October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Ab[de?]man: I am very, very busy, and I would be very glad indeed if you would be good enough to let me know just what it is you desire to see me about. Faithfully yours, Mr. Max Ab[de?]man: 12 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn. 991 October 30th, 1918. Dear Father Belford: Three cheers for you. You are the kind of fighting American after my own heart! Faithfully yours, Rev. John L. Belford, 485 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Bennett: I thank you and much appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. James Bates Bennett, Easton, Md. 3263October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Brewer: I am much pleased with your letter. Will you take an extract from something Colonel Roosevelt has written and send it to him and he will gladly autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. D. Chauncey Brewer, 173 State Street, Boston, Mass. 5879October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Bridgeman: I am greatly interested and much obliged to you for giving me those details. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. L. Bridgeman, The Brooklyn Standard Union, 294 Washington St., Brooklyn. 4745October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Burt: That's very kind of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. G. F. Burt, 631 Brooklyn Ave., Detroit, Mich. 1416[*1180*] October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Case: Such information should be communicated at once to the Secret Service Department. Governmental authorities only can act in cases like that. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Oscar J. Case, 1304 Riverview Blvd., Bradentown, Fla. [*6582*]October 30, 1918. My dear Mrs. Craig: I am deeply touched by your letter, and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Stanley Craig, Ellisville, Miss. ?728October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Cameron: I greatly appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Angus Cameron, 600 West 115th Street, City. 3044October 30, 1918. My dear Mrs. DeForest: I wish I could accept, but it is an utter impossibility. You have no idea of the demands upon me. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Mrs. S. K. DeForest, 118 East 36th Street, New York City. 3045October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Deming: Colonel Roosevelt can only repeat to you the reasons he has given, and which he believes you understand. It is utterly impossible for him to undertake any extra work now. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. E. Deming, Staten Island, N.Y. 29 Van Cliff Place 53046October 30, 1918. My dear Dr. Dickey: I thank you and appreciate your letter to the full. Faithfully yours, Dr. R. W. Dickey, 1735 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, N.J. 047 October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. D'rown: I am sorry but I am not able to give you the information you desire. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. P. D'rown. 93 Woodward Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. 3048October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Emerson: I wish I could accept, but it is not possible. I doubt if I can get back to Illinois again this year, and in the very impossible event that I do, I would have to speak wherever the Committee put me; but I don't think I can come. Faithfully yours, Mr. Louis L. Emerson, Secretary of State, Springfield, Ill. 049October 30, 1918. Dear Mr. Euwer: Colonel Roosevelt cannot give special messages. You must take something from his published writings. You have no idea of the multitude of similar requests he receives. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Anthony Euwer, 57 East 59th Street, New York City 050Form 1228 Charge to the account of Republican National Committee $______________ WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM COPY WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH AND CABLE NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED Telegram Day Letter Night Message Night Letter Patrons should mark an X opposite the class of service desired; OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE WILL BE TRANSMITTED AS A FULL-RATE TELEGRAM Receiver's No. Check Time Filed [*Fall*] Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to New York City October 30 1918 [*Copy*] [*Miss S*] Hon A B Fall Care George Craig Albuquerque New Mexico I learn with amazement that the President has wired to the socialist candidate for senator in New Mexico asking for your defeat on the ground that you have not been a supporter of the administration stop the socialist platform of 1917 which was reaffirmed in August 1918 denounces the war and declares for what is in effect a Germanized peace in language which makes it out of the question to treat as a loyal American any man who at this crisis runs on such a platform stop when the President attacks you in a message to your socialist competitor which message must be regarded as helpful to that competitor he distinctly takes the ground that he puts loyalty to himself above loyalty to the war and this although I believe it to be the general judgment of good Americans that at this time complete loyalty to the country necessarily includes complete loyalty to the war no American representative in either house of congress during the last five years has more absolutely straight American and war record than yours stop you wore the American uniform in the Spanish war you have proven by your speeches and your votes and by your acts that in this crisis and in all our dealings with foreign nations you consider nothing but 051Form 1228 Charge to the account of ______________ $_________ WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CLASS Of SERVICE DESIRED Telegram Day Letter Night Message Night Letter Patrons should mark an X opposite the class of service desired; OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE WILL BE TRANSMITTED AS A FULL-RATE TELEGRAM NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Receiver's No. Check Time Filed Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to the cause of American nationalism and pay no heed whatever to any question of partisanship stop you have shown this in your attitude toward Mexico no less than in your attitude toward Germany stop since this war began you have supported the President on every war measure on every measure for making our part in the war as speedy and efficient as possible and you did this when half of the leaders of the President's own party in congress were opposing these measures and seeking to make our participation in the war inefficient stop yet the President has sunk all sense of responsibility to the whole people which his high office should impose upon him and comes out as the mere partisan leader asking for the defeat of the loyal pro-war and pro-American senators and congressmen who ventured to inquire into corruption and extravagence and to censure delay and inefficiency and asking for the election of the anti-war and therefore anti-American senators and congressmen who although against the administration on the measures as to which the administration was pro-war nevertheless supported the administration and damaged the cause of America by seeking to obstruct every effort to uncover or put a stop to inefficiency waste delay extravagance and corruption stop you have won the right to the support of all loyal and true-hearted American patriots and I earnestly hope that the good people of New Mexico will return you to the senate with practical unanimity Theodore Roosevelt paid 3052October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Genheimer: I deeply appreciate your letter, and am very much pleased with the photograph you enclose. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. F. Genheimer, 215 Mountain Ave., S.W., Roanoke, Va. 53053October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Holmes: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I congratulate you on yours two gallant sons. Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred L. Holmes, R.R. 4 Benton Harbor, Mich. 3054October 30th, 1918. Dear Mr. Jackson: I find myself in need of postage. Will you kindly cash my check for $10? Sincerely, Secretary. Mr. Jackson, Equitable Trust Co., 347 Madison Avenue, City. 53055October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Jordon: I do not remember the exact words but they certainly were not what you quote. I quoted McCauley's closing words about Barere and said they applied to the New York World. Faithfully yours, Mr. J.H. Jordon, Room 503, 15 East 40th St., City. 53056October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Kottmeier: I deeply appreciate your letter, and am greatly interested in the enclosure. With all good wishes for you and your son, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred Kottmeier, 201 W. 54th St., City. 53057October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Ladd: It would be an utter absurdity for me to answer the countless mendacious attacks made by irresponsible and unpatriotic creatures. I, of course, neither know or care as to the composition of the Liberty Loan Committee before whom I spoke in Minneapolis; and as for the other organization, at whose request I came to speak on Patriotism, - that they were absolutely straight on this war, and patriotism, and Americanism, was shown by the fact that they approved my speech, and creatures who write the kind of article, which you enclose, are simply anti-American or pro-German who, of course, object to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. S. M. Ladd, Red Wing, Minn. 53058October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Leckey: If I had such a photograph I would gladly send you one, but long ago the demand became so great it was impossible to supply it. Faithfully yours, Mr. J.A. Leckey, 2022 East 105th St., Cleveland, Ohio. 53059October 30, 1918. Dear Mr. Leckey: Your letter of October 22nd, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, asking for a photograph, has been received. Inasmuch as literally hundreds of similar requests are made during the year, I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for Colonel Roosevelt to supply the demand. However, Pach Brothers, Photographers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, have a very good plate, and many people purchase this picture. If you care to leave an order with them, they will send it down to Colonel Roosevelt's office, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Secretary Mr. J. A. Leckey, 2022 East 105th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 53060October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Lockwood: It is not possible for me to write for any other papers in addition to those I am already writing for. Faithfully yours, Mr. George B. Lockwood, 425 Tenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 53061TELEGRAM October 30th, 1918. Hon. Medill McCormick, Conway Bldg., Chicago, Ill. I most earnestly hope for your success and for the success of all those associated with you. You have been one of the minority leaders in the present Congress. By your actions on every issue you have shown yourself to be a one hundred percent American for the war, for unconditional surrender in order to end the war, and for a wise insistence in moving forward toward the light in the great reconstruction measures that are to come after the war. There is no man in the present house better suited to render service in the Senate along these lines. You have been tried and you qualities have been proved. You have shown always a peculiar interest in the problems effecting labor and the farm. You have done this not merely when it seemed advisable to do it in order to get votes but during years of patient effort when there was no selfish purpose that could possibly be served on your part. Among all the men I have known there is none who more than you has in season and out of season striven to make the conditions of life better and more favorable for the wage worker of the right kind, and for the farmer who with rugged self reliance keeps alive the traditions of the old American virtue. You are peculiarly fit from your habit of mind to deal with the new problems that will arise in connection with the new era and to show that mixture of sane radicalism and cautious commonsense absolutely necessary if we are 53062-2- to avoid the twin although opposite gulf of social and industrial and social and industrial Bolshevism. Paragraph. In particular I would appeal for you to that half of the electorate which is now for the first time coming to its own in our country. Above all others the women of this land are interested in seeing made permanent the policy for which you and other Republican leaders in the present Congress have so resolutely stood, [as] xxx I now believe, and have always believed with all my heart and soul. Excepting only the soldier, I put a duty performing mother above every othe citizen of the land and I would be more than content to rest my appeal in any great matter of permanent policy for this country to the reasoned and deliberate judgment of the mothers to the land. I ask for national preparedness for the very reason that only national preparedness will guarantee the mother against seeing her sons go to the war when they grow up, for freedom is not a gift that tarries in the hands of cowards and neither is it a gift that tarries in the hands of those too short-sighted or too soft-hearted to prepare their hardened strength in advance for its defense. It is the mother who above all other people necessarily takes the long look ahead as she thinks of her children. Therefore, in appealing to all our citizens I appeal particularly to her. I appeal to her when I ask that we insist upon the peace of unconditional surrender of Germany now, because the only real guarantee against future wars like the present horror is the guarantee that will be given by beating to his knees the criminal responsible 530633. for the present war. I ask that we fight the war through now so that the young children now alive may not have to fight another and equally dreadful war when they grow to years of maturity. Let us finish the job, we men and women of today, and not for our own selfish case shift the burden on to the shoulders of the children who are to come after us. In the same way I ask the mothers to ponder the problems of reconstruction. I do not propose that we shall seek after a utopia, in which nobody works and all things come easily, for no such Utopia will ever exsist and it would be an uncommonly dreary place to live in if ever it did exist. I do not propose that we seek to create conditions in which every quality of accomplishment shall be met by equality of reward, for such action consists in putting a premium upon laziness, viciousness and inefficiency. But I do hope that we shall strive to create conditions under which there shall be a greater chance than at present for every man and every woman to have his or her opportunity; greater facilities for him or her to be trained to take advantage of that opportunity and for a freer field than at present in which he or she, when the opportunity has been granted, shall be able to show the stuff within their own souls. These are the things for which you stand and it is because that you thus stand for them that I stand for you. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 064TELEGRAM October 30th, 1918. Hon. Medill McCormick, Conway Bldg., Chicago, Ill. I most earnestly hope for your success and for the success of all those associated with you. You have been one of the minority leaders in the present Congress. By your actions on every issue you have shown yourself to be a one hundred percent American for the war, for unconditional surrender in order to end the war, and for a wise insistence in moving forward toward the light in the great reconstruction measures that are to come after the war. There is no man in the present house better suited to render service in the Senate along these lines. You have been tried and you qualities have been proved. You have shown always a peculiar interest in the problems effecting labor and the farm. You have done this not merely when it seemed advisable to do it in order to get votes but during years of patient effort when there was no selfish purpose that could possibly be served on your part. Among all the men I have known there is none who more than you has in season and out of season striven to make the conditions of life better and more favorable for the wage worker of the right kind, and for the farmer who with rugged self-reliance keeps alive the traditions of the old American virtue. You are peculiarly fit from your habit of mind to deal with the new problems that will arise in connection with the new era and to show that mixture of sane radicalism and cautious commonsense absolutely necessary if we are 53065- 2 - to avoid the twin although opposite gulf of social and industrial and social and industrial Bolshevism. Paragraph. In particular I would appeal for you to that half of the electorate which is now for the first time coming to its own in our country. Above all others the women of this land are interested in seeing made permanent the policy for which you and other Republican leaders in the present Congress have so resolutely stood, [and] as I now believe, and have always believed with all my heart and soul. Excepting only the soldier, I put a duty performing mother above every other citizen of the land and I would be more than content to rest my appeal in any great matter of permanent policy for this country to the reasoned and deliberate judgment of the mothers of the land. I ask for national preparedness for the very reason that only national preparedness will guarantee the mother against seeing her sons go to the war when they grow up, for freedom is not a gift that tarries in the hands of cowards and neither is it a gift that tarries in the hands of those too short-sighted or too soft-hearted to prepare their hardened strength in advance for its defense. It is the mother who above all other people necessarily takes the long look ahead as she thinks of her children. Therefore, in appealing to all our citizens I appeal particularly to her. I appeal to her when I ask that we insist upon the peace of unconditional surrender of Germany