure, violating the principle of "scientific revision" for which the Progressive Party stands. In adopting this attitude they are reversing themselves and are adopting the Taft argument which we all denounced a year or two ago. You will recall that when the Farmers' Free List Bill, the Woolen Bill and the Cotton Bill went through Congress by a coalition of Democrats and Progressive Republicans, Taft vetoed them on the ground that they were not "scientific revision," and that the report of the commission must be awaited. At that time the Progressives agreed with The Star that the first rough revision ought to be carried out without delay, and that the trimming could be done later by a commission. My recollection is - though I have no opportunity to verify it here - that Murdock, Bristow and virtually all the Progressives took this position, and that they all voted for the downward revision measures. The bills could not have got through the Senate without the help of the Progressive Republicans.THE KANSAS CITY STAR. If the Progressives who voted for these downward revision measures a year or two ago suddenly now discover that Taft was right will they not lay themselves open before the country to the charge of playing politics? Won't the public assume that either they were trying to put Taft in a hole, or that now they are opposing the Democrats for political reasons? Their attitude would be less defensible now than Taft's was then, for at that time there was a tariff commission, which was going to be ready to report soon, while now there is no commission and no chance for one.- at least for the immediate future. It seems to me absolutely essential to the Progressive cause that the Progressives keep themselves clear of any suspicion of playing politics in the old way. If the charge can be successfully brought against them they will have cut the nerve of popular confidence. What I fear is that men who are so close to the problem may become absorbed in its technical aspects and may lose the larger phases which the public sees. The Progressives in Congress by concentrating on the defects of the bill may be able to devise arguments that will seem convincing to themselves. But these arguments will shrivel up when presented to the country and when the people ask the big question: "Did you vote for the bill that, whatever its defects, was framed against special privileges and in the interest of the square deal?" The only answer that people will pay attention to will be "yes" or "no". They will have no interest in explanations. Faithfully your, W. L. Nelson Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New YorkL. E. OPDYCKE 117 EAST SIXTY-NINTH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. TELEPHONE: PLAZA 4308 ALSO PLAZA 389 20 Albert Meadow, Bar Harbor, Maine. 28 June 1913. My dear Theodore: Please give to the enclosed copy of letter such attention as you may find it to deserve, and believe me Faithfully yours L. E. Opdycke Hon. Theodore Roosevelt(For enc see 6-28-13)20 Albert Meadow, Bar Harbor, Maine. 28 June 1913. R. Fulton Cutting, Esq., 32 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y. My dear Mr. Cutting:- In recording your arrival from Europe, the New York Times of the 26th instant adds (p. 6, col. 2): "Mr. Cutting said District Attorney Whitman was a good man, but did not commit himself further." Let me suggest: 1. That the Mayor of New York ought to be primarily a good administrator. 2. That Whitman's training and experience would hardly entitle him to favorable consideration for any important non-political administrative position whatever. 3. That the strength of his candidacy lies in the easy opinion that only he can beat a Tammany candidate for Mayor. 4. That it is more important to exclude Tammany from control of the Board of Estimate than from the Mayor's chair. 5. That probably no Tammany mayor was ever elected without the aid of colonization. 6. That, if immediately provided with $50,000, the Honest Ballot Association can reduce colonization to a negligible minimum,- by combining certain recently devised methods with those of tested efficacy. 7. That Whitman's alleged fine record needs close scrutiny. 8. That his official achievements have been spectacular. 9. That his more important prosecutions have seldom anticipated popular demand, and have never contravened that demand. 10. That, being in possession of the police graft clues prior to the Rosenthal murder, he remained quiescent until after the murder. 11. That even a Tammany district attorney must have acted andR. F. C. - 2. and continued to act on those clues under the conditions that arose out of the murder. 12. That, notably during the campaign of 1912 and for instance in the Second Assembly District, Whitman was inefficient quoad colonization. 13. That, when visited by a delegation offering him a mayoralty nomination, he expressed readiness to accept support from any party or organization; and that was only the next day that he excepted Tammany support. 14. That he has refrained from promising to remain Mayor if elected. 15. That, having been persuaded by Henry L. Stimson to appoint Emory R. Buckner (as being, in Stimson's opinion, the ablest prosecutor in the country - of that age), Whitman would not, during Buckner's two and one-half years of service under him, allow Buckner to do a single important thing against the powers of darkness. Faithfully yours L. E. Opdycke.(Enc in Opkdyhe 6-28-13)Grand Junction Colo June 28 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay Dear Sir, Having read about your intended visit to the Grand Canon of the Colorado River - into the Wilds of Arizona, we herewith extend the invitation to you to come The Colorado Way, and to the "First Man Through". It is summer now and the best way to the Grand Canon is to start from Denver; then the New Midland TRail part of the Ocean to Ocean Highway takes you over the Besthoud Pass into Middle Park there Grand Lake and North Fork of Grand River are fine places for a stop. for a day or two of fishing. From Hot Sulphur Springs the Midland TRail leads you down Grand River to Glendwood Springs and on down the Grand River to Grand Junction in the Grand Valley. It is here in this locality where the real trip to the Grand Canon of the Colorado River commences. The Midland TRail2 leads from here northward to Salt Lake City; and the River Rock TRail takes you southward to the Grand Canon. Four miles from the City of Grand Junction you enter the Colorado National Monument a 14000 acre scenic tract comprising a section of the Grand River Rim Rocks. A Days travel takes you over into Grand County Utah. The LaSalle Mts, the Big Dolores River and The Grand River Canon offer many interesting side trips. At Moab, the the County seat of Grand County Utah the Colorado River - Rim Rock TRail takes you into San Juan County Utah, it is here where are located the Natural Bridge, another scenic reserve permanently set aside by your proclamation five, six years ago. These Natural Bridges are known for their architectural beauty. The Great Architect & builder who in his time made it a specialty to give the Rough Touch to all his work in this territory has built bridges here, known to be the largest in the world. About a days travel takes you to the Cataracts3 of the Colorado River - over a mile long. San Juan County Utah is a large County, there are many prosperous settlements in it, from Moticello the County seat of this County, the road leads south to the San Juan River, here are the Great Echo Canons; you are close to the Four Corners of Four Great States. The Mesa Verde-cliff Dwellers - National Park is nearby, to take it in belongs to the trip. At the San Juan River you are in the Navajo Reservation; these dear people have a scenic world of their own; their hogans, their altars, their legends their artwork & customs their Pintos and herds, all add to the enjoyment of this trip through the River Rock Land. You are then in those Wilds of Arizona. The Grand Canon Forest Reserve and the Canon of the Great River can best be taken by pack outfit. The Bright Angel Trail and the Dark Devils TRail will find them both . . . Grand Junction in the Grand Valley is the place to outfit for this trip. A mule team and pack outfit is the best to start out with at present. Later in the Colorado River Rim Rock Road3 of the Colorado River - over a mile long. San Juan County Utah is a large County, there are many prosperous settlements in it, from Moticello the County seat of this County, the road leads south to the San Juan River, here are the Great Echo Canons; you are close to the Four Corners of Four Great States. The Mesa Verde-cliff Dwellers - National Park is nearby, to take it in belongs to the trip. At the San Juan River you are in the Navajo Reservation; these dear people have a scenic world of their own; their hogans, their altars, their legends their artwork & customs their Pintos and herds, all add to the enjoyment of this trip through the River Rock Land. You are then in those Wilds of Arizona. The Grand Canon Forest Reserve and the Canon of the Great River can best be taken by pack outfit. The Bright Angel Trail and the Dark Devils TRail will find them both . . . Grand Junction in the Grand Valley is the place to outfit for this trip. A mule team and pack outfit is the best to start out with at present. Later in the Colorado River Rim Rock Road5 in Mesa County here in a fruit district at the upper end of Grand Valley, called Vineland is a settlement of people who go to their Place of worship on Saturday instead of Sunday. With these people the important question is "Do current events show that Christs Coming is near?" To this important question somehow from somwhere the answer came "Yes it is"; and when he does come, he will come to America "My Country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing" and he will come to Colorado, the finest of States in the Union. The Mount of the Holy Cross is one of the great Land Marks that can be seen in far off heaven. Past this mount this Heavenly Traveler will travel, so the story goes, and alight on top of the Grand Mesa, The Great Grand Mesa, The Roof Garden of the World in Mesa County Colorado. It was named the Grand Mesa because it is so grand. The People of the Grand Valley are now taking steps to build an Automobile road from the valley of Fruit and Sunshine direct to the top of this Mesa, the greatest of all Mesas. 6 A trip through our scenic Colorado - the Playground of America - and down the Mighty River through all this highly colored Rimrock territory will prove itself a Twentieth Century novelty. We hope that you can come through this Colorado Way. Very truly yours John Otto The Trailbuilder.For enc see 6-28-13State Normal School, First District, West Chester, Pa. Geo. Morris Philips, Principal June 28, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir, I am sending with this my copy of Realizable Ideals, with the hope that you will write on a fly leaf a word or two and beneath them your name and the date. I have put it into an inner envelope, ready for return, so as to give, I hope, only a little trouble. I shall greatly appreciate this courtesy, and with great esteem and admiration. I am very truly yours, Geo. Morris PhilipsTELEPHONE 5480 JOHN. QUIGG & COLEMAN COUNSELLORS AT LAW MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, 32 LIBERTY STREET. LEMUEL E. QUIGG CHARLES W. COLEMAN New York. June 28, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, "The Outlook", 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I much regret that my court occupations yesterday prevented me from going to see you. To-morrow morning I shall run up to my farm and stay there until July 6th. If you will drop a note addressed to me at Austerlitz, Columbia County, N. Y., making any appointment that is convenient to you during the week beginning on Monday, July 7th, I shall be very glad to come see you. Faithfully yours, Lemuel E. Quigg.JOHN C. ROSE, DISTRICT JUDGE. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. Baltimore, June 28, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. My dear Colonel:- It was mighty kind of you to suggest my lunching with you on either Tuesday or Thursday. Unfortunately I must be in Court on Tuesday and I have bound myself by promise to my family if it is at all possible to be with them in Blue Hill on the Fourth of July, so that I shall have to postpone the pleasure for this while. I am, as ever, Sincerely yours, John C. Rose R/b-THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU PRESENTS REV. SAM W. SMALL The Famous Southern Editor, Evangelist and Lecturer NOW ON TOUR WITH HIS SUCCESSFUL LECTURES: "HIS MAJESTY, THE DEVIL" (Strongly endorsed by President McKinley) "PERSONAL LIBERTY" (A stirring Anti-Saloon address) "IS OUR CIVILIZATION A FAILURE?" (Highly commended by President Cleveland, at Princeton) ADDRESS REPLY TO General Delivery Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, O., June 28th 1913 My Dear Colonel: Recently I attended the Annual Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans at Chattanooga. I attended a select assembly of some of the most distinguished patriots of the armies of Lee and Johnston and in the course of conversation suggests the value and interest that would attach to a "Life of Robert E. Lee" written by yourself. The idea was instantly and unanimously approved by all present and I was urged to present the suggestion to you for your serious consideration. You are "half Southerner" as we all know and appreciate. We know to some degree the real admiration you have for the character of Lee. Your studies and experiences as statesman, soldier and biographer fit you better than any one else we know to give XXth Century Americans a strong and National characterization of "Lee - the Southerner." His name is in the Hall of Fame - his effigy is in the Capitol - his statue soon to be at Gettysburg. What do you think of the proposition? Yours faithfully Sam W. Small SMITH COTTON MILL COMPANY J. A. SMITH, PRES. AND TREAS. HIGH GRADE YARNS 1's—8's—20's—40's BESSEMER CITY, N. C. June 28th, 1913 [*19.*] [*Strictly Confidential*] [*Ack FH EH 6/30/13*]. [[shorthand]] Col Theodore Roosevelt New York City My dear sir You wrote me some weeks ago you would see me in New York any Tuesday. I have only been in NY once since and then for 2 days not including Tuesday If I can see you July 7th (Tuesday) or any earlier day you will name, I would be glad to do so. On the subject of news paper work for the Progressive Party, I have a plan to lay before you. If you think it wise & practical then to persue it. In 1894, I maped out a plan for fusing with the Populist & other dissatisfied elements in this state & at a meeting (with afterwards) senators: JC Prichard Butler & ex Congressman John Nichols. We four & no more. they adopted it & at a very small cost we flooded the state with appropriate news papers & carried every Congressional Dist (10) & elicted Prichard & Butler senators & here for such traitors and grafters & as E C Duncan & Judge Adams. We would be holding it to day. I have recently made a trip through the west & viewing the situation nationaly, as I did in our state in 94. I think the opportunity is ripe to start a news paper campaign. gradualy. You have the dissatisfied Democrats who are legion, who see the same oldSMITH COTTON MILL COMPANY J. A. Smith, Pres. and Treas. High Grade Yarns 1's-8's-20's-40's 2 Bessemer City, N. C. gang of Cleveland politicians and grafters getting the pie and the young geration left out. second the manufacturing element has shifted almost to a man from Wilson to Roosevelt and third you have the farmers all over this union ready for open revolt against the Republican and Democratic parties. As Wilson and Taft fill over each other. I put everything the farmer makes on the fret list. This third item is the most valuable asset many times over. We posess and it can be united in the Progressive cause by proper literature through the proper periodicals. and it is just here that my idea begins to take root. and have faith in it I mention these few ideas - if they appeal to you and you think giving me a few moments of your time would avail much. I will come and see you. if not all well Please accept my congratulations on your noble sacrifice. Making the fight against one of yours complete. And on your complete victory in Mich With highest personal regards and best wishes I am yours truly JA SmithCABLE ADDRESS, - MUSCHENHEIM - NEW YORK TELEPHONE ADDRESS, - 2100 BRYANT Hotel Astor TIMES SQUARE New York WM.C.MUSCHENHEIM F.A.MUSCHENHEIM June 28,1913. Mr. Frank Harper, Secretary to Colonel Roosevelt, The Outlook 287 Fourth Ave. Dear Sir: Please accept my thanks for your note confirming the appointment with Colonel Roosevelt for eleven o'clock on Tuesday next, at the Outlook office. Very truly yours, [?.S??da]Form 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 25,000 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. 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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. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General MNanager ================================================= NUMBER | SENT BY | REC’D BY | CHECK ================================================= RECEIVED AT DATED least three hundred probably as much as one thousand Basis of Equal division please wire answer R H Staton Defeated progressive Congressional Candidate [[shorthand]] Hampton Iowa June 28th 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Dear Sir. Some time ago I rec'd a circular expatiating on the merits of the Britannica Year Book. Is it all that it is represented to be by The Outlook people? Would it be of any value to a high school girl? Have been grossly deceived so many times in books that have had reasonably good recommendations that I thought I would get your opinion on the matter. I feel as tnough I was imposing to a great extent to take up any of your valuable time with such a trifling matter, and I thank you heartily for the kindness. I consider your opinion on almost any subject as good as gold. Res'p't Mrs. B. W. White GEO. W. WILBUR, PRESIDENT JESSE B. WILBUR, TREAS. AND GEN'L MGR. WILBUR AUTO SALES COMPANY, INC. EMPIRE GARAGE FIFTH AVENUE AND HOOSICK STREET DISTRIBUTORS FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK COLE The KISSEL KAR TRUCKS AND PLEASURE CARS STORAGE REPAIRING SUPPLIES TROY, N. Y., June 28 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- You will doubtless remember that during last falls campaign you rode through Vermont, part of the distance in a Cole Automobile which was rented by your committee from Mr. E. F. Wentworth, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. We take the liberty of bringing this matter to your attention for the reason that Mr. Wentworth's car and driver were in the services of your committee for about a week or more and that his acknowledged bill audited by them was $200. Having been one of your supporters in the recent campaign and always an ardent admirer I was surprised to learn that Mr. Wentworth has never been paid for his services and take this opportunity of bringing the matter to your attention, as I believe you would wish to be advised of it. Mr. Wentworth purchased his car of this firm and makes a business of renting the car and as we are in a position to know he is under heavy expense, and is entitled to proper remuneration for service. Do not think that we are writing this for any selfish motive. Mr. Wentworth has always paid his obligations, although slightly indebted to us at the presen ttime, we are perfectly sure of getting our money, as he is responsible and trust worthy. However if we are able in any way to help him in this matter, it is our intention to do so and we beg of you that you give this the consideration that it merits. Very respectfully yours, J. B. WILBUR Enc in Otto 6-28-13ROOSEVELT TO HIDE IN GRAND CANON IN JULY Associated Press. New York, June 17. - It is learned that Colonel Roosevelt proposes to leave here on July 8 for the Arizona desert and the Grand canon of the Colorado. He proposes to hide himself from politics and politicians for two months beyond the reach of telegraph and telephone. His sons Quentin and Archie will accompany him. [*B. F. Brown*] Topeka Kans June 29/13 Col Theodore Roosevelt New York N.Y. Dear Col - I enclose you a letter I received from J. P. Hesser of Glencoe Payne Co Oklahoma the answer to one I wrote him for the exact facts in regard to the descendants of his good Mother, and as I regard it very remarkable and knowing your sentiments on the question of race Suicide I thought perhaps you would be pleased to hear of a family that is not guilty of the abominable offenses aforesaid- 2 - I am personally acquainted with this Mother having sold her husband a farm in Payne County Okla in 1896 and attended their annual family reunion in 1897 at which time the decedents numbered somewhere in Ninety you will notice quite an increas in the last 16 years I also had the pleasure of Meeting this good Mother on decoration day this year in the cemetery at Stillwater Payne Co Okla & she hale[?] & well. A line of appreciation from you would be most greatfully received & appreciated by her. Now Col if you can possibly find time I wish- 3 - you would do this, the family are not of our political persuasion but they are good law abiding citizens however. If you have any on your list with a greater number of descendents for the age of Mother Hesser I would be pleased to have their names Now Col wont you please return the letter of J. P. Hesser to me. I am yours for personal and political success. B F. Brown 519 Van Buren Topeka Kans. E & O.E. 1280 Dean St Brooklyn NY June 29/13 Theodore Roosevelt Esq Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir I have jut returned from a trip to Digby County Nova Scotia, where a friend of mine has for sale a Bull Moose Head, finely preserved and mounted. I hope you will pardon me if I take the liberty of asking you if you would care to buy it and if so how much you consider it worth. Yours very truly, T. D. Burnham 1280 Dean St Brooklyn NY Personal. June 29, 1913 My dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I enclose herewith the extracts from Hon. William L. Scruggs' pamphlet on the Monroe Doctrine that I promised you. They are important for your lecture. Yesterday afternoon I spent some time with our good friend Dr.Naón, who is most enthusiastic over your forthcoming visit to his country. He has lent me some of the writings of the great Argentine Author J. B. Alberdi from which I shall copy several passages that strikingly illustrate many statements in your works,especially regarding the duty of the citizen to take an interest in public life. Young Mr.Gittings will see you the first of next week. He is a splendid fellow and will be of great service to you on your trip. Sincerely yours, Charles Lyon Chandler Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Enclosure as stated.T. R. TO LECTURE IN ARGENTINA Buenos Ayres, June 12 - It is announced here that Theodore Roosevelt is coming to [smudged] to lecture on the progress of the United States. Colonel Roosevelt's private secretary to-day confirmed the report that the colonel contemplates a trip to Argentina, but added that the details had not been settled. "Present plans call for this departure this fall. That's all we care to say about it now," the secretary, 4 East 36 St NY 19-IV-13 My dear Col Roosevelt, I enclose copy my letter to the President of Argentina & his reply about which I would like to confer with you before your departure Yours Sincerely Chas R Flint Letter Theodore Roosevelt[*[6-29-13]*] Form 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 24,000 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. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager ================================================= NUMBER | SENT BY | REC’D BY | CHECK 10 Dl 232 paid ================================================= RECEIVED AT 115P 190 DATED Pittsburg Pa 29 TO Col Theo Roosevelt Enroute Gettysburg Can we have quiet talk this week wire me Gettysburg when and where or how I can reach you by phone Frances E. McGovernSCOTT, NEWCOMB & McLOUGHLIN COUNSELLORS AT LAW 233 BROADWAY NEW YORK WILLIAM FORSE SCOTT WILLIAM FORD UPSON COUNSEL JOSIAH T. NEWCOMB FRANCIS J. McLOUGHLIN June 29, 1913. Dear Mr. Harper: You can get me by telephone this week either at this office, or out of town [add] telephone adress Poughkeepsie, 98 F 1-3 or Care of Cosmos Club Washington, D. c. Hastily J. T. Newcomb [Newcomb]earlier - it's a night's trip from Newport. We should so love to see you. I think we could make you and Willie or both the boys - if you would have them too - perfectly comfortable in our simple establishment. Miss Avery of Albany is with us. The boys would like the mountain climbs and there are no automobiles. Which is something these days. Dean Lewis is here now. Would it be out of the question? I hope you have good news of poor [Frank?] and that [*[6-29-13]*] North East Harbor June 29. My dear Theodore, I saw in the paper that you were going to Newport July 2nd and wondered if you would be coming farther north? Also that next week you were going West and then to the Argentine and I wished we could see you before your long absence! I suppose the suggestion is useless but I wish you could come a littleEdith has had a safe and comfortable journey. Sincerely yours, Frances T. ParsonsHotel Buford. Charlotte. N. C. June 29. 