VOLUME 31 September 20, 1901 to November 1, 1901 SERIES 2Indexed to page 355.410.454. End31 Allison, Hon. Jno. 4, 87, Abbott, L.F. 19, Andrews, Maj. J.M. 73, Andrews, Gen. A.D. 84, Arthur, C.A. 101, Adams, Brooks, 113, [check] Allison, Hon. W.B. 118, 252, Astor, W.W. 147 Aldrich, Hon. N.W. 183, Adee, Hon. A.A. 228, Abbot, Rev. Dr. Lyman, 300, Andrews, Col. A.B. 404, Ashton, J.M. 383, ABA B Bull, H,W. 4, Baldwin, jr. W.H. 13 Belmont, Aug. 7 Bishop, J.B. 21, 230, 233, 407, 458, Brackett, Hon. E.T. 22, Bates, Brig-Gen. A.E. 26, Bryce, Jos. 43, 212, Beveridge, Hon. A.J. 43, 343, Bullock, Capt. Seth. 67, Bridges, Robt. 79, Butt, Gen. MC. 82, Bartlett, H.(?) C., 97, Bartless, Col. F. 102, Brown, Chap. H.A. 102, Bridgman, H.H. 114, Buxton, E.N. 137, Bunz, Karl, 172, Bond, Hon. E.A. 176, Bigelow, W.S. 204, Bulloc[k]h, Mrs. E.D. 206, Butler, Dr. N.M. 214, 312, 329, 364, 482, Barratt, J.A. 281, Brownell, D.B. 295, Billings, Rev. D. 346, Burton, Hon. J.R. 354, Burnett, Gen. 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My dear Dr. Sleicer: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your letter of the 15th and appreciate deeply what you have written. Faithfully yours, Rev. Dr. T. R. Sleicer, 156 East 38th Street, New York City. 2 COPY [*1/*] September 21,1901. Clark Howell, Esq., Hotel Earlington, 27th Street,Near Broadway, New York,N.Y. Stop here on your way back. Arrange to take lunch with me whatever day you are in Washington, and notify me in advance. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. September 17,1901. Ansley Wilcox, Esq., 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. My dear Mr. Wilcox: I am in receipt of your letter of the 16th. The matter about the two Senators is all right. Now let me thank you, and through you, Mrs. Wilcox, to whom I shall also write at the earliest opportunity. You did me a real and great favor by having me at your house; but, my dear sir, you did me the greatest favor of being yourself and treating me as you did. I shall always have memories of your house which will be dear to me. I regretted only one thing and that is that Mrs. Roosevelt could not have been with me. Faithfully yours, September 17, 1901. Dear Fanny: It was not necessary for me to hear from either you or Jim. You are two among the very, very few people from whom I do not need the slightest expression of feeling to convince me of their steadfast love and affection. I look forward to seeing you both here, and shall endeavor so to bear myself that you may never feel cause to regret your trust in me. Ever faithfully yours, Mrs. James Russell Parsons, Jr., Albany, N. Y. September 17,1901. My dear Mr. Allison: I thank you heartily for your kind letter of the 14th instant. I appreciate all you say and shall try to deserve your good opinion. Faithfully yours, Hon. John Allison, Tillman Building, Nashville, Tenn. September 17, 1901. My dear Harry: Your letter pleased and touched me and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry W. Bull, 38 Broad Street, New York, N. Y. September 17, 1901. My dear Mr. Gunton: I value your letter of the 16th instant. It may be that I shall want you to see what I say about labor in my Annual Message. Faithfully yours, George Gunton, Esq., Union Square, New York City. September 17,1901. My dear Colonel: I value your letter of the 16th and thank you heartily for it. Faithfully yours, Col. H. H. Treadwell, 15 Union Square, New York, N. Y. 5 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Soudder: I thank you sincerely, and greatly value your letter of the 16th instant. Sincerely yours, Hon. Townsend Soudder, Glen Head, N.Y. September 17,1901. My dear Mr. [Dicksma?]: My remembrance of you is so pleasant that I want to thank you personally for your very kind letter of the 15th instant. Believe me I appreciate all you are pleased to say. Faithfully yours, Hon. Gerrit J. [Diskema?], Chairman, etc., 1411 H Street, N.W., Washington,D.C.September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Gilder: I thank you for your letter of the 18th. Can I not see you here sometime about the matter mentioned by you? Faithfully yours, R.W. Gilder, Esq., The Century Magazine, Union Square, New York, N.Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: I thank you for your letter of the 17th, and deeply appreciate your good wishes. By this time you have probably seen that I intend to retain the Cabinet unchanged. Faithfully yours, Hon. John T. McDonough, Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y. 7September 20, 1901. Dear Grant: I have your note of the 18th. Of course I was glad to hear from you, and I accept it as from Florence, too. I cannot get to New York now. Do you think there is the least chance of either or both of you coming down here where I can see you? If we find there is a spare room in the White House, we will ask you to take it. Ever yours, Mr. C. Grant LeFarge, Temple Court, Beckman Street, New York, N.Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Frank: I thank you for your letter of the 15th. There is but one thing to do now, and that is not to be morbid, but to undertake the task to the very best of my ability. Always yours, Hon. Francis C. Lowell, Taunton, Mass. 8September 20. 1901. My dear Mr. Riggs, I am in receipt of your letter of the 19th. Can you arrange to get down here, say about ten days hence -- about the first of October? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt [faint signature] Mr. Edward G. Riggs, Care of The Sun, New York, N.Y. September 20. 1901. My dear Lord Minto: Your letter of the 17th particularly pleased me. I thank you for it, in the first place because of your personal kindliness to me; and in the next place because it is another proof of the sincere and genuine sympathy of your people with us in this time of grief. And how glad I am to remember the universal grief felt by our people last winter when the good Queen died. Very sincerely yours, [no signature] Lord Minto, Governor-General, The Citadel, Quebec.10 September 20, 1901. Dear Cleve: I thank you with all my heart for your note of the 15th. Always yours, Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge, 99 John Street, New York, N.Y. September 20, 1901 My dear Mr. Philbin: I thank you heartily, and deeply appreciate your letter of the 17th. Faithfully yours, Hon. Eugene A. Philbin, District Attorney, New York, N.Y.11 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. McMackin: I value your letter of the 18th peculiarly, because I know you so well and because you have already shown your faith by your deeds. Sincerely yours, Hon. John McMackin, Commissioner of Labor, Albany, N.Y. September 20, 1901. My dear President Capen: I thank you heartily, and deeply appreciate your letter of the 17th instant. Faithfully yours, President E. R. Capen, Tufts College, Mass.12 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Dodge: I thank you deeply for your letter of the 17th. I shall try never to forfeit your regard. Sincerely yours, W. E. Dodge, Esq., Bar Harbor, Maine. September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Garfield: I thank you for your letter of the 17th. I was so glad to see your brother for a few moments. I want to see you here in Washington sometime in the not distant future, at your convenience. Faithfully yours, Hon. James R. Garfield, Garfield Building, Cleveland, Ohio.13 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Baldwin: I am in receipt of your note of the 18th, with enclosures, which genuinely please me, and I thank you for sending them to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. H. Baldwin, Jr., 128 Broadway, New York, N.Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Wise: I am in receipt of your favor of the 18th. I should particularly like to see you here in Washington and talk with you over the Southern situation. Sincerely yours, Hon. John S. Wise, 20 Broad Street, New York, N.Y.14 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Cassatt: I am in receipt of your favor of the 18th, with enclosure. Thanking you for the many courtesies you have shown me, I want to say that I particularly desire to see you in the course of the next month here in Washington. There are matters that I want to talk over with you. Faithfully yours, A. J. Cassatt, Esq., President, Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Lincoln: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 15th and enclosure. I hope to see you soon here in Washington. There is much I want to talk to you about. Faithfully yours, Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, 15 Broad Street, New York, N.Y.15 September 20, 1901. My dear Captain: I thank you sincerely, and appreciate your letter of the 17th. Faithfully yours, Captain B. H. McCalla, United States Ship Kearsarge, Fort Monroe, Va. September 20, 1901. My dear Judge: I thank you most cordially, and appreciate your letter of the 17th. Faithfully yours, Hon. William E. Werner, Judge, Court of Appeals, Albany, N.Y.16 September 20, 1901. My dear Mrs. Riis: Nothing could please me more than the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, signed by all your dear family. I shall keep it for my children to see. With love and affection for all of you, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Jacob A. Riis, Richmond Hill, N. Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Dan: Hearty thanks for your letter of the 16th. I am going to do my best to justify what you say. I hope I shall do the job decently. At any rate, I shall try as hard as I can, Always yours, Mr. Edward S. Martin 241 West 54th Street, New York, N. Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Mrs. McIlhenney: I thank you for your letter. Now we want you and John to visit us here at the White House. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Mary E. McIlhenney, [Srewnland?] Cottages, [Manchester]-by-the-sea], Ma17 September 20, 1901. Dear Augie: Few letters that I have received have touched and pleased me so deeply as yours. I shall keep it always. I thank you for sending it to me. And, my dear old friend. I shall call upon you without any hesitation for aid at any time. Always yours, August Belmont, Esq., New York, N. Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Florence: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 18th, and appreciate your having written. Always yours, Miss M. Florence Locke, 1818 Corcoran Street Washington, D. C. September 20, 1901. My dear Senator: I thank you most heartily, and appreciate your letter of the 16th. Sincerely yours, Hon. J. H. Millard, U. S. S., Omaha, Neb.18 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Reid: Your telegram of the 16th really pleases me, and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, New York Tribune, New York, N. Y. September 20, 1901. My dear General: I thank you for your telegram of the 18th, and appreciate your sending it. Sincerely yours, Major General W. R. Shafter, Bakersfield, Cal. September 20, 1901. My dear Senator: I am in receipt of your letter of the 19th and like hearing from you particularly, because I have had ample proof in the past that I can take your words at their exact face value. Sincerely yours, Hon. N. A. Elsberg, 105 East 57th Street, New York, N. Y.19 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Abbott: Your letter of the 17th pleased me greatly, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lawrence F. Abbot, The Outlook Co., 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. September 20, 10901. My dear General: I thank you heartily for your letter. As soon as you come home I want to see you here. Faithfully yours, Gen. Francis V. Greene, [??] [???????] Street, London, England. September 20, 1901. Dear Will: I thank you heartily for your note of the 15th. I want to see you in the not distant future. Always yours, Hon. Wm. Church Osborn, Garrison, N.Y.20 September 20, 1901. My dear Mrs. Thorndike: I must answer your letter of the 13th personally. I value it and prize it. Always yours, Mrs. Rachel Sherman Thorndike, The Cedars, Sand Point, Long Island, New York. September 20, 1901. My dear Archie: I thank you heartily for your letter and appreciate your having written. Always yours, Mr. Archibald Gracie, 21 Tyson Street, New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. September 20, 1901. My dear Seth: I thank you most heartily for your letter. I know your feeling for me, for you have often proved it, and I do not think I need say a word of my feeling for you. Under the present circumstances I suppose you can hardly get down here prior to election. If you could, I should be particularly glad to see you. Faithfully yours, Hon. Seth Low, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.21 September 20, 1901. My dear Morton: I am in receipt of your two letters, of the 12th and 16th instant, and look forward to seeing Mr. Foerderer, and still more to seeing you. When are you going to be here! I particularly want to see you. Faithfully yours, Paul Morton, Esq., 77 Jackson Street, Chicago, Ill. September 20, 1901. My dear Johnston: I am in receipt of your letter of the 18th. It is always a pleasure to hear from you, and I thank you for writing me. Faithfully yours, Bartlett S. Johnston, Esq., 239 East German Street, Baltimore, Md. September 20, 1901. My dear Bishop: I am in receipt of your letter of the 17th. Sometime next week, after Monday could you come on here and take lunch or dinner or both at the White House? Faithfully yours, J. B. Bishop, Esq., Editor, The Commercial Advertiser, 157 Broadway, New York, N.Y.22 September 20, 1901. My dear Senator: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 19th. What a strange sequel it was to our conversation! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. E. T. Brackett, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Archie: I thank you deeply for your letter of the 17th instant, and appreciate your having written. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Archibald Rogers, Hyde Park-on-Hudson, N. Y. 23 September 20, 1901. My dear Mrs. Wilcox: I must just send you a line to say how I appreciate your hospitality. You were very kind to me, and I shall never forget it. With heartiest well-wishes, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Ansley Wilcox, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y. September 20, 1901. Dear Billy: I want to thank you both very heartily for your kind wishes. This is a very sinister and bitter way in which to be put to so heavy a task. But there is no use being morbid about it, and I shall simply do the best I can. Ever faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William W. Endicott, Danvers, Mass.24 September 20, 1901. My dear Grissom: I thank you heartily for your very kind letter of the 18th, which I greatly appreciate. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Clement A. Grissom, Esq., 73 Broadway, New York, N.Y. September 20, 1901. My dear Mrs. Sprague: Among the sad memories of Buffalo there are some that are bright, and one of these is the time I spent at your house. I want to send a line to thank you for your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Carleton Sprague, 810 West Ferry Street, Buffalo, N. Y.25 September 20, 1901. Dear George: I am very much obliged to you, old fellow, for your letter of the 16th. I shall do my best to bear myself well. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George C. Lee, Jr., 44 State Street, Boston, Mass. September 20, 1901. My dear Congressman: I thank you heartily for your letter. It pleases me greatly. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. A. T. Hull, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.26 September 20, 1901. Dear Horace: In thanking you for your letter of the 18th, I want to remind you that now when I ask you to come to the White House you have simply got to do it, under the penalty of high treason! Seriously, is there not a chance of your spending a night with us here before you go back? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Horace K. Devereux, Esq., Care of Knickerbocker Club, 319 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. September 20, 1901. My dear General: I thank you cordially for your letter of the 14th, and greatly appreciate your having written. You know exactly my feelings! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Brigadier-General A. E. Bates, Paymaster-General, U. S. A., War Department.27 September 20, 1901. My dear Mrs. Sprague: This is just a line to say how much I appreciate your kindness to me in Buffalo. I shall not soon forget it. Believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Henry W. Sprague 65 Oakland Place, Buffalo, N.Y. September 20, 1901. Dear Laura: I appreciate your telegram, and thank you for it. We'll see you [?] [?], sure. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y.28 September 20, 1901. My dear Sanger: Referring to the attached communication from John A. Peterson, Lock Box 378, Rock Springs, Wyoming, would it be possible [?] [?] [?] this if this may produce his certificate of discharge, he be admitted to the Soldiers' Home for treatment? Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. William Cary Sanger, Assistant Secretary of War. Enclosure.29 September 20, 1901. My dear Mr. Eckels: I thank you for your telegram of the 18th. Will you not be here sometime soon! Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. James H. Eckels, Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colo.September 21, 1901. My dear Gilder: I have your letter of the 18th, and should like to talk to you personally about the matter to which you refer. Do not speak to Owen Wister about it. I question whether the Life ought to be written at all, but I suppose it will have to be. It is possible that William Allen White could do it better. I have a kind of feeling that the man who is to write about me ought if possible to be a man who has lived near the rough side of things, and knows what it is to actually accomplish something -- not just to talk about accomplishing it. This is [not-------] on Wister, it is praise of White. Maybe Wister would be [-----------------]. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt [signature] R.W. Gilder, Esq., The Century Magazine, Union Square, New York, N.Y.31 September 21, 1901. My dear Rosy: I have your letter of the 17th, and thank you for writing me. I have a heavy task. I shall do my best to carry it through. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Hyde Park, N.Y. September 21, 1901. My dear Bishop Lawrence: I prize your letter of the 18th. I much wish to see you. Is there not a chance of your being in Washington this winter? If so, you must let me know in time for us to have you at dinner here. I hope you will bring Mrs. Lawrence with you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rt. Rev. Dr. William Lawrence, 101 Brattle Street Cambridge, Mass.32 September 21, 190 My dear Davis: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 16th, and shall always remember the greatest pleasure our intimacy. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Davis. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Gherardi Davis, 34 East Thirty-ninth Street, New York, N. Y. September 21, 190 Dear Jack: I have written to three or four people that their letters were among those which I most highly prized. In writing to you I think I can say that your letter is the one which I have liked best, and I am going to do what I have not done with a single other letter-- keep it to show to Mrs. Roosevelt. We have so many children that it is a little doubtful as yet whether we shall have a spare room in the White House, but I think we shall be able to arrange one, and in that case I am going to make you, not very long hence, come out and spend a night here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John C. Greenway, 237 Water Street, Pittsburg, Pa.33 September 21, 1901 My dear Davis: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 16th, and shall always remember with the greatest pleasure our intamacy. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Davis. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Gherardi Davis, 34 East Thirty-ninth Street, New York, N.Y. September 21, 190 Dear Jack: I have written to three or four people that their letters were among those which I most highly prized. In writing to you I think I can say that your letter is the one which I have liked best, and I am going to do what I have not done with a single other letter - keep it to show to Mrs. Roosevelt. We have so many children that it is a little doubtful as yet whether we shall have a spare room in the White House, but I think we shall be able to arrange one, and in that case I am going to make you not very long hence come out and spend a night here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John C. Greenway, 237 Water Street, Pittsburg, Pa.34 September 21, 1901. My dear Bob: I liked your letter of the 19th. You said the kind of things I like to hear said. Remember me warmly to Mrs. Grant. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Robert Grant, Esq., Probate Court, Boston, Mass. September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Pellew: I have your letter of the 19th instant, and should be very sorry if you adopted any other form of address. I thank you heartily for writing, and look forward to seeing you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry E. Pellew, 1637 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 35 September 21, 1901. Dear Gussie: I prize your letter of the 16th, and thank you for having written it. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt A. P. Montant, Esq., P. O. Box 2271, New York, N. Y. September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Quigg: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 20th, and appreciate your having written. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Quigg. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt [*P. S. Since writing this, I have received the nicest possible note from Miss Quigg.*] Hon. Lemuel Eli Quigg, 100 Broadway, New York, N. Y.36 September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Stern: I have your letter of the 20th, and thank you for writing to me. I value your friendship, and appreciate all you say. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Louis Stern, Esq., 32 West 23rd Street, New York, N. Y. September 21, 1901. Dear Lawrence: I thank you sincerely and appreciate your letter of the 20th. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. A. Lawrence Lowell, Boston, Mass.37 September 21, 1901. My dear Governor: I very deeply appreciate your letter of the 17th, and I want you to feel that not a single letter I have received has given me more courage and strength for the task that is before me. In all sincerity, I do not see how any President called to the office as I have been, could have had said to him what you have said in your letter without a feeling of very real gratitude and a desire to justify the faith expressed. Do you think you can come to Washington this winter? I would like much to see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles N. Herreid, Governor, Pierre, S. Dak. September 21, 1901. My dear Dr. Rainsford: I thank you heartily, and I appreciate your note of the 17th. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. W. T. Rainsford, 209 East Sixteenth Street, New York, N. Y.38 September 21, 1901. My dear Major: This is just a line to say that I so prize having met you, and I look forward to seeing you in Washington. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Major Calvin Hood, Emporia, Kans. September 21, 1901. My dear Alice: I have your letter of the 17th, and thank you most deeply. I know all that you mean. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Alice Lee, Westport, N. Y.39 September 21, 1901. My dear Lucy: I thank you for your note of the 16th and I really appreciate it. John was the greatest comfort to me all through. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Lucy Kean Care of Hon. John Dean, U. S. S., Elizabeth, N. J. September 21, 1901. My dear Colonel: Your letter of the 19th gives me genuine pleasure, and I thank you for it. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Howze, and believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. Robert L. Howze, Fort Slocum, N. Y.40 September 21, 1901. My dear Harry: Your letter of the 19th genuinely pleases me. If there is the least chance of your getting to Washington, remember I wish to see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Henry L. Sprague, Esq., Union League Club, New York, N. Y. September 21, 1901. Dear Maud: I thank you for writing me, and just as soon as I can I shall be in to see you. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Maud Elliott, 1820 Jefferson Place, Washington, D. C.41 September 21, 1901. My dear President Hadley: I have your letter of the 20th and thank you for writing me. I shall see you at Yale on October 23rd, for I shall certainly come on as I had arranged, although I fear I can only be there one day. It may be, though I hope not, that I shall have to bother you to look over certain portions of my message. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Arthur T. Hadley, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. September 21, 1901. My dear Corneil: I thank you for your letter of the 19th, and I am glad that you approve of what I have done. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Cornelius Roosevelt, Esq., Calumet Club, 267 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.42 September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. McCurdy: I thank you cordially for your letter of the 20th, and you may rest assured that I shall call on you if there is the slightest need. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Delos McCurdy, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law, New York, N. Y. September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Flynn: I wish you to know that I keep in keen remembrance what you have done, and I want to see you as soon as you come to Washington. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Dennis T. Flynn, Guthrie, Oklahoma.43 September 21, 1901. My dear Senator: Can you call here as soon as convenient after your return? There are two or three things concerning which I want to consult with you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. A. J. Beveridge, United States Senate. September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Bryce: I have your letter of the 20th. On Monday, the 30th, stop and lunch with me here. I will then give you the letter to Governor-General Wood at Havana, with whom I am going out riding this afternoon and to whom I will speak about you. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt James Bryce, Esq., Care of F. J. Stimson, Esq., 709 Exchange Building, Boston, Mass.44 September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: For my own private information, I should like to know how Pension Agent Leland, Topeka, Kansas, has done his work. I understand there might be a fight against him. On the other hand, I hear from a gentleman in whom I have great trust that he is a particularly good and efficient officer. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior. September 21, 1901. My dear Virginia: I thank you heartily for your note of the 20th, and I appreciate your having written. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Virginia Roosevelt, Skaneateles, N. Y.45 September 21, 1901. My dear Miss Cary: After I spoke to your uncle, Mr. George Bleistein game me his horse, and I suppose I shall want nothing more; but I shall write at once to your father if I find I do. With many thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Sallie Cary, Batavia, N. Y. September 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Leland: I want to thank you for the kind letters you wrote Mr. White, which he showed me. I shall trust for your aid in the effort to make my administration a success. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Cyrus Leland, Topeka, Kans.46 September 21, 1901. My dear Senator: I am in receipt of your letter of the 20th. In your case it really was not necessary to write me. I know just how you feel. I wish very much I could see you down here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Frank W. Higgins, Olean, N. Y.48 September 23, 1901. My dear Colonel Dunn: I want to consult with you about two or three matters. Can you not come down to Washington sometime toward the end of this week, and dine with me at the White House? Then we can go over everything together. Let me know what day you can come. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Colonel George Dunn, Binghamton, N. Y. 48 September 23, 1901. My dear Bishop Deane: Believe me, I appreciate your thought of me. I take it for granted you will be in Washington sometime this winter, and I look forward to having Mrs. Deane and you dine with me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Bishop W. C. Deane, Albany, N. Y. September 23, 1901. My dear Wood: All is changed now, so there is no need to speak about the Oregonian. Will you be sure to give me a chance of seeing you when you come on? Now for the serious part of your letter. It grieves me more than I can say to hear about Erskine. It does not seem possible that it can be true. My dear fellow, I know that any word of sympathy is utterly idle, but there is no one of us here among those who have grown as fond of you and yours who will not feel some slight part of the burden you are bearing. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. C. R. S. Wood, Diamond, Harney County, Oregon. 