“I wish as much . . . downtrodden, outcast?”: RSB to TR, June 8, 1908, TRP.
“the wilds of Africa . . . plain morality”: RSB, “The New Roosevelt: A Sketch from Life from an Unpublished Letter,” The American Magazine (September 1908), p. 472.
“in a more human mood”: Ibid.
“When you see me”: AB to his mother, May 15, 1908, in Abbott, ed., Letters of Archie Butt, p. 7.
“been President . . . should hold it”: TR to George Trevelyan, June 19, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, pp. 1087, 1086, 1089.
“to throb with . . . Pres. Roosevelt”: Washington Post, June 14, 1908.
“an unfailing topic”: Emporia [KS] Gazette, June 16, 1908.
“a mob”: San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 1908.
“in their heart of hearts”: Des Moines Daily News, June 16, 1908.
“a stampede . . . last card”: Washington Post, June 14, 1908.
“to create a diversion”: The North American, June 21, 1908.
“full of sunshine”: Outlook, June 27, 1908, p. 420.
The band played: Emporia [KS] Gazette, June 16, 1908.
“the glories of . . . blood tingling”: New York Tribune, June 18, 1908.
“that expectant interest”: Des Moines Daily News, June 17, 1908.
His quarters at . . . comfortable chairs: NYT, March 29, 1908.
Electricians equipped . . . the Coliseum: New York Tribune, June 18, 1908.
“plunged into the . . . do anything unnatural”: Emporia [KS] Gazette, June 18, 1908.
Nellie arrived at noon . . . outer reception room: Washington Post, June 19, 1908.
“the magic name”: Outlook, June 27, 1908, p. 417.
“a wild, frenzied”: Des Moines Daily News, June 17, 1908.
“burning fuse to dry powder”: New York Tribune, June 19, 1908.
“vested abuses . . . United States today”: Republican National Convention and Milton W. Blumenberg, Official Report of the Proceedings of the Fourteenth Republican National Convention: Held in Chicago, Illinois, June 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1908: Resulting in the Nomination of William Howard Taft, of Ohio, for President (Columbus, OH: F. J. Heer, 1908), p. 87.
“exploded with a roar . . . Four Years More”: Outlook, June 27, 1908, p. 417.
“volleys of cheers . . . would blow off”: New York Tribune, June 18, 1908.
“a trifle . . . for another outburst”: Washington Post, June 18, 1908.
“on the verge”: New York Tribune, June 18, 1908.
Fortunately, Taft . . . pandemonium erupted: WHT Diaries, June 17, 1908, WHTP.
Nellie was unnerved: Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Presidential Nominations and Elections: A History of American Conventions, National Campaigns, Inaugurations and Campaign Caricature (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1916), p. 74.
“not at all alarmed”: WHT Diaries, June 17, 1908, WHTP.
“by the force of his”: Outlook, June 27, 1908, p. 417.
“That man is no friend”: RNC and Blumenberg, Official Report of the Proceedings of the Fourteenth Republican National Convention, p. 88.
“as the voice of the President”: Washington Post, June 18, 1908.
“to blow off steam”: New York Tribune, June 18, 1908.
Archie Butt had never: AB to his mother, June 19, 1908, in Abbott, ed., Letters of Archie Butt, p. 39.
“The cheers for Roosevelt”: Des Moines Daily News, June 17, 1908.
one of her husband’s “best advisers”: Washington Post, June 19, 1908.
“electric with”: San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 1908.
Nellie strove to remain calm: Bishop, Presidential Nominations and Elections, p. 73.
“Taft, Taft, Taft . . . beaming smile”: Galveston [TX] Daily News, June 19, 1908.
Though less protracted: Boston Daily Globe, June 19, 1908.
“white as marble”: Bishop, Presidential Nominations and Elections, pp. 74–75.
“Scarcely a word”: San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 1908.
“Pay no attention”: Galveston [TX] Daily News, June 19, 1908.
Seven states managed: Current Literature (July 1908), p. 1.
“The scene was absolutely”: Galveston [TX] Daily News, June 19, 1908.
“flashed . . . aglow with excitement”: Washington Post, June 19, 1908.
“Bubbling over with . . . joy of a boy”: San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 1908.
A “football rush”: Washington Post, June 19, 1908.
“You know how . . . I am very happy”: Ibid.
Roosevelt was engaged: San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 1908.
“The country is indeed”: Boston Daily Globe, June 19, 1908.
“A great honor . . . to you to-night”: New York Evening World, June 19, 1908.
The convention completed . . . “Sunny Jim”: ARL, Crowded Hours, p. 151.
