November 23, 1911. My dear Sir: You will be able to obtain a very good photograph of Mr. Roosevelt from Messrs Pach Bros, 935 Broadway, New York City. They have a number of pictures of Mr. Roosevelt which are very satisfactory. Mr. Roosevelt has never spoken into a phonograph and therefore is unable to supply any record for you to use during that lecture. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. F. D. Boynton, Ithaca Public Schools, Ithaca, N. Y. 1523 [inverted]November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your courteous letter and also for the pictures of your little boy which you sent to him. He congratulates you and especially the little and wishes well to both of you. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Thomas H. Bates, 139 Boxbury Street, Boxbury, Mass. 3171 [inverted]F. Van Dyke Blair 991 November 15th, 1911. My dear Mr. Blair: I remember you very well, but my dear Mr. Blair, I am sorry to say you misunderstood my position in politics. I am in no position that gives me any chance of knowing where opportunities are likely to turn up. I have hardly ever in all my life been been able to find a place which was looking for a man, unless it was a man of some special and peculiar attributes. But no such place as that you speak of has ever been presented to me unless some man himself found it. I am very sorry not to be able to give you some advice. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. van Dyke Blair, Georgetown, Ohio. 3573November 15, 1911. My dear Mr. Clement: It will be a real pleasure to see you. Make it after December 15th, on a Tuesday or better still a Friday morning. Thanking you for writing to me. Sincerely yours, Maynard N. Clement, Esq., 100 State Street, Albany, N. Y. 8217November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: As I informed Mr. Reed yesterday it is quite impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to get to the luncheon on Friday next as he is already engaged for luncheon on that day. He appreciates your writing to him. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. C. F. Cooper, 124 East 28th Street, New York City. 15761 November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: I am sorry to tell you that Mr. Roosevelt does not know the names of any real estate firms in Virginia to whom he could recommend you and he regrets therefore not being able to be of service to you. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. H. J. Demasay, Atkinson, Nebr. 15762November 15th, 1911. My dear Mrs Flourney: I thank you for your card informing me of the Fair which the Elke Lodge of your city is to give at the end of this month. It was very kind of you to write me and I hope that the Fair will meet with success. Sincerely yours, Mrs A. G. Flourney, 532 Cedar Street, Virginia, Minn. 15763November 15th, 1911. Dear Mr. Frankfurter: No, I had not seen that poem, and I am sincerely obliged to you for calling my attention to it. It is most powerful and I believe most true. As I say, I am really obliged to you for having called my attention to it. The Mary Antin biography I had been reading. It is one of the most powerful studies I know. I do not know why I happened to slip that poem. Good luck always! Sincerely yours, Felix Frankfurter, Esq., War Department, Washington, D.C. 15764November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your letter, and to express his regret that unfortunately he is unable to send the message you desire. He is approached in so many hundreds of cases for messages, that if he were to comply in one case he would be compelled in common fairness to do so in all the other cases, and this would mean such a drain upon his time and energy that it would become simply unbearable. Besides this, the messages, by reason of their being so numerous, would utterly fail to achieve the object desire He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it is for him to comply. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. L. S. Hamilton, Shelburn Public Schools, Shelburn, Ind. 15765November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter to Mr. Roosevelt and will see that the suggestions which it contains are brought to his attention although I fear that as he is now no longer in the White House it will not be possible for him to take advantage of it. I will however place the suggestions before him at the earliest possible opportunity. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. Martin M. Hester, Norwalk, Ohio. 15766November 15th, 1911. My dear Madam: Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand and as he is almost overwhelmed with work of various kinds I am sorry to tell you that it is impossible to arrange an interview unless you state exactly what you wish to see him about. If you will do this I will certainly see if it is possible to arrange an appointment for you to call. Sincerely yours, Secretary Miss Mary E. Langley, Hotel Imperial, New York City. 15767November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: In reply to your letter to Mr. Roosevelt I beg to say that he did run for the Mayoralty of New York City on the Republican ticket in 1886 against Abram S. Hewitt as the Tammany candidate, and Henry George as the Independent candidate, who was I believe endorsed by the labor people. The Democrat candidate was elected mayor. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Max C. Meyer, 71 Grant Street, New York City. 15768November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: I am sorry to tell you that Mr. Roosevelt has no picture of that steamboat of which you speak. He is therefore unable to oblige you by sending one to you. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. W.H. Melton, Jackson, Ala. 15769November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt desires me to express his regret that unfortunately it is utterly impossible for him to accept another invitation of any kind, sort or description. During the last few months he has been compelled to decline literally thousands of invitations, some of which he would really like to accept but is physically unable to do so. Faithfully yours, Secretary Rev. Charles G. Mosher, 74 Green Street, Augusta, Maine. 15770November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: I am sorry to tell you that it would be quite impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to write such a message as you desire. He is approached in hundreds of cases for short contributions to various newspapers and periodicals, but as he is now a Contributing Editor to The Outlook all that he writes necessarily appears in that magazine. If he were to respond favorably in your case he would be unable to refuse the hundreds of other requests which come to him. He is sorry not to be able to oblige you. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. M. R. Myers, American Co-operative Journal, Chicago, Ill. 15771November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt was really touched by your letter and he wishes me to say that you could obtain a copy of the speeches by obtaining a volume entitled "African and European Addresses" by Theodore Roosevelt and issued by G. P. Putnam Sons of New York City. You could get the book through any bookseller. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. M. J. Nolan, Columbia, Ariz. 15772November 15th, 1911. My Mr. Ambassador: The widow of the great artist Saint Gaudens needs no introduction to anyone. I write to you simply so that you may know who your correspondent is. I have the very strangest feeling about Saint Gaudens' work. It seems to me the finest thing that the end of the last century and the beginning of this saw. I am extremely pleased that Mrs Saint Gaudens, on behalf of herself and her son and of Mr. Schiff, wishes to give to His Majesty the King of Italy the three bas-relief productions in question, instead of selling them as she has been asked to do. I hope that you will explain to the King that he can well afford to accept such a gift coming in such a manner from such a person. Assuring you of my high personal esteem and good wishes for you and yours, believe me, Very sincerely yours, The Hon. Thomas J. O'Brien, American Embassy, Rome, Italy. 15773November 15th, 1911. Dear Mrs Saint Gaudens: It is never any trouble to do anything that you ask. I only regret that in this case what you ask should imply such trivial trouble on my part. What you should do is to write to the Ambassador at Rome, who I think is Mr. O'Brien. If you care to, enclose to him the letter I am sending herewith. In your letter to him recite the facts just as you have recited them to me, that is to say, that you have been asked to sell the basereliefsproductions to the King of Italy, stating by whom the requests have been made. Say that Mr. Schiff does not wish to have the portraits of his children sold, but is glad to present them to the King; and that you and your son feel in the same way about his portrait, and that you accordingly wish that those three bas-relief productions will be accepted by him in token of your respect and admiration (the king is a thoroughly good fellow and you can well say "respect and admiration"), and then add as to the bastern La Page production that you are willing to sell it; but reiterate that you beg the King will allow the other three to be given. By writing to the Ambassador in this way you enable him to enclose your letter or to quote from it by couching his letter to the King in the appropriate manner. 157742 Mrs Augusta H. Saint Gaudens, Windsor, Vermont. With warm regards to your son. Sincerely yours, Mrs Augusta H. Saint Gaudens, Windsor, Vermont. 15775November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: I am sorry to tell you that it would be quite impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to write such a message as you desire. He is approached in hundreds of cases for short contributions to various newspapers and periodicals, and as he is now a Contributing Editor to The Outlook all that he writes necessarily appears in that magazine. If he were to respond favorably in your case he would be unable to refuse the hundreds of other requests which come to him He is very sorry not to be able to oblige. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. M. Sisca, La Folia, 226 Lafayette Street, New York City. 15776November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has written an article upon the subject of your letter which will appear in an early copy of The Outlook. I hope you will read it for I am sure that the sentiment expressed will meet with your entire approval. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Robert M. Stevens, 3 Westminster Street, Pittsfield, Mass. 15777November 15th, 1911. My dear President Van Hise: Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has only just come to hand. Mr. Roosevelt will be here on Friday next and would be very pleased to see you if you could call at the office about 12 o'clock. Sincerely yours, Secretary President Charles R. Van Hise, The Belmont Hotel, New York City. 15778November 15th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your courtesy in sending him copies of those articles. He much appreciates your doing so. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. F. S. Wayne, Mining and Scientific Press, New York City. 15779November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Bondy: I have had to refuse to take any part in politics, simply because that I found that if I took any part in any one movement I was deluged with re- quests from other movements. I am sorry not to be able to help you as you desire. Sincerely yours, Mr. Joseph Bondy, Syracuse, N.Y. 2824November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I cordially approve of your purpose, and wish you all success. Unfortunately it is not possible for me to act on any committee however. Sincerely yours, Mr. John N. Booth, 514 Ray Street, Jamaica, L.I. [2832]Brent November 16th, 1911. My dear Bishop Brent: I shall ready "The Sixth Sense" with the utmost interest, as I do everything you write. My dear Bishop, I wish I could see you. I believe in you with all my heart and soul, and I feel a better American, a better citizen, a better man just because you live. Faithfully yours, Bishop Charles Henry Brent. 253 Calle Nozaleda, Manilla P.I. [5224]James P. Brown November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: James S. Amos, my butler, will present you this letter. He answers the notice you sent him. Amos is not in good health. He has been under the doctor's care and I have more than once this summer been seriously worried about him. I feel it would be a real misfortune for him to have to attend as juror, especially through the winter mon[ths]. I very earnestly hope that he can be excused. Sincerely yours, Hon James P. Brown, Commissioner of Jurymen for the County of Nassau. [5300]November 16th, 1911. Dear Mr. Cook: You are very kind to have sent me that story. I appreciate your courtesy. Very sincerely yours, Mr. M. H. Cook, 126 Marion Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 15780November 16th, 1911. To the Custodian of the Public Buildings in Washington. This is to introduce Miss Minnie May Lenard, a young lady who is the telegraph operator in Oyster Bay and who is much liked and esteemed by all her fellow citizens. She is going to Washington to spend three or four days, and wishes to visit the Government Buildings including the White House, the Treasury, the State, War, and Navy Building[s] and others. May I ask that she be extended the usual courtesies and permitted to go through all the parts of these buildings that are open to the public? Faithfully yours, 15781 November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I find that Mr. Abernathy has now left New York. He has probably gone back to his home in [ ] and you might get into communication with him there? I am sorry not to be able to help you in further excepting to suggest that you communicate with Mr. Abernathy. He is the only person who had moving pictures. Sincerely yours, Secretary Dr. H. O. Fjelde Abercrombie, N. D. 15782November 16th, 1911. My dear Madam: I thank you for your courtesy in sending Mr. Roosevelt the continuation of the story of your cruise. I will see that it is brought to his attention. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mrs. Edward H. Frye, Auburndale, Mass. 15783 November 16th, 1911. Dear Tony: That is very nice of you. I send you the two measurements as you request. Good luck! Sincerely yours, Mr Tony Gavin, 276 Hampshire Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 15784November 16th, 1911. Dear David: I received from Trevelyen the letter which I enclose, which please return to me when you are through with it; and I accordingly sent him the letter I had written to you, enclosing it in a letter of which I think you should have a copy! Soon I am going to get you to come down to spend a night with us, so that we can talk over matters. Faithfully yours, David Gray Esq. 15785November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and he wishe[s] me to say that he never gives his opinion upon public quest[ions] in letters to friends for quotations. The only way you can obtain his views upon the question you put to him is by referring to his published speeches. Most of these have been issued in book form and may be consulted at almost any public library. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it would be for him to answer in personal letters all the queries that come to him. He is very sorry that he cannot comply with your request. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. C. Hager, Bristol, Tenn. 15786November 16th, 1911. Dear Mr. Harrison: I at once took your letter to The Outlook editors, and they said that they would particularly like such an article as that you speak of. They are almost as strong believers in you as I am, and we should be genuinely pleased to have you write us an article. What will it be about, and when may we expect it? With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Frederic Harrison Esq., 15787November 16th, 1911. My dear Madam: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mrs. M. Heller, Washington Heights Hospital, New York City. 15788November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to express his regret that unfortunately it is utterly impossible for him to accept another invitation of any kind, sort, or description. Dur[ing] the past few months he has been compelled to decline liter[ally] thousands of invitations, some of which he would really li[ke] to accept but is physically unable to do so. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. J. Hicks, Y. M. C. A. 124 East 28th Street, New York City. 15789November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr Hobbs: Of course I should be overjoyed to see such a fine fellow as Cutting go to the Senate from anywhere, but there is nothing in the world I can do for him. Naturally you do not realize how many people make appeals to me to interest myself on their behalf, or on behalf of the candidacy of some other man; but if I did it in one case that same man for whom I made such an appeal, if I should act he as desired, would turn round and pitch into me for interfering in any other matter if I should make further appeals of the same kind for other men. Of course if I did it in one case, I should have to do it in literally hundreds of cases. On your statement I am a little doubtful whether Mr Cutting could claim residence in New Mexico, but if he could and I were a New Mexican I should be particularly glad to see him Senator. I knew your father well, and valued him highly. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Charles B. Hobbs Esq., 11 Pine Street, New York. 15790November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Hunt: Wont you motor out with Mrs Hunt next Thursday at one o'clock? We are so anxious to see you both. Sincerely yours, Leigh Hunt, Esq., 15791November 1st, 1911. Dear Mr. Hutchinson: I have received your kind and neighborly letter. I appreciate it and thank you. Very sincerely yours, Mr. E. K. Hutchinson, Oyster Bay, L. I. 15792November 16th, 1911. My dear Madam: I am sorry to say that it is now so many years since I wrote the volume of which you speak that I have entirely forgotten the details of the incident in question. I thank you for your interesting letter and regret that I am not able to give you the information that you ask. Sincerely yours, Mrs Charles R. Hyde, 221 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn. 15793November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Kerr: It was indeed good of you to send me your kind letter. I sincerely appreciate all that you say and thank you for writing. Sincerely yours, Mr. Ewin L. Kerr, 428 16th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 15794 November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. King: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Reb. George Walton King, Central Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J. 15795November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: You could communicate with Congressman Longworth by addressing him at Cincinnati, Ohio. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. C.V.V. Kingstand, Yonkers, New York. 15796November 16th, 1911. My dear Madam: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and he wishe[s] me to say that he never gives his opinion upon public quest[ions] in letters to friends for quotation. The only way you can [?] his views upon the question you put to him is by referring [to] his published speeches. Most of these have been issued in book form and may be consulted at almost any public library. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossi[ble] it would be for him to answer in personal letters all the queries that are put to him by correspondents. He is very sorry that he cannot comply with your request. Faithfully yours, Secretary Miss Olive A. Kinsellar, Bozeman, Mont. 15797November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I thank you for your letter. Of course I do not know the details of which you write, but I do know that the yellow press, the sensational press, the press that revels in mendacity and filth, is from every standpoint one of the greatest dangers that this country has to face. I have repreatedly said this in The Outlook. With many thanks, Sincerely yours, Mr. A. B. Lea, Department of Public Service, Cleveland, Ohio. 15798November 14th, 1911. Dear Miss Lenard: I take real pleasure in sending the enclosed letter. Sincerely yours, Miss Minnie May Lenard, L. I. R. R. Station, Oyster Bay, L. I. 15799 November 14th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt desires me to thank you for your letter and to express his regret that it is quite impossible for him to take up any further matter of any kind or sort at the present time as he is almost overwhelmed with the work he already has on hand. He much appreciates the courtesy of your letter. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. Thomas Leslie, Ocean City, N. Y. 15800 November 16th, 1911. Dear Brother Lyman: That is all right. I will be delighted to come to such a dinner. If so, and Charles Sheldon comes, can I bring him with me? Then could not Wells and you and I and perhaps "brother-immediate" Kermit have a lunch on that day, where we could talk over more intimate things? Faithfully yours, Theodore Lyman Esq., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 15801November 16th, 1911. My dear Dr. Maloney: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Dr. William J. Maloney, Edinburgh University Club, New York City. 15802November 16th, 1911. Dear Mr. McBee: I am much obliged for the newspaper, and I am inerested in what you tell me about the new Primier. I look forward to hearing more when you return. Sincerely yours, Mr. Silas McBee, The Churchman. 15803November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has no copies of his Carnegie Hall speech, but it will be published in the Outlook in a week or two. From this you will be able to obtain the complete report of the whole speech. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. Arthur McCaveland, 37 Wall Street, New York City. 15804November 16th, 1911. Dear Mr. Mooney: It is a real pleasure to me to hear from you. Evidently straight shooting and hard hitting can be combined in one person! I have seen you knock out a human antagonist, and envied you your capacity then, but I envy you that twenty pound turkey even more. Jim Bishop is a very fine fallow. I wish I could have been with him on such a hunt. I never mastered the art of yelping myself. Bishop is a wonder at it. I will send him a copy of the book on you suggest. What is his address? Sincerely yours, Mr. W. M. Mooney, Post Office Department, Washington, D. C. 15805November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Morawets: Cannot you bring out Mrs. Morawets next Thursday at one? Take the eleven o'clock train from Pennsylvania Station New York for Oyster Bay and I will have you met. It would be better still and more enjoyable if you came out by auto. Faithfully yours, Victor Morawets, Esq. 15806November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and has asked me to reply saying that he regrets that when Roswell came his knees were damaged and he has stumbled a great deal and apparently lost his jumping capacity. Otherwise he is all right. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. John D. Morey, Room 115 Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 15807November 16th, 1911. My dear Dr. Morton: That is an awfully nice letter of yours and I appreciate it. I showed it to my daughter. With thanks, Sincerely yours, Dr. William James Morton, 19 East 28th Street, New York City. 15808November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Amos L. Prescott, Lotos Club, 90 West Broadway, New York City. 15809November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt is approached by so many hundreds of people to read manuscripts and to give advice as to publication that if he were to respond favorably in each case it would become a burden too great for him to bear. As you will readily realize as thinking it over, if he granted one such request he would be compelled in common fairness to respond to all the others. He is very sorry that he cannot help you in the way you wish, though he much appreciates the circumstances. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. S. S. Rial, 4417 Genesee Street, Kansas City, Mo. 15810November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Rice: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Rev. W. A. Rice, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. 15811November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and also the picture of the three children. He congratulates you and especially Mrs Riffe and wishes well to all of you. There must be some mistake regarding that rumour that Mr. Roosevelt sends large sums of money, or any money at all for the matter of that, to people who have a certain number of children. Mr Roosevelt is not a rich man by any means and I am sure you will realize on thinking it over that it would be utterly impossible for him to carry out such a plan. Naturally he is much pleased to hear from the fathers and mothers who have children like you and all he can do is to extend his very cordial wishes. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. W. L. Riffe, Stauntor, Va. 15812November 16th, 1911. Darling Corinne: Next Tuesday November 21st I have free for lunch. Could you and Douglas and Ted and Helen lunch with me somewhere, say at The Aldine Club where I am allowed to bring ladies? Ever yours, Mrs. Douglas Robinson. 15813November 16th, 1911. Dear Mr. Rooker: You are very kind to have sent me that story. I appreciate your courtesy. Very sincerely yours, Mr. William V. Rooker, Noblesville, Ind. 15814November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Max Rosen, Texas Land Exposition, Houston, Tex. 15815November 16th, 1911. Dear Brother Schick: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Rev. J. M. Schick, The Chamber of Commerce, 1405 15th Street, Washington, D. C. 15816November 16th, 1911. My dear Madam: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would realize that it is impossible for me to accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mrs T. K. Schoff, National Congress of Mothers, 3418 Baring Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 15817November 16th, 1911. Dear Sheldon: I am to speak at the Harvard Travelers Club at Boston on my Uganda trip on the evening of Tuesday December 12th. I told them that I wished they would ask you too, for they are a thoroughly good set of fellows, and I should like to have you speak at the same time. Would you care to come? Sincerely yours, Charles Sheldon Esq., 104 West 37th Street, New York City. 15818November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I thank you for your letter and for the article. Of course I am greatly interested in that reform, which I believe to be of extreme importance. But it is not possible for me to interest myself actively in another movement. You have no conception of the multitude of appeals made to me. Faithfully yours, Thomas W. Shelton Esq., Norfolk, Va. 15819 November 16th, 1911. My dear Professor Smith: I thank you for the address on "The Americanism of American Literature", and really enjoyed it. Pray let me see you if you are ever in New York. Sincerely yours, Professor C. Alphonse Smith, Poe Professor of English, University of Virginia. 15820 November 16th, 1911. My dear Madam: Mr. Roosevelt desires me to thank you for your letter and the enclosure. He is a Contributing Editor to The Outlook and has nothing whatever to do with the acceptance of articles for publication in that magazine. Such matters are in the hands of the Managing Editor, and if you so desire you can get into communication with him at The Outlook office. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mrs. H. M. Strachle, St. Paul, Minn. 15821 November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your letter, and to express his regret that unfortunately he is unable to send the message you desire. He is approached in so many hundreds of cases for messages to be read at meetings that if he were to comply in one case he would be compelled in common fairness to do so in all the other cases, and this would mean such a drain upon his time and energy that it would become simply unbearable. Besides this, the messages, by reason of their being so numerous, would utterly fail to achieve the object desired. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it is for him to comply. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. W. M. Taylor, Brooklyn, N. Y. 15822 November 16th, 1911. Dear Dr. Thayer: Fine! I will take the twelve o'clock train from New York on Wednesday November 29th, and will look out for you at Worcester; and the following morning I will go to Groton. Faithfully yours, Dr. William T. Thayer, St. Mark's School, Southborough, Mass. 15823 November 16th, 1911. My dear Mrs. Van Schaick: We have not even a greenhouse, beautiful or not bountiful! So we have not any plants in greenhouses. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Marguerite Van Schaick, Huntington, L. I. 15824 November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Wasemuth: It was indeed good of you to send me your kind letter. I sincerely appreciate all that you can and thank you for writing. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. G. Wasemuth, St. James Park, L. I. 15825November 16th, 1911. Dear Mrs E Wharton: Both of your letters have come. It was very kind of you to write me. Mrs. Roosevelt has had a very hard time, but she is now all right. She has not yet been off the place, but she walks around the place and is practically herself again. For a fortnight after the accident she was never conscious unless so far as to be conscious of a wellnigh intolerable agony. One of the first things she did was to read your book and then to hand it to me to read. It seems to me one of the most powerful things you have done. There are two or three things in it that I want to talk over with you when you come. By the way, I am genuinely indebted to you for having introduced me to Taylor. I am writing a little article in which I treat his "Medieval Mind" as the chief excuse for what I am saying, and I shall send you the article when it appears. I cannot say how we enjoyed having you out here that evening, and we look forward to your spending a night with us as soon as you get back to America. Faithfully yours, Mrs Wharton, 53 Rue de Varenne, Paris. 15826November 16th, 1911. Dear Mr. Williams: That was an interesting experience of yours. I have put the address of John Burroughs on the envelope as you requested. I thank you for your kind words about myself and appreciate them. Sincerely yours, Rev. Edwin S. Williams, Saratoga, N. Y. 15827November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Wardner Williams, The Denver Patriotic League, Denver, Colo. 15828November 16th, 1911. My dear Mr. Wood: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Mr. G. A. Wood, Big Stone Lake Chautauqua, Saratoga, Cal. 15829November 16th, 1911. My dear Sir: Your former circular must have gone astray as I do not recollect it ever reaching the office. If you will send me another I will see that the request is placed before Mr. Roosevelt and will then let you hear concerning it. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. John Woodbury, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 15830Beard L.F. November 17th, 1911. Dear Comrade: I hate to have to answer you as I must, but I cannot ask for the appointment or retention of any man in any office, not even though he was a member of my old regiment. I have had to refuse certainly a hundred of the comrades. If I did it in one case I should have to do it in thousands of others. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lyman F. Beard, United States Post Office, Medill, Okla. [2763]Captain R. H. Bruce, Texarkana, Texas. November 17th, 1911. My dear Captain Bruce: Nothing pleased me more about your letter than your stating, that you have, as you phrase it, "learned to let the wine cup severely alone". I am awfully pleased. The men of my regiment are very dear to me and I hate to see any of them make a slip-up, and I am more than rejoiced when a man changes his course, as you have done, and in your case I know you will be true to your resolution. It shows the fine stuff that is in him. Sincerely yours, Captain R. H. Bruce, Texarkana, Texas. 56135613 November 17th, 1911. My dear Mr. Butterweek: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Mr. Oliver Butterweek, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa. [4342]November 17th, 1911. Dear Mr. Easley: I am really obliged to you for your note. I congratulate you upon what you are doing, and I thank you for what you so kindly say about my article. Good luck! Sincerely yours, Mr. Ralph M. Easley, The National Civic Federation, 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. 15831November 17th, 1911. My dear Dr. Edelman: I am really interested in what you say. It is important. Of course I absolutely know that those soldiers were guilty, but to have that statement from a colored physician of repute is valuable. With all good wishes, Very sincerely yours, Dr. Louis Edelman, Birmingham, Ala. 15832November 17th, 1911. My dear Colonel Goethals: This will introduce Mr. George Henry Payne. He is going to Panama to collect information to enable him to write a book for Dodd, Mead & Co. Mr. Payne is a man of the stamp of O. K. Davis, whom I think you know, and is absolutely trustworthy and one of the limited number of people whom I will guarantee. You can be perfectly sure that nothing that you say to him will be in any way misinterpreted or misused, for his one object is to find out the facts concerning the greatest achievement that our age has done or is doing, and to put them forth truthfully and vividly. I most earnestly commend him to your courtesy. Will you also introduce him to Joe Bishop and let Joe Bishop know what I have written. With all good wishes, Sincerely yours, Colonel George W. Goethals, Culebra, Canal Zone. 15833November 17th, 1911. My dear Dr. Gorgas: This will introduce Mr. George Henry Payne. He is going to Panama to collect information to enable him to write a book for Dodd, Mead & Co. Mr. Payne is a man of the stamp of O. K. Davis, whom I think you know, and is absolutely trustworthy and one of the limited number of people whom I will guarantee. You can be perfectly sure that nothing that you say to him will be in any way misinterpreted or misused, for his one object is to find out the facts concerning the greatest achievement that our age has done or is doing, and to put them forth truthfully and vividly. I most earnestly commend him to your courtesy. With all good wishes, Sincerely yours, Dr. William C. Gorgas, Ancon, Canal Zone. 15834November 17th, 1911. My dear Lady Gregory: Most unfortunately Mrs. Roosevelt had a severe fall from her horse some weeks ago, and is as yet unable to leave the place although I am glad to say able to see her friends, and so to our great disappointment we shall not be able to come into the Theatre. But could you not come out and spend a night with us any day next week, or could you could you come out to lunch on Thursday or Saturday? Thursday we shall have some friends, and we would rather have you Saturday, but come Thursday if that is most convenient. If you come to lunch, take the 11 o' clock train from the Pennsylvania Station New York for Oyster Bay, and we will have you met. If you come to spend the night take the 4.28 train in the afternoon and we will have you met. I earnestly hope you can come. Sincerely yours, Lady Gregory. 15835November 17th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and he wishes me to say that he never gives his opinion upon public questions in letters to friends for quotation. The only way you can obtain his views upon the question you put to is by referring to his published speeches. Most of these have been issued in book form and may be consulted at almost any public library. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it would be for him to answer in personal letters all the queries that are put to him by correspondents. If he were to try to do so, it would entail such a drain upon his time and energy that would be simply unbearable. He is very sorry that he cannot comply with your request. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. L. Griffith. 15836November 17th, 1911. My dear Mr. Haskin: I thank you for having sent me the book on the American Government. I anticipate reading it. Again expressing my appreciation, I am, Sincerely yours, Mr. Frederic J. Haskin, Syndicate Writer, Washington, D.C. 15837November 17th, 1911. Dear Lucius: I would like to see you and talk over the political situation, either alone or with Ward, as you think best. Cannot you come in to see me soon, or would you like to bring out Ward and spend a night with me at Oyster Bay? Always yours, Mr. Lucius Littauer, 715 Broadway, New York City. 15838November 17th, 1911. Dear Nick: I don't know when I have had a more interesting letter than yours. I showed it in strict confidence to some members of The Outlook staff, and also to Jim Garfield, who happened to be in. Now is it not possible for you to get on here and let me see you? I have so much to say to you and so much to go over with you that I hardly know how to put it in a letter, but of course if it is out of the question for you to get on I shall write anyhow. Give my dearest love to Alice. I am concerned that she should not be in good health. I so wish I could see her. Mrs. Roosevelt is now really very much better. Ever yours, The Hon. Nicolas Longworth, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15839 November 17th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your letter, and to express his regret that unfortunately he is unable to send the message you desire. He is approached in so many hundreds of cases for messages to be read at meetings that if he were to comply in one case he would be compelled in common fairness to do so in all the other cases, a this would mean such a drain upon his time and energy that it would become simply unbearable. Besides this, the messages, by reason of their being so numerous, would utterly fail to achieve the object desired. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it is for him to comply. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. John Maxwell, The Democrat, Nashville, Tenn. 15843November 17th, 1911. My dear McCutcheon: If I could go to any dinner it would be to that to Akeley. He is one of the finest follows I know. Every American owes him a debt for what he has done in Africa. Now if you are here next Friday, do come to The Outlook office and take lunch with me. Sincerely yours, Mr. John T. McCutcheon, 39 East Schiller Street, Chicago, Ill. 15844 November 17th, 1911. My dear Dr. Moore: That is a mighty nice letter of yours and I thank you for it. I most heartily congratulate the good citizens of Philadelphia on the outcome of the recent elections. Sincerely yours, Dr. Philip H. Moore, 1225 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 15845 November 17th, 1911. Dear Cotty: As soon as I received your letter I wrote to Thayer asking if I could change the date of my speech from Wednesday evening to Wednesday afternoon, and immediately afterwards arranged to have a motor take me over to Groton. In that case I can speak on Wednesday evening at Groton. Then I will spend Thanksgiving Day there, and go back early Friday morning. If Thayer cannot arrange this, will it be convenient for you to have me speak Friday morning so that I can take an afternoon train back to New York, and if so, at what hour would it be convenient to have me speak. Saturday I want to be home because it is the anniversary of our wedding. Always yours, The Rev. Endicott Peabody, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 15846 November 17th, 1911. Dear Jake: That is a most interesting letter. I shall see if The Outlook can see it. It states the exact facts. As always, I shall have much to tell you as soon as you get home. Ever yours, Mr. Jacob A. Riis, N. Bosch Street, Richmond Hill, L. I. 15847November 17th, 1911. Dear Mr. Rochester: Now come, you know I cannot do as you ask! I am asked to make communications like that in literally hundreds of cases, and if I did it in one case I should have to do it in all. I am very sorry to have to say No. Sincerely yours, Mr. E. S. Rochester, The Washington Post, Washington, D. C. 15848 November 17th, 1911. Dear Judge: That is simply capital! Your final clause is so good that I have quoted it as coming to me from " a distinguished United States Judge." Very sincerely yours, Judge J.C. Rose, Federal Court, Baltimore, Md. P.S. The opinion on the Bath-Tub Case has not yet come. 15849November 17th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. C. Seabury, Society of Mayflower Descendants, 44 East 23rd Street, New York City. 15850November 17th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and he wishes me to say that he never gives his opinion upon public questions in letters to friends for quotation. The only way you can obtain his views upon the question you put to him is by referring to his published speeches. Most of these have been issued in book form and may be consulted at almost any public library. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it would be for him to answer in personal letters all the queries that are put to him by correspondents. If he were to try to do so, it would entail such a drain upon his time and energy that would be simply unbearable. He is very sorry that he cannot comply with your request. Faithfully yours, Mr. Melvin G. Smith, Rockford, Ill. 15851November 17th, 1911. My dear Surgeon-General: Mrs Roosevelt will be genuinely sorry not to have seen you and Mrs Stokes, and John too. She has now practically recovered, although she is not yet able to leave the place, and I am still a little afraid of having her see people. But when Dr. Grayson came out the other day to see Ethel she saw his and enjoyed seeing him. What a trump Finney is! I am genuinely pleased at what you tell me about him. I am very sorry about the illness of your father. If you come again to New York be sure and let me know in advance. It will be such a real pleasure to see you. Very sincerely yours, Surgeon-General C. F. Stokes, Washington, D. C. 15852November 17th 1911. Dear Mr Thayer: I find I am a little in difficulties with Peabody. Now if I take that 9.15 train, and you meet me at Worcester, would it be possible to have me speak at St Marks immediately and then to have me hire a motor and go right across to Groton so that I can speak there that evening? This would be very convenient for me, and I should like it, but if it is inconvenient for you I will come one on the 12 o'clock train, speak in the evening for you, and go to Groton the following morning. Faithfully yours, P.S. Could you let me hear as soon as possible? Dr. William T. Thayer, Southborough, Mass. 15853November 17th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter stating that the oak trees have now been shipped by freight. He much appreciates your kind attention. Sincerely yours, Mr. Harris Whittemore, Naugatuck, Conn. 15854 November 17th, 1911. My dear Mr. Wright: It was indeed good of you to send me your kind letter. I sincerely appreciate all that you say and thank you for writing. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. F. Wright, Canton, Ohio. 15855 November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your kindness in sending him three lines on Panama. He much appreciates your doing so. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. W. R. Coates, 1408 Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 7154 November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: If you care to send your book to The Outlook office I will ask Mr. Roosevelt to put his autograph in it, and you can then call and here it back again. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. D. A. Christoggers, 118 West 57th Street, New York City. 15856 November 18th, 1911. Dear Mr. Dawson: In accordance with Mr. Roosevelt 's promise I have had extracts made from Mr. Roosevelt's speeches and messages to Congress upon the Negro question and also upon the Brownsville affair. I am sending them herewith and trust they will be of use to you in the preparation of the book which you are writing. With all good wishes , Sincerely yours, Secretary Warrington Dawson Esq. 15857November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt does not recollect any such competition nor does he recollect ever presenting such a gold medal. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Frank Depres, The Era, London, England. 15858November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: If you would call at The Outlook office on Friday next at 12.30, Mr. Roosevelt would be able to see you. I hope that this time will be quite convenient. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. D. H. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio. 15859November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your kindness in sending him a copy of that little story. He much appreciates your doing so. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. J. D. Hill. c/o A. T. Louis & Son, Denver, Colo. 15860 November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: If you could call at The Outlook office on Tuesday next at about 12.30, it would give Mr. Roosevelt pleasure to see you for a minute. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Walter H. Johnson, c/o Mr. F. C. Furlow, 114 Upper Mountain Ave, Montclair, N. J. 15861 November 18th, 1911. Dear Sir: I have received your letter concerning the letter which you say was sent in April of last year to Mr. Roosevelt by Kutrovitch Saudorne when he was in Budapest. I have had a search made in Mr. Roosevelt's files for such a letter and have been unable to find any communication from her. When Mr. Roosevelt was abroad he received literally thousands of letters from various people, and traveling around as he was and being very pressed with work the whole time it was physically impossible to reply to all communications which he received, or indeed to keep track of them. If Madame Kutrovich did send such a letter to Mr. Roosevelt I fear that in some way it got mislaid. Of course if there were valuable papers in it Madame Kutrovich Saudorne should not have sent them well knowing that they might get mislaid in the post or in some other way. People who send such papers do so at their own risk. I am sorry that the search in the files has proved useless, and it is impossible for me to do anything further in the matter. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. Emil Markosy. 15862November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: The lunch at The Outlook on Friday next will be at one o'clock . Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Thomas Mott Osborne, Auburn, New York. 15863November 18th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter and to say that he thinks it will be far better to let the matter rest. As a rule no good results from pursuing such a matter. He naturally appreciates your kindness and I am returning the letter from the New York Times as you request. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Henry Pollak, 79 Wall Street, New York City. 15864 November 18th, 1911. My dear Mr. Porter: I wish I could help you, but I cannot interfere in appointments in any shape or way. If I did it in one case I should have to do it in literally hundreds of other cases. I have had to make an invariable rule. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Peter A. Porter, Niagara Falls, N.Y. 15865November 18th, 1911. My dear Mr. Powers: Dr. Abbott has handed to me your letter and has also brought your request before us. My dear sir, I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent, it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Cornelius V. V. Powers, 219 West 45th Street, New York City. 15866November 19th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt is a Contributing Editor to The Outlook and it is impossible for him to write articles for outside publications. If he were to make an exception in your case it would mean that he would be inundated with applications in other cases and the safest plan for him to pursue is not to accede in any single instance. He is sorry he is unable to do as you ask. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. L. L. Arnold, Cotton Atlanta, Ga. 626 November 19th, 1911. My dear Sir: It really is not possible for Mr. Roosevelt to write such letters. I am very sorry. If he were to make an exception in your case he would in common fairness have to do the same for hundreds of others and it would not do for him to go into such a course of letter writing. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Holmes K. Offley, Hamilton, Va. 15867 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter and to express his regret that he is unable to write such a letter of introduction as you desire. You have no conception of the number of people who write asking for introductions to books, letters endorsing books, and messages to be read at meetings which come to him. He is now a Contributing Editor to The Outlook and all he writes appears in that magazine and it is physically impossible for him to do anything further. He is very sorry. As regards the photograph, you could obtain a very satisfactory one by writing to Pach Bros, 935 Broadway, New York City. They have several very good photographs of Mr. Roosevelt. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. E.E. Baylies, International Publishing Co. November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt never answers series of questions such as those you put to him. He prefers that people desiring information upon such topics should read his speeches and writings and get the information from such sources. To answer the several questions you put would require the writing of several volumes. It would be of no use whatever merely to express an opinion without backing it up with reasons. Your best plan is to see Mr. Roosevelt's works which may be obtained at any Public Library. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. T. A. Beckett. 3195 November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Bingham: Mrs. Roosevelt has handed to me your letter and the little pamphlet, and I want to say that I thank you and agree with you. Sincerely yours, Mr. L. L. Bingham, Cements Product Co., Estherville, Iowa. 2789 November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Black: It was indeed good of your to send me your kind letter. I sincerely appreciate all that you say and thank you for writing. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. A. Black, Cleveland, Ohio. 4140 November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Brouse: I thank you for the book of poems and appreciate your having sent it. Sincerely yours, Mr. Oscar Brouse, 2434 Ingleside Place, Cincinnati, O. 5233 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt is approached by so many hundreds of people to read manuscripts and to give advice as to publication that if he were to respond favorably in each case it would become a burden too great for him to bear. As you will readily realize as thinking it over, if he granted one such request he would be compelled in common fairness to respond to all the others. He is very sorry that he cannot help you in the way you wish, though he much appreciates the circumstances. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mr. John F. Byers, York, Nebr. 4343 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter and to say that he agrees with the plan proposed in it regarding the copyright of his "Realizable Ideals". Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. H. L. Coggins , 770 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal. 7155November 20th, 1911. Dear M [Abbott] Charles: In the first place let me thank you for your very kind and interesting letter. I did not write that article in The Outlook, but to you to do not in the least mind saying that I am substantially in agreement with it. What you say about Spalding and Kane is true. They could not now be made cardinals. I think the meaning of the writer, however, was that men of their stamp should be made cardinals. I do not mind writing you confidentially and not to be quoted, and what I am about to write is of course quite private and I would not be willing to have shown by you excepting to people whom you trust and who would not misunderstand me. I very sincerely wish well to the Catholic Church. There are very few Protestant clergymen with whom I have been able to work as I have been able to work with a number of parish priests, because they seem to me to possess the union of high purpose and of practical power to do good which is essential if we are to get real achievement. There are also only a limited number of Protestant clergymen, men like Bishop Brooks and Bishop Brent, for instance, for whom I have the same feeling as I have for Bishops Spalding and Kane, as, my dear Abbot, I have for you. I do not know whether you will like being included with the two Protestant bishops I mention, but I know you will not mind the feeling in me which 158682 makes me wish to include you. It is because I recognize in you, in Bishops Spalding and Kane, and in them, the same combination of serene and lofty spirituality, of broadminded charity and of sincere desire to do good - a combination which ensures from me a very high and affectionate regard. Now Archbishop O'Connell represents just the opposite that you three men represent. He is intensely worldly; he is very narrow; he is anti-American and anti-democratic; and in his attitude toward scientific and philosophical investigation among laymen, his position is really that of a medieval reactionary. Now you would be astonished if you knew how many of my Protestant friends, and of my friends who are neither orthodox Protestants nor orthodox Catholics, triumphantly bring up Archbishop O'Connell as an illustration of my folly in taking the attitude I do toward the Catholic Church as a whole, toward Catholic clergymen and Catholic laymen. Of course their position is absurd, and as I point out to them, to most intolerance and bigotry by equal intolerance and bigotry is simply to follow the deplorable example of the French, who have finally produced a brand of anti-religious bigotry quite as noxious as every was any religious bigotry, and who pin their faith to statesmen and scientists whose hard, intolerance could possibly be. Now men like you, men like the two bishops concerning when you are corresponding, have the exactly 15869 3 opposite effect. You and they make Protestants who are a little inclined to be suspicious and intolerant and dogmatic understood that however much they may differ from them on points of dogmatic theology they can yet not only work with them but deeply admire them, and be very grateful that they exist; and surely such an attitude is a good thing for us in our country. I shall take the liberty of reading your letter at the next editorial conference of The Outlook. When you come to New York again, will you not come and take lunch with us at The Outlook? I should like you to meet the editors. In closing, I must tell you that both Mrs. Roosevelt and I were really touched by both your manner and your words when you said goodbye to our son Kermit. Ever your friend, P.S. That is a fine paper of yours, which I shall also show to The Outlook; and as you may, my dear Abbot, in it you kept your promise and you made it a friendly paper; and to use your final words, there is no cause to which I am more committed in heart and soul than the cause of working to bring about among religious people that true peace which is founded on justice. 15870 November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Bicknell: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept, and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Mr. Thomas W. Bicknell, Rhode Island Historical Association, Providence, R. I. 15871November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Newton Smith Davis, New York Club, 20 West 40th street, New York City. 15872November 20th, 1911. My dear Madam: Mr. Roosevelt has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your letter, and to say that since he left the White House he has not spoken on behalf of a single person with regard to securing an official position or promotion of any kind or sort. If he were to do so in one case he would be compelled in common fairness to do the same thing in hundreds of similar cases about which he is approached. He feels sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it is for him to help you. He is very sorry. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mrs. Clinton N. Filkins, Muskogee, Okla. 15873November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand and also the enclosures. I will see that they are placed before him at the earliest possible opportunity, although on account of the great pressure upon him it will be utterly impossible for him to take up the matter in detail. He already has as much on hand as he can well manage. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Franklin Ford, The News Office, 346 Broadway, New York City. 15874 November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Gardner: Dr. Abbott has handed to me your very kind invitation, and has also put your request in the most favorable light. But, my dear Mr. Gardner, I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I want to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate the invitations that come to me, it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. A. M. Gardner, The World in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15875November 20th, 1911. Dear Mr [E. M.] Gill: It is difficult ever to make such a list in clear-cut form, because the different grades will have borderlands where they fade into one another, and the individual equation must be taken into account. For instance, I personally think it an entire mistake to give high honor for shooting a water-buck, a Defassa water-buck, a white-eared kob, or any one of the giraffes. There are circumstances under which shooting the black rhinoceros ought to give a man high honor, and other circumstances where it barely deserves even honor. On the other hand, I should put the greater koodos distinctly in the high honor class, and I should be tempted to put the sable and roam antelopes in that class. Why you have put the Rufous white-eared kob, which is common and accessible, in the high honor class, I do not know. Now as to the honor class. There is no special exertion in killing hartebeest, zebra and other common game of the plains in East Africa when once you get out to East Africa. In other words, shooting them is just like shooting elk, antelope, black-tail and white-tail deer thirty years ago in the great plains and the Rockies. I should not say that you could draw much distinction between the two, and a system of honors which would include one would include the other. Sincerely yours, 15876November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter, but he regrets that it is utterly impossible for him to give you any advice in such a mater. He does not know anything of the attorneys you mention and he is not acquainted with anyone whom he could recommend you to apply. He is really sorry not to be able to help you. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Joseph Goodrich, Los Angeles, Cal . 15877November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: If you are to be in New York on either a Tuesday or a Friday, I am sure that if you will call at The Outlook office at about 12.30 that it will give Mr. Roosevelt much pleasure to see you. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Morton W. Greene, Zeta Psi House, Brunswick, Maine. 15878 November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Griest: It really is not possible for me to undertake any further engagements of any kind or sort, and I have had to decline the very kind invitation from the Franklin and Marshall College. It would certainly give me pleasure to go to Lancaster and do as you desire if it were at all possible. I am very sorry not to be able to send you a favorable reply. Sincerely yours, Hon. W. W. Griest, Lancaster, Pa. 15879 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt never gives answers to such requests as those contained in your letter except in a public way. Y will obtain full information upon the questions you put by referring to his speeches and writings upon the subject. If he were to try to answer al the questions which come to him through the mails it would be a burden too great for him to bear and it would occupy so much of his time that he woul be unable to do any other kind of work. With gret, Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. M. C. Harrison, Grinnell, iowa. 15880November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Harrison: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Mr. R. A. Harrison, Hotel Properties Association, New York City. 15881November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: I beg to thank you for your letter and also for the enclosure. I will see that both of them are placed before Mr. Roosevelt at the earliest opportunity, although it would be quite impossible for him to comment upon the article at the present time. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Samuel Holmes, 66 Broad Street, New York City. 15882November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt was much pleased to get that copy of your book, but even more pleased to read your letter. He wishes me to thank you for both. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. C. P. Huiginga, West Newton, Mass. 15883November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Secretary: It was very kind of you to write and second that invitation from the President of the Franklin and Marshall College for me to be present upon the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the founding of Franklin College, but it really is not possible for me to undertake any further engagements of any kind or sort. I wish I could, as I should particularly like to accept any invitation so warmly endorsed by yourself. With renewed regret, Sincerely yours, The Hon. P. C. Knox, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. 15884November 20th, 1911. My dear Madam: Mr. Roosevelt receives every day a number of requests for subscriptions to various causes in which he believes but I am sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it is for him to comply in each case. He is by no means a rich man, and he is already doing all that it is possible for him to do in keeping up with the demands made upon him which he cannot well refuse. He is really sorry not to be able to do as you ask, and trusts you will understand and appreciate why he is unable to help you. Faithfully yours, Secretary Miss Anna L. Lawrence, The Hanna More Academy, Reisterstown, Md. 15885November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is impossible for me to accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. James Otis Leman, United Spanish War Veterans, Lynn, Mass. 15886Form 260 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVER'S No. | TIME FILED | CHECK SEND the following message subject to the terms} on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to} November 20, 1911 C. Lombardi Vice President Dallas News Dallas, Texas You may reprint Roosevelt article in Dallas and Galveston News giving credit to Outlook. THE OUTLOOK 15887 November 20 , 1911. Mr . C. Lombardi , Vice President Dallas News , Dallas , Texas Dear Sir : We wired you in reply to your lettergram giving permission for the reprint of Colonel Roosevelt 's article on " The Trusts , the People , and the Square Deal " , with credit to The Outlook . We thank you on behalf of Colonel Roosevelt for your congratulatory words . Yours very truly , THE OUTLOOK MTC- EH 15888 November 20th , 1911 . My dear Mr. Matthews : It was indeed good of you to send me your kind letter . I sincerely appreciate all that you say and thank you for writing . Sincerely yours , Mr. Leonard Matthews , 300 North Fourth Street , St. Louis , Mo . 15889 November 20th , 1911 . My dear Mr . McMurran : Mr . Roosevelt is very sorry , but it is quite impossible for him to take any part in the plan you propose . I am therefore returning the papers to you herewith . It really is not possible for me to go into anything further of any kind or sort . Faithfully yours , Secretary Mr. C. W. McMurran , 41 West 9th Street , New York City . 15890 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your very courteous letter and to say that he appreciates all that you have written. With regard to the letter to Mr. Carnegie however, I am sure you will understand on thinking it over how impossible it would be for Mr. Roosevelt to comply with such a request. He never gives such letters to anyone and if he were to make an exception in your case it would mean that he would have to comply in hundreds of similar cases. It is with regret that I must send you this reply. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. J. W. Morrison, Hotel Marlborough, Asbury Park, N. J. 15891November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt is very sorry, but he does not know the present address of Colonel John S. Mosby. Would it not be possible to obtain it by writing to the Denver Land Office, or to the proper department in Washington. Faithfully yours, Secretary Dr. Charles V. Meeby, Saint Louis, Mo. 15892November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. C. Moys, Colorado Retail Hardware Association, Boulder, Colo. 15893November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Paisley: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Rev. John O. Paisley, Melrose Highlands Congregational Church, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 15894November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt never answers series of questions such as those you put to him. He prefers that people desiring information upon such topics should read his speeches and writing and get the information from such sources. To answer the seve[?] questions you put would require the writing of several volumes It would be of no use whatever merely to express an opinion without backing it up with reasons. Your best plan is to see Mr. Roosevelt's works which may be obtained at any Public Library. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Charles Henry Prather, Louisville, Ky. 15895November 20th, 1911. My dear Mr. Russell: It is unnecessary for me to tell you how cordially I appreciate the honor your society has done me in electing me to honorary membership in the Federal Civil Service Society of the State of New York. At the same time I am sure you will realize on thinking it over how impossible it is for me to accept. I do not want to become in any way attached to any further institutions unless I am able to take an active part in the work, and this you will realize is impossible on account of the pressure upon me. I am now doing my best to withdraw from as many as possible of the institutions of which I am a member. It is with regret that I must send you this unfavorable reply. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. E. Russell, Federal Civil Service Society. 15897November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has no trophies now left from his African trip. They have all been sent to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, and it is therefore quite impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to comply with your request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. G. B. Reed, 37 Central Avenue, Jersey City, N.J. 15898November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt is interested in the object of your scheme, but it is quite impossible for him to comment upon it except in a general way to express his approval, without knowing the exact details, and at present he is so overwhelmed with work that it is impossible for him to take up any new matter of any kind or sort. He hopes that your efforts will meet with success. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. C. K. Senders, 8 High Street, Westbore, Mass. 15899November 20th, 1911. My dear Brother Schick: I am sorry to say that the same reply that I sent you regarding the Chamber of Commerce applies also to the Franklin and Marshall college. It really is not possible for me to undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am really sorry that I cannot accept any invitation seconded by you . Your fraternally , Rev. J . M . Schick , Washington , D . C . 15900 November 20th , 1911 . My dear Mr . Strasbourger : It was very kind of you to send me on that paper , and I appreciate your doing so . I shall read it with much interest . Sincerely yours , Mr. Samuel Strasbourger , 74 Broadway , New York City . 15901 November 20th , 1911 . My dear Mr . Thomas : It was indeed good of you to send me your kind letter . I sincerely appreciate all that you say and thank you for writing . Sincerely yours , Mr. G . W . Thomas , 216 Worthington Street , Springfield , Mass . 15902 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has nothing whatever to do with the firm with which his son is connected. It is the Hartford Carpet Company of Tompkinsville, Conn. and if you want to get into communication with them a letter addressed in that way would reach them, but it would be impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to give a letter of recommendation or indeed to interfere in any way in any such matter. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. E. Bainbridge Toppin, Newark, N.J. 15903 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, Canada. 15904November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand. The address of the American Historical Association is 170 Central Park West, New York City, and your best plan would be to get into communication with the Secretary regarding the matter about which you write. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Martin V. Van Every, Buffalo, N.Y. 15905 November 20th , 1911 . My dear Mr. Wallace : It was very kind of you to give me the opportunity to look at that paper which you have written , and I appreciate your doing so . With all good wishes , Sincerely yours , Mr. George Wallace , 359 Fulton Street , Jamaica , N . Y . 