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Postmaster General Payne is surprised by the claim of the Civil Service Reform League that fourth-class postmasters were in the classified service by President Roosevelt’s order on March 20, 1903.
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1903-09-14
Postmaster General Payne has been served a subpoena to appear before the United States Commissioner in New York. He has been advised by Solicitor General Henry Martyn Hoyt not to obey the subpoena since he cannot produce the documents he has been asked for as they are held by inspectors across the country.
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1903-09-15
Postmaster General Payne realizes that President Roosevelt has received reports regarding the investigation of the offices of the First Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Payne will submit a full report very soon. He is also optimistic about the investigation in the New York office and trusts that the grand jury will hand down indictments soon.
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1903-09-18
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that Charles J. Bonaparte will be in Washington, D.C., on the 8th to further investigate the postmaster in Baltimore.
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1903-09-04
Postmaster General Payne returns a letter from William Loeb and includes a memorandum which gives the record of George W. Beavers in government service.
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1903-09-08
Postmaster General Payne will explain the facts about Charles T. McCoy to President Roosevelt. Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow believes McCoy should be removed as he is guilty of offenses that have always been punished by removal from service.
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1903-09-09
Postmaster General Payne encloses a letter from the United Typothetae of America protesting against the Post Office Department. Payne explains that members of the Typothetae collaborated to fix prices when they bid on a government contract for supplies.
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1903-09-09
Postmaster General Payne recommends that William Grant Edens, assistant general superintendent of the free delivery system in the post office, attend a meeting of the Letter Carriers’ Association instead of Charles T. McCoy, who is under investigation for inappropriate action.
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1903-08-27
Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt regarding the schedule of Charles J. Bonaparte. Payne would like to meet with both Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad.
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1903-08-28
Postmaster General Payne forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Judge George Gray and notes that if Gray were to seek nomination as a candidate for the presidency, his views are more consistent with the Republican than the Democratic party. Payne also comments on a newspaper article covering the actions of a Lutheran Synod, noting that this Synod turned the Germans in Wisconsin and Illinois against the Republican party in a previous election.
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1903-08-29
Postmaster General Payne notifies William Loeb that the Post Office Department knows of no one on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Letter Carriers who was unable to secure a leave of absence.
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1903-09-01
Postmaster General Payne returns to President Roosevelt a letter from James Grant Wilson. Payne writes about the promotion of Mr. Porter.
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1903-09-01
Postmaster General Payne writes to William Loeb regarding matters connected to the Letter Carriers’ Association meeting at Syracuse. Payne notes that Mr. Parsons’s reputation does not lend itself to the Post Office department giving him special consideration.
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1903-09-01
Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt concerning Holmes Conrad’s professional advice regarding the Baltimore postmaster investigation.
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1903-09-02
Postmaster General Payne writes to William Loeb about the restoration of Donatus O’Brien to his old place in the Post Office Department. Payne encloses a letter from Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne.
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1903-09-02
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt of the facts behind the New York Journal‘s attack on Payne, due to his involvement with the First National Bank of Milwaukee and the National Surety Company of New York.
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1903-09-03
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt of the extravagance of Postmaster S. Davies Warfield in Baltimore.
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1903-08-21
Postmaster General Payne has received President Roosevelt’s telegram regarding the Baltimore Post Office and has consulted with George B. Cortelyou. Payne provides more information on the investigation of S. Davies Warfield and John W. Pettit.
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1903-08-21
Postmaster General Payne forwards to Jacob Henry Bromwell a letter from E. F. Loud to the editor of the Washington Post.
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1903-08-21
Postmaster General Payne forwards to President Roosevelt the papers from the Lottsburg, Virginia, case.
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1903-08-22