“Mrs. Roosevelt shrank . . . in public life!”: Davis, “The Men at Armageddon,” Collier’s, Aug. 24, 1912.
“At present . . . people to rule”: TR, “A Confession of Faith,” in Social Justice and Popular Rule, WTR, Vol. 17, pp. 257–58.
Though the delegates . . . the right to the vote: NYT, Aug. 7, 1912.
“In most cases”: NYT, Aug. 6, 1912.
“fell on willing ears”: NYT, Aug. 7, 1912.
“a living wage . . . we battle for the Lord”: TR, “A Confession of Faith,” in WTR, Vol. 17, pp. 268–69, 298–99.
“a purely Rooseveltian document”: Washington Herald, Aug. 8, 1912.
“the first time a woman”: Chicago Tribune, Aug. 7, 1912.
“wave upon wave . . . this great movement”: Washington Times, Aug. 8, 1912.
“The Bull Moose party”: RSB, Notebook L, Aug. 31, 1912, RSB Papers.
“It is odd to me . . . to forget himself”: RSB, Notebook M, Aug. 8, 1912, RSB Papers.
Roosevelt’s titanic persona . . . “obscures everything”: RSB, Notebook L, Aug. 31, 1912, RSB Papers.
“As for me”: RSB, Notebook M, Aug. 8, 1912, RSB Papers.
“I left Princeton . . . dared to make speeches”: RSB, American Chronicle, pp. 273–75.
“a personal party” . . . an “ace” for the future: WAW, The Autobiography, p. 474.
“a cold fish . . . a fine liberal job”: Ibid., p. 479.
“four days . . . of human welfare!”: Ibid., pp. 484–85, 487–88.
“He seemed full . . . tornado of a man”: Ibid., p. 490.
“It makes me crazy”: IMT to Albert Boyden, Aug. 23, 1905, Ida Tarbell Papers.
“a thousand times”: IMT to JSP, n.d., Ida Tarbell Papers.
“Why stop with”: Harry Pratt Judson, “Mr. Roosevelt and the Third Term,” The Independent, Mar. 28, 1912.
“We’ve got a King . . . we can do it”: IMT to JSP, n.d., Ida Tarbell Papers.
The American Magazine . . . Progressive Party: RSB, Notebook L, Aug. 31, 1912, RSB Papers.
Months earlier . . . injured one hundred others: Robert E. Weir, Workers in America: A Historical Encyclopedia (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013), p. 438.
an act of “social revolution”: Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu), July 23, 1912.
“It seems to me”: TR to Charles D. Willard, Dec. 11, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 453.
“Murder is murder”: TR, “Murder Is Murder,” Outlook, Dec. 16, 1911, p. 902.
“It looks like . . . personal, you see”: LS to Allen H. Suggett, Sept. 12, 1912, in The Letters of Lincoln Steffens, Vol. 1, p. 308.
“a whirlwind campaign”: NYT, Aug. 13, 1912.
“a President who is”: New York Tribune, July 14, 1912.
He believed “in his heart”: NYT, Aug. 13, 1912.
six justices to the bench . . . half of them Democrats: Jonathan Lurie, William Howard Taft: The Travails of a Progressive Conservative (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. 121.
“the rain to fall . . . continuance of power”: NYT, Sept. 29, 1912.
“It always makes”: WHT to HHT, July 22, 1912, WHTP.
“I couldn’t if I would”: NYT, Aug. 13, 1912.
“As the campaign . . . trust or confidence”: WHT to HHT, Aug. 26, 1912, WHTP.
“I never discuss dead issues”: New York Tribune, Aug. 18, 1912.
“was a dead cock”: NYT, Sept. 18, 1912.
“worthy of . . . organized by theft”: TR, “A Speech at Grand Forks, North Dakota, 6 September 1912,” in TR and Lewis L. Gould, Bull Moose on the Stump: The 1912 Campaign Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008), pp. 75–76.
“the preservation of . . . second sober thought”: NYT, Sept. 29, 1912.
“new vitality . . . of the Republican Party”: NYT, Oct. 1, 1912.
Well aware . . . “very improbable”: TR to Arthur Hamilton Lee, Aug. 14, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 598.
He embarked upon an unprecedented . . . solid Democratic South: New York Tribune, Aug. 13, 1912.
“deluge of travel”: TR to Ethel Roosevelt, Aug. 21, 1912, TRC.
“a tremendous amount”: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 345.
“a chance” of victory: TR to Arthur Hamilton Lee, Aug. 14, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 598.
“I am perfectly happy”: Ibid.
Journalists noted . . . this “boss-ridden”: Washington Times, Aug. 17, 1912.
“rock-ribbed . . . what they were trying to accomplish”: NYT, Aug. 8, 1912.
