June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your courteous letter addressed to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand during his absence in Chicago.  As soon as he returns to New York, I will have pleasure in calling it to his attention, and I am sure he will appreciate all that you have written.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. F.G. Alexander,
1036 First National Bank Building,
Birmingham, Ala.
June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed by the floods of correspondence from his friends.  He very heartily
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Rev. Albert Amundson, 
Congregational Church,
Prescott, Wis.June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
came to hand just after he had left for 
Chicago, and I am having it forwarded to 
him that he may be made familiar with its 
contents.  I am sure he will appreciate 
your thoughtfulness in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. W.W. Babcock,
Bath, N.Y.


June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Your letter to the Outlook 
Company has been handed to me for attention.  
In reply I beg to say that the 
book to which you refer may be obtained 
from the Outlook Company, and the price 
of it is $1.50 net, postage 10 cents.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. George H. Barlow,
2928 Dodier Street,
St. Louis, Mo.June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand during his absence in Chicago.  When he returns to New York, I will have pleasure in calling it to his attention, and I am sure he will appreciate your courtesy in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. William Bender, Jr.,
10th and Canal Streets,
Indianapolis, Ind.  
June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter of June 7th has 
only just come to hand.  Mr. Roosevelt 
is at present in Chicago, but upon his 
return I will have pleasure in seeing 
that he is made familiar with its contents.  
I am sure he will be deeply appreciative 
of your action.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. L. M. Blakely,
3 Catherine Street,
Lyons, N. Y.




6295June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I beg to thank you cordially for your subscription to the Roosevelt campaign.  When Mr. Roosevelt returns to New York I will have pleasure in telling him of the interest which you are taking in the present fight, and I am sure he will greatly appreciate your doing so.  I have forwarded your subscription to the treasurer of the Roosevelt campaign fund.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Curtis C. Bushnell,
New Haven, Conn.  
June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I 
beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter 
of June 10th.  As soon as he returns from 
Chicago I will have pleasure in calling it 
to his attention.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

P. P. Carroll, Esq.,
Starr Boyd Building,
Seattle, Wash.




6262June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence in 
Chicago.  When he returns I will have 
pleasure in seeing that it is called to 
his attention.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. C. E. Comstock,
Lockport, N. Y.





 7351June 18th, 1912.

My dear Mr Conklin:
Your letter of June 14th came after my 
father had left for Chicago.  I wish to thank you for it 
in his name.  I will bring it to his attention when he 
returns.
Yours truly, 


Alexander Conklin Esq.,
Lakewood, N.J.              


7604June 18, 1912

My dear Madam:
Your favor of June 3rd addressed 
to Mr. Roosevelt has been received.  In 
his absence I am forwarding the cartoon 
which you enclosed to those in charge of 
Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign, to see whether or 
not it is possible to avail themselves of 
your offer.  It was good of you to send 
it to Mr. Roosevelt, and I am sure, when he 
is made aware of the fact, he will greatly 
appreciate it.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Miss Grace I. Covey,
J amestown, N. Y.


7646June 18th, 1912.

My dear Mrs Cutting:
Your letter of June 14th, and your very big contribution, 
have both come in father’s absence.  I know just ho[w]
deeply pleased he will be by them, and I will give them both 
to him on his return from Chicago.  In his absence I am taking 
charge of his mail, and, if you will permit me, I would like 
to thank you in his name for the splendid citizenship both 
you and Mr Cutting have always shown.
Please pardon the fact that this letter is typewritten, 
but I am trying to get off a mass of correspondence 
today in a very short while. 
Thanking you again,
Yours truly,



Mrs Cutting,
Oakdale, L.I.

7168June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily
 appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. R. W. Bonyea,
Raudenbush & Sons Piano Co.,
St. Paul, Minn.


33282June 18, 1912.

Dear Sir:
I wish to thank you, in my father’s absence, for you 
kind wishes in your favor of June 3rd.  I will bring it to 
his attention immediately upon his return.
Thanking you again,
Yours truly,

Marquis Kerdrize de Chandray,
via Gaeta IV
Rome, Italy.

33283June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr.  Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. George H. Dodge,
1152 Seventh Street,
San Diego, Cal.

33284June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter of June 8th has 
only just come to hand.   I am having it 
forwarded to Mr. Roosevelt in Chicago 
straight away, in order that he may avail 
himself of the information contained 
therein.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

John W. Farley, Esq.,
Central Bank Building,
Memphis, Tenn.

33285
June 18, 1912 .

My dear Sir :
Mr. Roosevelt is approached   
by so many hundreds of people to read   
manuscripts, or 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 on thinking    
it over, if he granted one such request    
he would be compelled in common fairness   
to respond to all others. He is very 
sorry, but it really is impossible for    
him to do as you wish, though he much    
appreciates the circumstances.
Faithfully yours ,                                                 

Assistant Secretary  

Mr. William Fetzer,
Springfield, Ill.  
   
33286June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter. 
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Dr. Russell S. Fowler,
301 Dekalb Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.


33287June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter, together with the 
enclosure, addressed to Mr. Roosevelt, has 
come to hand during his absence in Chicago.  
When he returns I will have pleasure in 
calling both to his attention, and I am sure 
he will appreciate the action you have taken 
in the matter.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Stephen E. French,
Orange, Mass.


33288June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
On Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I 
beg to thank you for your courtesy in 
sending those clippings.  As soon as 
he returns to New York I will have 
pleasure in seeing that they are called 
to his attention.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Paul Gaston,
94 Colonial Building,
Reno, Nevada


33289June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I beg 
to thank you cordially for your courteous 
letter.  When he returns to New York I 
will have pleasure in seeing that it is 
placed before him, and I am sure he will 
appreciate your good wishes.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. W. H. Goldey,
c/o John R. Corbin Company,
Brooklyn, N. Y.


33290June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence 
in Chicago.  At the earliest possible opportunity 
I will see that he is made cognizant 
of its contents, and I am sure he will appreciate 
your courtesy in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Daniel E. Griner,
Dunkirk, Ind.


33291June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily appreciates 
all that that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Rev. E. J. Gwynn,
Presbyterian Church,
Elmer, N. J.


33292June 18, 1912.

My dear Mr. Hale:  
Herewith I am returning the    
letter from Mr. Winslow, and also the   
copy of your reply.  Enclosed you will    
find Mr. Roosevelt's attitude regarding    
the Philippines.  It is an extract    
from his letter accepting the Republican nomination   
for President of the United States,   
dated from Oyster Bay, September 12, 1904.  
 Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Matthew Hale, Esq.,
15 State Street,
Boston, Mass.

33293June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt 
of your letter to Mr. Roosevelt.  I 
will see that it is called to his attention 
immediately upon his return to 
New York, and I am sure he will appreciate 
your thoughtfulness in writing. 
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Ernest S. Hamlyn,
Acton, Ind.

33294June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Ramon B. Harrison,
Jacksonville, Fla.

33295June18, 1912
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 of various kinds
or a few brief sentiments on all kinds of
subjects, 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 an unwarrantable drain
upon his time and energy.  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,

Assistant Secretary


Mr. John B. Heffelfinger,
El Dorado, Kansas

33296June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence from 
New York.  When he returns I will have 
pleasure in placing it before him, and 
I am sure he will appreciate the sentiment 
contained therein.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. W. L. Hollingsworth,
Lincoln, Ala.

33297June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. H. C. James,
376 Ward Street,
Newton Centre, Mass.

33298June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand during his absence from New York.  As soon as he returns I will have pleasure in seeing that it is called to his attention, and I am sure he will appreciate your courtesy in writing.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. George M. Kirkner,
Cap Haitieu, Haiti


33299June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I beg to thank you for your courtesy in sending him a copy of the “Saengerfest-Almanach.”  I will have pleasure in seeing that it is placed before him at the earliest possible opportunity.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. F. W. Liedtke, 
N. E. Cor. 4th and Cherry Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.


33300June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has been received during his absence in Chicago.  When he returns I will have much pleasure in seeing that it is called to his attention.  I am sure he will appreciate the fact that you have formed a Roosevelt Club in your University.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. A. A. Lacazette,
614 Stewart Avenue,
Ithaca, N.Y.


33301June 18, 1912
My Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter to
Mr. Roosevelt, I beg to say that if you
will get into  communication with Mr. 
Halpin of the Roosevelt Committee in the
Metropolitan Tower, New York City, he
will be more than glad to inform you who
is in charge of the Roosevelt movement
in your part of the State.  It was good
of you to write of the State.  It was good
of you to write as you did, and I am sure
that Mr. Roosevelt, when he is make aware
of the fact, will greatly appreciate your
courtesy.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant   Secretary


Mr. Charles Count Laudon,
375 Ellicott Square,
Buffalo, N. Y.

