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33 And he was quick Philadelphia Public Record, The Washington Post, and Utica, N.Y., Observer, 19 June 1904; Philadelphia American, 10 June 1904. Thorelli, Federal Antitrust Policy, 407, and Eitler, “Philander Chase Knox,” 207–8, agree with Knox’s sober self-assessment. “Almost without exception,” Eitler remarks, “the record … was one of presidential leadership by Roosevelt and conservative legalistic support by Knox.” As an executive pair, they separately represented the promise and the restraints of the Constitution.
34 JOHN HAY FORWARDED Foreign Relations 1904, 500; John Hay diary, 14 June 1904 (JH); Hay to TR, 15 June 1904 (TD).
35 The Secretary’s desire Dennett, John Hay, 402.
36 “Our position must” TR to John Hay, 15 June 1904 (JH).
37 Hay unhappily Still, American Sea Power, 167; Jules Jusserand to Théophile Delcassé, Documents diplomatiques, series 2, vol. 25, 234; Larsen, “Theodore Roosevelt and the Moroccan Crisis,” 42–44.
38 “The President’s will” Jules Jusserand to Théophile Delcassé, 19 June 1904 (JJ). The French government did, however, put considerable diplomatic pressure on Morocco to settle with Raisuli. Since the Sultan was newly indebted to Foreign Minister Delcassé for a fifty-million-franc loan, he could hardly refuse. In “Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead,” American Heritage, Aug. 1959, Barbara Tuchman remarks of the Roosevelt/Hay approach to Jusserand: “By recognizing France’s special status in Morocco, this step, consciously taken, was of international significance in the train of crises that was to lead through Algericas and Agadir to 1914.” It is also possible that TR, a punctilious diplomat, was simply honoring the month-old Anglo-French Entente.
39 Similar complaints The New York Times, 17 June 1904; Dawes, Journal of the McKinley Years, 374–76; Wheaton, “Genius and the Jurist,” 278–80; Howe, George von Lengerke Meyer, 92; TR, Letters, vol. 4, 838–39; Charles G. Dawes to TR, 18 June 1904 (TRP); New York Sun, 18 June 1904.
40 “Excitement is” Henry Cabot Lodge to TR, 24 June 1904 (TRP).
41 Old-timers talked The best account of TR’s role in the 1884 convention is Putnam, Theodore Roosevelt, chap. 23.
42 Now, two decades The New York Times, 20 June 1904; “The Republican National Convention,” Review of Reviews, Aug. 1904.
43 “From Panama on” Kerr, Bully Father, 156–57. This letter of 20 June 1904 is misdated “June 21” in TR, Letters, vol. 4, 840.
44 LONG BEFORE PROCEEDINGS The New York Times, 21 and 19 June 1904; Bolles, Tyrant from Illinois, 45; New York Sun, 21 June 1904. “From beginning to end, [the convention] was ruled with an iron hand beneath a soft glove … the master was recognized, and loyalty to the party was simply servility to orders.” Review of Reviews, Aug. 1904.
45 One thing Roosevelt New York World, 22 June 1904; New York Sun, 21–23 June 1904.
46 A question buzzed Wheaton, “Genius and Jurist,” 283; New York Sun, 22 June 1904.
47 At 12:14, another Payne, acting chairman of the convention, died on 4 Oct. 1904. Except where otherwise indicated, the following account (including speech quotations) is based on Official Proceedings of the 13th Republican National Convention in the City of Chicago, June 21, 22, 23, 24, 1904 (Minneapolis, 1904).
48 Elihu Root rose New York Sun, 22 June 1904.
49 “Louder!” a voice The New York Times, 22 June 1904.
50 IN WASHINGTON, it Washington Evening Star, 22 June 1904; Elihu Root to TR, 14 June 1904 (TRP). TR had supplied the list of “achievements” himself. See TR, Letters, vol. 4, 810–13, and Jessup, Elihu Root, vol. 1, 421–23.
51 IN TANGIER, it The exact time difference between Washington and Tangier was four hours and forty-five minutes. World Almanac, 1904.
52 Today, 21 June Samuel Gummeré to John Hay, 19 and 20 June 1904