“My private judgment”: Washington Times, Aug. 24, 1912.
He hoped to reach the public . . . his political philosophy: NYT, Aug. 8, 1912.
He had no appetite . . . boisterous crowd: August Heckscher, Woodrow Wilson (New York: Scribner, 1991), p. 258.
“I am by no means”: WW to Mary A. Hulbert, Aug. 25, 1912, in Ray Stannard Baker, Governor, 1910–1913, Vol. 3 of Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927), p. 390.
“I haven’t a”: WW to Frank P. Glass, Sept. 6, 1912, in ibid., p. 400.
“as far west as Colorado”: American Review of Reviews (November 1908).
“had, in reality . . . skill as an orator”: RSB, Governor, 1910–1913, p. 377.
“Wilson was a new . . . distance up the road”: Ibid., p. 391.
“Suppose you choose”: WW, “How Shall We Use the Government?,” in WW and John Wells Davidson, A Crossroads of Freedom: The 1912 Campaign Speeches (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1956), p. 295.
“very glad of the opportunity . . . fond of President Taft”: NYT, Sept. 27, 1912.
“currents of air . . . the right direction”: WHT to Henry Taft, Sept. 18, 1912, WHTP.
“probably be defeated”: WHT to Gustav J. Karger, Sept. 7, 1912, Taft-Karger Corr., CMC.
Winning the nomination . . . a more general reverse for the party: AB to Clara, Nov. 24, 1911, in AB, Taft and Roosevelt, Vol. 2, p. 768.
“I seem to think”: WHT to HHT, July 23, 1912, WHTP.
“I wanted him to be”: HHT, Recollections of Full Years, p. 393.
“She is in a condition”: WHT to Horace Taft, Nov. 1, 1912, WHTP.
“was going stale . . . rehashing”: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 353.
“it was Wilson”: Ibid., p. 360.
“first direct assault . . . ‘Confession of Faith’ ”: NYT, Sept. 15, 1912.
“Mr. Wilson is fond . . . advance we have made”: TR, “Address at the San Francisco Coliseum, Sept. 14, 1912,” in TR and Gould, Bull Moose on the Stump, pp. 110–11.
“every railroad must”: Ibid., p. 113.
“to use the whole power”: Ibid., pp. 116–17.
“freedom to-day . . . fair play”: WW and William Bayard Hale, The New Freedom; A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913), p. 284.
In keeping with . . . less expansive federal government: Gould, Four Hats in the Ring, p. 163.
Roosevelt’s “declaration of war”: NYT, Sept. 15, 1912.
“open again the fields”: John Milton Cooper, Woodrow Wilson: A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), p. 168.
While Roosevelt accepted . . . posed a problem: Ibid., p. 167.
“to organize the forces”: Ibid., p. 168.
“the wealth of America . . . borders of the town”: WW, “The Wealth of America: Address at Kokomo, Indiana, October 4, 1912,” in Wilson and Davidson, A Crossroads of Freedom, p. 333.
“abolishing tariff favors” and “credit denials”: Wilson and Hale, The New Freedom, p. 292.
“split up into a lot . . . which Mr. Taft defends”: TR, “Speech at the San Francisco Coliseum, Sept. 14, 1912,” in TR and Gould, Bull Moose on the Stump, pp. 113–14.
“becoming more and more plain”: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 360.
“were as close as fraternal twins”: Manners, TR and Will, p. 268.
“utterly incapable” . . . to decl
are laws passed by Congress unconstitutional: “The Socialist Party Platform: May 12, 1912,” in 1900–1936, Vol. 3 of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Fred L. Israel, eds., History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–1968 (New York: Chelsea House, 1971), pp. 2198, 2200–2.
as a bitter wind blew: Davis, Released for Publication, pp. 366, 368.
“a mammoth tent”: Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 13, 1912.
Roosevelt insisted . . . “I want to be a good Indian”: Davis, Released for Publication, pp. 371–72.
An open touring car . . . and began to strangle him: Ibid., pp. 374–76.
“I wasn’t trying to take him”: Thompson, Presidents I’ve Known, p. 148.
“Lynch him,” “Kill him”: Washington [DC] Times, Oct. 15, 1912.
“Bring him here . . . Turn him over to the police”: Thompson, Presidents I’ve Known, p. 148.
“You get me to that speech . . . pain from this breathing”: Davis, Released for Publication, pp. 378–80.
“It’s true”: Morris, Colonel Roosevelt, p. 245.
“how narrowly he had escaped” . . . but coming to a halt: Davis, Released for Publication, pp. 381–82.
Oscar Davis, standing . . . “until I have finished”: Ibid., pp. 383–84.
“his heart was racing . . . do what you want”: Morris, Colonel Roosevelt, pp. 245–46.