49 Personal. September 23, 1901. My dear Olney: I am tempted to say that no letter has pleased me more than yours. It gratified me exactly as President Cleveland's cordial greeting did. I thank you for it, and I appreciate it. I know I need not tell you that I appreciate to the full the burdens placed on me. All that in me lies to do will be done, to make my work a success. That I shall be able to solve with entire satisfaction to myself or to anyone else each of the many problems confronting me, I of course cannot hope; but I shall do my best in each case, and in a reasonable number of cases I shall hope to meet with success. At any rate, I want you to know one thing. I can conscientiously say that my purpose is entirely single. I want to make a good President and to keep the administration upright and efficient; to follow policies external and internal which shall be for the real and ultimate benefit of our people as a whole, and all party considerations will be absolutely secondary. With warm regards to Mrs. Olney, believe me, Faithfully yours, Hon. Richard Olney 23 Court Street Boston, Mass. September 23, 1901. Dear Cabot: I must just send you a line, hoping it will catch you before you leave, for naturally you have been in my thoughts almost every hour of the last fortnight. It is a dreadful thing to come into the Presidency this way; but it would [will] be a far worse thing to be morbid about it. Here is the task, and I have got to do it to the best of my ability, and that is all there is about it. I believe you will approve of what I have done and of the way I have handled myself so far. It is only a beginning, but it is better to make a beginning good than bad. I shall not try to give you even in barest outline the history of the last two weeks, and still less to talk of the policies that press for immediate consideration. I hope you can make it convenient to come and see me soon after your return. I had a very nice talk with Murray Crane. Give my love to Nannie and all. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Care J.S. Morgan & Co., Bankers, London, England. 5051 September 23, 1901. My dear Frank: I appreciate your having written me, and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank Outerbridge, Care Mrs. W. S. Cowles, Farmington, Conn. September 23, 1901. My dear Dr. Curtis: Of course, as things are now I must be taken off the directorship at once. I look forward to seeing you soon. Faithfully yours, Dr. [Holbrook?] Curtis, N. W. Cor. 30th St. & Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 52 September 23, 1901. My dear Mr. Cuyler: Your letter means a great deal to me, for I know it expresses sincerely what you feel. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. N.C. Cuyler, Albany, N.Y. September 23, 1901. My dear Mr. Sperry: I very genuinely appreciate your letter, and I thank you cordially for writing me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W.B. Sperry, M.C., New Haven, Conn.53 September 23, 1901. My dear Mr. Smith: Your letter touches and pleases me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Stewart Smith, Stanford, Conn. September 23, 1901. My dear Professor Munsterberg: I thank you for your telegram. There are very few things indeed which I more desire than to keep the relation between the United States and Germany those of the warmest friendship, and if you can in any way help me I shall be greatly your debtor. Faithfully yours, Prof. Hugo Munsterberg, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.54 September 23, 1901. My dear Mrs. Longstreet: I very deeply appreciate your thoughtfulness. I look forward to seeing you. With renewed thanks, believe me, Very faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. James Longstreet, 1272 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D. C.55 September 24, 1901. My dear Mr. Washington: I have your letter, and shall expect to see you on either the 27th or 28th. I want to have a long talk with you. Come in at three P.M., on either of the days mentioned, letting me know a day in advance. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Booker T. Washington, Care, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y.56 Personal. September 24, 1901. Dear Mr. Low: I thank you very much for "The Supreme Surrender" and anticipate pleasure in reading it. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. Maurice Low, Washington, D. C. September 23, 1901. My dear Miss de Graffenried: I want to thank you sincerely. I appreciate your thought of me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Clare de Graffenried, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.[*8*] September 24, 1901. My dear Florence: I like your little note so much that I must send you just a line to say so. I do wish I could see you. Ever faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. C. Grant LaFarge, 101 East 19th Street, New York, N.Y. [*57*]58 September 24, 1901. My dear Page: I thank you heartily, and appreciate your letter. I look forward to seeing you in Washington. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Nelson Page, York, Maine. September 24, 1901. My dear Mrs. Phillips: I peculiarly appreciate your letter, and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. J. W. Philips, Bolton, N. Y. 59 September 24, 1901. My dear Father Doyle: I appreciate your telegram particularly. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. A. P. Doyle, 415 West 59th Street, New York, N. Y. September 24, 1901. My dear Cardinal Gibbons: In thanking through you Cardinal Moran and those whom he represents in Australia, permit me to add a word of my regard for you and my appreciation of your attitude. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore Md.60 September 23, 1901. Dear General: Your letter touches and pleases me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt General Joseph Wheeler, The Casino, Newport, R. I. September 24, 1901. My dear Mr.Gunst: I thank you cordially for your telegram. I deeply appreciate what you say. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. M. A. Gunst, 23 Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal.61 September 23, 1901. Dear General: Your letter touches and pleases me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt General Joseph Wheeler, The Casino, Newport, R. I. September 24, 1901. My dear Mr.Gunst: I thank you cordially for your telegram. I deeply appreciate what you say. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. M. A. Gunst, 23 Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal.September 24, 1901. My dear Judge: I do not want to make a definite promise, but my present intention is as a matter of course to let Mr. Stoddard's nomination remain. Later I may want to speak to you about some of the public utterances with which he has been credited; but that is not necessary now. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. C.E. Martin, Binghamton, N.Y. September 24, 1901. My dear Mr. Schieren: I thank you most cordially, and deeply appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles A. Schieren, Islip, N.Y. 6263 September 24, 1901. My dear Gertrude: I thank you heartily for your letter. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Gertrude R. Pennett, Falmouth Foreside, Maine September 24, 1901. My dear Mr. Curtis: I have your letter and thank you for it. I shall want to see you the next time you come to Washington. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles Curtis, M. C., Topeka, Kansas. 64 September 24, 1901. Dear Cotty: Your letter so pleased and touched me that I must send you just a line to say how I prize it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Endicott Peabody, Groton, Mass. September 24, 1901. My dear Dr. Manchester: I thank you, and deeply appreciate your letter. With cordial regards, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. C. E. Manchester, Canton, Ohio. 65 September 24, 1901. My dear General: Your letter and the allusion in your speech gave me real pleasure. I thank you heartily. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt General D. R. Nickles 23 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. September 24, 1901. My dear Sir: I have your letter and thank you for your good wishes. I shall be very glad to see you and Mr. Reily at any time when you are in Washington. Good luck! Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. R. Harris, Bank of Commerce Building, Kansas City, Mo.66 September 24, 1901. My dear Colonel Church: Your letter pleased me, and so did your editorial. I thank you for them both. With hearty regards, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Colonel William Conant Church, Bennett Building, Nassau Street, New York, N. Y.September 24, 1901. My dear Captain Bullock: It was a pleasure to me to find that you were in charge of the Black Hills Forest Reserve. I hope to see you in Washington this winter. I want to have you at dinner at the White House, and we will talk over past events. I have been peculiarly pleased to have a man of your type to execute the forest laws, for I know you will see to it that they are enforced absolutely without regard to anything but the law itself. Above all I hope you will see that any Government official who is guilty of laxity or inefficiency is held to a strict account. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Captain Seth Bullock, Supervisor of Forest Reserves, Deadwood, S.Dak. 6768 September 24, 1901. Dear Madam: I thank you for your telegram, and deeply appreciate all you say. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. William Lawson Peele, Atlanta, Ga. September 24, 1901. My dear Mr. Foulke: It is unnecessary to say what pleasure your letter gives me; but you did not have to write, for I knew just how you felt. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. Dudley Foulke, Richmond, Indiana. 69 September 24, 1901. My dear Mr. President: I thank you warmly for your letter. I appreciate what you have publicly said. Whenever you can come down to Washington I wish to see you, to consult with you about many matters. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt J. G. Schurman, D. Sc., LL. D., President Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. September 24, 1901. My dear Governor: I thank you most heartily for your letter. I need hardly say how interested I am in the mayoralty matter, and it is I am sure utterly unnecessary for me to state to you what are my private views. But don't you think that the interference of the Executive of the Nation in local matters is apt to be resented? I think such has been our experience in the past. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff, Eighth Avenue and 18th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 70 September 24, 1901. My dear Swift: Your letter was just what I should have expected. I shall do my level best to justify your confidence. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Lucius B. Swift, Hubbard Block, Indianapolis, Ind.71 September 25, 1901. W. Emlen Roosevelt, 33 Wall Street, New York, N. Y. Write me in full at once about Cable. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.72 Personal. September 25, 1901. Dear [Owen?]: This is delightful. I ought not to have used the exact word atheist. He admitted the existence of an unknown God, but denied there was a God of the Christians. As to whether he was dirty or not, it is a mere matter of private judgment. I was recording in the sentence the fact that he had stayed several weeks in bed without getting out for any purpose, and that as a consequence a swine in a sty was physically close by comparison. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Owen Wister, 328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.73 September 25, 1901. Dear Mr. Cummins: I thank you for your letter. Good luck go with you. When we come to November of course I shall see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. A. B. Cummins, Des Moines, Iowa. September 25, 1901. My dear Major: I appreciate your letter and thank you for having written me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Maj. James H. Andrews, Schenectady, N. Y.74 September 25, 1901. Dear Mr. Davis: I thank you for your note, and I really appreciate it. I hope to see you not long hence in Washington. Give my regards to Mrs. Davis [?] [?] [?] [?] [?]. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Richard Harding Davis, Marion, Mass. September 25, 1901. Dear Charley: I thank you cordially for your letter. I have only time to write a word of acknowledgement. Love to [Harriet?]. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Charles Mifflin Hammond, Upper Lake, Lake Co., California.75 September 25, 1901. Dear Frank: Your letter pleases me and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Francis T. Underhill, La Chiquita, Santa Barbara, Cal. September 25, 1901. Dear Mr. Tucker: I thank you for your letter and hope to see you in Washington not long hence. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. H. St. G. Tucker, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA.76 [*52*] September 25, 1901. My dear Sperry: I thank you for your letter and I am happy to say that I intend coming to Yale during the bi-centennial. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. N. D. Sperry, New Haven, Conn. September 25, 1901. Dear Mr. Pritchett: I thank you for your letter and appreciate your writing to me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Henry S. Pritchett, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.77 September 25, 1901. Dear Fred: Is there any chance of your coming to Washington soon? I do want to see you and talk over everything. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Fred Fincke, Esq., Utica, N. Y. September 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Walsh: I thank you heartily for your letter , and hope soon to see you. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Thomas F. Walsh, LeRoy and Phelps Place, Washington, D. C. 78 September 24, 1901. My dear Mr. Halstead: I thank you heartily for your letter. I want to see you, and I feel that when I do you will come to the conclusion that I am in the right about the guard. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Murat Halstead Auditorium Annex, Chicago, Ill. September 25, 1901. My dear Whitney: Would [???????] come here? Can't you bring him down, and both of you take lunch and dinner with me at the White House? Tell him if he does not come there will be an international incident over it Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Caspar Whitney, Esq., Outing, New York, N.Y.79 September 25, 1901. Dear Colonel Mills: I thank you and appreciate your letter. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Mills. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. A. L. Mills, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. September 25, 1901. My dear Bridges: Your letter really pleased and touched me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Robert Bridges, Bar Harbor, Maine.80 September 25, 1901. My dear Brander: I like your letter so much that I must send you a line to tell you so. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Brander Matthews, Narragansett Pier, R. I. September 25, 1901. My dear Sue: I thank you very much for your letter. I look forward to seeing you soon again. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Susie L. Kean, Elizabeth, N. J. 81 [*21*] September 25, 1901. Dear Charley: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. C. G. Washburn, Princeton, Mass. September 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Johnston: I have your letter of the 23rd. I thank you cordially for your invitation, but it is not possible to accept it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Bartlett S. Johnston, 239 East German Street, Baltimore, Md.82 September 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Lee: It was good to hear from you, and I thank you. Give my love to Mrs. Lee. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George C. Lee, Chestnut Hill, Boston, Mass. September 25, 1901. My dear General: When you come to Washington you must give me a chance to have you dine or lunch at the White House. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt General McCoskry Butt, Union Club, Fifth Ave. and 21st Street, New York, N. Y.83 September 26, 1901. My dear Stewart: Are you going to be hereabouts at the time of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Yale? I greatly wish to consult you about the Colorado appointments. Could not you and Mrs. Stewart, if she is with you, spend a night at the White House with us? I fear I am in for a row over these Colorado appointments. I must depend largely upon your judgment, and want to talk over the matter and get your aid as to the exact situation and as to the candidates. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Philip B. Stewart, Esq., Colorado Springs, Colo.84 September 26, 1901. My dear General: I have your letter of the 24th, enclosing a copy of the "Independent" and thank you heartily. I like the article and look forward to seeing you soon. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Avery D. Andrews, 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y.85 September 26, 1901. My dear Senator: When will there be a chance of my seeing yourself and Mrs. Cameron? I want to thank you in person for what you have done in the past, and besides, I want to have the pleasure of seeing you both. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. D. Cameron, Harrisburg, Pa.86 September 26, 1901. Dear Mr. Hunt: I have your letter of the 17th. I thank you for writing me. You can imagine what a pleasure it is to have you do so. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. H. Hunt, Governor of Porto Rico, San Juan, Porto Rico. September 26, 1901. Dear Mr. Church: ...be possible to do that for I thank you and [?lly] for [???ter,] and I really appreciate your having written me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Walter Church, 114 West [?] New York, N. Y. [*4*] September 26, 1901. My dear Mr. Allison: I appreciate your letter and I shall call upon you [?????ingly.] Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Allison, Knoxville, Tenn. Hon. John Allison 8788 September 26, 1901. Dear Charley: It may not be possible to do that for Colonel Leonard. He is a thoroughly good fellow. If I can I will. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Morgan, Union Club, Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, New York, N.Y. September 26, 1901. My dear Wendell: [I thank you ?....] I was delighted [and thank] you cordially for your [?...] Faithfully yours, Mr. Evert Jansen Wendell, 8 East 38th Street, New York, N. Y.September 26, 1901. My dear Mr. Kohlannt: I thank you very much for your letter. I am going to do my best to succeed right along the lines I have hitherto followed. Of course I intend to appoint Myron T. Herrick, and shall wire him at once. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. H. Kohlannt The Record-Herald, Chicago, Ill. [*88*] September 26, 1901. My dear Wendell, I thank you very much for the telegram. I was delighted at the result. If you care to bring on any or all of either or both teams I shall be delighted to receive them here, and if they are not too numerous when they come on I will have them to lunch or dinner, but there must be no formal invitation under present circumstances-- simply if they happen to be here I will get them in. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Evert Jansen Wendell, 8 East 38th Street, New York, N.Y. 8990 September 29, 1901. My dear Colonel [??rrick]: At your [co?] I wish you would come [? here and ? ?] to have you. There is no hurry. I have been informed about President McKinley's intention to send you to Italy, and it is, I hope, needless to say, my dear fellow, what a [?] personal pleasure it will be to me to see that the intention Is carried out. I want to learn though you and John Hay exactly what he said to my friend Meyer when he was shut out. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Colonel Myron F. Marrick, President, Society for Savings, Cleveland, Ohio.91 Personal. 86 September 26, 1901. My dear Governor Hunt: In dealing with the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico my purpose is to give Taft and Wood and you the largest liberty of action possible, and the heartiest support on my part. In taking up the question of the lesser appointments I want to consult especially with you three men, for I have the utmost confidence in each of you. I shall certainly not want any man whom anyone of you who has to be over or with that man disapproves of. I have written Senator Hanna at once about Howe, and I take it for granted there will be no difficulty in his appointment. It was suggested to me that a man named Elliott might be urged for appointment as Secretary of State, and I was told by Mr. Luce that he was not fit for the position. What do you think of this man -- if you know anything about him? As to the particular place of Secretary of State, it was the intention of President McKinley to appoint Mr. Charles Hartzell. He had tendered the place to him and it had been accepted. Naturally I desire to carry out this intention, but before doing so would wish to ask whether you know of any objection to it -- and in asking you for your opinion I am sure I am doing precisely as the late President intended to do. I wish you would write me with the most absolute freedom as to any appointment that ought or ought not to be made or as to any other question of policy. In dealing with our insular possessions and dependencies I feel that no consideration whatever must be allowed to weight save the consideration of getting the best possible service for the islands and therefore for our whole country. The problem is far too grave and to delicate to admit of any other course being pursued. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William H. Hunt, Governor of Porto Rico, San Juan, Porto Rico. [cross text] My dear Colonel Garick? Are you [....] I wish you health [...] President ????ley's intention to send you to Italy, and it is , I hope, needless to say, my dear fellow, what a personal pleasure it will be to me to see that the intention is carried out ... through you and .... ...said to ... .... Faithfully yours, ... .... .... Society for Savings. Cleveland, Ohio92 September 26, 1901. My dear Jimmy: I thank you heartily for your note, and much appreciate your having written. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. James Brown Potter, 59 Wall Street, New York, N.Y.93 September 26, 1901. My dear Captain: I have your note of the 25th. That is all right. I understand you entirely, and appreciate you to the full, my dear fellow. This morning I forgot to say that the man about whom you and I were talking will call upon you about a work house. The best man for the purpose could not be obtained sooner. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Capt. F. Norton Goddard, 100 Bleecker Street, New York, N.Y.94 September 26, 1901. My dear Mrs. Harter: I want to thank you particularly for your generous and kindly hospitality. I most genuinely appreciate the courtesy you showed me, and I need not say how much you added to my comfort. With renewed thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. George D. Harter, Canton, Ohio.95 September 26, 1901. Dear Will: You are certainly a trump. I had forgotten to write this note, and shall do so at once. Always yours, T. R. Capt. W. S. Cowles, 1733 N Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 96 September 26, 1901. My dear Fassett: Thank you heartily for your very kind letter of the 25th. Believe me, I appreciate all you say. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. J. S. Fassett, Elmira, N. Y. 97 September 26, 1901. My dear Bartlett: It was particularly pleasant to hear from you and I thank you for writing me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. N. C. Bartlett, 47 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, Mass. September 26, 1901. Dear Bishop Walden: I cordially thank you for your letter and deeply appreciate your having written me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Bishop John M. Walden, 220 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. September 26, 1901. Dear Mr. O'Callaghan: Your letter genuinely pleased me and I thank you for it. Good for you! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. S. O'Callaghan, 37 West 9th Street, New York, N. Y. 98 2 September 27, 1901. Clark Howell, Hotel Earlington, West 27th Street, New York, N. Y. Dine with me Saturday night at seven thirty. Theodore Roosevelt.99 September 26, 1901. My dear Mr. Youngs: It is unnecessary for me to say how much you have been in my thoughts. I thank you for writing me. Give my warm love to Mrs. Youngs. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William J. Youngs, 53 State Street, Albany, N. Y.100 1901. My dear Senator: Again let me thank you. I appreciate your letter so heartily. I want to see you as soon as you come back to Washington. Sincerely yours, Hon. George C. Perkins, U. S. S., San Francisco, Cal. September 26, 1901. Dear John: I am glad to get your letter. I look forward to seeing you here not long hence. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt 1901. My dear Alty: I thank you for your letter, and appreciate your having written me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. E. D. Morgan, 100 Broadway, New York, N. Y. September 26, 1901. My dear Mr. Morgan: I will look it up at once and ask the War Department to report on the case. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Wm. Fellowes Morgan, Shorthills, N. J.101 September 25, [????] Dear S[ammy?]: I liked your letter. The job has come to me, and there is nothing in the world to do but to carry it out as best I can. I want to see all of you boys, in [company?] with Bob [Bacon?], on here for dinner at the White House this fall, just as you dined at the Executive Mansion at Albany two years ago. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt [xxxx] Care E. Rollins Morse & Bro., Boston, Mass. [???? ??, 190?.] My dear Mrs. Kean: I thank you so much for writing me I have appreciated attitude of all your family very deeply. John was a real help and comfort to me throughout that week. I look forward to seeing you here soon. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. John Kean, Elizabeth, N. J. September 26, 1901. Dear Mr. Arthur: [Know?] I was sure of your sympathy. When you and Mrs. Arthur come to Washington [?? ????] you must dine with us; and this [?????] to Miss Arthur no less. I look forward to seeing you. Faithfully yours, Chester A. Arthur, Colorado Springs, Colo.102 [xxxxxxx] Dear Regie: I thank you heartily for your letter, and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Reginald Gray, Chestnut Hill, Boston, Mass. September 26, 1901. My dear Colonel: I thank you for your letter. I appreciate your having written, and look forward to seeing you. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Col. Franklin Bartlett, Paris, Maine. September 26, 1901. My dear Chaplain: Your letter gives me real pleasure, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Chaplain H. A. Brown, U. S. A., Fort Barrancas, Warrington P.O., Fla.103 September 26, 1901. Dear Dick: Leonard is an exceptional man, but I do not know whether there is any chance to put him in the regular army. If I can do it I will. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Richard Trimble, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. September 26, 1901. My dear Mrs. Meyer: I thank you for your letter. I look forward to seeing you and the Doctor here in Washington. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer, Camp Fulveana, Little Mocas Lake, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Mr. Richard Trimble, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y.104 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Stevenson: I find that the late President McKinley had tendered the office of Secretary of Porto Rico to young Hartzell of your State, as a personal appointment. The offer had been accepted. In these cases, where the appointment had been virtually made but where it happened that the President had not signed the commission, I have deemed it best under the circumstances to carry out the appointment. I wish you to know the circumstances under which it was made. Very truly yours, Hon. A. M. Stevenson, Denver, Colo. September 26, 1901. My dear Mrs. Flagler: I appreciate your letter. I need not speak of the regard in which I hold the memory of your husband. I do not think I shall make a change at present in the office to which you allude. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mrs. Mary M. F. Flagler, 2144 California Avenue, Washington, D. C. 105 September 27, 1901. Dear Curtis: I am in receipt of your letter of the 25th instant in reference to visiting the Republican Club of Massachusetts. Do not ask me to make any promise new. I shall have to go over the whole ground throughout the country before venturing to make a single engagement. Ever yours, T. R. Col. Curtis Guild, Jr., Boston, Mass. 106 28 September 27, 1901. My dear Sir: Can you give me an idea of the number of staff vacancies to which outside appointments can be made, which are apt to occur in the course of. say, the next your! Sincerely yours, Hon. William Gary Sanger, Assistant Secretary of War.107 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Farmand: I am in receipt of your favor of the 25th instant, and thank you very much for your kindness. I shall have to be the official guest of Yale University during my stay, and unless they select you as the representative to met on their part. I could not accept your very kind invitation. I shall come to New Haven from Farmington, Conn., on the morning of Wednesday, October 23rd, and leave New Haven that evening. Of course any arrangement that the University authorities make is agreeable to me. With cordial appreciation of your courtesy, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Wm. W. Farmand, Esq., 335 Prospect Street, New Haven, Conn.108 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Shevlin: I am in receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, and am glad to hear from you. Indeed, it was more than fortunate that I came to Minneapolis at the exact time that I did. I thank you most cordially for your many kindnesses. Pray give my warm regards to your family, and believe me, Faithfully yours, Thomas H. Shevlin, Esq., Minneapolis, Minn. 109 September 27, 1901. My dear Colonel: Your letter of the 24th instant pleases and touches me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Col. Henry L. Turner, 100 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. 