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt. I write to bid you "Godspeed" upon your proposed hunting trip, and may you have all the pleasure, success, and good luck, that you can wish for, - I am glad you will go away for awhile for rest and recreation, and at the same time will perhaps escape from some annoyances - such, for instance, as Mr. J. H. Dougherty's preposterous suggestion that you should be nominated for Mayor! - Think of it! You, who have held the highest office in the land, and honored it by holding it! Did Mr. Dougherty intend to be insolent, I wonder, or is it simply that he knows no better? I should like to tell him that there's only one office great enough for Theodore Roosevelt, and that is the Presidency of the United States, - to which God Almighty, has already called him, once, and to which he will most certainly return - Nothing, dear President, will ever altar my firm conviction that you will be there again! I am afraid you thought me a foolish woman when I wrote, in my last letter, "do stay there for life." - but I [underlined] cannot, think that foolish -2 You could have stayed there, had you chosen to do so. Nobody wanted you to leave the Presidency - even Mr. Root has publicly acknowledged that, - and Mr. Taft was accepted by the Country simply and solely because it was your wish! The people looked upon him as a 'stop-gap", who - being instructed by you in your own wise policies - would carry these out, and hold your place, till you came back to it, and I think nobody doubted that you would come back, even in spite of your own protestations. The popular feeling was that our adored Teddy was tired - after nearly eight strenuous years - and needed a holiday and a change, but that when he should return, refreshed and rested, and find that his country needed him, he was great enough, and broad-minded enough, to realize that a perhaps too rash resolution was better rescinded than kept, and brave enough to despise and defy the clamor of his enemies, for the sake of the people, who needed him, and whom he had always loved and served, - such was our judgement of you, dear Colonel Roosevelt, and nobly you proved it correct and true, when you toiled, traveled, suffered for us last year through3 such a campaign as no man ever made before you! Do not blame us that your almost super- human efforts failed to achieve their full and complete reward - it will come to you, yet - the people want you; be sure of that, - and if some of them wavered, and were uncertain, last year (being startled and unprepared), all will be different next time. You are the God! But the faulty and inefficient system of our elections - which I do not pretend to really understand - render the voters powerless to make their will known effectively, much less to compel obedience to it, - now let the Progressive party - real, Roosevelt Progressives, I mean - correct these abuses, and give the country a "Government by the People" in fact and indeed, and then see how quickly our Greatest President, "the only Teddy", will go back to his true place, to remain as long as he sees fit to stay there! That's what your enemies fear! Who was it that recently said, in the Senate - "There is danger of the people becoming so infatuated with one man, that they may elect and re-elect him, over and over again". It is not difficult to guess what man that Senator had in mind! - and thousands believe, with me, that when the right man 4. is in the place, it is good policy and sound common sense to keep him there. Anyway, judging by recent developments, a change will be welcome lone before 1916. - What sort of ruler is he who - being himself the father of daughters, could lightly, slur over the infamous Diggs-Caminetti case, in the interest of criminals too vile to live? Yet what better was to be expected from Bryan's bosom friend? "Birds of a feather", truly. This Country has certainly fallen into evil hands, - and my friend of the N. O. Picayune is likely to see his prediction surely fulfilled - "The people will turn to 'the only Teddy", to lead them out of the wilderness!" Meantime may God guard you, in the Arizona Wilderness, and bring you safely home again. I have seen your South African exhibit, in Washington, and thus know that you are "a Mighty Hunter", indeed, well able to protect yourself - and, with God's blessing, you will be kept safe and well. I wonder is it time that you will take your two young sons with you, and I hope it is, because you will enjoy your holiday so much the more - I also very earnestly hope that you will5 give us - in the "Outlook" - some account of your hunting and journeying - for this part of the world is going to seem very dull and lonely, while you are away - I know you will not resent my solicitude for your safety and welfare - You are too kind, and besides - you understand. Also, it is everyone's duty to pray for the President, and you are my President, and always will be - God grant me to live long enough to know that the whole nation acknowledges you for the same! Goodbye. May you have the best possible kind of a time, and may all good angels watch over you. Sincerely and Devotedly Yours, Charlotte M. Stanley. Academy of Music. Charlotte. N. C.J. F. TOWNSEND Importer and Wholesale Granite Merchant Columbus, Ohio Local and Long Distance Phone 7106 29 June 1913 My dear Sir - You will no doubt recognize the advantage of advocating "old age pension plan" similar to Canada as a part of the progressive movement in the U. S. Yours truly F. V. Townsend To Hon Theo Roosevelt New York CityJune 29th - 13 201 Grand Central Ave. Tampa Fla Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington D. C. My dear kind Sir, I am booked for a talk in our local missionary society. The topic selected by our national board is this "Africa's need of the Gospel" the inward voice prompts me to make the following request of you Please write us a brief but pointed letter on the subject already mentioned Your views on this subject can not fail to be of great interest and value to our workers at home & abroad. After reading your letter in our local society, will have same printed in our Missionary Tidings thus aiding our workers throughout the landWe have many workers now in Arica but many more are needed so we must increase the interest among our people here at home. Your visit to Africa and experience among her people will make us feel their needs & that there is no hearsay. I trust you can aid us & that your domestic affairs may be such as you can forget them awhile & lose yourself in thoughts of the dark continent & her vast number of people without the "Gospel of Life". I will not ned the mesage before August 4" - 13". But would rather same before the last Sunday in July to announce same from pulpit so all members can share with us your estimable views if such be granted us. Yours in Sister Christ Mrs. Ada Westfall Tampa Fla Yours Sincerely, Simon P. Armstrong Colonel Theodore Roosevelt [*Ack FH EA 6/30/13 Letter enc ret.*] [*ca 6-30-13*] [*34*] Dear Sir This gentleman whose letter I enclose, is Proprietor of those Hotels, has an Estate in Cardif Ireland. Keeps a pack of Hounds at his own Expense & a store of Hunters &c &c 52 dogs, hunts 6 days a week in the Season. He is to get up a Polo Team to chalange both England & America on Irish soil. Please return me, his letter with your views on the matter -[*Artz*] Congress Hotel and Annex N. M. KAUFMAN, PRESIDENT. Chicago, June 30, 1913 Colonel Roosevelt - It might occur to you that a similar amount might have been sent to the Illinois Progresive Committee, but I am giving myself the pleasure of sending this check by me as an expression of my personal regard. You do just as you think best with it as an aid to the ProgressiveCongress Hotel and Annex N. M. KAUFMAN, PRESIDENT. Chicago, 2 cause of the principles as advocated. I may add in passing, that I am no ardent suffragette. But being an old lady, I am [?] for man. [?] I cannot take an active part in the affairs of life. I am yours truly ( Miss) [?] Chk. $1,000.00 enclosed)June 30th 1913 Army Hospital Hot Springs Ark. Col. Theodore Roosevelt 287 4th Ave New York City, N. Y. Honored Sir: I learn thru "Progressive" channels that you contemplate a visit to this state in the near future. Should you come to Hot Springs, may I solicit a visit from you to my father, Major Jesse M. Baker, U. S. Army Ret. who, since March 13th has been fighting with but little success for his life in this hospital from an acute attack of Cronic Bright's Disease. He was quite prominent in Pennsylvania politics prior to the Spanish war in which he enlisted as a private, coming out as a Captain of Regulars. In the last Presidential campaign he was President of the Roosevelt-Johnson club of Delaware County, Penna and carried that Countyoverwhelmingly for you. I appreciate, of course, the greatness of my request and that it comes to you without endorsement, but hope you may recall my father, and may, if your time permits, accord him such honor in what is probably his last fight. Respectfully yours Hamilton W. Baker Army Hospital Hot Springs Ark.Salem Ind June 30th 1913 Theodore Roosevelt- I suppose I can call you friend as you appear to be a friend to all of the common people. I also notice in the "Outlook" you are a friend to the wimen with large families, which makes me venture to tell my story, their is a little woman right here in my, oh! our home that has raised 10 children, and our conditions in life was about as the woman in the Outlook describes theirs in the start; this little woman, instead of 9 had 10, besides doing all her own work, washing ironing house cleaning; making all the clothes for the boys and girls while they were little, and washed and picked the wool, spun the yarn, knit the stockings and mittens, quilted quilts for neighbors, took the premium for2 quilting and making biscuits at the county fair, she never went to college, but helped the little ones in their lessons and to sing, but not one in the 10 sing as high or as clear in tone, if you have a favorite song send it and if you are ever this way she will sing it for you, now from this you'll naturally think she had a poor helper, but she done it in spite of my help, I done the spanking when it was needed, that wasn't very often, you say a narrative is better than a homily, so I am going to narrate how I got them to work, I had a piece of new ground corn, was pretty bushy, the boys were getting tired, some men came along threw out some big show bills, the little fellows got excited over them, I says boys lets get this new ground out andand we'll all go to the show, now I'll say you were never any prouder riding at the head of your Rough Riders, than I was with them 6 boys following me across that new ground, and we all went to the show, we had a spring wagon with three seats, some of the neighbors along the road would guy us, "if you need any help we'll haul a load for you", I met my father next day and he says, why them wasn't all yours and he had raised 10 hisself, but its hard for me to conceive of the idea of a family of children thinking more of their farther than their mother, and Out Look woman never went to another house, we never belonged to a club, but we always went visiting, went to church and sunday school, and would not think of raising a family without4 But now we belong to the Progressive farmers club and she read the Outlook woman's letter and your reply, before the club they commented on it, thought you gave her good reply, but the saddest part of my story is when we had to lay away three of our children, two oldest boys at 25 each at two years apart and our baby girl at 10 two years later. Now I would like to have given you some of the political throbs that pulsate on the outer circles of Indiana life but I am making this to long and expect you get all of that kind of food that you can dijest. Yours Resp--- Lewis J BaynesBebbington, Higson & Co. Chartered Accountants Telephone 2785 John Cable Address "sumit" 52 Wall Street New York June 30th, 1913 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear Sir:- Enclosed please find a copy of the accounts of Tuskegee Institute, submitted at the meeting of the Trustees held on June 26th. Yours, faithfully, Bebbington, Higson + Co.For enc see 6-26-13at 8.50 P. M. It would be the greatest pleasure to have you, and I am sure there is a great deal up here that you would be interested in. Of course your coming need not entail any particular publicity or obligations of any kind. You could see only such people as would amuse you - or nobody at all if you choose. Please try to arrange it [*If you possibly can, I should hate to think of missing you when you are passing through Always sincerely, [?] McCarthy June 30, '13 SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. Dear Col. Roosevelt, Bob Ferguson writes that you expect to reach Silver City by the 11th. He wants me to come down there at the same time, but as nearlyall my newspaper friends are on their holidays, I hardly see how I can get away. I wish you could find it possible to stop over here for a day on your way. I suppose you are in a hurry to reach your destination, but if you leave Chicago on the Limited (which is much the most comfortable way) you could get off at Lansing at 9 A. M., spend the day here, and still make the same connection to Silver City by leaving hereElizabeth New Jersey June 30. 1913 Hon Theodore Roosvelt Dear Sir- Won't you please come to the assistance of the fraternal orders of the United States They are now being assailed by the billion dollars insurance trust who have already destroyed their efficiency in 22 of the states The reason I ask your help in this matter is because it is in the interest of the common people, as your record shows that you are always ready to fight for them It is possible that you have not followed up the history of fraternal insurance About 35 years ago a minister in this place by the name of Thomas Haywood induced the Lid. Order of Forresters (of Canada + United States.) to adopt a system of insurance identical with the methods of the O??line Companies, but stated that by eliminating their unneccessary Costs, ???ause could be given for one third? any of the old line ?????? rates. This method was tried for 18 yrs and they accumulated a surplus of 3 1/2 millions, knowing that they had charged to much. Since then several other orders have adopted the same system and have been wonderfully successful. Notably the Modern Woodmen of America membership?? about 1.250.000- The Woodmen of the World Membership about 700.00. Bankers association and a few others. Please take note, these borders are using all the safe guards of the big insurance companies, and if allowed to go on unchecked, will get most of the life insurance business of the country The way the Insurance Trust works, is to get the legislatures of the States to pass laws compelling all Fraternal Orders to adopt rates fixed by Fraternal Congress which is controlled by the Trust, and of course they fix them so high that they are no longer a menace to them. By making this whole matter public it will prevent Trust from taking the peoples rights from them. The whole matter summed up is have the people the right to conduct their own insurance business at cost price The trust wants it all so they can increase their one hundred thousand salaries and build a few more 700 ft towers. Hoping this will meet with your approval I Remain Yours Sincerely James Dabb 239 Livingston StFraternal Order of Eagles HOT SPRINGS AERIE NO. 81 Office of W. R. RAMSEY, Secretary. 418 RESERVE AVENUE Officers Worthy President....EDWIN J.LAMB Worthy V-President....ARCHIE LEDGERWOOD Worthy Chaplain....A. ELLISTON Treasurer.....R. G. MORRIS Secretary ..(418 Reserve Ave.)...W. R. RAMSEY Worthy Conductor.....W. MULCAHEY Inside Guard......GEORGE L. BEAN Outside Guard......J. A. CLEMENT Aerie Physician....DR. J. W. BUSH Meets Thursdays at 8:00 o'clock p. Trustees B. F. Pace Walter Ebel J. P. May Past Presidents J. P. May E. G. Morris T. P. Farmer Jas. L. Graham Hot Springs, Ark, June 30, 1913 Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook Magazine, New York City, N. Y. Dear Sir and Brother:-- At a recent meeting of the Arkansas aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, a resolution was unanimously passed, which requested the Grand Aerie, which meets in Baltimore, August 4, to build in Hot Springs, Ark., a national sanitorium for members of their Order, I have been delegated to present this subject to the Grand Aerie. I trust you have the same opinion as every Eagle in Arkansas, that such an institution should be located in this resort. Knowing you to be a member of the Cheyenne Aerie, as well as being aware of your knowledge of Hot Springs, of your visit here, I write you and respectfully request a letter from you, which I may read to the Grand Aerie, advocating such an institution and its erection and maintainance in Hot Springs, Ark. Colonel, the eyes of the fraternal world are directed to this great health resort. The Elks have a campaign on for a national home here. The Loyal Order of Moose have already selected Hot Springs as the place for their sanitorium. The B'Nai Brith society, a great Jewish organization, has already started work on their $100,000 sanitorium, while the Masons have acquired a most desirable site for their national home. The Eagles have just started their campaign, and I know a letter from you along the lines I suggested, containing in the same a suggestion to the Grand Aerie officers to visit Hot Springs, will help me wonderfully. Trusting you will acquiesce and Fraternal Order of Eagles HOT SPRINGS AERIE NO. 81 Office of W. R. RAMSEY, Secretary. 418 RESERVE AVENUE Officers Worthy President....EDWIN J.LAMB Worthy V-President....ARCHIE LEDGERWOOD Worthy Chaplain....A. ELLISTON Treasurer.....R. G. MORRIS Secretary ..(418 Reserve Ave.)...W. R. RAMSEY Worthy Conductor.....W. MULCAHEY Inside Guard......GEORGE L. BEAN Outside Guard......J. A. CLEMENT Aerie Physician....DR. J. W. BUSH Meets Thursdays at 8:00 o'clock p. Trustees B. F. Pace Walter Ebel J. P. May Past Presidents J. P. May E. G. Morris T. P. Farmer Jas. L. Graham Hot Springs, Ark, ----2---- that our hopes may be realized, with best wishes, I am yours in L. T. J. & E. Walter M. Ebel P. S. --Direct letter to me, care of the Daily News, of which I am City Editor, STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING 105 East 22ND STREET NEW YORK BOARD OF MANAGERS Mr. Joseph H. Choate, - - -President Mr. William B. Rice, } Mr. Joseph F. Canfield } Vice-Presodemts Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler } Mr. Eowand W. Sheldon, - - - Treasurer Mrs. Tums G. Bercen, Miss Ruth Morgan, Miss Helen C. Butler, Mrs. Hexry Gothout, Mr. William m. childs, Mr. Eugene A. Philbin, Mrs. Charles B. Fairchild, Miss Florence M. Rhett, Mr. Theodore L. Frotmingmam, Mr. Elihu Root, Mr. William E. Harmon, Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey Mrs. Frederic D. Mitch, Mr. Herbert L. Sattterlee, Dr. Charles Hitchcock, Mrs. Willard D. Straight Mr. Francis C. Huntington, Mr. Felix M. Warburg, Ma. Jonn A. McKin, Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard Ma. Homer Folks, - - - Secretary Miss Many Vida Clark, } Mr. Bailey B. Burrett } Mr, Everet S. Elwood, } Assistant Secretaries Mr. George J. Melbach } June 30, 1913 Mr. Frank Harper, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. Dear Mr. Harper: On June 11th you sent me the enclosed letter with appended letter from Mrs. LeCler of Richmond, Va., asking if some one of our correspondents might look up the matter. I sent it to Mr. J.T. Mastin, Secretary of the State Board of Charities of Virginia, and I am enclosing his reply of June 16th. I asked Mr. Francis H. Mclean, Secretary of the American Association of Societies for Organizing Charity, to take a look at the correspondence and give me his advice as to whether Mrs. LeCler is able, under the circumstances, to look after her children. I then wrote again to Mr. Mastin, and I enclose a further reply from his | assistant. As Mrs. LeCler's brother lives with her and her mother and has an income of $50 a month and states that he is always willing to aid his sister and her children, I should think that she would be able to keep her children with her without outside aid. Both her mother and her brother think that it would be unwise for her to undertake the management of a store. Sincerely yours, Homer Folks Secretary HF/GG Enc. [For encs see 6-2-13 6-16-13 6-17-13 6-20-13 6-25-13]Deutsch-Atlantische Telegraphen-Gesellschaft. (GERMAN ATLANTIC CABLE COMPANY) TWO DIRECT CABLES FROM GERMANY TO NEW YORK. EXCLUSIVE CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY “VIA EMDEN-AZORES” Received at 944 BROADWAY TELEPHONE GRAMERCY 2291 Subject to terms and conditions at back hereof, which are ratified and agreed to. [*JUN 30 1913*] FS 49 BERLIN 33 LCO THEODORE ROOSEVELT 287 FOURTH AVENUE NY VIELEN DANK FUER FREUNDLICHEN BRIEF MUSSTE LEIDER DEUTSCHLAND REISEN HOFFE BALD AMERICA RUECKKEHR BITTE ERGEBENST STATT MEINER DOCTOR RAMBAND PRAESIDENT PASTEURINSTITUT CHEF FRIEDMANN INSTITUT EMPOANGEN VEREHRUNGSVOLL DOCTOR FRIEDMANN MEINEKESTR [*(Friedmann)*] REPETITIONS OF DOUBTFUL WORDS SHOULD BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE COMPANY'S OFFICES, AND NOT BY DIRECT APPLICATION TO THE SENDER NO INQUIRY RESPECTING THIS MESSAGE CAN BE ATTENDED TO WITHOUT THE PRODUCTION OF THIS PAPER,[* [For attachment see Ca 6-30-13] *] Deutsch-Ätlantische Telegraphen-Gesellschaft. (GERMAN ATLANTIC CABLE COMPANY) EXCLUSIVE CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY NEW YORK, COMMERCIAL CABLE BUILDING, Telephone: Rector 380 " STOCK EXCHANGE, " " " COTTON EXCHANGE, " " " 16 BEAVER STREET " Broad 427 " POSTAL TELEGRAPH BUILDING, " Barclay 6700 " 63 GOLD ST., COR. 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The Company shall not be liable to make compensation beyond the amount to be refunded as above for any loss, injury or damage, arising or resulting from the non-transmission or non-delivery of the Message, or delay or error in the transmission or delivery thereof, howsoever such non-transmission, non-delivery, delay or error shall have occurred. The control of the Company over the Message shall be deemed to have entirely ceased for the purposes of these Conditions at any point where, in the course of the transit of the Message to its destination, it may be entrusted by the Company (and the Company shall have full power so to entrust the Message) for further transmission by or through any system, service or line of Telegraph belonging to or worked by any administration or authority not controlled by the Company exclusively, although worked as part of or in connection with the Telegraphic system or service of the Company. BEDINGUNGEN. Die Gesellschaft behält sich das Recht vor, die Beförderung eines Telegramms zu verweigern, auch wenn es bereits angenommen ist; in diesem Falle werden die Gebühren dem Absender zurückerstattet. Wenn das Telegramm durch ein der Gesellschaft oder ihren Beamten zur Last fallendes Versehen oder Verschulden seine Bestimmung nicht erreicht, wird die Gesellschaft dem Absender die erhobenen Gebühren zurückerstatten. Die Gesellschaft haftet über den nach Obigen zurückzuzahlenden Betrag hinaus für keinerlei Verlust, Nachtheil oder Schaden, der aus der Nichtbeförderung, Nichbestellung, Verzögerung oder Entstellung des Telegramms entstehen sollte, wo diese Fehler auch vorgekommen sein mögen. Die Verantwortlichkeit der Gesellschaft für das Telegramm hört da auf, wo es zur Erreichung seines Bestimmungsortes auf die Linien einer anderen selbständigen Gesellschaft oder Verwaltung übergeht. In der Weitergabe an andere Linien ist die Gesellschaft nicht beschränkt.[Ca 6-30-13] Translated from German by A. Knight Many thanks for your courteous letter. Was unfortunately obliged to sail on the Deutschland. Hope soon to be in American again. please, instead of my Dr. Ramband, President Pasteur Institute, to receive the Chief of Friedmann Institute. Respectfully, Dr. Friedmann Meinekestr.[Attached to Friedmann 6-30-13]BOSTON ART CLUB June 30th 1913 My dear Col. Roosevelt: For some time past I had hoped to have been in New York and to have had a long anticipated opportunity to meet you personally, provided you found it convenient to spare me a few moment from your busy days at the "Outlook" offices. some of the slides of the more out of the way parts of Patagonia and the regions of Tierra-del Fuego, if they would interest you. If, however, I should not see you before you leave please accept my hearty congratulations on the Newett case and my best wishes for a most successful and interesting "paseo" as they say down ii Argentina. Faithfully yours, Chas. W. FurlongI gather from press reports that you intend to leave for the Southwest early in July and for Argentina in the fall. I expect to be in the saddle in Montana not returning until October by which time you will probably have sailed for the Rio Plate. Some business with my publishers will require my being in New York late in July, but if it would be possible for me to see you at the Outlook offices before you leave for the Southwest, I would arrange my plans to come on and to call on you anytime you might designate after Monday next. You may recall through my magazine articles that after Northern Africa, southern South America has been my old stamping ground, two of my expeditions having been put through there. Should you be able to make an appointment with me at this time, I would be glad bring onMapleshade West Salem Wisconsin June 30, [1913] Dear Colonel, I am fast getting into a field to ride again with the final message, and after I so forward to-day the work centering on you of that memorable dinner in Chicago Nov. 13th and 14th. All the clubs representing Cal's call (letters in the city of Chicago are united to join this welcoming dinner. You as representing The Academy of Art and letters will work to form direct responses. Matters and details will spread as to open books of the suitable guests, Academy. Chester Taylor as Chairman of the Committee as prepared title Col. [illegible] will preside. The plan is to follow the start: Addresses at the Table—a main center MAPLESHADE WEST SALEM WISCONSIN Then adjourn to a hall in the same building, where the ladies can be sealed and there listen to you address [?] any library subject you please and I am still suggesting something like "The Influence of the Bards on American Literature." — I think you can do much to move an [?] notable and I hope nothing will interfere with your plan to be present. I shall be in and about Missoula Montana for a couple of weeks. Care District Forester. Yours most faithfully Hamlin Garland I'm going to stop in the Bad Lands for a day or two.Trenton, Mo., June 30, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Colonel, I read in the paper that you are to visit Arizona this fall, and want to invite you to stop off at Trenton--the home of pure Bull Moose faith. In all your travels through this land, no spot can be found where the people admire you more ardently and intelligently, and more eagerly await the opportunity to repeat the Campaign of 1912 with you as the "Skipper". May I ask you to have us in mind some day when you make up your jewels? We would be delighted to have you with us the 5th of August, and assure you, whether present in person or not, you will be here in the hearts of your admiring countrymen. We are strong here, under careful management. Last fall changed a thousand Republican majority into a Bull Moose majority of five hundred, over both the old parties, and we have enlisted for the full term. The "Rock Island" will bring you to us any day you will it, and ten thousand Missouri Bull Moosers will be delighted to herd around the corral you occupy. Cordially yours, W. S. GraylarTHE PRANG COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1856 ART-INDUSTRY-EDUCATION EDWIN O. GROVER, PRESIDENT GEORGE L. CADE, TREASURER FREDERICK O. PERKINS, CYRUS W. KNOUFF, VICE-PRESIDENTS NEW YORK - CHICAGO BOSTON - ATLANTA - DALLAS CABLE ADDRESS PRANG-NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKER TRUST BUILDING 34TH STREET & 5TH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY June 30/13 Dear Sir:- A short time ago we sent you with our compliments a copy of "Art for Life's Sake" by Charles H. Caffin, thinking you might be interested in seeing it since it dealth with the relation of Art to all phases of American Life. We have not yet had an acknowledgment of the book and fear it may have gone astray, in which case we should be glad to send you a duplicate copy. We should like very much to know your opinion of the book. I shall appreciate it if you can write us a word regarding it. Very sincerely yours, THE PRANG COMPANY Edwin O. Grover President Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. EOG-RHACIENDA GUADALOUPE W. M. HANSON GUADALOUPE NURSERY Grower of Oranges, Grape Fruit, Limes, Lemons, Tomatoes and Onions Breeder of Registered Duroc Jersey Hogs OSORIO, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO. JUNE #30th, 1913. Col. Theadore Roosevelt, New York, N. Y. My dear Col:- I herewith beg to hand you two petitions and one letter, all sent to President Wilson by wire, except the "Osburn letter" which was mailed to him direct. Up to this date no answer has been received, and the only notice taken so far that we know of was an item published in the New York World of June 7th, that quoted a portion of the petition, and the supposed answer from Mr. Bryan, who said in substance, that, "He had received hundreds of such complanints from all over Mexico, but that the present policy of the United States would