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John Grimes Walker, president of the Isthmian Canal Commission, describes a claim John R. Hudson made against the commission. Hudson resigned his position after he was not reassigned from Nicaragua to Washington, D.C. Walker refutes various statements made in Hudson’s claim.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-23
Owen Wister regrets that he was unable to be with President Roosevelt at Yale University. He is glad Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington forced the southern states to show their “dirty hand.” Wister recently became the father of twins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-23
Frederick William Holls defends Consul Diederich, the American consul in Bremen, Germany, against the recent effort to have him dismissed. Holls suggests that the a new commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island should be fit to be a federal judge and a “native born American of eminence.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-24
John Fox has checked Henry C. McDowell’s credentials and believes President Roosevelt will be satisfied with them. He encloses his most recent book and a letter from Joshua F. Bullitt. Fox thanks Roosevelt for the dinner invitation.
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1901-10-24
Secretary of the Treasury Gage describes the work history and charges against Moses Dillon, the collector of customs at El Paso, Texas. Dillon has a history of violations and poor conduct. Gage believes the service would be improved without Dillon.
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1901-10-24
Senator Hawley supports the retention of Assistant Secretary Cridler, a “gentleman” who admirably performed his duties over the past twenty-five years. He urges President Roosevelt to carefully consider Cridler’s discharge from the State Department.
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1901-10-24
The Isthmian canal treaty is fine and the British government only requests the removal of their own amendment. Ambassador Swenson informed Secretary of State Hay that Denmark will not negotiate unless the prices are raised. Hay asks President Roosevelt to consider the matter and provide him with an answer tomorrow.
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1901-10-24
Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James asks President Roosevelt to consider appointing Richard Somers Gallaway to the Naval Academy. The family are not people of influence and have no other way to get such an appointment, although the young man’s father and grandfather have served in the navy and army, respectively.
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1901-10-24
Senator Lodge refers to a personal favor asked of President Roosevelt in a previous letter. He requests Roosevelt consider the favor “unsaid.”
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1901-10-24
Senator Lodge discusses political and personal matters with President Roosevelt. He considers a political appointment for Herbert H. D. Peirce, appointees in Virginia, and the need to discuss appointments in Colorado with Edward Oliver Wolcott before making a decision. He also extends sympathy for Ted Roosevelt’s recent injury.
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1901-10-24
Leila Roosevelt Reeve-Merritt congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. Reeve-Merritt has been traveling in Europe and will be returning to the United States on October 31, in time to attend Alice Roosevelt’s social debut.
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1901-10-24
Douglas Robinson believes that President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt should sign over their preferred stock in the United States Leather Company to Kilbreth & Farr so that it may be sold. Robinson states that Roosevelt should move his investments from industrial stocks to bonds.
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1901-10-24
Daniel Tria Tirona forwards a resolution from the Cavite provincial board to Governor Taft. The resolution requests that the United States Philippine Commission address the situation with the Spanish friars as soon as possible.
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1901-10-24
Sam M. Van Cleave has been busy at work and his wife may have cancer. O. M. Campbell can depend on President Roosevelt being a “gimme Republican” yet sympathetic with the general public and that the majority of Roosevelt’s policies will be the same as the McKinley administration. Van Cleave predicts that Roosevelt will have problems with some cabinet officers, including Secretary of State John Hay.
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1901-10-24
Booker T. Washington regrets that he could not meet with President Roosevelt in New Haven, Connecticut. He has prepared a list of African American men who would be good candidates for the position of civil magistrate in Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-24
Business card of William L. Vail, editor of the Mexican Journal of Commerce and financial editor of the Mexican Herald.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10
South Carolina is not concerned about the appointment of George R. Koester.
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1901-10
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt relays Robert Croker’s opinion of President Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington. Croker believes the dinner was an excellent political move and will secure one hundred votes for every vote it lost.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25
Secretary of the Treasury Gage encloses documents for President Roosevelt to review and return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25
President Roosevelt’s decision to host Booker T. Washington at the White House has caused race relations in the South to deteriorate. The writer also states Roosevelt’s “sporting blood” must have impacted his decision to appoint George R. Koester, who has a history of violence against African Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10