now, because the only real guarantee against future wars like the present horror is the guarantee that will be given by beating to his knees the criminal responsible 0663. for the present war. I ask that we fight the war through now so that the young children now alive may not have to fight another and equally dreadful war when they grow to years of maturity. Let us finish the job, we men and women of today, and not for our own selfish ease shift the burden on to the shoulders of the children who are to come after us. In the same way I ask the mothers to ponder the problems of reconstruction. I do not propose that we shall seek after a Utopia, in which nobody works and all things come easily, for no such Utopia will ever exsist and it would be an uncommonly dreary place to live in if ever it did exist. I do not propose that we seek to create conditions in which every quality of accomplishment shall be met by equality of reward, for such action consists in putting a premium upon laziness, viciousness and inefficiency. But I do hope that we shall strive to create conditions under which there shall be a greater chance than at present for every man and every woman to have his or her opportunity; greater facilities for him or her to be trained to take advantage of that opportunity and for a freer field than at present in which he or she, when the opportunity has been granted, shall be able to show the stuff within their own souls. These are the things for which you stand and it is because that you thus stand for them that I stand for you. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 3067October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Morrill: I thank you, and look forward with pleasure to reading the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. G.L. Morrill, 3356 Tenth Ave., So., Minneapolis, Minn. 068October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Motley: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you and warmly appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Daniel M. Motley, 2514 Seventeenth St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 53069October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Murrill: That's very kind of you. I thank you and look forward with pleasure to reading the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. A. Murrill. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City. 53070October 30, 1918. Mr. W. A. Murrill; October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Pell: I greatly appreciate the book and the inscription. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward Leigh Pell, Richmond, Va. 53071October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Porter: I thank you, and very much appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Esten M. Porter, 1216 - 83rd Street, Brooklyn. 53072October 30, 1918. My dear Sergeant Ross: I am mighty glad to know what you have undertaken to do. Good luck be with you! You have shown yourself the best type of American fighting man in war tasks, and now you are going to show yourself the best type of American citizen in peace tasks. Faithfully yours, Sergt. Frank Ross, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 53073October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Sommer: I thank you for your letter. I appreciate it. There is not anything I can add to what I have said in my published utterances. Faithfully yours, Mr. Daniel Sommer, 904 Udell Street, Indianapolis, Ind. 53074October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Stoddard: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, It is needless to say that, of course, I am over my ears in work; but it will be fine to have you drop into the office sometime soon. Won't you telephone Miss Stricker soon and she can tell you when I am coming into town. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry L. Stoddard, The Evening Mail, City. 53075October 30th, 1918. My dear Mr. Thon: I thank you for your letter, but unfortunately it got in with a deluge of mail and only today has come to light - too late for you to make use of the speech, such as you desired. I am very sorry. However, I enclose for your information an exact copy of my prepared speech. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ludwig W. Thon, 905 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 53076October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Townsend: That's mighty nice of you. I wish I could go into that region of Michigan, but it is a simple impossibility. With real regret. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles E. Townsend, United States Senate, Committee on Post Offices & Post Roads, Washington, D.C. 53077October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Walker: That's a capital editorial. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. Bernard Walker, 233 Broadway, City. 53078October 30, 1918. My dear Mr. Wise: I am sure that what your friend said about the aviation equipment is absolutely right. I have understated the case against the administration. Faithfully yours, Mr. John S. Wise, Jr., 20 Broad Street, City. 53079October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Baldwin: I am very sorry that reply to your letter of October 7th has been so long delayed, but first of all as you know there is always a deluge of mail in the office, and in the second place I was suddenly called up state because of serious illness in my family and was away from the office for a week. Colonel Roosevelt desires me to say that he cannot venture to make engagements so far in advance, and until he can make good promises to speak in other states, he cannot speak in New Jersey again. He much appreciates your courtesy and hopes to be able some time to comply with your request. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Elbert F. Baldwin, The Outlook Co., 381 Fourth Avenue, City.3629 October 31, 1918. My dear Dr. Beardsley: It was mighty nice of you to send me those songs but, my dear Sir, you must not ask me to express an opinion in matters of that kind. I do not know enough about that kind of thing to express an opinion worth having. Faithfully yours, Dr. R. E. Beardsley, 353 Main Street, New Britain, Conn.Beveridge October 31st, 1918. My dear Senator: I think your suggestions are probably right. But don't make any mistake about me. I am insisting upon Nationalism as against Internationalism. I am for saying with a bland smile whatever Nationalism demands! I will then adopt with that extra consideration any wise and feasible plan for limiting the possible area and likelihood of future wars. Mine is merely a platonic expression, designed to let Taft and his followers to get over without too much trouble, and also to prevent any accusation that we are ourselves merely Prussian militarists. Faithfully yours, Senator Albert J. Beveridge, Beverly Farms, Mass. 28675603 October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Bjorkman: I thank you heartily for your courtesy in sending me that volume. Faithfully yours, Mr. Olaf Bjorkman, 415 W. 57th Street, New York City.4525 October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Bloodgood: Apparently you did not receive my letter of July 15th. I am sending you herewith a copy for your information. With many thanks to you, believe me, Faithfully yours, Mr. W. P. Bloodgood, Mitchell Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis.5790 October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Burris: I am very sorry but of course you understand it is not possible for me to write letters about people except of my personal knowledge. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles A. Burris, Ph. M. - 3 - U.S.N. Base Hospital, Balham Bay, N.Y.1215 October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Butler: I am very much obliged to you and I appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Dudley Butler, National Historical Society 37 West 39th Street, New York.4772 October 31, 1918. My dear Dr. Butts: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Dr. J. Baptist-Butts, 6201 Nordica Avenue, Chicago, Ill.4828 October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Clements: I am glad you liked that editorial. Needless to say I shall continue to work just along those lines. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. P. Clements, 436 E. Walnut St., Springfield, Mo. 6955October 31, 1918. Dear Dr. Cannon: Why do you not take the matter up with your Congressman or Senator? Unfortunately there is nothing I can do. Faithfully yours, Dr. George E. Cannon, 354 Pacific Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. 