not be changed." The object of this letter is to interest you in our cause, for right and Justice. WE want protection, from our Government or a direct answer from them that we can not expect anything. We also want the actual truth as to conditions in Mexico made public, in order that the people can speak through their representatives to us. We have tried in every conceivable manner to get the press of the United States to publish the truth, but it seems that their paperw are so full of telegraphic reports eminating from the Rebel ranks, and their publicity beaura, in Texas, that they have no space or inclination to place our sidde of the questin before the people of the United States. We are not in politics here, have no interest in who should be President, or how they should manage their Government, but in as much as we were invited here by this Government, and guaranteed all kinds of protection, so long as we were honest men, and conformed to their laws, and the further fact that we were American Citizens, and under former administrations, ESPECIALLY YOURS, we had been taught to believe that any Citizen of the United States, was supreme in any country on Earth, so long as he conducted himself as a gentleman and an honest man, and would have all the protection necessary, from his Government. This backed by the blood of our ancestors, who were all pioneers, and who made the U.S what it is today, especially so far as territory is concerned; we came here and built our little homes, and hundreds brought their all, eaven to their families with them. Then came the Revolution of 1910, and by the lax execution of the Newtrality law's, by the United States Gov't, they won, and overthrew the only stable Government possible in Mexico, until such time as their people can be educated up to the point of self management. In this Revolution the Mexican people, that is the lower class, (80% of the entire population) was taught that "Might was right" and mistook "Liberty for lisence", and that they could raise any old flag, and demand anything that they might wish for, and rob, steal, murder, and rape, to their hearts content. This continued until the fever spread all over the Republic, and anarchy ran riot all over the Country. Then came the fall of the misguided Madero, and instead of one Revolution, there are several all under different heads, and no two(2) fighting for the same cause. It has gotten to the point where they make no pretence of fighting for principles, but vie with each other, as to which can commit the worst depredations, and destroy the most property. I will not tire you with an attempt at a detailed statement, of the crimes that are being committed, but will respectfully refer you to the thousands of complaints, on file with the State Department in Washington That, will be authentic evidence, but really it does not go into details as to the thousands of cases of Murder, arson, robbery, theft and RAPE that is and has been of daily occurence for the last two years. FIRST especially beg to call your attention to the fact, that is incontrovertable, that the United States Government, failed to execute the Neutrality law in 1910 and 1911, and thereby assisted Madero to win his Revolution, and overthrow the stable Government of General Diaz. Examine the records at Washington, get their rulings at that time and also those of later date after Madero had won, as to the execution of the newtrality law. SECOND: That thousands of humble citizens prior to 1910 were invited to come to Mexico to better their condition, and were guaranteed protection, for their lives and property, and as before stated relying on the further fact that they were honest men and American Citizens, thought it safe to do so, for the Flag had always followed the Good American to every corner of the Earth under your good, wise, and patriotic administration. THIRD: That Mr. Taft issued a proclamation, stating in substance, "If you think you are in danger get out". Many did so believing that his showing of the Army at San Antonio meant immediate interference for their protection, but only too soon found it a "Bluff". Later on matters got worse mainly from the fact that they plainly saw that Mr. Taft was only a "Bluffer" and would not do anything, to protect the people and their interests. This gave them courage to double their efforts of destruction and carnage. Then came Mr. Wilson, to whom all pleadingly turned their eyes and arms for assistance, but only to find out that no matter what is done here, the "Policy of the United States will not be changed". Realising that the Americans had absolutely no protection from their Government, and being so few, comparatively speaking, and their homes so widely situated, the so called Rebels, first took their Guns, and ammunition, (For the good of their cause), then their horses, and work stock, then their money and provisions, leaving them without a dollar or any means of making a living. There was nothing else for them to do but to cometo their Consul like beggars, asking that they be sent back to their relatives or friends in the United States, and in hundreds of instances too old or infirm to begin life over again. Finally the "Red-Cross" society came, like the good samaritan, and "Clothed and fed them", and took them back to their native land, but only to be in many instances a burden to their relatives and friends, who are really not able financially to care for them. I don't think I ever beheld a more pitiful sight, than the boat loads of(3) Americans that left this port in the hands of the Red-Cross Society for the states some time ago. The Americans of this port has selected me, to write you, knowing that it was my pleasure to serve you as Marshal in the Southern DIstrict of Texas, during your administration as President. Our wish is that if you are not well posted on conditions here, that you refer to the Department records, of Washington, D. C. as well as to the thousands of good honest Americans that has been forced to flee for their lives, leaving their all in Mexico at the mercy of the Bandits. They will all, without exception substantiate my statements to you, and I am sure will join us in the request, that you champion our rights, in this matter. We do not ask intervention unless it is absolutely necessary for protection, but we do ask that the United States execute the newtrality laws that is found in the law books, and not pass judgment on the present Government until the truth of past proceedings are well proven. The Government as constituted now, is doing all within her power to give us protection, but it is absolutely impossible for they can not even protect themselves, on account of the small bands of out-laws that are depredating on them. For instance ten Bandits with 100 pounds of Explosives can destroy more Rail Road in a day, than 1000 men can replace in a month. It is impossible for the Government to protect every town, and it is only the unprotected towns and Ranches that are molested by the Bandits. If this Government wins and the "Iron hand-Rule" is again established, all will be well in time; but if on the other hand the Rebels win, the trouble will continue, for they will never be able to get the guns out of the hands of the ignorant class, for they have found that it is much easier to rob and steal, murder and rape, than it is to work, and they will never do so until they are forced to. I do not believe there is a Mexican living that can bring peace to the Country, but the present regime is the only one chance they have, and they can not do it without the assistance of the United States or some other foreign power. The signers to this petition, as well as myself have to live here, no matter what comes, so in using this information, protect us all you can for they will retaliate on us if they ever know we instigated it. This is the trouble with all Americans livinghere, we know if we tell the truth, we will be punished in the future. Thanking you in advance, and trusting to hear from you in the near future and that you will see that our case is carried to the people of the U.S. in some way, we beg to remain, Faithfully yours, W. M. Hanson ADDRESS: GALVESTON TEXAS, CARE TEXAS OIL COMPANY, FOR TAMPICO, MEXICO, SOUTHERN HOTEL.[For 3 encs see 5-26-13]RESTAURANT FRANÇAIS EXCELLENTE CAVE POSTE TÉLÉGRAPHE COIFFEUR À LA MAISON AUTO-GARAGE TELEGRAMM-ADRESSE BULGARIE HÔTEL - SOFIA TELEPHON NO. 218-953. MAISON PREMIER ORDRE CHAUFFAGE CENTRAL LUMIÈRE ÉLÉCTRIQUE CHAMBRES À PARTIR DE FR 4. BAINS ET DOUCHES DANS CHAQUE ETAGE. APPARTEMENTS SALLE DE LECTURE-FUMOIR SAFE GRAND HÔTEL BULGARIE SOFIA EN FACE DU PALAIS ROYAL Sofia, le June 30, 1913 My dear Theodore: Warmest and heartiest congratulations over the perseverance of truth through the libel suit. Your enemies did not set out to rivet anew the chains of affection which bind millions of your countrymen to you—but they did it! I am within about fifty miles of the fighting last night: and it looks doubtful whether I can get out tonight before the storm bursts. If not, I shall be shut in for a time, I have been a month in the [?] region - James CorneliusYou have three columns we have where the war, I turn. One is an Science officer of Buda Pest who was Coffrays of Italy then in Austria. The other is a Captain in the Somme army. If you could send mention, prints would give cuts with the well (codename Residency Hotel Vienna, Austria) I could unite two peoples to fifty directions myself and you who will do the good acclaim. Cordially, Cecil Fenswell Hart [Hart]iProgressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON MISSEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robet G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHURCHMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U, Kellog Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L, Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C. A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder New York, June 30, 1913. Dear Mr. Harper: I am enclosing herewith a note to Colonel Roosevelt and under another cover I am sending a marked copy of the July number of THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. I'd be very much obliged if you would bring both together to his attention at some appropriate time soon - before he goes away, certainly, if you could. Very sincerely yours, Paxton Hibben Frank Harper, Esq.,. The Outlook.Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON MISSEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robet G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHURCHMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U, Kellog Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L, Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C. A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder New York, June 30, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt: I am going to ask you to read my article in the July number of THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, and to tell me what you think of it. I believe that you will be interested in it - otherwise I wouldn't bother you with it - if for no other reason because of your approaching trip to Latin-America. It has seemed to me that our Latin-American policy is one of the biggest things we have to do in the years which are ahead of us. And this is my own first contribution to that work. I hope not my last! Sincerely yours, Paxton Hibben Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook.(Enc in Hibben 6-30-17) 155-4-13(B)6000 Bureau of the Public Administrator, No. 119 Nassau St., Room 1025. New York, June 30, 1913. 191 WILLIAM M, HOES, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. C/V ESTATE OF MARY CRONAN. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir:- As Public Administrator of the County of New York, I have taken charge of the effects of the above named deceased. I have been informed that one Kate Daly, who was formerly in your employ, will be able to furnish me with information as to the next of kin of my intestate. Will you kindly furnish me with the address of Kate Daly, if she is known to you, and oblige. Very truly yours, W M Hoes PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.may come to this country escorted by the chaplain, whom he says we can fully trust. Then we receive a letter from the chaplain finely written splendidly worded. he asks that we send him the money to pay for law suit etc and for travelling expenses. then we received a letter from the daughter stating that over her fathers death she is sick and says she is sure he will be rewarded in the next world for he was so kind and good. Framingham Mass. June 30 1913 Ex President Roosevelt. Dear Sir:- About two months ago my husband received a letter from Spain supposed to have been written by a relative of his and he asked my husband to protect and care for his daughter. He stated in the letter that he had fought as secretary under general Blanco in the Cuban war. that when GeneralBlanco was recalled he refused to fight under a political enemy so cruel as General Wyler so he joined the republic and afterwards went back to Spain for his little daughter who was then in distress and was captured. After mtrial was sentenced to penal servitude. He stated that on account of the grave state of his health the chaplain of the p;rison his confessoer would mail the letter through his servant. In then letter ws such passages as this "For Gods sake I most humbly beseach you do not desert poor unfortunate daughter of mine" and "I pray to the Almighty strength to protect as far as possible her fortune". His metallic ubstance having been attached to pay the costs of lawsuits etc he asked us to send the chaplain the necessary amnount to pay these costs that the daughter My huband knowing a rich relative of his had gone away and no one had heard of her afterwards he supposed this must be the mother of the unfortunate girl. Everything seeming alright he forwarded about $900.00 then we got a cablegram asking for 90£ more. this made us investigate and my husband went to a priest in Montana where my husband now is on his ranch. and the priest advised him to write to stop this peril. I have no doubt it is a difficult one which might need lots of money unless carefully handled. There is lots of details in connection with it that are sad from our standpoint and many details that I cannot explain by writing I know of no one as capable of handling this very important matter as you. and what is done must be done quickly. The swindler is waiting for the 90£ draft. we have his address. he may not wait long.the bishop of the diocese in regard to the chaplain. then my husband went to a lawyer and he had heard of these persons letters before and said the west was swamped with these a few years ago. that a young lawyer there had even gone to Spain. Now my husband has his alfalfa crop to look after and I have my four little girls here but if I could save any poor unfortunate American from future swindling I would gladly go to N. York personally and take you the letters we received and letters of introduction from people here such as the priest (although I am not a Roman catholic) from the judge from the select men of Framingham. I have told no one of this as it might injure at the present time my husbands credit but I have written you as I would write my own father to see of some thing could not be donecould you without any hope of gain see what you could do to stop these swindlers lest perchance they swindle families more unfortunate than we are. If you will state a time in which I might see you I should thank you. Respectfully, Mildred Hunt 6 High St. P.S. I forgot to mention the supposed relative made a will before his death in prison in favor of his daughter of which a copy was forwarded to us duly signed & sealed and the chaplain was made meexecutor. my husband the other and the witnesses were prison officials. this alone would deceive the wisestTokio, June 30th, 1913. My dear Colonel Roosevelt, I am infinitely obliged to you for your kind cable the other day, conveying to me a message of your assurance of sympathetic support for a satisfactory solution of the much vexed problem in California. You have thus added to the vast debt, the people in this country already owe you for your good will at various occasions in the past, another fresh reason to be doubly grateful to you. The measure taken by the California legislature with regard to the alien land ownership law was greatly deployed by my countrymen, of whose earnest desire to maintain the friendly relations between our two countries, you are already aware. And you also know how dearly I personally cherish such good neighborly spirit and mutual confidence, as have happily been governing our relations hitherto. I spare nothing to maintain and, if possible, enhance them. Considering my own personal relation with you, therefore, I felt it my bounden duty to appeal to you for your assistance, when I thought that the question was becoming a matter of very grave concern to us. You have no doubt kindly directed your best endeavors to influence the California legislature, but unfortunately, they saw fit to insist on the passage of the bill in the present form. But in view of the earnest efforts on the part of the diplomatic authorities of both counries, now I can never cease entertaining the confidence, that the matter will be justly adjusted in the end, and I sincerely hope that we can count upon your continued support. Thanking youagain for your kind interest in us, and apologizing for not doing so before, I remain Yours very sincerely, Kentaro Kaneko. P.S. In regard to solve the present difficulties, if there is any thing for me to do here, or convey your message to our Government, please command me, as you have done so often in the past, I will gladly perform my part. K. K.THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM MERLE THORPE June 30th, 1913. My dear Mr. Harper: Enclosed are the essays about which you wrote me. I would be pleased to know what Mr. Roosevelt thinks of them. Of course, I realize the large amount of mail he receives, and consequently, I appreciate your interest in the matter. I am pleased to inform Mr. Roosevelt of my success in another essay contest. The paper was, necessarily, of the Bull Moose brand. Sincerely yours, Norman Klein 2204 Troost Ave. Kansas City, Mo.[For enc see Ca 6-30-13]THE MANCHESTER LEADER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY NEW HAMPSHIRE'S POPULAR PENNY PAPER FRANK KNOX, PRESIDENT AND MANAGER JOHN A. MUEMLING, TREAS. AND BUS. MANAGER MANCHESTER, N. H., June Thirty, 1 9 1 3. My Dear Frank: I have your letter of the 25th, and wish you would tell the Colonel that the transfer of The Union occurs on July lst, and necessitates my presence here. .This is also true of the 3rd, . as I am afraid to go away and leave the property even for a day in its initial stages. For the present I am going to publish The Union as an independent newspaper. I am quite as anxious as ever for the conference with the Colonel, and just as soon as I think it safe to leave things here, I shall write to you, and attempt to make another engagement to see him. With best wishes, I am Yours very sincerely, Frank Knox Frank Harper, Sec'y., c/o The Outlook New York City L. A. A. A. REPORT JANUARY 1ST 1913 — NET PAID CIRCULATION 10,844International Exposition of Safety and Sanitation New Grand Central Palace City of New York, December 11 - 20, 1913 Under the auspices of American Museum of Safety Cable: Musafsan, New York 19 West 39th Street, City of New York President Mr. Arthur Williams Director-General Dr Wm M Tolamn Trustees Mr A A Anderson Dr Norman E Ditman Mr Philip T Dodge Dr Charles A Doremus Mr Robert A Franke Mr George Gilmour Dr Frederick L Hoffman Mr Albert A Hopkins Prof Frederick R Hutton Mr Charles Kirchhoff Dr George F Kunz Mr Edson L Lott Mr T Commerford Martin Mr William J Moran Mr Fred E Rogers Dr Louis L Seaman Mr Albert R Shattuck Mr James Speyer Dr William H Tolman Mr Henry D Whitfiled Mr Arthur Williams President Mr Arthur Williams Vice-Presidents Hon Elbert H Gary Prof Frederick R Hutton Mr Charles Kirchhof Dr George F Kunz Mr T Commerford Martin Mr William H Nichols Mr B B Thayer Treasurer Mr James Speyer Secretrary and Counsel Mr William J Moran Statistician Dr Frederick L Hoffman Director Dr William H Tolman Committees Building Mr Arthur Williams Chairman Dr Charles A Doremus Mr L B Gawtry Dr George F Knox Mr James Speyer Dr Henry D Whitfield Official Architect Executive Mr T Cummerford Martin Chairman Finance Mr James Speyer Chairman Plan and Scope Dr George F Knox Chairman Sections Iron and Steel Mr Charles Kirchoff Chairman Hygiene Norman E Ditman M D Chairman Communicable Diseases Dr Wm H Park Chairman Food and Industrial Dietetics Prof Henry C Sherman Chairman Illumination Mr Louis B Marks Chairman Sick and Injured Dr Charles H Peck Cjhaorman Ventilation Mr D D Kimball Chairman Water Supplies Mr Allen Haxen Chairman Chemical Industries Dr Charles A Doremus Chairman Education Mr A A Anderson Chairman Committee Dr George F Knox Chairman Mr A A Anderson Dr Norman E Ditman Mr Elbert H Gary Mr A R Shattuck Museum Phone Bryant 4690 Central Palace Phone Murray Hill 6990 June 30 1913 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt 287 Fourth Avenue New York City My dear Sir The Museo Social of Argentina, has shown its far-sightedness by inviting a man of such progressive statesmanship as yourself to describe to them our forward movements. It seems to me, that you my be interested in including an outline of The American Museum of Safety and Hygiene; to this end, I shall be pleased and honored, to meet you at the Museun, whenever it will suit your best convenience, for a personal explanation of its purpose and the result already obtained. Our Museum, the only one of its kind in America, is one of twenty-one similar institutions in Europe, all of which are supported entirely, or in part by the State. Hoping for the pleasure of welcoming you at the Museum, Very truly yours George F. Kunz Vice PresidentPaul G. Lewis Hotel Strand San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal. June 30, 1913. Theodore Roosevelt, Esq. c/o The Outlook, New York, N.Y. My dear sir:- Will you kindly grant me permission to re-print your Articles contained in the issues of THE OUTLOOK as specified below ? I consider these a very helpful adjunct to my scientific work, now ready for the Press, and designed to instruct and benefit both the man of the present and of the future. I will reciprocate the granting of my request by sending you a copy of my work. FEB. 3, 1912. WOMEN'S RIGHTS; AND THE DUTIES OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN Editorial by Theodore Roosevelt. FEB. 24, 1912. A CHARTER OF DEMOCRACY Address before the Ohio Constitutional Convention by Theodore Roosevelt. MAR. 9, 1912. DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF THE PEOPLE ? Editorial by Theodore Roosevelt. Kindly let your permission, or refusal to grant such, specify the above Articles, mentioning also the name and date of the Publication of each. Awaiting your kind and favorable reply I am, very respectfully, Paul G. Lewis Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Sagamore Hill Dear Sir:- Knowing of your contemplated trip to South America, and of your son Kermit's connection with a railroad company in Brazil, I am writing to ask you, how I might get in communication with a railroad company for information regarding the securing of a position either in Brazil [*(CA 6-30-13)*] [*2*] [*Ack FH EF 6/31/12*] 2 or Argentina. I am the son of C. E. Llewellyn of Chicago and the nephew of Major W. H. H. Llewellyn of New Mexico, and at present employed in one of the local Freight offices of the CNWRR of Chicago. I am twenty five years old and married. Having heard of the numerous opportunities for advancement in South America, am desirous of securing this information, and any help you may favor me with in this line will be greatly appreciated Very Sincerely Maxwell B Llewellyn 5919 Midway Pk. Austin Sta Chicago IllinoisThe American Museum of Safety CABLE: MUSAFSAN PHONE: BRYANT 4-6-0-0 NOW LET US SONSERVE HUMAN LIFE . THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SAFETY Incorporated by Special Charter, Chapter 152 Laws of 1911, State of New York Devoted to the Safety Health and Welfare of Industrial Workers and the Advancement of the Science of Industry 39 WEST 39th STREET, NEW YORK JUNE 30 1913 Trustees Mr A A Anderson Dr Norman E Ditmsn Mr Phillip T Dodge Dr Charles A Dororus Mr Robert A Franks Mr George Gilmour Dr Frederick L Hoffman Mr Albert A Hopkins Prof Frederick R Hutton Mr Charles Kirchhoff Dr George F Kanz Mr Edson S Lott Mr T Commerford Martis Mr William J Moran Mr Fred E Rogers Dr Louis L Seaman Mr Albert R Shattack Mr James Speyer Dr William H Tolman Mr Henry D Whitfield Mr Arthur Williams President Mr Arthur Willians Vice-Presidents Hon Elbert H Gary Prof Frederick R Hutton Mr Charles Kirchhof Dr George Kazz Mr T Commerford Martia Mr William H Nichols Mr B B Thayer Treasurer Mr James Speyer Secretary and Counsel Mr William J Moran Statistician Dr Frederick L Hoffman Directer Dr William H Tulman Representing the State of New York Hon John Williams Commissioner of Labor Committees Building Mr Arthur Williams Chairman Dr Charles A Doremus Mr L B Gawtry Dr George F Kanz Mr James Speyer Mr Henry D Whitfield Official Architect Executive Mr T Commerford Martia Chairman Finance Mr James Speyer Chairman International Safey Exposition Mr Arthur Williams Chairman Plan and Scope Dr George F Kanz Chairman Sections Iron and Steel Mr Charles Kirchhof Chairman Hygiene Norman E Ditman MD Chairman Cummunicable Diseases Dr Wm H Park Chairman Food and Industrial Dietetics Prof Henry C Sherman Chairman Illumination Mr Louis B Marks Chairman Sick and Injured Dr Charles H Peck Chairman Ventillation Mr D D Kimbal Chairman Water Supplies Mr Allen Hazen Chairman Chemical Industries Dr Charles A Doremus Chairman Education Mr A A Anderson Honorable Theodore Roosevelt 287 Fourth Avenue New York City My dear Sir Your friend, Mr A A Anderson, Chairman of our Educational Committee, has just prepared a report for Superintendent maxwell, of the Children's Safety Crusade, by which 414,121 children have been taught individually, to think andact caution and self- control, in the prevention of street accidents, Thinking that it may interest you, a copy is enclosed. Very truly yours T Cammerford Matia Chairman Executive CommitteeMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1866 JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST PARK ST. LOUIS W.K. BIXBY. PRES'T WALTER B. DOUGLASS, VICE-PRES'T JOHN F. LEE, VICE-PRES'T CHARLES P. PETTUS, SEC'Y BRECKINRIDGE JONES, TREAS. ADVISORY BOARD JAMES CAMPBELL CHARLES W. KNAPP PHILIP C. SCANLAN MURRAY CARLETON. ROBERT MCCULLOCH A. L . SHAPLEIGH L. D. DOZIER EDWARD V. PAPIN WALTER B. STEVENS DAVID R. FRANCIS V. MOTT PORTER ROLLA WELLS H.M. WHELPLEY HENRY P. WYMAN June 30 ,1913 Dear Sir, In 1903 you were elected an Honorary member of this Society. Since that time all of our publications have been sent to you, and on the occasion of the opening of our new home - the Jefferson Memorial, an invitation to attend was sent to you. Since we have never received any response from you, we cannot but believe that our letters and publications never came to your notice. We should be very grateful if you would advise is if such is the case, and, if you care to receive our publications, if you would give us an address to which they can be sent with some probability that they will reach you. We might say that iT was not Roosevelt, the President, but Roosevelt the author of "The Winning of the West," whom we electedMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1866 JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST PARK ST. LOUIS W.K. BIXBY. PRES'T WALTER B. DOUGLASS, VICE-PRES'T JOHN F. LEE, VICE-PRES'T CHARLES P. PETTUS, SEC'Y BRECKINRIDGE JONES, TREAS. ADVISORY BOARD JAMES CAMPBELL CHARLES W. KNAPP PHILIP C. SCANLAN MURRAY CARLETON. ROBERT MCCULLOCH A. L . SHAPLEIGH L. D. DOZIER EDWARD V. PAPIN WALTER B. STEVENS DAVID R. FRANCIS V. MOTT PORTER ROLLA WELLS H.M. WHELPLEY HENRY P. WYMAN Honorary membership, it not being our custom to elect officials, even the highest, to membership in the Society. Yours very respectfully, Missouri Historical Society by A. W. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. 818 E. 166th St. New York City June 30, 1913 Col. Theodore Roosevelt Outlook Co. New York City Dear Sir, I do not believe I am wrong, sir, when I think that no matter how many and how varied the letters and requests which you receive daily are, very few plans similar to that which I am to propose are brought to your attention. To begin with, I do not think it will be amiss to briefly state the premises upon which 4 High School. Such, sir, are the facts on which I ask your aid in a matter very serious to me, perhaps of not too great inconvenience to you. I have again and again heard that as preparation for hard work in life, nothing is better than the spending of one or two, or three years of one's youth in the strenuous life of a Western ranch. Mine is not the dream of a boy who seeks the romantic and supposedly wild life of an "Indian fighting" cow-boy, but rather, I trust, the plan of a youth who seeks the2 I presume to address you. Last July, I was fifteen and a half years old, I saw and appreciated what advantages would be gained by attending the First National Convention of the Progressive Party, so I undertook to reach Chicago and attend that convention. I did reach that city by travelling the one thousand odd miles by trolley, train, foot, freight train and automobile. The week following my arrival I spent in attempting to obtain my wherewith-al to attend the convention, my efforts being finally rewarded 3 by the kind interest of Mr. Wm. A. Ferguson, the provisional secretary of the New York County Organization of the Progressive party. Through the exceeding generosity of Mr. George A. Manchester, secretary of the New York State organization, I was appointed an Assistant Sergeant-at-arms and I believe served as the youngest person on the sergeant-at-arms force. When I returned to this city Mr. Manchester very kindly obtained a position for me at the New York State Headquarters, where I remained until September, when I had to resume my studies at the Morris8. If you are sufficiently interested in the case to feel that should I prove myself worthy of it, you will recommend me to a ranchowner, will you give me a temporary position this summer? Or again, would you at the end of the summer vacation with a recommendation from the gentleman with whom I shall work? Of course if you do not feel any interest in the matter, I will have to place myself on the [?nch] the right kind of a man through some other channel. 5. means of physical development without which there can be no very great intellectual development. This, then, if you will bear with me, is my plan. In Feburary 1914, I shall graduate from high school. I will be young enough to delay my going to college (to study law law) for two years. How can these two years be better spent than in giving myself a physique which will stand the strain which I am sure it must some time be called upon to withstand? I believe that two years spent on a ranch andnot being discredit to him because of his relation in the matter but will, indeed, bring to him thanks for having sent me to prove my worth to Col. Roosevelt there are several methods. To being with I may prove myself capable to some man in whose judgement Col. Roosevelt has confidance, or I must more directly believe that Col. Roosevelt "comes from Missouri" and show him. In either case I must prove my capability by working for the gentleman this vacation." So then sir the matter resolves itself into the following 6. in the open, will give me that "vigor of life" which I will need and which I cannot obtain in a city such as New York. Toward this end my plan and my thoughts take this further trend." If I can obtain from Col. Roosevelt a letter of introduction or recommendation to a ranch owner, who will be willing to keep me with his other hired men for two years. I will be sure that I am placing myself with the right kind of a man. However of course I can expect no such letter unless the [?er] is satisfied that I will not only9. Hoping this matter will come to your personal attention, and that in any case I shall be favored with an early reply, I am, Very kindly yours Joseph H. Myerson P.S.- I anticipate a letter of introduction from Mr. Manchester, but appreciation of the proximity of the date upon which I believe you leave for the West prompts me to write this letter now. Jos. G. Myerson4-10-13—3 M The World EDITORIAL ROOMS. Pulitzer Building, Park Row, N. Y. June 30, 1913. My dear Mr. Roosevelt:-- There has been much talk of the Progressives endorsing Mr. Whitman for Mayor, but I am certain you will find that there are hundreds of members of the new party who will refuse to support any man for public office who sanctioned the Chicago theft by voting for Mr. Taft. To the Roosevelt men an Independent Democrat of the type of John Purroy Mitchel would be far more acceptable. I am a private in the rear ranks, but I will not vote for Whitman for Mayor or for District Attorney. There are thousands who will take the same view of the situation unless I am badly mistaken. Faithfully yours, Roscoe C. Mitchell Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, New York, N.Y.Milford House A.D. THOMAS, Proprietor Good Shooting, Fishing, Camping and Canoeing Log Cabins, Tents, Boats, Canoes and Guides Supplied TELEPHONE CONNECTION MODERN CONVENIENCES South Milford, N.J., June 30- 1913 My dear Colonel Roosevelt, Some five years ago you were kind enough to give my grandson, Lawrence Babbitt Weeks, whose father died when Lawrence was an infant, a principal appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. I now wish to let you know that he got through the course creditably, graduating in the middle of the class of 1913 Thanking you again for your kindness, I am very sincerely yours, S. Ovenshine Brig. Genl. Retired. To Col. Theodore Roosevelt New York, N. Y.People's Wholesale Supply Co. GENERAL MERCHANDISE L. C. PACKARD WE SAVE YOU MONEY T. A. CHERRY A STORE CONDUCTED ON A SQUARE DEAL SYSTEM ONE PRICE TO ALL EVERYTHING FOR EVERY BODY AT THE LOWEST SPOT CASH PRICE HUNTINGTON, ARK., 6-30-1913 Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- The Progressives of Arkansas want your help during the campaign now on and will apperate a visit from you. There are about three million voters besides the four and one half million who voted for you last fall who want to see you President again and they are willing to spend time and money to place you there and dont you dare make any announcement that you wont serve. We are the "dictators" and we shall do as we please about this matter. Respt L. C. Packard [[shorthand]] New Orleans, La., June 30, 1913. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Colonel:- Appreciating the value of your time I would not trouble you had you not signified a disposition to assist a worthy cause, and not even then had I succeeded after repeated efforts during nearly eight years spent on the idea here shown. I am an old negro of antebellum days trying to be useful and to build history, but penniless. The Railroads and all other departments, whatever, have tested this safety bolt, shown in the annexed diagram, with perfect satisfaction and commend it because of its simplicity in construction and mode of operation. Now the corporation organized to promote the bolt have been turned down by almost every bolting factory in the country, some being candid enough to tell us that if they made our bolt they would have to quit making their own bolt. Can you help me out, of this dilemma, and tell me some one who may possibly be willing to assist me. I shall furnish you a sample bolt if desired. Sincerely your friend, [?] [1314 Fulam Ave.][*For 2 enc see 7-2-12 6-30-13*]Progressive National Committee OFFICE OF PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING FRANCES A. KELLOR, CHIEF OF SERVICE R. K. FORSYTH, GENERAL SECRETARY PAXTON HISSEN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION DONALD R. RICHBERG, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU PROGRESSIVE SERVICE BOARD Frances A. Kellor Jane Addams Robet G. Valentine William Draper Lewis Samuel McCune Lindsay Gifford Pinchot George L. Record COUNCIL OF CHURCHMEN Frances A. Kellor Truxton Beale Paul U, Kellog Henry Moskowitz Mary E. McDowell Mrs. Maud Nathan William L, Ransom Herbert Knox Smith Delos Wilcox Edith Ellicott Smith James R. Garfield George W. Kirchwey Woods Hutchinson EDUCATION COMMITTEE Samuel McCune Lindsay Mrs. Charles S. Bird Richard S. Childs John Dewey A. W. Erickson Willard E. Hotchkiss Will H. Irwin E. W. Kemmerer Carl Kelsey Samuel Merwin Paul Monroe C. A. Prosser A. Duncan Yocum Albert H. Yoder LEGISLATIVE PREFERENCE COMMITTEE William Draper Lewis Jane Addams Henry F. Cochems James R. Garfield francis H, Heney George W. Kirchway Ben B. E. Merriam Gifford Pinchot Herbert Knox Smith Walter E. Weyl NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE George w. Perkins Jane Addams Walter F. Brown Chauncey Dewey William Flinn Ben B. Lindsey Meyer Lisner George C. Priestly Charles H. Thompson New York, June 30th, 1913. Mr. Frank Harper, c/o The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City My dear Mr. Harper:- I have succeeded in getting the Colonel a better room on the night of July Ist - a parlor room with a bed. Therefore, enclosed please find coupon for parlor-room #352. Will you kindly return to me the stateroom check #391 which I sent you the other day. I will send you to-morrow check for parlor stateroom from Newport, for the Colonel, for the night of July 2nd. Very truly yours, C. M. Renfield Office Manager. OAS. Encs. GEORGE L. RECORD COUNSELLOR AT LAW COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING JERSEY CITY. N.J. June 30, 1913. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Outlook Office, 287 Fourth Ave., N.Y. City. My dear Colonel:- I enclose you two articles, pursuant to your request: Yours very truly, George L. RecordCOURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ISAAC FRANKLIN RUSSELL CHIEF JUSTICE 32 Franklin St. June 30, 1913 Dear Colonel Roosevelt:- I take pleasure in sending a sketch of an address I had the honor to deliver at Ocean Grove yesterday Yours sincerely Isaac Franklin RussellSangerfield New York June 30 [*(1913)*] Dear Colonel, It was a great pleasure for Will and for me to see you againand to be in your home. I am pleased indeed that you like Will's horses Sincerely Yours Mary SangerAddress Highland Falls . N. Y. 37 MADISON AVENUE MADISON SQUARE June 30. 1913 My dear Theodore, I had a few lines from Edith, on the steamers Sending cheque for fortnite's expenses of Mrs. Hobson's memoirs, & telling me, as the same time, of her sister's illness. that she had been cabled for, & of the anxious voyage. If you have hadlater tidings - as of course you have to pray ask your Secretary to write me a line giving me furthers news.. Do you mean to travel over the entire world, I wonder — ? But Newport, I see, comes before South America -- & I wish you a pleasant 4th of July there. Sincerely Louisa Lee Schuyler [Schuyler]ALFRED F. BRACHER, 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT W. H. KISTER, 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES K. SMITH, PRESIDENT FRANK W. STANTON, TREASURER JOSEPH S. WILLIAMS, SECRETARY Amparo Mining Company (Incorporated) 541-543 Drexel Building PHILADELPHIA, June 30/1913 Col. Theo. Roosevelt Dear Sir - Some time ago I wrote you about the treatment the North American accident Ins. Co of Chicago was giving the widow of Jack Howard of San Antonio who had been one of your rough Riders & up to present time I had not heard whether you had recd it or not It was directed to the office of the Outlook 22nd St & 4th ave N.Y. I should like to hear whether it came all right & if you gave the matter attention so that I can write his Bros. James & Wm. who are our mgrs. in Mexico It is a sad case & these insurance people should not be allowed to deduct 40% in their settlement of his insurance as the family need it. Yours Sincerely Chas K. SmithHURLBURT BOSTON TAVERN [*16.*] Boston June 30/13 Dear Mr. Roosevelt I rejoice at the outcome of your trial. It was grand — splendid — I would like to meet you, at your convenience, & shake hands with you. Will be at Hotel Vanderbilt Wednesday & Thursday. My stenographer there is a splendid fellow Mr. Elbert E Martin! I call on my old friend & ridemate, Tom Edison tomorrow, another good friend of yours. If you can spare a few moments of your time will be rejoiced to meet you at any time. Perhaps you will recall me from the fact that I sent you through Mr Abbot also Mr Hooker a modest sum to help along the glorious cause & was bitterly disappointed at the outcome. I shall contribute 5% of my income as Salesman again if you run & we will yet win out. With kindest regards Faithfully yours C D Stanford of Ipswich Mass. Hotel Vanderbilt N.Y.46 WARREN STREET NEW YORK CITY June 30, 1913. Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I understand that Mr. Richard Welling is a candidate for appointment as City Magistrate by Mayor Gaynor. I believe you know Mr. Welling well. Is it your opinion, as it is my own, that by character and training he is admirably fitted to discharge the duties of that office? May Mr. Welling or his friends make use of your reply to me? Sincerely yours, Oscar S. StrausHead-quarters of The PROGRESSIVE PARTY #702 Ford Building, WILMINGTON DELAWARE June 30th, 1913 Hon Theo Roosevelt Oyster Bay N.Y. Dear Sir:- This Committee is arranging for a dollar banquet complimentary to the candidate on our Progressive ticket at the city election on the 7th of this month. We are greatly encouraged and enthused at the showing we made, especially so, when we had the combination which the enclosed ballot shows to contend with; knowing your position on such attempts at mergers and amalgamations as here shown, with the forces of the bosses, political corruption, and special privilege, which we have to contend with in this city and state in its worst form, on account of the large percentage of the corruptible colored vote; we need the stimulus for our following that a few words from you will give. We will have this social gathering within ten days to two weeks, and I am writing with the hope that I may have those words of encouragement from you in time for this event, we have enlisted in this fight for the war, and will never quit until it is settled right. yours very sincerely Henry Thompson SecretarySTATE ORGANIZATION CHAIRMAN IRVING E. VERNON, Portland TREASURER CHARLES A. MILLIKEN, Augusta SECRETARY EDWARD K. MILLIKEN, Portland EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Roland E. Clark, Houlton W. B. Andrews, Westbrook Luther Maddocks, Boothbay Harbor Edgar C. Smith, Foxcroft N. P. M. Jacobs, Wells PROGRESSIVE PARTY STATE OF MAIN HEADQUARTERS 390 Congress Street, Porland, Maine National Committeeman for Maine HALBERT P. GARDNER, Portland STATE COMMITTEE Androscoggin, Edward R. Parent, Lewiston Aroostook, Roland E. Clark, Houlton Cumberland, W. B. Andrews, Westbrook Franklin, Ernest L. Libby, Farmington Hancock, Charles L. Morang, Ellsworth Kennebeck, George W. Heselton, Gardiner Knox, Frank C. Knight, Rockland Lincoln, Luther Maddocks, Boothbay Harbor Oxford, John S. Harlow, Dixfield Penobscot, Halbert P. Gardner, Patten Piscataquis, Edgar C. Smith, Foxcroft Sagadahoc, Sylvester H. Rowland, Bath Somerset, Frank P. Pennell, Skowhegan Waldo, R. W. Rogers, Belfast Washington, B. C. Bubar, Danforth York, N. P. M. Jacobs, Wells June 30th, 1913. [*191*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Dear Col. Roosevelt:- Your letter of June 26th in response to mine of June 24th is before me, and I think that you may have misunderstood the purpose of my request that you furnish me your ideas on the Trust and Currency proposition. I did not wish the letter to appear in the paper as an endorsement of any candidate, rather the letter was for my personal use to get the proper idea as to how best to frame platform for use in campaign relative to these questions. I note by the paper this morning that Mr. Mulhall of Baltimore, known as the "Field Agent," of the National Manufacturers Association, has been summoned to Washington to testify before the Lobby Investigation Committee. If the newspaper allegation relative to his work in the past amongst Congressmen and Senators is borne out by the investigation, it would seem as tho the disclosures give particular good reasons why a non partisan tariff commission should be inaugurated. Sincerely yours, I. E. Vernon, CHAIRMAN.Wm. L. Ransom June 30, 1913 Beofre the Progressive Club of the Eighteenth Assembly of Kings County on Monday evening, William L. Ransom, of Manhattan, Chairman of the Municipal Platform Committee chosen by the Progressive Party organizations in the five boroughs, said, in part: "So far as I am able to ascertain and interpret the views of the rank and file of Progressives within the County of New York, it is, sincerely, that National political-party lines, issues and interests, have no place in this municipal campaign. No men become less qualified or less available for any nomination on the City ticket by reason of the fact that he is or is not a Republican or a Democrat, or more available because he is or is not a member of the Progressive Party. Any candidate who permits his nomination to be demanded on the ground that he belongs to a particular political party prejudices his campaign thereby, just as any persons who protested against the nomination of a particular candidate merely because of his National political affiliations would thereby strengthen the candidacy they opposed. An aspirant for a nomination at the hands of all the anti-Tammany forces decreases, in my judgment, his chances of obtaining any nomination at all, if he takes the position, in June or July, that irrespective of the action of the other civic elements whose support he seeks, he will accept, in August or September, a nomination from the political party to which he claims allegiance in National affairs. No individual ambition can be placed ahead of a cause and a principle. Personal ambition and partisan advantage must be ready to give way if need be. "It is a wholesome and salutary thing that this seems to be the point of view of Progressives, and of the public generally, in June and at the approach of July. It augurs well for the ultimate success of persistent, patient, even-tempered efforts to unite genuine reform elements in behalf of a ticket and platform really worth fighting for. June and July, before a municipal election, are not opportune occasions for "stampeded" or "map" action; June and July are not auspicious moments for the wielding of a "political blackjack'". We might as well start July right by getting away from all irrelevant issues and all ulterior[6-30-13] -2- purposes. No man is rendered an undesirable candidate for Mayor by reason of the fact that he is a Republican, or a desirable candidate because he is a Democrat. No political organization is entitled to dictate the nomination of one of its members for any office, or to say that it will not support an anti-Tammany movement which does not nominate that candidate. The test of availability is qualification for the office and probable ability to lead a successful contest in behalf of right principles of municipal government. The kind of Republican who is unavailable is a "reactionary" Republican, a Republican who represents no fixed or constructive principles of city government, a Republican known for loyalty to an offensive political faction within his own party. That kind of Republican, however, is neither more nor less objectionable than that kind of a Progressive or that kind of a Democrat. Political leaders who want to "crack the party whip" and gain some tactical party advantage have no place, and should have no part, in framing the anti-Tammany ticket or platform in this municipal campaign." Mr. Ransom made clear his view that the proposal to renominate Mayor Gaynor upon the Progressive ticket did not impress Manhattan Progressives at all favorably. "If the sole issue of the municipal campaign were to be the "police" issue or the "subway" issue, he said, "I suppose there would be some Progressives who would support Mayor Gaynor in preference to Mr. Whitman upon the "police" issue or Mayor Gaynor in preference to Mr. Mitchel upon the "subway" issue, just as many other Progressives would even more rigorously take the opposite view. However, the proposal to re-elect Mayor Gaynor involves a great deal more than those two issues. The great task ahead of the next City administration is that of administrative reconstruction, in the direction of economy, efficiency, and more direct and thorough responsibility of elected officials for the correct conduct of the city government. That involves Charter revision. Any effectual municipal reform involves radical revision of the present Charter. Back of the Gaynor candidacy looms the Gaynor "ripper-Charter" of 1911. We choose in New York this fall, not merely a Mayor and Board of Estimate and Apportionment, but also substantially half of the next State Assembly. The Mayor has power of approval or veto over all Charter amendments passed by the Legislature. Surely, those who suggest the renomination of Mayor Gaynor upon any ticket have not recently re-read the history and provisions of the [6-30-13] -3- ticket have not recently re-read the history and provisions of the Gaynor Charter of 1911.. In my judgment, if Mayor Gaynor is renominated on any ticket, the "ripper Charter" will inevitably become one of the chief issues of the campaign. The Anti-Tammany candidates for Mayor and member of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment should be men whose records and qualifications enable them to take the lead in fighting against all that the Gaynor Charter represented and for such a revision of the Charter as will make it simple, understandable, straightforward, and in harmony with the progressive charters now in force in so many American cities."[Enc in Martin 6-30-13] [6-30-13] [6-30-13] CHILDREN'S SAFETY CRUSADER Doctor W H Tolman Director THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SAFETY In pioneer days the two dangers to children were the attacks of Indians and wild beasts; in other respects their lives were uneventful and the family of necessity, was self contained and kept together. There was no communal life. The children of the pioneer's were taught to keep their eyes and ears open for possible dangers lurking behind trees and bushes; caution and safety became instinctive, this gave the child self control in the face of any emergency. The slowness of pioneer life has given way to the lighting speed of to-day. Steam and electricity have taken the place of the indian and wild beast, but the childs mind has not been re-adjusted to the peril of swift moving cars, wagons and automobiles. In addition, lack of Municipal foresight failed to provide adequate parks and play grounds as centres of recreation and play for the boys and girls. In classic times the whole city of Athens was plunged in grief and mourning of the occation of the selecting of seven youths and maidens sacrificial victims to the monster Minotaur. Last year, New York City sacrificed one child every two days to the monster of reckless speed, indifference and ignorance. The problem of a lessened birth rate while serious in American Cities, is in in importance, it seems to me, the necessity for the conservation of the lives of children already entrusted to our care. Is it not a false policy to agitate for an increased birth rate only to turn about and destroy lives already created? Accident prevention is primarily a matter of education, and the hope for sound and efficient citizens in the future lies in training the children of the present generation to think and act along lines of safety and caution on the streets and in their homes. In this matter it was fact that America could profit by the example of Germany, which is educating her school-children in safety and hygiene and preparing them for the actual conditions they must meet when they have exchanged the classroom for the shop and factory. The educational methods adopted by Germany include special loan exhibits to the schools from the great German museums of safety; school visits to the museums, where the life-saving and health-promoting devices are carefully demonstrated and explained to the children; and by instruction in safety and hygiene as a part of the regular school curriculum. In the summer of 1912, the Museum requested from the Board of Education permission for classes from the vacation schools in charge of their teachers to meet at the Museum for talks and demonstrations on accident prevention with particular reference to avoiding the perils of street traffic. Dr. William H. Maxwell gave the necessary authority. The responsiveness of the children and the indorsement of their teachers of the talks on safety and caution with demonstrations of devices clearly indicated the success of the experiment. The children eagerly absorbed the instruction given them and answered with intelligence the question asked with a view of determining their understanding-2- of the uses and purposes of the various devices explained to them. In the fall of 1912 the American Museum of Safety offered to carry its work into the schools, that all of the seven hundred and eighty-five thousand public school children might receive the benefits of this special instruction. The Board of Superintendents of the public schools of New York City were heartily in favor of the plan, and after formal deliberation submitted a resolution to the Committee on Elementary Schools, asking permission of the Board of Education to co-operate with the museum for the purpose of reducing accidents among the school-children. This resolution was promptly indorsed by the committee, and by it submitted to the Board of Education with the recommendation that the request of the Board of Superintendents be granted. Resolved, That permission be, and it is hereby, granted to the Board of Superintendents to make arrangements with the American Museum of Safety for co-operation between the schools and said museum, for the purpose of reducing the yearly loss of life and limb among the children attending the schools of the City of New York. In connection with this resolution Associate City Superintendent Straubenmuller presented a special report: "In the year 1911, 423 persons in this city were killed by vehicles. The death-toll was 13 per cent. higher than in 1910. During the same period 2,004 persons were injured by vehicles. For the nine months ending September 1, 1912, there were killed on the streets of New York City by vehicles 339 persons. Of this number 117 deaths were due to wagons, 86 to street-cars, and 136 to automobiles. Of those killed the greater