While Roosevelt was being examined . . . as his murderer: Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 15, 1912.
“to think seriously” . . . the right opportunity had never presented itself: New York Tribune, Oct. 15, 1912.
At Milwaukee Hospital . . . location of the bullet: Washington Times, Oct. 15, 1912.
“There are only three possible”: Thompson, Presidents I’ve Known, p. 153.
“All over the room” . . . to rush to the telephones: New York Tribune, Oct. 15, 1912.
“The fight should go on”: Davis, Released for Publication, p. 396.
Edith Roosevelt . . . attack on her husband: Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 15, 1912.
She left the theatre . . . Alexander Lambert: Washington Times, Oct. 15, 1912.
“It’s the best news”: Washington Times, Oct. 16, 1912.
“He has been as meek . . . I am at this moment”: Thompson, Presidents I’ve Known, p. 151.
“outside of the rib . . . live there permanently”: EKR to Kermit Roosevelt, Oct. 21, 1912, KR Papers.
“in absolute quiet”: Washington Post, Oct. 20, 1912.
By Monday morning . . . until the train reached New York: EKR to Kermit Roosevelt, Oct. 16, 1912, KR Papers.
“I am in fine shape”: TR to ARC, Oct. 27, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 632.
still hoped to make one final appearance: Ibid.
“Encouraging reports are coming in”: Ethel Roosevelt to ARC, October [n.d.], 1912, ARC Papers.
“The bullet that rests”: NYT, Oct. 27, 1912.
“What effect the incident”: WHT to Mabel Boardman, Oct. 17, 1912, WHTP.
“the rush of the crowd”: Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 30, 1912.
“farewell manifesto”: NYT, Oct. 30, 1912.
“looked to the excitement”: New York Sun, Oct. 31, 1912.
“regained its accustomed power”: New York Tribune, Oct. 30, 1912.
he was anxious to begin speaking: Washington Post, Oct. 31, 1912.
“Perhaps once in a generation . . . to spend and be spent”: TR, “Address at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 30, 1912,” in TR and Gould, Bull Moose on the Stump, pp. 187, 188, 190, 191–92.
“as clear as a bell . . . the old sarcasm”: NYT, Oct. 27, 1912.
“good taste . . . for self-exhibition”: New York Sun, Oct. 31, 1912.
President Taft sat down: Memorandum of Louis Seibold interview, Oct. 26, 1912, WHTP.
Taft nevertheless hoped to outpoll: WHT to Horace Taft, Nov. 1, 1912, WHTP.
“in excellent spirits” . . . the Associated Press: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 2, p. 837.
“anxious to carry out . . . the country will go on to ultimate happiness”: WHT and Louis Seibold interview, Nov. 1, 1912, WHTP.
“minor corrections . . . my closest friend”: Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 2, pp. 837–38.
a “leisurely” route . . . the prosperous economy and local events: San Francisco Call, Nov. 5, 1912.
Upon reaching Cincinnati . . . a small dinner party: Washington [DC] Herald, Nov. 5, 1912.
“slept late, ate a good breakfast”: Evening World (New York), Nov. 5, 1912.
At noon, he motored . . . his congressional seat: New York Tribune, Nov. 6, 1912.
“stood in line and waited”: Evening World, Nov. 5, 1912.
“a busy morning . . . Bull Mooser vote”: Washington Times, Nov. 5, 1912.
“a long ramble . . . and make a speech somewhere”: NYT, Nov. 6, 1912.
Wilson walked to his polling place . . . “every nook and corner”: RSB, Governor, 1910–1913, p. 407.
After casting his vote . . . an old friend: NYT, Nov. 6, 1912.
“was much in the nature”: Ibid.
“an air of gloom”: Ibid.; Washington [DC] Herald, Nov. 6, 1912.
“My dear”: Washington Times, Nov. 6, 1912.
“great emotion . . . the new administration”: RSB, Governor, 1910–1913, p. 409.
Wilson had achieved an immense victory . . . leaving only 41.9 percent: Gould, Four Hats in the Ring, pp. 174, 176.
“best wishes . . . guard around the house”: New York Sun, Nov. 6, 1912.
“They went in . . . from the big fireplace”: NYT, Nov. 6, 1912.
“Now old friends . . . That’s all”: Evening World, Nov. 6, 1912.
“chatted as gaily . . . from his shoulders”: Washington Herald, Nov. 7, 1912.
“hopeful . . . shock of real disappointment”: WHT to Horace Taft, Nov. 8, 1912, WHTP.
“The people of”: WHT to Mrs. Buckner A. Wallingford, Jr., Nov. 9, 1912, WHTP.
“As I look back”: WHT to Otto Bannard, Nov. 10, 1912, in Pringle, Life and Times, Vol. 2, p. 603.
