60 THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LETTER BOOK FROM DECEMBER 9, 1905 TO JAN. 23, 1906VOLUME 60 December 11, 1905 to January 23, 1906 SERIES 2 Indexed to page 37.75.167.261.350.415.477. End.State, Secy. of 56, 90, 314, 380, 435, 459, [460,] Treasury, Secy. of. 458, 460, 463, War, Secy. of. 260, 271, 303, 385, 413, 457, 474, Attorney General 31, 57, 258, 416, 456, Postmaster Gen'l 208, 455, 485, Navy Secy. of, 122, 355, 412, 429, 454, Interior, Secy. of 453, Agriculture, Secy. of, 137, 452, Com. & Labor, Sec. of, 82, 451,Abbott, Dr. Lyman, 46, 116, Abel, Jos. 162, Aguys, Archb. A. A. 189, Angell, Prest. J. B. 190, Adams, Broores, 312, 437, [check mark] Adams, J. H. 365, Aldrich, Hon. N. W. 466, A BA B Bunz, R. 8, Bryce, Rt. Hon. Jos., 28, Burrouhgs, Jno. 32, 75, Blizzard, Hon. Reese, 73, Brentano, Hon. Theo. 124, Beveridge, Hon. A. J. 135, 343, Brekke, J. B. 164, Brandeis, A. D. 171, Blenk, Bishop J. H. 172, Battenburg, Pince Louis of, 181, Baxter, Hon. T. F. 183, Bingham, Gen. T. 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W. 262, 345, 372, Wentz, Mrs. J. G. 313, Wright, Hon. Luke E. 321, 384, Wagner, Dr. Chas. 410, Wall, M. M. 420, White, W. A. 434 Washburn, Hon. W. D. 443, Wakeman, W. F. 449, White, Hon. Henry, 461, White, Dr. J. W. 477, Watrous, Mrs. Eliz. 482,1 December 11, 1905. Confidential. Dear Governor Deneen: The name of Mr. Busse has been suggested to me for a Federal appointment. I have been informed by Mr. Noyes under seal of strict secrecy (and no one save you to know that I am aware of it) that you have knowledge reflecting upon Mr. Busse's official conduct while in office. May I ask you if you have any such information, and if so to give it to me? With regard, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois.2 December 11, 1905. My dear Mr. French: In your letter of the 6th instant you state that you are not aware that Mr. West is charged with any irregularities in the conduct of his office. The memorandum submitted by you and accompanying your letter shows that he is charged with improperly assisting his brother in making an entry, and selling the relinquishment thereof for him, and permitting his brother to make a fraudulent second entry upon an affidavit which he knew to contain false statements; and that he also sought to hamper the investigation by the special agents of the Department of the fraudulent entries. Surely these are "irregularities in the conduct of the office." Any disproof of them or any statement explaining them away, I shall of course be willing to listen to, but such statements should be made in detail to me. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Burton L. French, House of Representatives.3 Personal December 11, 1905. My dear Mr. Camp: I enclose a copy of a letter which really interested me. It seems to me that it is of very great importance to get the umpire freed from the danger of unpleasant consequences arising from the anger of the teams or coaches, and with this end in view I think he should be chosen by agreement among the faculties of the different colleges, or in some other way which will free him entirely from responsibility to the players or their coaches. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Walter Camp, New Haven, Connecticut. Enclosure[*4*] December 11, 1905. My dear Mrs. Platt: I thank you most sincerely for sending me the admirable picture of the Senator. I shall put under it either one of his letters or an extract from one of his letters, with his signature. Do let us know if you ever come to Washington. I shall be so glad to see you. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. O. H. Platt, Washington, Conn.[*5*] Personal December 11, 1905. My dear Mr. Reid: I enclose a copy of a letter which really interested me. It seems to me that it is of very great importance to get the umpire freed from the danger of unpleasant consequences arising from the anger of the teams or coaches, and with this end in view I think he should be chosen by agreement among the faculties of the different colleges, or in some other way which will free him entirely from responsibility to the players or their coaches. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. T. Reid, Jr., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Enclosure6 Personal December 11, 1905. My dear Dr. Williams: Your very interesting letter has just come. With your general purpose I absolutely agree. I am not competent to speak as to the particular rule by which you seek to achieve this purpose. I send you, for your private information merely, copies of a letter I sent to Walter Camp in connection with the freshman game at Harvard, and of letters I sent to President Eliot and the Editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine about the game in general. I shall take the liberty of sending copies of your letter to Head Coach Reid, of Harvard, and to Walter Camp; but I can not take any active part in bringing about the needed reform of football. In the first place I do not know enough about the game, and in the next place I think I have gone as7 far as I can with propriety go while I am President. I have an enormous amount of governmental work on my hands, especially now that Congress is in session, and I simply have not the time to take up another subject - even one in which I am so greatly interested as football. Do let me see you if you ever come to Washington. Let me in closing say that I think the most important suggestion you make is that the referees should be freed from the danger of suffering because of the enmity of the coaches or teams if they rule with proper severity; and this means that they must be chosen by some body different from that which furnishes the coaches and players. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Henry L. Williams, University of Minnesota Athletic Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Enclosures 8 December 11, 1905. Personal. My dear Mr. Bunz: It will give me pleasure to accept honorary membership in the Germanistic Society of America, with the objects of which I am in such hearty sympathy. It must be understood, however, that I can not take any active part whatever in the proceedings of the Society. With great regard, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. K. Bunz, P. O. Box 658, New York, N. Y. 9 December 11, 1905. My dear Mrs. Dodge: I must send you just a line to say how much I appreciate your note. With all good wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Mary Schieffelin Dodge, 1 West 83d Street, New York, N. Y. 10 December 11, 1905. Personal. My dear Mr. Willcox: Mr. Loeb has shown me your letter of the 9th instant. Thaddeus Higgins was a good soldier, although not a remarkable one. He had been an old regular, and was very trustworthy in the paper work and indeed in the camp work generally, and I had supposed that he would show qualities of leadership in battle. This he did not do, although he behaved respectably. The only fault I have had to find with him is that since the war he has made ridiculous claims as to his valor in action, the claims often being expressed in such a way as to reflect upon his superior officers in his troop; claims which were simply ludicrous, as any member of his troop such as Kenneth Robinson or Robert Ferguson or Craig Wadsworth or Reginald Ronalds, all of New York, would11 say. But I would not allow this foolish boasting to outweigh the fact that he was a good soldier; and I think that his qualities were such as to make him a far better man for a clerical position than for one where much demand would be made upon his individual initiative or his physical prowess. If I were you I would appoint him, and I should be very glad if you did. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. W. R. Willcox, Postmaster, New York, N. Y.12 December 12, 1905. My dear Mr. Swan: I have your letter of the 1st instant and thank you heartily for it. I appreciate fully what you have done, [*and the excellent service? you have rendered?*]. With best wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. W. F. Swan, Collector of Customs, Biloxi, Miss.13 December 12, 1905. My dear Mr. Hughes: I have received the enclosed letter from Mr. McClelland in answer to the one I sent him, of which you were given a copy. I dislike to intrude on your time, but of course this McClelland matter is a very important one. I want on the one hand to avoid doing an injustice to any man, and on the other hand I want to emphasize my abhorrence of the form of iniquity which has laid at the base of the corruption you have uncovered. Of course you are acquainted with all the surrounding facts, as I can not be. What did you expect to prove about McClelland by the witnesses you could not get hold of? Did you come to any clear conclusion about his guilt or innocence? I would not ask you this if you had no facts save those in my possession, but of course you are familiar with all kinds of testimony bearing upon the general subject as I can not possibly be, and this testimony14 may throw incidental side lights upon the question of McClelland's guilt or innocence. With regret at troubling you, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Charles E. Hughes, Esq., 96 Broadway, New York.15 December 12, 1905. My dear Dr. Slicer: I am interested in what you say about the immigration conference. I think the results were very fortunate. I am particularly glad to hear the tribute you pay to Shaw. Yes, as regards the District Attorneyship I came to just the conclusion that you have come to. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Slicer, 156 East 38th Street, New York, N. Y. 16 December 12, 1905. My dear Murchie: Three cheers for you, and especially for the dear little mother! Give her my heartiest regards and congratulations. Indeed I shall serve as godfather, but I am afraid it will have to be by poxy for of course I could not get away from Washington. If by proxy I can stand, I shall be more than glad. Of course I am proud and pleased at what you tell me of Ted. I am afraid he will be too light ever to be of the slightest value on anything more ambitious than the freshmen eleven, but was mighty glad he made it and still more glad that he put up a good, hard and plucky game. With affectionate regard and congratulations to you both, believe me, Your old colonel, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Guy Murchie, 62 Mr. Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.17 December 12, 1905. My dear Senator Clark: If there is opposition to the confirmation of Marshal Reid, of Oregon, I would like the opportunity of laying before you certain documentary evidence which to me seemed conclusively to show that in this case it was necessary for me to break my usual rule and disregard the wishes of the Senator from Oregon in the matter. I understand there will be no opposition to the Judge and District Attorney, whom I nominated precisely as I have nominated Mr. Reid. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Clarence D. Clark, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate.18 December 11, 1905. My dear Bellamy: I am very sorry to have to write as I do in the enclosed letter to Mrs. Storer, which I shall ask you to read and then hand to her. I have been most reluctant to write as I herein write; I am deeply attached to both of you; but it is evident that I can not longer delay using the plainest kind of plain language; for it is evident that such plain language is necessary to prevent the American Government from being put in a false and wholly improper position. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Bellamy Storer, American Ambassador, Vienna, Austria. Enclosure.19 December 11, 1905. My dear Mrs. Storer: Secretary Taft has just shown me your letter of November 26th, this letter evidently being intended for me as much as for him. On inquiry of Mrs. Roosevelt I find that she had received from you a letter to me, which is probably the one to which you refer in your letter to Mr. Taft; but she tells me she treated this letter as she sometimes has treated other letters that you have sent her to deliver to me, when she has known that the receipt of them would merely make me indignant, and puzzle me as to what action I ought to take about Bellamy's remaining in the service; that is, she did not give it to me. Your direct or implied complaints of and reflections upon my own personal conduct give me no concern; but I am very gravely concerned at the mischievous effect your letters must have in misrepresenting the position of the United States Government, and by the far reaching governmental scandal your indiscretion may at any time cause. I have now seen your letter to me sent through Mrs. Roosevelt. In it you propose that I (as in your letter to Taft you propose that he) should authorize you to go to Rome to take part in what I must call an ecclesiastical intrigue, and to drag the United States Government into it. Such a proposal is simply astounding. You say that Cardinal Merry del Val has stated that I have "requested20 -2- that two Archbishops," one Farley, be made Cardinals. All you had to say was that such a statement was a deliberate untruth, because you know that I had refused to make such a request even for Ireland. You say in your letter to me, "You can trust me really." How can you say this, when you write to Taft a letter which if by accident published would absolutely misrepresent, in the most mischievous manner, both me and the American Government? You have no more right to meddle in these matters than Mrs. Reid would have to meddle in the Ritualist controversy, or Mrs. Tower to try to take charge of the relations of Germany to the American Lutherans. Your letter to Mr. Taft and the letters to Cardinal Merry del Val and Archbishop Keene (of the answers to which you enclose copies), and your letter to the Princess Alexandrine (of the answer to which you also enclose a copy), are all letters which it is utterly improper for you to have written, in your position as the wife of an American Ambassador, and show a continued course of conduct on your part which is intolerable if your husband is to remain in the diplomatic services. In the first place, I wish it to be explicitly understood that though since I have been President I have been approached at different times by prelates of your Church and even by laymen in your Church with requests that I ask of the Vatican, or express a preference for, the appointment of some person as Cardinal, I have always positively and unequivocally refused directly or indirectly21 -3- thus to ask for the appointment of any man as Cardinal; and it would have been a gross impropriety for me to have made any such request, while it is an outrage to represent me as having, in any shape, made it. To Archbishop Keane, to Mgr. O'Connell and to other men who have approached me on behalf of Archbishop Ireland, I have said that I had a very high regard for the Archbishop, and that I should be delighted to see him made a Cardinal, but that I could no more try to exercise pressure to have him made a Cardinal than pressure to get the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish an Archbishopric in America. Other persons have spoken to me, saying that Ireland could not be made a Cardinal,unless another Cardinal was made in the western states, and that they hoped that two American Cardinals (usually mentioning Ireland