number were children. The very rapid growth of the modern large city, unexpected and unprovided for, has deprived the children of yards and playgrounds. The street of the city is in many sections the only available play place. To this fact as much as anything else is due the great daily sacrifice in life and limb. The great industrial and commercial development within the confines of the modern large city has reduced to a minimum the moral dangers of the street, and increased to an alarming extent the physical dangers. The rapid growth of the modern large city has forced many problems onto us which call for solution, but probably none calls more urgently nor more immediately for solution than the problems of the protection of life and limb of children as well as of adults. The American Museum of Safety has trained lecturers in the field who visit the schools and speak to the assembled children on the subject of caution and how to avoid the dangers that lie in wait for them in the street elsewhere. The museum is also ready to inaugurate a system of traveling exhibits illustrative of dangers to eye, ear, throat, etc., to welcome-3- teachers and pupils at the Museum. The pupils have met usually in the assembly-room, sometimes these audiences have been very large, numbering as many as twenty-five hundred boys and girls. In other cases where the schools have had no assembly rooms, several class-rooms have been thrown together by opening the dividing doors. Where this arrangement has not been possible, the lecturers have had to visit the class-rooms in turn. At several of the schools visited where there was no room suitable for assembling the children, the lecture was given in the basement of the building, and, again, in the play ground connected with the school. At the close of each talk "Safety" buttons bearing the insignium of the American Museum of Safety were left with the principal of the school for distribution among the children. The wearing of this button makes the child a member of the museum's Safety League and serves to keep the lessons of the talk fresh in mind. Badges of a little better quality and of a different design have been presented to the teachers and to the pupils of the higher grades. The buttons have been followed by safety leaflets, or stories, on the special dangers of street-cars, electricity, gas, automobiles, and matches. Both text and illustrations are adapted tothe comprehension of the children, who have appeared to be delighted with them. Not only were the public schools included in this educational campaign for safety, but also the parochial and private schools which add at least one hundred and fifty thousand boys and girls to the seven hundred and eighty-five thousand children in the regular public-school system. To date, the Museum lecturers have reached 414,121 children in the public, parochial and the schools of the Children's Aid Society. It is interesting to note here that the children in the last-mentioned schools offer a most fertile field for this educational work. They are the children of foreigners, mostly Italians, and some of them of foreign birth themselves. It is the aim of the officers and teachers of the Children's Aid Society to instill American ideas of personal cleanliness and morality into these children, in addition to teaching them the English language and preparing them for the regular public schools. These schools are charitable as well as educational centers, and carry relief into the homes of pupils where there is sickness or great poverty. In some of the densely populated sections conversation with the principals of schools has disclosed the fact that many accident cases are "faked" by parents, who deliberately expose their children to danger or swear that the children have been injured, securing the assistance of false witnesses and of shyster lawyers, to substantiate their claims for "dangers" upon the public-service corporations. In some instances teachers have been approached by these "lawyers" for testimony to strengthen the claims, even when the testimony desired bears not the slightest relation to the facts as the teacher knows them. In the talks given by the Museum lectures honesty and integrity of character are strongly impressed upon the children in connection with their actions upon the streets. Thus far every principal has been found to be in heartiest accord with the work, believing that it will have beneficial results, not only with the children, but upon the neighborhoods from which they are drawn. The following selections from letters written by the children themselves testify eloquently to the manner in which the safety instruction has been received by them:-4- I thank you for all that you told us about the cars, I look both ways before crossing the street. I am forever thinking about it. I always look on my button. I wish you would come again. Your little friend, Matilda Pansky. All the girls like the button. Thank you also for the story-books that you sent us. I told my mother to be careful using the gas-range, to open it before lighting the oven. Your little friend, Rebecca Linsky. I told my brother not to hitch on the wangons. I never thought so much about the dangers before. Whenever I cross the streets my button reminds me of the cars. Sophie Sasonkin. In some of the schools the lectures and safety stories were used as a basis for composition work. In one school the leaflet was translated into Italian for the benefit of the grown-up members of the family at home. In a certain Brooklyn kindergarten, a game called the "Safety" game was instituted as a result of the talk on street dangers. The children were delighted with this game and play it with great zest. Four children assume the role of the "trolley car" supposed to be running in the middle of the street, while their playmates "look up the street and down the street" before attempting to cross. The action of the game and the chanting of the cautions in the sing-song fashion of the kindergarten have impressed the safety rules upon the plastic minds of the little ones in a manner not easily to be eradicated. The Commercial High School of Brooklyn was reached late in the season, in fact after the examinations were concluded and attendance was no longer compulsory. So great was the interest in the subject of safety, however, that, out of an enrollment of 2,200 fully 1,500 of the pupils voluntarily came back to hear the lecture and to see the demonstrations. In this case, no restrictions as to time were imposed and the lecturer was at liberty to enlarge upon the theme of safety with special reference to accident prevention in the industrial world these children are about to enter. For the cumulative effect of a concerted effort to drive home a lesson of safety and caution to every child in the greater New York the suggestion was made in March last by Mr. Arthur Williams President of the American Museum of Safety, that every school-teacher in the city should deliver a safety talk on the same day and at the same hour, in the classrooms. Mr. William's idea met with cordial response from the Board of Education, as attested by this letter from its superintendent:-5- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THE CITY OF NEW YORK Office of THE CITY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 500 Park Avenue, March 7, 1913 Mr. Arthur Williams, President, American Museum of Safety, 29 West 39th Street, Manhattan. Dear Sir,-The Committee on Elementary Schools and the Board of Superintendents have approved your suggestion that on the same day and at the same hour in every public school in this city each teacher shall give a talk on "Safety." The Board of Superintendents has selected April 4th, at two o'clock as the time when these lectures shall be delivered, and I have been requested to notify the principals of the schools to this effect, and to transmit with the letter of notification the text of the lecture. Yours very truly, (Signed) Wm. H. Maxwell, Chairman, Board of Superintendents. Mr. A A Anderson, Chairman of the Museum's educational section, had a reading lecture prepared, entitled "Safety and Caution" as a suggestion for the teacher to read to the class, or to assimilate as a basis for a talk to the pupils. No particular anecdotes were added, as it was thought each teacher would recall many an illustrative fact which could be used in reinforcing a special point in the text. The practical result of this concentrated effort was that about 18,000 teachers were supplied with the leaflets and nearly 800,000 school-children reached simultaneously in the safety talk on April 4th, 1913, designated as "Safety Day". One extension of the safety crusade was the organization of a safety patrol in P. S. 159, Brooklyn. This patrol consists of twelve boys from the upper grades selected by the principal, whose duty it will be to guard the smaller children from danger at the street crossings near the school. It will be their task to post themselves at the crossings before and after school and see that the little ones get safely across. They will have a roving commission, and in addition to their duty at the street crossings will look out for the safety of the children while at play.-6- Every Safety Patrol will have a sergeant, probably elected by the other boys on the patrol, who will serve for one month, The members will wear special badges of bronze and enamel provided by the American Museum of Safety. The sergeant will be required to send a stated report on the work of his patrol to the Museum, where a "blotter" will be kept of all the happenings and typical cases printed in the Bulletin of the Museums. Our lecturers report that without exception the children have been eagerly interested and enthusiastic. To the older boys and girls, especially those about to leave school and go to work, emphasis was laid on industrial safety, and they have never failed to show an intelligent interest in the subject. Frequently, the boys have sought the lecturers after the safety talk, or at the noon recess, for additional information. The buttons and leaflets have done much to emphasize the meaning of the crusade. The small children especially have awaited with impatience the time for the distribution of the Safety League buttons. There was some doubt as to the reception accorded the buttons by the high school pupils, some of the teachers thinking that the older boys and girls would probably take the buttons as a joke. However, the real significance of the safety crusade was pointed out to them and they were asked to accept the buttons not for their intrinsic value but for their real value as reminders of the possibilities of this life-saving work. It has since been learned that the boys and girls have taken the buttons eagerly and are now wearing them. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company solicitous for the street safety of the children of Brooklyn generously co-operated with the Museum in the Children's Crusade by providing the funds for 300,000 Safety League buttons, 600,000 safety story leaflets, badges for the principals and the safety patrols and the special reading lecture, to which reference has been made. In addition, they provided ten small model trolley cars for demonstration use by the lecturers and a delivery wagon for taking the exhibits from school to school. Safety posters were conspicuously displayed in all of the cars operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. A set of practical rules is incorporated in all of the safety pamphlets, and while these rules are presented to the children first, they are equally applicable to their older brothers and sisters and their parents. NEVER Jump on or off a moving car. NEVER stand or sit on the car step; nor put your head or hands out of the car window. NEVER get off a car facing the rear; with the left hand, tak hold of the grip handle; left foot to the step, right foot to the ground; face forward. NEVER fail, on leaving a car to look out for passing wagons and automobiles. NEVER run in front jof a passing car. ALWAYS in passing behind a car, look to see if another car, automobile or wagon is coming from the opposite direction. NEVER "hitch on" or steal rides behind street cars and wagons. NEVER plat on the car tracks. ALWAYS look both ways before crossing the street. NEVER cross a street except at a regular crossing. NEVER take chances. ALWAYS SAFETY.-7- The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is undertaking this important work because it feels that if the operation of its lines is to attain that freedom from accidents which the company and all its employees are constantly striving to accomplish, the attention of the public must be directed to the accident danger quite as sharply as the attention of the employes. In Manhattan, the Consolidated Gas Company generously contributed funds and provided a wagon with an attendant for the delivery of exhibits among the schools. In Manhattan, 113 schools were reached, the great majority of which were below 14th Street. In Brooklyn, all the public schools were reached except 35 which it was impossible to visit on account of new building or structural changes. Summorizing the results: Manhattan 82 Public Schools 17 Parochial Schools v 14 Children's Aid Schools 113 total Brooklyn 170 Public Schools 19 Parochial Schools 189 total TOTALS 252 Public Schools 36 Parochial Schools 14 Children's Aid Schools 302 total The Museum feels that great credit for the success of the safety crusade is due to the personal and loyal co-operation of principals and leacturers; almost without exception they have expressed their belief in the work, recognizing the reinforcement it will bring to their own efforts to induce their pupils to think for caution and safety. The results of the American Museum's Crusade have demonstrated conclusively that the children will respond to this appeal that they too must do their share in the prevention of street accidents by exercising caution and self control, two important elements in character building. Every child should belong to the Children's League of the American Museum of Safety.[Enc in Martin 6-30-13][Enc in Panelle 6-30-13] [6-30-13] Anatole Panelle, 1314 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, La. [CA 6-30-13] THE LUMINARY What is the Answer? NORMAN KLEIN, '14. The people of this country are realizing more and more forcibly the remarkable web of corruption in which our social, political, and commercial life is hopelessly enmeshed. Daily, we read of investigation after investigation, bribery, scandal, grafting--not in one part of the country, or in particular cities, but throughout the United States. Special privilege abounds everywhere. Illegal monopolies and corporations water their stock; overcharge the ultimate consumers; control politics, the press, and public sentiment; and, while they remain known law violators, they are all-powerful enough to suck the blood of respectability out of the social turnip. The criminal rich become wealthier; the poor grow more poverty stricken. The professional politician, the lobbyist, the ward "boss," the "go-between" for lawless Big Business and the dishonest, unprincipled public servant, the outwardly righteous gambler of the stock exchange, the brilliant corporation lawyer, who is paid a fortune to create means and schemes, lawfully, to violate the law, even the lowly ward "heeler"--all these, and the many others of their kind, are the agents of corruption and graft. Everywhere we read tales of political and commercial piracy of the boldest sort. What is the answer? Take, for instance, the insurance frauds by Wall Street brokers; the proving by the government of almost incredible charges against the beef trust; the investigations of the Standard Oil, the steel trust, the food trusts--trust after trust; the exposures which accompanied the investigations of the Illinois Central, the Pennsylvania, and other railways; the overthrow of the Southern Pacific's political ownership of California and the election of Hiram Johnson as the people's protest. Examples of cities where graft charges are sustained, are: New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco* --from one end of the country to the other comes the proof of graft, corruption, law violation. What is the answer? Influential newspapers, everywhere, are owned or indirectly controlled by steam or electric railway corporations or other branches of Big Business. Through this dominating of certain unscrupulous newspapers the mind of the public is biased in favor of the law violating owners; the people are deceived as to the true circumstances of franchise granting; the progressive, independent candidates for offices, who are opposed to the "machine's" candidates, are libelously cartooned and deliberately misrepresented, their speeches and past history are distorted to make trifling incidents appear titanic in damning importance; honest men opposed to special privilege are cowardlyThe LUMINARY Mrs. Brown did not answer, but went to her room, in tears. Sure enough, Mary quit, and the marriage ceremony was performed. Mrs. Brown advertised in vain for a good cook, and finally decided to do her own work. She had lost all track of good old Mary. If she had known where to find her, she might have persuaded her to come back. In the meantime, Mrs. Mike Casey, nee Mary O'Flaherty, was living on dreams and love. That was about all Mike's salary could supply. Mary was not quite so well satisfied as she had hoped to be. Her idea of married life was far different from the real thing. In a week, Mike acted as if he had been married ten years, and at breakfast would yell out, "pass the spuds!" or, "These biscuits ain't done. Who said you could cook?" Mary was in despair. Why had she listened to Mike's sweet-scented offers of love? How she wished she was back in her little room knitting stockings and mittens. For now she had very little spare time with getting meals, washing dishes, going to market, cleaning house, beating rugs, washing clothes, and darning Mike's socks. One night, or morning, to be exact, Mike returned from the seventeenth annual policemen's and firemen's ball, a little too full of "Adam's Special." Mary was through. Wife or no wife, she was through with Officer Mike Casey. The next morning, Mrs. Brown heard a timid knock at the back door. Mary Casey had come back. At breakfast, when the biscuits came in, Mr. Brown exclaimed, "Well! This is something like it. It was only a question of a few days more before I would have gotten my breakfast down town, wifey." "O, John, it wasn't as bad as that, was it?" "Yes. I am sorry to say it was. But now! It's great to be alive." A woman was at the bottom of happiness. "Ils out cherche la femme." "They have found the woman." Happiness reigns supreme.[Ca 6-30-13] The LUMINARY What is the Answer? NORMAN KLEIN, '14. The people of this country are realizing more and more forcibly the remarkable web of corruption in which our social, political, and commercial life is hopelessly enmeshed. Daily, we read of investigation after investigation, bribery, scandal, grafting--not in one part of the country, or in particular cities, but throughout the United States. Special privilege abounds everywhere. Illegal monopolies and corporations water their stock; overcharge the ultimate consumers; control politics, the press, and public sentiment; and, while they remain known law violators, they are all-powerful enough to suck the blood of respectability out of the social turnip. The criminal rich become wealthier; the poor grow more poverty stricken. The professional politician, the lobbyist, the ward "boss," the "go-between" for lawless Big Business and the dishonest, unprincipled public servant, the outwardly righteous gambler of the stock exchange, the brillian corporation lawyer, who is paid a fortune to create means and schemes, lawfully, to violate the law, even the lowly ward "heeler"--all these, and the many others of their kind, are the agents of corruption and graft. Everywhere we read tales of political and commercial piracy of the boldest sort. What is the answer? Take, for instance, the insurance frauds by Wall Street brokers; the proving by the government of almost incredible charges against the beef trust; the investigations of the Standard Oil trust, the steel trust, the food trusts--trust after trust; the exposures which accompanied the investigations of the Illinois Central, the Pennsylvania, and other railways; the overthrow of the Southern Pacific's political ownership of California and the election of Hiram Johnson as the people's protest. Examples of cities where graft charges were sustained, are: New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco* --from one end of the country to the other comes the proof of graft, corruption, law violation. What is the answer? Influential newspapers, everywhere, are owned or indirectly controlled by steam or electric railway corporations or other branches of Big Business. Through this dominating of certain unscrupulous newspapers the mind of the public is biased in favor of the law violating owners; the people are deceived as to the true circumstances of franchise granting; the progressive, independent candidates for offices, who are opposed to the "machine's" candidates, are libelously cartooned and deliberately misrepresented, their speeches and past history are distorted to make trifling incidents appear titanic in damning importance; honest men opposed to special privilege are cowardlyThe LUMINARY hectored, and shown to the public as vicious demagogues, and even accused of leading the very grafters that they are fighting. Insinuation, malicious charges of a defamatory character, falsehood are the means used to discredit and hishonor in the eyes of the people public-spirited men who risk their futures and their fortunes to wage war against the high-handed methods of corruption. And the most remarkable as well as disgusting part of this state of affairs is that the common people--the unthinking people--listen open-mouthed, open-eyed in credulous simplicity to the lurid, prejudiced, libeling harangues of the mercenary newspapers that are controlled in some way by the agents of corruption, while, simultaneously, these same common everyday people turn their backs and scoff in a commiserating way at the warning voices of the progressive, clear-visioned newspapers, which have nothing at stake except the people's best interests.* What is the answer? The nation is arriving at the long-delayed conclusion that political conventions are mere fallacies, mere delusions to keep within the limits of customary formality--nothing more. The big "bosses," who are simply cogs in the corporation "machines," choose the candidates beforehand for whom the people are to be allowed to vote. In the same undemocratic manner do legislatures, when corrupted by corporate wealth, refuse to pass the eight-hour law that would prevent the wearing out of workers in one-half of the workers' lifetime--refuse to pass the employers' liability law that would save the widows from starvation and the children from the streets--refuse to pass law after law that would be of benefit to workers and ultimate consumers, but that would be money out of the pocket of Big Business. For example, not only has legislative corruption existed in Ohio, or Pennsylvania, or New York in the past, but it has existed and does exist in some form in every state in the Union!** What is the answer? The political "boss" and his many lieutenants live off the unsuspecting public; the dishonest servants and representatives of the people in the different branches of government are unwittingly paid by the dear common people to turn traitors; the buccaneering corporations and Big Business waylay and rob the ultimate consumers on the highroads of trade; even the smirking colored porter on the Pullman belabors us with a whisk-broom to the extent of a quarter--everywhere we look, everywhere we turn, we see evidence of the greatest game of the age--GRAFT, the game that has been most successful for all, except, of course, the poor insignificant ultimate consumers. In short, our life narrows down to this: Crooked politics, illegal Big Business, and perpetual, universal graft! What is the answer? **Theodore Roosevelt. *"The Beast." Judge Ben B. Lindsey. (Examples in Denver.) *The Arena. Francis J. Heney.The LUMINARY A Christmas Burglar in a Flat MARY PUGH, '14. It was very late on Christmas Eve. The street was dotted on both sides by little specks of illumination made by the corner lights. Overhead was a narrow strip of what seemed to be black sky, with a few winking stars and a round, serene moon shining down into crevices between the gigantic buildings. This silence was broken by the occasional echoing footsteps of a late pedestrian or the rumble of a cab carrying some late reveler home. All New York was asleep. That is, all but the burglar; he was very wide awake. He lumbered along humming a throaty popular air. He was out to do his Christmas shopping, although he had left his pocketbook at home. His kind of purchasing money was a search-light and a ring of mysterious, but very ready, keys. He stopped in front of one of those steam-heated, hot-and-cold-watered, dumb-waitered, automatically-refrigerated, and burglar-proof band-boxes, named a modern city flat. Now this burglar had never attempted shopping in a private residence, but for some reason or other he departed from his regular routine and became really fashionable just for one evening. He entered one of the front doors. There was a low, weak bulb burning in the small lobby, by which he could see rows of shining brass speaking-tubes in communication with the various apartments, with the name of the occupant fancifully engraved on a card. On both sides were self-operating elevators. My! but it was all so handy, thought the Burglar, as he eyed the cards thoughtfully. "No 25--T. A. Simpson, fourth floor, left elevator," and on a small card inserted below was the word "out." This brought satisfaction to the face of the thief. He entered the left elevator and glided noiselessly to the fourth floor. At the end of a little corridor was the entrance to No. 25. Not being able to open the door as it was a combination lock, he planted one large foot on the door-kob and proceeded to try to squirm through the transom. It was a tight fit, as the transom was small and he was not lacking in averdupois. Finally, by snakelike maneuvering, he squeezed through the hole and lit with a thud on the soft, thick carpet below. After surveying the room by means of his flash from one point of standing, he stepped cautiously toward the china-closet. A little footstool lay directly in his way. He stumbled over it, and in a tangle of arms andlegs tried to save himself, only to pull down with him the hangings of the doorway. There was a ripping and tearing. This was the only time in the Burgler's life that he could say he had ever been wrapped in velvet.