33302June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter reached this office after Mr. Roosevelt had left for Chicago.  As soon as he returns I will have pleasure in seeing that it is placed before him, and I am sure he will appreciate your courtesy in writing.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. Jerome G. Lock,
Office of U. S. Surveyor General,
Helena, Montana


33303Mr. Roosevelt presents his compliments and thanks to the residents 
of Manheim, Pa., for their kind invitation to attend the celebration 
of " Old Home Week " and Hope Hose Company Centennial 
Anniversary, to be held during the week of June 30-July 5, 1912, 
and regrets that on account of other engagements he is unable 
to attend.



June 18, 1912

 
33304June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence in 
Chicago.  When he returns to New York 
I will see that your request  is placed 
before him, to find out whether or not 
it is possible for him to do as you desire.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. Charles A. Martin,
1921 N. Croskey Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.




33305June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say. 
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Thomas S. McBride,
Dallas County Roosevelt Club Dallas, Texas.

33306June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I 
beg to thank you for your courtesy in 
sending him a copy of those verses.  
When he returns to New York I will have 
pleasure in seeing that they are brought 
to his attention. 
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

T. J. Macgenn, Esq.,
Portland & Coos Bay Steamship Line,
Portland, Oregon.

 33307June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
On Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I 
beg to thank you for your courtesy in 
sending him that clipping.  I will see 
that it is placed before him at the 
earliest possible opportunity.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr. Herbert McElroy,
Corning, Ohio.



  33308June 18, 1912.

My dear Mr McGinty:
Your kind letter was received in my father’s absence 
in Chicago.  I wish to thank you in his name for it and for 
the sentiments you voice. I shall bring it to his attention 
immediately upon his return.
Yours truly,

Mr. William McGinty,
Ripley, Okla.

33309June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence, I 
beg to thank you cordially for your very 
courteous note.  At the earliest possible 
opportunity after he returns from Chicago, 
I will have pleasure in seeing that he is 
made cognizant of its contents.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

A. M. Mears, J. P.,
Malone, N. Y.


33310June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. John I. Miller,
The Colome Times,
Colome, S. Dak.


33311June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Edward A. Morse,
5926 Cates Avenue,
St. Louis, Mo.


33312June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Dr. J. A. Murray
Patton, Pa.


33313June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. D. E. Notley,
Cherry Tree, Pa.


33314June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter together with the 
resolutions enclosed addressed to Mr. 
Roosevelt, has just come to hand.  I am 
having it forwarded to him in Chicago so 
that he may be conversant with the sentiment 
in your district.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. C. R. Pendarvis,
Media State Bank,
Media, Ill.


33315June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence
from his friends.  He very heartily appreciates 
all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. P. Ralph Plass,
17 East Main Street,
Rochester, N. Y.


33316June 18, 1912

Dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has only just come to hand.  I am having 
it forwarded to Chicago so that he may 
have it before him when he is making up 
his platform.  I am sure he will appreciate 
your courtesy in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Henry Pollak,
79 Wall Street,
New York City


33317June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of 
your letter to Mr. Roosevelt, which has 
come to hand during his absence in Chicago.  
When he returns I will have pleasure in 
seeing that those clippings which you 
enclosed are called to his attention.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. S. W.  Rathbun,
The Marion Register,
Marion, Iowa


33318June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Just before leaving for Chicago, 
Mr. Roosevelt asked me to tender to you his 
thanks for your courtesy in sending him a 
copy of the Illustrated Outdoor World.  
He appreciates your thoughtfulness.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. P. M. Raymond,
17 West 42nd Street,
New York City


33319June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter, together with the 
enclosure, has come to hand during Mr. 
Roosevelt’s absence.  When he returns I 
will have pleasure in seeing that both 
are placed before him.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

James Bronson Reynolds, Esq.,
151 Central Park West,
New York City


33320June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter of June 11 addressed 
to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand during 
his absence in Chicago.  At the very 
earliest opportunity I will have pleasure 
in seeing that it is called to his attention, 
and I am sure he will appreciate 
your courtesy in sending him that information.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. William Salisbury,
Crystal Ice and Cold Storage Co.,
Ashland, Ky.


33321June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has just come to hand.  When he returns 
from Chicago I will have pleasure in 
placing it before him, and he will no 
doubt be interested in reading what you 
have written.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. M. F. Smith,
260 Arcade,
Cleveland, Ohio


33322June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Raymond Smith,
Richmondville, N. Y.


33323June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence in 
Chicago.  As soon as he returns to New 
York I will have pleasure in calling it 
to his attention, and I am sure he will 
be interested in reading what you have 
written.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

G. E. Stump, L. L. B.,
The Chenoa Clipper
Chenoa, Ill.


33324June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter came to hand just
after Mr. Roosevelt had left for Chicago.  
At the earliest possible opportunity I 
will see that he is made cognizant of its 
contents, and I am sure he will appreciate 
your courtesy in writing. 
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. J. Swift,
150 Nassau Street,
New York City

33325June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Charles W. Toland, Esq.,
Society for Savings Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.

33326June 18, 1912

My dear Madam:

Your letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
has come to hand.  I have had a search
made for the tickets to which you refer,
but unfortunately I have been unable to
find them.  Tickets sent through the mail,
except in compliance with the express wish
of Mrs. Roosevelt, are apt to be lost in
the huge amount of correspondence which
at present reaches this office.  Doubtless
the tickets in question have in some way
become lost.  If in the future I should 
come across them, I will certainly let you
have them back.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Miss Lillian Wagner,
906 Brooklyn Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

33327June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to
tender to you his thanks for your letter.
He would write you a personal note of
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed
by the floods of correspondence
from his friends.  He very heartily
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Edward H. Walker,
Atlanta, Ga.


[*33328*]



June 18, 1912

My dear Madam: 

Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has just come to hand.  When he returns 
to New York I will see that it is called 
to his attention, and doubtless he will 
be able to answer the query which you put 
to him.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mrs. G./F. Washburne,
107 Bellefontaine Street,
Pasadena, Cal.



[*33329*]June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
On Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I
beg to thank you for your courtesy in 
sending him a copy of those verses. I 
am sure he will appreciate your thoughtfulness 
in sending them to him.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. O. D. White,
Porters, Texas

33330June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge receipt 
of your letter to Mr. Roosevelt, which 
has come to hand during his absence in 
Chicago.  When he returns I will see 
that it is called to his attention.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. W.C. Wilkinson,
Jackson, Miss.



[*33331*]


              June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

In Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I 
beg to thank you for your courtesy in 
sending him that clipping, also for your 
good wishes contained in your letter.  
As soon as he returns from Chicago I will 
have pleasure in seeing that your letter 
is called to his attention.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Harry H. Williams,
Brockton, Mass.


[*33332*]


      June 18, 1912

My dear Miss Williams:

Your pleasant note addressed 
to Mr. Roosevelt, together with the clipping 
which you enclosed, came to hand 
after he had left for Chicago.  As soon 
as he gets back to New York I will have 
pleasure in seeing that both are brought 
to his attention, and I am sure he will 
appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing 
to him.  It was a very good of you to do so.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary,

Miss Marjorie Williams,
117 Cherry Street,
Geneva, N.Y.



[*33333*]

   June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has just come to hand, during his absence 
in Chicago.  When he returns to New York 
I will have pleasure in seeing that it is 
placed before him, and I am sure he will 
appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Ora Williams,
Des Moines, Iowa.


[*33334*]


           June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr.  Thomas S. Wiltbank,
411 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.



[*33335*]


      June 18, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt has received your
letter asking him to contribute to your
columns, but he feels sure on thinking it 
over you will see why he is unable to do so.
He is now Contributing Editor to The Outlook,
which publication has the exclusive right to
publish anything he writes. If he were to 
make a single exception by contributing to 
your publication, he would be immediately 
inundated with applications for articles on 
various subjects from all over the country. 
He is sorry not to be able to do as you ask.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. S. B. Woodfin,
The Richmond Virginian,
Richmond, Va.

33336June 18, 1912

My dear Mr Work:
Your kind letter of June 14th arrived, after my 
father had left for Chicago.  In his name I wish to thank 
you for it.  It is the support of just such gentlemen as 
yourself that renders possible the fight for the great 
principles which is being carried on.  I shall give your 
letter to my father immediately upon his return.
Thanking you again,
Yours truly,


John C. Work Esq.,
Rushville, Ill.

33337June 18, 1912.

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I 
beg to thank your courteous 
letter. When he returns I will have 
pleasure in seeing that it is called 
to his attention.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. George H. Younger,
3318 Avenue C,
Ensley, Ala.

