November 08, 1904
Rosemount, Esopus, N.Y., 8:30 P.M., Nov. 8.
The President, Washington, D.C.:
The people by their votes have emphatically approved your Administration and I congratulate you.
ALTON B. PARKER.
Source: "Parker to Roosevelt, Sends His Congratulations at 8:30 P.M.— The President Replies," New York Times, November 9, 1904, p. 1.
Alton B. Parker, Telegram to President Roosevelt Conceding the Presidential Election Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/345953