[Ca 6-30-13] The LUMINARY THIS IS THE ANSWER* NORMAN KLEIN, '14 WE ARE living in an age of wonderful progress--the age of machinery it is called. Particularly in America our development has been extremely rapid, almost too rapid in fact. We have advanced so greatly that we have not been prepared to cope with our improvement, and, as a consequence, we are still hopelessly struggling under the antiquated, obsolete laws and standards that Thomas Jefferson and men of his time were contented with. Just as the time is past when we shall entertain Thomas Jeffersons' ideas on business methods, so is the time past when we shall approve his political and social principles as applied to modern experience. "We have prosperity -- why change?" Certainly we have prosperity, astonishing prosperity, but who is benefitted? It is the few individuals and not the whole nation that shares the good fortune. To remedy this huge injustice against the common people--the back-bone of America--is our present great problem. Modern business demands that concentration of commercial activities known as the corporation. When the corporate organizations of this country serve the public with increased efficiency; when those who profit by the control of modern business affairs return value to the people for benefits received; then who can declare that the corporation is a detriment to the nation? But unfortunately, the gathering of vast wealth under a corporate system uncontrolled by the nation, as is practiced today, has given a few men incredibly enormous, despotic power over the common citizens, and finally has resulted in corrupting influences over the public affairs of state and nation. We must have commercial enterprises that are carried on open and above-board, under national supervision, free from secretiveness and shady intrigue. Then the small business men will be able to compete equally and fairly with the big corporations, while trade will continue without uncertainty, confusion, unlawful monopoly, and dishonorable dealings. The effective cure is a strong federal commission that shall have absolute control over corporations engaged in business transactions which are of public interest; and that shall frustrate unfair competition, dishonest stock watering, and particularly special privilege. The government supervises the national banks; the Interstate Commerce Commission has wrought remarkable changes in the operation of the railroads; a national commission to regulate the corporations is undoubtedly next in order. Powerful regulation of Big Business, not "trust busting" is the only practical means. This is the answer. *This is the answer to the article "What is the Answer?" appearing in the Christmas Luminary.The LUMINARY It is becoming generally known that the subordinate employes of every branch of the local and national governments are being continually assessed to support their benefactors, the "machines" that put them in office. Positions are bartered and distributed as if they were commodities by the many irresponsible professional politicians, who look upon public offices as the rewards for winning elections. To eradicate those abuses is required a Civil Service Act that shall be enforced thoroughly in letter and spirit, laws that will put under the competitive system every official and employe that is not elected, and legislation that will provide for retirement. Also, it is imperative that good behavior and efficiency shall merit continuous service. We must have a government which is run by intelligent experts who devote their whole time to the people's interests, rather than by unscrupulous "wire-pulling" politicians who are in ignorance of the first principle of government-patriotism. This is the answer. The thousands of newspapers in the world--and especially in the United States where journalism is most advanced--have untold sway over the minds of the people. They may be said to mold public opinion more completely and more firmly than any other agent in the world's history. Thus may be somewhat realized the titanic power of the press and the possibilities for good and evil influence. The logical purposes of newspapers should not be to lay stress on the highly sensational news stories. Neither should the press exaggerate for effect. They should not exert their influence in politics, or other fields of public activity, for personal gain or for the embarassment or injury to rival contemporaries at the expense of good government and the public. Newspapers should not, because of prejudice or opposite political faith, refuse to support or use their publications to misrepresent candidates for office, when the said candidates are the best fitted men for the positions. Damaging facts or proceedings, when of public interest, should not be withheld from newspapers because of personal or commercial feeling. Likewise, it should be impossible for commercial concerns and Big Business to control newspapers' policies and editorial attitudes for the varied benefits of the interested concerns by means of bribery, part ownership, or extensive advertising. Newspapers should not engage in political manipulations. Neither should they attempt to influence office holders for personal satisfaction. On the other hand, the statement is to be emphasized that, primarily and for all times, the initial duty of the press is to serve the peple. Much can be said, but to put this philosophy in the proverbial nut shell is to declare that newspapers must be the definite means of setting before the public the news of the world in the clearest, most impartial, and most truthful manner possible. This is the answer. 10[Enc in Klein 6-30-13] The LUMINARY The workers of this country have been shamefully neglected in favor of the capitalists--the aristocrats. In order to get social and industrial justice, able legislation must be had that will minimize industrial accidents, diseases contracted in occupations, the wearing out of workers by long overwork, involuntary lack of employment, and the many harmful results attendant with present day commerce. There should be a practical workingmen's compensation law to eliminate the costly litigation and lawyers' fees. In the same progressive, serious spirit, direct primaries for all elective officials, the direct election of United States senators by the public, the short, concise ballot, the initiative, referendum, and recall are absolutely essential to a government in which the people hold the balance of power. Also, a centralized national government is far more efficient than a loose, confusing, irresponsible system of state government. There should be woman suffrage, but woman should not hold office. Office holders should not take part in any political organizations or conventions. We should have strict regulation of political campaign expenditures and contributions. the commission form of government will give the people more power, reduce expenses, do away with indiscriminate grafting, and result in greater efficiency and civic improvement than the old-fashioned corrupted form of ward government, with its disreputable "bosses" and "heelers." In other words, more power to the people! True democracy! This is the answer. The change in our commercial, social, and political life is bound to come. We can neither completely reorganize society, nor can we continue in the same time-worm rut. We must adjust ourselves to the present conditions. Feudalism was superseded by absolute monarchy, reactionary democracy succeeded monarchy, and now we have before us the modern, adequate, impartial system of social and industrial justice. The Square Deal for all alike is our aim. Effectual Regulation. This is the answer.The LUMINARY. A MATTER OF MONEY* NORMAN MEIER, '14 THE bright sunlight of spring, shining into a long, great room, fell diffused upon a number of men intently at work on some kind or other, of that exacting work of engineering which uses only the best trained of minds and the steadiest of nerves. One, bending over a desk, was making a hasty calculation on his slide-rule; another, standing by a drafting table, was laying out a complex map. These men--the best of university graduates--comprised the office force, and, included with the assayers and chemists in the adjoining laboratory, made up the engineering department of the Tewana Smelting Company, Incorporated. As the eye glanced over the various persons, it would hesitate on one, who was guiding the tracer-point of that delicate instrument of measurement, the planimeter. It was not the work that attracted notice--any of the others could do that--not dress, for his was exceedingly plain--but the now upturned face disclosed a countenance utterly lacking the usual cold seriousness, that too often marks the business world engineer's face and reflects his one-sided development. In that quiet, straightforward gaze was the evidence of an understanding--a knowledge--of the better and higher things of life. "Oh, Brady," a deep voice had called, "in my office, a moment." The one using the planimeter arose and stepped briskly into the private office of the chief engineer. "Have a chair," that person began abruptly. "I have just received word," he continued immediately, "from Wendell, our legal agent in Canada, that the title to one of our valuable claims, at our Igaton mine in Northern British Columbia, will be contested next month. Now, to counteract this we must get these papers up there before June the first. The trip will have to be made through the Canadian Interior, since, as you know, the mine can not be approached from the Pacific until the ice in Alashuk Bay has broken up. The face of the other paled slightly. "You seem to have forgotten, he said with deliberation, "that on some peaks of the Solomoff Range, which would have to be crossed, snowslides are reported this season almost weekly. You know what happened to the Muir outfit. Why, I do not believe there is one chance in five that that trip could be made in safety now. On the other hand, the coast will be open within three or four weeks." "Reports, Brady, just reports, and from the half-bred Thlinkits, too. See here, Brady, I've thought all this out beforehand. Somebody has to go. I selected you largely from the credentials which we obtained from the au- *This story won an honorable mention in the Luminary story contest. 12 PIAZZA DEL POPOLO, 3 Hon Theodore Roosevelt June 1913 ROMA Oyster Bay, L. I. New York. Dear Sir:- With the conviction that your sympathies will be drawn towards a humanitarian project, and that you will understand the motives which have prompted me, I take pleasure in presenting you with a copy, printed especially for you, of my work: "Creation of a World Centre of Communication." This volume is the result of about nine years of labor, during which I have endeavored to formulate a definite plan, in the concrete form of a city, by means of which more just and friendly international relations might be obtained by uniting the highest intellectual, artistic and scientific accomplishments of the several nations in a centre common to them all, from which they could easily be diffused and become the property of all who desire to progress. The object of this work is, by gathering together the best energies and clearest intellects of all nations, thus aiding in the solution of the common problems, to reduce te unnecessary causes of conflict and to ensure prosperity and progress. Its purpose is promote World Unity by deepening the sympathy between individuals and nations through an harmonious order of action and endeavor. In the architectural rendering of this idea, I have been assisted by about forty architects, artists and the engineers under the able direction of Mr Ernest Hébrard, architect the French Government. These plans are now presented in a form possible of realization. A limited number of copies of this work is printed for thePIAZZA DEL POPOLO, 3 ROMA heads of the several nations, leading libraries, universities, associations of international interest and a few representaitve citizens of each country. And the reason of this presentation is that the plans of this World Centre shall be freely accessible to those who are endeavoring to determine how more peaceful and harmonious international relations might be obtained. In presenting you with these plans, I feel sure that you will readily see that their practical realization depends upon the sympathy and support of those who are not only open to conceptions for the general welfare, but are willing to aid in the highest aim that the divinity in man has the privilege and power to pursue:- that is to say, the divine privilege of uplifting and facilitating life not only for those who endeavor to attain greater heights, morally and spiritually, in our time, and also for those who will come in the future. I am assured that the arguments brought forward in this volume, as well as the architectural plans for a realization upon monumental and artistic lines, will meet with your sympathies, and that in a labor of love for a universal humanitarian cause, your valuable assistance can be counted upon, in whatever form you are willing to manifest it. You will readily understand that the society "World Conscience", organised to facilitate the realization of such a project as this volume presents to you, would be most happy to count you among its members for the promotion of this purpose. Trusting that you will accept this volume as a token of the highest esteem and appreciation of your great works, Believe me very respectfully yours, Hendrick Christian Andersen.Chambersburg, Pa, Jun 1913 Hon Theodore Roosevelt, My Dear Bro; I trust you will not think it presumptive in me, an humble Methodist minister, to drop you a few lines, expressive of my very high appreciation of the many manly & noble qualities that inhere in your make up, and especially of the courageous stand that you have taken in behalf of all classes of our people. All my life I had been a republican, but of late years have become so thoroughly disgusted with the corrupt bosses and their disregard of the best interest of the people, that I was glad of an opportunity to get out of the party and to unite witha party that promises so much for the betterment of all classes. And I sincerely hope that you will continue to discourage all propositions looking toward a reuniting with the old gang party. While I would be glad to have all sincere and honest republicans unite with the progressives, I would certainly be very sorry to have Taft, Tener, Penrose, Barnes & Co to unite with us, Before the nomination, when they knew that Taft could not be elected, if nominated, they said "Well we can hold on to the organization" Now they have their old organization, & a party made of in most part of their own kind. So let them stick to it & go down with their sinking hulk at least until they bring forth fruits meet for repentance, I pray that our Heavenly Father will spare you inin health & strength to lead us to certain victory in 1916, Our principles are in accord with the word of God and must eventually triumph. Here in Pa we are beginning to see the folly ahead of endorsing candidates of the old parties, there is only one safe course to pursue & that is to stick to our progressive party and stand as a wall of adamant against all compromise, Believe me to be your sincere friend J. Harper Black P.S, Of course I do not write this for publication.[*"Capt Jack" Crawford 56 WEST 104th ST. N. Y.*] [*[ca June ? 1913]*] THE SLANDER SERPENT SCORTCHED. The tongue of slander you have stilled Theodore, To dull brown finish it is grilled, Theodore, You seized the serpent by the throat And with its length the hard earth smote- In modern slanguage , "Got its goat", Theodore. The answering gun you nobly aimed, Theodore, Not only one traducer maimed, Theodore, But proved a scatter-gun that sent Its missiles o'er the continent And sent snakes to their holes hell-bent, Theodore. And Ah! yes, they scattered far and wide, Theodore, And perforated many a hide, Theodore, They taught the liars who felt their sting So sharp that carless monkeying With buzz saw is a dangerous thing, Theodore. As grand example now you stand, Theodore, To boys all o'er our glorious land, Theodore, One which if they but emulate, As they draw near to manhood's gate, May guide them to a high estate , Theodore. A man of fame was loved, 'tis said Theodore, Because of enemies he'd made, Theodore, But you with love are doubly crowned By loyal friends the whole earth 'round Because of the enemies you've d[r]owned Theodore. Capt. Jack Crawford. Still on the Trail C? Jack [*[Crawford]*][Ca June 1913?] "Headquarters Capt. Jack Crawford, the Poet Scout" 56 West 104th Street, N. Y. To My Newspaper Friends, Editors, and Publishers. I am sending you the following poem which is to be delivered by myself as the poet for the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg, July 1st. Not to be printed before Sunday, June 29th. Other poems which I am to deliver will be "The Veteran & His Grandson", "Hoods Children", "Corporal Bill", "Thar' Was Jim" and "The Old Kentucky Rifle". Other enclosures explain themselves. Sincerely yours, Capt. Jack Crawford." 1863 1913 A PRAYER AND A BENEDICTION at the GRAND REUNION OF THE BLUE AND THE GRAY ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. by COMRADE CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD, THE POET SCOUT, AND ORIGINAL BOY SCOUT. Almighty, exalted, Commander-in-Chief, Dear Father, all-wise, of the Blue and the Gray, The old guard is here - 'tis the last grand relief Of comrades and brothers who muster today, And if from the heavenly ramparts above Old Abe and brave Stonewall can look down they'll see This great transformation of hate into love; 'Tis what they all prayed for - Grant, Logan and Lee. And while our great nation is thankful today For our glorious salvation, while counting the cost, There's a tie that is binding the Blue and the Gray In the heroic army of braves that we lost. Though lost, we in reverence cherish each name, And are eager to tell of the deeds they have done, While in Northland and Southland their glory and fame Are pictured and told in the battles they won.Page 2 Half a century has passed, and we muster today But a thin line of boys that we mustered of yore, And millions rejoice that the Blue and the Gray Are united beneath the old banner once more, And we who survived, who returned from the fight, Would ask Thee, commander above, once again To watch here our actions, that we in Thy sight May show that our comrades did not die in vain. xx xx xx xx Dear comrades and brothers, the widow is here, The mother, the sister, in prayerful mood, They come with a wreath and a memory dear For the grave of the loved ones who here shed their blood. The sonds and the daughters of Gray and of Blue Are here with our bright-eyed grandchildren today) They met since the conflict - to meet was to woo, And to win; Cupid captured the Blue and the Gray. God pity the hand that would strive to suppress The growing affection that comes with the years; May it live in its glory and never grow less As our thin rank the shore of eternity nears. Raise your thoughts toward heaven, my brothers in Gray, And in hallowed fancy a picture you'll see - Looking down upon us from the bright realms today Are Lincoln and Jackson, Grant, Sherman and Lee. xx xx xx xx xx xx And now, as beneath dear Old Glory we gather, Inspired by the eyes of those heroes above, Let this be our slogan, our motto, dear Father: Fraternity - Charity - Loyalty - Love. Inspire with Thy blessing our love for each other, Keep us ever beneath Thy most merciful ken, And strengthen the love ties as brother meets brother Through our few years remaining on earth-soil. Amen. [Ca June, 1913?] HERE IS SOMETHING- National - New - Novel - Necessary - and a truthful, sensational Revelation, worthy of a great PAPER like yours - To again lead the way that others will be forced to follow. Mr. Hon Theodore Roosevelt Editor Publisher of "The Outlook" New York, N.Y. Dear Sir:- I have prepared an article with great care and research and expense and time, entitled, "CAUSeS OF 1907 PANIC, MAY PRODUCE PANIC ANY TIME UNLESS LEGISLATION PREVENTS." "THE RECENT MONETARY COMMISSION WAS APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE 1907 PANIC BUT HAVE FAILED TO DO IT." This article was prepared to head off the last Congress from any attempt to pass the Aldrich Expansive Money Bill, but, as it became plain the late Congress was not going to attempt its passage, I held my article till such time as said legislation should be attempted by the present Congress. It is now time, for it, and the article contains much valuable information never before published as far as I know; and I believe it well worthy of a place in your publication. By way of introducing myself to you, permit me to say; I graduated with the highest honors, of the class in Robinson's Higher Arithmetic when I was a child of fifteen, and in a class of 22 of my seniors from 17 to 25 years old; I was the baby of the class in years but not in analysis. This success gave me confidence to undertake the hardest PROBLEM in the world today, i.e., the financial questions of the United States, commonly called "the money question," And I have gone into it thoroughly and have occupied several months time in careful study of its history and in an investigation of all the great panics of this country and of England, and have traced their cause; and their effects upon the market; and because of the foregoing facts, as well as my own success in business, I feel competent to deal intelligently with the matters treated of in this article, and I am impelled to neglect my own business to give this my attention at this time because of the great importance of proper and intelligent legislation on this matter. Powerful interests are trying to force through the wrong kind of legislation, and I undertake to point out some of its defects and suggest briefly some remedies. The infernal monetary trap prepared by Aldrich, the son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, who was the Prophet of the Panic of 1907, and which is largely the basis of the present proposed legislation, should be exposed and defeated without regard to politics, and a practical remedy for these oft recurring panic should be substituted; I believe this artucle will lead to investigation and discussions which will result in a much better legislation. But where has any one published any serious objection to the bankers' "Expansive Money" scheme which will get them easy money and increase their safety and their gains under the pretense of preventing panics; W. J. Bryan who has given considerable tome to study of the money question, has endorsed the Administration Bill, and has not seen the defects I point out. As to our Congress, we have plenty of Politicians, but no Mathematicians, and they run to bankers (in this instance interested partied) and to the Secretary of the Treasury for advice on monetary legislation, which is the most important of an legislation. I think when you have read this article, you will agree that it is important at this time, and if we agree as to the compensation I am to receive, I will consent to your use of the information and the proofs contained in said article in such other wording as you may choose to give to it; or I will assume the entire responsibility over my signature, as it is now worded; or if some slight changes are desired by you, I will pass upon such changes and will tell you whether I wish to yet give my name to the changed form. I think it a far more important and practical article for publication, than the "Standard Oil Letters" Mr. Hearst's papers paid so much to get, that he might defeat one United States Senator, while this is of immense value to the whole people of the U.S. and will surely help to defeat the Bankers' Dream of Easy Opulence at government expense; and suggests a practical way to end the unnecessary, artificial panic by which the people have lost so much I leave the compensation to you when you see the article. Kindly sign or cause to be signed by responsible party representing your publication, the accompanying agreement; and I will hand you the article for your inspection. Very respectfully yours, J.W. Ernest Kenton, Ohio[For Enc see Ca June 1913][*[CA June - 9/3]*] THE RICHFIELD RECORDER CHAS. J. LISLE, President and Editor RICHFIELD, IDAHO Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, New York City, N.Y. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your valued letter of recent date, for which I wish to thank you. You fai[*l*] to convince me that the need of differentiation in speaking of courts or judges of courts as in the Idaho case which I cited, is not areal need. In Idaho, two opinions were published; everyonem who cared to do so, had access to the two opinions. They were diametrically opposite--certainly it would be fair to differentiate between the men who issued them: One might as well look back on Andrew Johnson, once a president of the United States, or on Aaron Burr, vice president, and say that all presidents should be impeached, and all vice presidents should be shot for treason: Would you not take exceptions to such a statement, based as it might be on these two particular individuals? I am writing to Mr. Pinchot as you suggested. He is not now in the position he was in a few years ago, when I wrote him some of the same matter--though in a somewhat different tone, perhaps-- and failed to get any satisfaction. But I still maintain that, as in the Chicago convention, a vitiated contract always carries a vitiated title--that whoever takes stolen goods, is in the wrong, however he gets them; that the temporary passing of title does not affect the final accounting --or at least not in a moral sense, and it perhaps should not in a legal sense/ Take the great resources of the country, for example. If the people of the Ohio valley country burned hundreds of millions of dollars worth of magnificent hardwood forest, merely to get it out of the way, and to have smiling, profitable farms, are those lands released from the same obligation to the whole people that the Idaho pine lands bear? If thepeople of Delaware appropriate the climate for their magnificent THE RICHFIELD RECORDER CHAS. J. LISLE, President and Editor RICHFIELD, IDAHO peaches, and the people of Maryland use the Chesapeake Bay for a monopoly on oysters, and the people of California draw countless millions of dollars from all over the world because of their golden climate, and if the people of Pennsylvania use their coal and iron for their own advantage, and the people of Maine and Massachusetts and all the Eastern water power states draw such untold fortunes from their water power development-- isn't it as much of a political duty for the state to make laws retro-active in justice in their cases, as to make them active in ours? If these rights were the people's originally, there can have been no valid relinquishment of title. Should not the theory of conservation take back the unfair, the dishonest, the thoughtless promises of the careless lawmakers, and restore the rights to the people who own the stuff? I agree that it is easier to grab off a western wood lot and hold it against settlement and development, than it is to pry loose a century of legal bolts and bars and mouldy title in the East. But in theory, isn't it all one? If one owes the nation for any natural monopoly that is really the heritage of the whole race, do not all owe the same? Conservation is all right; most of the states and communities need to have some one as guardian, some one with wider experience, better knowledge than they, to save them from the pitfalls that have been mentioned as so definitely settled and agreed upon in the East. But in the end, it seems to me that to give every state its own resources, would not be unfair; give to Idago her forests, her water power, free from federal tax or interference, as you give these many resources to their states, scot free. Since the Eastern states demand the exemption of their already appropriated resources from government conservation and interference, it seems to me eh that they might let up a little on their attempts to regulate us too far. THE RICHFIELD RECORDER CHAS. J. LISLE, EDITOR RICHFIELD, IDAHO I am sending you a MSS., which might interest you, and possibly find its way into the Outlook. It is, I believe, a fair statement of Woman Suffrage in Idaho. I look on it as a matter of right; and on the facts here presented, as after all a particularly high tribute to woman suffrage, that you can not distinguish the counties, the precincts, the cities, even the states, that have woman suffrage or a majority of woman voters, from those under opposite conditions. It proves to my mind that they will vote normally, as men will do, with regard to the problems of politics and government. I shouldn't want to have my name used in such an article, for, even though I know the woman vote is eventually as safe and sane as that of men in Idaho, there are many who are temporarily wrapped up in their crusading glamour, and will not read such an article right. Yours very truly, Chas. J. Lisle[FOR ENCL SEE CA 6-13][CA June 1913] Oyster Bay Long Island N.Y. My dear Mr. Harper,- It will give me much pleasure trlunch with Colonel Roosevelt on Wednesday the eighteenth at one o'clock. It is so nice of him to ask me. Sincerely yours, Katharine W. D. LoebTELEPHONE COLUMBUS 492 WILLIAM F. MOHR Editor "WHO'S WHO" IN NEW YORK CITY AND STATE, INC. 1790 Broadway Corner 58th Street New York, June, 1913 Dear Sir: Herewith we enclose clipping of your biographical sketch from the 1911 edition of "WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK." We are preparing the Sixth Issue, and would ask you to please make such corrections or additions as are desired. "WHO'S WHO" is now a recognized standard of reference for newspapers, banks, merchants, clubs, hotels, and is used as a matter of reference both here and abroad. The edition now being carefully prepared, will be greatly improved in every way over previous editions, and will contain the names only of the most prominent living men and women of achievement and distinction in the Empire State. The subscription price of the sixth edition will be Ten Dollars, and we would thank you for the return of your date and subscription, as promptly as possible. Yours very truly, WILLIAM F. MOHR Editor To "Who's Who" in New York City and State, Inc. PRICE, $10. PER COPY Enclosed find check for Subscription for _____ copies of Sixth Edition of "WHO'S WHO" IN NEW YORK CITY AND STATE and deliver same to address below. [*(Ca June 1913)*] 2908 Summit St Kansas City Mo. Hon Theodore Roosevelt My Dear Mr Roosevelt I note in the Morning Star the astounding developments of the Senate lobby Committee. The invisible government seems to be in a fair way to be uncovered to the World. I have for many years believed that you deserved more credit than any living man for Starting the Movement which Seems destined to break down the formidable Combinations of Concentrated power founded on wealth accumulations in a Comparative few hands. As you doubtless know the history of the World teaches that material wealth has ever and always been the arch enemy of governments, Contrated by the people. while wealth is one of the greatest blessings which you can possess yet it is one of the most dangerous because its valuable and indispensible to the preservation of human life. your friend the writer feels the dire necessity of a small proportion of it today. He also knows by experience through affliction how futal the efforts to extract even a small sum to meet lifes necessities from friends or kinsmen WE HAVE NO AGENTS To....... .............. You made the following transactions through us today: BOUGHT SOLD AMOUNT COMMODITY PRICE FROM WHOM AMOUNT COMMODITY PRICE TO WHOM Respectfully, KANSAS GRAIN & STOCK CO. Per..... E.