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Ethan Allen Hitchcock notes President Roosevelt’s statement regarding using caution before following Mr. Ivey’s recommendations.
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1903-02-03
Ethan Allen Hitchcock encloses information regarding the appointment and reappointment of “colored men” at the Department of the Interior in 1902.
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1903-01-31
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock reviews the qualifications for the two primary candidates for appointment as Register at Spokane, William H. Ludden and Hal J. Cole.
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1903-01-02
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses a note he sent to John F. Shepley, inquiring about Judge Henry C. Caldwell, and a telegram from Shepley replying in the negative.
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1902-10-13
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock believes Judge Henry C. Caldwell to be a man of great legal ability but finds his political views to be on the radical side and his legal opinions erratic. Hitchcock asks his son-in-law John F. Shepley to obtain an opinion on Caldwell from those who know him in St. Louis, Missouri. Is he a man of marked ability, good judgment, and able to conduct a lengthy and laborious investigation, with his conclusions accepted by the country as reliable and fair?
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1902-10-11
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses census data concerning Oklahoma and the Indian Territory that President Roosevelt can use in his upcoming speech to businessmen in St. Louis, Missouri. Hitchcock suggests that Roosevelt mention the increased manufacturing in the St. Louis area and call out their friend Adolphus Busch.
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1902-09-18
Ethan Allen Hitchcock invites the Roosevelt’s to a visit at their cottage.
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1902-07-25
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock denies ever having given credit to Representative Francis G. Newlands for the recently passed irrigation legislation. The published interview which attributes such a statement to Hitchcock is fake.
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1902-07-02
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock provides updates on the inspection of Indian Territory by Judge Ryan and Inspector Lucius A. Wright, the charges against Miss Ware and Mr. McKinley, and the Dewey killings.
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1903-07-02
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock has an inspector at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to look into the controversy pertaining to land leases. He encloses a letter from George Kennan regarding these leases and asks President Roosevelt for a detailed answer as to what needs to be done. He argues that an investigation needs to be held related to the leases of Indian land.
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1902-04-23
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses articles from the Outlook magazine pertaining to leases of land on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. A controversy is brewing over these leases and Hitchcock orders C. F. Nesler to investigate whether the Standing Rock Indians desire the lease and the propriety with which the government made the lease.
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1902-04-22
In response to a request from President Roosevelt for Tams Bixby to be called to Washington, D.C., Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock reports on his communications with Bixby. As a member of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, Bixby was in Washington, D.C., for an extended period of time in February and March to negotiate agreements with the tribes. He was to return to Indian Territory immediately following, but Hitchcock has learned by telegraph that he has not yet returned. Given his long absence and the important work to be done there, Hitchcock has instructed Bixby to remain where he is until further instructions.
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1902-04-15
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock thanks President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for extending their sympathies over the recent death of Hitchcock’s brother.
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1902-03-19
Secretary Hitchcock’s brother passed away this morning.
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1902-03-18
The Department of the Interior is considering changes to the personnel of the Oregon forest reserves due to the Forest Superintendent’s policy of disbanding the forest force from November until June. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock cites multiple illegal activities on the part of forest rangers and incompetency on the part of supervisors. The personnel change is opposed by Governor Theodore Thurston Geer who has been encouraging Oregon’s Congressional delegation to join in his appeal.
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1902-02-10
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses telegrams from Charles Nagel and George D. Reynolds, expressing concern about the appointment of Charles F. Wenneker as collector of internal revenue at St. Louis.
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1901-12-18
Records indicate that Agent C. P. Mathewson of the Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, is a good agent without any charges on file. Edward Rosewater complained about Mathewson because he would not recommend a change in the agency’s Indian tradership. The traders were investigated and found to be creditable. Rosewater’s complaints are politically motivated.
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1901-12-12