The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
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They worried . . . divide the progressive vote: Pinchot, History of the Progressive Party, 1912–1916, p. 133.
“Roosevelt or bust!”: Chicago Tribune, Jan. 11, 1912; La Follette, La Follette’s Autobiography, p. 579.
“a stalking horse”: Pinchot, History of the Progressive Party, 1912–1916, p. 133.
“When Roosevelt left . . . better than 1916”: NYT, Oct. 4, 1912.
“painful” conference . . . to “fight alone”: Pinchot, History of the Progressive Party, 1912–1916, p. 134.
“When I gave”: Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette, p. 202.
“Senator La Follette”: Logansport [IN] Pharos-Tribune, Jan. 30, 1912.
doctors diagnosed . . . tuberculosis . . . the morning after the banquet: La Follette and La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Vol. 1, pp. 399, 404; Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette, pp. 202–3.
Wilson had earlier delivered . . . charming, and short: NYT, Oct. 21, 1917.
“took a great gobletful”: WAW, The Autobiography, p. 449.
“money power . . . what they are told to write”: La Follette, La Follette’s Autobiography, pp. 607–8, 605.
“to bring together”: La Follette and La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Vol. 1, p. 403.
“frankly sick”: NYT, Oct. 21, 1917.
“acid and raucous”: Wister, Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, p. 300.
“predatory interests”: NYT, Oct. 21, 1917.
“shook his fist . . . about themselves”: Wister, Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, p. 300.
“his dagger-like forefinger . . . facts for once!”: NYT, Oct. 21, 1917.
During the first two hours: NYT, Feb. 3, 1912.
As midnight approached . . . to get him to stop: Pinchot, History of the Progressive Party, 1912–1916, pp. 134–35.
“You can’t drown . . . minions of the trust”: NYT, Oct. 21, 1917.
“with closed eyes”: Pinchot, History of the Progressive Party, 1912–1916, p. 135.
“the greatest speech . . . tragedy beyond tears”: RSB, American Chronicle, pp. 267–68.
“a short rest . . . switch to Roosevelt”: La Follette, La Follette’s Autobiography, p. 610.
“ill health . . . progressive movement”: Washington Herald, Feb. 19, 1912.
“I want to let you know”: McClure to Belle Case La Follette, Feb. 6, 1912, McClure MSS.
“last great series . . . a few men”: Lyon, Success Story, p. 326.
the “justice” it deserved: McClure to Belle Case La Follette, Feb. 6, 1912, McClure MSS.
“Your letter . . . you as a friend”: Belle Case La Follette to McClure, Feb. 9, 1912, McClure MSS.
“Poor Senator La Follette”: TR to John Callan O’Laughlin, Feb. 8, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, pp. 499–500.
“The trouble with . . . big, black cloud”: AB to Clara, Dec. 19, 1911, in AB, Taft and Roosevelt, Vol. 2, p. 794.
“the whole plan . . . handicap”: AB to Clara, Dec. 20, 1911, in ibid., p. 798.
“I hate to . . . a third term”: WHT to Horace Taft, Feb. 15, 1912, WHTP (italics added).
“My devotion to the Colonel”: AB to Clara, Jan. 13, 1912, in AB, Taft and Roosevelt, Vol. 2, p. 812.
“is so honest”: AB to Clara, Dec. 19, 1911, in ibid., p. 794.
“A President sees . . . as Archie Butt”: WHT, “Tribute to Major Butt,” in Archie Butt and William Howard Taft, Both Sides of the Shield (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1912), pp. vii, x.
“Delighted”: AB to Clara, Jan. 27, 1912, in AB, Taft and Roosevelt, Vol. 2, p. 827.
“Go by all means . . . make you happy”: Ibid.
“like a leaf . . . by me was significant”: AB to Clara, Jan. 29, 1912, in ibid., pp. 828–29, 831, 833, 835.
“more bitter . . . at each other”: AB to Clara, Feb. 14, 1912, in ibid., pp. 843–44.
“cheering spectators . . . a boisterous reception”: Marion [OH] Daily Mirror, Feb. 21, 1912.
“more familiar than”: Evening Standard (Ogden City, UT), Feb. 21, 1912.
“We Progressives believe . . . in the hands of the people”: TR, “A Charter of Democracy,” in WTR, Vol. 17, Social Justice and Popular Rule (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1976), p. 119–20.
his characteristic “balanced statements”: Pinchot, History of the Progressive Party, 1912–1916, p. 141.
“encourage legitimate . . . let it be their majority that decides”: TR, “A Charter of Democracy,” in WTR, Vol. 17, pp. 124, 125, 139, 142, 146 (italics added).