33338June 19, 1912
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 at the present time. As you
may well imagine, he is literally overwhelmed
with the work of the present
campaign, and if he were to take up one
such case as that which you bring to his
attention, he would be compelled in common
fairness to do the same thing in the hundreds 
of other cases about which he is approached.
I am sure on thinking it over
you will see how impossible it would be
for him to do this.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. C. G. Allen,
210 Suriwongse Road,
Bangkok, SiamMr. Roosevelt presents his compliments
and thanks to the Senior Class of
Nineteen Hundred and Twelve of the
Boys' High School for their kind invitation
for Tuesday evening, June 18th,
and regrets that on account of a previous
engagement he was unable to attend.

June 19th, 1912June 18, 1912

My dear Madam:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to tender to you his thanks for your letter.  He would write you a personal note of acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed by the floods of correspondence from his friends.  He very heartily appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mrs.  Mary M. Brady,
754 George Street,
Baltimore, Md.  
June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. D. H. Christie,
Broadway & Baden Avenue,
St. Louis, Mo.

6454June 19, 1912
My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desire me to 
thank you for your very kind invitation
and to express his regret that unfortunately
it is utterly impossible for him
to accept another invitation of any kind,
sort, or description at the present time.
During the past 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. He is really sorry.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. W. E. Clayton,
2507 North 29th Street,
Tacoma, Wash.

7543June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. James H. Cook,
1103 West 4th Street,
Anderson, Ind.


[*7605*]



June 19th, 1912.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 17th arrived during Colonel
Roosevelt's absence. With reference to this, I beg to advise
you that Colonel Roosevelt is a man of very moderate means,
and he has given his life not to acquiring wealth but to 
serving his country. He is unable to give to causes, no
matter how worthy as so many are brought to his attention 
that should he comply in all he would have no money left at
the end of the week. I am sorry this is the case, and
trust you will be successful in getting the money you
desire.
Yours truly,

Mr N. N. Arnold,
Pennsburg, Pa.

33339June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. F.E. Ellis,
Roanoke, Va.


[*33340*]

June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your 
letter.  He would write you a personal 
note of acknowledgement, but he is 
almost overwhelmed by the floods of 
correspondence from his friends.  He 
very heartily appreciates all that you 
say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Israel Ellis, Esq.,
116 Nassau Street,
New York City.


[*33341*]

June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Your letter to The Outlook Company 
has been handed to me for attention, and in 
reply I beg to say that among the daily papers 
of New York, perhaps the Evening Mail has been 
the most impartial in its portrayal of the news 
of the present campaign.  Doubtless if you 
will get into communication with them they 
will be glad to send you whatever issues of 
their paper you may desire. 

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Charles F. Emery,
Eden Mills, Vt.


[*33342*]

June 19th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Freeman:
Your kind letter arrived after Colonel Roosevelt had 
left for Chicago.  I wish to thank you in his name for your 
sentiments.  It is men such as you that make the great fight 
which we are carrying on for our country worth while.  I am 
firmly of the belief that none will break our line and that 
each day will augment the numbers of those who grasp the 
significance of the struggle.
Yours truly,

Mr George C. Freeman,
Helena, Mont.

33343June 19, 1912
My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.
He would write you a personal note of
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence
from his friends. He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Dr. J. E. Givhan,
Pontotoc, Miss.

33344June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily appreciates 
all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. James J. Mall,
122 A Sharpsville Street,
Sharon, Pa.

33345June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. A.C. Hamlin,
R.F.D. No. 8, Box 62,
Guthrie, Okla.


[*33346*]

             

June 19, 1912

My dear Madam:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mrs. Harry S. Hopper,
1122 South 51st Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.


[*33347*]

      June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. John Hubbard,
Lima, Ohio.

[*33348*]

                              June 19, 1912
My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.
He would write you a personal note of
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence
from his friends. He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. P. E. Johnson,
25 Garfield Place,
Cincinnati, Ohio

33349June 19th, 1912.

Dear Sir:
Your letter was received in Colonel Roosevelt’s 
absence in Chicago.  The matter concerning which you write 
is one in which he would have nothing whatsoever to do.
Yours truly,

Mr Frederick H. Leaky,
Croyde,
N. Devon, England.


33359June 19, 1912
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 which 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 now. I am very sorry.


Sincerely yours,

Mr. James H. Little,
Ogdensburg, New York

33351June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Rev. Joseph Luccock,
Waukau, Wis.


[*33352*]

  June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your 
letter.  He would write you a 
personal note of acknowledgement, but 
he is almost overwhelmed by the floods 
of correspondence from his friends.  
He very heartily appreciates all that 
you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Rev.  A.C. McGilton, S.T.D., D.D.,
109 High Street,
Westerly, R.I.


[*33353*]

June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Charles F. Poole,
Box No. 79,
Downey, Cal.


[*33354*]

   June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr.  C.L. Ragan,
Utica, Nebr.


[*33355*]June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. J.J. Rutledge,
Owen Apartments,
Los Angeles, Cal.



[*33356*]


                 
June 19th, 1912.

My dear Mr Savage:
Your letter arrived during my father’s absence and 
I take this opportunity of thanking you for it.  I myself, 
as you may know, was a native of California two years.  I 
thoroughly agree with you that the sentiment is what you say.  
Among my most intimate and trusted friends who were at the 
farewell dinner given me in San Francisco were Justice O’Dell, 
chairman of the Democratic Committee, Thomas Hickey, Dr 
Gaininni, and other prominent Democrats who are associated 
with us in this great fight which we are carrying on.  Only  
a couple of weeks ago I heard form some of them and they 
stated that they would be for Roosevelt.  Mat Sullivan I am 
sure you will also find lined up on our side, although I 
have not heard from him.  In this fight party significance 
has been lost and the issues have become merely right and

333572

and wrong.
Thanking you again in my father’s name,
Yours truly,

Mr. G. M. Savage,
Lankershim, Cal.

33358June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr.  A.L. Shipley,
Jonesboro, Tenn.



[*33359*]

  June 19, 1912

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to 
tender to you his thanks for your letter.  
He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgement, but he is almost overwhelmed 
by the floods of correspondence 
from his friends.  He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Capt. John Twamley,
401 East Noble Avenue,
Guthrie, Okla.



[*33360*]



June 19th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Many thanks for your kind letter which was received 
during Colonel Roosevelt’s absence in Chicago.  I am glad to 
be able to say that the colored race, with the exception of 
course of the subsidized office holders, stood by my father 
splendidly.  Take for example Cincinnati, where Taft had one 
of the Brownsville negroes, who had been dismissed, speak, and 
even though we did not go to the city at all, the vote most 
heavily in our favor were the colored wards and this in spite 
of the fact that Cocks and his lieutenants were using unscrupulous 
methods.  I am afraid that the colored delegates 
of the South are not subject to reason and are merely 
swayed by the patronage system. However I will bring your 
letter to my father’s attention.

Thanking you again,
Yours truly,

Mr W. J. Yerby.

[*33361*]June 20, 1912
My dear Madam:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt
has come to hand during his absence from
New York. I am taking the liberty of
having it forwarded to the managers of
the Tuskegee Industrial Institute, to
see if it is possible for them to comply
with your request. Doubtless you will
hear from them regarding the matter.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Miss Willie Mae Atwater,
R #1, Box 80
Laurelhill, Fla.June 20, 1912

My dear Madam:

I beg to inform you that there 
is no truth in that report. Somehow 
such a report has gotten publicity in 
various parts of the country, and Mr. 
Roosevelt has had numerous requests 
similar to that which you send. He is 
not a rich man, and if he were to give 
such a donation in one case he would be
requested to do so in hundreds of others, 
and this I am sure you will realize is 
quite impossible. Ii am sorry you whould 
have been misled by that report. 

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mrs. Alma Brantley,
R. F. D. No. 3,
McCool, Miss.June 20, 1912

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 is 
already practically committed to and 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,

Assistant Secretary

Mrs. Robert Brobst,
Kingstown, Pa.June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:

Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt
has come to hand during his absence in
Chicago. As soon as he returns I will
have pleasure in seeing that it is called
to his attention, and I am sure he will
appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. John H. Carson,
Dayton, Texas


[*6264*]June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your courteous letter of June 
17th addressed to Mr. Roosevelt has come 
to hand during his absence in Chicago.  
When he returns I will have pleasure in 
seeing that it is placed before him, and 
I am sure he will appreciate your writing.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. E. E. Crockett,
421 Clark Street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

7322June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I 
beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter 
of June 15th.  As soon as Mr. Roosevelt 
returns I will have much pleasure in calling 
it to his attention, and I am sure he will 
appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. John P. Davis,
R #2, Box 101, 
Ozark, Ark.