15906 November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: The most satisfactory photograph of Mr. Roosevelt taken while he was President may be obtained from Messrs Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. H. J. Webster, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Mass. 15907November 20th, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand why it is impossible for me to accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent, it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. T. C. Wilson, State Board of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo. 15908November 20th, 1911. My dear Brother Williamson: It was very kind of you to send me on that circular about the childrens entertainment in Carnegie Hall at the end of this month. I thank you for doing so and I thank you still more for all that you say in your letter. Sincerely yours, Mr. C. Williamson, Utica, N.Y. 15909November 20th, 1911. My dear Miss Winkler: I hope you will extend to all my good friends whose names were signed upon the paper enclosed in your letter my very grateful thanks for their remembrance on my birthday. What you say really touched me, and I extend to you and all my other friends my cordial wishes. Believe me, Sincerely yours, Miss Maria L. Winkler, 1217 Park Avenue, New York City. 15910November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Barstow: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Mr. George H. Barstow, Jr., National City Bank Building, 55 Wall Street, New York City. 6318[*Bennett*] November 21st, 1911. Dear Bennett: I have read through your speech. I like it and I really do not see where I could disagree with it. I do not want to amend the Sherman Law, but, as you say, to draft laws similar to the Inter-State Commerce Laws to cover like conditions in the industrial world. Many thanks. Sincerely yours, The Hon. William S. Bennett, 60 Wall Street, New York City.November 21st, 1911. Dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and also a copy of the letter which I wrote to you recently returning the robe. I have also received the letter which you wrote to me personally and you evidently think I am to blame for having sent back the article you sent to Mr. Roosevelt. I have nothing at all to do with such matters except to comply with instructions received from Mr. Roosevelt. The letter which I sent to you formerly was at his direction and he wished me explicitly to state that never under any circumstances does he keep anything sent to him in such fashion as you sent the robe to him. He never keeps anything which he has not ordered or as to which he has not been consulted before the article is sent. Very truly yours, Mr. Van V. Bowman, 120 W Court Street, Pendleton, Ore. 8165 [1532]November 21st, 1911. Dear Admiral: Now before you come to New York write me so that I may be sure not to miss you. If you are there Tuesday or Friday, lunch with us at The Outlook; if not then, come out to Oyster Bay and lunch with me. Very sincerely yours, Admiral F. E. Chadwick, Twin Oaks, Newport, R. I. 8167November 21st, 1911. Dear Judge: Is the enclosed all right? Sincerely yours, Judge William L. Chambers, Bond Building, Washington, D.C. 8172November 21st, 1911. Dear Willis: I was interested in your letter. I cannot help being sorry you are living abroad. Don't they have racing in Kentucky or some where else in America still? I am not in the business of making suggestions to the Administration about its foreign policy however. I suppose the Italians have a much bigger piece of work than they thought, but if they conquer the parts of Tripoli within four days march of the sea wall, have not they conquered over nineteen-twentieths of the fertile and populated country? I know something of the sahara desert on its South Eastern edge. I look forward to seeing you when you are in America. Faithfully yours, William Astor Chanler, Esq., Orleans Club, 29 Kings Street, St. James, London, England. 8328November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Channing: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Mr. R. H. Channing, 42 Broadway, New York City. 8166November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Croly: Your letter of course gives me very real pleasure. I thank you for it and deeply appreciate it. I shall take the liberty of showing it to Lodge, who is to lunch with me today. Now whenever you get that Hanna matter ready cannot you come down to New York and spend another night at Sagamore Hill, when we can go over the whole matter together? Next week I shall be away, and also on December 12 and 13th. Sincerely yours, Herbert Croly, Esq., Windsor, Vermont. 6392November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Curtis: I am awfully pleased with that, not only for your sake, but because I feel you are doing a work of national consequence. It is a good thing for the whole American people. Good luck to you! Very sincerely yours, Mr. Edward S. Curtis, The Belmont, New York City. 7465November 21st, 1911. Dear Will: Many thanks for your letter. A little later I do hope I shall see you, for there is such that I want to talk over with you including much that is political. Shall I not see you on Thanksgiving Day at Croton, or is only Anna going there? I am going to see Teddy Robinson at lunch today, and also Cabot. Good Louis Frothingham called on me the other day. Ever yours, Admiral W. S. Cowles, Farmington, Conn. 15911November 21st, 1911. My dear Captain Darell: I thank you for your letter and for the interesting diary, and congratulate you upon your good sport. The "Dumn" was, as you say, one of our boys, although not one of my gun carriers. I never enjoyed anything more than my African trip. Again thanking you, I am, Sincerely yours, Captain Lionel E. Darell, Braehead, Kenilworth, Cape Colony, South Africa. 15912November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Davenport: As usual, you are more than kind and I am very much obliged to you for your letter. Also, my dear Mr. Davenport, I am really pleased with your memorandum as to the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, The Hon. J. C. Davenport, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 15913November 21st 1911. My dear Senator Ferris: In accordance with your very kind request I take pleasure in laying before you those purely tentative suggestions as to the proper course to follow in connection with the development within the State of New York of the water power within its bounds. I understand that an estimate has been made placing at more than two million horse power this possible development hydro-electric power within our State limits. Assuredly the time has come when we should systematically utilize this vast resource, under a plan sufficiently comprehensive and definite to prevent monopoly, to insure reasonable rates to the consumer, and to provide for prompt orderly development. It is possible that these results can be obtained by a system of leasing of water rights, the lease to be made terminable at the end of say thirty years, and its operation to be supervised in the meanwhile. There are many reasons why I should prefer this plan if it were feasible, because under such a system private initiative is given full play and there is less danger than under a system of government ownership of pressure by the beneficiaries of the power to have it given them at an improperly low cost. But I am sorry to say that my experience with the National Government has tended to show me that there are great practical difficulties in the way of such private development, largely 159142 because as yet our capitalists are unused to the leasing system and show a reluctance to go into the scheme unless the leases are made for lengths of time which I regard as excessive. Unless it can be made evident to the judgment of your body that corporations will promptly and in good faith undertake the task on reasonable terms, I believe that it would be wise for the State to construct, own and maintain the necessary dams and storage reservoirs for the development of water power upon streams rising within or flowing through State parks and preserves. Indeed I think that in practice you will find that this is the necessary course to pursue. The State should then lease the right to use the water thus stored upon terms which will reimburse the State for its outlay and furnish a fund available for development of other streams capable of yielding water power. I am well aware that arguments will immediately be advanced against the State's undertaking the construction of such engineering works which would probably require a bond issue of twenty million dollars. They will be in substance the same arguments that were advanced against the action of the Federal Government in undertaking irrigation works in the West. Experience has shown that the arguments in the latter case were fallacious. I am convinced that the same would turn out to be true in this case. As I say, if you can be reasonably certain that private 159153 capital would on proper terms undertake the work, I should a little prefer it being thus undertaken. But I do not believe that you will find that private capital will undertake the work on the proper terms, and therefore I believe that the State should undertake it. If the State does undertake it, I am sure that it can be managed just as well as municipalities now manage their own waterworks. Moreover, if entered into by the State in sufficiently broadminded and farseeing manner, the utilization of all the great powers will be rendered possible under a comprehensive plan to subserve the entire public interest. Indeed either system must postulate absolute State control, whether this State control be exercised in the shape of permitting private individuals under it to construct and operate the dams - or, as I believe you will find necessary, whether the State shall itself construct and own the dams and reservoirs and merely lease the right to use the water. In either event the rentals and assessments for the use of water power will be so fixed as to perpetuate existing industries and to promote new ones up to the limit of the power and availability, the benefits to navigation through water storage and the improvement of sanitary conditions being assured. Our prime duty in the State of New York is to see that the State, like the Nation, insists upon the development of the water powers for the 159164 common good, and not for the benefit merely of a few persons. Nation and State must act together. The Nation controls navigation, and the development of power without affecting navigation is commonly impossible. It thus results that the interests of the people are in effect under the joint care of the Nation and the State, each sovereign in its proper sphere, and therefore these interests can be fully protected only by hearty and complete co-operation between the two sovereigns. Very sincerely yours, Senator T. Harvey Ferris, Utica, N. Y. 15917The possible development of hydro-electric power within the State of New York has been estimated at more than two million horsepower. I believe that the time is fully ripe for the systematic utilization of this vast resource, under a comprehensive plan which will prevent monopoly, insure reasonable rates to the consumer, and provide for prompt and orderly development. I hold that these results can be most satisfactorily and surely accomplished through the construction, ownership and maintenance by the State of the necessary dams and storage reservoirs for the development of water power upn streams rising within or flowing through State parks and preserves, and the lease of the right to use water so stored upon terms which will reimburse the State for its outlay, and furnish a fund available for the development of other streams capable of yielding water power. I am familiar with the arguments against the State's undertaking the construction of these great engineering works, which I understand will require a bond issue of twenty million dollars. But I am convinced that the advantages so far outweigh the objections as to make it the obvious and immediate duty of the State to take up the work. State construction and ownership of power developments will render possible the utilization of all great water powers within the State under a comprehensive plan in which the public interest is the key note. Under State control, rentals and assessments for the use of water power may be so fixed as to perpetuate existing industries and to promote new industries so far as power is available. The benefits to navigation through water storage will be assured and sanitary conditions fully preserved. 15918 The State, like the Nation, faces the question whether its water powers shall be developed and used for the benefit of the few or for the common good. The results for which both are striving can best be reached through vigorous cooperation between them. The Nation controls navigation and the development of power without affecting navigation is commonly impossible. In such matters as these, the interests of the people are in effect under the joint care of the two soverigns each in its proper sphere, and those interests can be fully protected only by complete cooperation. 15919November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Fleischman: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see that paper of yours. I am returning it to you herewith as you may like to have it back. Sincerely yours, Secretary Samuel Fleischman Esq., 32 Liberty Street, New York City. 15920November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Ford: I thank you for your letter. It seems to me the facts you set forth merely illustrate the need of what I am fighting for. I wish you would call and speak to Mr. Ernest Abbott or to Mr. Harold Howland yourself on those matters. You know I do not decide what shall be put in The Outlook. I am merely a Contributing Editor. With thanks, Sincerely yours, Mr. Franklin Ford, The News Office, 346 Broadway, New York City. 15921November 21st, 1911. Private and Confidential. Dear Governor: I am awfully glad that you liked that article of mine. It seemed to me that the time had come to give leadership on this subject. As to what you say about the Administration, I am exceedingly sorry to have to state that I agree with you. I earnestly hope that Mr. Taft can do something in the next five months to redeem himself. It has been fairly lamentable to see his utter inability to give the lead which we have a right to look to the President to give. Of course trust this letter as entirely confidential. Very sincerely yours, The Hon. John Franklin Fort, Newark, New Jersey. 