The “damaging effect”: NYT, Feb. 26, 1912.
“a plebiscite . . . supreme jurisdiction”: New York Sun, Feb. 22, 1912.
“Mr. Roosevelt’s incapacity” . . . rendering his nomination impossible: Cited in New York Tribune, Feb. 22, 1912.
“Theodore has gone off”: Jessup, Elihu Root, Vol. 2, p. 180.
“That was so unlike”: Straus, Under Four Administrations, pp. 310–11.
“I am opposed . . . most intimate friends”: NYT, Feb. 26, 1912.
“the sanctity of the judiciary”: Garraty, Henry Cabot Lodge: A Biography, p. 287.
“I have had my share”: TR to HCL, Feb. 28, 1912, in TR and HCL, Selections from the Correspondence, Vol. 2, pp. 423–24.
“My dear fellow”: TR to HCL, Mar. 1, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 515.
“at a gallop . . . swerved and wheeled”: TR to HCL, Oct. 3, 1911, in ibid., p. 400.
The concussion . . . three weeks of bed rest: TR to ARC, Oct. 5, 1911, TRC.
“She is very much shattered”: TR to William Cowles, Oct. 27, 1911, in TR, Letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles, 1870–1918, p. 297.
“Politics are hateful”: EKR to Kermit Roosevelt, Feb. 11, 1912, in Morris, EKR, p. 376.
“At the worst of it”: EKR to Arthur Lee, April (n.d.), 1912, in ibid., pp. 550–51.
“the quandary . . . sorry for any one”: ARL, Crowded Hours, pp. 185–86.
“Of course you must be”: TR to Nicholas Longworth, Feb. 13, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 503.
“single-minded in enthusiasm”: ARL, Crowded Hours, p. 186.
“I got furious”: Cordery, Alice, p. 223.
“It is not the critic”: TR, “Citizenship in a Republic: An Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910,” in WTR, Vol. 13, American Ideals (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926), p. 510.
“My hat is in the ring . . . in the contest”: New York Evening World, Feb. 22, 1912.
“in the interests . . . unsolicited and unsought”: William Ellsworth Glasscock et al. to TR, Feb. 10, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 511.
“I deeply appreciate”: TR to William Ellsworth Glasscock et al., Feb. 24, 1912, in ibid., p. 511.
“no signs” . . . the Columbus speech: Robert Grant to James Ford Rhodes, Mar. 22, 1912, in Elting E. Morison, ed., The Days of Armageddon, 1914–1918, Vol. 8 of LTR, pp. 1456–57.
“overwhelmingly . . . register that sentiment”: WAW to TR, Feb. 2, 1912, White Papers.
“an unnecessary and possibly”: Robert Grant to James Ford Rhodes, Mar. 22, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 8, pp. 1460–61.
“for the sake of his own future . . . popular, representative government?”: Thayer, Theodore Roosevelt: An Intimate Biography, pp. 352–54.
“none of them . . . would have dropped out”: Robert Grant to James Ford Rhodes, Mar. 22, 1912, LTR, Vol. 8, p. 1457.
“with conditions . . . been wrong yourself”: AB to Clara, Feb. 25, 1912, in AB, Taft and Roosevelt, Vol. 2, p. 850.
tossing in his bed that night unable to sleep: AB to Clara, Feb. 26, 1912, in ibid., p. 851.
“like a steam engine . . . shipshape condition”: AB to Clara, Feb. 23, 1912, in ibid., pp. 847–48.
“It seems to me”: AB to Clara, Feb. 26, 1912, in ibid., p. 851.
“He would not hear of it”: AB to Kitty, Feb. 27, 1912, in ibid., pp. 851–52.
“to leave . . . for the nomination”: AB to Clara, Feb. 23, 1912, in ibid., pp. 847–48.
“By a stran
ge coincidence”: Washington Post, Feb. 15, 1912.
The Taft men . . . the Munsey Building: Indianapolis Star, Feb. 16, 1912.
“a very pleasant and winning”: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 267.
Taft selected . . . William Brown McKinley: California Outlook (Los Angeles), Feb. 17, 1912.
“the sinews of war”: Indianapolis Star, Feb. 16, 1912.
“to devote himself”: Gardner, Departing Glory, p. 226.
And once again, Charley Taft . . . his brother’s campaign: Mt. Sterling [KY] Advocate, June 19, 1912.
“without indulging . . . judicial decisions”: Waterloo [IA] Daily Reporter, Feb. 22, 1912.
“stirred up . . . atmosphere wonderfully”: WHT to Charles p. Taft, Feb. 28, 1912, WHTP.
“when all this turmoil”: Pringle, Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography, p. 556.