3080October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Cox: I thank you, and much appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Denton T. Cox, Darlington, Ind. 3081 October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Dixon: That's a mighty nice note, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph K. Dixon, National American Indian Memorial, Educational Bureau, John Wanamaker Philadelphia, Pa. 3082 October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Domenica: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Rev. Angelo di Domenica, 1914 S. 17th St., Philadelphia. [?3083] October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Garverick: I have not at once sent your communication with enclosure to the American Defense Society. Sincerely yours, Mr. S. C. Garverick, 2136 No. 21st Street, Philadelphia, Pa. [?63084] October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Gogarn: I am very greatly pleased with your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. W. Gogarn, 112 Maple Street, New Haven, Conn. [?63085] October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Graham: That's fine. If I was of the least assistance I am more than glad. Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert Graham, Alliance, Neb. [?63086] October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Greenebaum: I am very much obliged to you for sending me that clipping. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Greenebaum, Kern Commercial Co., 114 Liberty Street, City. 53087 October 31st, 1918. Dear Dr. Griffith: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very kind letter with enclosure. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. Wm. J. Griffith, 630 East Washington St., New Castle, Pa. 53088October 31, 1918. My dear Mrs. Griffiths: That quotation from Secretary McAdo and George Creel is a movement in the interest of Mr. Hearst, and I regard it as an outrage and an infamous set on the part of the administration to lend itself to Mr. Hearst. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Edith Griffiths, Farm Hill, Middletown, Conn. 089October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Hall: I thank you for your very kind invitation but it simply is not possible for me to attempt any other speeches at this time. With regret. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. A. Hall, 1410 Argyle St., Chicago, Ill. 53090October 31st, 1918. My dear Mrs. Harper: As you say, the record speaks for itself. Nearly twice as many Democrats as Republicans voted against the Amendment. Senator Lodge's services have been such during the last month that it would be sheer lack of patriotism on the part of any citizen, you or anyone else, if you are honestly in favor of winning this war, not to be heartily supporting him at this time. You ask me whether I think in view of the situation that the Republican Party has more of a claim, on the allegiance of the suffragists, than the Democratic Party. Most emphatically yes. Your own figures show that the Republican Party has nearly twice the claim. If only the Republicans had voted the amendment would have carried overwhelmingly. You also state that you wish I had been present in Washington when this vote was taken on October 1st, in order to try to do for the Republican Party what President Wilson was trying to do for the Democratic Party. Of course you know perfectly well that for months and months I have been doing everything possible to get the Republicans united back of the amendment, and I have been much more successful with 53091- 2 - the Republicans than President Wilson has been with the Democrats, as the vote shows. All patriotic citizens, men and women alike, who wish to force this war through to the end and to win the peace of overwhelming victory, and who demand the unconditional surrender of Germany, and who at this time put patriotism above all other questions no matter how important those other questions may be, will of course ardently support the Republican ticket in New Hampshire no less than in Idaho and everywhere else at this time. Yours truly, Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, 171 Madison Avenue, New York. 53092October 31st, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: With reference to the enclosed, Colonel Roosevelt says "we ought to back up Thompson in every way." Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. 53093October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Hirsch: That's a mighty nice of you. I thank you and look forward with pleasure to reading the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. Leon D. Hirsch, The Page Co., Boston, Mass. 094October 31, 1918. Dear Mr. Hostetter: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciates your very kind letter, and to say he is very glad to hear from you at this time. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Louis Hostetter, 1132 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. 95October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Jones: Immediately upon receipt of your letter I communicated with Mr. Hays. I want to be of any help I possibly can. Faithfully yours, Mr. Emmet S. Jones, 301 American Trust Co., Birmingham, Ala. 496October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Keller: I thank you, but I think the case is as strong against Henry Ford as I can put it. If I cannot convince the people by what I have said already, I cannot convince them by anything. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. P. Keller, 509 West 110th Street, New York. 97October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Xessner: That is a matter where governmental authorities only can act. Unfortunately Colonel Roosevelt has no influence whatever with the administration. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. James Kessner, 309 Broadway, City. 98October 31st, 1918. Dear Mr. Kidder: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very kind telegram. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. D. C. Kidder, Mining Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif. 3099October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Kriebel: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles E. Kriebel, 612 Moffat Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 100October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Levy: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very courteous letter, but that is a matter where governmental authorities only can act. Unfortunately Colonel Roosevelt has no influence with the administration. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. S. Levy, 3533 Lexington St., Chicago, Ill. 101October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Lilly: I look forward to the receipt of that re-print. It has not yet come. I shall read it with great interest. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. D. Lilly, Lilly, Dungan & Co., Baltimore, Md. 102October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Lissner: I will gladly do that, I hope when you are in New York again you will surely call at the office. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Meyer Lissner, Union League Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. [*put this in speech [?] mailing list*] 103 [*Long*] October 31, 1918. Gentlemen: I must give myself the pleasure of assuring you how I appreciate your enclosure. I am greatly obliged to you. Your Fellow- American, Mr. Tressler Long, Mr. Franklyn Hobbs, Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 104October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Loos: Unfortunately there is nothing I can do in matters of that kind. It is needless to remind you that I have no influence with the administration. Faithfully yours, Mr. B. F. Loos, Suite 1103, Athletic Club, Saint Paul, Minn. [?]05October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Lord: The need for General Wood's services have been many but you yourself know how the administration has acted and, in view of past actions, I do not see how it is reasonable to expect they will allow him any opportunity. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. B. Lord, 6400 Plymouth Ave., St. Louis, Mo. [?]106October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Magoffin: I am very sorry, but I am unable to give you any advice in that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. E. Magoffin, R.D.#3, Box 654, Inglewood, Cal. 107[*Manson*] October 31, 1918. Gentlemen: I deeply appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Comd. Donald A. Manson, Adjt. W. C. Peckham, Pres. Henry C. Jahne, Headquarters U.S. Grant Post, No. 327, G. A. R. 489 Washington Ave., Brooklyn. [?]3108[*McMahon*] October 31, 1918. My dear Comrades: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Mike McMahon, Sr., Mr. Charles Stemple, Mr. Pat Crabtree, Wellsburg, W. Va. 3109October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Moore: I thank you for your very kind letter, and while I sympathize with the purpose of your movement it is not possible for me to go into anything else at the moment. With renewed thanks and appreciation, Faithfully yours, Mr. Opha Moore, Office of the New Clerk, Columbus, Ohio. [?]3110October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Morehouse: I thank you most heartily for your letter. I do wish the Republican party would act in that way. I will do all I possibly can to help out. Faithfully yours, Mr. D. P. Morehouse, Grant Block, Oswego, N. Y. 3111October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Morson: Because of my absence from town I have only just received your telegram. I am deeply shocked and I mourn the death of my old and valued friend Laurence Graham. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. R. Morson, Toronto, Ontario. 