VOLUME 46 February 25, 1904 to April 21, 1904 SERIES 2Indexed to page 66, 108, 172, 188, 212, 235, 245, 297, 314, 361, 400, 435, 451, 469, 480. EndState, Secy. of. 60, 62, 273, 297. Treasury, Secy. of. 275, 294, 436, 453. War, Secretary of. 103, 117, 143, 442, 482. Attorney-General. 134, 251, 252, 266, 422, 432. Postmaster General. 34, 126, 207, 302, 434. Navy, Secretary of. 91, 313, 322, 419, 486. Interior, Secy. of. 107, 135. Agriculture, Secy. of. 114, 151. Commerce & Labor. 64.Alger, Hon. R. A. 4, Ankenky, Hon. Levi, 36, Aldrich, Hon. N. W. 46, 94,446, Archibald, Hon. J. F. J. 44, Amsden, F. J. 93. Abbott, Lawrence F. 161. Allen, A. A. 208. Appleton, F. R. 270, Akins, Hon. T. J. 345, Arbuckle, Jno. 363,Buroughs, Jno. 1, Butler, Prest. N.U. 5,116,413,444, Bishop, J.B. 11,47,187,256,340, Bleakly, R. Graham, 15, Bonaparte, Hon. C.J. 43,425, Bliss, Hon. C.N. 77,443, Butler, E.H. 102, Brodie, Gov. A.O. 122, Burton, F.R. 150, Breckinridge, Hon. C.R. 155, Bigelow, Jno. 171, Baillie, Rev. F.U. 182, Baillie - Grohman, W.A. 193, Bingham, Mrs. Theo. A. 242, Burrage, E.W. 248, Badger, State Roosevelt Club, 274, Blair, C.H. 307, Beveridge, Hon. A.J. 326, Barker, Rear-Adml. A.S. 418, Butler, W.U. 428, Bowers, Hon. GU. 492, D Cortelyou, Hon. G. B. (Secy Com. & Labor) (See front page) Chanler, Winthrop, 9. Country Club, San Francisco, 16, Choate, Hon. J. H. 78, Crimmins, Hon J. D. 170, 341, Chapman, F. M. [23] 235, Cannon, Hon J. G. 236, 468, Collier, R. J. 292, Cowles, Capt. W. S. 304, 438, Cushman, Prest. A. S. 309, Clark, Hon. C. D. 328, Cary, E 392, Cassini, Compte 430, Cowles, Mrs. W. S. 435, Colquhoun, A. R. 440, Carnegie, Andrew, 469, Cook, Hon. Jno. T. 471, Carter, Hon. G. R. 473, CD C D Duke, Gen. B. W. 3, Davis, L, Clarke 14, Deuel, A. L. 38, Dixie Aerie No. 338 85, Depew, Hon. C. M. 98, 233,387, Dillingham, Hon. W. P. 106, Draper, Prest. A. S. 175,231, Doane, Bishop W. C. 183 , Dryden, Hon. Jno. F. 184, Dolan, Theo. 267,318, Driscoll, Hon. M. E. 272, Dick, Hon. Chas. 295,447, Derby, Mrs. M. A. 339, Dunne, F. P. 357,420, Deck, F. A. 360, de Young, Hon. M. H. 366, Dodge, Gen. G. U. 370, Dodge, Gen. T. A. 415, Dover, Elmer 426, De Azpiroz, Manuel 431, Daniels, B. F. 464, Donald, Malcolm 478, Dewey, Adml. Geo. 479, E F Esterly, F. C. 61, Eagles, Fraternal Order of. 85, Egan, Dr. Maurice F. 269, Eliot, Prest. C. W. 350, English, Capt. Wm. E. 476,E F Fitz, Gerald Hon. Jesse 55, Fairbanks, Hon. C. W. 92, Farquhar, A. B. 133, Foulke, Hon. Wm. D. 260, 457, Fovaker, Hon. J. B. 287, 448, 484, Fugitt, Wor. N. B. 344, Fox, W. C. [344, Friends, School Batto, Md. 400, Fosel, Mrs. Lenard 411,Garfield, Mrs. Jas. R. 59, Gallinger, Hon. J. H. 120,123,412, Grosscup, B. S. 137, G Grinnell, Geo. Bird 142, H Gladden, Rev. W. W. E. 149, Grant, Brig- Genl. F. D. 228, Gates, Prest. G. A, 246, Gleaves, Capt. Albert 261, Gray, Hon. Geo. 288, Grant, F. U. 291, Gordon, Rev. C. W. 311, Greene, Gen. F. V. 323, Gould, Miss Helen M. 358, Grosvenor, Hon. C. H. 388, Goodrich, D. 393, Grant, Madison 401, Gilman, N. P. 406, Gates, Dr. M. E. 414, 474, Griscom, Hon. L. C. 433, Grant, Bishop A. 454, Gilder, R W. 456, Gillett, Hon. F. H. 458, Gibbons, Cardinal 477, G HHay, Hon. Jno. (Secy. of State) (See front page) Hitchcock, Hon. E.A. (Secy. of Int.) (See front page) Hale, W.B. 12, Henry, Prince of Prussia, 17, Howell, Hon. Clark, 21, Herrick, Hon. M.T. 27, 42, 152, Higginson, Col. H.L. 53, Hoar, Hon. G.F. 63, 167, 244, Heyburn, Hon. W.B. 67, Hunter, C.E. 74, Howe, J.L. 115 Hatch, Hon. E.W. 124, Hulbert, A.B. 144, Harper, Prest. W.R. 197, Harrison, W.H. 208, Howard, Gen. O.O. 232, Harper, H.H. 245, Hemenway, Hon. J.A. 281, Halstead, Murat, 283, Hamlin, Rev. T.S. 284, Hitchcock, Ripley, 331, Hadley, Prest. A.T. 349, Harrison, Dr. C.C. 373, Hepburn, Hon. W.A. 424, Hyde, C.L. 467, Hasbrouck,, Hon. G.S.B. 470, GHIsthmian Canal Commission, 108, IJ IJ I J Jesse, Pres. R. H. 65, Jones, Hon. S. M. 80, Jordan, Pres. D. S. 88, Jamestown, Expos. C. 131, Jones, C. J. 410, Jenkins, Hon. J. C. 465,K L Knox, Hon. P. C. (Atty. Gen'l.) (See front page) Kennan, Geo. 72, Kemeys, Edward 76, King, Gen. H. C. 84, 285, Kin, Dr. 87, Krueger, M. 100, Katzenberger, G. A. 105, Kent, Hon. Edw. 168, King, Wm. F. 213, Kennedy, Jno. S. 243, King, Prest. Wm. F. 275, Kaneko, Baron Kentaro 298, Keane, Archb. Jno. J. 315, Kinney, G. DeF. 384, Kelly, Capt. L. S. 403, K LK L Lincoln, C. W. 10, Llewellyn, Major. W. H. H. 50, LaFarge, C. G. 128, Low, Hon. Seth 129, Lo[???], R. 140, Lee, Dr. C. E. 148, Lambert, Alex. 189, Lyon, Col. Cecil A. 276, Lounsbury, Prof. T. R. 282, Landers, Rev. W. P. 361, Lindsay, Prof. S. McC. 362, Lewis, A. H. 369, Lucas, Rev. A. H. 371, Landon, M. B. 374, Lodge, Hon. H. C. 383, 455, Long, Hon. Jno. D. 416, Lyman, Hon. Geo. H. 466, Lacey, Hon. Jno. F. 483,M Mc Moody, Hon. W. H. (Secy. of Navy) (See front Page) -------------------------------------------------------- Martin, E. S. 48, MacArthur, Arthur. 101, Murphy, W. D. 113, 325, Mellen, C. S. 158, Merriam, Dr. C. Hart 169, 220, Matthews, G. L. 172, Moose, R. U. 209, Moerdyke, Rev. P. 308, Minute, Men of '61 (Mass) 309, Mathews, Brander 389, 409, Murray, Rev. A. G. 439, Maxwell, M. H. 451, Megrew, Major H. C. 476, Moulton, Col. Geo. M. 476, Montana Stock Growers Assn. 481 M McM Mc McBee, Silas. 68, McKinlay, Whitefield. 121, McNulty, F. 145, McKelway, Dr. St. Clair. 200, 237, McGaffey, Ernest. 290, McCook,. Col. Jno. J. 364, McComas, Hon. L. E. 429,N O National Ribbon Co. 6, Nelson, Hon. Knute. 255, Nowland, G. A. 265, N ON O Odell, Jr., Hon. B. B. 8, 66, 89, 234 ,253, 312, 495, Otis, Gen. H. G. 136, O'Brien, Hon. Jno. F. 159, 397, Olcott, E. E. 271, Otjen, Hon. Theobald. 274,P Q Payne, Hon. H. C. (P.M.G.) (See front page) -------------------------------------------- Parsons, Jr. J. R. 24,125, Putnam, Hon. Herbert. 26, Platt, Hon. T. C. 41, 70, 180, 230, 348, 367, Podmore, P. St. Michael. 79, Penrose, Hon. Boirs. 86, Philbin, Hon. Eugene A. 130, Plunkett, Sir Horace. 132 Potter, Bishop H. C. 147, Pippy, G. H. 157, Phelan, Hon. Jas. D. 173, Pyle, Howard. 191, Pritchard, Hon. J. C. 296, Pancoast, H. N. 319, 365 Peabody, Rev. Endicott. 327, 381, Parker, G. F. 338, Patterson, J. M. 433, Pitkin, Mrs. Lorraine J. 445, Pruitt, W. G. 481, P QP Q Quay, Hon. M. S. 99, 329, 488, Quarles, Hon. J. V. 104,R S Rowlands, Orlando. 2. Riis, Jacob A. 7, 141, Robinson, Sanford. 18, Root, Hon. Elihu. 22, 190, 206, 222, 249, 263, 395, 461, Roosevelt, Hon. R. B. 28, 240 Roosevelt, jr, Theodore. 32, 96, 379. Roosevelt, Kermit. 30, 95, 377, Roberts, W. P. 37, Riddle, Hon. Jno. 39, Roosevelt, W. Emlen. 75, 262, 280, 372, Reid, Hon. Whitelaw. 9, 364, 398. Repub. Club City of N.Y. 113, Roots, F. T. 118, Roche, Jas. J. 186, Rice, Cecil Spring. 224, 238, Rottman, David. 274 Robinson, jr. Mrs. Douglas. 301, Robertson, Miss Alice M. 330, Richards, J. H. 332, 460, Robinson, T. D. 337. Rideing, W. H. 359. Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore. 385, 390, 394, Robb, Hon. Chas. H. 449. Roosevelt, jr, R. B. 487. Richard, Hon. W. A. 490, R SShaw, Hon. L.M. (Secy. of Treas.)(See front page) Spooner, Hon. J.C. 23. Schuyler, Miss L.L. 29. {photostatted[sic] for R.M.A. June 1923} Seaman, Mrs. Noah, 51, Slicer, Rev. Dr. T.R. 57, Stetson, Cushing, 49, Scott, Hon. N.B. 81, Sickles, Gen. D.E. 83. Schumann-Heink Mme. E. 119. Shepperd, G.T. 131, Schick, Rev. Dr. J.M. 139, Sullivan, J.R. 179. San Diego (Cal.) School Children, 188 Straley, Col. O.O. 209 Simons, B. 215 Storr, Hon. Bellamy, 229 Sternburg, Baron H. 259, 421, 437, 459 Sherman, Hon. J.S. 264 Schienitz, Chas. 274 Steffens, J.L. 289 Stewart, Jno. 300 Schurman, Prest. J.G. 306 Sheldon, Hon. A.B. 314 Seeds, R.M. 334 Smith, Hon. Chas. Emory, 347 Sleicher, Jno. A. 371 Sartoris, Capt. Algernon, 375 Sheridan, J.J. 376 Speer, Hon. Emory, 391 Simpson, W.S. 472 Spanish War Veterans, 476 Sultan of Turkey, 489 R S Taft, Hon. W.H. (Secy. of War) (See front page) Tyler, Capt. R. W. 82. Taylor, Hon. Hannis, 174. Travers, F. C. 194, 480. Thwing, Prest. Chas. F. 212. Tracy, Gen. B. F. 247. Truscott, J. S. 258. Takahira, Kogoro, 279. Turn Verein, Brooklyn, N. Y. 360. Taylor, Col. C. H. 386. Thomas, C. W. 452. T U T Uvon Briesen, Arthur. 45, 156, 404. Van Fleet, HOn. W.C. 303, von Sternberg, Constantin, 399 V W V WWilson, Hon. James, (Secy of Agric.) (See front page) Whitridge, F.W. 19, Webb, M.N. 25, Wheeler, Prest. Benj. Jde, 40, 317, Wheeler, Gen. Jos. 52, White, Henry, 56, 342, Wister, Owen. 127, 146, 382, 408, White, Mrs. Lovell, 138, Walker, Rear Adml. J.G. 153, Wadsworth, Hon. J.W. 154. Walsh, Thos. F. 176. Ward, Hon. W. L. 177. Washburn, jr. W.D. 178, 239, Wood, Gen. Leonard, 199, 217, Witherbee, Hon. F.S. 241, White, Stewart E. 277, 407, 494, Witherbee, Hon. F.A. 286, Woodruff, Hon. T.L. 293, Wright, R.R. 299, Wilcox, Ansley, 310, White, Hon. Andrew D. 333, White, W.A. 335, 402, 462, Wilson, Hon. F.E. 360, Wharton, Jos. 362, Wheelan, Mrs. F.H. 396, Wilson, E.C. 400, [White, D.E. 407,] Welsh, Chas. 417, Woman's Relief Corps (Ins.), 445 V WYates, Hon Richd. 69, 195 YZ YZ1 February 25, 1904. Dear Oom John: The pictures with your signatures have come. I am so pleased with them. I have fairly laughed over the expression of the one in which you are discussing Long. With hearty regard and much affection, believe me, Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John Burroughs, West Park, N. Y.2 February 25, 1904. My dear Mr. Rowland: The pictures have come, and I am so glad to receive them. I like them immensely and Mrs. Roosevelt will be as pleased with them as I am. It was such a pleasure to catch a glimpse of you. With renewed thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Orlando Rowland, 152 West 55th Street, New York, N. Y.3 February 25, 1904. My dear General: I was very much obliged to you for giving me the chance to show in some small way the esteem I felt for you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. B. V. Duke, 212 East Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky.4 Personal February 25, 1904. Dear General Alger: If Senator Teller makes much of an attack on Wood, you might quote the enclosed to him! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. R. A. Alger United States Senate. Enclosure The enclosure is a a copy of a letter from Senator Teller to General Wood, dated Feb.15,1901, stating that there was no fight in the Senate on the general's nomination, and congratulating him on his "justly merited promotion."5 February 25, 1904. Personal. Dear Murray: All of your suggestions deserve careful thought. Can you not get on here some time in the not too distant future? I enclose you copy of a letter just sent me. I did not know that there was such savage opposition from the Catholics to Draper. Of course I know nothing whatever of the merits of the case. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University New York. Enclosure6 February 25, 1904. Personal. Not for publication. Gentlemen: I thank you for your letter and the woven calendar which you have been good enough to send me. I appreciate your courtesy. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt The National Ribbon Company, 83-85 Greene Street, New York, N. Y. 7 February 26, 1904. Dear Jake: Thank you for your letter of the 23d. I look forward to seeing you when you come here in April. I have much to talk over with you. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Jacob A. Riis, Esq., 524 Beech Street, Richmond Hill, N. Y. 8 Personal February 26, 1904. My dear Governor: I have your letter of the 24th instant in behalf of General O'Brien. The appointment of secretary is made by the Commission itself, but I have strongly urged the appointment of General O'Brien, whom I think admirably qualified for the position. I believe - but of course can not be sure - that the appointment will be made. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Jr., Governor of New York.9 February 26, 1904. Dear Winty: I have your letter of the 25th instant, and return the enclosure. My advice is to quit trying to get chamois through Baillie Grohman. I am trying to obtain them through another source. Yours ever, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Winthrop Chanler, 16 Exchange Place, New York. Enclosure10 February 26, 1904. My dear Mr. Lincoln: Mr. Harry S. Brown informs me that I am indebted to you for Rogers' original cartoon, "On to Panama." Permit me to thank you heartily for your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Charles W. Lincoln, City Editor, The Herald, New York, N. Y. 11 February 26, 1904. My dear Bishop: I am glad you like the simile and used it. On Saturday, the 12th, Taft as I happen to know has a dinner. Could you get here in time to lunch with me? I much want to see you and talk over many matters. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, The Commercial Advertiser, 187 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 12 Personal February 26, 1904. My dear Mr. Hale: Your letter interested me. Will you mind my saying that it gives me satisfaction because I hope it means that the good people of this country will gradually come to understand the attitude of men like myself toward the weak and chaotic governments and people south of us is conditioned not in the least upon the desire for aggrandizement on the part of this Nation, but solely on the theory that it is our duty, when it becomes absolutely inevitable, to police these countries in the interest of order and civilization. I won't do it as long as it can be helped. If we could have gotten Spain out of Cuba without a war, I should have done everything possible to that end. If we could have persuaded Colombia to ratify the Panama Canal Treaty I should have been delighted. If we can now get San Domingo to behave, internally and externally, with any kind of decency and efficiency, 13 I shall be greatly relieved. But in each case there was in the long run but one alternative,which had to be faced from the beginning - the alternative of our interfering in some fashion. I hope to minimize this interference in San Domingo. It will certainly be my effort to do so; and of course it is now impossible to foretell exactly how far we shall have to go,or when. I shall interfere just a little and just as slowly as is consistent with right and justice. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William Bayard Hale, The Public Ledger, Philadelphia. 14 February 26, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Davis: I am glad you like those letters, and I thank you for your editorial on the Panama Commission. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. L. Clarke Davis, Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa. 15 February 26, 1904. My dear Sir: I have read with interest your letter of the 24th instant and have been greatly pleased to know of the purpose and work of your organization. To teach good citizenship and good Americanism is a work of which you can be proud and which deserves every encouragement. I am glad to have an opportunity of sending cordial greetings to the members of the League and of wishing you all well. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H. Graham Bleakly, The Lyceum League of America, 108 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 16 February 25, 1904. [*Copy - Original sent*] [*in writing.*] Gentlemen: I thank you heartily for electing me to a life membership in your club, and for the beautifully engraved notification. It gives me real pleasure to accept both. With hopes that I may be able to take advantage of your courteous hospitality, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt The Country Club, San Francisco, California. 17 CABLE February 27, 1904. Henry,Prince of Prussia, Berlin. Pray accept my profound sympathy in your great affliction. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Official) 18 February 27, 1904. My dear Mr. Robinson: I am writing a letter to Mr. Whitridge; but I wish to thank you for your very kind expressions concerning me. I speak with entire sincerity when I say that I shall never consciously do anything which I think will entitle you, and those like you, to withdraw your respect and confidence in me. Of course it is particularly pleasant to have a Harvard man write me as you do. With hearty regards, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Sanford Robinson, Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York. 19 Personal February 27, 1904. My dear Whitridge: I confess that I was able to make no guess as to who wrote the pamphlet by "A Spectator." I have now been in politics for a long time, and I know political history fairly well. As far as I know it has been many score of years since any pamphlet has done what your pamphlet has already done. In fact, I question whether, since the rise of newspapers and the accompanying weakening of the pamphlet as a weapon of political warfare, there has been any pamphlet issued with anything like such effect. Of course it particularly appealed to me because of the taste and tone in which it was written. It has had an extraordinary success in New York, and is evidently exerting an influence in the very quarters where it is well for me to have influence exerted. I think that it and Root's speech together will count more than all other things that have been written in placing my attitude as I should like 20 to have it placed before the New Yorkers who have been prone most severely to criticise me. I wish you to know how deeply I appreciate what you have done. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt [*Love to the Madam. Please*] [*let me know as soon as you*] [*come back to this side.*] Mr. Frederick W. Whitridge, Care Mr. Sanford Robinson, Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York. 21 February 27, 1904. My dear Mr. Howell: You and I both have reasons to congratulate ourselves on the passage of the canal treaty; and above all, the American people are to be congratulated. I am very glad that at the last so many of the Southern Senators came with us; for this is not a sectional or partisan, but a national, undertaking, in every sense of the word. With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Clark Howell, The Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia.22 February 27, 1904. Personal. Dear Elihu: I ought to have spoken to you this afternoon about Stoddard of the Mail and Express. It is a paper which has done good work. He wants to consult you as to whether a certain type of republican advertising cannot be secured for it. I earnestly commend him to your consideration. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 32 Liberty Street, New York, N. Y.23 February 27, 1904. My dear Senator: I hope you will speedily be about again. Meanwhile, let me again congratulate you [*on*][for] your great speech. It will furnish the material for whatever is necessary to say on the subject throughout the next campaign. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John C. Spooner, 1800 F Street, Washington, D. C. 24 February 27, 1904. Dear Jim: I shall not try to write [anything] about your troubles, for I know how [very] idle it is to say anything. If I knew anything I could say to any one else which would directly or indirectly help you, I should say it; but I do not know enough of the situation. Surely you already know how I wish to do anything you desire. I do not know whether you care to stay on in educational work at Albany. If so, it would be a great privilege for me to write to whoever is to be the head of the new system. I do not know if you care to go to some college. If so, it would be an equal pleasure to me to write to any one connected with that college. With love to Fanny, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. James Russell Parsons, Jr., Secretary, Regents' Office, Albany, N. Y.25 February 27, 1904. My dear Mr. Webb: Mr. Payne showed me your letter, and I liked so much [your] its spirit that I thought I would answer you myself. I am particularly pleased to have the support of such an organization as that you describe as "a strong independent Roosevelt workingmen's club." Such an organization would [naturally] necessarily include men whose respect and good will I greatly care for, and I appreciate your desire to be president of it. But as you are in the classified service, I do not think you ought to be. Give my good wishes to the club and accept them for yourself. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Morris N. Webb, 1319 Shallcross Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware.26 February 27, 1904. Dear Mr. Putnam: You are very good to have sent me those books, and I thank you for your suggestion as to sending me the others. Instead of actually sending them, however, how would it do for you to send me half a dozen titles from time to time? I should really appreciate this, and I could then order the books I thought I should like to read. I enjoyed much having you at dinner the other evening. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. [*27*] February 27, 1904. Dear Governor: I was delighted to make that appointment of Forbes. I am sure he will in every way warrant your commendation. With warm regards to Mrs. Herrick, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Governor of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio.28 February 27, 1904. Dear Uncle Rob: I was much pleased with your letter. I feel just as you do. Whatever comes hereafter, if I am beaten for the nomination, or election, or anything else, I have one big bit of substantive work to my credit and that can not be taken away. Roly starts for the East in a day or two. I finally got him leave from the War Department. He departs with a flask from Edith and a personal letter from me and the affection of both of us. With love to all, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, 57 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. [*29*] February 27, 1904. To be written out by hand Dear Miss Schuyler: It was a great pleasure to receive your letter. You are always more than kind, and I fully appreciate the friendship you have shown me. I have just your love for the desert. Not the fairest cultivation ever appeals to me quite as much as the wild loneliness of the wilderness. I am particularly pleased at this moment because we obtained convictions against several people, including the worst scoundrel of all in the post office cases; and we also [landed the men we were after] secured conviction in the silk fraud cases. I shall take up the matter of the tablets at once with Colonel Symons, the superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. With warm regards to your sister, believe me, Faithfully yours, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler, Summit Avenue, Redlands, California.[*30*] February 27, 1904. Dear Kermit: Mother went off for three days to New York, and Mame and Quentin took instant advantage of her absence to fall sick. Quentin's sickness was purely due to a riot in candy and ice cream with chocolate sauce. He was a very sad bunny next morning and spent a couple of days in bed. Ethel, as always, was as good as gold both to him and to Archie, and largely relieved me of my duties as vice-mother. I got up each morning in time to breakfast with Ethel and Archie before they started for school, and I read a certain amount to Quentin; but this was about all. I think Archie escaped with a minimum of washing for the three days. One day I asked him before Quentin how often he washed his face, whereupon Quentin interpolated "very seldom, I fear"- which naturally produced from Archie violent recrimina- tions of a strongly personal type. Mother came back yesterday, having thoroughly enjoyed Parsifal. All the horses continue sick. Your loving father, Theodore Roosevelt Master Kermit Roosevelt, Groton School, Groton, Mass.[*32*] February 27, 1904. Dear Ted: I have spent most of this week in organizing the Panama Canal Commission, and I think I have a good one. Of course, I had the usual difficulties, but to have difficulties is merely another way of saying that one does work. Next week comes the fight about General Wood. I do not believe they can defeat him. Dr. Rainsford spent a night here this week. He and I and Gifford Pinchot went out for a walk in the afternoon. I like the Doctor. He has his faults, of course; but he is practical and zealous and genuinely broadminded in dealing with capitalists and wage-workers alike. Recently what comparatively little exercise I have been able to get has been by walking. If I have a couple of hours I go up Rock Creek; if only half anhour or three quarters - which means that it is after dusk - I trot solemnly around the Monument [and] or down to the Potomac and back. The horses are all laid up, and Renown is, I think, spoiled for good; and I fear Wyoming may be too. Your loving father, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Groton School, Groton, Mass.