33362June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter addressed to Mr. 
Roosevelt has come to hand. At the 
earliest possible opportunity after Mr. 
Roosevelt returns to New York, I will have 
pleasure in seeing that it is called to 
his attention.  It was good of you to 
write.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Clarence M. Day, C. P. A.
152 Madison Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

33363June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
On account of the mass of mail 
which reaches this office, your letter of 
June 3rd has only just come to my attention.  
As soon as Mr. Roosevelt returns 
from Chicago I will see that that matter 
is brought to his attention.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. Thomas B. Delker,
South Jersey Star,
Hammonton, N. J.

33364June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your courteous letter addressed 
to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand.  As 
soon as he returns from Chicago I will have 
pleasure in seeing that it is placed before 
him.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. Campbell Dallas Edgar,
Cazenovia, N. Y.

33365June 20, 1912
My dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt
has come to hand during his absence in
Chicago. In reply I beg to say that
unfortunately it is physically impossible
for Mr. Roosevelt to do as you desire.
He is approached in literally hundreds
of similar cases, and if he were to
respond favorably in one case, he would
have to do so in all the others. He is
doing all that it is possible for him to do
in helping his immediate neighbors.
I hope you will understand just why he
is unable to do as you request.
Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. M. S. Guess,
Inverness, Miss.

33366June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt 
of your letter addressed to Mr. Roosevelt, 
which has come to hand during his absence 
in Chicago.  As soon as he returns to 
New York I will see that it is called to his 
attention, and I am sure he will be interested 
in reading all that you have written.  
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. George L. Hoyt,
Box B,
Lafayette, N. Y.

33367June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:
Your letter of June 13th 
addressed to Mr. Roosevelt has just 
come to hand.  Mr. Roosevelt is at 
present in Chicago, but as soon as he 
returns to New York I will have pleasure 
in seeing that your letter is brought 
to his attention.  I am sure he will 
appreciate your writing.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. J. R. Justice,
816 Second Avenue,
Seattle, Wash.

33368June 20th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

On Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I 
beg to thank you for your courtesy in 
sending me a copy of that clipping.  He 
is at present in Chicago, but when he 
returns to New York I will see that it is 
placed before him.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary,

Mr. C.B. Montgomery,
Packer, Conn.


[*33369*]

June 20th, 1912.

My dear Master Orcutt:

Your pleasant note addressed 
to Mr. Roosevelt has just come to hand.  
He is at present in Chicago, but when 
he returns I will lay it before him, 
and I am sure he will be glad to read 
what you have written.


Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Master Theodore Orcutt,
South Dayton, N.Y.

[*33370*]

June 20th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Your courteous letter of 
June 17th addressed to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence from 
the office.  As soon as he returns I will 
have pleasure in seeing that it is called 
to his attention, and I am sure he will 
appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Henry Reiner, Jr.,
2323 North 33rd Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.


[*33371*]
June 20th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt 
has come to hand during his absence from 
New York.   Immediately upon his return I 
will have pleasure in seeing that he is 
made cognizant of its contents.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. W.M. Rich,
Summerville, Ga.


[*33372*]

June 20th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

On Mr. Roosevelt behalf I 
beg to thank you for your courteous letter 
of June 13th.  As soon as he returns 
from Chicago I will have much pleasure 
in seeing that it is called to his attention, 
and I am sure he will appreciate 
your thoughtfulness in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. J.E. Ricketson,
P.O. Box 315,
Albany, Ga.


[*33373*]

June 20, 1912,

My dear Sir:

In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I 
beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter 
of June 12th.  As soon as he returns I 
will see that he is made cognizant of its 
contents, and I am sure he will appreciate 
your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary
 
Mr. G.W. Roberts,
706 a West 3rd Street,
Los Angeles, Cal.


33374June 20th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I 
beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter 
of June 17th.  In reply I beg to say that 
Mr. Roosevelt is a contributing editor to 
The Outlook, and has nothing at all to do 
with the acceptance of such contributions 
as that you enclosed.  If you desire to 
have it published in The Outlook your best 
plan is to submit it to the managing editor, 
who is in charge of such matters.

Faithfull yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Joel P. Stephens,
Tabor, N.C.


33375

June 20, 1912


My dear Mr. Stussi:

Mr. Roosevelt asked me to tender
to you his thanks for your very courteous
letter, and to say how pleased he was to 
get such a letter from an an American who was
born in the little Republic of Switzerland,
and to read of your interest in the present
campaign.   It was very good of you to 
write and he greatly appreciates your thoughtfulness.

Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary


Mr. Isaac Stussi,
Burgerasyl, Glarus,
Switzerland


33376

June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge receipt
of your letter addressed to Mr. Roosevelt
which has come to hand during his absence
in Chicago.  So far as Mr. Roosevelt is 
concerned, it will be physically impossible
for him to accept the kind invitation
which you tender, and I am afraid it will
be impossible for him to make any suggestions
regarding speakers available for
such a function.  Mr. Roosevelt may not
return to New York for several days, and
it may be impossible for him to see your
letter before the date of your celebration.
I am sure he will appreciate your courtesy
in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Clarence Turner,
Highland Mills, N.Y.

[*33377*]June 20, 1912

My dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge receipt
of your letter to Mr. Roosevelt, and to
say that unfortunately it will be a
physical impossibility for Mr. Roosevelt
to take up such a matter as that discussed 
in your letter. He is approached
in many similar cases, and if he were to
take up one he would be compelled in
common fairness to take up all the others
about which he is approached.  The impossibility
of this I am sure you will
realize on thinking it over.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. James Whittney,
Croton Falls, N, Y.

[*33378*]June 24th, 1912.

My dear Mrs. Birchfield:

Your kind letter was received during my father’s 
absence in Chicago.  I wish to thank you very much for your 
expressions of good faith.  We are going into the fight to 
win.

Thanking you again,

Yours truly,


Mrs. Birchfield,
1706 S Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Your letter to Mr Roosevelt has come to hand during 
his absence from New York.  When he returns, I will have 
pleasure in seeing that it is placed before him, and I am 
sure he will be interested in reading what you have 
written.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. J. A. Brincker,
Consulado 91,
Havana, Cuba.June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Your letter addressed to Mr Roosevelt has come to 
hand during his absence in Chicago.  When he returns I 
will have pleasure in seeing that he is made cognizant 
of its contents and I am sure he will appreciate your 
thoughtfulness in writing.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr. D. T. Cavello,
95 Huntington Street,
Brooklyn, N.Y.

6263June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
I beg to thank you for your courtesy in sending 
that night message.  When Mr Roosevelt returns to New 
York, I will see that he is informed of your message and 
I am sure he will appreciate your thoughtfulness in 
sending it to him.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr W. A. Chapman,
Cedartown, Ga.


6455June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Your long and interesting letter addressed to 
Mr Roosevelt has come to hand during his absence in 
Chicago.  As soon as he returns to New York I will have 
pleasure in seeing that it is brought to his attention, 
and I am sure he will be interested in reading what you 
have written.
Faithfully yours,


Assistant Secretary

Mr Herman F. Davis,
St Augustine, Fla.

33379June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

In Mr Roosevelt’s absence I beg to thank you for 
your courtesy in sending him that clipping.  When he 
returns to New York I will see that it is called to his 
attention and I am sure he will appreciate your thoughtfulness 
in sending it to him. 

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary 

Mr A. E. Docherty,
66 Bond Street,
Toronto, Canada.

[*33380*]June 24th, 1912.

My dear Madam:

Your card addressed to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand 
during his absence in Chicago.  When he returns to New 
York I will have pleasure in seeing that he is made 
cognizant of your good wishes.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Miss Mary E. Garey,
Henton, Md.



33381June 24th, 1912.

Dear Mr. Garrison:

Your letter of June 22nd was received before my 
father had returned from Chicago.  I will bring it to his 
attention immediately upon his arrival. 

Thanking you,

Yours truly,

E. Ely Garrison Esq.,
Madison, Wis.


33382June 24th, 1912.

My dear Madam:

Your letter to Mr. Roosevelt has come to hand during 
his absence in Chicago.  As soon as he returns to New York 
I will have pleasure in seeing that it is placed before him.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Miss Estella J. Hefley,
Memphis, Tenn.


33383June 24th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Kellor:
Your letter was received during the Colonel’s 
absence, and I wish to thank you in his name for it.  We 
have been placed in the position of supporting a third party 
and with the assistance of such men, as you, we will put it 
through.

I had the pleasure of meeting your sister-in-law 
and your brother in Deadwood, about four years ago.

I will bring your letter to my father’s attention 
when he returns.

Yours truly,

Mr. A.C. Kellor,
Jamestown, Cal.