and Farley) would be appointed, one in the East and one in the West. I always answered that I had a great regard for both men and would be delighted to see them made Cardinals; just as there were Episcopal clergymen and Methodist clergymen whom I would be delighted to see made Bishops; but that I would no more interfere in one case than I would in the other. It is a matter of settled and traditional policy of this Government not to interfere, as you desire me to interfere, and as you have yourself been trying to interfere, under any possible circumstances. Your letters not only convey a totally wrong impression of my attitude; but they are such as you have no business whatever to write,in view of the position of your husband in the diplomatic service. The letter of22 -4- Cardinal Merry del Val to you of November 23rd is a rebuke to you, expressing plainly his belief that you have been unwarrantably officious in matters with which you have properly no concern. It should of itself be enough to show you how exceedingly unwise and improper your action in writing to him was. I am indignant that the wife of an Ambassador in the United States service should have written such a letter, should have given the impression undoubtedly conveyed by that letter, and should have incurred such a rebuke. You do not seem to realize that it is out of the question for me knowingly to permit the wife of one of our diplomats to engage in ecclesiastical intrigues to influence the Vatican. For the last couple of years I have continually been hearing of your having written one man or the other about such matters. I find that you are alluded to by foreign members of the diplomatic body in Washington, Paris and Berlin as the "American Ambassadress to Rome." I was unofficially informed on behalf both of Berlin and Paris that because of these actions of yours it would not be agreeable to them to have Bellamy come as Ambassador to either place. Information of this kind has been repeatedly brought to Secretary Root. I have consulted him and Secretary Bonaparte, who is a member of your Church, as to this last letter of yours. Root's feeling about the case is stronger than I care to put into words; Bonaparte's feeling23 -5- is exactly my own. Suffice it to say that in any event it will probably be impossible to send Bellamy as Special Ambassador to Spain, having in view what you have done. But I must go a little further than this. You and Bellamy must understand that so long as Bellamy continues in the diplomatic service of the United States you must refrain from writing or speaking in the way you have been doing on any of these matters, affecting what are simply the personal politics of church policy, to any one, and above all to any one connected with the Vatican. If you cannot make up your mind absolutely to alter your conduct in this regard, while your husband is in the diplomatic service, to refrain absolutely from taking any further part in any matter of ecclesiastical politics at the Vatican, and to refuse to write or speak to any one (whether laymen or ecclesiastics, at home or abroad) as you have been writing and speaking in this Cardinal's hat matter, then Bellamy cannot with propriety continue to remain Ambassador of the United States. I must ask you to give me this positive promise in writing, if Bellamy is to continue in the service; and if you even unintentionally violate it I shall have to ask for Bellamy's resignation; for I can no longer afford to have the chance of scandal being brought on the entire American Diplomatic service, and on the American Government itself, by such indiscreet and ill advised action as yours has been. Yours very truly, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Bellamy Storer, American Embassy, Vienna, Austria.24 -6- P. S. Since writing the above I have looked up my correspondence with you and Bellamy and I find that I have expressed myself not merely once but again and again about this matter in terms which it was simply impossible for you to misunderstand. For instance, on December 19, 1903, I wrote to Bellamy saying that Mgr. O'Connell asked me to write something on behalf of the Archbishop Ireland, and continuing: "I told him of course that I could not interfere in such a matter, as it was none of my business who was made Cardinal; that personally I had a very strong friendship and admiration for the Archbishop, and that individually it would please me greatly to see him made Cardinal, just as it pleased me when Dr. Satterlee was made Bishop of Washington; but that I could no more interfere in one case than in the other - in short, that my feeling for the Archbishop was due to my respect for him as a useful and honorable man - just such a feeling I had had for Phillips Brooks and for many other clergymen of various denominations; but that I could not as President in any way try to help any clergyman of any denomination to high rank in that denomination." On December 27, 1903, I again wrote to Bellamy enclosing an article which showed that he had been talking about my interest in Archbishop Ireland, and stating that such conduct on his part had been mischievous, and I continued