Correspondence, 1893-1922 (bulk 1893-1918).

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Correspondence, 1893-1922 (bulk 1893-1918).

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Primarily letters received, many of them political. Included is correspondence pertaining to issues relating to the governance of Olathe, Kan., while George Hodges's brother Frank was mayor; Frank's son's deafness; the 1902 Congressional campaign; hunting; civic matters; George Hodges's election as State senator, 1904; a coal weighing bill; Barney Sheridan; legislative matters, including roads & lead paint; politics; George Hodges's pursuit of the Democratic gubernatorial nomination; newspapers' opposition to his bid; keeping progressive Democrats "in line"; a "lumber trust"; a heated race for chairman of the Democratic State Committee; analysis of Hodges's defeat in 1910; available state jobs; the 1912 U.S. Senate & gubernatorial race and Hodges's candidacy for the latter; strife within the Democratic Party; the 1912 primary & general elections; Woodrow Wilson; Hodges's labor views; direct election of U.S. senators; candidacy of William Thompson for U.S. Senate; Prohibition; political appointments; Hodges's bid for re-election in 1914; speaking at Chautauquas, Anti-Saloon League, & other Prohibition events; his possible candidacy for a Federal Trade Commission position; possible candidates in 1916; the 1916 State Democratic convention; his lumber business; his appointment to the Food Conservation Commission of Kansas; and his candidacy in the 1918 U.S. Senate race. Correspondents include Henry J. Allen, J.D. Botkin, William Jennings Bryan, Samuel Crumbine, Herbert S. Hadley, Grant Harrington, Frank Hodges, John P. St. John, and Charles M. Sheldon. School Textbook Commission correspondence, Nov. 1911-Nov. 1912 (bulk Nov. 1911-May 1912) deals with proposed changes in legislation, merits of specific texts, and pricing.

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