53112October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Murrill: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. A. Murrill, Broxwood Park, N. Y. 13October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Neilson: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Hon. Francis Neilson, c/o B. W. Huebach, Boshville, N. Y. [?]114October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Nelson: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but I am so very busy that I do not think I shall be able to undertake anything of that nature in the near future. Not long ago I did write a review of that character. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. W. Nelson, 305 The Northumberland, Washington, D. C. 3115October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. O'Leary: I am extremely sorry, but I am absolutely helpless. I can only suggest that you communicate through the Red Cross. Faithfully yours, Mr. David O'Leary, Setauket, N. Y. 3116October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Otis: I am sorry but unfortunately I am deluged with similar requests and I find I cannot comply in once case and not in others without hurting the feelings of many good friends. With very hearty thanks, believe me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Stanley L. Otis, 80 Maiden Laine, City. 17October 31st, 1918. My dear Dr. Owings: Your letter came as I leaving Kansas City. Moreover, as you of course know, I had not one moment to myself while I was there. I am sorry, but I am utterly powerless to help you about a pension. I have no influence whatever with the administration, but I suggest that you write to your Congressman and get the matter before Congress. Faithfully yours, Dr. L. E. Owings, 3122 Cleveland, Kansas City, Mo. 3118[*Pach*] October 31, 1918. Gentlemen: Will you kindly send me at once [the] 3 pictures of Colonel Roosevelt, small size. He has promised them in cases where he could not possibly avoid it. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Pach Bros. 570 Fifth Ave., City. 19October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Payne: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Philip Payne, K. of C. Headquarters, Paris, France. 120October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Pratt: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Geo. R. Pratt, 511 Fulton St., Brooklyn. 121October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Reavley: I have rarely seen a more infamous document than that you enclose, because it was deliberately intended to deceive; and as a matter of fact your statement shows it that did deceive you. If you re-read it you will see that they were careful not to quote me as being for Mr. Smith; but they put the quotations from me under a heading which made it look as if I had endorsed him. As a matter of fact I am strongly against him and strongly for Governor Whitman; and I have never said a word of any kind in favor of Mr. Smith. The quotation from me was itself used in a wholly dishonest manner. In 1896 the Republicans were heartily for the war and for a just peace and therefore I stood straight with them. McKinley was for the war and for a just peace. Bryan was against the war and for pacifism. And yet the persons who issued that advertisement affect to believe that to oppose the Democrats in 1898 when they were against the war and against the Liberty Loans of that period and for the peace of craven abandonments of duty is the same thing as opposing 122- 2 - the Republicans now who are for the war and for a just peace and for the Liberty Loans, and for the full performance of duty. To have Mr. Tumulty from the White House (of course with the hearty approval of President Wilson) issue such an appeal is a shocking [xxxxxxxx] instance of political immorality. Faithfully yours, Rev. A. [?.] Reavley, Methodist Episcopal Church, Angelica, N. Y. 23October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Reinhard: Those are fine editorials. I am glad to have seen them. Faithfully yours, Mr. George F. Reinhard, 635 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 24October 31st, 1918. Gentlemen: Kindly credit the enclosed check from the Century Company for $188.55 to Colonel Roosevelt's account. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Roosevelt & Sons, 30 Pine Street, New York. 25October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Shearer: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you for it. We haven't any photographs of Quentin except those that have beenprinted in the papers. I suggest you take one of those that have thus been printed. With very hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. R. E. Shearer, Carlisle, Pa. 126October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Sherrill: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. It is needless to say that I agree with you. Faithfully yours, Rev. A. F. Sherrill, Atlantic Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. 127October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: As I explained to Mr. Goodridge, it is not possible for me to make even a tentative engagement so far in advance. You have no conception of the demands upon my time. Sincerely yours, Mr. Payson Smith, Mass. Board of Education, State House, Boston, Mass. 3128October 31st, 1918. Dear Mr. Smith: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very kind telegram. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Ralph W. Smith, Denver, Colo. 29October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: I am very much interested in that proposal. It seems to me to have much merit but I don't want to definitely commit myself about it yet. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph W. Smith, Coronado Bldg., Denver, Col. 130October 31, 1918. My dear Mrs. Stearns: It is not possible for me, with the immense amount of work I have on hand at this time, to go into anything additional at the moment. Faithfully yours, Mrs. J. B. Stearns, 316 Merchants Trust Bldg. Los Angeles, Calif. 131October 31st, 1918. My dear Mr. Stimson: I do not know anything about that matter, and cannot speak about a proposed provision, the contents of which I am ignorant. I am sure you will understand this. Sincerely yours, Mr. Marshall Stimson, 801 Wright & Callender Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. 32October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Upton: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy in sending me that letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. George W. Upton, Warren, Ohio. 3October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Arsdale: It is not possible for me to to go into such a matter. I have not studied the question and I cannot make a selection without devoting sometime to it. Of course, it is needless to say that I have not one moment to myself these days. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry Van Arsdale, 354 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Calif. 4October 31, 1918. Dear Van: That's fine. I agree to the letter just as you do, and the other things you mention. Faithfully yours, Mr. William Van Benschoten, 43 Exchange Place, City. 35October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Vann: That's a mighty nice invitation of yours but just at this time I cannot undertake anything additional. I should like very much to speak to the farmers, and at some future time I may be able to do so. But just at the moment I cannot make even a tentative engagement. Faithfully yours, Mr. D. C. Vann, 44-46 Elm St., Rochester, N. Y. 36October 31, 1919. My dear Mr. Weston: I thank you for your courteous letter but unfortunately there is nothing whatever I can do in th matter of that kind. I return your enclosure. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. Weston, 331 Century Bldg., Denver, Col. [?]37October 31, 1918. My dear Capt. Willoughby: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Capt. C.A. Willoughby, U.S.A., Louisville, Ky. [?]138October 31, 1918. My dear Mrs. Wood: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Gertrude Ide Wood, South Bay Ave., Freeport, L.I. [?]39October 31, 1918. My dear Mr. Young: I am mighty glad that you like what I said, and i am particularly pleased you made use of it as you did. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harvey R. Young, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio. [?]140[*[1918 Oct ?]*] Telegram - Collect. George H. Moses, Concord, N. H. Have you not received letter yet. Was sent through Will Hays. Please wire him at once. (signed) Theodore Roosevelt 1[*[19180CT?]*] October [?], 1918. My dear Mr. Serviss: I hope you saw my statement. I need hardly assure you that I shall continue exactly along the same lines. Faithfully yours, Mr. Garrett P. Serviss, Closter, N.J. [?]42[*1918*] Day Letter- Collect. Frank L. Smith, Chairman, Republican State Com. Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, Ill. will take up matter with Will Hays at once. But the general situation will be dealt with in my Monday evening speech and in my recent Kansas City Star editorial. I substantially took up Senator Lewis. I mentioned Medill in my Monday evening speech as one of the half dozen leaders. (signed) Theodore Roosevelt. [?]143[1918Oct?] Telegram-Collect. Wm. R. Straughn, State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa. Very sorry. Impossible to undertake any additional engagements at this time. (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. [?]44November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Adams: That;'s such a very nice letter of your that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. John Adams, Victoria, Texas.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Amarandos: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. George N. Amarandos, 7 Grant Ave., Glens Falls, N.Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Anthony: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. E.E. Anthony, No. S Hawthorne St., Providence, R.I. November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Baldwin: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward D. Baldwin, Room 242, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.November 1, 1918. My dear Mrs. Bartlett: That;'s such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Wm. Allen Bartlett, 259 Fifth Ave., City.November 1, 1918. My dear Father Bassi: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Father Francis Bassi, Hawthorne, N.Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Barton: I am deeply touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. G.L. Barton, Box #5, Suffolk, Va.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Blake: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. E.A. Blake, Brooklyn, Conn.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Beaumont: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and i thank you most warly. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. Beaumont, [?] H.M.R.J. J'lanspehan Castle, To the Union Castle Mail S.S. Co., 3 + 4 Fenchurch, London, Englasnd.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Bell: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harry F. Bell, Mansfield, Ohio.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Boutelle: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. M.H. Bontelle, Minneapolis, Minn.2890 November 1, 1918. Dear Mr. Bowie: I am very sorry but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to comply with your request. You have no idea of the multitude of similar requests he receives, and he cannot comply in one case and not others without causing hurt feelings; and, of course, that would interfere with the terms of his contract. Sincerely your, Secretary. Mr. Geo. W. Bowie, American car and Foundry Co., Detroit, Mich.359 November 1st, 1918. My Dear Mr. Braun: Your letter of June 23rd, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, asking for a photograph, has been received. Inasmuch as literally hundreds of similar requests are made during the year, I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for Colonel Roosevelt to supply the demand. However, Pach Brothers, Photographers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, have a very good plate, and many people purchase this picture. If you care to leave an order with them, they will send it down to Colonel Roosevelt's office, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely Yours, Secretary. Mr. E. W. Braun, 5850 Glenwood Ave., Chicago IllNovember 1st, 1918. My dear Brownell: I thank you heartily for your letter and I look forward to meeting Mr. McNary if ever I get to Washington. Faithfully yours, Mr. George C. Brownell, Oregon City, Ore. November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Clinton: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Jno. H. Clinton, Navy Dept., Library & Naval War Records, Washinton, D.C. [?]6942November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Collins: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Justus Collins, Kanawha Banking & Trust Bldg., Charlestown, W. Va. [?]7119November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Crawley: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edwin F. Crawley, 4 Fairview Ave., Orange, N.J. [?]544November 1, 1918. My dear Rabbi Coffee: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Rab. Rudolph I. Coffee, 18 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. [?]5November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Coffin: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Rev. George H. Coffin, Jr., Medfield, Mass.November 1st, 1918. My dear Mrs. Dako: I thank you for your very kind letter with enclosure, but my dear madam, only govrnmental authorities can act in matters of that kind, and as you know, I have no influence with the administration. Sincerely yours, Mrs. C. A. Dako, 78 Parkton Road, Jamaica Plains, Mass.My dear Mrs. Dako: I thank you for your very kind letter with enclosure, but my dear madam, only governmental authorities can not in matters of that kind, and as you know, I have no influence with the administration. Sincerely yours, Mrs, C. A. Dako 76 Parkton Road, Jamaiou Plains, NasaNovember 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Davenport: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. R. Davenport, 90 Admas St., Brooklyn. [?]48November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Davis: I deeply appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. T. Davis, 6 Harrison St., City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Dennis: I am up to my ears in work now, and it would not be possible for me in any event to write an answer for the Daily News. If I make a comment or discuss the subject, it must be in the Kansas City Star. But the prime answer, my dear Mr. Dennis, to make is in the first place that I consistently said I believed in such a League, as an addition to, but not as a substitute for our own defense; and, in the second place, we are now a member of such a League and that is the League of Allied Nations. Our international duty required us to declare war on Turkey, and this we have most culpably failed to do, as our Allies of the League (which is an actual-going concern) have already done. Faithfully Yours, Mr. C. H. Dennis, Chicago Daily News, Chicago, Ill.November 1st, 1918. My dear Dr. Dickey: I very much appreciate your letter, and thank you for writing me. Faithfully yours, Dr. R.W. Dickey, 1735 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, N.J.November 1st, 1918. My dear Mrs. Dilley: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. The President will probably make the selection. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Ella C. Dilley, Wyoming, Ohio. November 1, 1918. My dear Col. Doyle: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Lt. Col. W.A. Doyle, M.S., [?] Long Beach, Calif.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Duff: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter G. Duff, 96 Westminster Drive, Atlanta, Ga.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Dunkle: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Will R. Dunkle, 715 Fletcher Trust Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.[*Eager*] November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Eager: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. James H. E. Eager, 737 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Edwards: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. A. Edwards, Box 212, Greensboro, N.C.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Fairless: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. H. Fairless, 514 Clifford St., Portsmouth, Va.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Felderton: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Felderton, Courier News, Plainfield, N.J.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Gatzenmeier: The trouble is I am asked to subscribe small sums everywhere and, If I yield in one case I fear I shall have to do it in numerous other cases. We have actually had to get out a form reply to the applicants. I hate to have to answer you in this way. with hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. A. R. C. Gatzenmeier, Scout Commissioner, Newport, R. I.Nov. 1st, 1918. Dear Mr. Gleason: Mr. H. D. Hinman of Binghamton sends me a letter in which he tells me that Mr. George F. Johnson is a member of the Executive Committees of the Republican State Committee, and enclose[?] a clipping in which Johnson supports President Wilson in his outrageous partisan appeal for a Democratic Congress. Is it possible that a creature like Johnson is on the Republican Executive Committee? What is the explanation to it? Can Hinman be mistaken? Of course if it is true Johnson is a political traitor and is a thoroughly disloyal American and bad citizen. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lafayette B. Gleason, Republican Club, 54 West 40th Street, City.November 1, 1918. My dear Dr. Greene: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Dr. F. A. Greene, Geneva, N.Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Greer: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and thank you for it warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. John Greer, Stoneboro, Pa.