“the momentary passions . . . of the temple”: NYT, Feb. 13, 1912.
“the ark of the covenant”: “The Ark of the Covenant,” Outlook, April 20, 1912, p. 847.
“the axe at the foot”: Washington Post, Mar. 9, 1912.
“genuine ovation . . . extravagant expressions”: WHT to Charles p. Taft, Mar. 20, 1912, WHTP.
“Taft has behaved . . . overwhelming and bitter”: Robert Grant to James Ford Rhodes, Mar. 22, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 8, pp. 1460–61.
When the election year opened . . . the direct primary: Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. 4, p. 494.
Fearful that the region’s . . . rather than straight Taft victories: Gardner, Departing Glory, pp. 228–29.
“absolutely sure . . . influence any man”: TR to Ormsby McHarg, Mar. 4, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 516.
“the worst riots”: Washington Herald, April 12, 1912.
“despite the frantic . . . jeering at their foes”: NYT, April 12, 1912.
“clubs and baseball bats”: Jasper [IN] Weekly Courier, Mar. 22, 1912.
“rode down . . . dynamite explosions”: NYT, Jan. 24, 1912.
in case “any chicanery” occurred: Mowry, Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement, p. 232.
“all-night session . . . dropped dead”: El Paso [TX] Herald, Mar. 15, 1912.
his “hope that so far”: TR to William Ellsworth Glasscock et al., Feb. 24, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 511.
“sluggishly moving cause . . . crusade”: Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. 4, p. 492.
Get the Direct . . . “people demand it”: Ibid., pp. 492–93.
“no objection at all”: WHT to Horace Taft, Mar. 7, 1912, WHTP.
“Legislatures are being”: Washington Times, Mar. 7, 1912.
“I do not favor changes”: Washington Herald, Mar. 8, 1912.
“only keep my people”: WHT to Horace Taft, Mar. 7, 1912, WHTP.
“waved his hand . . . He’s all right!”: NYT, Mar. 21, 1912; TR to Joseph Moore Dixon, Mar. 21, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 511.
“The great . . . fundamentally unworthy”: TR, “The Right of the People to Rule: An Address at Carnegie Hall, New York City, March 20 . . .” Outlook, Mar. 23, 1912, pp. 618, 620.
“ridicule” . . . principles of American government: NYT, Mar. 21, 1912.
“our government is . . . rule of all the people”: TR, “The Right of the People to Rule,” Outlook, Mar. 23, 1912, pp. 621, 625.
As spring commenced . . . finally set for March 26: Washington Times, Mar. 27, 1912.
the Chicago Tribune led a successful campaign: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 273.
“had his fighting . . . then on another”: Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette, pp. 215–16.
“Today’s primary crucial”: Washington Post, Mar. 19, 1912.
the “very bad news”: ARL Diary, Mar. 19, 1912, ARL Papers.
Though Taft garnered: Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette, p. 216.
“the East will construe”: TR to William Franklin Knox, Mar. 12, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 525.
“The small vote count”: Washington Post, Mar. 20, 1912.
Taft could not anticipate . . . advocacy for reciprocity: Washington Post, Mar. 19, 1912.
“In a nutshell”: Washington Post, Mar. 20, 1912.
“first trial of the new primary law”: Atlanta Constitution, Mar. 27, 1912.
“They are stealing”: Gardner, Departing Glory, p. 231.
“an entire breakdown”: Atlanta Constitution, Mar. 27, 1912.
“the indisputable fact”: New York Tribune, Mar. 28, 1912.
“in a fighting mood . . . cry of fraud”: NYT, Mar. 27, 1912.
“had cheated . . . days of Tweed”: New York Sun, Mar. 28, 1912.
“should be sorry . . . since the Civil War”: Chicago Daily Tribune, Mar. 28, 1912.
“As an American citizen”: Decatur [IL] Daily Review, April 8, 1912.
“Easter came”: ARL, Crowded Hours, p. 190.
“carrying every district . . . to get aboard it”: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 280.
“a stinging rebuke”: TR to Joseph Medill McCormick, April 10, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 533.
“We slugged them”: Washington Times, April 10, 1912.
“too good . . . happy I am”: ARL Diary, April 9, 1912, ARL Papers.
“given his campaign . . . in Pennsylvania”: WHT to Howard Hollister, April 9, 1912, WHTP.
“for turning the . . . a few hours rest”: Washington Times, April 14, 1912.
“One of the burdens . . . his mendacity”: WHT to Horace Taft, April 16, 1912, WHTP.
“I wish . . . does another lick”: Horace Taft to WHT, April 16, 1912, WHTP.
“The stampede . . . into the ring”: Pittsburgh Press, April 15, 1912.