15922November 21st, 1911. Dear Jim: It seems to me that it would be well for you to write a very strong categorical denial of that part of the enclosed which I have marked, and put it in emphatic terms as being a mischievous falsehood, which the writer well knew was a mischievous falsehood, and which the editors of the paper must have known to be such when they circulated it. Always yours, Hon. James R. Garfield, 15923November 21st, 1911. My dear Lady Gregory: Sunday will be entirely convenient. Will you take the 4.43 train from Pennsylvania Station New York for Oyster Bay. I am so glad you can come. Sincerely yours, Lady Gregory, Hotel Algonquin, 59 West 44th Street, New York City. 15924November 21st, 1911. My dear Mrs Gulick: Mrs Roosevelt has handed me your very kind letter to her. I wish it were in my power to accept, but it simpl is not. We have had to make an invariable rule to refuse all invitations of this kind, even the most attractive, for if we accepted any we should literally have to accept hundreds. I am sincerely sorry. With all good wishes and sincere regret, I am, Very truly yours, Mrs John Gilbert Gulick, Hotel Ganega, 35 East 27th Street, New York City. 15925November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Hicks: I am genuinely pleased with your letter and thank you for it. Very sincerely yours, Mr. Frederick C. Hicks, 7 Wall Street, New York City. 15926November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Headley: I am very much interested and pleased with your letter. Of course coming from you it is peculiarly valuable for you know all the inside facts. If it becomes necessary for me further to elaborate these facts, I shall certainly call upon you. Again thanking you, I am, Sincerely yours, Mr. J. H. Headley, 165 Broadway, New York City. 15927November 21st, 1911. My dear Judge Hosea: I appreciate your letter and value it, coming from an ex-judge and from the Commander of the Loyal Legion, for, my dear Judge, taking the average there is only one set of our citizens that I would put above the judges and that is the soldiers who did their duty in the Great War. Now if you get to New York do let me see you. I would like to put before you just what I mean about the judges. We have had some awful times here in New York, where they really have legislated in negative fashion in what I cannot help feeling was a mischievous way. They were honorable and conscientious in doing it I do not doubt, but the results have been bad. Very sincerely yours, Judge Lewis H. Hosea, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15928November 21st, 1911. Dear Knapp: That is a mighty nice letter of yours and I value it. I am so pleased you liked the article. Sincerely yours, Mr. Edgar A. Knapp, 73 Maiden Lane, New York City. 15929November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Lambert: I thank you for the telegram, and am glad that you l my article. Sincerely yours, Mr. John Lambert, 863 Bookery Building, Chicago, Ill. 15930November 21st, 1911. Dear Brother Lyman: The enclosed letter explains itself. Shall I tell Sheldon to bring his lantern slides? Sincerely yours, Theodore Lyman, Esq., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 15931 November 21st, 1911. Dear Dan: I return herewith your letter to the club and Georges two letters. I agree entirely with your letter, only that I should go much further in my criticisms of the club. As for George's two letters, they touched Mrs Roosevelt as much as they touched me. It was just the kind of attitude that Kermit had, the attitude that made me proud of Kermit and that must have made you very proud indeed of George. He is evidently a trump. Do tell Mrs Martin that I thoroughly enjoyed my lunch. It was delightful! A little later I am going to ask you to have Taylor meet me at lunch, as you said you would. Good luck! Your editorial on The Broker Type went to my utmost soul. Ever yours, Edward S. Martin Esq., 178 West 64th Street, New York City. 15932November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. McCarthy: I did not wire you in response to your telegram because I have not been able to get at the bill of which you speak. Will you not write to the Hon. James R. Garfield at Mentor, Ohio? He can give it to you. I was in sympathy with the purpose of the bill, but I am not able to say whether I think the bill in its details is what we should have. In fact I do not much care as to what form the legislation takes if the substance is all right and if it achieves the object. I want to put all big business concerns doing inter-State traffic under the control of the Federal Government under some such organization as the Bureau of Corporations or the Inter-State Commerce Commission, and to leave all those that do not go under such control at the mercy of the inter-State law to be applied with rigorous fashion. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles McCarthy, Madison, Wis. 15933November 21st, 1911. Dear George: I do not suppose you will be at the Overseers' Meeting on December 13th, but as I have written to you before with a vague idea of making a date on that day, I want to write now to say that I fear I am engaged for every moment I shall be there. Perhaps later in the year you will be going! Always yours, The Hon. George Von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. 15934November 21st, 1911. Dear Cotty: Thayer has just written me and evidently I shall have to speak at St. Mark's on Wednesday afternoon and come over to Groton Thursday morning. I will see Quentin on that day, Thanksgiving. Then if you are able to arrange to have me speak on Friday morning so that I can get back on Friday evening to that Historical dinner, well and good. If not I will ask you to let me speak as early as possible as that I can get some afternoon train that will bring me into New York late in the evening. Then I can work here at the office on Saturday morning and get out in the afternoon to Oyster Bay, which is, as I wrote you, the anniversary of our wedding. With love to Fannie, Ever[y]yours, The Rev. Endicott Peabody, Groton School. 15935November 21st, 1911. Ladies: I entirely agree with all that you say about Mr Fleet, and I would most gladly join in some memorial to him. But I feel very strongly in the matter of memorials. I declined, for instance, to countenance a plan for a statue or big tablet to the memory of my father, and I should emphatically object to any such plan to commemorate me after my death. The thing to do, in my judgment, is to build something useful and dedicate it to the memory of the man or woman who is dead. In this case there must be things that the Cove School really needs, possibly a gymnasium or a drinking fountain or something of the kind. Such a gymnasium or drinking fountain dedicated to the memory of Mr. Fleet would be an infinitely better memorial than a bronze tablet. In a very few years the tablet would mean nothing whatever to those who read it, and would have no more effect than an inscription on a gravestone, whereas a drinking fountain or a gymnasium would be a living and useful testimonial to the worth of the man who has gone. I wish you would think over this suggestion of mind. Sincerely yours, Mrs [SC] Provost, Mrs [ES] Sherman, and Mrs [EG] Stewart. 15936November 21st, 1911. Dear Richardson: Of course I am genuinely interested in that chemical laboratory, but I do not see how it is possible for me to do what is suggested. You cannot eat your cake and have it, and you cannot occupy the public or semi-public position such as I have occupied without paying the penalty. I have had to consistently refuse to do favors for men, and that means I must refuse to ask favors from them. This is especially true of anything in the nature of money. Only men of means can subscribe, and I so often take public positions hostile or unfavorable to men of means that I cannot ask them for favors. In matters like this people do not discriminate between personal and public favors, and when I ask them I am expected to give in return. I am sincerely sorry not to be able to do as you request, but it is the kind of thing I never have undertaken and never can. Very sincerely yours, Clifford Richardson, Esq. 30 Church Street, New York City. 15937November 21st, 1911. My dear Judge: Your former letter was one of those that helped definitely to settle my mind on the trust question. I am extremely pleased to hear from you again, and to find that you like the way I put it. In confidence I will add to what you say as to your belief that it was not becoming on the part of the President and the Administration to question the legality of the United States Steel Corporation; by mentioning the fact that at the time Mr. Taft himself was in my Cabinet and cordially approved of what was done. Of course this in no way technically barred him from his action through Mr. Wickersham; but under the circumstances I personally would certainly not have taken such action had the relationships been reversed. Do let me see you at any time you are in New York. Sincerely yours, Judge Frank C. Saughlin, Supreme Court, New York City. 15938November 21st, 1911. My dear Senator: I thank you for your letter and for the clipping, and appreciate both. Sincerely yours, Hon. Martin Saxe, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. 15939 November 21st, 1911. Dear Miss Louisa: Would you care to have me come to dinner next Tuesday? I so want to see you. Always yours, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler. 15940November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Sickles: That is a mighty nice letter of yours, and I am obliged to you for it. Sincerely yours, Mr. David Banks Sickles, New York Press Club, 21 Spruce Street, New York City. 15941November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Secretary: This will introduce Judge William L. Chambers, now of Washington, whom I have known both personally and in official position; and all that I have known in connection with his public and his private life alike is to his credit. He desires to put a certain matter before you. I am of course not acquainted with the matter, but I am glad to bespeak your personal courtesy for Judge Chambers himself. Very sincerely yours, The Secretary of War, Washington, D.C. 15942November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Straus: That is a mighty nice letter of yours and I appreciate it. I thought you would like that article. Good luck to you and dear Mrs Straus! Very sincerely yours, Hon. Oscar S. Straus, 46 Warren Street, New York City. 15943November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Symington: I am touched and gratified by your letter. I appreciate deeply your having written and thank you. Sincerely yours, Mr. T. H. Symington, Baltimore, Md. 15944 November 21st, 1911. My dear Mrs AC Tucker: Ethel has handed me your letter. If you think that I can help you by having my name used as a patron, of course you are most welcome to use it; and if you will block out the kind of letter you wish me to write, I will gladly write it -- I do not know enough about it to write it myself. But I cannot possibly make the speech you request. I think your cause is an admirable cause, and I am glad that Ethel has joined your board, but if I accepted for this speech I should have to accept for literally hundreds of others, and I simply have to keep to my invariable rule. With real regret and good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Mrs AC Tucker, 155 East 61st Street, New York City. 15945November 21st, 1911. My dear Sir: That is an utterance that has been made very many thousands of times and attributed to many hundreds of people. I certainly never made it myself to anyone. Very sincerely yours, Mr. L. V. Twysffort, c/o George Borgfeldt & Co., Paris, France. 15946November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. Van Valkenberg: Alas and alas as you know, I simply cannot undertake a speech of any kind, sort or description, but it would be a great pleasure to have you and the Governor call and take lunch with me at The Outlook either next Friday or better still next Tuesday. Next Friday there are a number of people coming, and it would be better on all accounts if you could make the date Tuesday. You do not know how your last paragraph as to my trust article pleases me. As you say, there is something comic in the big business attitude toward it, for it is literally and exactly, and almost without dotting an I or crossing a T what I kept preaching as president, and they then denounced me as an anarchist. Very sincerely yours, Mr. E. A. Van Valkenberg, The North American, Philadelphia, Pa. 15947November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Wail: I appreciate your letter and value it. You are very good to have written. Again thanking you, I am. Sincerely yours, Mr. Milton Weil, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 15948November 21st, 1911. Dear Mr. White: That is a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I am really pleased with it. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. B. White, National Conservation Congress, Kansas City, Mo. 15949 November 21st, 1911. Dear Whitney: Yes, you are right, dental floss was my first item of luxury. Tea I would almost consider a necessity for a long trip. Has this ever been published? If not and it is published, do be very careful that it is not put in so as to be an advertisement of any particular kind of floss for the teeth. Sincerely yours, Caspar Whitney Esq., Colliers, New York City. 15950November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Wilder: I am touched by the invitation of the Illinois Manufacturers Association, and by the language in which it is couched. Believe me, I appreciate it, but it is not possible for me to accept. I could not undertake anything of the kind now. I wish to repeat how much I appreciate the invitation, and I congratulate the Association that it is to visit the Panama Canal, which is the greatest work of the kind that has ever been undertaken in history, and it leaves a big mark to America's credit. With real regret and renewed thanks, I am, Sincerely yours, Mr. John E. Wilder, Illinois Manufactures Association, Chicago, Ill. 15951November 21st, 1911. My dear Mr. Winfield: I believe those statements as to the "Astral [Editi?] are true, excepting that the presentation to the Emperor William and to Ring Edward was made by me, but by those who get up the book. Mr. Russell showed me the drawing of "The Battle of the Constitution and the Guerierre", and it seemed to me excellent. My dear sir, you make me quite uneasy by telling me that you paid such a very large price for those books. I am afraid you must have had many hard thoughts about me at times since? I wish I had had the pleasure of meeting you at the Ellicott breakfast. With regards, Sincerely yours, Mr. Raymond E. Winfield, Central National Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. 15952November 21st, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, an extract of which I enclose herewith. From this you will see that he intends to take up your case immediately and to give it the most careful consideration. I hope you will be able to get what you want. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. George W. Wright, Magdalena, N. M. 15953November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: You would be able to obtain the report of the Commission on Country Life appointed by Mr. Roosevelt by writing to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Spokane, Washington. Congress refused to print the report and so this Chamber of Commerce took up the matter and printed thousands of copies which have been distributed. You could also obtain further information regarding the Commission by writing to Professor L. H. Bailey, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, who was chairman of the Commission. Sincerely yours, Secretary Rev. F. H. Bausman, Reformed Church, Enola, Pa.November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Blount: It was very kind of you to send me on a copy of the Bulletin of the University of Georgia containing an address which you delivered before the Alumni of that institution in June last. I appreciate your courtesy in sending it to me and I shall read it with a good deal of interest. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. A. Blount, Pensacola, Fla. 6160 November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Beville: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot go into anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Rev. Robert G. Beville, Daily Vacation Bible School Association, 40 Bible Street, New York City.November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Carl: I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who ask me to speak, but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion or accept more of the invitations that come to me without absolutely abandoning all thought of any other work. Very sincerely yours, Mr. Herbert Carl, Chamber of Commerce, Kingston, N. Y. 15954November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Dolan: I am more pleased than I can say that you liked my article. You know I value your good will peculiarly because you have always struck me as combining patriotism and sound commonsense. Whenever you come to New York, I want you to come here some Tuesday or Friday to lunch with us at The Outlook to meet the editors. Sincerely yours, Mr. T. J. Dolan, 105 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Ill. 15955November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: I have only a vague general recollection of the matter of which you write, and I remember nothing whatever of the details of the conversation at the interview in October 1908, when Mr. Moore and others called on the President. Indeed I could not say for certain that Mr. Moore was on the committee. I do remember, however, that such a committee called and made certain charges, which I directed the Department of Justice to investigate. Very truly yours, John W. Dunkle, Esq., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15956November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Edwards: That is a nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lewis Edwards, Box 175 White Plains, New York. 15957November 22nd, 1911. Dear Judge: Evidently I must try to make my expression more clear. I absolutely agree with you as to bringing pressure to bear on the judges, but in Constitutional cases the alternative must be to have the right of appeal from the judges. Take the New York cases to which I refer. My idea would be to have the Constitutional Convention provide that the people shall have the right to vote as to whether or not the judges interpretation of the law in such a case is correct, and that their vote shall be decisive. Evidently I have got to get you to come out again and talk this matter over with me. I am sincerely obliged to you for your article. Faithfully yours, Judge Learned Hand. 15958November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter and to say that if at any time he would like to discuss the matter with you it will give him much pleasure to ask you to call. At present however he is doing nothing further in the matter. He appreciates your writing to him. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Joseph Gandolfe, 15 William Street, New York City. 15959November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mr. Gilder: I am very glad you are in with Hornblower & Weeks. Of course I know Congressman Weeks. Good luck to you! I am also glad that you liked my article. Sincerely yours, Mr. Joseph B. Gilder, c/o Hornblower & Weeks, 42 Broadway, New York City. 15960November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Green: It was indeed good of you to send me your kind letter. I sincerely appreciate all that you say and thank you for writing. Sincerely yours, Mr. Nathaniel T. Green, Norfolk, Va. 15961November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Kellogg: Mr. Roosevelt showed the Marks correspondence to the Editors, and they decided that they would not pursue the matter further. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Paul U. Kellogg, The Survey. 15962November 22nd, 1911. Dear Major: You must not ask me to do that kind of thing. I could not do it, but I have arranged I think for a good review of Twitchelle book in The Outlook, which will be far better. Sincerely yours, Major W. H. H. Llewellyn, Las Cruces, N. M. 15963November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Very sincerely yours, Mr. A. L. Lohm, Queen Ester Chapter of the Eastern Star, Clarksburg, W. Va. 15964November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mr. Long: I am really pleased with your note and thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Mr. John Luther Long, 629 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 15965November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mr. Luther: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it, but you must not mind my saying that I am only advocating what I consistently advocated as President. With all good wishes, Sincerely yours, Mr. Edward S. Luther, 40 Exchange Place, New York City. 15966November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your very courteous letter and to say that he was much interested in your suggestions. At the present time, however, he is unable to take advantage of them as he is already overwhelmed with work. He much appreciates your writing to him. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. Ferguson Marshall, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 15967November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot go into anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Patrick F. McGowan, American-Irish Historical Society, New York City. 15968November 22nd, 1911. Private and Confidential. My dear Mr. Morrow: I thank you for your letter. I think you will see in my article that I assumed that such a commission as that you speak of would be invoked, and I also spoke of the fact that such a commission might ultimately have to control prices. Pray treat this as confidential and not to be published, as I have already spoken so fully in the matter. Sincerely yours, Mr. H. C. Morrow, White Hall, Ill. 15969November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. T. J. Murphy, The Canadian Club, London, Canada. 15970November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mr. Nichols: I appreciate the honor of being asked to accept honorary membership in the Harlem Board of Commerce, and I gladly accept. With all good wishes for your success, believe me, Very truly yours, Mr. Adelbert S. Nichols, Harlem Board of Commerce, 129th Street & Park Ave, New York City. 15971November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to say that it will give him much pleasure to see you and Colonel Thompson if you will call at The Outlook office on Friday next at 12 o'clock. He hopes this time will be entirely convenient to you both. Sincerely yours, Secretary The Hon. Emmet O'Neal, Hotel Waldorf, New York City. 15972November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mrs Riis: Your letter delighted me, and do permit me to say that I think you have got the soundest kind of political judgment. Give my love to Jake when you write. Always yours, Mrs Jacob A. Riis, Richmond Hill, Long Island, N.Y. 15973November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter and to say that unfortunately he is unable to give you any advice upon such a subject, nor does he know to whom he could refer you in the matter. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. A. Rogers, San Diego, Cal. 15974November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt has received your letter and he wishes me to thank you for your courtesy in sending him that article from Printer's Ink. He does not feel at liberty however to comment upon the article or to add anything to what he has already written upon the subject. He greatly appreciates your writing to him however. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. J. I. Romer, Printers Ink Publishing Co. New York City. 15975November 22nd, 1911. Dear Kermit: Herewith are the six tickets which you asked me to get for you for the Harvard-Yale match. I hope they will come safely to hand. Sincerely yours, Kermit Roosevelt Esq., Claverley Hall, Cambridge, Mass. 15976November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. E. Smith, New England Society, St. Louis, Mo. 15977November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mr. Thayer: All right, I will speak Wednesday evening and go over to Groton Thanksgiving morning. Sincerely yours, Dr. William T. Thayer, Southborough, Mass. 15978 November 22nd, 1911. My dear Madam: Mr. Roosevelt receives every day a number of requests for subscriptions to various causes in which he believes but I am sure on thinking it over you will see how impossible it is for him to comply in each case. He is by no means a rich man, and he is already doing all that it is possible for him to do in keeping up with the demands made upon him which he cannot well refuse. He is really sorry not to be able to do as you ask, and trusts you will understand and appreciate why he is unable to help you. Faithfully yours, Secretary Mrs A. L. Thomas, 14th Avenue, Whitestone, L. I. 15979November 22nd, 1911. My dear Mr. Viereck: I appreciate your letter, and I want now to take the opportunity of saying how greatly I enjoyed the lunch you were so kind as to give me. I do hope that you magazine project will succeed. Faithfully yours, Mr. George Sylvester Viereck, The German Current Literature, 134 West 29th Street, New York City. 15980November 22nd, 1911. Dear Mr. von Brieson: I thank you for your letter concerning Mr. Manson's complaint. It seems to me the most complete possible answer. I congratulate the Legal Aid Society on the position it took in this matter. I am glad that Mr. Manson wrote me for it called my attention vividly to the good work the Society is accomplishing. Sincerely yours, Arthur von Brieson, Esq., 25 Broad Street, New York City. 15981November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: Mr. Roosevelt would not feel at liberty to offer you advice on such a subject, nor would he know which part of the country you might meet with greatest success. I was out West myself at the beginning of this year and it was my opinion after seeing the various States that any young man with a moderate amount of ability would be able to do well in either California, Oregon or Washington, or if he wished to go South, he would be able to fairly well in Texas. Arizona is also becoming a very thriving State and there is a great opportunity for people who want to go into the business of raising turkeys and other birds for the table, or for a man who wishes to go into the production of semi-tropical fruits. Your best plan would be to get into communication with someone who lives in the section of the country you think you would like to go to. The Secretaries of Cahmers [sic] of Commerce are very often able to give excellent advice. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. C. F. Warner, 11 Roseville Ave, Newark, N. J. 15982November 22nd, 1911 . Dear Mr. Wheeler : I am so glad you liked that editorial, but as for another term, if you will come and see me some Tuesday or Friday morning, I will tell you an anecdote of the experience of Dr. Polk in the last days of the Confederate Army which will illustrate my position. Sincerely yours, Mr. Edward J. Wheeler, Current Literature Publishing Co., New York City. 15983November 22nd, 1911. Dear White: I am glad you like that article, and I am immensely amused at the inspired statement of the paper you sent me. Poor Taft! When he was in my Cabinet four years ago he was heartily approving my utterances, which were then exactly what they were in this article, but he wobbles so and so lack[ing?] the gift of leadership that he has not been able to impress those views upon the public. I think it is delightfully comic that he should now endeavor to say that he was the man who really discovered the proposal. i am glad you liked those letters I gave you. Give them to Cabot and have him return them to me when he has read them. Give my love to Mrs White. I do wish I could see you both. Very sincerely yours, Hon Henry White, Washington, D. C. 15984November 22nd, 1911. My dear Sir: I wish it were possible for my friends to realize my position, not for my own sake, but because then they would understand just why it is that I cannot accept all the invitations that come to me. From now on I wish to avoid making any speech that I possibly can avoid, and greatly though I appreciate an invitation coming from such a body as the one you represent, it really is not possible for me to accept. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. C. B. Whitford, Eugene Field School, Chicago, Ill. 15985November 22nd, 1911. Dear Woodbury: Since June 1905 I finished my term as President. I then in March 1909 went to Africa and spent a year there hunting and traveling in the interstate of the National Museum at Washington. I left Africa about the 1st of April, and after a little over two months in Europe, returned to America. I am now Associate Editor of The Outlook, and thoroughly enjoy my work. I am living at my own home Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, and I doubt whether I have ever been happier, or enjoyed myself more, than during the past year. Sincerely yours, Mr. John Woodbury, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 15986