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Senator Lodge has read the letter from John C. Rese and shown it to Senator Aldrich per President Roosevelt’s request.
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1902-05-31
Senator Lodge wants to send Mr. McDonald President Roosevelt’s letters – the first to Secretary of War Elihu Root, and the second responding to Lodge’s request on McDonald’s behalf – before McDonald writes to inquire the outcome of the request.
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1902-06-04
Henry Cabot Lodge appeals to President Roosevelt to assist in getting MacDonald an appointment in the army. MacDonald has been a captain and has commanded a battalion, and he has conducted himself honorably despite having been “cruelly slandered” by O’Brien.
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1902-05-28
Senator Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s speech as “one of the best speeches [Roosevelt] has ever made.”
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1902-05-30
Senator Lodge encloses an account of a race meeting held in Boston. A reference made to “Italian cunning” referred to the administration. The meeting was mostly concerned with Koester (probably George R. Koester, a candidate for government office in South Carolina who was accused of having participated in a lynching years before).
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1902-05-19
Senator Lodge encloses a letter that related to President Roosevelt’s safety.
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1902-05-20
Senator Lodge has the clipping from the New York Herald that President Roosevelt had George B. Cortelyou send, but he has already seen the article that was written by Judge Bumpus.
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1902-05-09
Senator Lodge returns a letter from John Elliott regarding Gallego immigration to an island (Cuba). Lodge believes their immigration would be valuable to the island. He also discusses some of the troubles that he is having getting the Philippine bill through. Lodge wants permission to use Elliott’s letter in debate on the Senate floor.
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1902-05-03
Senator Lodge encloses a telegram from Francis B. Forbes, who has experience in China and the Philippines. Lodge suggests they take Forbes’ opinion on the potential conflict with the Moros seriously. Lodge thinks that war with the Moros “should be avoided at all hazards,” especially in light of the recent insurrection in Luzon.
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1902-04-19
Senator Lodge has received an appeal from Charles V. Herdliska to transfer to Dublin, and he hopes that President Roosevelt will respond affirmatively. He comments that General Nelson Appleton Miles is bent on “political war.” Lodge encloses a letter from his friend Charles Inman Barnard, the Tribune‘s correspondent in Paris, along with some clippings Barnard sent, which Lodge thinks might amuse Mrs. Roosevelt.
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1902-03-20
Senator Lodge suggests that President Roosevelt write a congratulatory message to Edward Everett Hale which could be read at a meeting in honor of Hale’s eightieth birthday.
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1902-03-24
Henry Cabot Lodge encloses a letter from George W. Jolly, an applicant for Collector of Internal Revenue at Waynesboro, Kentucky.
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1902-03-14
Senator Lodge discusses a proposed clause in a bill regarding trade with the Philippines. Lodge supports the clause, arguing that it gives preference to American ships and thereby encourages the construction of new ships.
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1902-01-27
Senator Lodge encloses an important letter from Paul Dana of the New York Sun and a memorandum of the Schley case prepared by Charles Stewart Davison for President Roosevelt’s attention.
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1902-01-21
Senator Lodge encloses a letter from C. W. Haden for President Roosevelt’s consideration.
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1902-01-14
Senator Lodge wishes to advise President Roosevelt regarding a matter brought to his attention by Senator George Hoar. He notes that suspensions of the law are possible, and while they always involve risk, this case seems to merit such a suspension. (He is most likely responding to Senator Hoar’s telegrams to the President regarding the case of two children who arrived at Ellis Island with trachoma. The law would bar their entry. Hoar appeals for action to allow them to enter the country and be treated.)
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1902-01-01
Henry Cabot Lodge’s cold has come back with renewed force and he will not be able to meet President Roosevelt for a ride this afternoon. Lodge has arranged for a vote next Monday, but the House will not get him the bill until Thursday. So they can do nothing with it until after the recess, but his committee is ready for it.
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1901-12-13
Senator Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s annual address to Congress, noting the interest and attention it generated in both the Senate and the House. Lodge says that his wife Mrs. Nannie Lodge listened to it all, which is a tribute to Roosevelt. If Lodge cannot get a ride, he will telephone the White House.
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1901-12-03
Senator Lodge discusses several political appointments and senators, including his desire to chair the Senate Foreign Relations committee.
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1901-11-01
Senator Lodge is concerned about the superintendency of the observatory and believes that the Board of Visitors has gone beyond the intentions of the law as passed by Congress. He does not want the question to be reopened and favors keeping the position in the Navy. Lodge hopes the position will not be put under civilian control this year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-02