[*34*] February 27, 1904. My dear Mr. Postmaster General: While all the work of the Post Office Department and the Department of Justice in connection with the postal frauds is not yet over, there is already to the credit of the Departments, and therefore primarily to your credit, such an amount of substantive achievement that I take this opportunity to congratulate you personally upon it. It is impossible to expect that corruption will not occasionally occur in any government; the vital point is the energy, the fearlessness, and the efficiency with which such corruption is cut out and the corruptionists punished. The success of the prosecutions in this case as compared with previous experiences in prosecuting government officials who have been guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance is as noteworthy as it is gratifying, and must be a source of encouragement to all men who believe in decency and honesty in public life. What has been accomplished by you, by these who have worked under you in your Department, and by the Department of Justice, redounds to the credit of our whole people and is a signal triumph for the cause of popular government. If corrup-35 -2- tion goes unpunished in popular government, then government by the people will ultimately fail; and they are the best friends of the people who make it evident that whoever in public office, or in connection with public office, sins against the fundamental laws of civic and social well-being, will be punished with unsparing rigor. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. H. C. Payne, Postmaster General. 36 February 27, 1904. My dear Senator: I owe you thanks again. I shall put [*???*] Lamartine beside the Bacon you have already given me. you are more than kind to have thought of me in so pleasant a way. With renewed thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Levi Ankeny, United States Senate. [*37*] February 29, 1904. Dear Mr. Roberts: I thank you for your recent letter, and through you thank the members of the Club for the very kind expressions of endorsement and good-will which you have sent to me. I heartily appreciate the interest of the Club and am gratified by it. With good wishes for the Club and for all of its members, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William P. Roberts, Secretary, 1004 Guaranty Loan Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 38 February 29, 1904. Dear Mr. Deuel: I am greatly gratified by the friendly greetings of your Club and thank you for them. With good wishes for the Club and for the success of its banquet, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. A. L. Deuel, President, Roosevelt Club, Harbor Springs, Mich. [*39*] Personal February 28, 1904. My dear Riddle: From something I have heard I gather that I may have been mistaken in supposing that your transfer to Cairo met your desires. Now, my dear sir, I wish you to let me know frankly at any time what it is that you want. It may be that I shall be unable to do as you wish; but I feel you are exactly the right type of public servant, and whenever I can do as you wish I shall esteem it both a pleasure and a duty. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Riddle, United States Consul General, Cairo Egypt.40 February 28, 1904. My dear Wheeler: It was delightful having you here. I have sent your letter to Admiral Walker, so as to consider Hooe's candidacy. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York. 41 February 28, 1904. My dear Senator: Many thanks for your kind note, and especially for what you did in connection with the call for the State convention. I have no question but what your judgment in the Anderson case is all right. I am glad that the Governor is coming down here. Let me know before he comes. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. T. C. Platt, United States Senate. 42 Personal February 28, 1904. My dear Governor: I had supposed the case to be about as you tell it to me. With hearty thanks and all good wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Governor of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. 43 February 28, 1904. My dear Governor: If I had the appointment of Mr. O'Brien I would appoint him at once. As it is, I have earnestly requested, and shall earnestly request, the Commission to appoint him - subject of course to their own investigation and approving of him. I believe they will do so, though it is not in my power to be certain. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Frank S. Black, 170 Broadway, New York. 44 February 28, 1904. My dear Mr. Archibald: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 15th. I shall welcome the information you can give. May all good luck attend you in the East. You are more than kind to have taken the trouble you have taken. I shall send Secretary Taft your letter and put the Committee in touch with you. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. James F. J. Archibald, The New Willard, Washington, D.C. (To be forwarded)45 Personal February 28, 1904. Dear Mr. Von Briesen: No, I was not at a German university. I spent a summer in Dresden [with] at the [home of?] Herr Min[?]witz, to study German, my tastes lying partly in biology put especially in literature - Goethe, Schiller, and the German lyrical poets. I have always felt that my stay in Dresden had a very good effect upon me. With hearty regard, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Arthur von Briesen, 49 Wall Street, New York. 46 Personal February 28, 1904. My dear Senator: Can not we get a vote on Crus? It seems to me we are entitled to it. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. N.W. Aldrich, United States Senate.[*47*] Personal February 28, 1904. Dear Bishop: I have your letter of the 27th. About the only thing that would make me break with you would be if you ceased to bother me with your own affairs! Come on Saturday the 12th in time for lunch. Taft will be at lunch. He can not come to dinner. I suppose Saturday is your best day. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. B. Bishop, The Commercial Advertiser, 187 Broadway, New York.[*48*] February 28, 1904. Dear Dan: It will be a pleasure to see Bird, and I shall see him at once whenever he presents that letter. I should like to see you too if you ever get on here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Edward S. Martin, 241 West 54th Street, New York. [*49*] To be written out by hand February 29, 1904. My dear Stetson: I congratulate you with all my heart. Give my warm regards to Miss Davis. I am genuinely pleased to hear the news. With all good wishes, believe me, Faithfully yours, Mr. Cushing Stetson, The Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York. 50 February 29, 1904. My dear Major Llewellyn: I am very much obliged to you for your letter containing the news of the death of comrade Durand. I am sorry to hear of it. I did not know that his eldest boy had been named after me. With warm regards to you and your family, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt P.S. Your letters always ? Major W. H. H. Llewellyn, Las Cruces, New Mexico. [*51*] February 29, 1904. My dear Mrs. Seaman: I have been greatly concerned to know of Noah's sickness. I earnestly hope he is now better. Of course, if there is anything we can do, let us know. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Noah Seaman, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y.[*52*] February 29, 1904. My dear General: I have your letter of the 24th, with enclosures. I am obliged to you for your kindness, and I shall keep the copy of the letter you sent your correspondent. With real regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Cleveland, Ohio.[*53*] February 29, 1904. My dear Colonel Higginson: Through Senator Hoar it was brought to my attention that he, [and] but not Lodge, was asked to sign the address to President Eliot. Of course, I knew this was an oversight, and I therefore personally requested Lodge to sign, which he did. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. Henry Lee Higginson, 44 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[*54*] February 29, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Bonaparte: I never heard of Cling's name before; although I had heard of his offense. I should not pardon him if Rose reported against him. Moreover, I should not pardon him if Rose reported for him, unless Rose could offset the facts you mention in your letter. I guess you need not worry further about the matter. Can you come here by Friday? Perhaps you and Secretary Hitchcock could take lunch with me on that day at 1:30. I was more pleased than I can say about the convictions. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, 601 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.[*55*] February 29, 1904. My dear Judge FitzGerald: I heartily appreciate your letter, and earnestly wish I could attend the annual dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, but I have been compelled to decline all invitations out of Washington during the session of Congress. I am more than sorry. Permit me through you to extend my heartiest greetings to the members of the Society. With all good wishes for a most pleasant occasion, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. James FitzGerald, President, 531 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.56 Personal February 29, 1904. Dear White: Thanks for that interesting letter of Trevelyan's. I had not heard of the rumor about Durand. Indeed you have kept us well supplied with telegrams, and most usefully interesting they have been. I am greatly interested, of course, in the far eastern situation. With warm regards to Mrs. White, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry White, American Embassy, London. 57 Personal February 29, 1904. My dear Mr. Slicer: I have your letter of the 27th. I wish I knew what to do for Shepard. You would be the last man to wish the Commission to appoint a man because he was hard up. The only way to do that canal job well is to appoint men because they are competent; and it is not the competent man who normally gets hard up. I think that probably the best thing to be done would be for you to write as strongly as you can, and also other men of note, and I shall be glad then to turn the letters over to Admiral Walker, saying what I can for Shepard, whose integrity I do not for a moment question; for his ability others should speak. I hardly suppose that Cortelyou can do anything in the matter you mention. I entirely agree with what you say about gambling. It is the mean steal gambling that affects 58 poor people that I object to. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Slicer, 156 East 38th Street, New York. 59 February 29, 1904. My dear Mrs. Garfield: Thank you for those figures. They are very interesting and do not alter in the least your treats Sincerely yours Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. James R. Garfield, 2137 Le [Rey] Place, Washington, D C.60 March 1, 1904. Personal. Dear John: Please return me this. It seems to me that it is inexpedient for us to accept. What is your view? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State. This refers to a letter from A. Maurice Low enclosing a copy of one from J. Nicol Dunn, asking the President and Secretary Hay to serve on a committee of the Henley memorial. [*61*] March 1, 1904. Personal My dear Mr. Esterly: I thank you heartily, and through you the members of your club, for the resolutions which they have adopted. I shall do all that in me lies to deserve what the club has said in the resolutions. Please convey to all your members my best wishes for their welfare, individually and as an organization. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frank C. Esterly, Secretary, 311 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. [*62*] Personal March 1, 1904. My dear Mr. Secretary: H. L. Eca da Silva is a British citizen of Spanish descent. He married a Chinese wife at the British consulate in Japan. Since then he came here and has been naturalized. She now wishes to return to China to work among the women. Her name is Dr. Kin. She has an exceptionally fine character. As I understand it, she is an American citizen. Is this not the case? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State.[*63*] March 1, 1904. My dear Senator Hoar: The Speaker of the Massachusetts House, Louis Frothingham, dines with me at eight next Saturday. I have asked a number of gentlemen to meet him. If you felt that you could come I need hardly say what a pleasure it would be. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, United States Senate.[*64*] Personal March 1, 1904. My dear Mr. Cortelyou: The Chinese interpreter of the Bureau of Immigration at San Francisco, H. L. Eca da Silva, has refused to contribute to the support of his child, on the ground that his wife is a Chinese. I know her. She is one of the best women that there are. Unless this man contributes to her support he should be turned out of the service. Please have this looked up at once. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor.[*65*] March 1, 1904. My dear President Jesse: I thank you cordially. I wish it were possible to accept but it is simply out of my power. I have had to refuse every request to speak in June of this year, including two or three from other universities. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President R. H. Jesse, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.[*66*] March 1, 1904. Hon. B. B. Odell, Jr., Governor, Albany, N.Y. Lunch with me Saturday at one thirty. Unfortunately house is full and cannot ask you to stay, and I have dinner engagement that night. Are you coming down Friday evening? If so would be glad to have you spend night. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (President's Private Account)[*67*] March 2, 1904. My dear Senator Heyburn: I have referred your letter for full report to the Secretary of the Interior. Let me, however, correct one misapprehension. I have directed that no forest reserves be made without consultation with you, but I did not direct that there should be no withdrawals of land preliminary to an examination of the subject. It would be impossible to notify any one in advance about these withdrawals, as I am informed, unless at the risk of advantage being taken thereof for improper reasons; and so, as I understand it, no one outside of the office is ever consulted. I shall, however, take it up with the proper authorities to find out the reasons. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. B. Heyburn, United States Senate.[*68*] March 2, 1904. My dear Mr. McBee: First let me thank you for your letter, and then let me express my sympathy over the death of your father. Yet it is a tempered sympathy; for one feels less sad [and] than like saying "Well done, good, faithful and happy servant," to a man who has lived eighty-six honorable years of duty to his country and those he loves. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Silas McBee, Editor, The Churchman, 47 Lafayette Place, New York, N. Y.[*69*] March 2, 1904. Personal. Dear Governor: I shall take up the matter of your letter. It is a request such as I have had from no other Governor, under no matter what circumstances. I fear that in these matters all I can do is to see that there is adherence to the general rules laid down. With regards to Mrs. Yates, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Richard Yates, Governor of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois.[*70*] Personal March 2, 1904. My dear Senator Platt: I find that the Attorney General very strongly feels that he can not alter his report and memorandum of February 6th, which I herewith enclose. Please return them to me when you have read them. In view of this report and memorandum it seems to me that any letter I could truthfully write would not be such as Mr. Stoddard would care for. In your letter of February 23d you stated: "I enclose herein the resignation of Isaac T. Stoddard, effective April 1st,1904, which is transmitted with the understanding that your verbal assurance given me this morning shall be carried out, namely, that you, or the Attorney General, will write me a letter acknowledging the fact (which appears to be a fact) that the charges filed against Stoddard by individuals in Arizona have either been disproved or have not been substantiated by the evidence submitted." There is a slight error or misunderstanding on this point. I stated to you that I would not treat that resignation as effective unless I found I could make such statement, or the Attorney General could make such statement, as you requested. He feels, and I feel, that such statement can not be made, and therefore I shall not consider myself at liberty to use the resignation. The utmost that the Attorney General feels can be done is for Mr. Stoddard to send in his resignation, and for me to accept it without[*71*] 2 saying anything more in the matter, treating the incident as closed. This I am willing to do. Permit me to add that I think that it is very greatly to Mr. Stoddard's advantage that I should do this, rather than to have to take action in the matter. Can you see me on Friday morning in reference to the subject we last discussed? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. T. C. Platt, United States Senate. Enclosures[*72*] March 3, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Kennan: I am very sorry that I am not to see you, and I thank you for all your good wishes and for the great aid you have been to me. As regards the Indians, the Montana man has been perfectly reasonable, but the South Dakota m[a]en not yet. We are finding so many practical difficulties in the way of a competitive sale of homesteads that we may have to adopt a plan either of the classification of the lands by a commission composed of two representatives of the Indians, two men appointed from the State in which the reservation lies, and one outsider; or get at the classification in another way by establishing a flat price which we think sufficient for higher grades at which alone they can be sold for six months, and then a lower price, and so on. As yet, as I have said, the South Dakota people have been[*73*] absolutely unreasonable. The Montana man is a first-class one, and I have gotten along well with him. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George Kennan, The Mendota, Washington, D. C.[73] 74 March 3, 1904. My dear Mr. Hunter: It would, of course, be out of the question for me to attend the Regimental Reunion this year. Personally, I should doubt it were wise to have it; but, of course, of that the organization must be the judge. Next year I should hope to be able to attend if it was held in San Antonio; although it would have to be held at a much earlier date than June 24th. But, as I say, of all this the organization must be the judge. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. C. E. Hunter, Chickasha, I. T.[*75*] March 3, 1904. Dear Emlen: I know just how you feel about your mother. I think we understand what all this has been to you and Christine, even though we have been helpless to do anything for you. You make me shudder when you tell me of Joe Bishop's scheme about my childhood! All that kind of business strikes me as mischievous wash. With love to Christine, Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. Emlen Roosevelt, 33 Wall Street, New York.76 March 3, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Kemeys: I am afraid I shall have to give up calling at your studio. My experience is that my work goes on increasing in weight here, and I simply have no moment I can call my own. I am exceedingly sorry. You know how glad I always am to see what you have been doing. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Edward Kemeys, 808 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 77 March 3, 1904. My dear Mr. Bliss: I should like much to see you to talk over several matters. Could not you come on here at your convenience some day and take either lunch or dinner with me, so that I may go over these things? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, 117 Duane Street, New York, N. Y. 78 March 4, 1904. Choate, Ambassador, London. Convey to British and Foreign Bible Society my hearty congratulations on centenary, and my earnest good wishes for the continued success of their great work. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (Official)79 March 4, 1904. My dear Sir: I thank you for your kind letter. It has been my practice to discourage the dedication of books to me, and I would much prefer that your romance were not dedicated to me, (and by the way, I have no right to the title of Excellency, I am simply Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.) I hope you will understand that it is no failure to appreciate your kindness which makes me express this preference. With regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt [*Podmore*] Mr. P. St. Michael Podmore, The Zoological Society of London, 3 Hanover Square, London, England. 80 Personal March 4, 1904. My dear Mr. Mayor: I thank you cordially for the kindly spirit in which your letter was written. I do not in the least, however, agree with its sentiments, nor with those of the editorial you enclose. That editorial is, in effect, an admission that my resolute purpose to put an end to grafting has been primarily responsible for what happened to those post office officials. If my attitude has been successful in bringing this about, I feel that I have rendered the country a service. With regard, Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Samuel M. Jones, Mayor of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.81 March 4, 1904. My dear Senator Scott: I was very sorry not to see you this morning. Senator Beveridge had come in ahead of you and I had asked Senator Platt to come by appointment. I could not refuse to see Senator Beveridge, of course, and I had to make even Senator Platt delay a few minutes in consequence. If you could telephone me in advance if you are coming up before ten, I can make arrangements to see that you are shown in at once. Unless I do receive such telephone messages I have to make the absolute rule that I shall see no one until ten o'clock; or else, as was the case this morning, I am unable to get through my mail. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. N. B. Scott, United States Senate.82 March 4, 1904. Dear Captain Tyler: I am extremely sorry that it will not be possible for me to accept the very kind invitation which you extend on behalf of the Second Army Corps Association to be present at the annual banquet. I have recently had to decline many invitations, but none with more regret than this. Please express to the members of the Association my hearty appreciation of their courtesy and my best wishes for the success of the reunion. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Capt. Richard W. Tyler, President, 1307 F Street, Washington, D. C.83 March 4, 1904. My dear General: From you political experience you know how very hard it is to get such a place as the one to which you refer. The waiting list is very large. If I can put Colonel Shepard in I shall be very glad, but I do not know whether I can do it. The pressure is greater than you can imagine. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. D. E. Sickles, 23 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.84 March 4, 1904. My dear General: From your political experience you know how very hard it is to get such a place as the one to which you refer. The waiting list is very large. If I can put Colonel Shepard in I shall be very glad, but I do not know whether I can do it. The pressure is greater than you can imagine. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Horatio C. King, 375 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 85 March 4, 1904. Gentlemen: I wish it were in my power to be present with you at your banquet, in accordance with the invitation extended to me by your committee. As it is not, I must confine myself to wishing you an enjoyable evening and all success in your efforts to increase the growth of the spirit of brotherhood and of combination for mutual help among our people. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dixie Aerie, No. 338, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Richmond, Virginia.86 March 4, 1904. My dear Senator Penrose: I was very sorry not to see you this morning. Senator Beveridge had come in ahead of you and I had asked Senator Platt to come by appointment. I could not refuse to see Senator Beveridge, of course, and I had to make even Senator Platt delay a few minutes in consequence. If you could telephone me in advance if you are coming up before ten, I can make arrangements to see that you are shown in at once. Unless I do receive such telephone messages I have to make the absolute rule that I shall see no one until ten o'clock; or else, as was the case this morning, I am unable to get through my mail. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Boies Penrose, United States Senate.87 March 4, 1904. My dear Dr. Kin: I am sorry to have to write you that in the first place, under the law, you are not a citizen of the United States, and that, great though my desire is, I have no power to declare you such; and in the second place, that Mr. Eca de Silva resigned by request from the service of the United States early in February, before I saw you, so that now I have no power over him. I am sincerely sorry. With my respectful good wishes, and again repeating my regret, believe me, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Remember my dear Doctor Kin, call on me at once if you think I can at any time be of service Dr. Kin, Care of Mr. Charles MacVeagh, 40 East 74th Street, New York[*88*] March 5, 1904. My dear Mr. Jordan: Your note gave me pleasure. I am glad you think so well of Grunsky. I came to the conclusion he was the best man available for the place. With regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University, Cal.[*89*] March 5, 1904. Personal. Dear Governor: I am very sorry your cold prevented you from coming. I hope that sometime in the not too distant future you can get down here, as there are two or three matters I should like to go over with you. I can not write about them, but I should like to speak of them. I am very much obliged for the action of the committee in reference to making the call. Littauer told me what you had done in connection with it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Jr., Governor of New York, Albany, N. Y. 90 March 5, 1904. Dear Mr. Reid: Truxton Beale did send me such a telegram but I paid no heed to it. I think Payson an excellent man, and my great friend Paul Morton was strongly for him. But after I failed to get Garber I thought Grunsky the wisest choice. I am glad to hear what you say of California. I agree with you about that pamphlet by "A Spectator". It is a remarkable bit of work, and it is curious at this day to see the pamphlet revived so effectively in political discussion. I suppose you know that you are one of the people credited with its production. With warm regards to Mrs. Reid, believe me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Whitelaw Reid, The Tribune, New York, N. Y. 91 March 5, 1904. To the Secretary of the Navy: The Army and Navy Journal seems very much alarmed over the recent accident to the Iowa's guns, and the order of the Bureau of Ordnance of February 8th; and it asserts that the Iowa's guns were built of forgings which three boards of officers had rejected. Does the order of February 8th apply to all our guns? I should much like a full report on this matter. T. Roosevelt 92 March 5, 1904. My dear Senator: I thank you much. I am glad the committee took the action, under the circumstances. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, United States Senate.[*93*] March 5, 1904. My dear Sir: I much appreciate your kind letter; [and] rest assured that the matter of which you speak causes me constant concern, and has my constant attention. What have you found out on the [?] With regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frank J. Amsden, Rochester, N. Y. 94 March 5, 1904. My dear Senator Aldrich: The enclosed papers explain themselves. After showing them to Senators Allison, C. H. Platt, and Spooner, will you return them to me? It seems to me that this pretty effectively disposes of the talk against O'Brien. I have been making inquires about him and his reputation is excellent. I feel it would be unfortunate to turn him down unless there is real reason. What have you found out in N. Y. about him? I have shown those papers to Admiral Walker. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Senate. Enclosure. 95 March 5, 1904. Dear Kermit: It does not look as if Renown would ever be worth anything, and I am afraid that Wyoming is gone too. Bleistein probably, and Yagenka almost certainly, will come out all right. Allan is back here now and very cunning, so you will see him on your return. I am wrestling with two Japanese wrestlers three times a week. I am not the age or the build, one would think, to be whirled lightly over an opponent's head and batted down on a mattress without damage; but they are so skillful that I have not been hurt at all. My throat is a little sore, because once when one of them had a strangle hold I also got hold of his windpipe and thought I could perhaps choke him off before he could choke me. However, he got ahead! Your loving father, Theodore Roosevelt Master Kermit Roosevelt, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts.[*95*] March 5, 1904. Dear Kermit: It does not look as if Renown would ever be worth anything, and I am afraid that Wyoming is gone too. Bleistein probably, and Yagenka almost certainly, will come out all right. Allan is back here now and very cunning, so you will see him on your return. I am wrestling with two Japanese wrestlers three times a week. I am not the age or the build, one would think, to be whirled lightly over an opponent's head and batted down on a mattress without damage; but they are so skillful that I have not been hurt at all. My throat is a little sore, because once when one of them had a strangle hold I also got hold of his windpipe and thought I could perhaps choke him off before he could choke me. However, he got ahead! Your loving father, Theodore Roosevelt Master Kermit Roosevelt, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts.96 March 5, 1904. Dear Ted: A friend of mine, Leigh Hunt, now in mid-Africa, has written to Nicholas Murray Butler as follow: "January 17 (1904) "Before you receive this, and even before it reaches a local post, war may have broken loose in the far East. I no longer hope for peace, but I do hope you can prevent Russian sympathizers changing the President's views on the situation. Understand, I am not particularly in sympathy with the Japanese, but I do know they will whip Russian both on land and sea, and do it easily. This I told the President when I saw him a year ago and he was inclined to believe me then. Russia is an old-fashioned engine, clumsy, weighty, and hard to manage, while Japan is a modern, compact, and up-to-date machine, Whatever may be said of Japan's commercial integrity, it must be admitted that in government expenditures she is honest, while Russia is hopelessly dishonest. Dishonesty in the building of ships and buying supplies and equipment may be covered up in time of peace, but when the battle is on the weak spots must be uncovered. Besides, Japan is in sight of her base of supples and every Japanese home is an available hospital. One dollar in support of Japan's cause will do as much as five dollars can do for Russia. Then, too, don't lose sight of the fact that the Japanese are the most dashing fighters in the world. The Anglo-Saxon or Slav may be as courageous, but when they go into a hot place they count the cost and consider the chances of getting out again. The Jap goes in to return no more forever, and such an end is his wish. You will see that a torpedo boat in the hands of a Jap will equal three in the hands of the Russians. I know Russia is great - I mean large - but in her size I predict her greatest weakness. She is a great big bubble, easily pricked. It is a hundred to one bet that the Japs will blow up the bridge on the Siberian Railway within three months after a declaration of war." Is not this a marvelous bit of prophecy? Of course, we are not through with the war yet, but at any rate it is true of the 97 -2- opening of the war. No one as yet can fully understand what the Japanese strategy is, or what the reserve power of the Russians will amount to. Owing to the horses all being laid up. Renown permanently and I fear Wyoming also, I have gotten two Japanese wrestlers to come around three times a week so that I may get some exercise. Their skill is something extraordinary. You will have a chance to practice with them, and I know you will like it. Your loving father, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Groton School, Groton, Mass. 98 March 7, 1904. My dear Senator Depew: Let me thank you for, and congratulate you upon, your speech upon the Navy. It was admirable from every standpoint. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, United States Senate. 99 March 7, 1904. My dear Senator Quay: Before receiving your letter I has sent up my message to the Senate about the Bonaparte report. I have read it to Nelson and Clapp who are entirely satisfied. I am sorry I did not have a chance to talk it over with you. Now let me know about the Delaware plan and I shall see if I can do anything about it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. M. S. Quay, United States Senate.100 March 7, 1904. Dear Mr. Krueger: Accept for yourself and Mrs. Krueger, and especially for Mrs. Krueger, heartiest congratulations on your family. I am proud of you both as good citizens and am delighted to have the photograph. I am very sorry that I have no picture of my family to send you in return. With good wishes for you all, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. M. Krueger, San Antonio Machine & Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas.101 March 7, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. MacArthur: I thank you much for your editorial, and appreciate it. If you are at any time in Washington, it would give me great pleasure to see you. With hearty regard, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Arthur MacArthur, The Troy Budget, Troy, N. Y.102 March 7, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Butler: I appreciate your recent editorial on what has been accomplished under my administration so much that I must send you a word of thanks. With hearty regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. E. H. Butler, The News, Buffalo, N. Y. 103 March 7, 1094. Personal. My dear Secretary Taft: Will you look at the enclosed clipping containing an account of what purport to be statements by General Chaffee reflecting on the Russians? The Lieutenant General of the Army should, as a matter of course, be more than careful about saying anything tending to cause international bad feeling, and above all at a time when we are having difficulty in preventing the feelings of one or the other of the combatants from being hurt. Recently I had to rebuke MacArthur for speaking ill of the Germans. I would like a statement about this matter. Our army and navy officers must not comment about foreign powers in a way that will cause trouble. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. H. Taft, Secretary of War. Enclosure.104 March 7, 1904. My dear Senator: After you and Senator Spooner called upon me the other day about putting Henry James in as secretary of legation, I communicated with the Secretary of State and looked carefully into the matter and find that there is now no vacancy in any secretaryship and there is one man at least, and I am afraid two men, whom I have definitely promised shall have vacancies when they arise. Subject to keeping these promises it will give me the greatest pleasure at the earliest opportunity to appoint your friend, Mr. Henry James. From what you tell me he is most eminently fit to render good service. The fact that he is not only a graduate of the University of Wisconsin but also of the School of Diplomacy, and knows French, Spanish and German, makes him one of the men whom I am anxious to get into just such a position as that for which he applies. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. V. Quarles, United States Senate.105 March 7, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Katzenberger: I thank you cordially and much appreciate your sending me the certificate of membership in the legal fraternity of Phi Delta Phi. I remember well our trip together in 1896. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Geo. A. Katzenberger, Secretary and Treasurer, Phi Delta Phi, Greenville, Ohio.106 March 7, 1904. Personal. My dear Senator Dillingham: The enclosed letter from President Jordan explains itself. He is peculiarly well fit to speak on the subject of the seals. So is Hart Merriam. The Elliot to whom he alludes is a very untrustworthy adviser in the matter. With regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. P. Dillingham, United States Senate. Enclosure.107 Personal March 8, 1904. the Secretary of the Interior: Old Chief Joseph will have to have his fare paid back from Washington. He needs not only his ticket but some money to pay his expenses. Please have this done;and send for him and talk to him through an interpreter and tell him that he must never come on here again unless the Secretary of the Interior sends for him, and that never again will his fare be paid. He is a great old Indian, a really noteworthy man, and I want to show the old fellow consideration this time. The sooner he and his party have the bill paid, the quicker the expense will come to an end. I think it is now over $400. Theodore Roosevelt108 WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, MARCH 8th 1904. Sirs: I have appointed you as the Commission which is to undertake the most important and also the most formidable engineering feat that has hitherto been attempted. You are to do a work, the doing of which, if well done, will reflect high honor upon this nation, and when done will be of incalculable benefit, not only to this nation, but to the civilized mankind. As you yourselves must individually know, I have chosen you with reference to nothing save my belief, after full and patient inquiry, that you are among all the available men of whom I have knowledge those best fitted to bring this great task to a successful conclusion. You have been chosen purely because of your personal and professional reputations for integrity and ability. You represent the whole country. You represent neither section nor party. I have not sought to find out the politics of a single one of you, and indeed as to the majority of you I have not the slightest idea what your political affiliations are. I believe that each one of you will 109 will serve not merely with entire fidelity, but with the utmost efficiency. If at any time I feel that any one of you is not rendering the best service which it is possible to procure, I shall feel called upon to disregard alike my feelings for the man and the man's own feelings, and forthwith to substitute for him on the Commission some other man whom I deem capable of rendering better service. Moreover, I shall expect, if at any time any one of you feels that the work is too exhausting and engrossing for him to do in the best possible manner, that he will of his own accord so inform me,in order that I may replace him by some man who, to the requisite ability,joins the will and the strength to give all the effort needed. But so long as you render efficient service of the highest type in the work you are appointed to perform, you may rest assured of my hearty support and backing in every way. These are the conditions under which you have been appointed, and under which I shall expect you to proceed. I shall furthermore expect you to apply precisely the same principles in the choice and retention of the subordinates110 ordinates who do the work under you, as I have applied in your choice and shall apply in your retention. I shall expect you to appoint no man for reasons other than your belief in the aid he can render you in digging the canal. If, having appointed any man, you find that your expectations about him are not fulfilled, or that from any reason he falls short of his duty, I shall expect you to dismiss him out of hand; I shall expect that under such circumstances you will pay not the slightest heed to any backing or influence the man may have. I assume as a matter of course that in dealing with contractors you will act on precisely the principles which would apply in any great private business undertaking. There is no man among you to whom I think it is necessary to say a word as to the standard of honesty to be exacted from every employee or contractor; for if I had had the slightest ground for suspicion that there was need to say such a word to any one of you I should not have appointed him. But I do wish to emphasize the need of unceasing vigilance in the performance of this great work. As 111 -4- As to the details of the work itself I have but little to say. It is to be done as expeditiously as possible, and as economically as is consistent with thoroughness. There is one matter to which I wish to ask your special attention; the question of sanitation and hygiene. You will take measures to secure the best medical experts for this purpose whom you can obtain, and you will, of course, make the contractors submit as implicitly as your own employees to all the rules and regulations of the medical department under you. I presume you will find it best to have one head for this medical department, but that I shall leave to your own judgment. The plans are to be carefully made with a view to the needs not only of the moment, but of the future. The expenditures are to be supervised as rigorously as if they were being made for a private corporation dependent for its profits upon the returns. You are to secure the best talent this country can afford to meet the conditions created by every need which may arise. The112 5 The methods for achieving the results must be yours. What this nation will insist upon is that the results be achieved. Theodore Roosevelt The Isthmian Canal Commission.113 March 8, 1904 My dear Mr. Murphy: If I could go to a dinner to any man it would be to the dinner the Republican Club is giving in honor of ex-Secretary Root. I am bound to him not only by time of recognition of his great and brilliant services to the Nation and the party, but by a particularly close and intimate personal friendship. I wish your club and your guest all good fortune. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Wm. D. Murphy, The Republican Club of the City of New York, 54 West Fortieth Street, New York, N.Y. 114 March 8, 1904. My dear Mr. Secretary: I take it for granted that the enclosed is based on a misunderstanding. That memorandum was prepared at my request, and of course no charges are to be made against any one about it. Will you please let me know about this matter? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. James WIlson, Secretary of Agriculture. Enclosure. The enclosure refers to a telegram from Clifford Richardson of Los Angeles, Cal., stating that a memorandum he gave the President as to Bureau Soils has resulted in charges against Chemist of Agricultural Department - that the latter had no connection with it. 115 March 8, 1904. My dear Mr. Howe: Indeed, yours is a typical republican family; and what is more, a typical good American family; and I am proud of you and yours in both respects. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. L. Howe, Castana, Iowa.116 March 8, 1904. Personal. Dear Murray: All that is very interesting. I wish that Ohio crowd would quit fighting Foraker. He has been a friend of mine and is entitled to my recognizing him as such. I agree entirely with what you say about the Vice Presidential business. But who in the name of Heaven else is there? Odell is in absolute control in New York. I wish he was rid of some of his advisers. I also wish he could have come on here, as he wired me he intended to - not for my sake but for his. If he wishes to consult with me or have me consult him about matters he must get on here. I have declined to take a position one way or the other with reference to the organization of the State committee. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. 117 March 8, 1904. My dear Secretary Taft: I am anxious if the chance comes to appoint from civil life Isaac L. Anderson of Pennsylvania. The boy's ancestors have been in several wars, including the Revolution. Senator Quay is interested in in the boy, and he is a distant kinsman of Governor Pennypacker and of General Galusha Pennypacker, the Fort Fisher man. The papers will be sent you very shortly. Will you communicate with Senator Quay and send him the necessary documents to fill out, etc? Sincerely yours Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm. H. Taft, Secretary of War. 118 Personal. March 8, 1904. My dear Mr. Roots: I thank you for your letter and for your speech, and I am particularly glad you have been elected as a delegate. With hearty regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Francis T. Roots, Connersville, Indiana. 119 Written copy sent. March 7, 1904. My dear Madame Schumann Heink: It was exceedingly kind of you to send Mrs. Roosevelt that clock. We both much appreciate it. I shall permit myself the privilege of sending to your small son, George Washington, a silver cup, which I hope you will accept for him from me. We often talk of how we enjoyed the time you sang for me. Sincerely yours, Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Care Mr. Wm. Rapp, Jr., 70 La Salle Street, Room 41. Chicago, Illinois. 120 March 9, 1904. My dear Senator Gallinger: This note will be presented to you by Mr. Whitefield McKinlay, whom I consider to be a good citizen and a man of excellent repute. Together with Mr. Booker Washington he has been a close friend and backer of Dr. Crum. It seems to me that Dr. Crum's appointment should be confirmed. In Massachusetts where the colored population is not one percent, of the whole. I have had appointed a colored man as Assistant District Attorney, a much more important place than Crum's. In South Carolina Crum's is the only original colored appointment I have made, although I have made scores of original appointments of white men. Not one thing against Crum's character has been show. His capacity is good. As a matter of mere fair play and common decency I think he is entitled to the office and I am 121 entitled that there should be a vote upon the nomination. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. H. Gallinger, United States Senate. Personal. March 9, 1904. Dear Mr. McKinlay: The President's judgment agrees with both yours and mine that it would not do for Dr. Crum to come here. It would look too much like lobbying his own case. It is in good hands now. The enclosed letter from the President to Senator Gallinger explains itself. I return the letters you left with me. Very truly yours, Wm Loeb Jr. Secretary to the President. Mr. Whitefield McKinlay, 936 F Street, N. W., Washington. Enclosures122 March 9, 1904. Personal. My dear Governor: On the top of the news of the choice of the delegate; which I deeply appreciate, I have to write you that it may be necessary for me to appoint another New York man to succeed Stoddard as Secretary of the Territory. He has been a good friend of mine, and is the Chairman of the State Committee, George W. Dunn. For reasons that I shall go over in full with you when I see you this may be an absolute necessity. Dunn is a man of large business interests in Arizona, is a wealthy man, and would make an admirable Secretary. I am surprised that he would be willing to accept the place. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Alexander O. Brodie, Governor of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.At no period of the world's history has life been so full of interest and of possibilities of excitement and of enjoyment as for us who live in the beginning of the 20th century. But we must face facts as they are, we must neither surrender ourselves to a foolish optimism nor succumb to a timid and ignoble pessimism. Our nation is that one among all the nations of the earth which holds in its hands the fate of the coming years. We enjoy exceptional advantages and are menaced by exceptional dangers, and all signs indicate that we shall either fail greatly or succeed greatly. I firmly believe we shall succeed. Theodore Roosevelt March 9, 1904. My dear Senator Gallinger: I have your note of the 8th instant, and in response have pleasure in sending you the enclosed sentences over the President's signature. The communication from Rev. Charles L. Page which you forwarded is herewith returned. Very truly yours, William Loeb, Jr. Secretary to the President. Hon. J. H. Gallinger, United States Senate. Enclosure. 123124 March 9, 1904. My dear Judge: Your letter is a help. I am doing my best to get an appointment for Colonel Shepard. You have no conception - or probably you have a fair conception - of the extreme difficulty of securing suitable places for many excellent and worthy men who apply to me. But I shall try my best to do something for Colonel Shepard. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Edw. W. Hatch, Appellate Division, Supreme Court, First Department, New York, N. Y.125 March 9, 1904. Personal. Dear Jim: Would you accept the position of Minister to Ecuador or of Consul General at the City of Mexico? The latter position will certainly be vacant in a few days, and the former position possibly. The consul generalship carries a salary of $4000 per year and fees amounting to nearly $2000. No Social obligations whatever go with the position. The salary of the Minister to Ecuador is higher - I think $8000 or $10,000, but there are certain social expenses inevitably attendant upon being minister; and when one has a wife and child Ecuador is a very inaccessible, while the City of Mexico is a very accessible, place. Of course, if I go out of office next year, either position would be only for a year; but this might give you the time to decide upon what you want to do. Besides, maybe I shall stay in. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. James Russell Parsons, Secretary, Board of Regents, Albany, N.Y.126 Personal. March 9, 1904. The Postmaster General: As regards Mr. Brisben Walker, this requires no answer. I am already satisfied with the Department's explanation. But I would like a searching investigation in this Wilcox case. On its face it appears to be a bad one. Please have a report made to me. T. Roosevelt The enclosure is a clipping from the Otsego Farmer, relative to the exclusion from 2d class mail privileges of John Brisben Walker's "Twentieth Century Home" and of the School Bulletin, published by Mr. Wilcox of Milford, N. Y. It is alleged that after the payment by Mr. Wilcox to a Washington attorney of a fee of $50, his paper was promptly reinstated to all the privileges of the mails.127 March 9, 1904. Dear Dan: I would much like to see you on general principles. Can you get down Friday, spend Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night? I have asked Grant down and you and I and he would take a walk of a slow decorous character on Saturday afternoon. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Owen Wister, 328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.128 March 9, 1904. Dear Grant: I will have Senator Dillingham in tomorrow and talk straight doctrine about his proposed bill. Can you not get down here for Friday night? I expect Secretary Taft to dinner. If this is impossible take the night train and spend Saturday at my house, taking breakfast, lunch and dinne,r and we will have a walk in the afternoon. Love to Florence. Ever yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Mr. C. Grant LaFarge, 124 East 22nd Street, New York, N.Y.129 Personal March 9, 1904. Dear Seth: Your letter from Rome received. What you write is very interesting. I am genuinely pleased at learning of the friendliness of the archbishop. Things here seem to be going well. There is the usual intricate row in New York politics, but perhaps that is only another way of saying that there are still politicians in New York. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Low. It is always a pleasure to hear from you, and I look forward to your return. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt I deeply felt Senator Hanna's death. Hon. Seth Low, 30 East 64th Street, New York. (To be forwarded) 130 March 9, 1904. My dear Mr. Philbin: I am so pleased that you have been elected regent. Good luck to you! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Eugene A. Philbin, 52 William Street, New York. 131 March 9, 1904. My dear Sir: I trust I need hardly say to you how important I regard the proposed ter-centennial celebration to be held on the borders of Hampton Roads in 1907. This ter-centennial will mark an epoch in the history of our country. The first permanent settlement of English-speaking people on American soil, at Jamestown in 1607, marks the beginning of the history of the United States. The three hundredth anniversary of that event must be commemorated by the people of our union as a whole. With best wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Mr. G.T. Shepperd, Secretary, Jamestown Exposition Company, Norfolk, Virginia. 132 March 9, 1904. My dear Sir Horace: I have just received your volume on Ireland. I look forward to reading it with real pleasure. Whenever you come to this country be sure to let me know. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Sir Horace Plunkett, Care Sir H. M. Durand, British Ambassador, Washington.133 March 10, 1904. Personal. Dear Mr. Farquhar: I return you Wood's letter. I feel as outraged as you do at what has been done about him. I think he will be confirmed in a day or two now. I shall send Dr. Hoyt's papers at once to Admiral Walker. I have told the Commission that I want them to get [accept] the best medical man, without regard to anything but [their] his opinion of his fitness. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. A. B. Farquhar, York, Pennsylvania.134 Personal March 10, 1904. My dear Mr. Attorney General: Can't we proceed with the other post office cases, and with the retrial of Cohn, with all possible vigor? Can we not retain the services of Wickham in connection with the Cohn case? I feel outraged by the decision of Judge Thomas. Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Hon. P.C. Knox, Attorney General.135 March 10, 1904. My dear Mr. Secretary: In view of the circumstances of the case I think it is obvious that Cole will have to be appointed to the position for which the Washington Senators recommended him. The complete disproving of the charges upon which we relied for turning him down makes our position seem, to say the least, uncertain when we now urge new objections. What action has been taken in reference to the inspector or inspectors who made the misleading reports? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.136 March 10, 1904. My dear General: I must write you a line to express my deep appreciation of your kindness. Through Mr. Metcalf I know the inside of all that you have done. Believe me, I understand it and I feel it deeply. With all possible regard, Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, Los Angeles, California.137 March 10, 1904. My dear Mr. Grosscup: I am inclined to think I shall have to appoint Cole to the position for which the Senators recommended him. He has refused to accept the change, on the ground that it would be a confession of wrong-doing on his part; and I confess that I feel a certain sympathy with him in view of the complete disproving of the charges. With regard, Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Mr. B.S. Grosscup, Tacoma, Washington.[*138*] March 10, 1904. Personal. My dear Mrs. White: This letter is personal and not for publication. I fear there is little else I can do. The California members should take that matter up. You know how jealous Congress is of over-interference on my part. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Lovell White, 1616 Clay Street, San Francisco, California.139 March 10, 1904. My dear Dr. Schick: Permit me, through you, to extend my greeting to the great assembly of Reformed Ministers and Elders, which you are to address in Liverpool. It has been one of my hopes to see some day a union of all the Reformed bodies in every nation into a single organization, the better to do the great work that lies ready to their hands. With all good wishes for the success of the Conference, believe me, Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Rev. Dr. J.M. Schick, 1405 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Washington.140 March 10, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Locke: That article is most interesting. I thank you for sending it to me. Believe me, I appreciate your friendship. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Robinson Locke, Editor, Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio.141 March 10, 1904. Dear Jake: I have your letter from Centralia, Missouri. I must send you just a line to say how I long to see you to talk over many things. Give my love to your dear wife. Always yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Jacob A. Riis, Esq., 524 Beech Street, Richmond Hill, N.Y.142 Personal March 11, 1904. My dear Grinnell: All I can say is that the matter completely slipped my mind. Representative Dixon, whom I regard as a very fine fellow, urged the reappointment of Monteath; he was spoken of highly in the Department, and I sent in his name. I fear it is now too late, but if you can get me any kind of definite facts I shall take the matter up at once. I am very sorry. Now I have an indistinct memory that you spoke to me about an Indian agent, but in the multitude of matters I have to attend to this slipped my mind. Are you sure Monteath is not good? What do you know Smead? I hear the gravest accusations against him. Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] [Senator Wilson, the Democratic Senator from Montana , speaks very highly of Monteath.] Mr. George Bird Grinnell, Editor Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, New York.143 March 11, 1904. To the Secretary of War: I enclose a letter in behalf of Major Edward S. Fowler. If a vacancy comes in Tweedale's place, I would like first of all to promote and retire Captain Barber of whom I wrote. Then, if proper, I should like to put in Fowler. T. Roosevelt Enclosure.144 March 11, 1904. My dear Mr. Hulbert: I did not know that there was to be such a position as that you seek, but you are more than welcome to have this letter shown to Secretary Wilson. I think you are most fit to speak on the subject of the roads. I well remember our talk and your books. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Archer B. Hulbert, Marietta, Ohio.145 Personal March 11, 1904. My dear Mr. McNulty: I was much interested in your letter, and gladly grant you the permission you request. Pray accept the enclosed photograph with my compliments and best wishes - particularly to Mrs. McNulty. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frank McNulty, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Enclosure146 March 11, 1904. Dear Dan: I am very sorry to hear that you have been so much under the weather. Do stop with us on your way back from the Hot Springs. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Owen Wister, Esq., 913 Pine Street, Philadelphia.147 March 11, 1904. My dear Bishop: Your letter gives me real pleasure. I thank you for it and appreciate it. With regards to Mrs. Potter, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Bishop Henry C. Potter, 113 West 40th Street, New York.148 March 12, 1904. My dear Dr. Lee: I thank you heartily for your kind letter, which I much appreciate. [*You are very good to say what you did.*] Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Charles E. Lee, 386 Laurel Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.149 March 12, 1904. My dear Mr. Gladden: I am in receipt of your letter of the 8th with enclosure. I genuinely appreciate your kindness and thank you for what you have said. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev.Washington W. E. Gladden, 229 Pueblo Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.150 March 12, 1904. To all Indian Agents, and others connected with Indian Reservation work: This is to introduce Mr. Frederick Burton, the composer, who is studying Indian music and songs. I desire all proper aid to be given him by Government officials so that he may pursue his studies under as favorable conditions as possible. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt March 12, 1904. My dear Sir: Referring to your recent call here, the President takes pleasure in sending you the enclosed letter of introduction to Indian Agents and others connected with Indian reservation work. Very truly yours, Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President. Mr. Frederick R. Burton, Yonkers, N. Y. Enclosure.151 March 12, 1904. Personal. My dear Secretary Wilson: I am concerned that you have had so much sickness. I hope that if you go away your trip will do you much good and that you will be able speedily to return. I am having great trouble about that 800 foot mall. The best architects and artists and most cultivated people I know feel that it is an outrage to encroach on the 800 feet. I very earnestly wish that under my administration we could refrain from such encroachment. Also, do keep a watch on Mr. Dodge and his good roads business. A very excellent young fellow has just informed me that he has been engaged as a lecturer under Dodge. We must insist that the good roads question is for local, not national, attention as far as expense is concerned. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.152 March 12, 1904. Personal. My dear Governor: I am in receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, with enclosed copy of letter. I waited two weeks before sending in the nominations in question, the last week expecting Senator Dick's arrival at any time. It then became impossible to wait any longer, for obvious reasons. I am holding up two other cases pending Dick's arrival. My sole purpose is to treat both sides on an absolutely square basis. I am very much surprised that there should be any question as to the nominations of these particular post offices. They have been under discussion for I do not know how long. Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Governor of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio.153 March 12, 1904. My dear Admiral Walker: Mr. E. C. Howland, I understand, will be presented to you as a man who could do the publicity or newspaper end of the Panama Commission work. He is a straight and an honest fellow whom you can trust entirely, and a gentleman, and I shall be very glad, if there is such work, if he can get it. I have confidence in his capacity as well as in his integrity. He has been across the Isthmus twice, knows the Spanish-American peoples, did good work in Porto Rico and Cuba, speaks Spanish well, and I should esteem the Commission fortunate to get his services. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rear Admiral John G. Walker, Chairman, Isthmian Canal Commission, 79 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C. Enclosures.154 March 12, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Wadsworth: Come in some day. I wish to go over with you the matter of army expenses. I do wish you could make up your mind to allow that 800 foot mall to go through. All the architects feel so strongly about it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. W. Wadsworth, House of Representatives.155 Personal March 12, 1904. My dear Mr. Breckenridge: I am in receipt of your letter of the 9th. If I continue to feel as I do [*with my present knowledge*] I shall certainly not accept your resignation. Messrs. Bonaparte and Woodruff both inform me privately that though they think your actions did not show good judgment [*in the respects needed;*] they are convinced of your absolute probity. Permit me to add that any other statement[s] on their part would have astonished me beyond measure. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. C. R. Breckenridge, Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Tahlequah, Indian Territory.156 March 12, 1904. Personal. Dear Mr. von Briesen: In the first place, I thank you for the letter you sent Mr. Loeb, which I shall study carefully. Now about the newspaper. It is unnecessary to say how interested I am. I do not think I ought to [should] be present at the conference you speak of, but I should be greatly obliged if you would drop a line to ex-Governor Murray Crane of Massachusetts and to Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and bring the matter before them. Let me know if you decide to do so, in order that I may speak to them in advance. With hearty regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Arthur von Briesen, 49 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.157 March 12, 1904. Mr. George H. Pippy, President, Union League Club, San Francisco, Calif. Many thanks for telegram. I remember well my last meeting with you. Give my hearty regards to all. Theodore Roosevelt. 158 Confidential March 12, 1904. My dear Mr. Mellen: I have your letter of the 11th instant. As you know, my views as to what I should hope the decision will be are in substantial accord with yours. But all I can do is hope. Of course neither Knox nor I have in any way approached a single judge. I have no idea what the decision will be. Indeed, I heard ugly rumors that there was doubt that the decision would be our way. This I can hardly believe, because I think our case is so strong. But I have not the slightest knowledge on the subject, and have no more power in the premises than any outsider. The only connection the Government has had with the court has been [*for*] the argument of the Attorney General. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. C. S. Mellen, President, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.Co., New Haven, Connecticut.159 Personal March 14, 1904. My dear Mr. Secretary: I have written and spoken to Admiral Walker about your brother for some position of trust and responsibility under or in connection with the Panama Commission. I told him that from all I had heard and from what I knew of your brother personally, I believed him admirably fit for such a position, and that I could heartily recommend him; but that of course it was the Commission that made the appointment, and that the Commission would be held responsible for whomever they did appoint. I think the members of the Commission have been prejudiced somewhat by an unfortunate publication in the Tribune, to the effect that your brother had already been chosen for secretary, and by further statements that his appointment was being pressed as a political necessity by various New Yorkers, and that I was recommending him purely because of the political influence of his family and friends. I have explained to Admiral Walker that there is not one particle of truth in this; that I desire politics entirely kept off the Commission; and the recommendation of General O'Brien to which I have paid most heed have been those of Judges Scott and Clarke, when they were Corporation Counsel and Assistant Corporation Counsel under Mayor Strong and he was Dock Commissioner; and also to the reports of the different presidents of steamship lines. Admiral Walker told me frankly that he did not think your brother was the man they wanted for secretary; that he did not think he had had160 2 the training which was, in his view, necessary for that place. You may remember that I suggested either to you or your brother that he should see Messrs. Parsons and Burr. I do not know whether he did so or not, or what they said to him if he did. Do keep in mind, and have your brother keep in mind, that it is the Commission which will make the appointment, and that I neither could nor would influence them if they think some other man a better man. Furthermore, I most earnestly hope that no foolish friend of your brother's will let the Commission get the idea that in my recommendation I have been influenced by political motives. I say this because one of the Commissioners told a friend of mine that he was prejudiced against your brother because he had heard that your brother had said that of course I was for him because you were very powerful in northern New York, and that I was depending upon your influence to get delegates for me. I am of course sure that your brother said nothing of the kind - for if I believed it I would instantly withdraw my recommendation for him. But I want him to be very careful to give no color for such slanders. This canal is to be built absolutely without regard to politics, and the reason I have recommended your brother is because I think well of him and believe he would do the work well. By the way, I cabled to General Wood about him, and received from General Wood a very favorable reply, which I have put before Admiral Walker. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John F. O'Brien, Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.161 Personal March 14, 1904. My dear Mr. Abbott: Referring to your letter of the 12th instant to Mr. Loeb, I should be very glad to have you make public what the real facts are as to those expenses. Let me say also that I think it rather a tribute to my administration that they are obliged to come down to this kind of misstatement in order to make a point. In the first place, about the stable. No appropriation has been made for a new stable. Without my knowledge the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds reported, with entire propriety, that inasmuch as the present stable is on unhealthy ground and the Government horses become sick in it, a new one should be built. Moreover, the ground on which the present stable stands has been set apart for monumental purposes, and sooner or later the building will have to be removed. However, on learning that the recommendation had been made, I directed Colonel Symons to state to the Committee that I did not wish the appropriation made, though if I am defeated I shall certainly recommend that it be done for the benefit of my successor. It is stated that my "private naval review" cost the people over $200,000. There was no private naval review, and the review that took place did not cost the people a cent. The fleet was in the North Atlantic, and it was deemed very important that the President should show his interest by going out to it and seeing it pass in review and maneuver.162 2. maneuver. Accordingly, it came into Long Island Sound and I there reviewed it. The review took place, of course, in the presence of hundreds of craft, and was far less private than the ordinary reviews off the coast. Equally of course, it did not cost one penny more than any review off the coast when the Secretary of the Navy or the Admiral goes down to visit the fleet. This review was made solely because the naval officers felt it would be so good a thing to have the President show an interest in the fleet. I confess it never occurred to me that there could be any scoundrel so base as to misinterpret such an action. Now, as to the President's yacht, with all the expensive furniture, etc. This probably refers to the Mayflower, as she is the only boat that has expensive fittings. Not a dollar was spent on the Mayflower for the President or his family in the way of furnishing or equipping her. She is ordinarily used for the Admiral or the Secretary of the Navy. For instance, she was used by Admiral Dewey when he was at the fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean. She was used by the Secretary of the Navy when he inspected the fleet. She has been on duty all winter with the squadron at Panama. She came down for me to review the fleet last summer in the Sound. On another occasion I was on her for the purpose of witnessing the target practice, because I wanted to impress upon the Navy the interest I take in the target practice. Here again it is wicked to allow partisanship to go to the extreme of desiring to interfere163 3 interfere with the promotion of efficiency in the Navy, especially in such a matter as marksmanship. All told, since I have been President I have been on the Mayflower on some three occasions [times]; the third time being when I went to review the National Guard of New Jersey at Sea Girt, a strictly official function. I have also been three or four times on the smaller vessel, the Sylph - as for instance, when I visited with Jake Riis the summer home for poor children of Westchester County last summer; and again when I went to visit the immigration station at Ellis Island. I think I was once or twice on a Government tug also. In short, all this statement is such absolute fatuous folly that it is hard to answer it. I have to move about, and where I can move about on sea it is obviously better; than moving about on land, and all told I have on six or eight different occasions taken advantage of either the Sylph or the Mayflower or a tug being handy, and gone on such vessel. So little did I use these vessels that I have finally given up having any one of them in the neighborhood of Oyster Bay, because I found it was not used even enough to make it worth while. Remember that even when they were at Oyster Bay it did not cost the Government a cent more. They had to lie somewhere. They never were sent to Oyster Bay when there was any other duty to perform. It is perfectly true that the children, being healthy children, boarded them with eagerness when they appeared, and made friends with the sailors. When I have had meals aboard these vessels they have been paid for by me. The Government has been to no extra expense in164 4 the matter whatever, save perhaps on the four or five occasions when there has been the expense of the coal used up on some visit to Ellis Island, or something of the kind, when otherwise the vessel would have been at anchor and would not have burned coal. Surely this is too trivial to be considered. They speak of the entertainments in the White House. These are all paid for out of my private pocket. You have now and then taken meals at the White House, and also at Oyster Bay. You were just as much my guest at one place as the other. I am almost ashamed to mention this, but apparently people do not understand, or some people do not understand, that I pay the butcher, the baker and the grocer at Washington just as I do at Oyster Bay; and the protest is apparently against my having people whom I like lunch or dine with me at the White House, just as I have them lunch or dine with me out at Oyster Bay. It is true that I have a tennis court in the White House grounds. The cost of it has been trivial--less than 400 dollars. It has been paid for exactly as the adjacent garden, for instance, is paid for. The cost is much less than the cost of the greenhouses under Presidents Grant, Harrison, Cleveland, etc. It surely can not seriously be meant that there is objection to the President and his children playing tennis, and of course it is impossible for them to play tennis excepting in the White House grounds. The greenhouses now cost less than they did; less than for a dozen years back. Finally, as to the enlargement of the White House. It is perfectly true that this has been done, and you can speak of your own knowledge165 5 as to the immense improvement. It was not done on my recommendation, for I [?] one whether, and did not think of making one. It was done because in Congress democrats and republicans alike agreed that it was absolutely necessary it should be done; that the White House was unsafe, that it was improper and undignified longer to leave it in the condition that it was. Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, and Congressman McRae, of Arkansas, were among the Senators and Congressmen who took the lead in having the changes made. The changes were carried through by McKim, Mead and White, the effort being to restore the White House to what it was originally planned and designed to be in the days of Washington and Jefferson. Every competent architect in the country will tell you that it was a genuinely patriotic service thus to restore it to its old simple and stately dignity. If you will turn to the Century Magazine for April, 1903, you will see the changes described there. I also enclose you a report from which you may gather some adtional [sic] information. To complain of what has been done is to complain of the erection of buildings like the Congressional Library building, or the Washington Monument. Only a yahoo could have his taste offended; and excepting a yahoo, only a very base partisan politician would complain of it. Can not you see McKim in New York and find out from him just how the changes were made, and how it was done, and what architects think of it? I enclose you a copy of his statement.166 6 This article in the Memphis Appeal is simply one of those which appeared after the Hearst papers had a full page sensational article on the subject of White House extravagance. [????????????]. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Lawrence F. Abbott, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York. P.S. Will you please return the enclosed magazine when you are through with it? Enclosures.167 Personal. March 14, 1904. My dear Senator Hoar: From time to time I reread parts of your two volumes. The other evening I must say I was genuinely gratified to come across what you said of Wendell Phillips. I have always felt indignant at the praise given to him, for I have felt that he was an evil examples to our young men. I am glad you speak of him as plainly as you do. With best wishes. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, United States Senate. 168 March 14, 1904. My dear Judge: Your letter about Brodie gave me pleasure. What a fine fellow he is! Let me add that I hear the same report of the Chief Justice that I do of the Governor! With warm regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Edward Kent, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.169 March 14, 904. My dear Merriam: I have your letter of the 12th about Monteath. What do you know about Major Monteath personally? Congressman Dixon of Montana, of whom I think highly, and Senator Gibson, a democrat, speak of him in the warmest terms. Grinnell had protested to me about him, but I had forgotten about it. Won't you write me a letter I can use either with Monteath himself or with Dixon? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Department of Argriculture. 170 March 14, 1904. My dear Mr. Crimmins: Naturally your letter gave me pleasure. It was a thoughtful thing of you to write it to me, and much though I appreciate Cardinal Satolli's speech, I think I appreciate your letter in [and] reference to it even more. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John D. Crimmins, 40 East 68th Street, New York. (To be forwarded)171 Personal March 14, 1904. My dear Mr. Bigelow: In the first place let me thank you for what you say in your letter about the part I have had in connection with the Panama Canal. In the second place let me thank you for your suggestion about perpetuating the names of Hay and Bunau- Varilla. I have also felt like perpetuating in some way Hanna's name in connection with the matter. If without losing sight of this object I can commemorate the two others, I shall be particularly pleased. With warm regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John Bigelow, 21 Gramercy Park, New York.172 March 14, 1904. My dear Mr. Matthews: I must just send you a personal line to say how much I appreciate your letter and value what you say. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George L. Matthews, Mattoon, Illinois.173 March 15, 1904. Hon. James D. Phelan, Chairman, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif. Please convey to assembled guests my hearty greeting and best wishes. Theodore Roosevelt.174 March 15, 1904. My dear Mr. Taylor: I am genuinely pleased to hear the discovered honors that have been bestowed upon you. I congratulate you upon them. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Hannis Taylor, Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, Washington, D.C. 175 Confidential March 15, 1904. My dear Mr. Draper: First let me congratulate you, and especially the State of New York, upon your taking control of our education system. In the next place, let me say as hearty a word as I can about Mr. James Russell Parsons. He was violently opposed to the change, and was as conscientious in his opposition as Nicholas Murray Butler was in his advocacy - stronger words than these I can not use. I do not know a more high-minded man; and he is a man of singular and versatile ability, devoted with all his heart to the cause of education. If any courtesy or consideration can be shown him I shall be more than pleased. I think it would be most fortunate if he would be retained. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Do come to Washington to let me see you. Good luck to you, always! President Andrew S. Draper, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.176 March 15, 1904. My dear Mr. Walsh: Mr. Loeb has placed before me your very kind invitation. I wish I could accept but it is simply out of the question. If I should accept even so attractive an invitation as yours, it would mean that I would be literally deluged with requests. My rule must be invariable. With hearty thanks for your courtesy, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Thomas F. Walsh, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.177 March 15, 1904. Dear Mr. Ward: I heartily appreciate the action of your convention, and thank you for sending me the copy of the resolution. I am glad you are to be in Washington soon, and look forwards too seeing you. Let me know in advance of your coming. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. L. Ward, Port Chester, N. Y. 178 March 15, 1904. My dear Mr. Washburn: Thank you for your very frank and manly letter. I understandly perfectly the situation. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. D. Washburn, Jr., Minneapolis Club, Minneapolis, Minn.179 March 15, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Sullivan: If you can make that the honorary presidency I shall accept it gladly, but I cannot accept the actual working presidency simply because I can not do any work and shall not be able to be at St. Louis. I think the names of the two vice presidents you suggest are excellent in every way. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. E. Sullivan, Chairman, 15 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.180 Personal. March 16, 1904. My dear Senator: I have not selected, and have not the power to select, O'Brien, or Woodward, or any one else for Secretary of the Commission or for any position under the Commission. You doubtless personally know Admiral Walker, General Davis, Colonel Hecker, and Messrs. Burr and Parsons - five of the members of the Commission. You know that they are not men who would accept a position in which their appointments would be dictated to them. On the statement getting into the Tribune that I had selected O'Brien as secretary for them, one of these members announced that he should refuse to accept - not that he had anything against O'Brien, but that at the very outset he wished it understood that he could not consent to serve if the appointments of the subordinates were to be dictated to them. I have laid all of Woodward's papers before the Commission, and also all of O'Brien's, stating in addition that as regards O'Brien I knew him personally and knew what good work he had done as Dock Commissioner, and call especial attention to the testimony of Judges Scott and Clarke, when they were respectively corporation counsel and assistant corporation counsel of New York, in reference to that work and stated that I earnestly hoped he could be made Secretary or given some important employment under the Commission-- but that of course they must [?] be the ultimate judges in the matter.181 - 2 - Admiral Walker tells me that he thinks well of O'Brien, but does not think that he should be Secretary. I haven't an idea what the other member of the Commission think of him; though I advised O'Brian to see Messrs. Burr and Parsons, personally. Since forwarding with my commendation Woodward's papers, I have heard certain protests against Woodward which I do not think it is necessary to take up as they are before the Secretary or War. I have just received your letter about Colonel Dunn, and have informed the Governor that I should nominate Nicolas. Do let me see you from time to time. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. T. C. Platt, United State Senate.182 March 16, 1904. My dear Sir: I appreciate your letter to Mrs. Roosevelt so much that I must write you a word of thanks myself in reference thereto. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Frank Miller Baum, Rector St. John's Church, Clifton Springs, N. Y.183 March 16, 1904. My dear Bishop Doane: I have your letter of the 14th with enclosure from Bishop Francis which I return. I am very sorry, but I have been obliged to limit my appointments absolutely to the sons of those who have served in the army or the navy. These people have no political influence, and if I do not give them the appointments they cannot have them, although they deserve them more than any other people. Now, if I should make an exception in any case I would give just offense to the hundreds of worthy people for whom I have refused to make the exceptions. I am very sorry to have to write you in this way. With warm regards to Mrs. Doane, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Bishop W. C. Doane, Albany, N. Y. (enclosure)184 Personal March 16, 1904. My dear Senator Dryden: Several weeks ago you and Senator Kean told me that Mr. White, who was recommended by President Woodrow Wilson and others for the position of Secretary of Legation, was peculiarly fitted for the position at Copenhagen which was to be created. I told you then that if it was created I should appoint White to the position. I told Assistant Secretary Loomis of this, and asked him to bring Mr. White's name before me. Loomis is away and the incident entirely escaped my mind, with the result that I sent in the name of Mr. O'Shaughnessy. I am mortified at this error, which I am sure you will excuse because you realize the number of things I have to remember. All I can say is that when [if], without any injustice to Mr. O'Shaughnessy, I can transfer him to an equally good place, I shall do it, and shall appoint Mr. White to Copenhagen.185 I have sent a copy of this letter to the State Department, with a request that it be called to my attention as soon as any vacancy occurs among secretary-ships of importance. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John F. Dryden, United States senate.186 March 16, 1904. Confidential. My dear Mr. Roche: I have your letter of the 14th instant with enclosures. Of course you saw my proclamation calling attention to the need of absolute neutrality. Surely this ought to convince the doubting Thomases here, as it has convinced even those in Russia, that I intend to be genuine in my neutrality. But on the other hand, Russia must not make a preposterous demand such as is embodied in the protest of some of her papers against our permitting Mackay, if he so desires, to lay a cable from Guam to Japan. I should cheerfully permit him to lay such a cable from Alaska to Vladivostok or from Boston to Odessa or St. Petersburg, and I cannot possibly refuse to allow him to lay it from Japan to Guam. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. James Jeffrey Roche, Editor, The Pilot, Boston, Mass.187 March 16, 1904. Personal. My dear Bishop: I have your letter of the 15th. You are a perfect old trump, but you must not get carried away. I know my fellow Americans well. They are brave and honest, but sometimes they are misguided; and, as with all people, they are subject to fits of reaction. No human being can foretell now what will be the result at the polls next November. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, Commercial Advertiser, 187 Broadway, New York, N. Y.188 March 16, 1904. March 16, 1904. To the School Children of San Diego. Care Park Improvement Committee, Room 7, Sefton Building, San Diego, Cal. Hearty greetings and congratulations on the establishment of Arbor Day. Your love of trees now will make you as men and women lovers of forests, both for their natural beauty and economic value. Let your motto be to preserve and care for them as permanent factories for the production of wood, as storage places for the water which is needed in irrigation, and as play grounds for young and old. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Theodore Roosevelt189 March 16, 1904. Dear Alec: I thank you heartily for your letter of the 15th. I have told the Commission that in my judgment Gorgas is the right man to appoint. I hope they will see their way clear to do it. I wish you would write to William Barclay Parsons and Burr your views on the subject. With love to Mrs. Lambert, Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Alexander Lambert, 125 East 36th Street, New York, N. Y.190 Personal March 17, 1904. Dear Elihu: First let me thank you - as usual - for your speech before the Republican Club. It was admirable. Now, about Admiral Kenny. I have sent your letter at once to Admiral Walker. He does not seem favorable to O'Brien, but I have no doubt he will be favorable to Kenny. I wish he were favorable to O'Brien. Of course, as you know, the popular impression that I appoint these officers is incorrect. The Commission I have appointed will act on its own judgment. As regards Woodward, I am sorry to say that Taft and Hitchcock have received information which tends to cast a doubt as to his fitness. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 32 Liberty Street, New York.191 Personal. March 17, 1904. My dear Mr. Pyle: Mr. Loeb has called to my attention your letter to him of the 16th instant and your proposed newspaper article. Anything that you say will be apt to be taken as the best that a personal friend can say for me, and therefore any condemnation from you will be received and quoted independently of anything that you say that is favorable. That being the case, I should like to have a word or two with you on Delaware politics and on the attitude of the so-called reformers toward me before you publish your article. I never have been closely allied with the "reformers" who have been attacking me. I have always been in hostility to the reformers of the Mosefield Storey and New York Evening Post type because I think them the allies of all that is the worst in our politics. They were never "closely allied" with me; [and] they have always been against me. Moreover, I cannot help feeling that if you will look at my early political theories as they were announced by me, as they were acted on by me twenty years ago and ever since, you will find that I have carried them out, not merely in the spirit, but in the letter. If there is one thing that I feel confident of it is that the theory I formulated in the study is the theory I have applied in actual practice. I send you herewith a copy of the Strenuous Life, and192 -2- I ask you to look at the article on Latitude and Longitude among Reformers. It expresses the view I have held of these reformers ever since the day when, a year after leaving college, I entered a successful canvass for the New York legislature, to the present time. As regards Delaware politics, I may mention that my real adviser has been Judge Gray save only in the reappointment of Byrne, where my action had nothing to do with the Delaware situation but with Byrne's very great services in an ugly crisis when the Catholics of this country were incited to assail us on account of the situation concerning the Friars and the Philippines. In this connection, Mr. F. E. Leupp in his recent book has set forth the Delaware situation I think correctly. Cannot you come over to lunch Friday or Saturday [some day], and let me talk over these things with you afterwards? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt In many places at least the attitudes of the lawyers to financiers is just as you put it; but not in the west. I have in a sense no right to criticise what you have written, especially in view of its generous tone towards me; but your good opinion is a thing I prize! Mr. Howard Pyle, Wilmington, Delaware. Enclosure.193 March 17, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Baillie-Grohman: Those plates are beautiful. Of course, change the date of the foreword as you suggest, and you are welcome to use a part of it as you suggest also. With hearty good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. A. Baillie-Grohman, Artillery Mansions, Westminster, London, S.W., England.194 March 17, 1904. Frank C. Travers, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Banquet, Delmonico's, New York, N.Y. Through you let me as an honorary member extend my cordial greetings to my fellow members of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and wish them a most enjoyable evening. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (Charge the President's private account)195 Private March 17, 1904. My dear Governor: Departing form my usual rule I authorized the following statement to be made in reference to just such rumors as you suggest: There is of course not a shadow of truth in that report. The President has taken no sides one way or the other in reference to the gubernatorial nomination in Illinois or in any other State, and has not made and will not make any statement of any kind to nay one for or against any candidate for nomination. Anything more explicit and authoritative can not be imagined. I am sorry you did not see it. You are probably not aware, very naturally, that not only in Illinois but in many other States the effort is continually being made to get a declaration from me for or against some candidate; and no less continually statements are made that I really am for or against some one. Inasmuch as all such statements are of196 course absurd, I usually [shall] pay no heed whatever to them. This has been one of the rare instances where I felt that I should make such a statement. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Richard Yates, Governor of Illinois, Springfield.196 course absurd, I usually [shall] pay no heed whatever to them. This has been one of the rare instances where I felt that I should make such a statement. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Richard Yates, Governor of Illinois, Springfield.197 March 18, 1904. My dear Dr. Harper: All Americans should welcome the chance to join in an event which happily honors the achievements of German scholarship. To the great scholars known throughout the world for their learning, who have come to your University on this occasion, I offer a cordial greeting. Our debt as a nation to Germany is weighty and of long standing. The existence among us of free self-government has drawn to our shores adventurous and liberty-loving men from many lands; so that, in a true sense, we have become a world-nation, with times of friendship which must bind us in peace to all the great peoples of mankind. Germany's share in the upbuilding of our composite nationality has been marked. German blood was freely shed for our liberty in the Revolutionary War. In our second great period of national trial, our citizens of German birth and origin were a unit in support of the cause of Union and198 Freedom. To our citizenship the German element contributes a peculiar degree of business thrift and industry, and of the power of joyous living. Finally, German ideals and German science have given the inspiration in our universities for the existing developments of research and investigation. To the mother of modern science and learning we now offer an affectionate greeting. It is especially gratifying to me to have a share in this demonstration of the strong friendship which binds together the scholars and the men of high ideals in Germany and the United States. The gain to the higher life of both countries from such friendship can not easily be exaggerated, and I am glad to be able, on such an occasion, to wish you well with all my heart. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President William R. Harper, President University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.199 March 18, 1904. Wood, Manila. Confirmed. Fortyfive to sixteen. Congratulations. Roosevelt. (President's private account)200 Personal March 17, 1904. My dear Dr. McKelway: I know the Eagle never means to hit below the belt and so I would like to call your attention to an article by a Mr. Frederick Boyd Stevenson which appeared in your Sunday supplement of March 13th, and which has been inserted by Mr. Williams of Mississippi in the Congressional Record. Under the head of "Fads, Frauds and Follies Cripple Nation's Finances," appear numerous items which I think are, for the most part, utterly improper to insert. I know, for instance, that when he says there are $3,000,000 unnecessary expenditure for armor for the navy, Mr. Stevenson says what is false. I know he says what is false when he speaks of there being $17,000,000 of unnecessary expenditure in the army and navy, and for navy machinery and fortifications. He certainly says what is false when he speaks of the unnecessary transportation expenditure for the army being $5,000,000. All the items in reference to the White House expenditures are false. For instance, he speaks of the restoring and refurnishing of the White House at a cost of $475,000 as being "a fad and fraud or a folly", and a specimen of a "big leak due to reckless wastefulness". As a matter of fact I have no question that if you will turn to the back editorials of the Eagle you will find this particular folly most cordially commended, for I have yet to meet one201 2 intelligent man who has not cordially supported it. The building had come to such a condition that we had to prop up the floors whenever we held a reception, and Congress, on its own initiative and without any suggestion from me, had it strengthened and at the same time had it restored according to the original plans. This was done under McKim, Mead and White, and I have never known anything that met with such cordially universal approval from the architects of the country, and from all interested in the preserving of a great historic landmark. Incidentally, the expenditure of this money prevented the expenditure of a much larger sum to rebuild and change the White House in two or three years from the outside, had it not been then undertaken. The improvements were not made at my request. They were made on the initiative of Congress, and are to last for my successors through a century to come. We then come to the Mayflower and Sylph, where your correspondent states that $280,000 has been spent in refurnishing the Mayflower for use as the President's yacht; for refitting and repairing the Mayflower for the President's private use; and for keeping the Mayflower and the Sylph in readiness for the President. All this, to use plain language, is a malicious lie, which Mr. Stevenson either did know, or should have known, was such when he wrote it. Not a dollar has been spent in furnishing or refitting the Mayflower for my private use, or in keeping her ready at my disposal. During the time I have been President I have been on the Mayflower on some three occasions, and on each occasion on official business as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the202 3 United States; that is, on one occasion to review the fleet; on another, to be present at the target practice to encourage good marksmanship in the Navy; and on another, to attend the encampment of the National Guard of New Jersey, on the invitation of the New Jersey State authorities. She has been at Admiral Dewey's disposal during these same years and has had him aboard of her for some months in connection with the duties of his office, as for instance, when he was down attending the maneuvers of the fleet in the Caribbean Sea. She has been used for similar purposes by the Admiral and the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and by the Secretary of the Navy. This past winter she has been part of the blockading squadron at Panama. She has taken part in the cruises of the Atlantic Squadron. The fittings to which reference is made were in her before her purchase at the time of the Spanish War. The repairs are those made to every ship, and had of course not the slightest reference to the fact that among the innumerable trips she made there were three on which I was on her. I have occasionally taken meals aboard her. For these meals I have myself paid, (including the laundering of the linen,) and also including the meals of the representatives of the press who were aboard. The Sylph I have been aboard three or four times - possibly half a dozen times - and also on a Government tug; in one case because the water was so rough that they thought it better that the tug should take me out into the bay at Ellis Island, which I was visiting on official business;203 4 and in another case to get me from the Pennsylvania station around to the East River, instead of my crossing New York with the usual guard of policemen, etc. So little did I use the Sylph that I finally directed that she should lie at the Brooklyn Navy Yard instead of Oyster Bay. Of course the expense was the same at one place as at the other. It was not increased in any way by my using her. Don't you think this rather small business? Finally, Mr. Stevenson quotes a statement by Mr. Henry L. West, Commissioner of the District of Columbia, in which, among a number of other preposterous statements, Mr. West is represented as saying that the President has taken $80,000,000 of personal patronage out of the Treasury; that in every Department there is the grossest laxity. Concerning this, Mr. West has just written me that the statement is a sheer invention; that he never mentioned my name or alluded to me in any way; and that not one of the statements credited to him is true. Of course if Mr. Stevenson had possessed a grain of common-sense he would have known that the statements attributed to West could not possibly have been true. In fact, Mr. Stevenson's whole article is one which I should expect in the New York American, and against the appearance of which in the Journal I should never make the slightest protest; but with the Eagle it is a different matter.204 5 You are welcome to show this letter to Colonel Hester, but of course it is simply for your and his private information. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. St. Clair McKelway, The Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.205 March, 17, 1904. Personal My dear Mr. O'Brien: After writing you and I received a very strong letter from Secretary Root, written to Secretary Taft, for your brother. I forwarded it at once to Admiral Walker. I enclose a copy of the letter I had sent Walker when I heard from Leonard Wood. Can you get some one who can speak of his personal knowledge about your brother's handling of the office of Commissioner of Navigation? Is there anything written by President Harrison that we can get? I am sure that such statements would carry peculiar weight with the Commission. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John F. O'Brien, Secretary of State, Albany, N. Y. Enclosure206 March 18, 1904. Dear Elihu: I understand you are to be in Washington the 2d, 3d and 4th of April, and that you are to stay at the New Willard, with Mrs. Root and Miss Edith. Is this correct? You know that we should always like to have you at the White House, but I rather gather from what I hear that you would feel a little freer if you stay at the Willard, so I shall say nothing about this beyond repeating that it would always be a pleasure to have you and yours under the White House roof. At any rate, let me know what your engagements are so that I may make mine to fit in. I have many, many things to talk over with you. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 32 Liberty Street, New York.207 (Pen written draft sent.) March 18, 1904. My dear Mrs. Payne: How is the Postmaster General? I do earnestly hope that you and he will be able soon to get off for a little rest. I think this most important. Always yours, Mrs. Henry C. Payne, The Arlington.208 March 19, 1904. Mr. A. A. Allen, President, Mr. W. H. Harrison, Secretary, Republican League of Los Angeles, Los Angeles , Cal. I send hearty greetings and congratulations to League on opening of new Club Rooms. I am gratified by compliment paid me in my election to honorary membership and by the cordial tone of the invitation you extend to me to be with you this evening, and thoroughly appreciate the expressions of approval and good-will and friendly interest embodied in the invitation, for all which I thank you most sincerely. With every good wish for the League and for its members individually, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.209 March 18, 1904. My dear Mr. Morse: When you came in the other day I had the Speaker and a Senator here and was not able to talk with you over two or three matters which I should like to have brought up. If you come on to Washington again this year will you not let me know in advance? I should like to have you take lunch or dinner with me. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Robert M. Morse, 60 Burroughs Street, Jamaica Plains, Boston, Massachusetts.210 March 18, 1904. My dear Sir: Through the American Newsboys' Magazine I greet the American newsboys. I have been particularly interested in the movement which this magazine symbolizes, and I earnestly wish for it all success. We ought all of us to sympathize with every American man or boy who is brave and self-helpful, and who tries to do his by himself and others; but we must sympathize even more with the boy than with the man. I feel it speaks well for the future of our country that there should be a movement such as this. I believe in you, boys, because you are trying to make your way in the world, and at the same time trying to help others and to retain your self-respect as you only can retain it if you show respect for others. I think you have those traits which we like to consider characteristically American - the traits of being brave and manly and honest. Keep in mind that you have got to be truthful; that you must 211 possess undaunted courage; that you must be able in manfully to fight your own way in the world; but that it is your duty always to be just and generous to others no less than to remember your own rights; and while able to stand up for yourselves you must also always be willing to help the weak when the chance comes. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Colonel O. O. Stealey Editor American Newsboys' Magazine, 1417 G Street, N. W., Washington. 212 March 18, 1904. My dear Mr. Thwing: I have your letter of the 16th instant. It is almost needless to say that I heartily approve of the project of raising a memorial to Senator Hanna. I would hardly like to say what form the memorial should take; for it might seem as if I were dictating to Senator Hanna's friends in the matter. Whatever form of memorial the friends of Senator Hanna on Ohio agree to will be entirely satisfactory to me. With warm regards, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Charles F. Thwing, L. L. D., President, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 213 March 19, 1904. My dear Mr. King: I thank you for your very kind letter. I enclose a copy of one from the Attorney General in response. By it, I am happy to be able to say, you will see that we can pay Mr. Smith the usual compensation paid to attorneys who act on behalf of the Government, and this without applying to Congress. The Government never pays such fees as private clients do, and what we pay even in such a case as that of the counsel before the International Alaskan Boundary Commission is small when compared with what is received by counsel from private individuals. All that the immemorial custom of the Department allows, however, I shall be most glad to have paid to Mr. Smith, for I feel he has rendered a very great service, and that the entire business community is to be congratulated upon what has been accomplished in these silk fraud cases. 214 In particular I wish to express my acknowledgement of the service your association has rendered. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. William F. King, Merchants' Association of New York, New York Life Building, New York, N. Y. Enclosure. 215 Personal. March 19, 1904. My dear Mr. Simons: Your letter pleased and interested me much. The first work I saw of yours was the "Seats of the Mighty", and it impressed me so powerfully that I have ever since eagerly sought out any of your pictures of which I heard. When I became President Mrs. Roosevelt and I made up our minds that while I was President we would indulge ourselves in the purchase of one really first class piece of American art - for we are people whom the respective sizes of our family and our income have never warranted in making such a purchase while I was in private life! As soon as we saw "When Light and Shadow Meet", we made up our minds at once and without speaking to one another that at last we had seen the very thing we wanted. Mrs. Roosevelt and I feel that in your letter you have expressed much which we have felt but not formulated. I agree absolutely with you that art, or at least the art 216 for which I care, must present the ideal through the temperament and the interpretation of the painter. I do not greatly care for the reproduction of landscapes which in effect I see whenever I ride and walk. I wish "the light that never was on land or sea" in the pictures that I am to live with - and this light your paintings have. When I look at them I feel a lift in my soul; I feel my imagination stirred. And so, my dear Mr. Simons, I believe in you as an artist and I am proud of you as an American. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Bruseius Simons, 150 Boulevard Peraise, XVII, Paris, France.217 199 March 19, 1904. Dear Leonard: Yesterday unexpectedly a vote was taken and you were confirmed, forty-five to fifteen. Forty Republicans and five Democrats voted in the affirmative, and thirteen Democrats and two Republicans, Kittredge and Scott, voting in the negative. The vote came unexpectedly. Steinhart was on his way here from Cuba to give some facts to Foraker for the closing argument and some of your staunchest friends as well as a few of your bitterest foes were absent from the Senate - although they were all paired, so that it made no difference one way or the other in the majority. I have not written you during the four month's contest, because it really did not seem as if I had the heart to. I could not tell when it would end, and there were moments when it appeared as if the result would be very close, although I was always confident of winning. It did not seem worth while to burden you with the counts and forecasts which would probably be of no consequence when you received my letters. I have been both surprised and saddened at the bitterness and persistency of the attacks upon you; and the extraordinary forgetfulness our people have shown of what you have done. If I needed a lesson as to the absolutely short memory of mankind, this experience would give it to me. Fortunately I do not, and if at the election next fall I am overwhelmingly beaten by the very people218 -2- who have been loudest in acclaiming what I have done, I shall regret it, but I shall neither be over-much surprised nor over-much cast down. As far as I can find out several causes conspired to make the fight against you so bitter, Hanna was the chief. His opposition to you grow to be almost a monomania, and he was very confident of beating you, as well as fixed in the belief that the great bulk of the people were on his side and that it was good politics to oppose you. The Democrats jumped at the chance of opposing you under the same belief. The Associated Press, a powerful instrument, has been malignant in its position toward you, for reasons which I do not wholly understand, but coming, I suspect, from two causes. General Wilson has been indefatigable in his malicious opposition. The Evening Post has been opposed to you because of animosity to you personally; The Sun because of animosity to me and secondarily because of friendship for General Wilson. The Civil War veterans were worked upon until they were strong in their opposition to you because you were jumping gallant and respectable nonentities who had been good subalterns forty years ago. All of the secondrate elderly men of the regular army, of course opposed you. The average good citizen whose memory is short and who does not take the trouble to think very deeply was effected by the incessant misrepresentations. As I said above things were very ticklish in the Senate once or twice. On two distinct occasions I had to tell the Republican members of the committee on military219 -3- affairs, and once I had to tell a very prominent Republican leader not on the committee, that I was in no way or shape committed to you for the lieutenant generalship; and that this did not in the least mean that you were to become lieutenant general if I were reelected - that the question of lieutenant generalship was one purely for the future, which I should take up on its merits, if ever I had the occasion to deal with it. Meanwhile all of us here feel that it is best that you should continue in your present position, and not for some little time to come be put in command of the Philippine Islands as a whole. Everything must be avoided which will have the least appearance of pushing you at the expense of anyone else. Moreover, I feel that your present position is that which offers best chance for distinguished service - in fact I feel that you have rendered such service this winter, and it is one of the incomprehensible features of the situation that it does not seem to have obtained the popular recognition which it deserved. On Monday Mrs. Wood dines here. I have been very, very sorry for her all this winter. However, it is all right now. Good luck be with you! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Major General Leonard Wood, Manila, P. I.220 March 19, 1904. Dear Merriam: I like frankness and I do not mind unconventionality. But when these two qualities change shape a little the result can be justified only by an accuracy which your last letter lacks. I do not at the moment care to discuss Mr. Cleveland's appointees with you. But in speaking of my own appointments you say that you try to hold on to your belief in me, although your belief has had some pretty hard knocks, and that you are "grievously disappointed that such men as Monteath, Bingenheimer and Burton are retained in office after their unfitness has been abundantly proved." Bingenheimer has been replaced by the man whom Grinnell recommended - Carignan. Burton was investigated on the charges made against him, and for investigators I appointed a partner of Mr. Lummis, who made the charges, and an Indian Inspector whom Mr. Lummis said was absolutely straight and competent, and by whose decision he announced in advance that he would be willing to abide. The charges not merely broke down, but broke down ridiculously. If you knew any facts which were not then considered it was your duty to have told them. If you do not know any facts then you have no business to talk against Burton. If your knowledge of Monteath is as inaccurate as your knowledge of what has happened in the Bingenheimer and Burton cases, I shall be almost sorry of having directed an investigation of him by the Interior Department - which I have done. There is in any event 66 per cent. of error in your statement as to these three men. Bingenheimer has been removed. The unfitness of Burton has not been "proved," whether "abundantly" or otherwise.221 -2- There is one of your statements that I am able to check off. You speak of Colonel Sanders as having stated that Monteath was seen drunk in a bar-room. Are you aware of Colonel Sanders own reputation for sobriety, and of the bitterness of factional animosity which has rendered it impossible to take his estimate about the Montana appointments? Colonel Sanders has many admirable and heroic qualities; and save privately, I should not speak of the fact that both my last interviews with him were closed because he was so much under the influence of liquor that it was useless to try to talk to him. But I do not feel inclined to take his statements as to the sobriety of some one else. Congressman Dixon, the Republican, and Senator Gibson, the Democrat, have both impressed me as men who mean to do what is straight and honest. The more I have seen of Indian Commissioner Jones the more certain I am that he means to do what is straight and honest; and I may add that I have found that his more violent critics are quite as apt to be in the wrong as he is. Yours very truly, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.222 Personal March 21, 1904. Dear Elihu: Good! On the 2d and 3d you and I will ride, and we will take Lodge with us-if necessary, strapped to his saddle. Will you and Mrs. Root dine with us on the evening of Saturday, April 2d? Will you be here in time to take lunch the same day? If so, I shall have Taft to lunch, and we will talk over one or two matters in which he and I would like your advice. Are you going to stay until the 7th? Alice does not return until that day, and if you are still here then, can you, Mrs. Root and Edith dine with us that night too? Then we will have some young people to meet Edith. When you have made your other engagements, so that I shall not interfere with them, I shall get you and Mrs. Root to tuck in a spare dinner or two extra with us.223 You did great work in bringing Odell and Platt together. All of us are to be congratulated upon it, and of course I am to be congratulated especially. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 32 Liberty Street, New York.224 Strictly personal March 19, 1904. Dear Cecil: Your letter about the Russian situation was most interesting. I have been rather surprised at the unexpectedly hysterical side of the Russian nature, which the Japanese success, and the supposed hostility of this country, seem to have brought in evidence. There is much about the Russians which I admire, and I believe in the future of the Slavs if they can only take the right turn. But I do not believe in the future of any race while it is under a crushing despotism. The Japanese are non-Aryan and non-Christian, but they are under the weight of no such despotism as the Russians; and so, although the Russians are fundamentally nearer to us, or rather would be if a chance were given them, they are not in actual fact nearer to us at present. People who feel as we do would be happier to-day living in Japan than living in Russia. I am entirely sincere in my purpose to keep this Government neutral in the war. And I am no less sincere in my hope that the area of the war will be as limited as possible, and that it will be brought to a close with as little loss to either combatant as is possible. But this country as a whole tends to sympathize with Russia; while the Jews are as violent in their anti-Russian feeling as the Irish in their pro-Russian feeling. I do not think that the country looks forward to, or concerns itself about, the immense possibilities which the war holds for the future. I suppose225 -2- democracies will always be short-sighted about anything that is not brought roughly home to them. Still, when I feel exasperated by the limitations upon preparedness and forethought which are imposed by democratic conditions, I can comfort myself by the extraordinary example of these very limitations which the autocratic government of Russia has itself furnished in this crisis. From all I can gather Russia is as angry with America as with England. The Slav is a great and growing race. But if the Japanese win out, not only the Slav, but all of us will have to reckon with a great new force in eastern Asia. The victory will make Japan by itself a formidable power in the Orient, because all the other powers having interests there will have divided interests, divided cares, double burdens, whereas Japan will have but one care, one interest, one burden. If, moreover, Japan seriously starts in to reorganize China and makes any headway, there will result a real shifting of the center of equilibrium as far as the white races are concerned. Personally I believe that Japan will develop herself, and seek to develop China, along paths which will make the first and possibly the second great civilized powers; but the civilization must of course be of a different type from our civilizations. I do not mean that the mere race taken by itself would cause such a tremendous difference. I have met Japanese, and even Chinese, educated in our ways, who in all their emotions and ways of thought were well-nigh identical with us. But the weight of their own ancestral civilization will press upon them, and will prevent226 -3- their ever coming into exactly our mould. However, all of this is mere speculation. It may be that the two powers will fight until both are fairly well exhausted, and that then peace will come on terms which will not mean the creation of either a yellow peril or Slav peril. At any rate all that any of us can do is to try to make our several nations fit themselves by the handling of their own affairs, external and internal, so as to be ready for whatever the future may hold. If new nations come to power, if old nations grow to greater power, the attitude of we who speak English should be one of ready recognition of the rights of the new comers, of desire to avoid giving them just offense, and at the same time of preparedness in body and in min to hold our own if our interests are menaced. I cannot believe that there will be such a continental coalition against England as that of which you speak. Undoubtedly England is in some immediate, and America in some remote, danger, because each is unmilitary-judged by the standard of continental Europe-and yet both rich and aggressive. Each tends to think itself secure by its own position from the danger of attack at home. We are not so spread out as you are. We are farther away from Europe; therefore, our danger is for the time-being less. But we have to a greater degree than you have, although you have it too, the spirit of mere materialism and shortsighted vanity and folly at work for mischief among us. A society of which a bloated trust magnate is accepted quite simply as the ideal is in a rotten condition; and yet this is exactly the con-227 -4- dition of no inconsiderable portion of our society. Many people of property admire [?] man; many people of no property envy him; and both the admiration and the envy are tributes to which he is not in the least entitled. However, I cannot write all that I feel. You must come over. Can't you bring Mrs. Spring Rice here as soon as you are married? It will be such fun to have you at the White House. Ever Yours, Theodore Roosevelt Cecil Spring Rice, Esq., Foreign Office, London, England. 228 March 21, 1904. My dear General: Even if I had not seen your correction of the al- leged statement of yours I never should have paid a sec- ond thought to it. for I should have known that there was some mistake in the report. I know that there was as far too will to pay the slightest heed to such blunders. With warm regards to Mrs. Grant, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, U.S.A., Commanding Department of the Lakes, Chicago, Illinois. 229 Personal March 21, 1904. Dear Bellamy: I have your letter of March 7th. There are several candi- dates for Secretary who have to be considered before I can get to Grew. The trouble is that shoals of educated young fellows apply for these secretaryships, and they all want to go to Eu rope - which, incidentally, does not prejudice me in their favor. With love to Maria, Faithfully yours Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Bellamy Storer, United States Ambassador, Vienna, Austria. 230 March 21, 1904. Personal. My dear Senator: Let me heartily congratulate you upon the outcome in New York. which I regard as so important from the party standpoint. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. T. C. Platt. United States Senate. 231 March 21, 1904. My dear President Draper: I have your letter of the 18th. I hope it is un- necessary for me to say that I have absolute trust in the wisdom of what you will do. I am entirely certain that you will take the course which your own judgment- the best judgment possible, for you know the fact as no one else can know them - may dictate. With hearty regards, Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Andrew S. Draper, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. 232 March 21, 1904. Dear General: Before I heard through Root of your son's desire to be Secretary of Arizona or of the Dawes Commission, both places had been filled, the first by me and the other, as I found on looking it up, by the Secretary of the Interior. I trust I need not say that I would count it a privelege to do anything you desire. Will you let me know if there is anything else which you son would like? It would give me peculiar pleasure to appoint him if I am able to. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. O. O. Howard, Burlington, Vermont.233 March 21, 1904. Personal. My dear Senator: Mr. Loeb conveyed to me your telephone message of last evening. The result of the conference is very gratifying, and I thank you for the part you took in bringing about such a satisfactory settlement. It is important from every standpoint. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, United States Senate.234 March 21, 1904. Personal. My dear Governor: I need not say how pleased I am at what has happened in New York. I do not believe that there will be any further trouble. The interests at stake are too great for us to let anything imperil the success of the party. Again congratulating you, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Jr., Governor of New York, Albany, N. Y.235 March 21, 1904. My dear Mr. Chapman: I thank you for sending me the two articles on Long. They did my soul good! With hearty regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. F. M. Chapman, American Museum of Natural History, 77th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y.236 March 21, 1904. My dear Mr. Speaker: Is it not possible to give the Alaskans a show? They all have a pathetic belief that I am a typical farwest President and their natural champion. If there is anything I can say for them I should like to. There are several bills affecting their interests, and it would be a first-class thing if we could put them through. I do not suppose there will be much opposition. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. H. G. Cannon, The Speaker of the House of Representatives.237 March 21, 1904. My dear Dr. McKelway: I thank you for your really generous treatment of what I wrote, and I deeply appreciate it. With high regard, Sincerely yours, [Theodore Roosevelt] Dr. St. Clair McKelway, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y. 238 March 21, 1904. Personal. Dear Cecil: I was speaking to John Hay about your two letters the other day and he was so interested in them that I sent them to him. He returned them with the enclosed note . which I thought you might like to see. Always yours, Cecil Spring Rice, Esq., Foreign Office, London, England. Enclosure. 239 March 21, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Washburn: I have just read the kind and pleasant open letter you wrote about me to the Minneapolis Journal, and I write to thank you for it and to say that I appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. D. Washburn, Jr., 302 Guaranty Loan Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 240 March 21, 1904. Dear Uncle Rob: I am afraid it will not be possible for me to get on to that dinner. I have to refuse all dinners. In- deed. I wish I could see you, for there are so many things I should like to talk about with you. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, 57 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 241 March 21, 1904. Personal. My dear Witherbee: I am very much obliged to you for the telegram, and greatly appreciate all you have done in the matter. It is A'! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Frank S. Witherbee, 4 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.242 March 22, 1904. My dear Mrs. Bingham: Mrs. Roosevelt and I have been so concerned over the accident to the Colonel. You have been constantly in our thoughts. As soon as the Colonel is able to receive any messages, pray give him our warmest regards and sympathy. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Theodore A. Bingham, Buffalo, N.Y.243 March 22, 1904. My dear Mr. Kennedy: Such a letter as that from you naturally gives me pleasure; but, my dear sir, it was not necessary for you to tell me what you would do. I could have told it in advance. With high regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John S. Kennedy, 31 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y.244 March 22, 1904. My dear Senator Hoar: With all that you say about Wendell Phillips I most heartily concur. The fact that he was so brilliant an orator merely makes his offenses more heinous, in my judgment. Now, as to the Clark University matter, I guess I shall have to throw up my hands! Of course, you will not wish me to make a definite promise now; but if I am still President in the spring of 1905, I think I shall absolutely have to attend the first commencement of the University under Carroll D. Wright. Of course, do not treat this as an absolute promise, but I shall do my best to come. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, United States Senate.245 Personal March 22, 1904. My dear Sir: Senator Lodge has handed me the two volumes. I value them for their matter, but I confess I value them even more for their striking mechanical beauty. It is of course a vain wish, but nevertheless I do wish, that all of our classics could be put into editions like this. With many thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. H. H. Harper, The Bibliophile Society, Boston.246 March 23, 1904. My dear President Gates: Your letter of the 11th instant pleases me, for I have always kept in mind our meeting at Pomona College. You, and the audience, and the surroundings, taken together, appealed to me particularly! With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President George A. Gates, Pomona College, Claremont, California.247 March 23, 1904. Personal. My dear General: I thank you for your very kind letter, and I shall act upon your advice and have the full information sent, presumably to Congress. You probably know that all we did was to take the existing rulings of the Department, which established 75 and 65 as the ages at which veterans received $12 and $6 pensions, and changed them to 70 and 62, stating that the age should be considered as establishing a presumption of disability - a presumption which can, of course, be overthrown by the presentation of proper facts. With renewed thanks, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. B. F. Tracy, 71 Broadway, New York, N .Y .248 March 23, 1904, My dear Sir and Comrade: Your letter of the 21st instant pleased me very much, and I was interested in the enclosure which I return herewith. With best wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Edwin W. Burrage, Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath, N.Y. Enclosure.249 March 24, 1904. Dear Elihu: All right, dine with us Saturday, April 2nd; and I will get Taft and the Lodges also. When you find out the time you will get here let me know whether you will also be on hand for lunch, together with Mrs. Root, and whether you will be able to ride in the afternoon, or will only try it on Sunday. Yes, Akela has lost his teeth and his spring, and the new leader of the pack wished to worry him to death in the open with everybody looking on. Fortunately there were several Mowglis who were able to persuade both combatants that a less tempestuous course was advisable. As you once said, Platt never in the days of his power has aroused as disinterested or generous a sentiment of loyalty as in the day of his decline.250 Some one told me the other day that it was the temporary and not the permanent chairman of the National Convention who made the real address. If this is so we must have you for temporary chairman. There is no particular point in acting as presiding officer during the two or three days of the convention. The point is to deliver the big speech which is to go forth as setting the note of the convention and the campaign. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, 32 Liberty Street, New York, N. Y.251 March 24, 1904. Personal.(underline) Dear Knox: Senator Penrose has been speaking to me about a couple of planks [of] on the merger suit and the anthracite coat strike settlement for the Pennsylvania convention on April 6th. I think it is a first-class thing to have these two planks put in. Won't you draw a rough draft and bring it over to me? We will then submit it to Senator Penrose. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. P.C. Knox, Attorney General. 252 Personal. March 24, 1904. My dear Mr. Attorney General: Apparently from the enclosed newspaper clipping Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty has been acting like a fool. Is it worth while taking any action about it? I doubt if Prouty intends to be a fool, but he evidently is one. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. P. C. Knox, Attorney General. Enclosure. 253 Personal March 25, 1904. My dear Governor: I am sorry to say--very sorry to say--that the Commission evidently will not appoint O'Brien. I think Mr. Burr would favor him, but the others would not. I went to the very limit in urging O'Brien upon the Commission. I not only submitted the letters from Root, Wood, and Judges Clarke and Scott, but stated that it would be very gratifying to me for personal reasons if they could see their way clear to appoint him. In fact, I went further than I should be willing ever to go again with the Commission, or perhaps that I ought to have gone. When I see you I shall tell you some of the things which I think interfered. There were, notably, things that O'Brien was alleged to have said. A member of the Commission then told me that he thought they would like to appoint Bishop, and that as he was a personal friend of mine 254 they thought it would not be distasteful to me. I have told them that under the circumstances they ought not to appoint any New York man if O'Brien is not to be appointed, and my understanding is that they have come to this view. I explained that I was very sorry in any way to interfere with Bishop, of whom I was fond, but that if O'Brien was passed by now and Bishop appointed it would inevitably cause some people to believe that it had been done with my connivance, and that the Commission ought not to start out in such shape. I had a most interesting talk with Ward yesterday, who told me the inside of the late conference. Let me again heartily congratulate, not only you and me, but the Republican Party, upon the outcome. I do hope you can get on here this spring. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Give my warm regards to Mrs. Odell Hon. B. B. Odell, Jr., Governor of New York.255 March 25, 1904. My dear Senator: I thank you heartily. It seems to me that the action of the Minnesota people was wise and conservative. I want to see you soon to talk it over. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Knute Nelson United States Senate.256 Personal March 25, 1904. My dear Bishop: I saw Parsons an hour or two after having had a talk with O'Brien, in which O'Brien let it be very plainly seen that he and his people believed that I had only gone through the form of supporting him, and had really intended to throw him over and put in you. I got the same idea from a letter from the Governor. O'Brien also said that he had talked to you freely about his case, and had never learned from you that you were a possible candidate. Under the circumstances I felt, as I found Parsons felt and Burr also, that it would be very unwise, not only from my standpoint but from yours and the Commission's, to give the idea at the outset that there had been double-dealing in an effort of mine by underhanded means to get a personal friend in as secretary. Parsons has told you, I suppose, what his subsequent plans are. I hope 257 to see you soon, and can then [let you know.] tell the whole matter in detail. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, The Globe, 5 Dey Street, New York.258 March 25, 1904. My dear Mr. Truscott: I wish I could accept, but it is absolutely out of the question for me to undertake such a long trip while Congress is in session. Present my warm regards to my old friends who are at Miles City. I remember well when I used to be a delegate from the Little Missouri Stockmen's Association to these meetings. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John. S. Truscott, The Montana Stock Association, Miles City, Montana. 259 March 25, 1904. Dear Spock: That is most interesting and it has every mark of reasonably about it. I am obliged to you for letting me know the inside facts. I am pleased that you like what I wrote to the Chicago University people. With great regard, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Baron H. Sternburg, German Ambassador, Washington. 260 March 25, 1904. My dear Foulke: Upon my word I enjoyed your review of the volumes of Riis and Leupp so much that I simply have to tell you so. Soon we shall get you and Mrs. Foulke and Mr. and Mrs. Leupp and the Garfields to come to dinner just for our own enjoyment! Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Wm., Dudley Foulke, 1266 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D.C.261 March 25, 1904. My dear Captain Gleaves: I have seen Admiral Taylor and he says that he thinks you are absolutely entitled to go to Berlin, and that you are to go there. It will give Mrs. Roosevelt great pleasure to lunch with you [a] two weeks from this coming Saturday that is, the 9th. Would you care to ask Secretary Moody at the same time? With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Captain Albert Gleaves, U.S.N., Care of Navy Department. 262 March 26, 1904. W. Emlen Roosevelt, 804 Fifth Avenue, New York. Telegram received. Come direct to the White House. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. President's private acct. 263 March 26, 1904. Dear Elihu: I was immensely amused at Coggy's fellow-feeling! Remember, we shall expect Mrs. Root and you at lunch. Won't you and Mrs. Root come to lunch with us on Friday instead of Saturday if you are to be here on that day; then dine with us on Saturday? If, however, you have made any other engagements do not break them. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Elihu Root, Mutual Life Building, New York, N. Y.264 March 26, 1904. My dear Mr. Sherman: I thank you for the copy of the resolutions. They did "get there" in first-class shape. I congratulate you upon your renomination. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J.S. Sherman, House of Representatives. 265 March 26, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Nowland: Through Senator Lodge I have just received the two Mount Vernon chairs. Permit me to thank you most cordially. Mrs. Roosevelt and I deeply appreciate your courtesy in sending us the two chairs which we shall prize most highly. With great regard and renewed thanks, believe me, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George A. Nowland, Alexandria, Virginia.266 March 26, 1904. Personal.(underline) My dear Mr. Attorney General: Would not it be well to have some statement made as to what has been done about the beef trust, so that people will be advised? Sometimes things of this kind ought to be hammered in. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. P.C. Knox, Attorney General. 267 March 27, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Dolan: I have just seen Mr. Charles Emory Smith. I need hardly say that I share your views as to the chairmanship. Could you come down here Wednesday if not too much trouble and take lunch with me at 1:30? I would like to talk over the matter with you. Hoping you can come, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Thomas Dolan, 1809 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 269 March 28 , 1904 . My dear Dr. Egan : I have your note of the 26th . Of course you may use what I have said about the Irish saga. Would you mind , when you have it written out , submitting it to me so that I may be sure of the phraseology ? What a delightful fellow Connolly is ! I was immense- ly taken with his Gloucester stories. I must soon get a chance too see you again. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Maurice Francis Egan , 212 North Capitol Street , Washington , D. C. 270 March 28, 1904. Dear Frank: You were very kind to send me the extra proofs, and I much appreciate them and thank you for them. I have signed the others as you requested. Do you ever get down to Washington alone or with your wife? If so, be sure to let me know in advance. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Francis R. Appleton, 26 East 37th Street, New York, N.Y. 271 March 28, 1904. My dear Mr. Olcott: I have your letter of the 26th, and wish I could be present on the occasion of the visit of Dr. Stalker. As that is not possible, permit me to join in greeting your guests, and permit me also through you to extend my warm good wishes to the members of the Union. You know the interest I take in your work. I have all my life been a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and it has long been my hope to see a closer union brought about among the various Reformed Churches. Renewing my good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. E. E. Olcott, President, Reformed Church Union, Hudson River Day Line, New York, N. Y. 272 March 28, 1904. My dear Mr. Driscoll: You letter amused me much. Mason Mitchell is a good fellow, and if the chance comes he shall have a change and promotion to some equally out-of-the-way place, if possible [of] with a little different type of disease[s] prevalent in the neighborhood. I have notified Mr. Loomis about it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. M.E. Driscoll, House of Representatives. 273 March 28, 1904. To the Secretary of State: Look over this letter and my answer and ask Loomis to keep it on file and hold Mason Mitchell in mind if the opportunity occurs. Theodore Roosevelt Enclosures.274 March 28, 1904. My dear Mr. Otjen: By direction of the President I send you here with a letter he has written to the Badger State Roosevelt Club acknowledging the resolutions which you handed him. Will you please transmit the letter to the proper person? Very truly yours, Wm. Loeb Jr. Secretary to the President Hon. Theobold Otjen, House of Representatives. Enclosure. March 28, 1904. Gentlemen: Representative Otjen has shown me the resolutions adopted by your club on the 22d instant. Permit me through you to express to your members my cordial thanks for their courtesy and my appreciation of the action taken. With best wishes for the success of the club, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. David Rottman, President, Mr. Charles Schiewitz, Secretary, The Badger State Roosevelt Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.275 My dear Sir: Through Secretary Shaw, whom I have asked to represent me at the commencement, let me thank you and Cornell College for their thought of me, and to say how heartily I congratulate the College upon its Fiftieth Anniversary. Every good American has a peculiar feeling of respect for those who, in giving to our countrymen broad and deep education, are rendering so vitally necessary a service to the Nation. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President William F. King, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. Personal March 28, 1904. My dear Mr. Secretary: The President requests me to send you the accompanying letter addressed to President King, of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, congratulating the College upon it Fiftieth Anniversary. Very truly yours, Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President. Hon. L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury. Enclosure276 March 28, 1904. My dear Colonel Lyon: I have your two letters of the 24th, and am very much pleased. I do not know whether I can do anything for the marshals' bill, but I shall try. Do tell Sloan Simpson that nothing could gratify me more than having him as a delegate. With hearty regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Col. Cecil A. Lyon, Sherman, Texas.277 March 28, 1904. My dear White: I have your letter of the 21st, with enclosure. I shall have Gifford Pinchot of the Forestry Bureau meet you and go over those matters with you. Try to get here Tuesday April 19th for lunch at 1:30, then we will get a good ride that afternoon, and I shall have them give you a Whitman tree saddle and single rein, curb bit. Unfortunately, neither you nor I will be on my good horses for they have had the influenza, and I have had to send all three of them to the country; and of course you understand that it is really a very mild kind of decorous ride one can get around Washington anyhow. On Wednesday afternoon we will either walk or ride or exercise with the Japanese wrestlers, just as you wish. I am only sorry we cannot shoot. On Thursday, stay to lunch if you can, but I shall not press 278 you, as in the morning I am always engaged with my work. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Stewart Edward White, Santa Barbara, California.279 (Sent in handwriting) March 28, 1904. My dear Mr. Minister: I thank you heartily, and I anticipate with genuine pleasure reading the two volumes you were so good as to send me. I need not say how much I enjoyed seeing you and Baron Kaneko. I am much pleased with the Japanese wrestling; it is fine exercise; and what is more it is a real [?]. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Mr. Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Minister, 1310 N Street, Washington, D. C.280 March 29, 1904. Dear Emlen: It was delightful seeing you, and especially to hear of your mother's steady improvement. I have written Frank Appleton. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. Emlen Roosevelt, 33 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.281 March 29, 1904. My dear Mr. Hemenway: I took up the matter of the appropriation for the White House as presented by Colonel Symons. Neither I nor Secretary Loeb had ever seen this [the] estimate. I think it too high, and regard the sum of $35,000 allowed by the Committee as sufficient. I have explained to Colonel Symons that he must not in the future submit to either of the appropriation committees of Congress any estimate for the White House without first submitting it either to me or my Secretary. I regret that you have been annoyed in this manner. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. A. Hemenway, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives.282 March 29, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Lounsbury: Good for the split infinitive: Here have I been laboriously trying to avoid using it in a vain desire to look cultured; and now I shall give unbridled rein to my passions in the matter. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Prof. T. R. Lounsbury, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.283 March 29, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Halstead: I am particularly pleased with your getting out my correspondence [*with*] about Devery, and the way that you did it. I had almost forgotten it myself. I would like to have it published broadcast. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Murat Halstead , 634 West 4th Street , Cincinnati , Ohio.284 March 29, 1904. My dear Dr. Hamilin: Permit me through you to extend to President Gordon and to Howard University my congratulations on this occasion. I wish I could be with you in person, for I appreciate to the full all the work that Howard University has done for the education and uplifting of our colored fellow- Americans, whose struggle for spiritual and intellectual development is of necessity so difficult and often so painful. Again congratulating you, I am, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, President, Board of Trustees, Howard University, 1316 Connecticut Avenue.285 March 29, 1904. My dear General King: I appreciate most deeply the invitation to attend the Thirty-fifth Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, to be held at Hartford on May 18th and 19th, and regret that it is not possible for me to accept. Pray convey to the assembled comrades my greetings and best wishes for a pleasant gathering. With great regard, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Gen. Horatio C. King, 375 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.286 March 30, 1904. Personal. My dear Witherbee: I enclose two editorials from the Sun and the Wall Street Journal. The Sun I would not pay any heed to, if it was not that so many people have been writing to me about some of the legislation in Albany. The Wall Street Journal has always struck me as a very honest paper. What about the facts in this matter? Sincerely yours, Hon. Frank S. Witherbee, 4 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Enclosures.287 March 30, 1904. My dear Senator: Cannot you get a rider on one of the pending bills authorizing the President to designate the Department which shall supervise or assume headship over all our island possessions? It is my experience that the lack of some supervising power in the Cabinet over our island possessions works ill. It is a disadvantage to me that I have not Porto Rico, for instance, under the Secretary of War. Guam and Tutuila should also be under him. Panama will be put in, I suppose, in the pending bill. If I had the authority I should like to put Hawaii under the War Department. I feel that this is an important thing if it can be done, and Taft feels as strongly about it as I do. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. B. Foraker, United States Senate.288 March 30, 1904. My dear Judge: I am of course particularly pleased to hear from you on such a subject as that. I shall get you to come over here and take lunch with me some day that is convenient to you, and will have the Attorney General meet you. Would Monday of next week suit you? If not, what day of next week would suit you? With warm regards to Mrs. Gray, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. George Gray, Judge, U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals, Philadelphia, Pa.289 March 30, 1904. Personal. My dear Steffens: I have followed your advice about inviting Messrs. Collier and Hapgood. Cannot you come on during the course of the next fortnight or so? There are some ugly features of the New York situation I would like to discuss with you. I am much obliged to you for sending me Hapgood's book. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. Lincoln Steffens, McClure's Magazine, New York, N. Y.290 March 30, 1904. Personal. Dear Mr. McGaffey: From my present knowledge I am inclined to take exactly your view of the bill you mention, and should certainly veto it if it passed. This, of course, is for your private information. Warm regards to the family. By the way, I had at lunch the other day a young Harvard fellow, Connolly, who has written some cracking Gloucester sea stories. Have you ever seen them? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Ernest McGaffey, Mayor's Office, Chicago, Illinois.291 March 30, 1904. My dear Mr. Grant: It is pleasant to be supported; but it is a great deal pleasanter to have support given for such [a] reasons as yours. I prize your letter and shall keep it. With regards, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Frederick M. Grant, Canton, Illinois.292 March 30, 1904. My dear Mr. Collier: Cannot you and Mr. Hapgood come on here and take lunch with me some time soon? Tell Mr. Hapgood I should particularly like to go over one or two features of Lincoln's life with him. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Robert J. Collier, 416 West 13th Street, New York, N.Y.293 March 30, 1904. Hon. T. L. Woodruff, [287 Broadway] Brooklyn, [New York], N. Y. Am greatly shocked and grieved at the news of Mrs. Woodruff's death. Pray accept my profound sympathy. Theodore Roosevelt Charge the President's Private Account.294 March 30, 1904. To the Secretary of the Treasury: Please have the papers in the Zurhorst case gone over and laid before me. It seems to me that we can not much longer delay acting in the matter. T. Roosevelt295 March 30, 1904. My dear Senator Dick: Since seeing you this morning certain information has come to me in connection with the Zurhorst matter which makes me feel that we ought not longer to delay in taking up the case. Can you not look at the papers at your earliest convenience? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles Dick, United State Senate.296 March 30, 1904. My dear Judge: I am afraid that appointment has already been determined upon, but I shall keep Mr. Gudger's application in mind should the opportunity arise. I congratulate you upon what your brother is doing. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. C. Pritchard, Judge, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.297 March 30, 1904. Personal. Dear John: I am really touched about poor General [??] Sanchez. Do you think it will restore his trust in Providence if he is given a hint to come back eight months hence? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State.298 March 31, 1904. My dear Baron Kaneko: I trust I need not say how much I enjoyed the visit from you and the Minister the other day. I now thank you for sending me the two books. I have already been reading with great interest the "Prince Genji", but I think I shall drop it for the time being in order to get through the Heroic Japan. By the way, I was delighted to find how well my friend, Justice Holmes, knew you. Again thanking you for your courtesy, I am, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Baron Kentaro Kaneko, The Arlington, Washington, D. C.299 March 31, 1904. My dear Sir: Through you I wish to convey my greetings to the National Association of Negro Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. Every good citizen should heartily sympathize with the effort for industrial training among all classes of our citizens, but especially among those your institutions are designed to reach. Again wishing you all success, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. R. R. Wright, C/o Dr. J. H. N. Waring, Sharp Street Memorial Church, Baltimore, Maryland.300 March 31, 1904. My dear Brother Stewart: I am in receipt of your cordial and fraternal invitation to attend the banquet in celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Albion Lodge, to be held on Thursday evening, April 7th. Will you convey to the Master and brethern of the Lodge my thanks and appreciation of their courtesy, and my regret that my duties here will not permit of my acceptance? With best greetings, believe me, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John Stewart, 87 Thomas Street, New York, N. Y.301 March 31, 1904. Darling Corinne: I really like the book by Haldane, and have asked Mr. Loeb to acknowledge it. We are so pleased that Helen and Teddy like the tray. It was delightful catching a glimpse of Douglas the other evening. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Jr., 422 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. P. S. How very well Munroe has seemed to have done! Edith and I have been reveling in Ted and Kermit who have been back for the holidays. We have had great fun with them.302 207 March 31, 1904. To the Post Office Department: Give me a report on that Pennsylvania post office which I took up I think with Mr. Bristow, the showing being that the substitute letter carrier was actually at work and had been at work. T. Roosevelt303 March 31, 1904. My dear Mr. Van Fleet: So far as I remember nobody ever told me that you criticised me. On the contrary, I have always known of your cordial support. Pray dismiss the idle rumor from your mind as absolutely without foundation. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. C. Van Fleet, Mills Building, San Francisco, Cal.304 April 1, 1904. Dear Will: I have fully understood the anxiety and strain you have been under, but I did not think it was well for me to write you until the case was all over, because it was always possible that I might have to pass upon it. Personally, I feel, as I find Secretary Moody. Admiral Dewey and Admiral Taylor feel, that the court consciously or unconsciously used language which conveyed an entirely wrong impression, and that they laid equal stress upon the unimportant point in which they deemed you fell short as on the important point in which they claimed you did right. But I think the letters of the Secretary and Admiral Dewey put the case as it should be and enabled us to close it. It has been very hard for Anna too. Of course, the fact that you are my brother-in-law makes people on the alert to criticise anything you do. If you will let me suggest one thing, I should say that if305 you come either to New York or Norfolk I would stay pretty steadily with the ship and not come up to Washington, and would so far as possible avoid giving any excuse for people saying that you were having overmuch social entertainment on board the ship. Until the election is over there will be in a lesser degree the same necessity for caution on your part as on mine, and for steady remembrance not only that we must both do absolutely what is right, but that we must both refrain from giving fools and knaves a chance to think we are falling short in any way. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Captain W. S. Cowles, U.S.N., Commanding U. S. S. Missouri, Care Navy Department.304 April 1, 1904. Dear Will: I have fully understood the anxiety and strain you have been under, but I did not think it was well for me to write you until the case was all over, because it was always possible that I might have to pass upon it. Personally, I feel, as I find Secretary Moody, Admiral Dewey and Admiral Taylor feel, that the court consciously or unconsciously used language which conveyed an entirely wrong impression, and that they laid equal stress upon the unimportant point in which they deemed you fell short [and in the equally un] as for the important point in which they claimed you did right. But I think the letters of the Secretary and Admiral Dewey put the case as it should be and enabled us to close it. It has been very hard for Anna too. Of course, the fact that you are my brother-in-law makes people on the alert to criticise anything you do. If you will let me suggest one thing, I should say that if305 you come either to New York or Norfolk I would stay pretty steadily with the ship and not come up to Washington , and would so far as possible avoid giving any excuse for people saying that you were having overmuch social entertainment on board the ship. Until the election is over there will be in a lesser degree the same necessity for caution on your part as on mine; and for steady remembrance not only that we must both do absolutely what is right, but that we must both refrain from giving fools and knaves a chance to think we are falling short in any way. Ever yours, Theodore Roosevelt Captain W. S. Cowles, U. S. N., Commanding U. S. S. Missouri, Care Navy Department.306 April 1, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Schurman: Many thanks for your letter of the 30th, with enclosure. I shall read your address with great pleasure. But in strict secrecy, what I am now striving hard to do is not to have to take some sort of supervision of San Domingo, simply and solely because one hundred years of liberty have not enabled the San Domingans to use their liberty aright. The greatest honor we could now do the Philippines would be to "free" them at this moment and the next greatest would be at this moment to promise it to them. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President J. G. Schurman, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.307 April 1, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Blair: I am much gratified with your letter of the 30th about Mills. I have been puzzled and hurt by the violent opposition to him. I am able to speak of my personal knowledge concerning him. At Santiago he was a 1st lieutenant, but I should have been delighted to have served under him if he could have been immediately made a brigadier general; and he was head and shoulders above the men then holding field rank. With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Charles H. Blair, 25 Broad Street, New York, N. Y.308 April 1, 1904. My dear Dr. Moerdyke: It is always a pleasure to hear from you, and you may be sure that nothing from you is ever misconstrued by me. I hope you saw from the published correspondence exactly who were the men on whose recommendations I had a right to rely in the matter in question. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. P. Moerdyke, 689 Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois.309 April 1, 1904. My dear Sir: I should much like to be with you at the next annual banquet of the Association, and regret that the pressure of public business will not permit me to accept your very kind invitation, which I cordially appreciate and for which I heartily thank you. The nation is proud of the soldiers of its great war and grateful to them, and I have more than ordinary pleasure in sending to you, and through you to all your comrades, very best wishes for the success of the Association and of its annual reunion. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President A. S. Cushman, Massachusetts Minute Men of '61, 15 State Street, East Orange, N. J.310 April 1, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Wilcox: Your letter of the 30th is very interesting. Of course I shall say nothing to any one else that you have written; but I may use the facts you give me to advantage. Heartily thanking you, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Ansley Wilcox, 684 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.311 April 1, 1904. My dear Dr. Gordon: I have those four volumes already; but it is unnecessary to say that the four you have sent me shall be the ones to take their permanent place in my library. I appreciate the gift greatly and I appreciate almost more the kind words you have written on the fly leaf of Black Rock. Again thanking you, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. Charles W. Gordon, Winnipeg, Canada.312 April 1, 1904. My dear Governor: All right, I think I can have Major Fowler appointed. It was a great disappointment to me that I was not able to secure the appointment of O'Brien. When I see you or the Secretary of State I shall go over the facts in detail. All that I could do I did. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. B. B. Odell, Jr., Governor of New York, Albany, N. Y.313 April 1, 1904. Personal. My dear Moody: I have just read through Sims' letter with keen interest, and return it herewith. What a useful man he is! May I ask that you will get reports from him on the two suggestions which I have penciled - the one about the gunner and similar officers, and the one about the sights? As regards the first suggestion I would, however, like to have considered, and would like to have Sims report on, the question whether we can afford so to specialize our gunnery officers as to make the ship helpless with her weapons if any considerable slaughter is made among them. How far is it safe to go in such specialization? Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy. Enclosure.314 April 1, 1904. My dear Mr. Sheldon : I am touched and pleased by your kind references to me . Believe me , I appreciate them. I often think of our service together in the Legislature. Very sincerely yours , Theodore Roosevelt Hon. A. B. Sheldon , Sherman , N . Y .315 April 2, 1904. My dear Archbishop: To do anything you desire is a very real pleasure to me; and I was so pleased to appoint Mr. O'Shaughnessy. I prize your words of commendation. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Archbishop John J. Keane, Dubuque, Iowa.316 April 3, 1904. My dear Senator: That was a first class speech of yours, and I wish to thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. A. J. Beveridge, United States Senate.317 April 2, 1904. My dear President Wheeler: I have been much interested in Victor Bérard's book on "Les Phénicians et l'Odyssée." Have you read it? What do you think of it? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, University of California, Berkeley, California.318 April 2, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Dolan: I have seen Mr. Root and I am sorry to say I think it is out of the question for him to accept. He has explained to me why he cannot. I write you this so that you may spare yourself that journey to New York. It was a pleasure to see you here the other day. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Thomas Dolan, 1809 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.319 April 2, 1904. My dear Sir: I never came across a wolf of such dimensions as that. How did you kill your wolves - traps, poison, rifle, or hounds? With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry N. Pancoast, Riverton, N. J.322 PERSONAL. April 2, 1904. Dear Moody: I enclose two clippings about the Cowles' Court of Inquiry. It seems to me that the Army and Navy Journal should be asked categorically what it means by these two dispatches. Do you think there are any such dispatches in existence? Will you return the clippings to me when you are through with them? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy. Enclosures.323 April 3, 1904. My dear General Greene: I am genuinely pleased with your Russian article. The forecast with which you closed is might interesting! Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt General Francis V. Greene, Buffalo, N. Y.324 April 4, 1904. Dear Bonaparte: I have asked that Hollander be sent as you suggest. Now, about the other matter. Bixby has reported to me formally that he has disposed of his interests to which objection was taken. Needles I have not heard from. I am much puzzled by Breckinridge's case. I believe he is a straight fellow and I hate to take action against him; and yet I fully agree with you as to the unfortunate effect of what he has, doubtless with entire honesty, done. I shall consult with Secretary Hitchcock about it. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore.325 April 4, 1904. My dear Murphy: Will you see Mr. Root about the reception? He thinks very strongly, and I agree with him, that it is unwise to have it on July 1st. Indeed, as a matter of fact, he thinks it unwise to have it at all. Do you think that, without hurting the boys' feelings, I could put off the reception preferably until after the election? Then, if the election goes well, I should particularly like to be the guest of the Republican Club, and in such case I could be given a reception and dinner and could make a speech. If this is not agreeable, how would it do to wait until I come back to Washington in July, and then simply let me stop over for a reception - of course without any speeches at all? Will you see Mr. Root, and then let me know what you and he think? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt If it were possible to have it about June 17th, how would that do? Mr. William D. Murphy, 100 Broadway, New York.326 April 4 , 1904 . My dear Mr. Brady : I take great pleasure in sending you these two volumes of my addresses. I look forward to reading the two volumes you have sent me , especially The Corner in Coffee . Faithfully yours , Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady , 455 East 17th Street , Flatbush , Brooklyn , N . Y .327 April 4, 1904. Dear Cotty: I am afraid it will be impossible for me to get up for more than a day. I shall leave here Sunday evening, reach Groton in the morning, and leave again that evening. The mere fact of my going has already brought on me a shower of invitations, and it is obvious that I shall have to make my absence from Washington just as short as possible, and that I must stay in Groton only the day. It was a great pleasure to see you and Fannie here. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Endicott Peabody, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts.328 April 4, 1904. My dear Senator Clark: The writer of the enclosed is well known to me personally. I have the utmost confidence in her judgment; and what she says about Inspector Wright carries great weight with me. She has great good sense, and is devoted to the Indians. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. C. D. Clark, United States Senate. Enclosure. Enclosure is a copy of a letter from Alice M. Robertson recommending reappointment of Inspector J. George Wright.329 April 4, 1904. My dear Senator Quay: The writer of the enclosed is well known to me personally. I have the utmost confidence in her judgment; and what she says about Inspector Wright carries great weight with me. She has great good sense, and is devoted to the Indians. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. M. S. Quay, United States Senate. Enclosure. Enclosure is a letter from Alice M. Robertson recommending reappointment of Inspector J. George Wright.330 April 4, 1904. My dear Miss Robertson: I had already intended to keep Inspector Wright. Your letter gives me additional reason for so doing. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Miss Alice M. Robertson, School Supervisor for Creek Nation, Muskogee, Ind. Ter.331 April 4, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Hitchcock: I certainly thank you for the volume. I look forward to reading it with real pleasure. Remember it is always a pleasure to see you if you come to Washington. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Ripley Hitchcock, The Strathmore, 1674 Broadway, New York, N. Y.332 April 4, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Richards: It is peculiarly pleasant to hear from you as being one of the first set of delegates at large to be instructed for me, even aside from your personal standing and from my friendship for Mr. Cochran. But, my dear sir, no President ever does attend a convention at which he is nominated. I am afraid it would be out of the question. With high regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. H. Richards, Fort Scott, Kansas.333 April 4, 1904. My dear Mr. White: I thank you cordially for your letter. We have been importuned to appoint certain Syracuse men, but I have felt that the Comptroller was right in taking a man from the outside who would see that justice was done. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Andrew D. White, La Chalet, Allassio, Italy.334 April 4, 1904. Personal. My dear Mr. Seeds: I must write you just a line to say personally how genuinely I appreciate your good opinion. I shall keep the Congressional resolutions to see if they cannot be used in connection with our National platform. I sincerely thank you. Yours very truly, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Russel M. Deeds, Indianapolis, Indiana.335 Personal April 4, 1904 My dear White: Offhand, my judgment is entirely against any such statement, and certainly against it in the form of a private letter to you or any one else. Accusations like those against Bristow abound everywhere against everyone. They have been made against me, against Knox, against Payne, against Wynne, against Bristow, in the interest now of Machen, now of Beavers, now of Perry Heath, now of any number of others. All that it is necessary to do is to have some competent man, say from the Kansas City Star or anywhere else, go to the Attorney General's Department, where he will readily find out the facts, and then publish them. I do not give a final decision, but my present impression is that we would do nothing more foolish than to have Knox or Payne write such a letter as that you suggest: It would be a precedent that would return over and over again to plague us. Of course you are chiefly interested in things that are happening in Kansas. You probably do not know that in New York what I have done in proceeding against various individuals connected with the post office scandal, including two ex-congressmen and a State senator, in addition to Beavers who was closely connected with some of our biggest politicians, will do me serious damage next fall; for the general public will not care in the least for the fact that I336 2 did cut unsparingly to the bone as I promised; the democratic and mugwump papers will misrepresent what I did; while the individuals implicated will take vengeful action according to the best of their abilities. In fact, we shall be lucky if the public does not get a loose idea that inasmuch as I put an end to the wrong-doing, and as various of the wrong-doers are howling, that therefor they and I were somehow mixed up together, and that we are all of us unpleasant characters. I do not like the public to have this idea; but I would only render the situation worse if I howled about it myself or tried to have the situation made right by letters from the Attorney General or the Post- master General. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. A. White, Emporia, Kansas.337 April 4, 1904. Dear Teddy: Saturday, June 18th, would suit both your Aunt Edith and me much better than July 2d, on several accounts. The Saturday before the 4th of July is always a difficult day. Let me know when you make your decision. With love from your Aunt Edith, I am, Your affectionate uncle, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. T. Douglas Robinson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.338 Personal April 4, 1904. My dear Mr. Parker: I thank you for your letter, and for sending me the article you have finished for the English Illustrated Magazine. Of course I think it better that I should not make any comment upon it of any sort whatever. It was a great pleasure to see you when you were here. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. George F. Parker, Westwood, 245 London Road, Thornton Heath, England .339 April 5, 1904. My dear Mrs. Derby: I thank you sincerely for the photograph of your husband, which I have received through Secretary Hay. Mrs. Roosevelt and I have been devoted to his writings ever since we could read at all. With great regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Mary A. Derby, Alta Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky.340 April 5, 1904. Dear Bishop: I was much pleased with your letter of the 4th, and with what you tell me about Odell, and especially as to your belief in the influence that the Commercial Advertiser - or I suppose I should say the Globe - will have in this campaign. As usual, I very much wish to see you, but there is not very much of importance on hand at the moment and I shall wait until I can get you and Nicholas Murray Butler on together. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. J. B. Bishop, The Globe, 5 Dey Street, New York.