as follows: "I have the heartiest admiration for Archbishop Ireland, I should be delighted to see him made Cardinal, just as I was delighted to see Lawrence made the Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts; just as I have been delighted at various Methodist friends of mine who have been made Bishop. But as President, it is none of my business to interfere for or against the advancement of any man in any church; and as it is impossible to differentiate what I say in my individual capacity from what25 7 I say as President - at least in the popular mind, and apparently also in the Roman mind - I must request you not to quote me in any way or shape hereafter." On December 30th, by which time I had found out that Bellamy had written what I considered an entirely improper letter to Senator Hanna about the dismissal of Hurst, I again wrote him and this time included the following paragraphs: "I know, my dear Bellamy, that you have not intended to do anything disloyal or improper, but surely on thinking over the matter you will see that there would be but one possible construction to be put upon such a letter from you. Think of the effect if your letter were made public! "Let me repeat to you that, in reference to matters affecting the Catholic church, events have conclusively shown that while you are Ambassador you must keep absolutely clear of any deed or word in Rome or elsewhere which would seem to differentiate your position from that of other Ambassadors. The mere fact of the report in the newspapers about your calling at the Vatican has had a very unfortunate effect. I dare say you did not call; you may merely have seen some Cardinal privately; but the unpleasant talk over the affair emphasizes the need of extreme circumspection while you are in your present position. While I am President and you are Ambassador neither of us in his public relations is to act as Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile; and we have to be careful, not merely to do what is right, but so to carry ourselves as to show that we are doing what is right. I shall ask you not to quote me to any person in any shape or way in connection with any affair of the Catholic church, and yourself not to take action of any kind which will give ground for the belief that you as an American Ambassador are striving to interfere in the affairs of the church." Surely these three letters of mine should have been enough warning to both Bellamy and you. Apparently you have quoted isolated26 8 sentences from my letters to convince some people that I am doing just exactly what I again and again in writing stated explicitly that I would not and could not do. This being so, I must ask you to return to me all of my letters in which I have spoken on any of these ecclesiastical subjects. If I were in a private position I should not have the least objection to your keeping them. But as I have apparently been totally unable, even by the language I have quoted above as used in my letters to Bellamy two years ago, to make you understand my position as President in these matters, I feel that my letters should to be returned to me. [????????] Theodore Roosevelt27 Personal December 12, 1905. Dear Leonard: Many thanks for your letter. Mrs. Roosevelt and I were both very glad to hear from you. I am taking up the publication of Young's letter. The only doubt I have about it is whether it is worth while. I am consulting Senator Aldrich and others about it. I send you a copy of a letter about Consul General Steinhart. I have asked Root to investigate the matter. McCoy's fine showing pleased me immensely, of course. With love to Mrs. Wood, I am, in great haste, Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Major General Leonard Wood, U.S.A., Manila, P.I. Enclosure28 December 12, 1905. My dear Mr. Bryce: I was of course greatly pleased to see that you were in the Cabinet, and none of your English friends can congratulate you more heartily than I do. Give my regards to Mrs. Bryce. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt The Right Honorable James Bryce, P.C., 54 Portland Place, W., London, England.29 December 12, 1905. My dear Mr. Morley: I must send you just a line to say how glad I am to see you again doing your part in directing the affairs of the British Empire. I wonder if it is proper for me to ask you to give my regards to Mr. John Burns? It gave me real pleasure to see that he was in the Cabinet. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt The Right Honorable John Morley, P.C., Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., London, England.30 Personal December 12, 1905. My dear Mr. Revelle: I thank you for your letter of the 9th instant. Tell your two boys that I think they are the right kind of boys, but I would advise them to stick to the shot-gun for a while. I think that gun I used was a 45-75 Winchester, but the new smaller calibre smokeless powder rifles are better guns. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. I. K. Revelle, Walter, Oklahoma.31 December 13, 1905. Personal. Dear Moody: I have been telling people in the Driggs case that your feeling, in which I agreed, was that the public official convicted of crime should not be restored to citizenship. I said that you said he should not be restored for the balance of his life; but that I felt at any rate that a good long time should intervene. I know that pardons, like the Constitution and Taft's six hundred millions, are nothing between friends! But do tell me how on earth I am going to reconcile that position with concurring in the recommendations of the Attorney General in the enclosed six cases. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. William H. Moody, Attorney General. Enclosures.32 December 13, 1905. Dear Oom John: I am sorry you have been under the weather. I am very glad you have written up the Yellowstone trip. Would you mind sending me the proofs of those stories? I am a little uncertain whether they ought to be published or not. I am rather inclined to think not, but I should like to see the proofs anyhow. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. John Burroughs, West Park, N.Y.33 December 13, 1905. My dear Bishop: I can not say how shocked I was at poor Parsons' death and at the overwhelming blow to his wife. We have been thinking of her almost every hour since the accident occurred. Always yours, Theodore Roosevelt Bishop W. C. Doane, 29 Elk Street, Albany, N.Y.34 December 13, 1905. My dear Mrs. Van Vorst: I thank you very much for your letter. I shall communicate it to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and obtain his advice. It was a great pleasure to see you the other day. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. B. Van Vorst, 47 East 34th Street, New York.35 Personal December 13, 1905. My dear Senator Foraker: I enclose you communications handed me by Senator Dick, which please return when you have read them. The first relates to the charges against Mr. Pearce. The next relates to the matter of a successor to Collector Waldorf - which you will see by my letter to you of June 2d is one of the places which Senator Dick is entitled to recommend for when a vacancy occurs, if I do not think the present man should be retained. Next, a memorandum submitted by Senator Dick as to the division of appointments between the two Senators. The first two pages you need not pay any heed to, as in the first place it is not accurate, and in the second place Ohio has more than its quota in the diplomatic and consular service; but I should like you to look at the remaining places. On the face of the showing it looks as if you had36 received more than Senator Dick. The judges you need make no comment on whatever, as I have appointed those off my own bat. Please return the papers with comment in full on them. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. J. B. Foraker, United States Senate. Enclosures 37 December 13, 1905. Mr. Charles Denby, of Indiana, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, is hereby designated as a member of the United States Board on Geographic Names, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Andrew H. Allen. Theodore Roosevelt Charles Denby38 December 14, 1905. Personal. My dear President Needham: Of course I sympathize greatly with your movement, and what assistance I can give you by advice I shall be glad to do; save, my dear sir, that you must remember that I am nearly driven to death by my own particular work. I shall have to ask you not to quote me publicly. The representatives of the American University have just called upon me asking me to back up their university; and the other day I was asked to say a kind word for the Catholic University. You see how hopeless it is for me to act in any way that would seem like discrimination. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Charles W. Needham, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.39 December 14, 1905. My dear Lake: Will you mind telling me if there is anything in this story? Some good friends of mine from Yale now and then taunt me with it. Cannot you get on here some time? I should so like to have you take dinner or lunch with me and talk over several matters with you. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Everett J. Lake, Hartford, Conn. Enclosure.40 Personal December 14, 1905. My dear President Wheeler: I have your letter of the 8th instant, with enclosed clippings. Lane's appointment is all right, but do try to keep the two California Senators straight on it. I shall put it through now if I possibly can, and will fight just as hard for it as I know how. If they beat him by a direct vote, I can not help myself; but if they beat him by not voting on him, I shall reappointment him as soon as Congress adjourns. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt President Benjamin I. Wheeler, University of California, Berkeley, California.41 Personal December 14, 1905. Dear Stimson: Good! Now say nothing to any one about this, for of course I may not be able to work it through; but I am inclined to think that I can. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Henry L. Stimson, 32 Liberty Street, New York.42 December 14, 1905. My dear Frothingham: You made a game and admirable fight, and you have the hearty sympathy not only of all Republicans but of all good citizens. It was simply not on the cards for any Republican to win at this time. You have reason to be proud of what you have done. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Louis A. Frothingham, Boston, Massachusetts.43 Personal December 14, 1905. Dear Mr. Straus: I have your letter of the 13th instant. You have exactly expressed my feelings on both subjects. By the way, our good friend Jacob H. Schiff became hysterical over what I could do about the dreadful atrocities perpetrated upon the Jews in Russia. I enclose a copy of my letter to him. Thank Heaven, you kept your head, as you always do, my dear fellow! Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Hon. Oscar S. Straus, 42 Warren Street, New York. Enclosure44 December 14, 1905. My dear Mr. Schiff: I sent your previous letter to Secretary Root. I did not answer it because, my dear Mr. Schiff, I must frankly say that it would be difficult to answer it without hurting your feelings. You made a request for action on my part which if I took it would make the United States Government ridiculous, and so far from helping the condition of the Jews would have hurt them in Russia and would have tended to hurt them here. It is simply nonsense to suppose that when Russia is in the condition that she now is any kind of action on my part would accomplish anything. When the governmental authorities in Russia are wholly unable to protect themselves - when there is revolt in every quarter of the empire among every class of the people, and the bonds of social order everywhere was relaxed - it is idle to suppose that anything can be done by diplomatic representation. The idea of a European coalition in which we should join is of course wholly chimerical. What would such a coalition do, enforce liberty or order - restore the autocracy or install a republic? Therefore it is evident we could do nothing, and where we can do nothing I have a horror of saying anything. We never have taken - and while I am President we never will take - any action which we cannot make good. Why, my dear Mr. Schiff,45 -2- the case was much simpler as regards the Armenians a few years ago. There the Turkish Government was responsible and was able to enforce whatever was desired. The outrages on the Armenians were exactly the same as those perpetrated upon the Jews of Russia both in character and in extent. But we did not go to war with Turkey. In- asmuch as it was certain that our people would not go into such a war, at least with the determination for the lavish outlay of blood and money necessary to make it effective, it would have been worse than foolish to have threatened it; and not the slightest good would have been, or was gained, by any agitation which it was known would not be backed up by arms. I shall take no action until I know that any action I take will do good instead of harm, and I shall announce no position which I may have to abandon at the cost of putting the United States Government in a humiliating and ridiculous attitude. I thoroughly believe that in national affairs we should act in accordance with the plains adage when I was in the ranch business: "Never to draw unless you mean to shoot." Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt I sympathize strongly with your feelings, grateful up as day are and ought to [??] its dreadful outrages committed on the Jews in Russia; anything I can do I will do; but I will not [?] aimlessly and [?] do harm. Jacob [?] Schiff, Esq., William and Pine Streets, New York, N.Y.46 Private December 14, 1905. My dear Dr. Abbott: I enclose you three letters from President Wheeler and some clippings he has sent me. From these letters you will see that the opposition is frankly based upon the ground that the Republican organization (what in State politics would be called the Republican machine) can not control the Interstate Commerce Commission. This is exactly what I want. I no more regard that commission as properly controllable by a party organization than I would regard the Supreme Court as thus properly to be controlled. Of course, what is meant when they say that they can not thus control the commission is that they can not thus control it in the sinister interest of certain great railroads. If you will look at the names of certain of the Senators who have turned up openly against Mr. Lane, you will see that they are the men who openly or covertly are fighting the entire scheme for railway rate legislation. I earnestly hope that you will point out the wrong that will be done the United States Government to defeat the Santo Domingo treaty on more partisan grounds. In this railway rate business, including, for instance, my nomination of Lane, I have shown that on such a question I pay no heed whatever to more narrow partisanship; and yet, incredible though it may seem it, at this very time the effort is being made, with some prospect of success, to solidify the southern Democratic Senators47 2 (who are practically all that there are left of the Democracy in the Senate) into a solid opposition to the Santo Domingo treaty - a treaty which they would