“Of course, Pennsylvania . . . with a knife”: John Callan O’Laughlin to TR, April 14, 1912, John Callan O’Laughlin Papers, Manuscript Division, LC [hereafter O’Laughlin Papers].
“anxious to be home”: Butt to WHT [n.d.], included in letter from Edward Butt to WHT, Oct. 17, 1918, cited in Anthony, Nellie Taft, p. 335.
“held afloat . . . slowly crawling”: Washington Times, April 15, 1912.
“all onboard . . . no definite information”: NYT, April 16, 1912.
over seven hundred survivors, mainly women and children: New York Tribune, April 16, 1912.
“regret that Major Butt’s name”: Washington Times, April 16, 1912; telegram from p. A. S. Franklin to President William H. Taft, April 16, 1912, WHTP.
“Even with the list”: Washington Post, April 17, 1912.
“news of the disaster”: Washington Post, April 16, 1912.
“greatly depressed”: Washington Post, April 19, 1912.
“his loss as if he had been”: Washington Times, April 19, 1912.
“I miss him every minute”: WHT to Mabel Boardman, April 22, 1912, WHTP.
“In my own grief . . . close more-than-friend”: Marian Thayer to WHT, April 21, 1912, in Hugh Brewster, Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World (New York: Crown, 2012), pp. 309–10.
“A slight rocking of the ship”: Marshall Everett, ed., The Story of the Wreck of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts from 1912 (Mineola, NY: Dover Books, 2011), p. 21.
“The captain says”: Brewster, Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, p. 167.
“the real leader”: Narka [KS] News, April 26, 1912.
“My last view . . . every sacrifice made”: Washington Times, April 19, 1912.
“paid tribute . . . loved him sincerely”: NYT, April 20, 1912.
“I can’t believe it”: ARL Diary, April 16 & 17, 1912, ARL Papers.
“Everybody knew Archie” . . . and could not finish: NYT, May 6, 1912.
“a rush of activities . . . open fire”: Indianapolis Star, April 21, 1912.
“to get down into the ring”: WHT to J. C. Hemphill, April 12, 1912, WHTP.
“explode a bomb”: NYT, April 23, 1912.
“all night . . . some of his advisers”: NYT, April 24, 1912.
“Frightful”: NYT, April 23, 1912.
“against the accusations”: WHT, �
��Address at Palmer, Mass., April 25, 1912,” WHTP.
“greatly admired and loved”: WHT, “Address at West Brookfield, Mass., April 25, 1912,” WHTP.
“This wrenches my soul”: NYT, April 25, 1912.
“the cause of constitutionalism”: WHT, “Address at Palmer, Mass., April 25, 1912,” WHTP.
When he arrived at South Station . . . revitalized his supporters: Chester [PA] Times, April 26, 1912.
“Mr. Roosevelt . . . a square deal”: NYT, April 26, 1912.
“throwing aside . . . Theodore Roosevelt”: Lowell [MA] Sun, April 26, 1912.
“our Government is . . . danger of a third presidential term”: NYT, April 26, 1912.
“is convinced that” . . . be completed in four years: WHT, “Address at Boston, Mass., April 26, 1912,” WHTP.
“We are left . . . why not later?”: NYT, April 26, 1912.
“loudly cheered . . . storm of endorsement”: Lowell [MA] Sun, April 26, 1912.
“He had cause”: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 2, p. 781.
Informed that evening . . . being taken to Halifax: New York Sun, April 26, 1912.
“to scrutinize . . . recovering”: Atlanta Constitution, April 26, 1912.
“slumped over . . . began to weep”: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 2, pp. 781–82.
“If they are anxious”: NYT, April 25, 1912.
“the crowd was keyed up”: Boston Post, April 27, 1912.
“Hit him between the eyes!”: Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. 4, p. 485.
“merciless denunciation”: NYT, April 27, 1912.
“howled with delight”: Boston Daily Globe, April 27, 1912.
“Taft has not only been . . . attitude toward me”: NYT, April 27, 1912.
“This is our first . . . but a mob”: NYT, April 28, 1912.
“rival matinees”: Washington Times, May 14, 1912.
“puzzlewit . . . fathead”: TR to Nicholas Longworth, May 9, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 541n.
“You’d suppose there was not”: El Paso [TX] Herald, May 13, 1912.
Robert La Follette . . . after a surprisingly good showing: Bakersfield [OH] Morning Echo, May 15, 1912.
focusing most of his ire: Washington Herald, May 13, 1912.
“the spectacle of a President”: New York Sun, May 15, 1912.
“It is about as painful . . . courage to do so”: WHT to Delia Torrey, May 12, 1912, WHTP.