lodge Urges Job for Roosevelt From McKinley Teddy Boomed as Assistant Secretary of Navy; “Boss*’ Platt of New York Enlisted. Copyright. 1KI, r POLICE DEPARTMENT OT THE CITY OF NEW TORK 300 Mulberry Street, New York, July 31, 1896. Dea£ Cabot: : .jritnow just how you feel about my vgerk here. It Is Irritating to the last (Agree to have to spend my strength lt» an obscure flgltt with a scoun drelly Intriguer like Parker,* who de «#res his power solely from the rldlcti «>S features of the law foisted upon I US by these preposterous machine lisders. t should never go Into such a struggle on such condition*, which are utterly' unfair to any honorable •hd self-respecting man; the law be ll* framed to give power to the trick ster and to prevent the exercise of the qBalities which can alone permanently inform this force. But t am in, and I'shall see It through; six or eight flkonths will enable me tof do all that I have to do; meanwhile. It Is pos sible that I can break the neck'of either Conltn* or Parker, and most glfcd I shall be to dcf It. At any rate, T.hvo done something; and on the vlfcole I have enjoyed .my work, albeit grimly. Always yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ^"•Parker and Conlin vvera associates of Hjptsevelt on the Now York police commix' slan. With Parker especially he was at uMs continually. POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 300 Mulberry Street, New York, August 8, 1896. Dear Cabot: si don't sec any chance of my being "able to get on: you will understand that I ain working fairly hard when Y-tell you that during this week of sweltering heat, I have been obliged to stay In town without going out for eVcn a night at Oyster Bay. A fort night hence I shall go out for a short visit to my ranch. I have told the. rev publican commit tee that I am at their disposal as a speaker If they wish me, and that I will make one or two speeches for them, if they so de sire. while going to or returning from Dakota. The silver feel ing among our farmers, and »to some extent anting our laboring men, IS undoubtedfy-serlous, and It will re efelve a great temporary boom next week from Bryan’s speech here in New York. I cannot but think, how ever. that after that the tide will be gin "to set steadily our way. At nation al headquarters they tell me that there is'no demand whatever for literature **9 the tariff, but that they have to rshd out tons of mail matter on tlrpince, and that they only wish they Had more documents. <5ive Nannie my best love. We are all well, though Edith writes me that tile heat has told a good deal on Air hie. While lam out west, she la / to take the children up to Lake Champlain, and I think It will do both her and them good. Always yours, THEODORE ROOBEVELT. POLICE DEPARTMENT WF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 300 Mulberry street, New York, Aug. 13, 1896. TJtwr Cabot: If I can get out I shall, for I have pun to feel a little knocked up; 1 hSve had splendid health up to this tftpe. Bryan fell perfectly flat here In New Ydrk; his big notification meeting has elftiply hurt him. ,: Always yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. POLICE DEPARTMENT ~;OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 300 Mulberry street, New York, Aug. 19, 1896. 'abot: off on Friday for three weeks, And I am very glad to go, for I think the endless strain and worry had told on me a little. The meeting to hear Bourke Cock ran* was a phenomenon. It Is ex 'raordinary that a mere private citi ten should be able to gather such an mormoua crowd; a crowd quite as large Inside the Madison Square gnf* 1en, and almost as large outside, as ihet which came to hear Bryan, the tahdldate for the presidency. Corkran made a first-class speech; I cannot but believe that the tide Is beginning to flow against the free sllverltes; but of tourse It all depends upon the big states of the middle west. This time I supervised the police ar •angements myself, Conlln having run off to the country. Everything went )tt without a hitch; there was very Itlle legitimate ground for complaint Sven at the first meeting; It was chiefly reporter*’ grievances, as a number of their passe* were not hon ored. Thia time I saw that they were all honored .and tha poltea kept com plete control of the crowd, having then\ thoroughly In hand; and yat they behaved with the utmost good nature. I determined that I would be able to testify as an eye wltnesa to all that happened. Always yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. •The late w. Boorke Coekran of Tam njany hall, for many years a congreaa man, was a famous political otator. POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 300 Mulberry Street, New York, sept. 14, 1896. Dear Cabot: We have made a pretty good nom ination for governor. Black* is a Platt man, but a man of ability and integrity. I looked Into the situation very carefully in the west. I spent two days at the republican headquarters at Chicago. We have a very severe light there, but we are going to win. Illinois Is now looking all right; Indi ana will be venal as usual; Ohio we shall carry of course, and the Ger mans make Wisconsin as safe as New York; affalra ara very much demor aJlged In Michigan, but we shall win. In Iowa the defection has been very good and the result is still