They had hoped . . . to the delegates: TR to HCL, June 15, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1077; WHT to TR, June 15, 1908, WHTP.
diluted an anti-injunction plank: Des Moines Daily News, June 17, 1908.
expressed “disappointment”: Des Moines Daily News, June 19, 1908; Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 1, pp. 354–55.
“We can’t get all”: Emporia [KS] Gazette, June 22, 1908.
“The next four months”: WHT to Charles E. Magoon, July 10, 1908, WHTP.
“with a certain degree . . . out of whole cloth”: WHT to John Rodgers, July 19, 1908, WHTP.
the Presidential Suite . . . secretary and clerk: Washington Times, July 12, 1908.
In the days . . . seven years earlier: Fort Wayne [IN] Journal-Gazette, June 19, 1910.
Typically awakened . . . settled in his office: Albuquerque [NM] Citizen, July 21, 1908.
more than 1,500 congratulatory . . . letters every day: Racine [WI] Journal, July 7, 1908; Bemidji Daily Pioneer (St. Paul, MN), July 14, 1908.
By ten . . . “favorite promenade”: Washington Times, July 12, 1908.
After the defeat . . . over 50 percent: Greenville [PA] Evening Record, July 11, 1908.
The Democratic platform: WHT to TR, July 13, 1908, TRP.
“We will be able”: TR to WHT, July 13, 1908, WHTP.
how to “slash savagely”: TR to WHT, July 17, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1132.
“Both of the first . . . now the leader”: TR to WHT, July 21, 1908, in ibid., pp. 1139–40.
“most accomplished . . . frank announcement”: NYT, July 23, 1908.
“I have the highest”: Marion [OH] Weekly Star, July 25, 1908.
“the spectacle”: New Castle [PA] News, July 24, 1908.
“a schoolboy . . . his late chief”: NYT, July 23, 1908.
“humiliating pilgrimage”: New York Sun, July 24, 1908.
“but the puppet”: Pensacola [FL] Journal, July 24, 1908.
“not calculated”: New Castle [PA] News, July 24, 1908.
The stately colonial mansion . . . distinguished visitors: Alexandria [DC] Gazette, July 26, 1908.
A flagpole: Piqua [OH] Leader-Dispatch, July 28, 1908.
The spacious grounds: Alexandria [DC] Gazette, July 26, 1908.
“What we thought”: Charles P. Taft to William Edwards, July 25, 1908, WHTP.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME . . . “arm in arm”: New York Tribune, July 26, 1908.
the city’s “holiday attire”: Coshocton [OH] Daily Age, July 28, 1908.
“the booming of cannon”: Piqua [OH] Leader-Dispatch, July 28, 1908.
From the reviewing stand: Alexandria [DC] Gazette, July 26, 1908.
“as its candidate”: Piqua [OH] Leader-Dispatch, July 28, 1908.
“smiled cordially”: Alexandria [DC] Gazette, July 26, 1908.
“movement for practical reform . . . is not now adequate”: WHT, “Speech Accepting the Republican Nomination, July 28, 1908,” in Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1908 (Philadelphia: Dunlap Printing Co., 1908), p. 3.
“Popular elections”: Cincinnati Price Current, July 30, 1908.
“Hasn’t it been glorious!
”: Anthony, Nellie Taft, p. 215.
After a luncheon party . . . “all ablaze with illumination”: Alexandria [DC] Gazette, July 26, 1908.
From the steamer’s deck: Piqua [OH] Leader-Dispatch, July 28, 1908.
“tremendous outpouring . . . was unalloyed”: WHT to TR, July 31, 1908, TRP.
“I congratulate you”: TR to WHT, July 30, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1144.
“an exceedingly able . . . western radicalism”: Wall Street Journal, July 29, 1908.
he hoped to shed the 50 pounds: Waterloo [IA] Semi Weekly Courier, July 7, 1908.
“I play golf”: Bemidji [MN] Daily Pioneer, July 14, 1908.
after a brief stint . . . in his waist: WHT to TR, July 12, 1908, TRP.
“No man weighing 300”: NYT, Aug. 18, 1908.
a 3,500-pound workhorse . . . “a special stall”: NYT, Aug. 26, 1908.
“everything else”: New York Tribune, Aug. 14, 1908.
“It would seem incredible”: TR to WHT, Sept. 14, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1234.
a “rich man’s game”: New York Tribune, Aug. 14, 1908.
“the American people”: TR to WHT, Sept. 5, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, pp. 1209–10.
“very hard” . . . could be misleading: WHT to TR, Sept. 21, 1908, TRP.
“like a hen over her chickens”: Charles Willis Thompson, Presidents I’ve Known and Two Near Presidents (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929), p. 225.
“willing to undergo”: WHT to TR, July 9, 1908, TRP.
“I must tell you”: George Sheldon to WHT, Sept. 28, 1908, WHTP.