33384June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

In Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I beg to acknowledge 
receipt of “Government by All the People” which you were 
good enough to send to him.  When he returns I will see that 
it is placed before him and I am sure he will appreciate your 
thoughtfulness in sending it to him.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. H.T. Lasham,
The MacMillan Company,
New York City.


33385June 24th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Linscott:

I want to thank you so much, in my father’s 
absence for your kind letter.  The fight is on and we 
will need all righteous and patriotic men working with us 
if we are to win.

Thanking you again,

Yours truly you,



Mr. J.M. Linscott,
Boston, Mass.


33386June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt is at present so overwhelmed with 
work it is a physical impossibility for him to reply 
to his correspondence personally.  He has asked me, 
however, to thank you cordially for writing, and to 
say that he appreciates your thoughtfulness in doing so. 

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr. Louis Mollenhauer,
Brooklyn, N.Y.


33387June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt’s absence I beg to acknowledge 
receipt of your letter of June 22nd.  As soon as he returns 
to New York, I will have pleasure in seeing that those verses 
are called to his attention.  I am sure he will appreciate 
your courtesy in sending them to him.

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. A.L. Nelson,
Bernardsville, N.J.

33388

June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

On Mr. Roosevelt’s behalf I beg to thank you 
for your courteous letter.  When he returns to New York 
I will see that he is made cognizant of its contents, 
and I am sure he will appreciate your thoughtfulness in 
writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr. A.J. Priest,
1346 West 27th Street,
Indianapolis, Ind.


33389

June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Your letter of June 21st addressed to Mr. Roosevelt 
has been received.  I will have pleasure in calling it to 
his attention immediately upon his return from Chicago.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary
 
Rev. Langdon Quimby,
Gardiner, Maine.


33390

June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
     Almost every day Mr Roosevelt is approached by friends 
with a view to getting his assistance in their efforts either 
to have pensions granted to them, or to have their present 
pensions increased, and greatly though he appreciates the circumstances 
in most of such cases and would like to be of service 
it really is not possible for him to do anything. Since he left 
the White House he has made it a rule not to interfere in any 
official matter of any kind or sort, and he feels sure on thinking 
it over you will a prove his course in this respect. It 
would not dor for him to interfere, as such interference would 
naturally be resented by those at present in office. Your 
best plan is to get into direct communication with the 
Commissioner of Pensions, Pensions Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Sincerely yours,

Assistant Secretary


Mr J. E. Ralph.

[*33391*]June 24th, 1912.

My dear Mrs Ruel:

Your very kind letter was received during my 
father’s absence in Chicago. In his name, I wish to thank 
you for same. I will hand it to him immediately upon his 
return home. Though they beat us by unfair methods, we 
are going to place the judgment in the hands of the 
people.

Thanking you again,

Yours truly,

Mrs F. H. J. Ruel,
Birchy Cove,
Bay of Islands,
Newfoundland.

[*33392*]June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

In Mr Roosevelt’s absence I beg to acknowledge 
receipt of your letter of June 17th.  In reply I beg to 
say that unfortunately it is physically impossible for 
Mr Roosevelt to do as you request.  He is by no means a 
rich man and he is already doing all that it is possible for 
him to do in helping his immediate neighbors.  I am sure 
on thinking it over you will see how impossible it would be 
for him to comply in all such cases about which he is 
approached.  

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr Albert W. Sander,
Cobden, Ill.

[*33393*]June 24th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Your letter to The Outlook Company has been handed 
to me for attention. In reply I beg to say that of the New 
York dailies perhaps the Evening Mail has been the most 
impartial in its portrayal of the news of the present 
campaign.  I note your query regarding campaign buttons 
and I am sending on your letter to those in charge of 
Mr Roosevelt’s campaign to see if it is possible for them 
to meet your request. 

Faithfully yours,

Assistant Secretary

Mr Clarence H. Wickham,
Hartford, Conn.

[*33394*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Mr Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your letter of
June 24th. He was particularly pleased to know that you are 
with us in this fight. He is sorry that no reply was sent to 
your letter of February 22nd, the reason being that he has 
nothing whatever to offer to any man. This is a fight on 
behalf on the plain people and all those who follow Mr 
Roosevelt’s lead must do so without hope of obtaining reward, 
and very often at the risk of personal discomfort.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary


Mr Joseph Allen,
Washington, D. C.
June 25, 1912

My dear Mrs. Arden:
I thank you for your letter.  
I showed it to Mr. Roosevelt and he will 
at some time in the near future, make some 
reference to what you have written about.  
He is already aware of some of the tactics 
of his opponents, although he had not heard 
of the one you mention.  
Faithfully yours,

Secretary


Mrs. Juliette Arden,
Hotel Holland,
Scranton, Pa.

June 25th, 1912

My dear Mr. Avis:
     I greatly appreciate your letter.  
Now, will you communicate with Senator Joseph 
Alsop? He is going to take up matters in 
Connecticut, and I particularly want him to 
meet you.

Faithfully yours,


Mr. William H. Avis,
Republican Citizens’ League,
New Haven, Conn.
[*678*]

June 25th, 1912.
My dear Mr Mayor:
That strikes me as a first-class suggestion, and
I will gladly back it up.
Faithfully yours,

Newton D. Baker Esq.,
Cleveland, Ohio.June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work that it 
is a physical impossibility for him to attend to his correspondence 
personally.  He has therefore asked me thank you 
cordially and to say that he appreciates your kindness in 
writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary


Mr Charles H. Barnes,
Atlanta, Ga.
June 25th, 1912.

My dear Madam:
Mr. Roosevelt was particularly glad to get your letter and its enclosures, and he wishes me to thank you for your courtesy and good wishes. 

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Miss Lucille Bishop,
463 St. James Place,
Chicago, Ill.  
June 25th, 1912

Gentlemen:
I very much appreciate your letter 
and the check for twenty dollars, and I shall 
turn it over to the treasurer as soon as he 
is appointed.  
With hearty thanks,
Sincerely yours,


Messrs. William C. and Samuel Bradbury,
c/o Fifth Avenue Bank, 
New York City
June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Brown:
Just a line to thank you for the little luck token.  
I appreciate your kindness.
Faithfully yours,


Mr Charles T. Brown,
Philadelphia, Pa.
June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mrs Buhmann:
I was so pleased to get your letter that I must
send you this line of personal thanks for it. It was very
good of you to write and I appreciate your doing so.
Faithfully yours,


Mrs Buhmann,
2734 Pine Grove Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
     Mr Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your 
courtesy in letting him see a copy of that song. It would 
not do for him to endorse any particulate song however, as 
his doing so would lead to hundreds of similar requests 
and of course he would not feel at liberty to endorse 
every song in case he endorsed one. He is really sorry 
to have to send this reply.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary


Mr Charles T. Burke,
Waterbury, Conn.
June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Chisholm:

I thank you for your fine and manly letter and 
I am proud to be serving beside you in this fight for decency and 
righteousness. I have turned your letter over immediately to 
Senator Dixon.

With hearty thanks,
Faithfully yours,

Mr John T. Chisholm,
Bloomington, Ill.

[*6456*]June 25, 1912

My dear Mr. Clark:

I am very much impressed by 
your letter. I wonder if you could not 
arrange with Judge Abbott and Mr. Finnegan, 
and perhaps Judge Conger, to come down 
here and see me within a few days.  
Perhaps you could arrange with the two 
judges to come on different days. With 
which one of them should I see Andrew Tuck? 

Faithfully yours,

Mr. Charles H. Clark,
Ogdensburg, N. Y.

[*7544*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

I am sorry to tell you that it was utterly impossible 
to write to you and arrange an appointment with Mr Roosevelt 
to see you and your wife and daughter.  Whenever Mr Roosevelt 
is in Chicago again, and has more time than he had on his 
last visit, perhaps it may be possible to arrange such an 
appointment.  I am sure you will realize how pressed he was 
during his last visit, and how impossible it was for him to 
see more than small fraction of the people who wished to 
meet him.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr J. T. Cowles,
443 East 45th Street,
Chicago, Ill.

[*7647*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

What you say is quite correct, and I will see 
what can be done with the suggestion.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr H. Crosby,
St Louis, Mo.

[*7323*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

I have had no acquittance with Mr Alfred Girard 
from a business standpoint.  He was a good and loyal soldier 
in my regiment during the Spanish War.   

Faithfully yours,

Mr. H. W. Bowman,
The Fulton-Lange Agency,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33395*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your very
courteous letter and to say that he will consider what you
say very carefully. It is just for such people as you for
whom he is now fighting and he hopes that in November you
any your fellow citizens will give him their heartiest
support so that he may do all that is possible to bring
nearer the day when justice will be done to all men and
women in this country regardless of their color and regardless
of their party ties.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Rev. Peter Datchett,
Little Rock, Ark.