“popular feeling”: EKR to Kermit Roosevelt, Nov. 6, 1912, KR Papers.
“There is no use . . . a better showing”: TR to Arthur Hamilton Lee, Nov. 5, 1912, in LTR, Vol. 7, p. 633.
“We must face”: TR to Gifford Pinchot, Nov. 13, 1912, in ibid., p. 642.
“It was a phenomenal thing”: TR to Henry White, Nov. 12, 1912, in ibid., p. 639.
“the leader for the time”: Evening World, Nov. 6, 1912.
the core progressive belief that government . . . our natural heritage: Richard Hofstadter, The Progressive Movement, 1900–1915 (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963), pp. 3, 4.
Epilogue
“I hear he’s leaving . . . back downstairs”: New York Tribune, May 27, 1918.
After the White House, Taft had become: Frederick C. Hicks, William Howard Taft, Yale Professor of Law & New Haven Citizen: An Academic Interlude in the Life of the Twenty-Seventh President of the United States and the Tenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945), pp. 1, 80.
he had begun work on his autobiography: Morris, Colonel Roosevelt, p. 256.
to explore the River of Doubt: Johnson and Malone, eds., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 8, p. 143.
and delivering scores of speeches each year: “Chronology,” Appendix IV, in LTR, Vol. 8, pp. 1480–94.
He had stopped at the Blackstone Hotel: John J. Leary, Talks with T.R., from the Diaries of John J. Leary, Jr. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1920), p. 200.
neither “cordial” nor “intimate”: WHT to Gustav J. Karger, April 14, 1915, in Taft-Karger Corr., CMC.
“armed neutrality”: WHT to Mabel Boardman, April 19, 1915, Mabel Thorp Boardman Papers, Manuscript Division, LC.
“How are you . . . between them”: William Lyons Phelps, Autobiography with Letters (New York: Oxford University Press, 1939), p. 618.
“cementing the union”: WHT to Gustav J. Karger, Sept. 26, 1915, in Taft-Karger Corr., CMC.
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a “Big Love Feast”: Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR), Oct. 4, 1916.
“the Republican fold”: Bridgeport [CT] Telegram, May 29, 1918.
“shook hands with”: WHT to HHT, Oct. 5, 1916, WHTP.
“I know something . . . the dispatches”: WHT to HHT, Feb. 9, 1918, WHTP.
The surgery to remedy . . . almost a month: Morris, Colonel Roosevelt, pp. 517–18.
“personally sent . . . by Your Message” TR telegram to WHT, Feb. 12, 1918, WHTP.
“sluggishness . . . after the war”: TR to WHT, Mar. 4, 1918, in LTR, Vol. 8, p. 1294n.
Taft wholeheartedly concurred: WHT to TR, Mar. 11, 1918, WHTP.
“I have embodied . . . thought of them!”: TR to WHT, Mar. 16, 1918, in LTR, Vol. 8, p. 1301.
“Theodore!” . . . erupted into applause: New York Tribune, May 27, 1918.
“T.R. and Taft’s got together”: Leary, Talks with T.R., pp. 201–2.
“By Godfrey . . . splendid of Taft”: Ibid., p. 204.
“like a pair of happy schoolboys”: New York Tribune, May 27, 1918.
“Taft was beaming . . . welfare of the Nation”: Leary, Talks with T.R., pp. 202–3.
“completely renewed”: TR to Henry Stimson, June 5, 1918, in LTR, Vol. 8, p. 1337.
“anyone else” . . . as long as he was needed: James Amos and John T. Flynn, “The Beloved Boss,” Collier’s, Aug. 7, 1926, p. 40.
“seemed better again”: CRR, My Brother, p. 363.
“the warmest room” . . . Metropolitan magazine: Morris, Colonel Roosevelt, pp. 549–50.
“There should be . . . higgle about the matter”: New York Tribune, Jan. 7, 1919.
“a happy and wonderful day”: EKR to TR, Jr., Jan. 12, 1919, TRJP.
“as it got dusk”: Ibid.
“sensation of depression”: New York Tribune, Jan. 7, 1919.
his heart were preparing to stop: NYT, Jan. 7, 1919.
“I know it is not”: EKR to KR, Jan. 12, 1919, KR and Belle Roosevelt Papers.
“examined him carefully”: New York Tribune, Jan. 7, 1919.
“James, don’t you . . . put out the light?”: Amos and Flynn, “The Beloved Boss,” Collier’s, Aug. 7, 1926, p. 40.
Edith came to check: EKR to Kermit Roosevelt, Jan. 12, 1919, KR Papers.
a “peaceful slumber” . . . Theodore was dead: Amos and Flynn, “The Beloved Boss,” Collier’s, Aug. 7, 1926, p. 40.