“nothing but the . . . misunderstood”: WHT to William N. Cromwell, Aug. 6, 1908, WHTP.
“I have always said”: TR to WHT, Aug. 7, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1157.
Taft finally agreed . . . chagrined about his chances: WHT to TR, Aug. 10, 1908, WHTP.
“Don’t get one particle”: TR to WHT, Aug. 24, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, pp. 1196, 1195.
“a dangerous man . . . No longer an outcast”: Fort Wayne [IN] Journal-Gazette, Aug. 8, 1908.
“would be placed”: Evening Independent (Massillon, OH), Oct. 1, 1908.
“If the candidate”: WHT to TR, Sept. 11, 1908, TRP.
“Do not answer”: TR to WHT, Sept. 1, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1204.
“Hit them hard”: TR to WHT, Sept. 11, 1908, in ibid., p. 1231.
Taft promised to confront Bryan directly: WHT to TR, Sept. 14, 1908, TRP.
“I cannot be more”: WHT to E. N. Huggins, Aug. 11, 1908, WHTP.
“I am not very pleased . . . into the campaign”: TR to Nicholas Longworth, Sept. 21, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, pp. 1244–45.
the president’s “natural successor”: Galveston [TX] Daily News, Sept. 14, 1908.
“The true friend . . . shoulder to shoulder”: TR to Conrad Kohrs, Sept. 9, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1213.
“You say that”: TR to William Jennings Bryan, Sept. 27, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1259.
Deeds, he argued: TR to William Jennings Bryan, Sept. 23, 1908, in ibid., pp. 1253–54.
“walked into a trap”: WHT to TR, Oct. 9, 1908, TRP.
“claim to be the heir”: WHT to TR, Oct. 3, 1908, TRP.
“the revival”: WHT to TR, Oct. 9, 1908, TRP.
The “Taft Special” . . . forty-one days: Van Wert [OH] Daily Bulletin, Oct. 6, 1908.
consisted of four cars: Racine [WI] Daily Journal, Sept. 23, 1908.
“proved to be . . . a professional entertainer”: Current Literature (December 1908), p. 621.
“he strengthened himself”: Lawrence [KS] Daily World, Oct. 5, 1908.
“on the level . . . trust him anywhere”: Evening Independent (Massillon, OH), Oct. 1, 1908.
“I have been in real touch”: NYT, Oct. 2, 1908.
“You are making such . . . treading on air”: HHT to WHT, Sept. 24, 1908, WHTP.
“I can’t imagine”: HHT to WHT, Sept. 25, 1908, WHTP.
“had a most delightful time”: WHT to TR, Oct. 3, 1908, TRP.
“changed materially”: TR to Kermit Roosevelt, Oct. 24, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1318.
To everyone’s relief . . . “tremendously”: TR to HCL, Oct. 21, 1908, in ibid., p. 1314.
“I told him he simply”: AB to his mother, Oct. 21, 1908, in Abbott, ed., Letters of Archie Butt, pp. 143–44.
“was keeping himself . . . on his own feet”: Hammond, The Autobiography, Vol. 2, p. 537.
“very touched . . . delighted”: WHT to TR, Sept. 14 & Nov. 1, 1908, TRP.
“monster” crowds . . . “enjoy it immensely”: Cincinnati Inquirer, Nov. 3, 1908.
They reached Cincinnati . . . in the afternoon: WHT Diaries, Nov. 3, 1908, WHTP.
In preparation for . . . the United Press: Lima [OH] Daily News, Nov. 4, 1908.
“exhibiting the finest specimen”: Ibid.
“Just say that”: Ibid.
“I was never so happy”: HHT to WHT, Nov. 3, 1908, WHTP.
Though Taft’s popular margin . . . a million and a quarter votes: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 1, p. 377.
“I pledge myself”: New York Sun, Nov. 4, 1909.
“was simply radiant . . . content to die”: AB to Clara, Nov. 5, 1908, in Abbott, ed., Letters of Archie Butt, pp. 153, 156.
“My selection and election”: WHT to TR, Nov. 7, 1908, TRP.
“You have won”: TR to WHT, Nov. 10, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1340.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: “A Great Stricken Animal”
“the best equipped man”: HCL to WHT, June 22, 1908, WHTP.
“the greatest all around man”: NYT, Feb. 28, 1909.
“he had served with great”: James Eli Watson, As I Knew Them: Memoirs of James Watson, Former United States Senator from Indiana (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1936), p. 134.
“The most difficult instrument”: David A. Heenan and Warren G. Bennis, Co-Leaders: The Power of Great Partnerships (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999), p. 23.
“but he could not fill”: RSB, “The Measure of Taft,” The American Magazine (July 1910), pp. 366–67.
