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Senator Foraker tells Secretary of War William H. Taft, “the correspondence between you and General McCaskey is entirely satisfactory.” Forakes reminds Taft of the re-enlistment amendment Taft said he would draft.
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1907-01-31
Senator Foraker informs Secretary of War Taft that the injunction of secrecy was removed by order of the Senate from the executive proceedings in regards to General Leonard Wood. Foraker was not able to attend but Senator John Kean was able to take his place.
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1907-01-18
Senator Foraker will go to Boston as President Roosevelt requested, and asks if Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody would be able to send him some local campaign literature prior to the trip.
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1903-10-19
Senator Foraker informs President Roosevelt that while Alaska is not in his committee’s jurisdiction, Hawaii is. Foraker updates Roosevelt on several matters concerning legislation regarding Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
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1906-11-28
In light of recent news from Cuba, Senator Foraker feels compelled to tell President Roosevelt that under the United States’ treaty with Cuba for the maintenance of a government, the power to intervene lies with the United States not solely the President.
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1906-09-26
Senator Foraker is hopeful of getting the bill conferring citizenship for Puerto Ricans up for consideration in the near future. Foraker assures President Roosevelt that he will work his hardest to secure passage of the bill.
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1906-05-31
Senator Foraker responds to President Roosevelt’s letter about a Senate bill that Foraker supports.
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1906-03-27
Joseph Benson Foraker writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a misunderstanding about Foraker’s request for a visit with Roosevelt.
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1905-09-04
Senator Foraker tells President Roosevelt that the gossip about Ohio State Senator David H. Moore’s indictment by an Athens County grand jury is false. Foraker transcribes in his letter the text of a telegram from the Prosecuting Attorney which states this fact.
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1905-05-30
Senator Foraker writes about Ohio’s loss of places in the consular service for equal representation purposes. He notes the many men who have held the different positions and how much effort it takes to deal with these details, such that he is trying to turn over the responsibility to Senator Charles Dick. Foraker asks President Roosevelt to appoint James Linn Rodgers to Shanghai.
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1905-02-24
Senator Foraker informs President Roosevelt that Elihu Root’s speech went well.
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1904-06-21
Senator Foraker informs President Roosevelt that Senator Burrows was not in Washington as previously thought and lets Roosevelt know that he will not write to him unless Roosevelt thinks it is absolutely necessary.
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1904-06-11
Senator Foraker relays excerpts to President Roosevelt from a letter Foraker received from an Ohio constituent, William Shine. Shine, a life-long Democrat, predicts Roosevelt will carry Ohio by 75,000 and states that his 3 Democratic sons are among Roosevelt’s supporters.
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1904-06-07
Senator Foraker wants to know if there is any truth to the news being reported from Washington about the Sandusky Collectorship.
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1904-04-16
Senator Foraker provides President Roosevelt with the names of individuals in Ohio he is recommending for appointments to the positions of port collector, postmaster, and appraiser.
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1904-04-14
Joseph Foraker discusses removal of postmasters.
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1904-03-21
Joseph Benson Foraker thanked the editor of the Toledo Blade, Robinson Locke, for editorials favoring Theodore Roosevelt.
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1904-02-10
Senator Foraker forwards a letter from George C. Manley, with information on Colorado politics.
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1904-02-09
A bill introduced by Senator Foraker that would relax some provisions from previously passed commerce legislation. The bill was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.
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1904-01-29
Senator Foraker encourages President Roosevelt to replace Collector of U.S. Customs in Sandusky, Ohio, Edmund H. Zurhorst, with Ohio State Senator Charles A. Judson.
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1904-01-23