[*33396*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is physically impossible for him to 
reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked me, 
however, to thank you for your courteous letter and to 
say that he appreciates your kindness in writing to him.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr A. E. Davis,
Birmingham, Ala.

[*33397*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Davis:

I wish you would send me on the letter received from 
the Hon. William S. Laurirll of Danville, Ky.  You will find 
it in the batch of letters I handed to you for further 
attention. Mr Roosevelt is particularly anxious to get this 
letter.

Sincerely yours,

Secretary

O. K. Davis Esq.,
Congress Hotel,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33398*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work that it is 
a physical impossibility for him to reply to his correspondence 
personally. He has asked me however, to thank you cordially 
for your letter and to say that he appreciates all that you 
have written.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary 

Mr W. J. Dohen,
58 Yale Avenue,
Jamaica, N. Y.

[*33399*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Doxsee:

I am touched and pleased by your letter and by
the check enclosed for $25. As soon as the Treasurer is
chosen I will turn it over to him. I am particularly 
glad to get such a letter from a deep-sea fisherman.

With very sincere thanks, believe me

Your friend,

Mr John C. Doxsee,
Islip, L. I.

[*33400*]June 25th, 1912

My dear Mrs. Edgar:

I am so much pleased with 
what you write to me. Good luck always!  

Very sincerely yours,

Mrs. Matilda Emory Edgar,
Cazenovia, N. Y.

[*33401*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Elliott:

I shall not recede one iota from the position I 
have taken. I shall accept the progressive nomination on 
a progressive platform and shall fight to the end, win or 
lose. And I want every honest citizen, no matter what his 
former party affiliation may have been, to join with us 
in this movement.

Faithfully yours,

Mr J. W. Elliott,
Mortons Gap/ Ky.

[*33402*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to attend to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you cordially for writing and to 
say that he appreciates your kindness.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr Fenton S. Fox,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33403*]June 25, 1912

My dear Mr. Garner:

I appreciate your letter. We 
are carefully considering that matter.  
I wish you would get into communication 
immediately with Senator William Flinn, 
Pittsburg, and tell him just what your 
difficulties are.

Faithfully yours,

Mr. Alfred B. Garner,
Ashland, Pa.

[*33404*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt desires me to tender to you his 
thanks for your letter. He would write you a personal 
note of acknowledgment, but he is overwhelmed with the 
work he at present has on hand. He heartily appreciates 
all that you have written.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr. George J. Geenen,
Buffalo, N. Y.

[*33405*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

You have put the matter in a nut shell in your letter 
and, without using your name, I intend to quote it in formulating
our position.

Faithfully yours,

Mr John B. Ghie,
Wellston, Mo.

[*33406*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt desires me to tender to you his thanks 
for your kind letter. He would write you a personal note 
of acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed by the flood
of correspondence from his friends. He very heartily 
appreciates all that you have written. 

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr R. G. Giesler,
4320 Berkley Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33407*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Madam:

I appreciate your letter and value it.  It is 
not possible for me to go into any new work at the moment.  
I have only time to write this line.

Faithfully yours,

Miss Emma Z. Gillmore,
6517 Kimbark Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33408*]June 25th 1912.
My dear Mr Glidden:
I thank you for your courteous letter, but really I cannot imagine
your being "perturbed" by the quotation of which you speak. As far as I
know, I have never met the individual you quote. All that it is
necessary to say to him is that it is natural that a man who has just
engaged in theft should use mendacity to cover up his theft. When he says
that the "steam-roller" was used by him or anyone else for me eight years
ago he lies, that is, he states what he knows to be a falsehood, and he
does it deliberatily. I was nominated unanimously in 1904. Nobody was
against me. Not only was the "steam-roller" not used, but it could not
have been used, and no human being thought of using it. There was not the
slightest opposition to me at Chicago. The National Committee, I believe,
was not really friendly to me, and if the "steam-roller" had been used it
would have been against me; but every delegate was for me, and in every
contest the delegates on both sides were for me. As to four years ago,
there were I believe contests. Of their management I know nothing, but I
do know that Mr Taft had a majority of the non-contested delegates.
Faithfully yours,

Mr John N. Glidden,
407 New England Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.

09July 25th, 1912.

Gentlemen:
     I deeply appreciate your letter. I agree with you
entirely that the time is come when the two old parties are
so inextricably bound up with interests adverse to the welfare
of the people that we can get no good results from them. The
action of the National Committee in the Republican Party shows
this. We need a new party which shall stand squarely for the
right of the people to rule themselves and their duty to do
justice to everyone.
Faithfully yours,


Mr C. C. Goodrich,
Mr A. H. Lotck,
Mr W. T. Smith,
Mr J. W. Yatos,
Mr C. F. Jegen,
Mr R. C. Hynds,
Mr H. H. Stieg,
Mr T. Friedlander,
Mr C. McWilliams,
Mr F. H. Dukinsie,
Commercial Travelers of the United States,
Chicago, Ill.

[?10]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Hammond:

I shall not recede one iota from the position I 
have taken. I shall accept the progressive nomination on 
a progressive platform and shall fight to the end, win or 
lose. And I want every honest citizen, no matter what his 
former party affiliation may have been, to join with us 
in this movement.

Faithfully yours,

Mr J. W. Hammond,
Anadarko, Okla.

[*33411*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Hasey:

I shall not recede one iota from the position I 
have taken. I shall accept the progressive nomination on 
a progressive platform and shall fight to the end, win or 
lose. And I want every honest citizen, no matter what his 
former party affiliation may have been, to join with us 
in this movement.

Faithfully yours,

Mr D. E. Hasey,
Hotel Jackson,
Sioux City, Iowa.

[*33412*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

You have put the matter so clearly in your letter 
that I shall quote it in some statement I make, of course 
not using your name. Let me most heartily thank you.

Faithfully yours,

Mr C. L. Hobart,
Troy, Ohio.

[*33413*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work that it 
is a physical impossibility for him to reply to his 
correspondence personally.  He has asked me, however, 
to thank you cordially for your letter and to say that he 
appreciates your thoughtfulness in writing. 

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr Ralph P. Holloway,
111 n. Penn Street,
Pottstown, Pa.

[*33414*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Hough:

Your letter gives me real pleasure, and I thank 
you for it.

Faithfully yours,

Emerson Hough Esq.,
University Club,
Chicago, Ill.

33415June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

I appreciate your letter so much that I must send
you just one line of personal acknowledgment.

Faithfully yours,

Mr Frederick W. Jones,
Boston City Club,
Boston, Mass.

[*33416*]June 25th, 1912

My dear Mr. Klein:

It was fine to get your letter, 
and I thank you for your expression of 
good will and support. As soon as a 
treasurer has been appointed, I will hand 
your letter to him. I am really pleased.  

Faithfully yours,

Mr. Emil Klein,
974 St. Nicholas Avenue,
New York City.

[*33417*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Laurirll:

Your letter gave me genuine pleasure. Give my warm 
regards to Mrs. Laurirll. It gives me real pleasure to have 
such a pledge of support from a husband whose ancestor fought 
under Washington and from the wife whose ancestor was instrumental 
in winning the Battle of Kings Mountain. All we are now doing 
is to apply the principle and spirit of 1776 to the issues of t[he] 
present day.

Sincerely yours,

Hon. William S. Laurirll,
Danville, Ky.

[*33418*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you very cordially for 
your letter. He particularly appreciates all that you have 
written. He hopes that you and your son-in-law, Mr. Brundage, 
will get into touch immediately with Comptroller Prendergast 
and with Alderman Morrison. Both of these gentlemen are now 
taking up the organization of the Roosevelt forces in 
Brooklyn and they desire to have all the help that is 
possible.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr John M. Leach,
100 William Street,
New York City.

[*33419*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Madam:

Mr Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your
courtesy in letting him see a copy of those verses. He
appreciates your goodwill very much.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Miss Margaret C. Mac Bride,
Philadelphia, Pa.

[*33420*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is physically impossible for him to 
reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked me, 
however, to thank you cordially and to say that he 
appreciates your kindness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr John Miller,
Robert Miller’s Sons,
244 West 42nd Street,
New York City.

[*33421*]June 25th, 1912

Dear Fellowes:

I have just got back from 
Chicago, and find your letter. I must 
send you just one line of hearty thanks 
for it, to say how much I appreciate 
what you have written.

Very sincerely yours,

William Fellowes Morgan, Esq.,
Arch 11 Brooklyn Bridge,
New York City.

[*33422*]June 25th, 1912.
My dear Sir:
My Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the
present time that it is physically impossible for him to
reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked me,
however, to thank you cordially for your courteous letter
and to say that he appreciates your kindness in writing.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr Edward E. Myers,
418 Central Park West,
New York City.