110 September 27, 1901. My dear Dr. Dixon: I thank you most heartily for your letter of the 24th instant, and appreciate your having written. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. George A. Dixon, Southampton, N. Y. 111 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Matthews: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 24th instant. You touched on a subject with which I have had some difficulty in deciding how to manage, but I think I have been right in it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. A. C. Matthews, Pittsfield, Ill. 112 September 27, 1901. My dear Dr. Curry: Your letter of the 25th instant gives me particular pleasure. I look forward to seeing you as soon as you return. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. L. M. Curry, Black Mountain, N. C. 113 September 27, 1901. Dear Brooks: Your letter of the 26th instant pleased me particularly. Before I finish my message I would like to see you, for I intend (although in rather guarded phrase) to put in one or two ideas of your Atlantic Monthly article. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Brooks Adams, Quincy, Mass.114 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Bridgman: I was glad to get your letter of the 25th, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Henry E. Bridgman, Esq., Union League Club, New York, N. Y.115 September 27, 1901. My dear Simpson: I thank you for your letter of the 21st instant. Is there any chance of seeing you at Washington? I would so like to get a glimpse of you. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. S. Simpson, V. V. E. Ranch, Bovina, Texas.116 September 27, 1901. My dear Professor: I sincerely thank you for your letter of the 15th from Hanover, and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Prof. James Mills Peirce, Cambridge, Mass.117 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Johnson: I am in receipt of your letter of the 15th instant. It does not seem to me that I wish to have any personal connection with any biography written of me, even by you. I have thought it best simply to say that I had no power one way or the other as to any biography being written, and had no connection with any that was written. I wish I could answer you more definitely. Appreciating your courtesy, I am, Sincerely yours, Mr. Rossiter Johnson, Bluff Cottage, Indian Wells Road, Amagansett, L. I.118 September 27, 1901. My dear Senator: Your letter of the 24th instant peculiarly pleased me. Can you come to Washington? I shall want to see you before I write my message, because there are two or three points upon which I do not desire to touch until after consultation with you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. B. Allison, U. S. S., Dubuque, Iowa119 September 27, 1901. My dear [Rebe??]: I have your letter of the 25th instant, and it will be a pleasure to see you at any time. But I do not think that we could well alter our present system of getting supplies for the White House. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Roosevelt Schuyler, 99 Pearl Street, New York, N. Y.120 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Warfield: I thank you for your letter of the 24th instant, and genuinely appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Ethelbert D. Warfield, Esq., Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.121 September 27, 1901. My dear Crosby: Your note of the 24th really pleases me. Sometime I would like to see you. Forgive me for saying that the very high appreciation of your character [?????? which I have, ??????] saddened me at times in watching certain public positions which you have taken. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Ernest H. Crosby, Grasmere, Rhinebeck, N. Y.122 September 27, 1901. My dear Senator: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 23rd instant, and appreciate it. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. A. B. Kittridge, U. S. S., Sioux Falls, S. D.123 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Nast: It was a real pleasure to hear from you, and I shall always keep your drawing. I have another one of yours hanging in my house at Oyster Bay. With warm regards, Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomas Nast, Morristown, N. J. 124 September 27, 1901. My dear Archbishop: Your letter of the 25th instant gives me genuine pleasure, yet I did not need to receive it, for you and I have been close together in the past, and I have ever found that our loyalty was the same to the great ideals of our great nation. When you come to Washington I look forward to seeing you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Archbishop John Ireland, Minneapolis, Minn.125 September 27, 1901. My dear Garland: I thank you for your letter of the 24th. I hope soon to see you. It seems rather strange now to look back to that breakfast by The Antler, does it not? Remember me warmly to Mrs. Garland. Faithfully yours, Hamlin Garland, Esq., 474 Elm Street, Chicago, Ill.126 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. New: I want to thank you particularly for your telegram of the 26th from Cody, Wyoming. I want to see you just as soon as I may. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Harry S. New, Indianapolis, Ind.127 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: Numerous applications are made to me to exert my influence to have certain candidates made First Lieutenants. I have answered them all that my understanding was that the War Department in grading First and Second Lieutenants paid no heed whatever to outside recommendations, but simply did its best to make the distribution purely according to the merits of the candidate. It was a great pleasure to be able to make this statement to the candidates, and I want you to understand how cordially I approve of the system you are following. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War.128 September 27, 1901. My dear Senator: The enclosed letter to Mr. Cortelyou from Judge Hunt explains itself. I like Judge Hunt, and would gladly back him. Is Iowa all-right? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. M. A. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio. P. S. I thank you for what you said of me, old man.129 September 27, 1901. My dear Grinnell: I have your letter of the 25th instant. What day are you coming on here? If possible I want you to lunch with me. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt George Bird Grinnell, Esq., 346 Broadway, New York, N. Y.130 [*71*] September 27, 1901. Dear Em: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 26th. For various reasons, including those you mention, I do not believe that a Government-owned cable is at the moment desirable. I may change my mind, but this is my present belief. The proposition has been submitted to me by a private company to begin laying a cable instantly. This is confidential, but if Mr. Scrymser or any one else wishes to talk to me about a cable, he should come on here without a moment's delay. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. W. Emlen Roosevelt, 33 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.131 September 27, 1901. My dear Judge: I thank you cordially for your letter of the 15th instant from Munich. It would give me great pleasure to see you any time you happen to be in Washington. I should like to consult you! Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. John Campbell, Denver, Colo. September 27, 1901. My dear Mrs. Wells: I am in receipt of your letter of the 22nd, and am particularly pleased to hear from you. I thank you. I remember well our meeting last spring. [Remember me to Mr. Wells?] Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Emmaline B. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah.132 September 27, 1901. My dear Baron: I thank you for your letter of the 15th instant, and look forward to seeing you as soon as you return to Washington. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Baron B. R. Herman, German Embassy, Washington, D. C. September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Congressman: I was greatly pleased with you letter of the 24th, and appreciate your writing me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles F. Scott, M. C., Iola, Kansas.133 September 27, 1901. My dear Madam: I am in receipt of your letter of the 24th. I thank you heartily for writing me and appreciate it. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Mrs. E. Stewart Livingston, Prattville, Ala. September 27, 1901. My dear Major: I thank you for your letter of the 26th. Now, my dear Major, I am afraid there is absolutely no use in applying for any office unless it is one for which you have special and peculiar qualifications - qualifications which would be recognized as such at once by the public. To appoint my own or my wife's relatives on any other basis would be much worse than a mistake. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Major Alexander Moore, Hoboken, N. J.134 September 27, 1901. My dear Governor: Your letter of the 25th instant pleases me greatly. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Governor Winfield T. Durbin, Indianapolis, Ind. September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Kennedy: I thank you cordially for your note of the 25th instant, and deeply appreciate your having written me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt John S. Kennedy, Esq., Kenarden Lodge, Bar Harbor, Maine. 135 September 27, 1901. My dear Sir: General Harrison Gray Otis says that Stephen F. Kelly should be Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, as the present incumbent of the office, John C. Lynch, whose term has expired, is not a fit man. He also says that both Senators back the appointment of Kelly. Very truly yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Lyman J. Cage, Secretary of the Treasury.136 September 27, 1901. My dear Mr. Tichener: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 20th instant and genuinely appreciate your having written me. I have always the pleasantest memories of our meeting. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. George C. Tichener, 641 Washington Street, New York, N. Y.137 September 27, 1901. My dear Buxton: Just a line to thank you cordially for your letter of the 16th instant. I hope you will be on this side of the water before my term is out. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Edward North Buxton, Esq., Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England.138 September 27, 1901. Dear Paul: I am in receipt of your letter of the 26th with enclosure. I should like to talk over these letters of Goldwin Smith with you, although I am at present doubtful whether I could do as he wishes - and this not withstanding that I think the solution he suggests a wise one, and one which might well be adopted by both sides in view of the two years' war and the hopeless damage apparently being done to both sides, with no corresponding benefit to either. I shall see Riggs early next week. I wonder if Mrs. Dana and you could not come down here for a night at the White House sometime? Of course if you come down now we couldn't "entertain" you; if you come down a little later we could. But I should like to [????????] of my Message with you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt [*Paul Dana*] New York, N. Y.139 September 28, 1901. My dear Mr. K[eane?]: Your letter of the 27th pleases me. I thank you for writing me. It will give me great pleasure to have you here at any time. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Francis [?]. K[eane?], University Club, Fifth Avenue and 54th Street, New York, N. Y.140 September 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Stone: Your letter of the 24th, containing the original roll call on my nomination for Vice President, has been received. I am really obliged to you for it, and shall send it right on to my small boy. You re awfully good to keep thought of me. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. John W. Stone U. N. Appraiser, Detroit, Mich.141 September 28, 1901. My dear Harry: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 17th. I prize it. Remember me to all your family. Always yours, T. Roosevelt Rev. H. W. [W?-?,] [? ?], [?], England.142 September 26, 1901. My dear Judge: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 26th, and appreciate your writing me. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. S. C. [?] U. S. District Court, Chicago, Ill.143 September 26, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: I have your letter of the 26th. I think that is delicious. What a commentary on the alleged fear of our people to [?]! As regards our treaty with England, it is [?ry] to say that we intend to have to cover any possible canal across the isthmus. By the way, from Lodge's letters it is evident that we shall have his hearty support. Give my love to Mrs. Hay. I hope you are both enjoying, or at least profiting, by your holiday. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Hay, Newbury, N.H.144 September 28, 1901. My dear Mrs. Bowditch: Your letter of the 27th pleased and touched me very much. Edith and I appreciate it equally. Give my love to all. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Edward Bowditch, Willet Street, Albany, N.Y.145 3 September 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Wilcox: I am in receipt of your letter of the 26th, and thank you very much. Mrs. Roosevelt is immensely moved over the "good singing voice." I shall show her the clippings at once. With warm regards to Mrs. Wilcox and your daughters, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Ansley Wilcox, Esq., 815 Ellicott Square Buffalo, N.Y.146 September 26, 1901. My dear Senator: I am in receipt of yours of the 15th. Coming from you, such a letter was very welcome. I thank you with all my heart. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. N. [B. Daves,?] Pittsfield, Mass.147 September 26, 1901. Dear Mr. Astor: I am in receipt of your letter of the 16th, and thank you for writing me. Believe me, I appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt William Waldorf Astor, Esq., Cliveden, Taplow, Bucks, England.148 September 28, 1901. My dear Maria: I prize your letter of the 18th, and thank you for sending it. This can be but a line, of course; [??] In haste, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Bellamy Storer, United States Legation, Madrid, Spain.149 September 28, 1901. My dear Senator: I am in receipt of your letter of the 26th, and will look up the case of your man at once. But I must say one thing: I have absolutely refused in any case to interfere in reference to a candidate being made First Lieutenant. My directions to the War Department are explicit, that the assignments to First Lieutenancies shall be purely on the basic of merit. I have declined to interfere in behalf of any one, no matter how close my friendship-- not even when he was a comrade of my own regiment. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. C. Pritchard, U.S.S., Marshall, N.C. 150 September 28, 1901. My dear Clowes: I thank you for your letter of the 15th. I appreciate your writing me. I am certain the pictures in the book are all right. I think you and I have both done our parts toward the end of which you speak. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt William Laird Clowes, Esq., Sark, Channel Islands, England. 151 September 28, 1901. Dear John: I thank you for your letter of the 15th, and appreciate your writing. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt John Lowell, Esq., Burlington Hotel, W., London, England. 152 September 28, 1901. My dear Dr. Harvey: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 26th instant. I shall always remember your courtesy to me and your very early advocacy of me. With warm regards, Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Dr. Charles M. Harvey, Editor, Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Mo. September 28, 1901. My dear President Kellen: Your letter of the 25th instant pleased and touched me, and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt President G. J. Kellen, Hope College, Holland, Mich.153 September 28, 1901. My dear President Kellen: Your letter of the 26th instant pleased and touched me, and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt President G. J. Kellen, Hope College, Holland, Mich.154 September 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Combs: I thank you for your letter of the 26th instant. I particularly want to see you. Let me know as soon as you can get here. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Leslie Combs, Collector of Internal Revenue, Lexington, Ky.155 September 28, 1901. My dear Judge: I thank you for the clipping of your speech. I thank you still more for your warm and kindly personal letter. I assure you, I appreciate them both. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Charles T. Sexton, Clyde, N. Y.156 September 18, 1901. My dear Judge: I genuinely appreciate your letter of the 27th, and I thank you warmly for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William Ramsey, Bath, Steuben County, New York.157 September 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Speaker: I thank you cordially for your letter of the 27th, and I appreciate your having written. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. S. F. Nixon, Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York. 158 September 30, 1901. My dear General: I have found out that it is your horse that I have been riding. I want to thank you most cordially and say how much I have appreciated your courtesy. It is a splendid horse. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., War Department. 159 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. McKelway: I liked your editorial on my attitude toward the mayoralty election. I have felt that it was not merely [xxxx] but absolutely necessary for me at the very outset to establish a principle that I would not publicly take any part of any kind or sort in the local campaigns. Had I remained as Vice President, as you know, I should have felt at liberty to take a very action part. Now is there any chance of your coming down to Washington at any time in the future? I wrote you about the visit some time ago but have not received any answer. Did you get my letter? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. St. Clair McKelway, Editor, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y.160 105 September 3, 1901. Dear Curtis: I return you [?if's] letter. Frankly, it prejudiced me a li[????????] men who profess that belief. [??????] When you [????????] show your [????????] to the War Department about those promotions [?????] [????????] First and [????????] in which I instruct that [????????] whatever shall be this [????????] thing but the man's record. I have [????????] boy purely on his record. As the next vacancies [??], I shall certainly call upon you to advise. I am very anxious to [??] you have to say about reciprocity. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. Curtis Guild, Jr. [28? W???] Street, Boston, Mass.161 145 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Wilcox: May I be of still further trouble to you? Do you think Mr. Blaistein really meant to give me that horse? Of course I would far rather buy it, but I do not want to hurt his feelings, for me is such a good fellow, and I am really very fond of him. I would like the horse as soon as possible, but in the circumstances I hardly like to write Blaistein to find out. Do you think you could find out for me just what the situation is? I hope you will not regard me as too much of a horse leech' s daughter! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Ansley Wilcox, Esq., 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.162 September 30, 1901. My dear Colonel Lowry: Within the course of the next two or three weeks do you think it would be possible for you and Major Hanson of Macon to come up here? Then I shall get you both to take lunch or dinner with me, and we will discuss certain Georgia matters on which I want your advice. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Col. Robert J. Lowry, Atlanta, Ga.168 [*127*] September 30, 1901. Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War 25 East 69th Street, New York, N.Y. September 30, 1901 Are you not going to take Dolphin? Earnestly hope you will. Theodore Roosevelt 164 September 30, 1901. Franklin W. Hall, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Send here the two saddles I ordinarily ride, with corresponding bridles. Theodore Roosevelt 165 September 30, 1901. My dear Colonel: I thank you for your letter of the 15th instant, and appreciate it. Give my warm regards to your wife, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. G. T. Younghusband, Culmington Manor, Craven Arms, R. S. O., Shropshire, England. 166 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Nelson: I am in receipt of your letter of the 28th instant. It will be a particular pleasure to see you when you come to Washington. I shall get you to take lunch with me here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry Louis Nelson, Fort Williams, Portland, Me.167 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Postmaster-General: Miss LaDuc is postmistress at Tryon, N. C. I am informed that she was President McKinley's school teacher and was appointed by him as postmistress. If she has given satisfaction, do not have her displaced without going over the matter with me. Very truly yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Charles Emory Smith, Postmaster-General.168 20 September 30, 1901. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 28th instant. Your letters will get to me straight away in any event. They will of course be opened by my secretary, because about everything is. If you put on the envelope, however, "Not to be opened" and sign your name, then the letter will not be opened, unless through an oversight. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Seth Low, 30 East 64th Street, New York, N. Y.169 41 September 30, 1901. My dear President Hadley: I am in receipt of your letter of the 28th. Unfortunately, I cannot reach New Haven until the morning of Wednesday, October 23rd. I am a little bit puzzled about the two Messrs. Farnam, each of whom has invited me to be his guest. Will you let me know whose guest I really am -- the professor's or his brother's? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Arthur T. Hadley, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.170 Private. September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: Mr. Tracy has requested Senator Burton to withdraw his application. He desires to have the endorsements which were submitted with the application restored to him. If not inconsistent with the rules of your Department, I should like this to be done. Senator Burton recommends Mr. J. S. Dean, of Marion, Kansas, who is the local attorney of the Rock Island Railroad. Senator Burton will present very shortly endorsements of Mr. Dean from high officials and ex-officials of the State Bar Association and other leading lawyers of Kansas. I have explained to the Senator that I need no political endorsements. If, as I anticipate, the testimony as to Mr. Dean's professional and personal fitness from his associates of the Kansas bar are satisfactory, he is to be appointed. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. P. C. Knox, Attorney-General.171 September 30, 1901. My dear General: Thank you very much for your very kind letter of the 26th instant. Believe me, I genuinely appreciate it Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Gen. E. R. Hutchins, Des Moines, Iowa.172 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Benz: I am in receipt of your letter of the 28th instant, and was very glad to hear from you. I should like very much to see you soon. Good luck to you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Karl Benz, Esq., 48 Central Park, South, New York, N. Y.173 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Higginson: Your letter of the 19th instant from London pleased me greatly, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry L. Higginson, Boston, Mass.174 September 30, 1901. My dear Sheffield: Your letter of the 28th instant was just what I anticipated. I look forward to meeting you, and I need not say, me dear fellow, that one of the reason I prize you is because I know you will always tell me the exact truth. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. James R. Sheffield, 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y.175 September 30, 1901. My dear Whitridge: I thank you for your letter of the 18th from Pitlochry. I genuinely appreciate it, and look forward to seeing you. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. F. W. Whitridge, 59 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.176 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Bond: Your letter of the 28th instant pleases and touches me, and I thank you very much for it. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Edward A. Bond, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany, N. Y.177 26 September 30, 1901. My dear Horace: I have your note of the 29th. Good! I shall expect you for Friday night. If my horses are here, we will take a ride as soon as you arrive Friday afternoon. Ever yours, T. R Horace A. Dovereux, Esq., Knickerbocker Club, New York, N. Y. 178 September 30, 1901. My dear Governor: I genuinely appreciate your letter of the 26th and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Heber M. Wells, Governor of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. 179 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: I thank you for your letter of the 27th instant. I want to see you as soon as you get here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles H. Dietrich, U. S. S., Lincoln, Neb. 180 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Low: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 17th instant, and genuinely appreciate your having written. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. Sidney Low, 2, Durham Place, Chelsea, S. W. London, England.181 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: I am in receipt of your letter of the 27th. I took a very great fancy to Mr. Prouty, and shall esteem it a real service to the government to reappoint him. Indeed, I am going to have him on here to go over certain parts of my message with me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. P. Dillingham, U. S. S., Montpelier, Vt. 182 September 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Churchill: Be sure you let me know a little in advance as soon as there is a chance of Mrs. Churchill and yourself getting down here. I want you to take dinner, and meet Mrs. Roosevelt. I do wish when you come you could bring Guy Murchie with you. With regards to Mrs. Churchill, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Winston Churchill, Windsor, Vt. 183 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: Before I write my message, I should like to have a chance to go over certain subjects with you. During the course of the next fortnight or so, is there any chance of your being in Washington? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. N. W. Aldrich, U. S. S., Providence, R. I. 184 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: Is there any chance of your being in Washington during the month of October? I particularly want to go over with you certain matters which I shall have to discuss in my message. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Eugene Hale, U. S. S., Ellsworth, Maine.185 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: When do you think you will be in Washington? I want to discuss certain matters with you before I put them into my message. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. P. Frye, U. S. S., Lewiston, Maine. 186 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: It is a matter of regret to me that I am now unable to take part in your campaign. I do not suppose it is possible for me to see you until after it is over, but then I particularly want to have a talk with you on several subjects. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. B. Foraker, U. S. S., Cincinnati, Ohio. 187 September 30. 1901. My dear Senator: In the course of a fortnight or so I should very much like to have a chance of talking over several matters with you, if you are in the neighborhood of Washington. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, U. S. S., Indianapolis, Ind. 188 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: I suppose it is hardly necessary for me to say that during the coming three years I hope to keep in closest touch with you and to profit by your advice in the future as I have profited by it in the past. You helped me a year ago in the campaign, and at our lunch at the Century Club last spring you outlined a course which I substantially followed in my addresses this summer. Now, before writing my message, I want much to consult with you on certain points. In the course of the next two or three weeks could you make it convenient to come to Washington? Of course, do not think of coming if it is inconvenient; but I should like greatly to see you before, say, November first. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John C. Spooner, U. S. S., Madison, Wis. 189 September 30, 1901. My dear Senator: I want to consult with you about certain features of my message. I suppose; however, that it is safe to wait until we meet at my sister's, in Farmington, on October 22nd. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. O. H. Flatt, U. S. S., Meriden, Conn. 190 158 September 30, 1901. My dear General: If you are willing, perhaps you might ride down on Wednesday, starting from the south door of the White House at half after four o'clock. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A. War Department 191 September 30, 1901. Dear Mrs. Ferguson: I am in receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, and it was a great pleasure to hear from you. I wish we could see some of your family on this side while we are in the White House. Give our warm love to all. In great haste, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. E. Ferguson, Assynt, Novar, North Britain. 192 October 1, 1901. Winthrop Chandler, Metropolitan Club, New York, N. Y. Take lunch or dinner with me Wednesday. Theodore Roosevelt. 193 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Hitchcock: Your telegram of the 17th ultima has just been placed before me. It pleased and touched me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Henry Hitchcock, Esq., Watkins, N. Y. 194 163 October 1, 1901. Dear Elfin: I am very glad you are going to the [xxxx[, I think it will be better than a sea voyage. Now, will you not let me issue directions that no telegrams or messages of any sort are to be sent to you from the War Department? I am very glad Mrs. Root is going too, and that your boy is better. That was a fine letter from General Dodge. As requested, I shall send it over for your private files. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elfin Root, 25 East 69th Street, New York, N. Y. 195 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Gilman: I am in receipt of your letter of the 30th ultima, and thank you heartily. My [xxxx] with you was a real pleasure, and I value your letter. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Theodore P. Gilman, Deputy State Comptroller, Albany, N. Y. 196 October 1, 1901. My dear Governor: I am in receipt of your letter of the 30th ultima, in behalf of Lieutenant Preston Brown. It was a great pleasure to hear from you. I will certainly carefully look into Lieutenant Brown's case. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, New York Life Insurance Co., 316 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 197 October 1, 1901. My dear General: Your letter of the 29th ultima pleases me. I was glad to hear from you, and thank you for writing me. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Gen. J. Ford Kent, United States Arsenal, Watervliet, West Troy, N. Y.198 135 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: The enclosed letter from Congressman Hill has impressed me a great deal. When you come back, I should like to talk over it with you. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Lyman J. Cage, Secretary of the Treasury. Enclosure.199 October 1, 1901. My dear Mrs. Kane: It was very sweet of you to send me the little charm, which has just come. Edith has taken possession of it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Grenville Kane, Tuxedo Pak, N. Y.200 77 October 1, 1901. Dear Fred: Let me know before you come to Washington. We have one spare room, and if it is not occupied, I want you to spend a night here. Now, old man, you stood by me in every way when I really appreciated your support, and I should feel very heartily ashamed of myself indeed, if my thoughts had not naturally turned to you at this time. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Fred. [xxxx], Esq., [xxxx], N. Y.201 October 1, 1901. Dear Mr. Hill: Your letter was so very interesting and important that I shall bring it boldly before the Cabinet to-day. On the currency question in the Philippines, however, I shall not venture to do anything until I hear from Governor Taft. Faithfully yours, T, Roosevelt Hon. E. J. Hill, M.C., Norwalk, Conn.202 14 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. [xxxx]: Will you not spend a night with us when you come down here next Monday? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt A. J. [xxxx], Esq., President, Pa. Railroad Company, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa.203 106 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: Unless the circumstances are altogether exceptional, it is unpardonable in an officer to be surprised. If a detachment is surprised, and the commanding officer escapes death, he will, I presume, be at once placed under arrest and tried by court-martial. All such cases I should like to have personally brought before me. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Wm. Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary of War.204 October 1, 1901. Dear [xxxx]: Your telegram of September 30th was received. Good luck to you and Ray. I wish I could see you both. Faithfully yours, T. R. W. S. Bigelow, Esq., [xxxx], Mass.205 October 1, 1901. My dear Senator: When is there any likelihood of your being in Washington? There is no hurry, but, at your convenience, if possible before the first of November, I should like to talk over with you one or two features of my message. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Knute Nelson, U.S.S., Alexandria, Minn.206 October 1, 1901. Dear Aunt Ella: I have your letter and was so glad to hear from you. Of course I have thought very much of all my kinsfolk at this time. Edith and two of the children are now down here, and I think really enjoying the White House. With warm love, Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Ella S. Bulloch, 1 Sydenham Avenue, Liverpool, England.207 October 1, 1901. My dear Captain: I am in receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo, and am always very glad to hear from you. Your letter will be brought to me at once whenever they come. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Capt. Frederick Muller, Santa Fe, N. M.208 October 1, 1901. Dear Leonard: This is to introduce my close friends Mr. James Bryce and his wife. Of course you are acquainted with Mr. Bryce's great work, The American Commonwealth. He is a member of the British Parliament; I bespeak for him your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Governor-General Leonard Wood, Havana, Cuba.209 [*91*] October 1, 1901. Dear Governor Hunt: This is to introduce my warm friends Mr. James Bryce and his wife. Of course you are acquainted with Mr. Bryce's great work, The American Commonwealth. He is a member of the British Parliament; I bespeak for him your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. H. Hunt, Governor of Porto Rico, San Juan, Porto Rico.210 October 1, 1901 My dear Mr. Parsons: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 29th ultimo, and appreciate your writing. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt William Barclay Parsons, Esq., The Crossways, Locust, N.J.211 [85] October 1, 1901 My dear Senator: I have your note of the 30th. Just let me know when Mrs. Cameron and yourself, or either of you, are to be here, so that we can have you at dinner or lunch, as is most convenient for you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. Donald Cameron, Donegal, Marietta, Pa.212 43 October 3, 1901. My dear Mr. Bryce: I enclose the two letters. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Bryce. It was such a pleasure to see you here. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. James Bryce, 15 Puente de Alvarado, Ciudad de Mexico. Enclosures. 213 October 1, 1901. My dear Dr. Shaw: is there any change of your getting down to Washington within a reasonable time? I want to see you. Faithfully yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Dr. Albert Shaw, Editor, The Review of Reviews, 13 Astor Place, New York, N.Y.214 October 1, 1901 Dear Murray: I liked your Review of Reviews article better than anything that has ever been written of me. You said the very things, old man, that I would like to feel I deserve. I shall keep your article as I have kept that of Jacob Riis. When I get the rough draft of my message out, I am going to have you down here to see it and advise about it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Professor Nicholas Murray Butler, 119 East 30th Street, New York N.Y.215 October 1, 1901 My dear George: I am in receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo, and will see if what you request can be done. Faithfully yours, T. R Mr. George C. Lee, Jr., 44 State Street Boston, Mass.216 [203] October 1, 1901 My dear Colonel Sanger: I enclose a letter from John G. Winter, Jr., of Waco, Texas. I think I have a recommendation of the young fellow on file in your office. He was one of my troopers. Will you inform me about this case? Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Wm. Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary of War217 October 1, 1901 Dear Speck: Just a line to say how much I wish you and your wife could come to America sometime during the next three and a half years. I am very fond of you, as you know, and I should so like to have both of you at the White House. Mrs. Roosevelt and the children would enjoy it just as much as I. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Baron H.S. Sternberg German Legation Calcutta, India. 218 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: Referring to the enclosed letter from Mr. George C. Lee, Jr., of 44 State Street, Boston, Mass., I know nothing about the custom in these cases. I want no favor of any kind or sort-- simply whatever is proper in the case of a reputable lady of high standing coming from abroad. Will you communicate with Mr. Lee? Sincerely yours, [T. Roosevelt] Hon. O L. Spaulding, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Enclosure.219 October 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: I am in receipt of your communication of this du[?]. I shall appoint Admiral Sampson's son, and if the appointment for his alternate has been regularly [made out?]. I shall appoint the alternate also. Otherwise, I shall appoint Admiral Philip's son to the position of alternate. I cannot be bound by any nominations made after the year 1902. I have the very highest regard for Dr. Mitchell, but I do not think it fair to naval men that their sons should be passed over even for the grandnephew of so distinguished a man as Dr. Weir Mitchell. Both to Annapolis and West Point I want to see during my term of office one or two Southerners appointed, and it may be, from the nature of the case, these will have to be the sons of men not in the United States military or naval [?] but these will be the only exception. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt John D. Long Secretary of the Navy. 220 October 1, 1901. Dear Cecil: Just a line to say how much I have thought of you. I do wish you could come over now and be my guest at the White House. Is there any chance of it? Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Cecil Spring Rice, Esq., Government Foreign Office, London, England.221 59 October 1, 1901. My dear Father Doyle: I find that the existing vacancy among the chaplains of the navy has been promised to a Vermonter-- a Methodist. I expect, however, that there will soon be another vacancy, to which I wish to appoint a Catholic. Do you think you could get me a first-class man not over thirty-five years of age? I wish very much you would discuss the matter with Father Belford and get the benefit of his judgment also. I write to you and ask you to consult Father Belford because I have such high trust in you. [Now, it is] [?] unnecessary for me to say that a poor chaplain is worse than none. I want you to give me a first-class man, who will be a credit to the navy, a credit to America, and a credit to his church-- in short, a chaplain who will work heart and soul and devote his life to making the enlisted man better and happier. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. A. P. Doyle, New York, N.Y.222 [44] October 1, 1901 My dear Mr. Secretary: Referring to the enclosed papers in the case of Dr. A. H. Curtis, of Freedom's Hospital. Paul Laurence Dunbar is a man for whom I have a high regard on account of his literary ability. Would you look into this case, and report to me? Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.223 October 2, 1901 My dear Governor: Your letter gives me the most genuine pleasure, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Newton W. Gilbert Lieutenant-Governor Indianapolis, Ind.224 October 2, 1901. My dear Mr. James: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 30th ultimo, and appreciate your writing. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. George Abbot James, Lowland House, Nahant, Mass. 225 October 2, 1901. My dear Senator: The enclosed letter explains itself. Will you return it to me with just a line to say whether or not in your judgment Mrs. Roosevelt ought to be patroness. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. George F. Hoar, U. S. S., Worcester, Mass. Enclosure.226 October 2, 1901. My dear White: I have your note enclosing the telegram. Let me see you when you come back, If possible. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt William Allen White, Esq., Care of The S. S. McClare Co., 155 East 25th Street, New York, N.Y.227 143 October 2, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: I have your letter of the 30th ultimo. All right, put Ames in in Ghent. The Federalists matter can wait. I have been paving the way for the treaty according to the best of my power, but I have not of course been able to do very much so far. Still, I think it will be all right. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Hay, Newbury, N. H.228 Personal. October 2, 1901. My dear Mr. Adee: Referring to your communication of the 1st instant, concerning the matter of the kidnapping of Miss Stone, an American missionary, by brigands in Turkey on the Bulgarian border: Of course everything that can be done must be done to try to rescue Miss Stone. Equally of course the Government has no power whatever to guarantee the payment of the money for the ransom. As far as I can see, all that can be done is to say that we shall urge upon Congress as strongly as possible to appropriate money to repay the missionaries in the event of its proving impossible to get from the Turkish or other Government the repayment. Can you suggest anything more to be done? It is of course unnecessary to say that the gentlemen whom you quote are in error and their statement that the responsibility for whatever may happen to Miss Stone will be upon the American Government. Every missionary, every traveler in wild lands, should know, and is inexcusable for not knowing, that the American Government has no power to pay the ransom of anyone who happens to be captured by brigands or savages. All that we can do is what we are doing.229 Let me hear from you at your early convenience. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Alvey A. Adee, Second Assistant Secretary of States. P. S. Not for publication, but as an expression of my own belief, I could say that women have no earthly business to go out as missionaries into these wild countries. They do very little good and it is impossible not to feel differently about them than about men. If a man goes out as a missionary he has no kind of business to venture into wild lands with the expectation that somehow the Government will protect him as well as if he stayed at home. If he is fit for his work he accepts the risk as an incident to the work and has as more right to complain of what may befall him than a soldier has is getting shot. But it is impossible to adopt this standard about women, and therefore my own view is most strong that they should not venture into places where they are apt to meet with such adventures as befell Miss Stone. T. R.230 21 Private. October 2, 1901. My dear Bishop: I destroyed your letter. It seems to me that your plan is one calculated to do more good to the cause of decent government than anything else I can imagine in connection with newspaper work. If it should succeed, it would strengthen my hands beyond measure to have such a morning paper under the direction of a man of your type. I have not the slightest idea whether Hay could do anything or not. As soon as he returns, I shall speak to him about it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, Editor, Commercial Advertiser, New York, N. Y.231 89 October 3, 1901. Dear Mr. Kohlsaat: Those editorials were just what I wanted. They will be of real help along the lines that were discussed. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat, The Chicago Record-Herald, Chicago, Ill. 232 October 3, 1901. Dear Dr. Jordan: Your letter gives me real pleasure and I thank you for writing me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. David Starr Jordan, Stanford University, Cal.233 230 Personal. October 3, 1901. My dear Bishop: I am greatly obliged to you for those two editorials. I have not read the Post for so long that it gave me profound satisfaction to see what it had been saying [about] of me; and to rub my hands as I realized that now I had my foot on its mesh! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop. Office The Commercial Advertiser, New York, N. Y.234 Personal. October 3, 1901. My dear Mr. Cleveland: I thank you for your friendliness in answering that letter. Such a [justification?] These charges make one impatient! I am delighted that you stamped on it as you did; and if you sometime care to do so you are at liberty to intimate to me who inspired it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H.J. Cleveland, Office The Chicago Record-Herald, Chicago, Ill.235 October 3, 1901. My dear Mr. Clark: I thank you very much, and I shall make a point of seeing Governor Bradley when I come to Kentucky matters. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George W. Clark, 723 The Temple, 184 LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.236 93 October 3, 1901. My dear Captain: I have your note of the 1st instant and thank you for sending me the letter of Mr. Nichols. I am particularly interested in the matters of which he writes. Cannot you get Mr. Nichols to write me in full, and confidentially if he so desired? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt F. Norton Goddard, Esq., New York, N. Y.Foreword This volume is meant quite so much for the lover of the wild, free, lonely life of the wilderness, and of its handy and sports that pastimes known to its sojourner Marines Theodore Roosevelt Vice Presidents Room, Washington D.C. June, 1901 237 Personal. [*78*] October 3, 1901. My dear Whitney: You shall have the deer articles herewith but I shall get you to make it plain that they were written before I became President. I shall put a short "foreword" [preface] in, and date it from the Vice-President's Chamber, in June last. Let me see the proof; [as well?], there must be no advertisement that "President Roosevelt" has written anything. My name must only appear as it appeared for instance in Sanborn?'s ; not framing business of any sort. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Caspar Whitney, Editor, Outing, New York, N.Y.238 148 Personal. October 4, 1901. My dear Maria: You need never be afraid of writing me or of asking anything. If it is in my power to grant it I shall do so. If for any reasons, whether political in the narrow or in the larger sense, I cannot, I shall tell you so frankly-- for personal reasons can-never exist when [because] I do not do anything you say. Bellamy was right about its being needless to write me in order to keep him in mind. I think of both of you all the time, and have gone over several times possible plans. First, as to the Cabinet. It is very unlikely now that I shall change any member of the present Cabinet. You have probably seen that I have asked them all to stay. The Secretary of War, Root, is one of the very strongest men before the people in our whole party. His Canton speech was the most effective delivered in the campaign last year. His advice is invaluable, not merely in reference to his Department but in reference to all branches of the service. As for his Department itself, it is at the present time the most important in the entire Government. It would be a public calamity to have his leave the Cabinet now-- and I use the words public calamity advisedly. He is a sick man, and his condition gives me grave uneasiness; not because there is the least four of his238 2 death, but lest he may have to give up his work here. If he went out I should have to consider nothing whatever but the question of getting the best man the entire country afforded to do the particular work necessary to be done. It may be that after carefully looking over the matter I should conclude that Bellamy was the best man for the purpose. It may be that I should have to conclude that someone else, of whom I have no thought at present, would be the best man, and if so I should be in honor bound to take him and not to consult any personal preference of mine in a matter so vital to the country. I do not believe Secretary Long intends to leave the Navy. For this Department I am sure without further thought that Bellamy would be admirable; but in filling any vacancy in the Cabinet I would have to take note of all kinds of considerations. I should count Bellamy's religion in his favor for a Cabinet place. Other things being equal, I should like to have a Catholic in the Cabinet. I am sure that in the Navy Department he would do excellently as Secretary. I do not know whether geographically he would be the right man. For instance, I should like much to get a Pacific Slope man in the Cabinet, and particularly in the Navy Department, [and I do not much be?leave? New England compromised?]. At present I see no Pacific Slope man who would be competent to fill the position. Moreover, if possible I should like to get one or more member of the Cabinet who are in close touch with the Senate and House, and who can appear before the people carrying weight when they explain the policies, purpose and acts of my administration.240 3 This is the one point in which the present Cabinet is not as strong as it should be. I do not believe that a finer, abler, more high-minded body of public servants was ever getting together around a President; but there is no one of them, with the possible exception of Root (who is so busy that he can hardly ever speak) who can appear before the country with the prestige of a great political leader to explain and champion my administration. If I could at any time fill this unit; I should most ardently desire to do so. In other words, for a Cabinet place the man should if possible be not only eminently fit for the administrative work of his Department, but also if possible a party leader of weight; and furthermore, it is rarely that one can fill a Cabinet position with reference only to itself-- all surrounding conditions must be taken into account. Now, about foreign affairs; my inquiries speedily developed the fact that a Catholic just at present would not be a man whom it would be wise to send to Germany. [Exactly so and] For wholly different reasons, it would be unwise to send him to Italy. I had not thought of or known of either of these facts when I advocated Bellamy's going to Italy. As soon as I made inquiry as to the effect both here and abroad [for] of appointments to Germany and Italy, I found what the facts were. In no other court would the question of Catholicism cause any serious trouble; but I have not the slightest idea and to? [that] any man intends at present to leave his position. Of Porter, in France, I hear nothing but the strongest praise. He seems241 4 to have done [gotten on] peculiarly well . It would be an injustice of a flagrant kind to turn him out at the present time: It is of course always possible that I may make a shift, and if in doing so France should become vacant I should offer it to Bellamy at once, unless its happened that I was able to offer him a Cabinet position but as things are just at this time I do not see the likelihood of such a condition arising. I have written with minutest detail, for I want you to understand exactly how the things now stand. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Bellamy Storer, Biarrits, France.242 October 4, 1901. My dear Mr. Dinwiddie: That photograph is excellent. I am particularly pleased to have it, and thank you for it. I have called upon Mr. Wolcott for information upon the other matter. Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Mr. William Dinwiddie, 142 North Fulton Avenue, Mount Vernon, N.Y.243 99 October 4, 1901. My dear Mr. Youngs: I am greatly concerned to hear that you are in bad health. I was just going to write to say how pleased I was at your appointment; and now I have to change the letter to say how sorry I am to hear of your physical condition. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. J. Youngs, The Antwarp, Albany, N. Y.244 October 5, 1901. Dear Mr. Strachey: Thank you for your letter of the 23rd ultimo, and I wish to say that I had seen the piece in the Spectator and particularly appreciated it. I liked all that it said, and I appreciate all that it left unsaid. Now, If I had time I would write you with entire freedom and at great length on many subjects; for, my dear sir, though I have never met you, you are one of the men to whom I am willing to write with the most absolute confidence-- as I think I have shown in my last letters to you. But in my present position I suppose I have as right to put anything on paper save with a caution that would render the effort in the case of a letter rather burdensome Can you not get over here at sometime in the not too distant future? I should like to have you my guest at245 [inverted] the White House and to let you see for yourself all the inner workings of American national politics, just as I should have shown you all the inner workings of State politics if you could have come over while I was Governor. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. St. Lee Strachey, Spectator Office, 7 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C., London, England.246 59 October 5, 1901. My dear Cardinal Gibbons: I think there will shortly be a vacancy in the chaplains in the army, to which I should like to appoint a priest. Can you recommend one? I suppose I need hardly say that I want the very highest type of man -- one who would be a credit to the service, to the country, and to his church, and who will with single-hearted purpose endeavor to better the moral and material condition of the man in the service, and care for them in every way. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore, Md. 247 October 5, 1901. My dear Archbishop Corrigan: I think there will shortly be a vacancy in the chaplains in the army, to which I should like to appoint a priest. Can you recommend one? I suppose I hardly need say that I want the very highest type of man -- one who would be a credit to the service, to the country, and to his church, and who will with single-hearted purpose endeavor to better the moral and material condition of the man in the service, and care for them in every way. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt His Grace, Archbishop Corrigan, New York, N. Y.248 October 4, 1901. My dear Douglas: I was delighted to see the publication made by the [ATR coal?] company. It is in every way a good thing. I much enjoyed the visit from Perkins. I am particularly desirous to see him and Bacon as often as possible. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Douglas Robinson, 160 Broadway New York, N.Y.249 248 Personal. October 4, 1901. Dear Douglas: I enclose $25, to send to Frank Appleton for the Porcellian gate. If you will write direct to Mr. Cortelyou enclosing a letter to me, it will be handed to me at once. I enclose a letter to give to Mr. Perkins, but in addition I wish to write you this. I am very fond of Perkins. He is one of the men whom I most respect. But, to be perfectly frank, he did not appear to advantage in the talk he had with me on the evening in question. This is no reflection on him. He was occupying exactly the same attitude that Bob Bacon occupies on this question, and of Bob Bacon I am even fonder. Both of them are men of the highest character, who are genuine forces for good as well as men of strength and weight. But on this particular occasion they were arguing like attorneys for a bad case, and at the bottom of their hearts each would know this if he were not personally interested; and especially if he were not the representative of a man with as strong and dominant a character as Pierpont Morgan. In plain English, what Perkins wanted me to do was to go back on my messages to the New York legislature and on my letter of acceptance of the nomination for the Vice-Presidency, as well as on the Minneapolis speech, which was by no means as strong as either the messages or the letter. Now-if I felt convinced that I had been wrong in what I had hitherto said, or even if I were doubtful about it. I should not have the slightest hesita-250 2 tion in announcing that I had changed my mind; but as a matter of fact I was right. I intend to be most conservative, but in the interests of the big corporations themselves and above all in the interest of the country I intend to pursue, cautiously and steadily, the course to which I have been publicly committed again and again, and which I am certain is the right course. I may add that I happen to know that President McKinley was uneasy about this so-called trust question and was reflecting to his mind what he should do in the matter. Perkins wanted me to do nothing at all, and say nothing except platitudes; accept the publication of what some particular company chooses to publish, as a favor, instead of demanding what we think ought to be published from all companies as a right. When I get the draft of what I intend to say about corporations in fairly good shape I shall send it on to you; or better still, if you possibly can I shall get you to come on for a night, when I shall put it before you, go over the matter with you at length, and then let you take it to New York, and in strict secrecy let you show such parts of it as you think best to prominent men from whom we think we can get advantageous suggestion or who may state objections which it would be worth while to consider in order that if necessary they may be met. The jumping horse from the Genesee Valley has come. I have christened him Bleistein, after the giver. I shall try him this afternoon. Of course I shall only take him over very low fences, as I have not the slightest intention of risking an accident in my present position. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Douglas Robinson, 160 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Enclosures.251 October 5, 1901. My dear Mr. Scribner: I want to thank you for the way you have managed the articles. I have appreciated it, and any hunting trips. I do in the future will be written for you. You may be amused to know that in two different publications during the next year articles that I wrote, in one case this year, in one case five years ago, will appear, and I have instructed the people that they must behave exactly as you have behaved. Of course, those articles do not appear in magazines, but in books. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Charles Scribner, 153 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.252 118 October 5, 1901. My dear Senator: I hate to disturb you, but I am particularly anxious to see you before the 21st of November and before I cast my message in its final form. If you can come down here for a day or two after the election you will confer a real and greatly appreciated favor upon me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. B. Allison, U.S.S., Dubuque, Iowa.253 194 October 5, 1901. My dear Elihu: Even before hearing from you I had ventured to direct Sanger to send you nothing whatever that could wait until your return or that he could dispose of, and had promised him my malevolent aid in disposing of anything. Now stay away just as long as you can. I have been over parts of what I intend to put into my message with Senator Spencer and others. I shall see Cassatt and talk matters over with him on Monday. Give my love to Mrs. Root. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 25 East 69th Street, New York, N.Y. 254 255 Personal. October 5, 1901. My dear Senator: Before I received your telegram I had decided to appoint ex-Governor Jones and had so notified the Attorney-General and other gentlemen, although the appointment will not be announced for a couple of days, out of respect to the memory of the dead Judge. It is a very real regret for me not to do anything that you ask. You know the high regard I have for you. When are you going to be in Washington? I particularly wish to see you and consult with you about various matters; and I hope, my dear Senator, you will understand that I desire earnestly to hear from you about every appointment as well as every question of public policy, and that wherever possible. I shall pay the utmost heed to your advice. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John T. Morgan, Salem, Alabama.256 130 Personal. October 5, 1901. Dear Emlen: Privately, Scrymeer made out no case at all. Neither the Attorney-General nor I thought he had any clear understanding of what he was talking about, and we gained the impression that he was simply trying to interfere with a rival who could do what he himself could not do. Naturally, this is just for your own information. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. E. Roosevelt, 33 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 257 83 October 5, 1901. My dear Stewart: You are taking exactly the attitude I wish. There is no hurry whatever about your coming to Washington. If you want to wait for three or four weeks, do so. I wrote as I did because I supposed you would be on at the bicentennial. I hope Mrs. Stewart can come with you; and if not, you come anyhow, and stay at the White House--unless before we know the day you are coming we have by accident filled the only spare room. So let me know as far as in advance as convenient. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Philip B. Stewart, Colorado Springs, Colo. 258 October 7, 1901. Hon. Richard M. Taylor, Mayor of Richmond, Grand Stand Carnival, Richmond, Va. The President has received your message, and sends congratulations. GEO. B. CORTELYOU, Secretary. October 7, 1901. Hon. J. Hoge Tyler, Governor of Virginia, Grand Stand Carnival, Richmond, Va. I appreciate your kindly greeting, and send congratulations and best wishes. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.259 Personal. October 7, 1901. My dear Mr. Washington: I thank you for your letter. You gave me exactly the information that I want. About the Collectorship of Internal Revenue for South Carolina, I find that the fight has narrowed down to Blalock and Serevon. I have been inclined to back Blalock rather the other man, who is really put forward, I am told, [in the?] by the Democratic organization. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Prof. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala.260 October 7, 1901. My dear Stewart: I thank you very much for the information about General Daniel Stewart. It was just what I wished. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. Thomas Gerald Stewart, Newberry, S.C.261 October 7, 1901. Dear Mr. Holls: I thank you very much for your note. I have not seen the article in the Express, but I have written Butler that I think that in the Review of Reviews the one of all others that have ever been written about me that I most like. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. Frederick W. Holls, 190 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 262 159 Confidential. October 8, 1901. My dear Dr. McKelway: The Brooklyn Republicans have presented to me the name of C. H. Roberts as postmaster in place of Wilson. I hear nothing about Mr. Roberts. While I had originally liked Wilson, I have been given to understand that he has not done very well as postmaster and has rather been trying to build up a little machine of his own. If, however, I make a change, I want to be certain that the change is for the good and that the new man is better than the old. What do you know about Roberts? Is he really a first-class man, who can be depended upon to do his work efficiently and disregard politics and political pressure from any sourse whatever if they conflict in the least with the interests of the service? In short, is he a man 263 who will command the confidences of the community and who can be relied upon to give a first-class business administration of the office? If he is not, do you know of someone who will fill these qualifications? I have written you first, but I shall probably make no change in any event until after the municipal election, and then I shall consult Low also, unless you are willing now to write a line to Low and get his advice. Of course, if you desire I will treat as confidential anything you write. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. St. Clair McKelway, Editor Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y. 264 Personal. October 8, 1901. My dear Governor Odell: I have had a long talk with the Senator about the New York appointments. There are one or two points in connection with them, however, which I should like to go over with you, and there are one or two other matters also which I particularly desire to discuss with you. Mrs. Roosevelt has written Mrs. Odell to know when you can come down here. I know how busy you are and I dislike to bother you, but I wish it were possible for you to arrange for two visits. When you and Mrs. Odell both come I should like to be able to give you one or two dinners and entertain you as I think you ought to be entertained. This of course could not be done until after the 19th of this month, when the period of mourning is over; and even then there will be only a few people in town, and I should really prefer to have you bring down Mrs. Odell about the first of December for a couple of nights if you are able to do so. But I have set my heart on Mrs. Odell's being here, and if you are unable to come later then I am going to get you to come at whatever time suits you, and will entertain you the best way circumstances will permit. What I should like, however, would be to have you as soon as you find it convenient slip down for a night here, so that I may talk over matters as soon as possible, and then sometime within the next sixty days, at any time that suits Mrs. Odell's convenience, bring her down for more formal265 2 entertainment. I f you can only come later, then will you ask Lucius to run down here within the next few days? Tell him I want him to spend the night here at the White House; and pleased go over with him the whole question of the appointments in New York and Brooklyn before he comes down, and also discuss any suggestions you have as to what should be put in or left out of my annual message as regards corporations, currency, reciprocity, merchant marine, etc. It will, however, be far more satisfactory if you can come down yourself, even though having Lucius come. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Governor of New York, Albany, N.Y.266 227 October 7, 1901. Dear John: I am sorry to say that I think I shall have to get you to go to the Chamber Of Commerce dinner. I have had to refuse to make any speech of any kind or sort in the immediate future, and I think it best that I should not speak until I send in my annual message. As you know, I have to live down the reputation of being just a thought fluent, anyhow. It does seem too bad about the Ghent consulship, but I suppose your judgment is right, and we will make the change in the way you suggest, shifting Howser to Ghent and Ames to Antigua. I am delighted about the treaty. Everything seems to be going all right. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Hay, Newbury, N.H.267 October 8, 1901. My dear Mr. Sage: First, the proper way for you to address me is as Mr. Roosevelt or Colonel, whichever you happen to like. Let me know about the shoes whenever you feel able to pass judgment upon them. Love to Mrs. Sage. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Dean Sage, Menand's, Albany, N.Y.268 October 8, 1901. My dear Lord Spencer: It was a pleasure to hear from you. I have always remembered my talk with you on the occasion of your visit to New York. I appreciate your writing. Is there any chance of your coming to America? There are a great many matters which I should genuinely like to discuss with you. With hearty regard, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Lord Spencer, North Creake, Fakenham, England.269 168 Private. October 7, 1901. Dear Seth: It is as much as I can do to keep my fingers out of the New York political fight. I must just send you a line to tell you that Senator Platt was in last night, and beyond the shadow of a doubt he and the Republican machine are doing everything in their power to elect you. Platt, without any idea that I was going to repeat to you what he said, spoke with exactly the same keen interest that he displayed last year in the Presidential and Gubernatorial campaign. I shall want to talk with you about the post office in Brooklyn, where a man named Roberts has been recommended to me. I have also written to McKelway. I want only the best possible man. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Seth Low, New York, N. Y.270 October 7, 1901. My dear Dr. Mitchell: I have just received your book, and in thanking you for it I feel like a culprit who is getting something under false pretenses; for I have just made a rule that I suppose has been communicated to you, to the effect that I wish only to appoint the sons of army and navy officers to Annapolis and West Point, and would deviate from this rule in no instance, save where for geographical reasons in the South it was desirable in the interest of justice that an appointment should be made; for in the south there is for obvious reasons at present a dearth of the sons of army and navy officers. I hate it mortally to have this rule271 touch the case of your grandnephew; but to hold it otherwise, for instance in this particular case, would mean passing by the sons of Admirals Philip and Taylor. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa.272 October 7, 1901. My dear General: In the course of the next two weeks are you coming up some day? I want to know the exact age of your grandson. It will be far easier to put him at West Point than at Annapolis. There are but two vacancies at Annapolis for 1902 and 1903, and these I think ought to go, as it has been intended they should go, to the sons of Admirals Sam[p]son, Philip and Naylor. It will be a very rough thing to displace either; but I shall go over it all with you when you come up. I cannot go South this year! I wish I could. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, The Woodlands, Amelia Court House, Va. 273 October 8, 1901. My dear Murray: I thank you cordially for your letter, and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Murray Mitchell. Tuxedo, N. Y. 274 Personal. October 8, 1901. My dear Judge White: I am very anxious to talk over certain Louisiana matters with you, entirely privately. When will you be in Washington? Perhaps Mrs. White and you could dine with me, entirely alone, and then we could talk over affairs at our leisure -- and I trust I need not say, my dear Judge, that not only for the sake of our personal friendship but because I feel you have a peculiar claim upon the regard of every real American, I should consider it an honor to have you dine with us. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Justice White, 1717 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington, D. C.275 216 October 8, 1901. Hon. Wm. Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary of War: There are two subjects to which I have been wanting to call your attention. My own experience at Santiago and the experience of practically every officer I have ever met who regarded a campaign as a business, and his uniform when on such campaign as being something for efficiency and not show, has convinced me that there should be a change in the service blouse and in the color of the flannel shirt. The first requisite in the service uniform is absolute case and freedom. Anything that binds the body, particularly the knees, hips and arms, and anything that confines the neck, is all wrong. There is no possible justification for a stand-up collar in a service blouse. The service blouse should have a turn-down, open collar, and instead of the white 276 shirt collar there should be a handkerchief knotted around the neck. The present shirt is all right in material, but dark blue is one of the worst possible colors for actual campaign use. The shirt should invariably be of a more neutral tint, like gray or brown. Theodore Roosevelt276 October 7, 1901. My dear Mr. Mac Veagh: In the course of a fortnight I am going to bring you in to discuss not only the matters you mentioned, but one additional. I shall want your advice over the constitutional side of the corporation business we went over the other night when you were here at dinner. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wayne Mac Veagh, 1317 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.278 October 8, 1901. Dear Mr. Freman: I thank you for your letter, and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. Moreton Freman, Innishannon County Cork, Ireland.279 October 8, 1901. My dear Judge Jones: At your convenience, I should like to have a chance to see you and talk over certain matters. With congratulations. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Thomas Goode Jones, Montgomery, Ala.280 Personal. October 8, 1901. My dear Mr. Patterson: I thank you very much. Your letter will be of the greatest service to me. I shall write more in detail later; I intend to make suggestions in my meeting about [?] on the [?] your [?]. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Robert W. Patterson, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill. 281 October 8, 1901. My dear Mr. Barratt: It is a real pleasure to hear from you, and I thank you cordially for your letter. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. J. Arthur Barratt, 1 Temple Gardens, Temple, E. C., London, England. 282 October 8, 1901. My dear Mr. Weaver: Your letter really pleases me, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry E. Weaver, Marquette Building Chicago, Ill. 283 October 8, 1901. Dear Mr. Ernst: You really please me by what you write. I am so glad that you approve of "Winning of the West". Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. C. W. Ernst, Boston, Mass.284 Personal. [*128*] October 8, 1901. My dear Senator Hanna: The reason I wanted to decide about the judgeship in Alabama quickly was because my experience has taught me that in such a case a quick decision really prevents bitterness. The Southern appointments as a whole I shall not take up until I have had a chance to see you and go over the whole matter with you. I had a short talk about them with Henry C. Payne to-day. I am possessing my soul in patience until after the election. Then I shall be [anxious?] [happy] to see you and go over everything. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. M. A. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio. 285 Personal October 9, 1901. My dear Mr. Commissioner: A certain gentleman has submitted the enclosed to me as a desirable change. Of course I know nothing about it. Will you give me a memorandum on it? Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.286 [*256*] October 9, 1901. Dear Emlen I think I shall follow very much that course, at the same time warning Congress if it does not get I will. Secretary Hitchcock has already promised us a pony for the children. As for the subscription, why don't you write James Reynolds, of the University settlement? He is a good and practical man. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. Emlen Roosevelt 3[6] Wall Street, New York, N. Y.287 [*222*] October 10, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: As regards the appointment of Mr. Bibee as Receiver of the Oregon City land office, I shall hold it until Senator Simon's letter comes in reference to the matter. But unless there are charges showing the improper character of Mr. Bibee, I will immediately promulgate the appointment. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.288 [*237*] October 10, 1901. My dear Whitney: I am in receipt of your letter of the 7th instant and hasten to write you to explain that my articles must not be used in OUTING. I wrote them with the distinct understanding that they were to be used for a book. They cannot appear in a magazine or in any save the form that I agreed upon; that is, in a volume on deer, the other contributors being the men you told me, and the volume itself being one of a service of volumes on hunting and fishing. This is the first time you have mentioned a word to me about the articles appearing in OUTING. If you had asked me about it even before I was President, I should have told you frankly that I was not willing to have it done. I charged you one-fifth the price I usually ask, because I wanted to help you out in the volumes you were trying to edit. Now that I am President it would of course be out of the question for me to allow them to appear in a magazine 289 form, or in any way save as I had originally agreed. In great haste, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Caspar Whitney, Esq., 239 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 290 October 10, 1901. Dear Mary: I thank you so much for writing. It was very good of you. Give my warm regards to your husband and to your children also. I wish I could see you. Indeed I am not anti-German. On the contrary I am very fond of the Germans individually and most anxious to keep the two nations in close ties of friendship and good-will. Edith is really enjoying the White House. In great haste, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Adolph Mensing, Kurfursten Strasse '99, Berlin, Germany. 291 October 10,1901. My dear Mr. Hewitt: I had long been intending to call upon you. Now I suppose it will be impossible, and I just write you this letter to say that my only purpose in calling would have been to express as a New Yorker, and more than that as an American, my sense of the many obligations you have laid us under - and by us I mean all who believe in good citizenship. With heartiest good wishes, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, New York, N. Y. 292 October 10, 1901. My dear Judge Chambers: I feel very badly at the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, particularly because it is so manly and straightforward that it makes me wish I could have appointed you. I am very glad to hear what you say of Judge Jones. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William L. Chambers, 1411 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 293 October 10, 1901. My dear Mr. Daniels: I do not recall a public man for whom I had a higher regard than for Senator Davis. I considered him a tower of strength for ability, courage and integrity. I can not speak too highly of him. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Edward Daniels, 1634 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 294 October 10, 1901. My dear Mr. Green: Will you present my warm regards to Mrs. Rives, and state how much I appreciate her courtesy in sending me the deposition? I have read it with great interest - indeed with rather pained interest - and I now return it to you at once, as it is of such value. Thanking you and again thanking Mrs. Rives, I am. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Nathaniel T. Green, Esq., Danville, Va. 295 October 11, 1901. Silas B. Brownell, Esq., Clerk of the Session of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 71 Wall Street, New York, N. Y. My dear Sir: If my name is on the roll of members in full communion of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, I desire a letter of dismissal to the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church of New York, in which Church I made confession of faith, and from which, according to my best knowledge, I was transferred by certificate to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on May 2nd, 1879. I have requested Mr. William L. Brower, of New York, to present to you my application for the transfer of my membership to the Collegiate Church, and have authorized him to take any steps which may be necessary to secure that end. Kindly deliver to him the certificate transferring my membership. Your truly, Theodore Roosevelt [*296*] [*217*] Personal. October 11, 1901. My dear Speck: I thank you very much for your letter. How could I properly and with discretion try to have you brought back to Washington? Would it do for me to sound Helleton about it? I think you would be of great assistance to me here and would be a help to your country and to mine. I most earnestly desire to have Germany and the United States work hand in hand. I regard the Monroe Doctrine as being equivalent to open door in South America. That is, I do not want the United States or any European power to get territorial possessions in South America but to let South America gradually develop on its own lines, with an open door to all outside nations, save as the individual countries enter into individual treaties with one another. Of course this would not anywhere interfere with transitory intervention on the part of any State outside of South America, when there was a row with some State in South America. I wish that the same policy could be pursued in China. That is, if the Chinese could be forced to behave267 themselves - not permitted to do anything atrocious, but not partitioned, and with the ports kept open to all comers, as well as having the vexacious trade restrictions which prevent inter-Chinese trade in the interior, abolished. What you tell me about England's decay makes me feel rather sad, but is in exact accord with my own observations and with what I hear from other sources. I wonder if the presence of Russia and Germany face to face, and with their commercial frontiers overlapping alike in Asia Minor and in China, will have any effect upon future affairs? France seems to be still at a good point of military and political efficiency, though her [policy] [??] is stationary, and she is therefore not a nation which can spread on a safe commercial and industrial basis. I wonder whether her present alliance with Russia is permanent or not? I am told that the Marquis Ito is coming here and I am looking forward to seeing him, as he is said to be a very remarkable man. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Baron H. S. Sternburg, German Consulate, Calcutta, India.[*298*] [*50*] Personal. October 11, 1901. Dear Cabot: After you have gotten settled in Boston I should be extremely glad if you could come down here for a couple of days. I should like to go over my message and my general policy with you. On the general economic questions I shall do just about what I outlined in my letter of acceptance and in my speeches on the stump, unless some good reason can be shown why I should change at any point. Exactly how to deal with reciprocity and the ship subsidy questions puzzles me. I shall of course have to use very general language in speaking on both points. They have both come up in new shape since the campaign, and therefore I have not spoken about them or thought about them. In the appointments I shall go on exactly as I did while I was Governor of New York. The Senator and Congressmen shall ordinarily name the men, but I shall name the standard, and the men have got to come up to it. Of course there will be exceptional cases where a consideration of public policy will make me feel that I must have a given man to do a given work. Then I shall name him and get the Senators to consent. For example, I have just secured the consent of Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge to my299 nominating William Dudley Foulke of Indiana, as Civil Service Commissioner. In the South I am held to have inaugurated a revolutionary policy, which I am afraid will cause me some trouble with Hanna. But all I have done is to say that I want to appoint as good men in the South as in the North, and I want to take the best man, black or white, a Republican if possible, but if he cannot be found, then a Gold Democrat, and in the last resort any type of Democrat. In the South Atlantic and Gulf States there has been really no Republican party - simply a set of black and white scallawags, with a few commonplace decent men, who have wrangled fiercely among themselves and who make not the slightest effort to get any popular votes, and who are concerned purely in getting the federal offices and sending to the National Conventions delegates whose venality makes them a menace to the whole party. I see no advantage either to the party or to the Nation in striving to perpetuate such a condition of things. Love to Nannie. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. H. C. Lodge, U. S. S., Nahant, Mass.300 October 11, 1901. My dear Doctor Abbott: At your convenience during the next two or three weeks, could you not come down to Washington, either to dine or lunch with me, so that I might go over certain questions of my general policy with you? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, Care of the Outlook, 267 Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y.301 29 Personal. October 11, 1901. My dear Mr. Eckols: Mr. Patterson has shown me your letter to him of the 9th instant. I wish I could have a chance to see you, but I suppose that is now impossible. I do not take quite your views as to the regulation of corporate business by the government. This of course you know. You recollect what I said on the stump and in my letter of acceptance, as well as in my messages while Governor of New York. Now unless I change my belief, I should feel rather ashamed if I did not do as President precisely what I advocated when I was a candidate for Vice President in supporting my party candidate for President, and when I was in an executive position in a big State. About the tariff, it does seem to me that perhaps the most important thing is stability.302 However, all of those question I could best discuss with you if I could only see you. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. James H. Eckels, Commercial National Bank, Chicago, Ill.303 October 11, 1901. My dear Marcia: I thank you very much for your kind note of September 29th. I hope to see your son when I go to Yale. I appreciate your sending me the gold pen, which I shall use in signing many important documents. Affectionately yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Mrs. Marcia Roosevelt Scovel, Hotel de Holland, Rue de La Paix, Paris, France.304 200 October 11, 1901. My dear Fred: I am in receipt of your letter of the 10th instant. That was an interesting conversation. I am glad you told me about it. Curiously enough, Jim Sherman was in yesterday endeavoring to get ex-Congressman O'Grady a job, and he volunteered the information as to what you had said. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. F. G. Fincke, 30 Genesee Street, Utica, N. Y.305 October 11, 1901. My dear Mr. Morton: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 8th instant. I have been delighted with the way President Cleveland has acted all through this trying time. He showed himself to be a big hearted gentleman and patriot. I am so glad I had that trip with you last summer. Do you ever think of our breakfast at the Antlers that day? What a typical American gathering it was! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska City, Neb.306 October 11, 1901. Dear Governor Dole: I have your letter of the 30th ultimo, and thank you cordially for your kind words. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Sanford B. Dole, Governor of Hawaii, Honolulul, H. I.307 October 11, 1901. Dear Guy: I am very much obliged to you for the book. I have asked the Winston Churchills to try to get you to come down here some time with them. Can you not come? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Guy Muronie, 436 Framont Building, Boston, Mass.308 October 11, 1901. My dear Mrs. Paget: I am in receipt of your letter of September 17th, and greatly appreciate your having written me. It was pleasant to hear from you. Indeed, I need hardly assure you how well I remember you, and only wish you were soon to be on this side again. I thank you for sending me Henry Norman's article, which I really liked. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Arthur Paget, 35 Belgrade Square, London, England.309 [98] October 12, 1901. My dear Mr. Howell: I was delighted to see your father, and immensely appreciated Joel Chandler Harris's book. I had Major Hanson up here and had a most satisfactory talk with him. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Clark Howell, Esq., The Atlanta Constiution, Atlanta, Ga. 310 October 12, 1901. My dear Harris: It is worth while being President when one's small daughter receives that kind of an autograph gift. When I was younger then she is, my Aunt, (of Georgia) used to tell me some of the Brer Rabbit stories, especially brer rabbit and the tar baby. But fond though I am of the Brer Rabbit stories I think I am even fonder of your other writings. I doubt if there is a more genuinely pathetic tale in all our literature than "Free Joe". Moreover I have felt that all that you write serves to bring our people closer together. I know of course the ordinary talk is that an artist should be judged purely by his art; but I am rather a Philistine and like to feel that the art serves a good purpose. Your art is not only as art an 311 addition to our sum of national achievement, but it has also always been an addition to the forces that tell for decency, and above all for the blotting out of sectional antagonism. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Joel Chandler Harris, Esq., The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.312 214 October 12, 1901. My dear Murray: I suppose the Acting President of Columbia can hardly come on to see me. On the other hand, I am afraid of putting it off, lest a real President of Columbia might be still less able to come. Could you not some time soon slip down for a night at the White House and let me show you some parts of my message? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler, Acting President Columbia University, New York, N. Y. 313 [*249*] October 12, 1901. Dear Douglas: I am in receipt of your letter of the 11th instant, with enclosure from Mr. Trigg, which is herewith returned. Next Tuesday night Wayne Mac Veagh and Judge White of Louisiana are to dine with me and I am going to take up corporation matters with them, especially with Wayne MacVeagh. I wish greatly you could be here. Could you not come on and spend the night? How about Mr. Trigg. I know of him well and have a very high regard for him. Already two or three other Democrats like Tucker have applied for that possible judgeship. If I can get a good Republican for it, I should prefer it. There was not any Republican fit in Alabama. But I do not want to make a Democratic bench. When I say Democratic, I am not talking about nominal Democracy. Judge White,of314 Louisiana, for instance, is quite a good enough Republican for me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Douglas Robinson, Esq., 160 Broadway, New York, N.Y.315 [*272*] October 12, 1901. My dear General: I have your note of the 11th instant, from Richmond. I want to see you during the next two weeks. You do not tell me how old your grandson is. I want to see when his age limit expires. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Amelia Court House, Va.[*316*] Personal. [*177*] October 12, 1901. Dear Horace: I have your note of the 11th instant. I do not think it would do for me to tell anyone except a close personal friend like you that I should like to see any man in Congress, for it would be taken as dictation. To you, however, I saw that of course nothing would help or strengthen me more than to have Phil. Stewart come to Congress from Colorado. I would regard it as a splendid thing from every standpoint. It [could] would be great fun having you here even for twenty-four hours. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Horace K. Devereux, Esq., Care Knickerbocker Club, 319 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.317 [*208*] October 12, 1901. My dear General: I am in receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, and am very anxious to see you when you come up. I am having great difficulty in getting any kind of a position about reciprocity. I shall have to go over the whole matter with you when you come here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, Military Governor of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.318 275 October 12, 1901. My dear Colonel Sanger: Informally I want to ask you about the proposition for the President's flag in the War Department. For twenty years there has been such a flag in the Navy Department, and unless there is a good reason to the contrary it seems to me inadvisable to have two separate flags. Why cannot the same flag be used? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary of War.319 October 12, 1901. My dear Patton: I have your letter of the 10th instant and look forward to seeing you at Yale. Now let me thank you heartily for having told me about Jamison. Various people have been urging him for the judgeship. You gave me the exact information I desired. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Patton, 925 Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 320 October 12, 1901. My dear Mr. Cranston: I am in receipt of your letter of the 11th instant. I cannot conceive that any man who has any loyalty to the principles of the Republican party should fail to support so admirable a representative as Mr. Lewis would be. We should indeed be fortunate to have him advance in our counsel. But I must ask you not to use this publicly, for the simple reason that I cannot under any circumstances interfere in any local contests. I wish I could give Lewis some good Federal appointment, for he is a type of man I most heartily respect. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt John. S. Cranston, Esq., 8 Exchange Place, Boston, Mass.321 285 October 12, 1901. My dear Mr. Evans: In looking over your excellent report it has occured to me that if possible I should like somewhere an expression of your profound sympathy and fellow feeling with your comrades; of your honest desire to see every deserving veteran who is entitled to a pension receive one; of your efforts to that effect, etc., etc. Will you see me some time and talk over this point? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions.322 October 12, 1901. My dear Jim: I am in receipt of your letter of the 11th instant. I wish I could come, but it is absolutely out of the question. The time for my making speaking engagements is, I fear, pretty well over. Some time or other this winter we must get Fannie and you down here. You have got to visit us in the White House! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. R. Parsons, Jr., Secretary, Regents Office, Albany, N. Y.323 [243] Dear Mr. Youngs: The first time you are in New York will you please to visit General Burnett, the United States District Attorney! I saw him this afternoon. He says he knows and likes and respects you and would be delighted to have you as one of his assistants. Let me know after you have seen him whether it is something you would like to go into. I do not know whether it will be worth your while or not; I fear it's starting in too small; but seemingly it is the only opening in [your] the legal line that I am apt to have. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Williams J. Youngs, Deputy Superintendent of Banks, Albany, N.Y.324 288 October 14, 1901. My dear Whitney: I have received the letter from McMillens enclosing check. I shall hold the check until I receive a reply to my last letter to you. As I said, not one word was mentioned about reproducing the articles in the Outing or any other magazine, and under no consideration whatever will I permit them to be used in Outing or any other magazine. Frankly I would much rather not have them [reproduced] printed at all, as things are now; and if you are discontented with the arrangement, please at once send the articles back to me and I will send you the check. In any event please let me know at once [if] that you intend [simply] only to publish them as certain chapters in a volume by McMillens, in their series edited by you, of hunting and fishing volumes. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Casper Whitney, Esq., Editor of Outing, New York, N. Y.325 October 14, 1901. My dear Mrs. Johnston: Just a line to say how pleased I am with your letter of the 8th instant. As you know, I am both fond of Gordon and proud of him. I hope you can be in Washington this winter so that I may see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. R. D. Johnston, 1721 Twelfth Avenue, South, Birmingham, Alabama.326 October 14, 1901. My dear De Viegre: I thank you for your letter of the 11th instant, with enclosed editorial. I have had Louisiana matters especially in view. Do you know John McIlhenny of Avery's Island, formerly a lieutenant in my regiment? I have great confidence in him. He is a Democrat and at present a member of the Louisiana Legislature. he introduced a Mr. Williams, the Chairman of the Republican State Committee, to me as a first class man in whom I could put every confidence. He also says that Clark, the Republican National Committeeman, is all right. Neither of these men have had anything to say, in the past, in reference to federal appointments in Louisiana. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Walter De Viegre, Villa Crest, Manchester, Mass.327 [*270*] October 14, 1901. My dear Doctor Mitchell: I have read your letter of October 11th carefully. I appreciate entirely your feelings, and I trust I understand the great service you have rendered to our country. But remember that if I take the latter into consideration in your case I must take the same into consideration in all other cases, and that would mean once for all the giving up of all the rights of the sons of army and navy officers. There is, or at least may be, a geographical reason why, in order not to deprive the South entirely of appointments, one or two should be make therefrom; but in the North there is absolutely no such reason of sound public policy. All that [can] could be said is that in one instance, for a very distinguished and able man, as a matter of favoritism, we depart from a given rule. For instance, in the case of your grand nephew, it [meant] would mean that the son of the dead Admirable Phillip, who fought the Texas at Santiago, should be passed328 by and after him the son of Admiral Taylor, who fought the Indians; the son of Sharpe, who commanded the Vixen, etc. etc. These [mere] men wholly without political influence, who devote[d] their entire lives to the country; men of small means, to whom such an appointment is more upon every account than it could be to almost anyone else. I am exceedingly sorry but I do not see how, with my present knowledge, I could deviate from the rule I have alid down. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Bar Harbor, Maine.329 312 Personal. October 14, 1901. My dear Murray: I am in receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, with enclosures. Those two letters are very interesting. They certainly show a low tone of political morality on Powerderly's part, and I am exceedingly grateful to you for having sent them to me, as it gives me the line I wanted on Powderly. As for the Senator's letter, it is of course exactly what I would have expected. I am glad to have it, for now I feel that if a vacancy should be made in the place, I shall make it my personal business to see that no politician is appointed, in other words no one who is not a good official pure and simple -- some such fellow as Weber, who is at present McMackin's assistant. Do you know young Weber? I wish you could see him. The Buffalo Weber I at one time though of for Partridge's place, but on investigation I did not gain a very high opinion of his strength330 of character. Your suggestion about consulting Wright is an admirable one and I shall do so at once. I return you the letters, but I earnestly wish you would keep them so I could get at them whenever necessary. I have take copies of them, which I shall keep, unless you think I should not. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt P.S. I have just seen Wright: He thinks well of Powderly as a public servant; he thinks very badly of Fitchie; and very well of young Weber, McMackin's assistant. Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler, Acting President, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. Enclosures.331 324 October, 15th, 1901. My dear Whitney: I have just received your note. I hate to be disagreeable, but there is a very great difference between having my articles published in a magazine and having them published in a book. As I wrote you, I would much rather not have them published at all while I am President; but after careful consideration I decided I had no business to go back on my contract, and so I sent them to you. But you never gave me a hint that you wanted them in Outing, as you will see if you will turn to your letters. Now it may well be that it is not worth your while to take them simply for a book, and in such case just send them back to me at once. I hate to seem churlish, but I could not have them published in a magazine. The Scribner pieces were of course in print and they had been expressly purchased by the Scribners for the magazine. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Caspar Whitney, Editor, Outing, New York, N. Y.332 October 14, 1901. Darling Bye: Mr. Cortelyou will write you at once as to the details. I am looking forward to seeing you. I cannot possibly preside at or attend any memorial exercises of any kind for anyone. It would serve as a precedent for a deluge of other invitations. Your plans entirely suit me. I take it for granted you, Helen and Alice are going down with me on the train to New Haven; we'll see you have everything. Ever yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Mrs. William S. Cowles, Oldgate, Farmington, Conn.333 October 15, 1901. My dear Mr. Jessup: I thank you heartily for your very kind invitation. I wish I could accept. I should particularly like to speak at the Chamber of Commerce in my own State, where President McKinley was to have spoken; but it is out of the question for me to make any addresses until after Congress meets. For various reasons, I wish to make no public utterance until my message goes before Congress. I have declined every invitation. I am extremely sorry. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Morris K. Jessup, President, Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, New York, N. Y.334 264 October 16, 1901. Hon. B.B. Odell, Newburgh, N.Y. Letter receive. Have mailed you answer to Newburgh. Hope you can without fail come down to be here Sunday night or Monday morning. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.335 334 Private and Confidential. October 16, 1901. My dear Governor: I wanted to see you before, but in view of the last paragraph of your letter I am doubly anxious to see you now. I have not the slightest idea to what you can possibly refer when you say "some things have led me to believe that I have done something that was not just in line with your wishes." I am sure not only that I never felt this but that I never said anything to anyone that could be tortured into meaning it. Now, my dear Sir, you need not have the least feeling that any "vicious character can make trouble between us", so far as I am concerned. I have not seen the newspaper quotations to which you allude, but of course I understand that every kind of creature will bring tales to each of us as to what the other is supposed to feel or to say or to intend. As far336 as I am concerned these tales will be absolutely disregarded. I shall not even remember them. For Heaven's sake, come down at once! I leave Monday evening about ten o'clock for New Haven. I wish you would come down Sunday and spend the night at the White House; but if you want to come down unknown I fear you had better not come to the White House then. At least get away in time to take lunch with me Monday. I will have no one else present. We can go over the whole business afterwards-- and when I say whole business I mean the things concerning which I wish to talk with you, [then] and still more these matters to which you allude. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Governor of New York, Newburgh, N.Y. P.S. Of course come down exactly as you desire; but I should advise that you come openly, [??] [rea?l??y] here Sunday in time to take dinner and spend the night, or Monday in time for breakfast lunch and dinner; and in [??] [case?] come to stay at the White House.337 [*261*] October 17, 1901. Hon. Frederick W. Holls, 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Instead of Friday night, come Saturday to lunch at half past one. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. [*313*] October 17, 1901. Douglas Rebinzer, 160 Broadway, New York, N.Y. No necessity whatever to come on. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.338 [*100*] October 16, 1901. My dear Senator Perkins: I want to appoint a Methodist from California or somewhere on the Pacific Coast to be a chaplain in the army. Can you give me such a man? I want him to be a first rate fellow in every way and peculiarly fitted to do good work for the enlisted men as well as to be no discredit to his cloth when among the officers. Will you get me such a man as soon as possible? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Geo. C. Perkins, U.S.S., Oakland, Cal.339 226 October 16, 1901. My dear Mr. White: I thank you much both for your letter and for the editorials. You took exactly the right tone. In great haste. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. A. White, Emporia, Kansas.340 October 16, 1901. My dear Mr. Matthews: I have at once requested information about the De Barry matter. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. Geo. E. Matthews, The Buffalo Express, Buffalo, N.Y.341 340 Personal. October 16, 1901. My dear Mr. Matthews: I thank you heartily. I particularly appreciate any information about the Public Printer. I have understood that the present incumbent is a good man and so supposed I would keep him. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George E. Matthews, The Buffalo Express, Buffalo, N.Y.342 October 16, 1901. My dear Mr. Lummis: I thank you very much for your letter. Can't you get on to Washington? I should so like to see you. Fairhfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Charles F. Lummis, Los Angeles, Cal.343 43 October 16, 1901. My dear Senator: I thank you heartily for your letter. I shall announce the appointment very shortly. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Albert J. Beveridge, U.S.S., The Waldorf-Astoria, New York, N.Y.344 October 16, 1901. My dear Judge: I thank you heartily. From all I can learn Mr. Hunt is a particularly good man. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John M. Harlan, Washington, D.C.345 221 October 16, 1901. My dear Father Doyle: Please let me know about that priest at once. I ought to make the appointment right away. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. A.P. Doyle, 415 West 59th Street, New York, N.Y.346 October 16, 1901. My dear Billings: Your letter really pleased me, first for what you said about me, and [then finally] next for what you said about Ted. I am proud of the little fellow and have trust in him. I shall show your letter to his mother. Sometime while I am President I have got to get to Groton. Of course if you come down to Washington I want you to take dinner or lunch with me at the White House. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Sherrard Billings, Groton School, Groton, Mass.347 October 16, 1901. My dear Mr. Simpson: I thank you heartily. You will do me a favor if you will let me know the character and capacity of any man who comes up for reappointment to a federal office in Texas, or who is a candidate for appointment. I do not intend knowingly to appoint any but firstrate men, and I want the men whom I can trust to give me in confidence any information they may have concerning any candidate. Will you help me out in this way? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John N. Simpson, Dallas, Texas.348 279 October 14, 1901. My dear Judge: What you suggest suits me entirely, and I shall look forward to seeing you then. I want to assure you that everything you have done and said since your appointment has made me feel a profound satisfaction with having chosen you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Thomas G. Jones, Montgomery, Alabama.349 253 October 16, 1901. My dear Elihu: Do not come back too quickly. Stay just as long as you feel it will do you good. You have a hard winter ahead of you and ought to get in as fair condition as possible. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 25 East 59th Street, New York, N.Y.350 284 Personal. October 16, 1901. Dear Senator: It would not be possible to get wiser advice than that contained in your letter of the 12th, and I shall act exactly upon it. I shall go slow, and do nothing until I have had a chance to consult you and Payne and get at the best advice I possibly can have from the Southern States themselves. As you probably know, Blalock went on a protracted and involved spree in this city, leaving a wake so broad that it was only too easy to trace him. I have been consulting McLaurin and Capers as to his successor and have been privately getting advice from Judges Simenten and Brawley. I shall see McLaurin again this week about it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. M. A. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio.351 124 Personal October 15, 1901. My dear Archbishop Ireland: I thank you heartily for the most kind and cordial message conveyed to me through you by Cardinal Rampolla. Believe me, I greatly appreciate it, and desire that you extend the assurance of my warm thanks and distinguished regard through Cardinal Rampolla to the Venerable Pontiff. Again thanking you, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Archbishop Ireland, St. Paul, Minn.352 [338] October 17, 1901. My dear Mr. Perkins: I am very much obliged to you. I had a long and satisfactory talk with Robert Bacon the other day. I wish you would come over [with him] any time after Wednesday next. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George C. Perkins, Riverdale-on-Hudson, N. Y.353 323 October 16, 1901. Dear Mr. Youngs: Of course, run down to Washington whenever you have time; but I strongly urge that you call on General Burnett first. As I told you, all I am doubtful about is the remuneration; but perhaps I can help to a certain extent with that after word from you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Are you sure that if you come down here you will not arouse suspicion there on the part of your superior officers? Do nothing that could give the belief you are not absolutely devoted to your present work and chief. Hon. Wm. J. Youngs, Banking Department, Albany, N. Y.354 October 16, 1901. My dear Senator: I want to appoint a chaplain in the army. I would like to appoint a man from Kansas, by preference a Baptist as the army is very short of Baptists. Can you give me a first class young fellow, able to do real good work among the enlisted men and yet not be out of place at the officer's mess? I want him to be in every way a credit to his cloth and to the service. Can you recommend me such a man? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. R. Burton, U.S.S., Abilene, Kansas.(COPY) 354A Oct. 16, 1901. My dear Sir The President is very desirous of seeing you about some matters of interest, and before he completes his message would like to have an opportunity to talk with you. Will you kindly inform me when you expect to be in Washington? Very truly yours, George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, Providence, R.I. (In Mr. Cortelyou's handwriting) The President will be away from Washington from Monday to Thursday of next week. G. B. Cortelyou.355 32 October 18, 1901. John C. Greenway, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Com here on your way to Yale for a night or two, or else spend Thursday and Friday evenings of next week here. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.356 Personal. October 17, 1901. My dear Hall: Mrs. Roosevelt has shown me your note. The messengership will be ready for you on November 1st. You had better be on here at that time. It pays $900 a year. Now that you have decided, I want you to remember exactly what I told you. This is a saving to me of $600 a year, which is the amount I would have paid you if you had stayed with me. I shall not get a coachman in your place, for I would have paid you the money for your sake, not because I needed you. It is therefore to my interest that you should take this position. I am not at all sure that it is for your interest, but of that you are yourself the judge, and as you have decided that it is for your interest the position is yours.357 If you do well you will hold the position during the three years and four months I have to serve; of course it being understood that you must do well, as I am sure you will. At the end of the tree years and four months you may be kept on or you may not. That I cannot foretell. If you are not kept on it may be that we shall be able to take you back as coachman; but about this I cannot promise, for I have no idea what may happen. I think it best to say this in writing, so that there may be no misunderstanding. Let me know at once if you will be on here by the first of November. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Franklin Hall, Oyster Bay, N.Y.358 337 Personal. October 17, 1901. Dear Douglas: I will carefully consider Mr. Owen's letter. Of course it is impossible for me to make a promise of any kind or sort. About Mr. Gill, the thing is that I would probably, if I make any appointment at all of a man who is not the son of an officer, take a man of Confederate ancestry, because I must have the South represented and that is the one section from which I do not get sons of army and navy officers. But I think it would have to be General Bradley T. Johnson's grandson, whose appointment I urged upon President McKinley. There is no need whatever to [in] break[ing] up your party in coming on, in order to discuss the trust question. I can just as well have you come on later and look over the matter, or else I can send you my[359] trust business when I have got it through. Perkins may just as well make up his mind that I will not make my message one hair's breadth milder. Bacon gave me valuable suggestions on which I shall act. Perkins simply represented the effort to sit back in the harness. After having found that such effort was worse than useless Bacon decided to help me as to the direction in which I should go, and this was practical. Of course, don't quote these expressions to Perkins. Simply, say I should be very glad to see him at any time after Wednesday next. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Douglas Robinson, 160 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 360 Personal. October 16, 1901. My dear Mr. Pinchot: I have just had a conversation with Secretary Hitchcock about the Forestry Division in the Land Office. He informs me that he has had an explicit understanding with Mr. Hermann; that Mr. Hermann absolutely and without reservation acquiesces in the Secretary's determination that if you come over you will have an absolutely free hand, and that what you say as to the policies to be pursued, the men to be appointed, etc., etc., shall be done without question so far as Mr. Hermann is concerned. In other words, you will have exactly the same freedom as though you were the independent head of the bureau. There will not be one shadow of difference. Under these circumstances it seems to me utterly unimportant that you should merely put your initials on a letter instead of signing it yourself. What you and I and the Secretary are after is to get results. It is of no more consequence to you from a personal standpoint that your name should be there than that the Secretary's name should be there, or mine. We all of us have a common object. It seems to me to be to the last degree unwise to refuse to take advantage of the chance to do such excellent work because of anything so unimportant as having your initials on a letter instead of signing it. The condition of affairs is not expected to be permanent. It is expected to be a transition stage, which361 2 shall itself develop conditions which will enable us in the future to make a permanent establishment. As long as the Secretary and I are here you will have precisely as much liberty of action, precisely as good a chance to do your work, as if you signed your name instead of your initials. From my point of view it is perfectly obvious that where the matter is really trivial you should not hesitate for a moment in acceding to the Secretary's wishes. He presents what seem to me good reasons against such an entire innovation as having you sign your own name. It would create a precedent that would certainly plague us, and cause in all probability real disorganization of the service. If you choose, you might show this to Secretary Wilson. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Department of Agriculture.362 October 18, 1901. The Acting Secretary of War: In reference to your letter to Senator Stewart, copy of which is enclosed, Senator Stewart gives me the attached memorandum in traversal. I would like a full report from you on this matter. T. Roosevelt 363 [*339*] Personal - October 18, 1901. My dear White: I absolutely agree with you about writing my life. It is exactly as I feel about it myself. Now about [*?*] [?]. I think that I ought to have as soon as possible a majority of the Congressional delegation in his behalf. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. A. White, . Emporia, Kans.364 [*329*] October 16, 1901. Dear Murray: I shall be very glad to have you come on Saturday, the 26th, and spend Sunday. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.365 319 October 18, 1901. Dear Mr. Patton: I particularly appreciate your letter of the 15th instant, and thank you cordially for writing me. Do give me any information you have about any holder of a public office or any applicant for a public office. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Patton, Grand Rapids, Michigan.366 October 18, 1901. Dear Mr. Kent: I thank you cordially for your letter and appreciate the editorial which you enclosed. It is especially pleasant for me to hear from my North Dakota friends. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. E.H. Kent, Lacota, N.D.367 October 19, 1901. My dear Major Harlow: Mr. Proctor will hand you this letter, which will do just as well as if I saw you. As I wrote you the other day, I feel that because of conditions affecting the public service, which I need not detail, I desire to make a change in the personnel of the Civil Service Commission. I have spoken to the Postmaster General, explaining to him my appreciation of your past services, and my belief that you could do well in the post office at St. Louis. You will be reinstated in the service there in the cashier's department at a salary of $2,600. I shall ask you, therefore, to send over your resignation to take effect when your successor qualifies. The position will be offered to Hon. William Dudley Foulke. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John H. Harlow, Civil Service Commission, Washington, D.C.368 68 October 19, 1901. William Dudley Foulke, Care [Mr.] George McAneny, secretary U.S. Civil Service Reform Association, 54 William Street, New York. Immediate. I wish to appoint you Civil Service Commissioner, and feel that under the circumstances it is your plain duty to accept. I shall count upon your doing so. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.369 October 19, 1901. Dear General Davis: I asked yesterday your opinion of Captain Street. I send you this letter and shall be glad if you will see Colonel Sanger, in the absence of Secretary Root, and tell him I have asked you for your opinion in the matter that I may take it up in connection with other reports from the War Department. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Brig. Gen. George B. Davis, Judge Advocate General, U. S. A., War Department.370 Private October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Washington: I thought your letter to the Evening Star so admirable that I must write you a line to tell you so. Perhaps it may be my good fortune to see you on some occasion when I am [may be] able to go over to attend your church, which I am anxious to do. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Lawrence Washington, Esq., Alexandria, Va.371 October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Holmes: Who is the present head of the office? When does his term expire? I want you to write me a letter, containing no allusion to politics, but stating your service, military and civil, and if possible accompanied by recommendations from three or four business men, as well as from General Hall [Height]. Will you do this at once? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. E. G. Holmes, Victor, Col.372 291 October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Hewitt: I shall always keep your letter. I shall look over your speech on reciprocity with a great deal of interest. It [would be] is a pleasure to hear from you about it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, New York, N. Y.373 October 19, 1901. Blessed Ted: I was very sorry to learn that you had broken your collar bone; but I am glad you played right through the game, and that you seem[ed] to have minded it so little. It is hard luck to lose the rest of the foot ball season, but still you have had four good weeks and you must have improved a great deal. I understand you have played steadily at "end", which I should think would be exactly your right position. I hope you are getting on all right with your studies. You know how I like you to enjoy your play; but I want you to do your work first. I am having any amount of work myself. It is no easy job to be President. But I am thoroughly enjoying it and I think so far I have done pretty well. My play consists in riding Bleistein, who has turned out a capital374 horse. Mother rides Ygenka with me, and looks so young and pretty that I heard the other day that someone had said "she must be his daughter, for she is only a girl". Archie and Quentin are just as cunning as can be. This evening I had a "bear" play with them in their room and Kermit and Ethel could not resist the temptation and came in also, and we had a terrific romp on the bed. Both Mr. Horace Devereux and Mr. Philip Stewart have been here, and I [have] treated them as playmates and took rides and scrambles with them. Your loving father, Theodore Roosevelt Master Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Groton School, Groton, Mass.375 [*287*] October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Hitchcock: I am delighted to see that Pinchot says he will be glad to accept in accordance with the terms of my letter. I send you a copy of my letter, so that if any hitch comes over it you will have it at hand. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. E.A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior. Enclosure.376 [*298*] October 19, 1901. Dear Cabot: I like that editorial. In Virginia I think we can get a good Republican for judge. I hear excellent reports, for instance, of Henry Clay McDowell, the son of Major McDowell, the Union soldier and Republican leader of Lexington, Kentucky. I know Lala and would like to appoint him. I do not exactly know how to do it. Suppose his papers are prepared and I send them on to Taft and see what he can do. Ted broke his collar bone playing football in a match game. It is not a serious fracture, and he continued to play through the game, and for two or three days afterwards before he found out what was the matter. Edith on the whole feels relieved, thinking that it means no more football for this377 season. I have just read your private note. Morgan is all right for the treaty, and insists that the opposition to it will now completely break down. I will consult with Edith about the Judas phrase in my message, as you suggest. I look forward to seeing Wolcott. But there are some awful people in Colorado at present. He shall have the appointments, only he must give me men that will come up to my standards. When I say he(underline) I suppose that Stevenson is acting for him. I shall write to Senator Daniel at once. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Nahant, Mass. 378 October 19, 1901. My dear General: Thank you so much for the letter from Judge Thomas, who was quite right; and your information about Wilson, for which I also thank you heartily. It was a great pleasure to see you the other day. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Henry L. Burnett, United States Attorney, New York, N.Y. 379 October 19, 1901. My dear Thayer: I thank you sincerely, and I owe you gratitude for having sent me the account of what Henry Higginsin did. I shall write him a line to say how deeply touched I am. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William R. Thayer, 8 Berkeley Street, Cambridge, Mass.380 [*173*] October 19, 1901. My dear Major Higginsin: I have just heard of the close of your address at the Harvard reunion, in which you wished me well with such [sincere expressiveness.] [i????l [???t????ty]. It has touched me deeply, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Major Henry L. Higginsin, State Street, Boston, Mass.[*381*] [*321*] October 19, 1901. My dear Commissioner Evans: I do not think your paper the other day was as clear as I should like to have it. I want to answer definitely the people who insist that medical referees should not pass on what has been done by the legal referees. Will you state it to me explicitly and concisely in writing, or at least as concisely as you can, so that I can answer? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions.382 October 19, 1901. My dear Senator Mitchell: I have received from Senator Simon a very long and strong protest against Mr. Bibee, stating that he is the inferior in character and qualifications of the opposing candidate for the position. When are you coming to Washington? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John H. Mitchell, U.S.S., Portland, Oregon. 383 October 18, 1901. My dear Ashton: How I wish I could go on that hunt with you! But I fear it is impossible now. Did you see in the current Scribner's my account of my cougar hunt? If I get to the Pacific Coast next year I shall look forward to seeing Mrs. Ashton and yourself. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J.M. Ashton, Fidelity Building, Tacoma, Washington. 384 October 18, 1901. My dear Mr. Harrison: I thank you heartily. It will always be a pleasure having met you when you were here last year. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frederic Harrison, 38 Westbourne Terrace, W., London, England.385 362(underline) Personal.(underline) October 18, 1901. Hon. Wm. Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary of War: Referring to the enclosed telegram, I desire young Mitchell examined at once for a lieutenancy. If he does well, I should then desire to have him detailed to transport duty. This is the case about which I spoke recently. It was one of the cases which President McKinley had considered. Senator Mitchell insists that he had been promised an appointment in the Quartermaster's Department, but there is no record of any such promise being made. I do not feel it just to appoint the young man to be captain and quartermaster, but I feel that he is entitled under the circumstances to be made a first lieutenant, and that, he being 35 years 386 old and in view of his service in the transport department, he be detailed to serve therein as soon as it is proper, for the usual period and under the usual conditions. Theodore Roosevelt Enclosure.387 October 19, 1901. My dear Denegre: Call upon me without fail. When you go through Washington I want to have you come to lunch or dinner and go over Louisiana matters with me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Walter D. Denegre, Manchester, Mass. 388 [*202*] Personal. October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Cassatt: The enclosed explain themselves. Will you give me your views therein? It was the greatest pleasure to have you to dinner the other evening. Remember, we are all going [to go] together to that football game.. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. A. J. Cassatt, President, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa. Enclosures. 389 October 19, 1901. My dear Major: I will take up that collectorship at El Paso at once. Now can you give me the names of some really first class men in Texas! Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Major W. H. H. Llewellyn, Las Cruces, N. M.390 October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Fox: This is first class. Do you think I can get some testimony or letters as to McDewell's professional capacity? His high personal character I shall assume from my knowledge of his father. When are you coming to Washington? I want you to take dinner or lunch with me here the first time it is possible. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John Fox, Jr., 10 East 28th Street, New York, N.Y.391 Personal. October 19, 1901. Dear Doctor Greenway: I thank you cordially. I have asked Mr. Remmel to call on you. He came yesterday with Colonel Mitchell who vouched for him heartily, although a Democrat. Will you confidentially give me a line or two on Mr. Remmel? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Gilbert C. Greenway, Hot Springs, Ark.[*392*] Personal. October 19, 1901. My dear Mr. Klepper: I thank you heartily for your letter. As you say, the matter of which I spoke to you is of small consequence now. Our present concern is to give as good an administration as possible in the interest of the people and therefore of our party. Now I want your help. In your Congressional district: I want you to give me the names of one or two people, beside yourself, upon whom I can depend for an absolutely square deal when it comes to making appointments. Then will you also please advise me for or against any man who is in office, or is a candidate for office, in the portions of Missouri with which you are acquainted? I want to appoint only men of the highest integrity and [conformity?]. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frank B. Klepper, Kingston, Mo.393 [*74*] October 19, 1901. My dear Davis: Your letter really pleases me and I like very much that cartoon from Punch. Now be sure to let me know a few days in advance when Mrs. Davis and you can come to Washington. We want to have you dine with us at the White House. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Richard Harding Davis, Marion, Mass.394 October 19, 1901. Dear Harry: Good! Saturday, November 2nd, suits me entirely. How many can come? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H.B. Chapin, Boston & Albany Railroad Office, Boston, Mass.395 October 19, 1901. Dear Billy: I was very glad to hear from you. Will you not come down with Chapin on November 2d? See Chapin Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William Hooper, 101 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.396 Personal. October 19, 1901. My dear Captain Muller: I think it much better for you to lay those facts before me in writing for they will certainly be traversed by some of our other friends. Dave Goodrich for instance has been very strong for Otero. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Captain Frederick Muller, Santa Fe, N.M. [*397*] [*389.*] [*Personal.*] October 19, 1901. My dear Major: I was sure you would approve of my [dispensing] refusing [with] a body-guard. Excepting in a crowd I do not think a body-guard is the least use. Of course there is always the chance that a desperate man willing to give his own life may attack anyone under circumstances which will render him, even though the best man alive, helpless. But if there is any chance to break even with a would-be assassin I think the man himself, if alert and resolute, has a better opportunity to defend himself than any body-guard [he ?] could have to defend him. I am very much pleased with what you tell me about the regiment. You must get on here and give398 me a chance to see you some time in the not too distant future. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Major W.H.H. Llewellyn, Las Cruces, N.Mex.399 October 21, 1901. Gen. S. G. Dyrenforth, Commander-in-Chief, Union Veterans' Union, Chicago, Ill. Please accept for yourself and your associates and those in attendance at your meeting my congratulations and best wishes. Theodore Roosevelt.400 October 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Sage: I am very glad to hear from you. Let me know well in advance before you come here next year, for I want to see you either at my house at Oyster Bay or here at the White House. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Arthur J. Sage, 231 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Australia.401 October 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Snyman: That was a very kind and courteous note of yours, and I appreciate it. I shall count upon seeing you as soon as you get to Washington. Bring the check and I will have it forwarded at once to Mrs. Snyman. Stewart has been telling me much about you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. D. Snyman, Care, P. B. Stewart, Colorado Springs, Colo. 402 October 21, 1901. My dear Macaulay: It is a pleasure to hear from you. I had no idea where you were. Joe Ferris is still at Medora. Do you ever think of our buffalo hunt? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. H. Macaulay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.403 [350] October 21, 1901. My dear Mr. Hanna: I thank you cordially. You give me just the information I wish. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H.H. Hanna, Indianapolis, Ind. 404 October 21, 1901. My dear Colonel Andrews: Will you treat the enclosed as confidential? It comes from Mr. Hanna, the Gold Democrat, about Mr. Fries of Winston-Salem. Do you agree to Mr. Hanna's estimate of Mr. Fries? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. A.B. Andrews, Raleigh, N.C. 405 October 21, 1901. Dear Aunt Lizzie: Can I spend Monday night, November 4th, at your house? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, 4 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y.[*406*] Personal. [*269*] October 21, 1901. My dear Seth: Monday night before election I shall be at my aunt's (Mrs. Roosevelt's) 4 West 57th Street. If I were not President I should call on you. As I am, do you think you could get in for a few minutes to see me and tell me how things are going? I do wish you could [get] have some friend [of] to bring Odell down to see you and get him actively identified with your canvass. I know that he is anxious to do everything in his power to help you, and I think that to have him openly identified with the canvass would be a good thing. I wish you would see him; send for him if necessary. Senator Platt was in yesterday, and I know that he [will have his company pulling together] is doing all he can. He says he has kept away from you because he thought that the wise thing to do. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Seth Low, New York, N. Y.[*407*] [*233*] Personal. October 21, 1901. My dear Bishop: All right. I am immensely amused by the Anti's. In great haste, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, The Commercial Advertiser, New York, N. Y. Thanks for what you said on the Booker T. Washington matter; I really felt melancholy for the south at the way the southerners behaved in the matter. Do come to Washington again soon. Foulke's appointment is all right.[*408*] Personal. [*232*] October 21, 1901. My dear Dr. Jordan: You write me about what I am especially interested in. In the evidence before us there was little or nothing bad stated against Judge Humphreys, except as to his temper; but on this I was not satisfied as to where the right lay. Did you come across Mr. Sewall or Colonel Parker while in the Islands, or learn anything with reference to the way in which they are regarded by the native people? I should be greatly obliged by as full a statement as you can make me with reference to Hawaiian conditions, and shall treat it as entirely confidential. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. David S. Jordan, Stanford University, California.409 [*304*] October 24, 1901. Dear Fred: Will you tell me about the writer of this and give me any information about the matter itself? Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Frederick Fincke, Esq., Utica, N.Y.[*410*] [*262*] Personal. October 24, 1901. My dear Mr. McKelway: You have given me exactly the information I wanted. No one shall know that you have written me. But unless you object you I will, using my language and not your phraseology, quote some of your conclusions later as from a man I know in Brooklyn, in writing to Mr. Low on asking for his judgment. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. St. Clair McKelway, Editor Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.[*410 1/2*] 391 October 24, 1901. My dear Dr. Greenway: Will you, [quietly] confidentially tell me about the character and reputation of James Brizzolara, the present Postmaster at Fort Smith? I am sorry to bother you in this way. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. G. C. Greenway, Hot Springs, Ark. [*411*] Personal. October 24, 1901. Dear Lucius: I can not write that message, though I should like to. As to the Booker T. Washington incident, I had no thought whatever of anything save of having a chance of showing some little respect to a man whom I cordially esteem as a good citizen and good American. The outburst of feeling in the South about it is to me literally inexplicable. It does not anger me. As far as I am personally concerned I regard their attacks with the most contemptuous indifference, but I am very melancholy that such feeling should exist in such bitterly aggravated form in any part of our country. There are certain points where I would not swerve from my views if the entire people was a unit against me, and this is one of them. I would not lose my self-respect by fearing to have a man like Booker T. Washington to412 dinner if it cost me every political friend I have got. Nevertheless it is very gratifying to have you write as you do. By the way, I want Odell to tell you all about our meeting the other day. It was most satisfactory and I don't think there is the least chance of any future misunderstanding. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Lucius M. Littauer, M. C., Gloversville, N. Y. [*413*] [*335*] October 25, 1901. My dear Governor: At Yale I met Seth Low, and had a very nice talk with him. He had been greatly pleased to see you at the Union League Club. I mentioned to him how important I felt it was that all of us should work heartily together, each trying to help the others up; and that of course I knew that he felt as I did -- that you must be re-nominated next year. He cordially agreed with me, remarking that as far as he was concerned, if elected Mayor, under no circumstances would he fail to serve out his term. He was evidently really pleased at what you had said and done. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Odell and tell her how delighted I was at our conversation the other day. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Governor of New York, Albany, N.Y. 414 October 25, 1901. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, and am really pleased with the trophy you so kindly sent me. It is a memento that 1 prize, and I thank you heartily for it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William P. Flood, 417 Eight Street, S. E. Washington, D. C. 415 [*405*] October 25, 1901. Dear Aunt Lizzie: I have a favor to ask of you. Would you mind inviting Grant and Florence LaFarge to dinner on Monday night before election, when I come on? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, 4 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y.416 [*257*] October 25, 1901. My dear Stewart: I suppose you have been amused at finding that our innocent dinner to Booker T. Washington has not only become a national but an international affair. It never entered my head that any human being would so much as comment upon it, for it [was so] seemed entirely obvious and natural to show Booker Washington a little ordinary courtesy, as I was consulting and advising with him on public policies of real importance. I enclose you my check for $150 as your share of the Scribner's articles. This is putting the text at a trifle over twice the value of the photographs, and I am inclined to think I am doing you an injustice; but it is perfectly useless to ask you to tell me if I am, so I have just got to take the chances! John Greenway is staying with me, and I am thoroughly enjoying him. I was received at Yale in a way that really did me good. 417 With warm regards to Mrs. Stewart, I am, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Philip B. Stewart, Colorado Springs, Colo. Will you see Edward Kent, [?]. Don't [a??y] in Denver, is go over some of the appointments with him?-- or rather the character of the appointees. He is a gentleman. I shall see [Meil?s] Carnahan?. I saw Wolcott today, & told him I wanted him to see you. I saw Geller, again, I fear I cannot take his statements rare until careful discount for his bitter party prejudices.418 [*356*] October 25, 1901. Dear Hall: I have received your letter of the 21st. Of course suit your own convenience about coming on, as long as you do not put it off too far. Let me know when you come. But I shall not need you in my service after November 1, as there is now nothing more for a coachman to do for me. So after November 1, just let me know the date that you can come on here. It had better be as soon as you can make it convenient. And after November 1st you will cease being my coachman. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Franklin Hall, Cagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 419 [*149*] October 25, 1901. [*Private.*] My dear Senator: I enclose this letter to you. Will you return it to me and give us a statement about the writer? Treat this as purely confidential. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. J. C. Pritchard, United States Senate. Enclosure.420 October 25, 1901. My dear Major Halford: I thank you heartily for your letter. I most genuinely appreciate your having written. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Major E. W. Halford, Paymaster, U. S. A. Manila, P. I. 421 October 25, 1901. Dear Mr. Reid: I hate not to do anything you ask, but it is utterly impossible for me to write such a "talk" now. In the first place, I have not the time; and in the next place, it would be a precedent that would plague me forever. With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. T. Reid, Belmont School, Belmont, Cal. 422 [*363*] Personal October 25, 1901. My dear White: First, will you get and send to me your book of stories? If not, I am going to buy it, but I would rather have it with your autograph. The endorsements of Leland are exactly what I desire, and certainly no man could wish stronger ones. These are very amusing clippings. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt P.S. [?] perusing the above the Secretary of Agriculture told me a very compliment experience he had with Leland, which I do not wish to put in paper, but which gives me a really ? feeling about him Mr. W. A. White, Emporia, Kans.423 October 26, 1901. Darling Corinne: Before hearing from you I had arranged to spend Monday night before election at Aunt Lizzie's. I do not think you ought to break up your holiday on election say to come in and take lunch; so I shall just lunch at the Union League Club and go on to Washington on the Congressional Limited. I really greatly enjoyed Farmington and also the Yale ceremonies. Of course I wished I could see you and Douglas. I had a very nice talk with Warfield the other day. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Orange, N.J.424 October 26, 1901. My dear Senator Chandler: In my message I have been anxious not to go as minutely into detail as would be necessary for me to go if I embodied your paper. I think I shall send it to the Attorney-General, to see if he cannot put the greater part of it in his report. It seems to me that this is the wisest course to follow, for if I try to treat all subjects in such detail I may not be able to call attention to any of the salient matters. I was very glad to see you the other day at lunch. It is always such a pleasure to meet you Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William E. Chandler, Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, Washington, D.C.425 October 26, 1901. My dear Wheelan: I am obliged to you for writing me, and [in the first place] I thank you for your memory of me. I am glad you wrote what you did for the Merchants' Association Review. It is the kind of article that was needed. With best wishes. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. F. H. Wheelan, University Club, San Francisco, California.426 [*30*] October 26, 1901. My dear Gilder: I thank you for the Lincoln. I value it. I am so glad you had that particular photograph to put at the beginning. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Richard Watson Gilder, The Century Magazine, New York, N.Y. 427 [*184*] October 26, 1901. My dear Senator: I am sorry you have been under the weather. No; the newspapers had not a shadow of basis for what they said in the matter you referred to. I do hope that as soon after election as possible you can be down here, in order that I may go over the tariff part of my message with you, as well as one or two other portions. