Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): African trypanosomiasis, Books and reading, California, Charles Scribner's Sons, Crane, Morton E., 1857-1912, Dikes (Engineering), Emigration and immigration law, Governmental investigations, Hall, Prescott F. (Prescott Farnsworth), 1868-1921, Illinois--Chicago, Immigrants--Legal status, laws, etc., Immigration enforcement, Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929, Lodge, Anna Cabot Mills Davis, 1851-1915, Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949, Maryland--Baltimore, Massachusetts--Boston, Nepotism, Netherlands, New York (State)--New York, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Political corruption, Prostitution, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Safaris, Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932, Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926, Tacitus, Cornelius, United States. Bureau of Immigration, United States. Department of Commerce, United States. Dept. of Commerce, Wheeler, William R., 1862-1935
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Senator Lodge returns some letters from Prescott F. Hall to President Roosevelt and reports on his findings regarding Hall’s allegations. Lodge’s Commision on Immigration found that appeal reversals did not increase under Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus. Lodge has found no proof that Leslie M. Shaw’s personal views have affected governmental operations. Lodge has visited Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, and can find no evidence of what Hall alleges. Lodge found evidence of immigration enforcement corruption in California, but believes it has been remedied. In Chicago, Lodge found evidence of police corruption in enforcing laws against prostitution. In the southern states, Lodge has found problems with nepotism. Lodge emphasizes that it will take a great deal of time to collect evidence and create reports of his investigations. Lodge is pleased to hear of President Roosevelt’s African safari plans, but warns him to be careful of flies carrying sleeping sickness. He writes about the impressive dike engineering in the Netherlands, and of a book by Maurice Maeterlinck he believes the Roosevelts will enjoy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-26
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
9
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt. [July 26, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o58923. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt. [26 Jul. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. July 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o58923.
APA:
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924., [1908, July 26]. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o58923.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. July 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