In doubt, but the drift la our way. The same Is trua of Minnesota, and there is an even chance in the Dakotas, and as I am Informed by the Pacific elope men, in Oregon mirl possibly Washing ton and California. What confounded fools the political O. A. R. men are. Just at present they are trying to' have me Impris oned. under the peculiar provision of the’ New York law rendering public officials liable If they do not give vet erans their rights. During the last IS years Tammany, while in complete control of the board, or dividing It with the machine republicans, made 26 promotions to the rank of captain, six of the men promoted being vet erans. During the last 16 months we have made 20 promotion*, 11 of the men promoted being vptentns; in other words, we have promoted relatively more than twice as many; yet the very men who never made a kick about Tammany are now threatening deadly measures aimed at me, be cause I will not promote certain en flrely Incompetent Grand Army mm to positions In which they would hate the responsibility for preserving or der In this entire vadt city, and lie cause 1 have reduced an utterly in competent and unworthy man, Pat rick Buckley. They went before* the grand jury to get trie Indicted: the grand Jury positively refused. What they will do next, I don’t know. I have had a rather amusing ex perience with the English reviews of my fourth volume of the Winning of the West, which offer a commentary on the supposed Indifference of the British to American criticism. In the • ret three volumes I had no occasion to say anything had About the Brit ish. In the fourth volume I had to tell the truth about their conduct in the northwestern frontier. Every English paper, from the Athenaeum to the Times, has confined Its review to a perfect yell of rage over this part of my volume. GlVb my best love to Nannie. Gus sle** has been distinguishing himself on the polo field, I see.’ Always yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. •Trank S Black, who waa elected gov ernor and became noted aa an orator ••Auguatus Peabody Gardner, I.odge’a aon-ln-law, afterward member of rongreaa. Ha was a major In tne great war and died In camp of pneumonia. (Senator Lodge left no atone unturned to get for hta friend Roosevelt the post of assistant secretary of the navy, enlisting the aid of Matk Hanna and also of Bona Thomas C f’latt. although the latter had been hostile to T. R , tho police commis sioner. ) POLICE DEPARTMENT or THE CITY or NEW YORK. 3911 Mulberry Street. New York, Sept. 18, 1896. Dear Cabot: I am immensely Interested in what you tell me about Gussie.* I don't think he has fallen off In his polo; I the polo men here think he has not. But It delight* my soul to have him go into aerious work From the xerv beginning I took a great feney to him; he U a m*n in every way and I hated not to see him doing a man's work. I am more than delighted at what you tell me about him. Always yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. •The late August P Gardner. Lndgaa een-in-Uw had decided to go into public affairs. Later ha became a Congressman He want into the great war and died et pneumonia in service. POLICE DEPARTMENT Oh’ THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 3(10 MUlberty Street, New York, Oct. 21, 1896. Doar Onliot: Just a lne to tell you about my western trip. First, ami least impor tant, as to myself. I made a success of It, and got In good form and spoke to Immense audiences, who always listened attentively, and sometimes, as in Chicago and Detroit, went mad with enthusiasm. We shall sweep the west very much as we shall the east, although, of course, not to the same extent. Give my best love to Nannie and tell her how much 1 enjoyed her note. Always yours, THEODORS ROOSEVELT. (The following was written after Sena tor Lodge had paid a Visit to the Canton home of william McKinley, the president elect. Major McKinley talked to him of the trouble* in Cuba, saying he hoped they would be settled during the winter Snd expressing the hope that he would not he obliged to go to war. Alan they talked of Roosevelt and T.odge assured McKinley that Roogeveit, If he should be come part of the administration. Would he acceptable to hie navy view*.) UNITED STATES SENATE Private Washington, D- C., D#c. 2, 1896. My Dear Theodore: He eaid he regarded it 9ts of the utmost importance to have the strong est possible man for the secretary ship of state and he v o 1 u n tarily proceeded to talk over a number of people with me He of course did not tell me what he was going to do, although he asked my opinion very freely. I am satisfied that h« has no Idea of taking Depew. On that point he was very explicit. The fact is, the whole cabinet is hanging on Hanna. If Hanna takes the treasury, it will be made up one way; If he does not, it will be made up another. With Hanna out of the cabinet I should think that Hay's chances are extremely good. With Hanna In the cabinet I should say that it was very likely to go west. We then talked about tariff legisla tion and extra session and on that his position is as wise and firm as pos sible. He is entirely prepared to face the responsibilities at the earliest poa sible moment and deal with them, in deed Ills whole attitude of mind struck me as serious, broad In view, and just what we all ought to desire. 