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Harding: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward Harding, 43 Exchange Place, City.November 1st, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: Colonel Roosevelt dictated the enclosed telegram to S. X. Way yesterday afternoon and asked me to get it over to you this morning to send out by wire. He says he was to have written to Way two weeks ago but owing to the influenza he only got Way's letter yesterday. He also had telegrams from Horace W. Karn, Political Editor, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California; Harry J. Humphreys, Chairman Republican State Central Committee, Reno, Nevada, and Frank P. Corrick of Lincoln, Nebraska asking for messages and endorsements of the candidates in the various states. He asked me to refer these matters to you and ask you to telegraph the above named people saying that after a full consultation with you it was decided best that Colonel Roosevelt should make only a general appeal. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, City.[*Hazen*] November 1, 1918. My dear Miss Hazen: The trouble is I am asked to subscribe small sums everywhere, and if I yield in one case I fear I shall have to do it in numerous cases. We have actually had to get out a form reply to the applicants. I hate to have to answer you in this way. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Miss Mary Breen Hazen, Berry Hill, Newport, R. I.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Hird: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Chas. W. Hird, 151 W. 12th Street, New York City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Hill: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Johnson D. Hill, 417 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Hollister: I hate to seem churlish but it just is not possible for me to attempt anything additional just now. Faithfully yours, Mr. Granger A. Hollister, Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, N.Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mrs. Hurd: I appreciate the poem and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mrs. May C. Hurd, 335 W. 23rd Street, New York City.November 1st, 1918. Dear Mr. Hurd: I enclose herewith communication and enclosure from J. C. Garverick. Will you kindly have acknowledgment made to him? Sincerely yours, Mr. Richard M. Hurd, American Defense Society, 59 Liberty Street, City. [*71*]November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Jackson: I am deeply touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry S. Jackson, Atlanta, Ga. 2[*Jett*] November 1st, 1918. Dear Comrade: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full. With very hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. A. N. Jett, City Ice Plant, Carrollton, Ky.November 1, 1918. My dear Mrs. Johnston: I have endorsed all efforts to send tobacco to the boys in France, but of course I cannot assume responsibility for the business management of any effort. Faithfully yours, Mrs. A. C. Johnston, Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Jones: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Hugh McK. Jones, 325 Maple Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.November 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. King: To my great regret your letter of September 26th has only just been shown to me. It came when I was away and got lost in the mass of mail. I haven't the slightest objection to your making the reference, but curiously enough I prefer the form of that reference in your letter to me rather than the form in your galley proof. In your letter you speak as follows, - ".... my having conveyed messages from you to Sir Edward Grey respecting the significance to America of unrestricted immigration from the Orient. It has seemed to me, therefore, that instead of anything being lost, there is perhaps much of gain to both Canada and the United States in having something publicly known of the efforts made by you to have the Oriental question adjusted in a manner which would avoid friction between American and the Orient," whereas in the galley proof you convey the impression that all I was doing was to take the very round-about way of sending through you, and then through the British Foreign Minister, a message to Japan. I hope this is not too late -2- but I fear it is. I wish to thank you for your kind and appreciative closing message. Faithfully yours, Mr. W.L. MacKenzie King, The Roxborough, Ottawa, Canada.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Lockwood: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. E. Lockwood Jr., Hut 52, Y.M.C.A., Richmond, Va.November 1st, 1918. Dear Captain Lung: If you will call at Colonel Roosevelt's office tomorrow (Saturday) at 12 o'clock noon, he will be glad to see you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Capt. G.A. Lung, U.S. Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.November 1st, 1918. My dear Dr. Mackay: First I desire to extend to you and Mrs. Mackay my profound sympathy in the loss of your son. In the second place, my dear Dr. Mackay, I desire to thank you for your very fine letter and for your enclosure. With respect & admiration; Faithfully yours, Rev. T. J. Mackay, All Saint's Rectory, Omaha, Nebr.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Major: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. Samuel G. Major, 142 Christopher St., City.November 1, 1918. Dear Mr. MacDonald: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John Z. MacDonald, Terre Haute, Ind.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. MacDowell: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. W. MacDowell, 209 N. Penn Ave., Independence, Kan.November 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. MacGrath: I thank you for letting me see that editorial. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harold MacGrath, Syracuse, N.Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. MacLean: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. J. Maclean, 204 Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. McClurg: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. F. McClurg, Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.Day letter. November 1st, 1918. Hon. Medill McCormick, Conway Bldg., Chicago, Ill. [xxx xxx ] I am exceedingly sorry but my engagements have been made and after a long consultation with Hays [did] we [think] thought it impossible to undertake that but impossible to go to Illinois unless I also went to Michigan and South Dakota and perhaps Ohio. I am very sorry. I hope my letter was of some use. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. COLLECT.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Merion: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. G. F. Merion, Tulsa, Okla. 8November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Meyer: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. John J. Meyer, 84 Greenwood St., Springfield, Mass. 89November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Minuse: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. William T. Minuse, 188 Wooster St., New York City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Moody: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Moody, The Union Bank, Uhrichsville, Ohio.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Nickerson: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your song. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. W. J. Nickerson, 120 N. Galvez St., New Orleans, La.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Nixon: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomas L. Nixon, 60 New York Ave., Brooklyn.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Nixon: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. William A. Nixon, 1159 Dean St., Brooklyn.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. O'Brien: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. T. O'Brien, 140 East 15th St., City.November 1, 1918. My dear Miss Partridge: I am deeply touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Miss Carolyn Partridge, 163 W. 170th St., City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Petersen: That's such a very nice letter of yours, that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Sigurd J. Petersen: 7701 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn. 7November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Piatt: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. William M. Piatt, 329 First National Bank Bldg., El Paso, Texas.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Pickett: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully Yours, Mr. Smith D Pickett, [Spartanburg, S. C.] [*try 716 Healey Bldg Atlanta, GA.*]November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Platzker: I am deeply touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. Max Platzker, 38 Stuyvesant St., City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Priddy: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lawrence Priddy, 149 Broadway, City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mrs. Rooney: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mrs. J. J. Rooney, 619 W. 145th St., City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Rowe: I am deeply touched by what you tell me. I thank you for letting me know. I hope it will be possible for me to do as you request sometime in the near future. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. M. Rowe, Route 5, Bowling Green, Ky. 3November 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. Saxby: I am very much touched and pleased by your letter and I express my very deepest sympathy to you in your continuing sorrow for the death of your son. Faithfully yours, Mr. Howard Saxby, 623 College Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 4COLLECT TELEGRAM November 1st, 1918. Mr. Elmer Schlesinger, c/o Hon. Medill McCormick, Conway Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Engagements render it utterly impossible. Exceedingly sorry. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 05November 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. Shannon: I hope you liked what I said in that speech. Sincerely yours, Mr. C. A. Shannon, 175 High Street, Nutley, N. J.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Sharrott: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edgar R. Sharrott, 2418 Broadway, City. 207November 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. Sheehan: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. P. Sheehan, El Paso, Texas.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Simmonds: I am much touched by your birthday greetings. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. R. Simmonds, 46 West 24th Street, New York City. November 1, 1918. My dear Mrs. Skinner: This morning Mrs. Roosevelt and my daughter Mrs. Derby opened my mail, while Ethel's little boy and girl were playing about them. When I joined them they told me that the very nicest letter imaginable had come from a Clergyman's wife in New Mexico, and then handed me your letter. When I read it I was, if possible, more touched than they were. Will you give my warmest regards to your husband? My dear Mrs. Skinner, when you speak of my writings having helped you, you make me feel very proud and very humble. Give my heartiest regards to your son Theodore. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Jeams Garrett Skinner, 922 Eighth St. East Las Vegas, N. Mex.November 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: I thank you heartily. I should particularly like to get that information in detail and of course, if possible, where I can use it. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. J. Smith, Victoria Hotel, West 7th & So. Hope, Los Angeles, Calif. November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Smythe: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. William Smythe, 79 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn. 2November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Snowden: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Albert A. Snowden, 149 Broadway, City.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Spring: I particularly appreciate your letter. You know how I valued your father. With heartiest thanks and regards. Faithfully yours, Mr. Dana L. Spring. 43 Argyle Park, Buffalo. N. Y.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Stanford: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Enoch Stanford, The Eastbourne, Atlantic City, N. J.November 1, 1918 My Dear Dr. Story: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Dr. Wm. Story, Castalia, Ohio.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Thayer: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter Thayer, Braintree, Merion Station, Pa. 7November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Tiebout, That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph H. Tiebout, 31 Grand St., Brooklyn. 218Timbers November 1, 1918. My dear little Friend: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Miss Doris Timbers, Box. 63, Oakwood, Ohio.November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Tripp: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. H.C. Tripp, Whitefish, Mont. November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Tubbs: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. C.B. Tubbs, 257 W. 92nd, City. November 1, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Etten: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you a line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Irving L. VanEtten, 321 West 51st St., City.November 1, 1918. Dear Miss Wardle: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Addie Grace Werdle, 1029 Wesley Ave., Cincinnati, O. [?]23TELEGRAM November 1st, 1918. Mr. Stitzel X. Way, Watertown, S.D. I have just received your letter. I most earnestly hope for the election of Governor Norbeck, Senator Sterling and all their colleagues on the Republican ticket. You inform me that under the lead of Mr. Townley and his associates, the so-called Non-Partisan League has allied itself with the Democrats, or rather has swallowed the Democrats, in opposition to the Republicans. I well understand that very many honest farmers have been misled into joining the League with the hope of bettering their political conditions. But as long as the league submits to the leadership of Messrs. Townley, and LeSueur, it cannot escape the condemnation of good and loyal Americans. It is utterly impossible to explain Mr. LeSueur's telegram to Mr. Haywood, the head of the I.W.W. in which he proposed to join with Haywood in fighting the anti-spy bills and in opposing the draft bill which was essential to our efficiency in the war. Under its present leadership the real purpose of the Non-Partisan League is to bring about Bolshevism in the United States and applied Bolshevism in the United States means the extention of I.W.W. methods into our farming regions as well as everywhere also and in foreign affairs the abandonment and betrayal of American nationalism. Under Mr. Townley's lead the League papers published class hatred in its most vicious form, and in Minnesota and elsewhere the League has 4 2. championed the seditious and disloyal side again and again in public contests. Under the lead of men like Governor Norbeck South Dakota during the last ten years has done more for genuine progressive legislation than any other state in the Union. The rural credit law has been far more practically useful than the federal law of the same kind and it has really accomplished an extraordinary amount. You have an excellent bank guarantee law, you have state-wide prohibition, you have reduced express rates and freight rates without being guilty of any unfair oppressive practices. You have passed an excellent anti-lobby law. Your candidates are of very high character - one of your candidates for Congress is a soldier at the front who has recently been wounded and is in hospital. Among their opponents are some upright men but they are in alliance with men who are at bottom engaged in the effort to overthrow the democracy of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and of the American people. For example, the Democrat running for Congress in the Sioux Falls district has, you tell me, been endorsed by the Non-Partisan League and has advocated war being declared only by a referendum vote, those who are for war being placed in one column, those hostile in another, and those voting for war being the first to be drafted. If it be true that this man has advocated any such plan he is at heart thoroughly disloyal to this country. He should be thrown out of Congress promptly even if elected and no honest man can afford to vote for him and thereafter claim to be himself a good and loyal 253. American. Apparently these candidates opposed to the Republicans and under the dictation of the Non-Partisan League have as their immediate local boss a former socialist Mayor of Butte, who was removed from office for the desecration of the American flag. The candidate against Mr. Norbeck you report as having stated that the leaders of the Non-Partisan League are just as loyal as the rest of the people. The letters published between the I.W.W. leaders and the Non-Partisan League leaders in South Dakota and elsewhere, of which you send me copies, and the Socialist record of Mr. Townley renders it quite impossible to accept any man as loyal himself if he endorses the loyalty of the leaders of the league. The Socialist Platform which was reaffirmed this very year declares that our going to war is "a crime against the people of the United States and against the nations of the world". Since this war began Mr. Townley has said in a published address which you quote "the flower of the young manhood of this nation is going across the water to bleed, I believe and fear for the damned pirates who profit from our food products." I have a long acquaintance and affection for South Dakota. I have immensely admired what South Dakota has done. I know the sturdy Americanism of her people. I[t] hope they will not be misled at this time. That they will stand against Bolshevism, and anarchy and I.W.W.ism and Germanized Socialism and disloyalty, open or covered and the only way in which they can thus stand is by voting for4. Governor Norbeck and the entire Republican ticket from the top to the bottom. With all good wishes, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.