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Eugene Hale, Ellsworth, Maine.428 October 26, 1901. My dear Brander: The essays have come. I am delighted to receive them. Most of them of course I know well. It was great fun catching a glimpse of you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Prof. Brander Matthews, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.429 [*65*] October 25, 1901. My dear General: I thank you heartily and much appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. D. E. Sickles, 100 Broadway, New York, N.Y.430 [*Private*] October 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Barbour: I thank you for your letter. That editorial in the Detroit Free Press pleased me immensely for it expressed exactly my feelings. Of course I do not wish this letter made public, but if you happen to know the writer of the editorial I wish you would tell [me] him. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George H. Barbour, The Michigan Stove Company, Detroit, Mich.431 October 25, 1901. Dear Gardiner: I thank you heartily and appreciate your writing me. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. Gardiner Martin Lane, 341 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.432 October 25, 1901. My dear Mrs. Lowell: I am glad you like the appointment of Foulke. I saw the Purity Alliance representatives, and also Dr. Gregory. With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell, 120 East 30th Street, New York, N.Y.433 Personal. October 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Petrie: Your letter gave me real pleasure. Yes, I was the boy of whom you speak. With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. James Petrie. East Rutherford, N. J. 434 October 25, 1901. My dear General Hale: I thank you for your letter. I greatly appreciate your having written it to me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt General Irving Hale, Denver, Colo.435 October 25, 1901. My dear Sir: I thank you greatly for your courtesy. It will give me particular pleasure to see the copy of [your] the history. Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Mr. A.M. Macmurphy, Augusta, Ga. 436 October 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Hofer: I hope that elk meat comes all right. I should particularly like to get it. I look forward to seeing you when you get here. Faithfully yours, T. Roosevelt The elk has come and is first class! Thank you heartily. Mr. Elwood Hofer, Gardiner, Park Co., Montana.437 October 25, 1901. My dear Mr. Jones: I want to put something about the Indians in my message. The enclosed has been submitted to me by the Indian Commissioners. Will you return it at your earliest convenience, with any comments you have to make? Sincerely yours, T. Roosevelt Hon. William A. Jones Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. Enclosure.438 [*72*] October 25, 1901. Fellow Patriarch: Three cheers for you, and for the even more important wife of the Patriarch, and for the family well begun! I am delighted at the news! Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Owen Wister, 328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.439 October 26, 1901. My dear Lieutenant Werlich: After some thought I have approved of your promotion. I want now to send you this private and personal letter. It appears that you have sometimes taken too much liquor. After careful consideration I have decided to treat this as offset by your good conduct in action in the Philippines and the way in which you have won the approbation of your superior officers and on two occasions of General Lewton. But I wish to send you an emphatic word of warning. My experience has been that when a man finds himself tending to drink too much the only chance for him is to stop short and drink nothing. I make no condition in your promotion. I have not the right to, and if I had the right I would not exercise it. But for your own sake and for the sake of the service which is so dear to us both I wish greatly that you440 would write me pledging me your word as an officer and a gentleman that you would never again under any circumstances permit yourself to get under the influence of liquor; and indeed, I wish you would make up your mind to say that you would never again drink liquor. This letter will not go on the official files, and no one will know that I have written to you. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Lieut. Percival J. Werlich, U.S.N., Care Navy Department.441 231 Personal. October 26, 1901. My dear Mr. Kohlsaat: The President never gives letters, but I will have the Secretary of State give the letter you ask. Some time I would like to talk with you over how things are going along here. I am much saddened by the views of the South in reference to Booker T. Washington. But of course it will not make me alter my policy. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat, Chicago Record-Herald, Chicago, Illinois.442 266 October 26, 1901. My dear Sir: Mr. Barbour Lathrop, a brother of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, is about to go on an extended tour in the South Seas. I write at the President's direction to ask that the usual letter of introduction to our diplomatic and consular officers abroad be issued to Mr. Lathrop and sent to him in care of Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat, Editor Chicago Record-Herald, Chicago, Illinois. Very truly yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou Secretary to the President. Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State.443 [*394*] October 25, 1901. Dear Harry: I shall expect eleven of you to dine Saturday evening November 2nd at 7.30. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt [?] H. S. [?] Chopin Office of Boston & Albany Railroad Boston, Mass.444 [*Private*] October 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Travers: Mr. Loeb has told me about your wishing to send a pianola to the White House. You are more than kind, and we will accept it with the greatest pleasure. It is awfully good of you. I do hope on more accounts than one that Low wins out. It seems to me to be important not only from the standpoint of the city, but from the standpoint of the State and Nation. How splendidly Philbin's work has told in the contest! With renewed thanks and warm regards, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frank C. Travers, 107 Duane Street, New York, N. Y. 445 October 28, 1901. My dear young Friends: Your letter pleased and touched me greatly. I wish I could come with Colonel Vrooman to see you. There are very few things I should like more to do, but as it is impossible, I send you my best wishes and my thanks for your remembrance; and I want to tell you that some of the highest and best men I know in professional, commercial, and public life have come from your institution and from others like it. Every one of you has just the same chance that is open to any many, self-respecting, American boy who starts in life with the resolution to do his duty both to others and to himself. With best wishes, believe me, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Masters Max M. Sandler, Clyde W. Wells, and Frank Sullivan, New York Juvenile Asylum, 175th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N. Y.446 [*388*] October 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Cassatt: Not hearing from you, I dictated the enclosed as a rough draft of what I shall say as to Interstate Commerce. I am hard at work on my message, and am anxious to have it completed at the earliest possible date. Would you, therefore, send me back the enclosed with your comments as soon as convenient? Before the end of this week Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. A. J. Cassatt, President, Pennsylvania Railroad, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. Enclosure.447 October 28, 1901. Dear Leila: The President cannot give letters but the Secretary of State can, and I will have the letters from him at once for you. Hastily yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Leila Reeve-Morrits, Elfland, Oysterbay, N. Y.448 [*17*] October 28, 1901. My dear Florence: I was greatly touched by your remembrance. You sent me what is, on the whole, my favorite flower. It was really most thoughtful of you. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss M. Florence Locks, 1818 Cocoran Street, Washington, D. C. [*Miss M. Florence Locks*]449 [*160*] Personal. October 28, 1901. Dear Curtis: I would rather have you do that than anyone. I would not have the faintest idea what reminiscences to dictate. I have not seen Wister's article, but I have seen unfavorable comments on it. I am confident I am all right in my Southern policy, which is to insist upon good men and take the best man white or black. The negroes and Republicans all were fearful when this policy seemed to imply that a great majority of the present negro appointees would be cut out, and now I am sorry to say that the idiot or vicious Bourbon element of the South is crazy because I have had Booker T. Washington to dine. I shall have him to dine just as often as I please, exactly as I should have Eliot or Hadley. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt General Curtis Guild, Jr., Boston, Mass.450 October 29, 1901. Dear Emlen, Many thanks. I have asked Aunt Lizzie to try and get you and Christine to dinner on Monday night; and I am going to get you yo take me down to the Century afterwards. I am glad you are going up to Oyster Bay next morning. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Emlen Roosevelt, 804 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.451 19 Personal. October 29, 1901. My dear General Greene: This will be presented to you by Senator McComas of Maryland, who is a personal friend. They are in a great fight in Maryland, and need any aid that can be given them. I do not know whether you will be able to tell them how to get such aid or not, but hope you can. It is well worth doing. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt General Francis V. Greene, [5?] Broadway, New York, N. Y.452 [*358*] Personal. October 28, 1901. Dear Douglas: I was glad to get that letter form Angie, as it entirely relieves me of really what I might have felt in connection with Oliver and Mrs. Oliver. I enclose you the certificates. Now, I do not feel I can carry such an amount of insurance. I am not well enough off to afford it. I think I could take $10,000 in each of the big companies you mention, and carry them on the terms given in your letter, but more than that I do not see how I can possibly do. The chances are of course that three and one half years hence I shall be out of this, and with the peculiar limitations upon an ex-President it may be difficult for me to do remunerative work, and in that case I should find it very difficult to educate the children and at the same time keep453 Sagamore Hill, with which I should be very reluctant to part. The payment of such an annual account of insurances might just swamp me. Don't you think this is true? As ever, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Douglas Robinson, 23 West 26th Street, New York, N.Y. Enclosures.454 [*442*] October 29, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: I enclose $200, to be sent to Mrs. W. D. Snyman, Thomas River Station, via East London, Cape Colony, South Africa. I want it sent in such a way that it will be sure to reach her, as I am afraid she is in dire poverty. Commandant Snyman tells me that she and another woman with all the children are in the same tent, and that two of the children have already died; so I want the money to get to her without fail and as quickly as possible. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon John Hay, Secretary of State455 October 29, 1901. My dear Rives: I am very much pleased at what I see as to the probability of Nicholas Murray Butler being made president of Columbia. As a New Yorker I am proud of such a choice. It seems to me to be a good thing, not merely for the University and for education generally, but for our people as a whole, to have such a man as college president. I earnestly hope we shall see you down here sometime this winter. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt George L. Rives, Esq., 32 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y.456 [*161*] October 29, 1901. My dear Wilcox: Could you come down here some time next week, after Wednesday, and spend a night -- say Thursday or Friday? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Ansley Wilcox, Esq., 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.457 October 29, 1901 My dear Mr. Bleistein: When are Mrs. Bleistein and yourself going to pass through Washington on your way south? We are looking forward to seeing you. Your namesake, the horse, continues to be my chief delight and recreation. I could not have gotten a horse more exactly what I wanted. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt George Bleistein, Esq., Buffalo, N.Y.458 [407] October 29, 1901. My dear Bishop: When are you coming on after election? I want to see you about two or three of the matters you mention. Those are capital editorials. How I do hope Low pulls through! I return Governor Taft's letter. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, The Commercial Advertiser, New York, N. Y. Enclosure.459 October 29, 1901. My dear Senator: I genuinely appreciated your letter. Are you coming soon to Washington? I would like to go over one or two points in my message with you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. V. Quarles, United States Senator, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.460 October 29, 1901. My dear Mr. Briggs: When are you coming to Washington? I particularly want to see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. L. B. R. Briggs, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.46[2] October 29, 1901. My dear Mrs. James: I deeply appreciate your gift of the pin, and still more the thoughtfulness you showed in remembering my birthday and sending this [little] token to me. Now about that young lad you mention. I can only say this: I have told the War and Navy Departments to bring all these cases before me and I shall do my best to [show] do justice in them. With renewed and hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Cassie Julian James, 1602 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.462 October 29, 1901. My dear Mr. Ream: Senator Spooner has just been in to see me about the matter concerning which you spoke to me the other day, at which time, by the way, I did not catch your name, so I did not know who you were. If not too much trouble, will you put the case in writing and I will take pleasure in bringing it forthwith to the attention of the Secretary of War to see if anything can be properly done in the matter. I hope you will let me know in [?] when you are next in Washington. With regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Norman B. Ream, Chicago, Illinois.463 October 29, 1901. My dear Dr. Mackay: I thank you heartily, and deeply appreciate your letter. You were very kind to write me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Donald Sage Mackay, Fifth Ave. & 48th Street, West, New York, N. Y.464 [*376*] Personal. October 28, 1901. Dear Cabot: Before receiving your second letter I had found out that Pruden strongly objected to going. You will be amused to know that the Peirce- Cridler matter, about which I had decided in a conversation with John Hay before seeing you, has excited the ferocious onslaught of Penrose, Elkins, Platt, Hall, and others for whom Cridler has acted as office broker, all of them insisting that I am turning him out and appointing a kinsman of yours in spite of his preeminent fitness. I find President McKinley had already told Hay that Cridler would have to go. The Booker T. Washington incident was to me so much a matter of course that I regarded its sole importance as consisting in the view it gave one of the continued existence of that combination of465 Bourbon intellect and intolerant truculence of spirit, through much of the South, which brought on the Civil War. If these creatures had any sense they would understand that they can't bluff me. They can't even make me abandon my policy of appointing decent men to office in their own localities. Love to Nannie. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt. Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Nahant, Mass. [*Hale has written Long that he is against any increase of the navy*]466 [*415*] October 29, 1901. Dear Aunt Lizzie: Could Emlen and Christine take dinner with us Monday, and would you mind writing to Mr. J. B. Bishop, Editor of the Commercial-Advertiser, No. 187 Broadway, and ask him to take dinner with us at the same time? In the evening I shall get Emlen to take me down to the Century Club. I shall be awfully glad if the children can come over so that I can catch a glimpse of them before dinner. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, 4 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y.467 [*185*] Personal. October 29, 1901. My dear Senator Frye: Mr. Cridler has accepted the position of representative of the St. Louis Exposition abroad, a position paying him a far higher salary and for which he is well fitted. I do not think him well fitted to be Assistant Secretary of State, entirely sharing the views of Secretary Hay, and I may add of President McKinley, in the matter. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William P. Frye, United States Senator, Lewiston, Maine.468 Personal. October 29, 1901. My dear Senator Hawley: Mr. Cridler has accepted the position of representative of the St. Louis Exposition abroad, a position paying him a far higher salary and for which he is more fitted. I do not think him well fitted to be Assistant Secretary of State, entirely sharing the views of Secretary Hay, and I may add of President McKinley, in the matter. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. R. Hawley, United States Senator, Hartfort, Connecticut. 469 Personal. October 29, 1901. My dear Sir: I thank you cordially, and heartily appreciate your gift. It has been really a great pleasure to be remembered by a fellow Dutchman. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Cornelius W. Van der Hoogt, 1514 K Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.470 Personal. October 29, 1901. My dear Senator Platt: Mr. Cridler has accepted the position of representative of the St. Louis Exposition abroad, a position paying him a far higher salary and for which he is more well fitted. I do not think him well fitted to be Assistant Secretary of State, entirely sharing the views of Secretary Hay, and I may add of President McKinley, in the matter. Mr. Pearce's name was suggested in the course of a conversation with Secretary Hay, before Senator Lodge had said a word in connection with him, or had seen either of us, or knew that Mr. Cridler was to be displaced, the testimony in relation to Mr. Pearce's efficiency coming from his former superior as ambassador, Mr. Secretary Hitchcock, and others. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. T. C. Platt, 49 Broadway, New York, N. Y.471 October 30, 1901. My dear Sergeant: I do not know whether I can do what you ask. It is almost impossible for me to interfere in minor appointments. If I once begin, it becomes endless and I do not see where I can draw the line. I shall think the matter over and see if it is possible. A chance sometimes comes to do one thing and sometimes another. Under ordinary circumstances there would be much more [than a] hope to get you the appointment you wish [to have] than that of second lieutenant. At this particular moment the case is reversed; I can [get?] you the 2d lieutenancy but I will see what can be done about [the?] [other?], though I can make no promises. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William J. Breen, 510 East 144th Street, New York, N. Y.472 October 30, 1901. My dear Mrs. Nichols: Those photos were delightful. Really I am so much obligated to you for sending them to me. I did enjoy my brief stay at Tahawus so much. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. George Livingston Nichols, 66 East 58th Street, New York, N. Y.473 October 30, 1901. My dear Mr. Moot: Your letter really pleases me. I am so glad to receive it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Adelbert Moot, Erie County Savings Bank Building, Buffalo, New York.474 [*69*] October 30, 1901. Dear Dr. Schurman: Your letter is extremely interesting and very valuable. I thank you for it. I am going to bring it up with Secretary Root. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. J. G. Schurman, President, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.475 October 30, 1901. My dear Dr. Capen: I sincerely thank you. I wish I could have a chance of seeing you here again. Nothing has been more in my mind than that [?] Stone matter. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Samuel D. Capen, 350 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.476 October 30, 1901. My dear Judge Townsend: I thank you sincerely both for the copy of your speech and for the volume. I enjoyed so much that day at Yale and particularly, my dear sir, the glimpse I got of you. With heartfelt regard, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. H. Townsend, New Haven, Connecticut.477 October 30, 1901. My dear Sir: I thank you cordially. I hope that the article is genuine. It would be a pleasure to be praised by President Harrison. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John V. L. Findlay, Baltimore, Maryland.478 [*349*] October 31, 1901. The Secretary of War: I enclose papers in reference to the application of Trooper John K. Hume, 4th Cavalry, for a second lieutenancy, including the recommendation of Captain Davis and Lieutenant Colonel Wilder, under whom Hume served and who heartily endorse him for a second lieutenancy. As he has served in the cavalry, he desires to enter that branch, if qualified. He has passed his examination, but failed physically on account of a lameness in one knee, of which I am informed he has now entirely recovered. Is it proper to have a physical reexamination? I do not wish to ask for any special favor, but if it is proper I would like to have him reexamined, to stand on his merits. T. Roosevelt479 October 31, 1901. Dear Uncle Rob: Your letter really pleased me. I was immensely interested in the comment made by [?][?], and I wish to assure you that I value it. It was from an expert! Do come to Washington and bring your family when you can. I had a glimpse of Roly the other day. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Robert Roosevelt, 57 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.480 October 31, 1901. My dear Mr. Gleason: I shall be delighted to see Mr. Gunby. Let me thank you for the kindness with which you have constantly treated me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Lafayette B. Gleason, University Club, New York, N. Y.481 [*54*] October 31, 1901. My dear Mrs. Longstreet: I thank you most cordially, and appreciate deeply your kind remembrance. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. James Longstreet, 1272 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D. C.482 [*364*] November 1, 1901. My dear [Butler] Murray: Please keep what I am about to say strictly quiet, as otherwise I should be deluged with applications from politicians. There are some vacancies in the second lieutenancies of the army. Can you recommend say four young fellows, by preference among your recent graduates, who you think would make good men to be examined? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. P.S. Remember to keep this secret and strictly private, or you will cause me great inconvenience through the presentation of unworthy men.483 November 1, 1901. My dear President Eliot: Please keep what I am about to say strictly quiet, as otherwise I should be deluged with applications from politicians There are some vacancies in the second lieutenancies of the army. Can you recommend say four young fellows, by preference among your recent graduates, who you think would make good men to be examined? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Charles W. Eliot, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. P.S. Remember to keep this secret and strictly private, or you will cause me great inconvenience through the presentation of unworthy men.484 [*169*] November 1, 1901. My dear President Hadley: Please keep what I am about to say strictly quiet, as otherwise I should be deluged with applications from politicians. There are some vacancies in the second lieutenancies of the army. Can you recommend say four young fellows, by preference among your recent graduates, who you think would make good men to be examined? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Arthur T. Hadley, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. P.S. Remember to keep this secret and strictly private, or you will cause me great inconvenience through the presentation of unworthy men.485 November 1, 1901. My dear President Harper: Please keep what I am about to say strictly quiet, as otherwise I should be deluged with applications from politicians. There are some vacancies in the second lieutenancies of the army. Can you recommend say four young fellows, by preference among your recent graduates, who you think would make good men to be examined? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President William R. Harper, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. P.S. Remember to keep this secret and strictly private, or you will cause me great inconvenience through the presentation of unworthy men.486 November 1, 1901. My dear President Northrop: Please keep what I am about to say strictly quiet, as otherwise I should be deluged with applications from politicians. There are some vacancies in the second lieutenancies of the army. Can you recommend say four young fellows, by preference among your regent graduates, who you think would make good men to be examined? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Cyrus Northrop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. P.S. Remember to keep this secret and strictly private, or you will cause me great inconvenience through the presentation of unworthy men.487 November 1, 1901. My dear Aunt Susie: I think it was very, very sweet of you to remember my birthday. I thank you so much for it. Will you be in Washington this winter? I do wish you could see us, and especially see all the children, in the White House. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Hilborn West, Mendham, N. J.488 November 1, 1901. Dear Jake: When are you going to be in Washington? I really must see you here in the White House not too long hence. I am getting homesick for you! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Jacob A. Riis, Esq., Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York.489 November 1, 1901. Dear George: Can you not come on some time within the next week or two and spend a night or two at the White House? It is not really that I have very much talk over with you officially, but I do greatly want to see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. George H. Lyman, Collector of the Port, Boston, Mass.490 November 1, 1901. My dear Mrs. Redmond: It was very kind of you to remember my birthday. I genuinely appreciate it, and I thank you. With warm regards to your husband, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond, Tivoli-on-Hudson, N.Y.491 November 1, 1901. My dear Colonel Lawton: Will you give me the names of two young fellows, by preference from your regiment, who you think would make good second lieutenants. I want you to keep this strictly private, as otherwise I should be deluged with applications. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt A.R. Colonel Lawton, Savannah, Ga.492 November 1, 1901. Mrs. John Paul, Harrisonburg, Va. Permit me to express to you my profound sympathy in this hour of your great affliction. Theodore Roosevelt.493 November 1, 1901. My dear Stuart: It is a genuine pleasure to hear from you and it always will be. I am of course up to my ears in work, but I shall never be so busy as not to be glad to learn how my kinsfolk are getting on in the world. I send you my photograph as requested, but regret that Edith has no satisfactory picture of herself on hand. We have six children; they are all well. I think Edith is really enjoying the White House and now that I have gotten over the horror of the circumstances under which I came to the Presidency, I get real enjoyment out of the work, for I like work, and this is of course one of the three or four offices in all the world best worth while filling.[494] I wish I could get to Australia. I have always greatly admired the Australians and am greatly interested in what they are doing. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Stuart E. Bulloch, 10 Urquhart Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.495 478 November 1, 1901. My dear Mr. Secretary: Will you do me the favor to read the attached letter through? Arthur von Briesen is one of the best men I know, and he is doing splendid work. If what he asks can be done, I hope it will be. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Enclosure 496 October 31, 1901. My dear Hammy: It was very good to hear from you. Just before your letter came Mrs. Hague and I were talking about you and the Newbolds and the old days at Albany. I do hope we are to see you here this winter. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr J. Hampden Robb, Lancaster, Mass.