33423June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with the work he
at present has on hand that it is physically impossible
for him to reply to his correspondents personally. He
has asked me however to thank you for your letter and to
say that he appreciates your kindness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr A. C. Orndorff,
18 East 34th Street,
New York City.

[*33424*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Paddock:

I shall not recede one iota from the position I 
have taken. I shall accept the progressive nomination on 
a progressive platform and shall fight to the end, win or 
lose. And I want every honest citizen, no matter what his 
former party affiliation may have been, to join with us 
in this movement.

Faithfully yours,

Rev. Edward A. Paddock,
Weiser, Idaho.

[*33425*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Parker:

I was so pleased to get your letter that I must send 
you this personal line to tell you so.

Faithfully yours,

Mr R. Lee Parker,
Natchez, Miss.

[*33426*]June 25th, 1912.

Dear Prendergast:

If it is entirely convenient to you, and not otherwise, I wish you
could come down tomorrow (Wednesday) evening to Oyster Bay, either by the
4.28 or the 5.30 train from Pennsylvania Station, and spend the night
with me, when we could talk over the whole situation. Do not come if it
is inconvenient, of course, but I should really like to see you. There is
much that I wish to talk over with you. Meanwhile, do get into touch with
Woodruff and Halpin at once, and issue a call signed only by yourself
asking all progressives, or whatever party affiliations, to get immediately
in touch with us, and stating that we intend to run a complete
ticket from President to School Superintendent in every part of the
State, and that all men who believe in the right of the people to rule as
against the power of the bosses, and social and industrial justice,
should join with us.

Apparently the Democrats have troubles of their own too!

Ever yours,

The Hon. William A. Prendergast,
Comptroller, New York City.

[*3427*]June 25th, 1912

My dear Mr. Robins:

I deeply appreciate your letter 
and thank you for it. 

Faithfully yours,

Mr. T. Robins,
1719 Locust Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

[*33428*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Captain Robinson:

That is a mighty nice letter of yours and I appreciate 
it. I agree with you absolutely. The new party must be called 
progressive without the name Republican or the name Democrat 
attached. Do let me see you if you ever get the chance.

Faithfully yours,

Captain J. P. Robinson,
Army War College,
Washington, D. C.

[*33429*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Ros:

I was so pleased to get your letter that I must 
send you this personal line to tell you so. It was very 
good of you to write.

Faithfully yours,

Mr Robert Ros,
52 Wall Street,
New York City.

[*33430*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Schillings:

I think it was awfully nice of you to send me that 
cable. I appreciate it. I have only time to send you this 
line of thanks in return, but I cannot refrain from letting 
you know that I am genuinely touched by your thoughtfulness.

Sincerely yours,

Professor Carl G. Schillings,
Weiherhof-Gurzenich,
Rheinland, Germany.

[*33431*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt desires me to tender to you his thanks 
for your letter. He would write you a personal note of 
acknowledgment, but he is almost overwhelmed by the floods 
of correspondence from his friends. He very heartily 
appreciates all that you say.  

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr. S. H. Sloan,
Ashland, Okla.

[*33432*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Smith:

I am greatly obliged to you. You can be of great 
assistance. I shall call upon you at once as soon as we get 
the organization fairly well under way. Meanwhile I wish 
you would get into touch with Mr Lindon Bates Jr., 71 
Broadway, New York City, and he will be able to tell you 
just what is proposed regarding Manhattan.

Faithfully yours,

Mr J. D. Smith,
c/o Elms & Sellon,
New York City.

[*33433*]June 25th, 1912.

Dear Mr Thore:

I appreciate your letter so much that I must 
send you this word of personal thanks.

Faithfully yours,

Mr W. P. Thore,
Boston, Mass.

[*33434*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him
to attend to his correspondents personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you cordially for your letter. He
appreciates your kindness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr George W. Toomey,
Philadelphia, Pa.

[*33435*]June 25th, 1912

Dear Austin:

I appreciate your letter so 
much that I want to thank you for it.  
What you foresaw was just what came to 
pass, and I acted exactly along the lines 
you advised.

Faithfully yours,

Hon. W. A. Wadsworth,
136 Madison Avenue,
New York City

[*33436*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mrs Waiterbotham:

I am profoundly touched by your letter and very
deeply appreciate it, and driven though I am, I must send you
just a line of personal acknowledgment.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mrs E. M. Waiterbotham,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33437*]June 25, 1912

My dear Madam:
     I am sorry to tell you that 
neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mrs. Roosevelt 
is able to give you any information regarding 
Lionel Walden. They do not recall any 
man of this name.  
With regret,
Faithfully yours,

Secretary


Mrs. Malvina A. G. Walden,
3241 Victor Place,
Wichita, Kansas.

[*33438*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr Walker:

I appreciate your telegram so much that I must send 
you this line of personal acknowledgment.

Faithfully yours,

Mr Albert H. Walker,

[*33439*]June 25th, 1912.

My dear White:
I am sending to Mrs White the photograph without 
waiting for the possibility of that contingency occurring.  
I value your letter, my dear fellow.
Sincerely yours,

J. William White Esq.,
1810 South Rittenhouse Square,
Philadelphia, Pa.


33440June 25th, 1912.

Dear Mr. Whiting:
My understanding is that Governor Johnson merely 
selected those men from among the delegates present with him 
to take the first steps in showing that there was to be a 
progressive party.  Of course the progressives from each 
State will themselves decide as to who their representative 
in the actual work is, and all that those men will do is 
to give us the lead in the actual calling together of the 
delegates or something of the kind.  Governor Johnson had 
to act at once, and had to exercise the choice of the men 
who were actually there at hand.  
Faithfully yours,


Borden D. Whiting Esq.,
Newark, N.J.


33441June 25th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you for your 
courtesy in letting him see a copy of those very amusing 
verses.  He particularly appreciates your sending them 
to him, and your expression of goodwill.
Faithfully yours,


Secretary

Mr. A. Dallas Williams,
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

33442June 25th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Wood:
I shall not recede one iota from the position I 
have taken.  I shall accept the progressive nomination on 
a progressive platform and shall fight to the end, win or 
lose.  And I want every honest citizen, no matter what his 
former party affiliation may have been, to join with us 
in this movement.
Faithfully yours,

Mr. J. H. Wood,
Muethy, N. C.



33443June 25th, 1912.

My dear Madam:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter to 
Mr. Roosevelt and to say that unfortunately he is unable to 
do as you desire.  He is by no means a rich man, and if he 
were to respond favorably in one such case, he would be 
compelled in common fairness to respond in all the other 
cases about which he is approached.  This, I am sure 
on thinking it over, you will realize on thinking it over 
is physically impossible.  He regrets his inability to 
send you a more favorable reply.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mrs Wright,
Shriveport, La.

[*33444*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
      Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally.  He has asked 
me, however, to tender to you his thanks for your letter, 
and to say that he greatly appreciates your thoughtfulness 
in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr. Henry L. Baker,
3860 Lexington Street,
Chicago, Ill.

[*2215*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

     Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to tender to you his thanks for your courteous 
letter, and to say that he appreciates all that you have 
written. He appreciates your thoughtfulness in doing so.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr. Leon Bandler,
230 West 101st Street,
New York City.

[*3316*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

     Mr Roosevelt is at present so overwhelmed with work
that it is a physical impossibility for him to reply to his 
correspondence personally. He has asked me, however, to 
tender to you his thanks for your courteous letter and to
say that he appreciates your kindness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr J. J. Banta,
Sullivan, Mo.

[*3389*]June 26, 1912

My dear Mr. Bickel:

      Naturally I am very much 
obliged to you for your telegram. Will 
you thank the Lincoln Republican Club 
most heartily? I hope that the Colorado 
organization can be perfected as soon as 
possible. 

Faithfully yours,

Mr. K. A. Bickel, Secretary,
Lincoln Republican Club,
Grand Junction, Colo.

[*2121*]June 26, 1912

My dear Mr. Blaine:

     I have placed your letter
before Mr. Roosevelt, but at the present 
time it is a physical impossibility for
him to make any further appointments to
see people. If it is anything important
you wish to see him about concerning
the present campaign, he would like you 
to call upon Comptroller Prendergast,
as he is taking up the campaign in this
State on Mr. Roosevelt's behalf.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr. William T. Blaine,
115 Broadway, 
New York City

[*3512*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to attend to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you for your letter to say that 
he appreciates your kindness in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr. C. E. Campbell,
Des Moines, Iowa.