&O.E.none are immune from its tenacious grip on the human mind. The brave and the true value it alike. The high and the low will not relax their hold upon its possession. Life may be ebbing away slow but sure for the need of a few pitiful sorded dollars. Those who have more than they could use legitimately if they Should live a Thousand years will not part with that which is dearer to them than human life (The dollars). With these reflections why should we doubt or wonder at the power it wields over and upon the human influence - and under all Conditions which arrise when he has attained almost unlimited opportunities by being placed in the Presidential Chair of this great Republic deserves and has well earned the homage of every American Citizen who is intelligent enough and patriotic enough to fully realize the value of the services he has rendered the people. I regard you Mr Roosevelt as Such a man. The developments refered to prove that you was Justified in the heroic Stand you took against purnicious methods looking to the aggrandizement of the wealth owners of this Country at the expense of the Republic. your Friend H. J. Pawley P.S. your Name sake is doing well. He is full of innocent mischiefBryants Pond June 1913 [*(June 1913?)*] To the Hon Theodore Roosevelt you will wonder why a person should take the liberty to write you on small matters but ones needs and wants gives them courage to do what they would not otherwise do and i have ever found that a man of great ideas and a big heart is more willing to give aid to one who needs it than some who think they know it all but are not willing to impart any aid or help to others know i will tell you what i want i have a poem which i composed my self and it is the second piece on the same topic one was burned up so i should not send it but i am going to try until i can succeed in writing i want you to read it over and if it is worth publishing have it wrote in the Boston daily Journal which is a progressive and the only political paper i read i am going to send stamp for reply i would like you to tell me my mistakes you will help me i know you will bear with me when i tell you i am a soldiers widow and the reason of my so much wanting to write is because i have heart trouble and the Dr have stopped any work at all and this takes up my mind and they have advised me to try it while confined to my bed i wrote a story and one of poems and they read them and have urged me to try i know your influense in my behalf would be a great help to me more than any one else i have some song poems some written for the gar please let me know what you think of it Respectfully Mrs S E Procter Bryants PondomerfdAustin Tex June 1918 President Roosevelt Pardon me I have about finished all my work & as I wrote to your office that I saw myself handing you a light & as my Dr has ordered me from the cook stove I have decided to to make a true report of all to you and enclose a small picture of my student boarding house. We all are living together the hard seven years seems to be over the crops failed all over Texas from the drouth & the letter I wrote you was from God he revealed my true case & my poor children through me. When I mentioned that your grand army men ought to make up a purse in my old age & help me the answer came back was they could not assist me in that way. It was the time of need & the negros & working men would say there has to be another way one negro says we collored people helped the white people up & day has no feeling for us. And after my sonlaw came to my home he cried over my children & my condition 4 Circumstances alter peoples cases on earth my husband and my self were alike we were without parants & we cling together Ware ruined his life & having no parants he did not return to his country. After my old sister had raised John Harlans two girls, we were boarding there with three children & the old sister & her husband decided to leave them in our charge. when they left we furnished all eatables & fuel while the girls with an old maid sister rented the upstairs rooms to men who was working on the new capitol & my husband worked on the captiol to earn a living & he got work from a contractor to help build Gov Roberts house & other houses he made an honest living was above his position man with a fine mind. but his condition always kept him back. He enhearted drunkness from his father it was a dease that could not be cured a curse.we were so worn out from toiling both boyes had to be slaves to help pay for the home & help school their sisters. My sonlaw wished to know what I would have him do. I asked for peace as I had never had any. with the three oldest children pleading with him they added a five room bungalow to the front of my old house & furnished it had a nice bath tub put in the house & the second summar we lived in it my daughter came home with a second child for she felt the need of my care after I had gotten her up & well my oldest son took down and had to be operated on for apen - on account of bad food in rest - my youngest son broke down from nervous prostration from losing sleep as they both work in picture shows & the closed up place where he run the machinery was just the same as a furnace & seeing his brother operated on got away with him. they had to quit work for two months and after they recovered they went back to work & had to pay up the Dr expenses & infirmary which cost near a hundred dollars. It caused me to loose my house it was advertised but no one came & offered to help us. The agent who bought it in let us have another lot by my sons paying 175 $ he owes 135 before he can get a deed after the house was built it brought a boom on speed way & infact all over Austin begin to improve. rich men bought up the ground & it give work to the negros and mexicans & all the poor laboring men & all the churches have been the babtist church especialy. I mentioned in the letter I wrote you that the churches were too cold. My life has been a life of drudgery & hardship from a fourteen year old girl was left at that time with out either parants & as John or Harlan my brother was dead we had no man in our family & my sisters decided to breake up & move to a small town. which was a sad mistake for them on my fathers county home we had enough ground to make a living the older ones was like Roman in the bible time they made a mistake in leaving their land for food God knows what we need & find & suplyes us where ever we are at.whiskey drinking & would take a glass of beer or so every day. it matters not how sick a man gets if he ever did drink every body would say oh its drinking. I called in a Dr Gassen one of the board Dr & he examined him & then called for his pension papers which he examined & he informed me that he ought to get a back pension as he was discharged for a disability. & when I wrote you the letters I thought it must be the wound. If I had gone so far as I could go in such a poor little cold house which took my self & children about twelve years to compleat it for I would have to borrow money from the bank & they charged me tenpercent & took a leane & bind me up no religion or simpathy at all. If I did not have my tax money ready in time they would sue me. it all at the cort house to prove About his death after Dr Glassen left I called in another Dr. 5 after ware he was manager f a large livery stable he was more capable than the man who owned it. Christ is not a respector of any person it's the heart. my husband was a friend in need to my partners family & John Harlans family in need & he never did hint to them or ask for oncent of money. both girls are living in El Paso Texas. they married good men though poor but are now in good circumstances. A Mrs Dan Payne they have a large grocery store & market any man can find out the truth & they also own a nice brick home John Harlan had a country home when he was killed but we never did require their money. after marriage they sold it. I have given you a true history of my husbands christian work here at austin city & I have the proof. About his pension after those girls married we mooved to ourselves & we went to Liberty Texas decided to get a home & settle so many advised him to file his claims for his pensionbut he would always tell me to have it until I am dead. but I realized the condition we were in & I persuaded him to try so he did. & he became interested in a garden & poultry he needed such a life as he had that appatite. the Drs at Houston examined him & I came home & sayes that Dr is not in my favor I could tell from the way he acted & soon the atty wrote him that the Dr had rejected his having a pension but for him to stand his examination at Austin where he was known. he refused to do that & sayes leave it until after my death & you will get it for you will find real men there it turned out as he wished after that we lost a little child & it hurt him so he begin to drink & I called in a Dr which came in & so I was called to come to my husband by Dr Fenlow as he wish to show me something he called my attention to a small wond in his fore the open part. The Dr informed me that the wound at times cause him to wander and to take shelter as he would never knew he was wounded untill that day it looked like a small dent in his head & I never did grieve him about anything. my made mentined to me that he told her all about the wound. he received it some time during the ware & as he was a man with great strength he could out rule the [?] & would be willing to stand in a cort house and swere to all I write. When I saw myself hand you a light. I never knew what I had written you untill I received both letters back & his ware papers also. & I got things all mixed up & I never knew how it was about his claim I only know he filed a claim & after we returned to Austin he went to work at the same stable as he was the best man they had he could speak all the languages. & made a lot of money for the man who owned the stable In 96 he took down with general dibility from too much night work & getting up at four and eating & drinking too much coffee & quitmore to blame than any one else she reported his case to the city. she went about peoples houses getting dinners & she saw my husband was in need & she eats a good dinner & reported him as a brute just to make a report of her work. Every dollar my husband earned was placed in my hands to buye food & pay rent I never knew a better provider when at himself my grocer man was Frank Babcock on east sixt street, all I owed for groceries at his death was $2 dollars & he was kind enough to send me word not to even bother about paying the bill that my husband was no mans fool After all was over his little three year old girl was sitting on the steps one evening when she was to meet him & I noticed her talking she sayes God send my papa home that night he apeared to us & folded his armes around us. Today that child is strugling to learn music she graduated & joined the christain church & her poor next day which was sunday & he came in with another Dr. who is a fine Dr to operat. he examined his stumache which had a large hard lump formed on it the Dr told me that his stumache was ruined and that he could not do him any good. they would always inject morphine against his wishes. I then sent for a grand army man who advised me to get a Dr I sent for another who give him some medicine & he was some better but he would go back to work too soon & took a relaps. we needed money & he had to work. he got so bad I could not nurse him & a friend had him put in city Hospital. & the Drs kept him two weeks & feed him all the morphine he could take and when he came home [he] the Dr handed me about six large tablets & he saw the Dr give them to me but I never knew what the medicine was & I give them as he ordered. he got himself a glass of beer as he was very weak. & I made him somenice chicken broth which he ate & went to sleep. & in the evening we were on the front porch when all at once he became wild & sayes I see a lot of wild negros in frount Just look. I called for help & no one could quiet him. he got worse & next day two men came with a carriage one a grand army man who worked in the post office & a poliace who lived not far from our home They told me that they had came to take my husband & take care of him & that they would see to him and not be uneasy about him as it was a cool place to Hall. I retired feeling as wearried. next day I sent an old negro to take him some dinner I cooked & prepared a nice dish of chicken sup. the old darkey came in & tells me his awful condition & I sliped on my hat & took my baby with me & when I found him he was between to cells at a poleace station with a stick of wood for a pillow in an unchonious condition it hurt me so I ran to the stable where he had worked & informed the men how he was suffering & I was so helpless. one of his best friends send a Dr & next morning I bought some nice sweet milk & went to the prision & just as I entered four men were there two were leading him out to take him to Hospital & he was so death looking I could not understand how he could stand on his feet. he drank the milk & I stood by him & lend my head on his brest & weep untill I could not. it tuch the men so. next night he died. It never ocured to me at the time to deal with the city for allowing any human to be handled in such a cruel way. They ought to be made pay for murder all my husband needed was nursing send word to the King to let me out of prison for he had been a good friend to all who ever came to him a generous iricsh man. a woman who was in a maner crazy from loveing her husband wasbrother is paying for a piano her prayers were heard in Gods way & at the time I wrote the letter to you he apeared to me & he folded his arms about myself & two little girls & that must be the direction God ment for the money. and after the home was taken from us she would not leave she sayes Ill get students so we rented the house. & I can not work in that way any more have been on this spot for fifteen years toiling. & I cannot search my own out Texas is on a boom & I have helped up the state my children are honest & true they make an honest living Dr Bailey in Hyde Park is our family Dr. I have stood by them and toiled untill they have come good men & weman & wrote in that letter that Texas was my country & I have written you the truth. I ought to be helped in getting a home in TexasI never have meet you saying some arrangements at a bank ought to be made for my two sons they are so true & have never been educated only have yankee git up but they will have to die for they never get a vacation but they are trying to build again the cause of so much trouble is too much rush & it deranges the nerves & a man is never at him self I hope you good men will alwayes live Resptfuly Carrie Pryor my post of duty for my children Justice Harlan had the record searched and the board could not reopen the claim & I am thankful I have a pension it is so much help & I should hate to use money. for the good of all & my childrenP.S. not speaking dispereful of Justice Harlan but when my nice grew up she called on him for a little money & he refused to loand her twenty five dollars & while my husband and myself stuck to them in time of need. who was the neighbor in such a case a Yankee repub - an irseash man & Justice Harlan wished to know all about his cousins death. I have his letter we have all been treddon on those men who killed my husband and could have saved him though he had to go to save his children for no one would offer a place for him to rest or loand him one cent. Men will not work in unity together & there the Harlans were against their own blood. If satan derided against himself he cannot stand. we wish to pay for our home honerble but after I have helped up texas in need Austin banks should give us easy payments & not so much interest.P.S. & a good old negro came in time of need to my aflicted husband my husband always mentioned to me if any man took him to deal with them I do not believe in a woman goin to law & will see about it in some other way[*[CA JUNE 1913]*] The Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement 48 and 50 Henry Street New York, MR. JACOB A. RIIS, President MRS. CHARLES McDOWELL, 1st Vice President MISS CARRIE L. CUSHIER, 2nd Vice President MRS. EDWARD BRAMHALL BROOKS, Treasurer MISS CAROLINE A. CHILDS, Secretary MISS CHARLOTTE A. WATERBURY, Head Worker Telephone 34 Orchard My dear Mr. Harper Will you not be good enough to address this for me to our host at Marquette, wherever be now maybe, and oblige yours Jacob A Riis[*[CA June 1913]*] Please write the address of Mr. J Murray on this slip of paper This photo is to be returned. R SchoeneLawrence F. Abbott President William B. Howland Treasurer Karl V.S. Howland Secretary The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York Lyman Abbott Editor in Chief Hamilton W Mable Associate Edition Theodore Roosevelt Contributing Editor you, but you couldn't come to 33, and I couldn't go elsewhere, but I do love you, and I did try to make you our President last year, and I did try to help the Progressives. Dont trouble to reply. Just go about your work, and do it. Your friend Mrs. P. L. Smith. [*[CA JUNE 10, 1913]*] Buffalo. 33 Dorchester Road. June 23 rd, Dear Colonel Roosevelt, I am a woman but old enough to be your mother so no harm to me, or to you. For months, I have so desired to write to you, but for fear I might botherup valuable lessons, and be of no interest to you, I have repaired. Now, I must. We used to say of Cleveland that he was a "man of of destiny," but of you I should say "a man of promise". Such expectations we have of you. Why the very fact of the life you led out on the far plains would help in all your life work. How I enjoy and admire evey moment of your life, How much I have learned in the African Game Trails, which lies on my desk. How I wanted to greet you last week, and see2917 Carlisle St. Dallas Texas June 1913 Col Theodore Roosevelt New York City Dear Sir; I send this article for the Outlook to you so as to be sure that it will meet our eye. This new form of city government, started by Act of Providence at Galveston, Texas, is destined as certain, as the rising of the sun, to so enlighten our people as to move them to important action. If you will study out a new model for the legislative branches of our government, to the state and nation, & advocate this in your accustomed style, the people of all sections will support you, the2 leaders of all parties will be forced to follow, and you will then hasten the surely coming day of a vital reform which will not only benefit our own people but will enlighten & benefit the world at large. Extreme measures are often the safest & the best, such as the action of the men of 1776, the crossing of the Alps by Napoleon, and the recent change in their form of government by the Chinese. I may be wrong, but I do not say "the horse is 16 feet high", my mind is wide open to correction. I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yrs. Obt. Sevt Geo. S. Storrs[*[CA JUNE 1913]*] EUROPEAN PLAN Mont Joie St. Denis ST DENIS HOTEL CO. BROADWAY AND ELEVENTH STREET, NEW YORK. STANWIX HALL ALBANY, N.Y. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT J.F. DOWNEY, MANAGER. Colonel Roosevelt- If these primaries are to win, you must issue some call to New York City, for it is the city of your birth. The subtlety of such a gathering - and one of yesterday at Labor Temple. Is there no way by which you can be persuaded to speak, say at Coopers Union, so as to clarify this hodge podge. Pardon this condition of writing. -- Very truly yours [Eunice?] Toussaint3. [Enc June 1913] The General Committee for the Celebration of the Two hundred and twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of New Rochelle, New York The Honourable Theodore Roosevelt Sir From Sunday the twenty-second until Saturday the twenty-eight of June, 1913, there will be celebrated in the City of New Rochelle, the Two hundred and twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of New Rochelle by a company of French Huguenots in 1688. On behalf of the General Committee appointed to arrange for the Celebration, we take pleasure in requesting the honour of your presence on Tuesday, the twenty-fourth of June, when there will be a Military, Firemen's and Civic Parade, or on Saturday, the twenty-eight of June, when there will be a Water pageant representing the Landing of the Huguenots or on any other day during the Celebration that may better suit your convenience Trusting that we may be favoured with your presence we remain, with assurances of our high regard Very respectfully yours Frederick H. Waldorf Mayor of the City of New Rochelle Chairman of the General Committee George G. Raymond Chairman of the Invitation and Reception Committees[For enc see ca June 1913][*[Ca June 1913]*] [*Please fill in and sign.*] THIS AGREEMENT made this _____ day of June, A.D. 1913, by and between _____________________________ the ______________ ____________________________ of the ___________________________ published at _________________ the party of the first part, and J. W. Ernest, of Los Angeles California, but not temporarily at Kenton, Ohio, the party of the second part, WITNESSETH:- That, Whereas the party of the second part is the author of an article on the "CAUSES OF 1907 PANIC, MAY RE) PRODUCE PANIC ANY TIME, UNLESS LEGISLATION PREVENTS, &c.," which he desires to have published in said paper, provided satisfactory compensation is agreed upon for mid article, Therefore, The party of the first part is accepting said article for examination, promises and agrees, that in consideration of said article being submitted to him, that he will not permit said article or any part of the same or any substitute therefor, to be published, until he has secured, consent for such publication from the party of the second part, and that the party of the first part will keep said article in a safe manner so it is not seen or the contents learned by any one who would break the spirit of this agreement; and that he will report promptly whether he wishes to publish the said article or any modification of the same, to the said J. W. Ernest, together with the amount he will pay for the rights of said article, and if no agreement is reached between the parties for the publication, he agrees to return the said article to the said Ernest. And the party of the first part binds himself in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars liquidated damages to the said J. W. Ernest that he will keep the letter and spirit of this agreement until such time as said article or an article containing the subject matter and facts it contains, shall appear in public print other than his own paper. ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ [*[Enc in Ernest Ca June 1913?]