1 brought from it many good hopes. Plea for Roosevelt. — When we had been chatting about a good many indifferent things, I aaid to him: "I have no right to ask a personal favor of you, hut l do. ark for Roosevelt a* tha on* personal fa tor He said very warmly: ' You must not say that. I have no feeling about what went before the nomlna lion. You have a perfect right to ask a persona! favor and I understand what you want." When I was leaving him after lunch. I said, just as we were start ing. that I was very much obliged t0 him and had enjoyed our talk and that he knew the one thing which was near my heart and that I should say no more about it. He said very cordially that he did. In a word he gave me every encouragement- - But after all I am not one of his old sup porters and the person to whom I look now, having shot my own holt, is Storer.* 1 have just written him, told him that I have been at Canton, and therefore should not go to Ohio later, and urging him as strongly as 1 know how' to press your case. I have told him that he must look after It, because he is the one who is in constant communication and who can without intruding keep the mat ter steadily at the front. If he looks after it, all will be well. One thing Is certain. The matter is thoroughly in McKinley's mind. He i» not going to forget it and, although I *m not oversangulne about such things, I be lieve we shall succeed. I need hardly say that all this is In the most absolute confidence. No one outside my own family knows or will know anything about my conver sation out there. No one is likely to guess, for they imagine I went about office, whereas T went about questions of policy and you". I was glad I went and I feel very much encouraged. If he holde to the attitude which he has expressed to me, all will go well. Not only do his views aeem sound, but his desire to have a very strong cabinet seemed uppermost in his mind. Always sincerely yours, •Bellamy Storer. who was a rtoae friend nf Roosevelt and could he relied upon to press Roosevelt's candidacy for assistant eertary of tha navy. POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY' OF NEW YORK. 300 Mulberry Street, New York, Dec. ♦, 1896. Dear Cabot: I need hardly say with what Intense Interest I read your letter. I am delighted at what you say about McKinley. I do hope he will take a strong stand both about Hawaii and Cuba. I do not think a war with Spain would be serious enough to cause much strain on the country, or much interruption to the revival of prosperity; but I certainly wish the matter c^uld be settled this winter. Nothing could be better than the attitude you describe him as hav ing on the tariff, and on civil service reform. Now. old man, as to what you say f -. ■ s Cash Buyers Are Entitled to B-e-t-t-e-r V-a-l-u-e-t 19.76 and 22.80 Dressee at...II.00 25.00 and 27.SO Draaaea at...IS.76 34.50 and 37.50 Draaaas at...25.00 39.75 and 45.00 Draaaea at. 29.75 F. W. Thorne Co. ^ - -- _ ,-ibout myself. I shall not tTV to ex in ess any gratitude, for I don't sup pose that between you ami me it is necessary for me to say what I feel. Of course I have no preconceived policy of any kind which 1 wish to push through, and I think he would i.nd that I would not be in any way a marplot or agitator; hut I really look upon the matter wtih philosophi cal equanimity. The main reason why 1 would care to go to Washing ton Is to be near you. If you are not in Washington, I should certain ly prefer to stay here, even under the present unsatisfactory law, and I am so absorbed In this work tiiat I would no leave It If I had the proper liower, or If I did not feel that I had about rome to the end of what I could accomplish that was worth ac-, com pllshing. Rather to my amusement today General Wilson—"Cavalry” Wilson of Delaware—turned up, and T lunched with him and Charles A. Dana. Wil son had* been writing to me hoping lo have me made secretary of the navy. I told him that was all non sense, and he then earnestly begged me not to take the assistant secre taryship. I did not say anything to him, because I thought It baiter not. Dana evidently did not share his views, but wanted me to call on Platt, and see If I could give either of them a hint that you or anyone else had approached McKinley. I wish I could call on Platt and see Governor Black. I have nothing to ask for myself, but I would like them not to do anything, or permit the legislature to do anything, which will daipage the republican party. I wonder if Platt would misinterpret my calling on him? What do yrou think? Now, old fellow! you must not mind In the least If McKinley does not of fer It to me. I think Storer will write him, but I don't suppose there Is anyone else that would, and I hate to ask anyone to, for I don’t like to appear iff1 the position of a supplicant —for I am not a supplicant. I think I could do honorable work as assist ant secretary. If I am not offered it, then I shall try to do honorable work here as long sa I can, and then I shall turn to any work that comes up. Always yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. They have no use for doctor’s tools who pave their streets and drain their pools. Bo many thousands of women have been restored to health by Lydia E. 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