[*7523*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Colby:
 
As I understand it, that is a purely formal appointment of 
a Committee which will have as far as I see no other function 
except to provide for the calling of the Convention. Governor 
Johnson told me that he wished to take some names at once simply 
as an evidence of the fact that the movement was going to be on, 
that he was departing immediately for California and so had to 
act straightaway, and that it was physically impossible for him to 
get to the different delegations. When we get formally organized 
and started each delegation will of course choose its own 
member. Meanwhile the Governor has told me that I am at liberty 
to add any members I want to the list, and I will take the 
liberty of adding your name and anyone else whom you think it 
wise to add. Ought I to put on Governor Fort, or shall I put 
on Mr Whiting, or both, and are there any others whom you can 
suggest?

Sincerely yours,

Hon. Everett Colby,
Newark, N. J.

[*???45*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to 
thank you for your telegram. He was 
particularly glad to get it. If you 
are willing to take any part in this 
movement, he hopes you will get into 
immediate communication with Mr. Matthew 
Hale, 15 State Street, Boston. 

Faithfully yours,

Mr. Charles Henry Davis,
South Yarmouth, Mass.

[*33446*]June 26th, 1912.

Dear O.K.:

I believe you know Mr Galen L. Tait, Bethesda, Md. 
He was one of the delegates from that State, and he has an 
office in Washington. As you know, he did excellent work 
both before the primary in Maryland and afterwards in Chicago.  
He came to me and said that he was willing to devote the 
next five months to helping the cause and was willing to 
assist in any capacity. I hope you will get into communication 
with him, in case you can avail yourself of his 
services.

Sincerely yours,

O. K. Davis Esq.,
Congress Hotel, 
Chicago Ill.

[*33447*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him to 
reply to his correspondence personally.  He has asked me, 
however, to thank you for your letter and to say that he 
appreciates your thoughtfulness in writing.  
Faithfully yours,


Secretary

Dr. Thomas Edwin Eldridge,
Philadelphia, Penna.


33448June 26, 1912.

My dear Mr. Ferguson:
I must send you just a line 
to say how pleased I was to see the 
telegram which you sent to Governor 
Johnson of California.  It was just 
fine.
Faithfully yours,



Mr. Donald Ferguson,
Goldfield, Nev.




33449Mr. W. C. Hayes,
Belvidere, Ill.

June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time it is physically impossible for him to 
reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked me, 
however, to tender to you his thinks and to say that he 
greatly appreciates your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary 

Mr W. C. Hayes,
Belvidere, Ill.

[*33450*]June 26, 1912
My dear Sir:
I heartily thank you. May
I ask you to communicate at once with
Mr. Matthew Hale, 15 State Street,
Boston?
Faithfully yours,


Mr. William Russell Helie,
Worcester, Mass.

33451June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you for your letter to say that 
he appreciates your kindness in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr H. C. Holloway,
323 Main Street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

[*33452*]June 26, 1912

Dear Mr. Hooker:
Herewith is a check for $39 
from Mr. William B. Howland, in payment 
of this ticket and state room from New 
York to Chicago, which someone in your 
office procured for his use on June 14th 
last.
Sincerely yours,

Elon H. Hooker, Esq.,
40 Wall Street,
New York City


33453June 26, 1912

My dear Sir:
If Mr. Roosevelt carried out 
such a suggestion as the one you make,
he would undoubtedly cause a good deal of
trouble for the Outlook people, for this
office would be swamped with mail, and
it would be difficult, in the mass of
correspondence which would arrive, to
sort out the letters which called for
immediate attention. As you are a 
believer in what Mr. Roosevelt stands for,
he hopes you will help the people in your
City to organize the movement which is
now taking definite form. He would
particularly appreciate any help which
you might be able to render.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr. W. N. Jennings,
4305 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

33454June 26th, 1912.

My dear Mr Keller:
I send you herewith my Louisville and Carnegie Hall speeches.  You can also see my speech of last Saturday in Chicago.  Really I do not see how it was possible to state more emphatically the differences between Mr. Taft and myself as regards our policies.  But the practices are even more important than the policies.  The prime difference is in the way we and our followers treat the commandment Thou Shalt not Steal.  Mr. Taft has stolen the nomination at Chicago, and no honest man can support him for it.  The convention that nominated Mr. Taft is rightly called the convention of the forty thieves, and any man who supports him is simply endorsing theft.
Faithfully yours,


Mr. Louis J. Keller,
1322 East 47th Street,
Chicago, Ill.

?55June 26, 1912
My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt has asked me to 
thank you for your letter, and also for
the copy of the song which you have
written. It would not do for him to endorse
any particular song, however, as
his doing so would cause much dissatisfaction
among those whom he has already
had to refuse similar requests. If he
endorsed one such song, he would not feel
at liberty to refuse all the others. He
is really sorry not to be able to do as
you wish.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Harry D. Kerr, Esq.,
27 William Street,
New York City

33456June 26, 1912
My dear Madam:
Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to
acknowledge receipt of your letter, and
to say that he has perfectly clearly and
without shadow of possibility of misunderstanding,
declared his attitude upon the
pure food law, and of course his attitude
upon public questions must always be taken
from his published speeches. You will
find these published speeches. You will 
find these published in book form, under
the title of "Speeches and Addresses of
Theodore Roosevelt". They have been published
both by the Review of Reviews, and
also by Collier's, and can probably be
seen in almost any public library.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Miss Alice Lakey,
Chairman Food Committee,
National Consumers' League,
Cranford, N. J.

33457June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you for your letter to say that 
he appreciates your [k]indness in writing.  
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr F. W. Langdon,
5 Garfield Place,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

[*33458*]June 26, 1912

My dear Sir:
Mr. Roosevelt wishes me to thank you
for your very courteous letter. He
was particularly glad to hear from a fellow
American who is now living in India.
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr. R. W. Lawton,
10 Clive Street,
Calcutta, India

33459June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:
Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the present time that it is a physical impossibility for him to reply to his correspondence personally.  He has asked me, however, to thank you for your letter to say that he appreciates your kindness in writing.  
Faithfully yours,


Secretary

Mr S. Lazar,
405 Jackson Street,
San Francisco, Cal.

33460June 26th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Lloyd:
I was so pleased to get your letter that I must send you this line of personal thanks for it.  It was very good of you to write and I appreciate your doing so.  
Faithfully yours,


Mr. Fred M. Lloyd,
The Lloyd Thomas Co.,
Chicago, Ill.

33461June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally.  He has asked 
me, however, to thank you for your letter and to say that 
he appreciates your kindness in writing.

Faithfully yours,


Secretary

Mr. Charles E. Moore,
Hindsboro, Ill.

33463
June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally.  He has asked 
me, however, to thank you for your letter, and to say that 
he appreciates your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Dr H. W. Pierson,
Chicago, Ill.

[*33464*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr. Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you cordially for your courtesy in 
sending him a copy of these verses.  He appreciates your 
thoughtfulness.
 
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr B. Richardson,
1320 Main Street,
Kansas City, Mo.

[*33465*]June 26, 1912

My dear Mr. Robertson:

I must send you just a line 
of personal thanks for your telegram.  
It was fine to get it. I hope you will 
get into communication immediately with 
the men who are leading our fight in
your State.

Faithfully yours,

Mr. O. R. Robertson,
Memphis, Tenn.

[*33466*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the 
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him 
to reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked me 
however, to thank you for your letter, and to say that he 
appreciates your kindness in writing.  

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr George E. Schmidt,
4122 Fergus Street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

[*33467*]June 26, 1912

My dear Mr. Stiles:

I must send you just a line 
to say how pleased I was to see the 
telegram which you sent to Governor
 Johnson of California. It was just 
fine. I will see that your name is 
sent at once to the managers, so that 
you may help. 

Faithfully yours,

Mr. William L. Stiles,
San Antonio, Texas

[*33468*]June 26, 1912

My dear Mr. Tyler:

I must send you just a line 
of personal thanks for your telegram.  
It was good of you to send it. I hope 
you will get into communication at once 
with Mr. Matthew Hale, 15 State Street, 
Boston.

Faithfully yours,

Mr. Clifford M. Tyler,
Brookline, Mass.

[*33469*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with the work he 
at present has on hand that it is a physical impossibility for 
him to reply to his correspondence personally. He has 
asked me, however, to tender to you his thanks for your 
letter and to say that he appreciates your kindness in 
writing. 
 
Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr W. D. Washburn,
Westerley, R. I.

[*33470*]Mr [John Wilherm,]
Paducah, Ky.

June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him
to reply to his correspondence personally. He has asked
me, however, to thank you for your letter and to say that
he appreciates your kindness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr John Wilherm,
Paducah, Ky.

[*33471*]June 26th, 1912.

My dear Sir:

Mr Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at the
present time that it is a physical impossibility for him
to attend to his correspondence personally. He has asked 
me, however, to thank you for your letter and to say that 
he appreciates your thoughtfulness in writing.

Faithfully yours,

Secretary

Mr Jos Zunz,
St Louis, Mo.

[*33472*]