“Not everyone was meant”: Heenan and Bennis, Co-Leaders, p. 270.
“spoke like a man”: Pinchot, Breaking New Ground, p. 381.
“shake their heads”: Syracuse [NY] Herald, Nov. 6, 1908.
“a trembling fear . . . out with unanimity”: WHT to Rufus Rhodes, Jan. 2, 1909, WHTP.
“splendid 18 hole”: Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 17, 1903.
While Nellie thought the location: Mowry, The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, 1900–1912, p. 233.
“getting away for a complete rest”: Piqua [OH] Leader-Dispatch, Nov. 5, 1908.
He defiantly proposed: Fort Wayne [IN] Journal-Gazette, Nov. 8, 1908.
“good and ready”: Washington Post, Jan. 21, 1909.
“to make golf”: Syracuse [NY] Herald, Nov. 9, 1908.
“possum and taters” banquet: Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 4, 1909; Lima [OH] Daily News, Jan. 1, 1909.
a specially constructed cage . . . six hundred guests: Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 4, 1909.
marking “a social epoch”: Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 16, 1909.
A cartoon of Taft: Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 27, 1909.
“a gigantic rat” . . . children to cry: Ibid.
“the honor without”: Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 24, 1909.
Robert and Helen . . . Bryn Mawr: WHT to Mabel Boardman, Dec. 24, 1908, WHTP.
the families of Charles . . . John Hays Hammond: NYT, Jan. 11, 1909.
“He is so genial”: “Mr. Taft’s Visit to the South,” The Independent, Jan. 28, 1909.
“Tell the boys”: Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. 4, p. 321.
his “humiliating pilgrimage”: New York Sun, July 24, 1908.
“aroused the people”: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 1, p. 382.
“different personnel”: WHT to George B. Cortelyou, Jan. 22, 1909, WHTP.
“I merely followed”: AB, Taft and Roosevelt, Vol. 1, p. 345.
“ought to be
Pres.-elect”: NYT, Feb. 27, 1909.
“I would rather stay here”: Jessup, Elihu Root, Vol. 2, p. 138.
“touched and gratified” . . . in the Senate: HCL to WHT, Dec. 9, 1908, WHTP.
“Knox called on me”: TR to WHT, Dec. 15, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1423.
planning to invite Knox . . . his remaining choices: WHT to TR, Dec. 22, 1908, TRP.
Frank Hitchcock . . . postmaster general: Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 24, 1909.
“Ha ha!”: TR to WHT, Dec. 31, 1908, in LTR, Vol. 6, p. 1454.
“inducement . . . to continue Wright”: Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. 4, p. 320.
not “decisive . . . action by him”: WHT to Philander C. Knox, Dec. 22, 1908, WHTP.
he exacerbated . . . before the inauguration: AB to Clara, Feb. 14, 1908, in Abbott, ed., Letters of Archie Butt, p. 338.
“I didn’t have to be hit”: Gustav J. Karger, “Memorandum #5,” Mar. 12, 1910, Taft-Karger MSS, CMC.
A “peculiar intimacy”: TR to Gifford Pinchot, Jan. 24, 1909, TRP.
Garfield had every reason . . . to Taft’s candidacy: James R. Garfield, Diary, Mar. 3, 1908, Garfield Papers.
he and his wife . . . vacationing together: James R. Garfield, Diary, Sept. 3, 1908, Garfield Papers.
Their son, John: James R. Garfield, Diary, Mar. 28, 1908, Garfield Papers.
The press assumed: Syracuse [NY] Herald, Dec. 22, 1908.
“big enough” . . . the Forestry Bureau: Gustav J. Karger, “Memorandum #5,” Mar. 12, 1910, Taft-Karger MSS, CMC.
While he recognized . . . represent their interests: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 1, p. 478.
“He has done admirably”: James R. Garfield, Diary, Mar. 2, 1908, Garfield Papers.
“limited personal means” . . . finally persuaded: Hammond, The Autobiography, Vol. 2, p. 543.
that Garfield was “out of the running”: Syracuse [NY] Herald, Dec. 22, 1908.
“I am utterly at sea”: James R. Garfield, Diary, Jan. 11, 1909, Garfield Papers.
“a genial, agreeable man”: Jefferson City [MO] Tribune, Jan. 20, 1909.
“Rumors & more rumors”: James R. Garfield, Diary, Jan. 18, 1909, Garfield Papers.
“an astounding condition”: James R. Garfield, Diary, Jan. 12, 1909, Garfield Papers.
Gossip filled the vacuum: AB to Clara, Jan. 5, 1909, in Abbott, ed., Letters of Archie Butt, pp. 271–72.
“completely changed . . . to keep no one”: James R. Garfield, Diary, Jan. 4, 1909, Garfield Papers.
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