*][CA June 1913] (anonymous) I have before me a clipping from a newspaper published in my own county in a Western woman-suffrage state, which clipping has been copied and commented on very widely all over the state, for stating so plainly a fact that is so strange and revolutionary, yet so well known to all here, about the subject matter it presents. It is, the news story of how "The Woman Vote" carried for the "Wet" side, the recent county local option election, called to vote on the question of legalizing the public sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage; and it proves the case satisfactorily, boastfully--for the writer thereof was a "Wet." I have also the official record of the petition filled with the county commissioners; and of the required 40 per cent of the voters to call an election after the county had been "Dry" for four years, an astonishing number of the signers were women. And I have further the records of the marriage bill that was finally defeated in the state legislature, a bill requiring a medical certificate that both parties to the marriage contract were physically and mentally qualified for establishing homes of their own. This record shows that the final, determining protest that killed the bill was from a woman's society, within and bearing the name of one of the churches in the Capital City of the state; and that their influence defeated the bill against the judgment of what otherwise would have been a small but a determined majority for the bill. These are but random illustrations, coming within the past few days, or months, here in one of the best known of the woman suffrage states. My state has had woman suffrage for many years; it has come to be so common that the older residents can hardly think of anything else--it seems to have been always here. No one, save a rash, thought-2) less newcomer, ever speaks of changing our universal suffrage law. It is not gallantry, or charity, or expediency, or political favor, that placed, and keeps, the universal suffrage law on our statute books; it has come to be recognized as a right, just as manhood suffrage is recognized as a right even in Russia or any of the more backward European countries where only a moderate recognition has been so hardly won--not as a favor, but as a right. Yet, to me, the facts mentioned, and the almost countless similar ones that have fallen under my observation in this state where universal suffrage is given without regard to sex, teach a doctrine worlds removed from what has been the common argument in favor of woman suffrage--that to give Woman the ballot will purify politics, will drive out the saloon, will bring about better social conditions, will make morality and ability the sole test of fitness to serve the public in office. We have had that dinned into our ears, in the Eastern states where the campaigns have been waged for a larger measure of political equality and justice for women. Possibly its advocates believe it to be true; doubtless it should be true in every detail--for the woman, the home-maker, certainly is the guardian of morals of every interest that affects directly the welfare of the home. Nevertheless, I make the assertion that woman suffrage, at least in my state, has not even perceptibly affected politics, or business, or any branch of public life. We have had good men, and bad; we have had some good laws, and some not so good; we have had measures considered on the basis of public welfare--and no one could point to a single item where the woman vote was a determining factor on the side of the best. I believe it is strictly true, that in no state, county, municipal, or other district election, for school, for municipal, for county or for state measures, a single instance can be shown where the3) woman vote has stood for reform as against any other classified vote; or where it has influenced platforms, or pledges, or personnel, of any ticket in any voting subdivision, however large or small, in the state. After having heard the old argument that to give the mothers the ballot would instantaneously and miraculously clear the state and the nation of its political and business partnership with or tolerance of vice, some may doubt the answer to be found in my state--that woman suffrage does no such thing--now, nor can it ever do so. I doubted it myself; on coming to this state, I expected to find a purity in political life that should be a model for all, and a living proof of the old argument. It is not here--we are no better, no worse, than other states. We find the woman's nature, the woman's interests, at heart the same as those of other citizens. Put to the test of the ballot, with years and years of experience to guide them, with an enlightened public sentiment that does not take account of sex in any manner to embarrass or harass or annoy, but places women on a full equality with men, woman suffrage absolutely fails to prove what its most ardent advocates have claimed for it for all the years. I would say, however, that this is in no sense a criticism of the ballot for women. Primarily, the business of government is to give a good government; it is not a church. or a reform organization, an Utopia to bring about social revolution or reformation. Government is a matter of plain, business justice. To be just, it must recognize the rights of every individual. No one can question the right of any woman to the ballot, to citizenship, on the same individual basis as any man. If she is free-born, and a citizen under the laws, and possesses the mentality and the legal standing the same as the man, she MUST be given the ballot if the government is to be fair, and honest, and free. It is not the laws concern whether she is a reformer, or whether she heeds one political or4) business call or the other as affecting her vote; the law does its duty--and it can not possibly do less than that--when it gives her the ballot, not as a favor, but as a right. It is her own affair how she shall vote; whether she is to start a crusade for better things, or follow the same old round of delusion and apathy and prejudice that has marked partisan [history] politics in this country for so long. Yet all this brings remorselessly to the fact--for it IS a fact in this state where universal suffrage has existed so long, and under such favorable conditions--that the one argument for granting the ballot to women is on the basis of her individuality, and not on her probable beneficial influence on politics. The law might as well enfranchise women, expecting them to all vote the republican or the democratic ticket and so achieve a partisan triumph, as to expect them generally to vote for the suppression of vice or wrong or oppression of any kind. It is not the law's province to command, or to expect, any given course of action. its province is merely to give to everybody his or her individual rights. And, having given the right of suffrage, the law [will] need not count on what the influence of the newly-enfranchised class will be. To give the ballot, unreservedly, unrestrictedly, is the duty of the law in the nation and in the state; anything less is not justice. This, then, is the real, the only proven argument in favor of woman suffrage. It is enough to make it universal, to put it on the statute books of every state. But it is undoubtedly true that the old argument of its moral effect has been proven false where universal suffrage has been tried. #[ENCL IN LISLE CA 6-13][A JUNE 1913] LOUIS N. LITMAN, President S. K. GANIARD, Committeeman ROBERT M. WADDELL. Secretary HENRY C ELSNER, Vice President GUNTHER C, NICHOLSM Treasurer LA GRANGE COUNTY FARM PRODUCTS SHOW & CORN SCHOOL WEEK FOUNDED 1906 FORMER GUESTS SEVENTH ANNUAL OCTOBER 1913 LAGRANGE INDIANA VICE-PRESIDENT UNITED STATES Thomas R. Marshall GOVERNORS Samuel M. Raision Chase S. Osborn J. Frank Hanly UNITED STATES SENATORS Charles E. Townsend Benjamin F. Shively Albert J. Beveridge John Worth Kern Ollie M. James MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Clarence C. Gilhams Edward L, Hamilton Henry A. Barnhart Joho A. M. Adair James E. Watson Henry C. Smith Cyrus Cline LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Hugh Th. Miller MEMBER OF CABINET James Wilson Secretary of Agriculture PUBLICIST Francis J. Heney, California CORN EXPERTS Leonard B. Clore "Corn King of the World" Fred C, Palia "Indians Corn King" Charles W. Post Cereal Manufacturer G. I. Christie Purdue University Benjamin F, Maish President Indiana Association COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS Horatio S. Earle Michigan LABOR COMMISSIONER Perry F, Powers, Michigan MAYOR Samuel Lewis Shank Indianapolis BISHOP John Hazon White FRATERNAL OFFICERS Charles N. Mikels Masonic Past Grand Master Leslie J. Naftager, D. D. Past Grand Chaplain Odd Fellows Philip T. Colgrove Oythian Supreme Chancellor Commander INDIANA LEGISLATURE L. Ert Slack Laman K. Babcock UNITED STATES MARSHAL Frank W. Wait MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE Edward N. Dingley CARTOONIST Benjamin F. Griswold SOIL EXPERT Professor Jones Department of Agriculture EDUCATORS Winthrop F. Stone President Purdue University Dr. John H. McKenzie Rector Ho[?]e School Dr. Robert J. Aley President University of Maine Samuel C. Ferrell Charles A. Greathouse State Superintendent Mrs. [?]. N Guldfin Chairman Domestic Science Department National Federation Mrs. James C. Murray Matron Porto Rico Orphanage JUDGES James S. Drabe Thirty-Fourth Circuit Indiana Owen N. Heston Superior court Allen County HEALTH EXPERT Dr. J. N. Harty Secretary State Board of Health[*[ENCL IN SCHOENE CA JUNE 1913]*]Beloved formally by Samegor Raymond PROGRAM Sunday, June 22nd Special Church Services Monday, June 23rd Morning. Official Reception of Delegates and Officials by the Mayor in City Hall Afternoon. Automobile Trip for Guests through City and Inspection of Public Buildings Evening. Public Reception to Guest at High School Tuesday, June 24th Afternoon. Military, Firemen's, and Civic Parade Wednesday, June 25th Afternoon. Huguenot Association Reception Unveiling of Jacob Leisler Monument Evening. Public Banquet Thursday, June 26th Morning. Entertainment of Guests on Long Island Sound Afternoon. Children's and Automobile Parade Friday, June 27th Morning. Reception at the Home of Honorable and Mrs. Martin J. Keogh Saturday, June 28th Afternoon. Grand Water Pageant Representing the Landing of the Huguenots at Bonnefoi Point 1688 Day Fireworks and Band Concert Evening. Day Fireworks and Band Concert Illumination of Harbor, Band Concert, Fireworks, and Water Carnival[Enc. in Waldorf ca June 1913][ca June 1913] Polo Association [[shorthand]] The Polo Association of America requests the honour of Honorable and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt's company at the International Polo Tournament between England and America to be held at the Meadow Brook Club, Westbury, Long Island, New York First Match Tuesday, June the tenth Second Match, Satuday, June the fourteenth One thousand, nine hundred and thirteen at four o'clock each day If a third match is necessary the date will be announced at the close of the second match It's requested that a response be sent before the twentieth of May to Mr. William A. Hazard, Secretary of the Polo Association Twenty-nine Broadway, New York[Encl in Leland 9-17-13] [Jun-13] Vol. 6. No. 9. June, 1913 Board of Education City of New York School Library Bulletin Attack of Picketts and Pettigrew's Division (From a print of the time) Courtesy Harper & Bros. The High Tide at Gettysburg. (July 3, 1863) A cloud possessed the hollow field, The gathering battle's smoky shield; Athwart the gloom the lightning flashed, And through the cloud some horsemen dashed, And from the heights the thunder pealed. Then, at the brief command of Lee, Moved out that matchless infantry, With Pickett leading grandly down, To rush against the roaring crown Of those dread heights of destiny. Far heard above the angry guns, A cry of tumult runs : The voice that rang through Shiloh's woods, and Chickamauga's solitudes : The fierce South cheering on her sons! Ah, hoe the withering tempest blew Against the front of Pettigrew! A Khamsin wind that scorched and singed, Like that infernal flame that fringed The British squares at Waterloo! A thousand fell where Kemper led; A thousand died where Garnett bled; In blinding flame and strangling smoke, The remnant through the batteries broke, And crossed the works with Armistead. "Once more Glory's van with me!" Virginia cried to Tennessee : "We two together, come what may, Shall stand upon those works to-day!" The reddest day in history. Brace Tennessee! In reckless way Virginia heard her comrade say : "Close round this rent and riddled rag!" What time she set her battle flag Amid the guns of Doubleday. But who shall break the guards that wait Bedore the awful face of Fate? The tattered standards of the South Were shrivelled at the cannon's mouth, And all her hopes were desolate. In vain the Tennessean set His breast against the bayonet; In vain Virginia charged and raged, A tigress in her wrath uncaged, Till all the hill was red and wet![* [ENCL IN LELAND 9-17-13] [JUN–13] *] Above the bayonets, mixed and crossed, Men saw a gray, gigantic ghost Receding through the battle-cloud, And heard across the tempest loud The death-cry of a nation lost! The brave went down! Without disgrace They leaped to Ruin's red embrace; They only heard Fame's thunders wake, And saw the dazzling sunburst break In smiles on Glory's bloody face! They fell, who lifted up a hand And bade the sun in heaven to stand; They smote and fell, who set the bars Against the progress of the stars, And stayed the march of the Motherland. They stood, who saw the future come On through the fight's delirium; They smote and stood, who held the hope Of nations on that slippery slope, Amid the cheers of Christendom! God lives! He forged the iron will, That clutched and held the trembling hill! God lives and reigns! He built and lent The heights for Freedom's battlement, Where floats her flag in triumph still! Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns! Love rules. Her gentler purpose runs. A mighty mother turns in tears, The pages of her battle years, Lamenting all her fallen sons. WILL HENRY THOMPSON. SUMMER READING, 1913. What shall we read this summer? Well, this question is not the one uppermost in your minds just now, but it is one that many of you who have acquired the habit of reading from the Library Period will want to consider. Books are fine things to have around at any season and the Bulletin as usual offers you a little advice. This summer will be one full of historical memories and anniversaries. The papers will have a great deal to say about Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Down in the beautiful valley of the Cumberland in that world-famous Pennsylvania town, about forty thousand gray-haired veterans of the North and South will meet to clasp hands, on a battlefield where half a century ago, as the "boys of '61" they struggled for a nation's life, and where thousands of their comrades died for their fellow-men. It is of the utmost importance that every American boy and girl should know and remember what they fought for there. The glorious story is a part of your birthright and you cannot expect to be efficient American citizens of the best type unless you know the history of your country. Read about it, this summer; so that Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Lincoln, Lee, Grant, Meade, Longstreet or Pickett will be names that mean something to you. Read aloud, at your home to your parents, your brothers and sisters, your grandparents, of these events of 1863 and be proud that you live in a land that produced men and women who could sacrifice so much for their principles and what they believed to be right. July, 1863, was perhaps the most critical month in the history of our own city. During that month occurred the "Draft riots" during which the city was for four days at the mercy of a mob which burned and looted buildings, killed people in the streets, and destroyed millions of dollars' worth of property. Nothing but the bravery and efficient leadership of the New York Police Department at that time, aided by a few troops, saved the city from complete destruction. A story in your classroom libraries by W. O. Stoddard, "The Battle of New York," will give you an excellent description of this trying time. It is well worth your reading. In September occurs the centennial of the battle of Lake Erie, an event of the greatest importance in the development of the United States. You will find some suggestions on reading about that, in this number, too. And finally, lest you think our offerings altogether too historical, a few books, mostly of an outdoor character that may have a special appear to campers, or boy scouts, or camp-fire girls, have been listed for consideration, as well as some educational books for teachers and other "grown ups." 1863—GETTYSBURG—VICKSBURG—1913 Some Books About Gettysburg. For Reading by Older Pupils. Barstow—Civil War, p. 180 (Pickett's Charge.) Beecham—Gettysburg. Benton—As Seen from the Ranks, chap. 3-5. Blaisdell—Stories of the Civil War. Burrage—Gettysburg and Lincoln. Champlin—Young Folks' History of the War for the Union. Civil War Stories Retold from St. Nicholas, p. 104. Drake—Battle of Gettysburg. Gordon—Reminiscences of the Civil War. Goss—Recollections of a Private, p. 188. Hale—Stories of War. Hill—On the Trail of Grant and Lee. Hitchcock—Decisive Battles of America, p. 306. Johnston—Leading American Soldiers. (Lee and Meade.) Kieffer—Recollections of a Drummer Boy. Lodge and Roosevelt—Hero Tales from American History, p. 225. (The Charge at Gettysburg.) Trent—Robert E. Lee. Young—Battle of Gettysburg. For Reference. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, 4 v. Doubleday—Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Longstreet—From Manassas to Appomattox. New York at Gettysburg, 3 v. Page—Robert E. Lee. Pennypacker—General Meade. Photographic History of the Civil War, v. 2. Pickett—Pickett and His Men. Walker—General Hancock, chap. 6-8. Stories. Altsheler—In Circling Camps. Eggleston—Southern Soldier Stories. Goss—Jed. Johnston—Cease Firing. King—Between the Lines. pp. 257-285. Pickett—Bugles of Gettysburg. Singmaster—Gettysburg. Stoddard—Battle of New York. (Gettysburg, Draft Riots, Etc.) Poems. Harte—John Burns at Gettysburg. Mifflin—The Battlefield: Gettysburg. Roche—Gettysburg. Stedman—Gettysburg. Thompson—High Tide at Gettysburg. In Stevenson—Poems of American History. In Eggleston—American War Ballads and Lyrics. Vicksburg. For Reading by Older Pupils. Abbott—Battlefields and Campfires, p. 263. Cheney—Popular History of the Civil War, chap. 24. Coffin—Marching to Victory.[Encl in Leland 9-17-13] [Jun-13] Fiske—Mississippi Valley in the Civil War, chap. 5, 6. Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of Civil War. Goss—Life of Grant for Boys and Girls. Grant—Personal Memoirs, v. I. Greene— The Mississippi. (Campaigns of the Civil War.) Hale—Stories of War. (Vicksburg.) Hill—On the Trail of Grant and Lee. Hitchcock—Decisive Battles of America, p. 295. Mahan—Gulf and Inland Waters. (Navy in the Civil War.) Welsh—Famous Battles of the 19th Century; 1861-1871. (Vicksburg.) For Reference. Greene—The Mississippi. (Campaigns of the Civil War.) Hughes—General Johnston. (Great Commanders.) Mahan— Gulf and Inland Waters. (Navy in the Civil War.) Photographic History of the Civil War, v, 2. Sherman—Memoirs, v. I. Wilson—General Grant. Stories. Goss—Tom Clifton. Johnston—Cease Firing. Poems. Boker—Before Vicksburg. Hayne—Vicksburg. Melville—Running the Batteries. In Stevenson—Poems of American History. In Eggleston—American War Ballads and Lyrics. Books for Vacation Reading. For Boys. Altsheler, J. A.—Border Watch. Barbour, R. H.—Change Signals. Bartlett, F. O.—Forest Castaways. Beard, D. C.—Boatbuilding and Boating. Canfield, E. E.—At Seneca Castle. Carruth, H.—Track's End. Collins, F. A.—Wireless Man. Grey, Zane—Young Foresters. Harper's Camping and Scouting. Hough, Emerson—Young Alaskans on the Trail. Jjohnston, C. H. L.—Famous Scouts. Masefield, John—Jim Davis. Paine, R. D.—Dragon and the Cross. Rhead, Louis—Bold Robin Hood. Roberts, Theodore—Comrades of the Trails. Sabin, E. L.—With the Indians and the Rockies. Seton, E. T.—Book of Woodcraft. Spears, R. S.—Camping on the Great River. Tomlinson, E. T.—Young Minute Man of 1812. For Girls. Atkinson, Eleanor—Greyfriers Bobby. Bangs, M. R.—Jeanne d'Arc. Brown, Alice—Secret of the Clan. Brown, K. H.—Hallowell Partnership. Burnett, F. H.—My Robin. Burnett, F. H.—Secret Garden. Freance, Anatole—Honey Bee. Hutchinson, W. M. L—Orpheus with His Lute. Knipe, E. B. and A. A.—Lucky Sixpence. Lang, Andrew—all Sorts of Stories Book. Lucas, E. V.—Slowcoach. McKinney, F. L.—Nora-Square-Accounts. Moses, Belle—Lewis Carrol. Richards, C. C.—Village Life in America, 1852-1872 Seaman, A. H.—Jaqueline of the Carrier Pigeons. Sweetser, K. D.—Ten Girls from History. Webster, Jean—Daddy Long-legs. Wiggin, K. D.—A Child's Journey with Dickens. Wiggin, K. D.—Mother Carey's Chickens. Defeat and Victory. (June 1, 1813) Through the clangor of the cannon, Through the combat's wreck and reek, Answer to th' o'ermastering Shannon Thunders from the Chesapeake: Gallant Lawrence, wounded, dying, Speaks with still unconquered lip Ere the bitter draught he drinks: Keep the Flag flying! Fight her till she strikes or sinks! Don't give up the ship! Still that voice is sounding o'er us, So bold Perry heard it call; Farragut has joined its chorus; Frontispiece From "Don't five up the ship" By C. S. Woof. Copyright by The Macmillan Co. Porter, Dewey, Wainwright—all Heard the voice of duty crying; Deathless word from dauntless lip That our past and future links: Keep the Flag flying! Fight her till she strikes or sinks! Don't give up the ship! —Wallace Rice. "Don't Give Up The Ship." Near the southeastern entrance of Trinity Church in New York City in a brownstone sepulchre marked by trophy cannon, lies the body of Captain James Lawrence, a young American naval officer who was killed in the famous action between the "Chesapeake" and the "Shannon" June 1, 1813. Lawrence's dying words are known to every school boy, "Don't give up the ship— fight her still she sinks!" For one hundred years American sea captains have gone into battle with those same words ringing in their ears and that same unconquerable spirit in their hearts. No victory of the war of 1812 had more inspiration than this defeat. "Don't give up the ship!" or in other words "don't be a 'quitter'" is a splendid sentiment for sailors and soldiers, even for boys and girls in the school, on the athletic field, at home, and in fact for every one in the big game of life.[Encl in Leland 9-17-13] [Jun-13] Lawrence lost to a better ship and a better crew but we will never concede that there was a better captain. On the 25th of March in that same year he had sailed into New York Bay in the U. S. Ship "Hornet," having on board the officers and crew of a Bristish brig, the "Peacock," which he had taken off the coast of South America, in a terrible fight lasting but fifteen minutes, but during which the "Peacock" was so badly riddled that she sank before all her crew could be taken off. This victory again electrified the city and the country. The Corporation of New York presented the gallant captain with "the freedom of the city" in a gold box, with a piece of plate, and tendered him a dinner on May 4th, which was held at Washington Hall, then occupying the southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street. While the city fathers were thus honoring Lawrence and his officers, across the park the crew of the "Hornet" was treated to an entertainment at the old Park Theatre on Park Row. Mrs. Lamb says : "Captain Lawrence was thirty-two, tall, splendidly developed with much personal beauty and captivating manners—one of the chivalrous, fiery-souled heroes who went forth singly to do or die for the honor of his country. He was quick and impetuous in his feelings, greatly beloved, and inspired all about him with ardor; but in critical situations his coolness was remarkable. Decatur said : 'He always knew the best thing to be done, he knew the best way to execute it, and he had no more dodge in him than the mainmast.'" Before the month of May was over the naval authorities at Washington had given Lawrence command of the frigate "Chesapeake," then lying in Boston Harbor. This vessel was known as an unlucky ship, the "Jonah" of the young navy. Officers and men would not serve in her if possible to obtain other berths, so at this time her crew was largely composed of foreigners—a dissatisfied and insubordinate lot. It was a sad blow to Lawrence to get the "Chesapeake," but he made the best of it, and when word came that Captain Philip Broke, of the Royal Navy, was cruising off the coast in the frigate "Shannon" looking for an American ship of equal rating, Lawrence sailed out to meet him. The duel was short but deadly. Lawrence fell at the critical moment of the fight after which all hope of the "Chesapeake's" winning was gone. His chivalric opponent, Broke, was also severely wounded while boarding. After the capture of the American vessel, Captain Broke lay in intense pain on board the "Shannon" and often inquired about Lawrence, saying, "He brought his ship into action in gallant style." When the victorious ship and the vanquished entered Halifax, the body of Lawrence, wrapped in the flag of the "Chesapeake," was lying on her quarter deck. Three months later on the broad waters of Lake Erie an American squadron stood out of Put-In Bay to contest with a British squadron the supremacy of the Great Lakes. The flag ship of the enterprising and energetic commander of the American vessels that day bore the name "Lawrence" and as she went out into the fight from her peak flew a motto flag bearing the words "Don't give up the ship." How Oliver Hazard Perry won a great victory on Lake Erie the 10th day of September, 1813—a victory that meant much to the future of the United States—simply because he did not know he was beaten, and would not give up—is told in thrilling style in some of the books listed below. Out in Erie, Pennsylvania, they are raising from the bottom of the lake, inch by inch, the rotting timbers of the old ship "Niagara," the vessel to which Perry carried his flag after the "Lawrence" had been shot to pieces, and on the shore of Put-In Bay, overlooking the spot from which the Commodore sent his famous message to General Harrison: "We have met the enemy and they are ours—two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop"—is building a memorial from the center of which will rise a Doric column capped by a beacon to the height of three hundred feet and more, to commemorate not only the great battle fought there, but the one hundred years of peace between the United States and the British Empire. LAWRENCE—1813—PERRY. In Classroom Libraries. Barnes—Hero of Erie. Barnes—Naval Actions of 1812. Barnes—Yankee Ships and Yankee sailors, p. 89. Hitchcock—Decisive Battles of America, p. 157. Hill—Romance of the American Navy. Soley—Boys of 1812. Seawell—Twelve Naval Captains. Strange Stories of 1812. Tomlinson—War of 1812. Wood—"Don't Give Up the Ship." Poems. Eggleston—American War Ballads and Lyrics. Stevenson—Poems of American History, pp. 300-306. Teachers' Reference. Lamb—History of the City of New York, v. 3, pp. 623-632. Lossing—Field Book of the War of 1812. Maclay—History of the United States Navy, v. 1, pp-436-492. Roosevelt—Naval War of 1812. Recent Books on Education. Parker, S. C.—Textbook in the History of Modern Elementary Education. Fisher, Mary—A Valiant Woman; Contribution to Educational Problems. Rice, J. M.—Scientific Management in Education. Binet and Simon—Method of measuring the Development of the Intelligence of Young Children. Fisher, D. C.—Montessori Mother. Scripture—Stuttering and Lisping. George and Stowe—Citizens Made and Remade. McCormick, Wm.—The Boy and His Clubs. Laselle and Wiley—Vocations for Girls. Olcott, F. J.—Children's Reading. Gilbert, C. B.—What Children Study and Why. Warriner, E. C.—Teaching of English Classics in the Grammar Grades. Finegan, T. E.—Textbook on New York School Law, Including the Revised Education Law, the Decisions of Courts, and the Rulings and Decisions of State Superintendents and the Commissioner of Education. Gulick and Ayres—Medical Inspection of Schools. Warren, B. S.—Open Air Schools for the Cure and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Munsterberg—Psychology and Industrial Efficiency. McKeever, W. A.—Training the Boy. Moore, E. C.—How New York City Administers Its Schools. Bryant, L. S.—School Feeding.