normally favor, and which they are against simply because I happen to be a Republican President. It is partisanship in its most offensive form, for it is the kind of partisanship which sacrifices the good of the country on a measure which is opposed by people who really do not object to it at all [and] but also think they can score a point against the administration. We can not confirm the treaty under the two-thirds rule save by Democratic votes. There is a good deal of talk of northern legislators being corrupt, but there are no Senators ever sent by any northern State who do as much harm to the country as a whole as such men as Tillman, Carmack, Bailey, Culbertson, Bacon and Morgan, who are always not merely willing but anxious to sacrifice the greatest interest of the nation to the meanest and pettiest kind of personal partisan politics. The trouble is, they dragoon their associates, who are afraid of being taunted with subserviencey to the Republicans; and where, as in the case of the Santo Domingo treaty, the issues involved do not immediately concern any great body of people for the moment, they are able to do really a great damage. About Panama, do take an interest also. The very same creatures who have attacked me for appointing a Democrat in Franklin Lane, attack me for appointing a mugwump, Joe Bishop, as Secretary of the Canal Commission, and the mugwumps join in because throughout the time of the anti-imperialist outbreak he has remained steadfastly with us. I have appointed him because I wanted a man in a responsible position in whose honesty I trusted as I trust in yours. He has been an editor, and has48 3 been my supporter only in the sense, for instance, that one of your sons has been my supporter. The sure way to secure inefficiency and corruption in the Panama work is to prevent my paying decent salaries to the men who do that work, and I shall fight as fiercely as I know how against say attempt along this line. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, Editor, The Outlook, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York. Enclosures49 December 14, 1905. Dear Madam: I have received your letter of the 12th instant, with enclosures, and much appreciate your kindness. I would be glad to accept the gift if it were an article of small value, but as the clipping you enclose states that an offer of $800 has been made for it I am sorry to say I am unable to accept it. I therefore return it to you. Will you accept the enclosed photograph in appreciation of your courtesy? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Katie Saddler Ford, 5042 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, Enclosure 50 December 14, 1905. My dear Reid: I wrote a pretty strong letter to Paul Dashiell, and he came down to see me and handed me the enclosed letters and telegrams. Will you look over them and if in your judgment it is advisable, will you show them to President Eliot, and then return them to me, as Dashiell wishes them back? Dashiell was as straight and manly as possible in his talk with me and left me with the impression that he intended to do absolutely what was straight and fair. He told me that he had been much criticised by the Yale men for ruling Morse off of the field and for failing to take any action about the Yale man whose finger was bitten, and he said no complaint had been made to him about the Yale man who tried to gouge the opposing Harvard man. I gathered in the first place that he was absolutely honest and had done his level best, and that in the next place there was some doubt about Quill's conduct; but in my judgment the doubt should have resolved against Quill and he should have been ruled off the field and Yale penalized, but I am more and more struck with the sincerity of the belief that each college has that its side is right and the actions of the opposing side are wrong. After all is said and done we have played football at Harvard for thirty years and there has never been a death in that time, while there has been a death from boxing. Of my four boys, the three elder are all playing football, none of them 51 2 in a way that will ever give them any prominence as players, but all of them to their own great benefit physically, and especially morally. I should hate to see the game given up, and I think that we need as emphatic a protest against the hysterics of an article like that in the Harvard Graduates' Magazine as we do against brutality on the field. I wish you would show this letter of mine to Colonel Higginson and to President Eliot both. Give my regards to White. It was such a pleasure seeing you both the other day. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt Tell President Elliot in particular that I think Daniel a straight, square fellow, who will make a first class surefire, with a little of the proper spirit behind [him?] ; and that I think the hysterics of such an article as that in : its Graduates magazine, and in most of its yelling against football, much worse than any brutality that has occurred this season in --Harvard, Yale or Princeton. Mr. W.T. Reid, Jr., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.