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Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry relays a message to Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte from Charles William Fulton. Fulton hopes final action will not be taken until he can have a personal interview with Bonaparte and President Roosevelt.
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1906-08-29
Editor of the Providence Journal, Frederick Roy Martin, responds to Charles J. Bonaparte’s criticism of the editorial entitled, “A Lamentable Naval Episode.” Martin notes that if Bonaparte’s “criticism of this editorial had been based upon fact” the paper would no doubt apologize to President Roosevelt. He advises Bonaparte to read the editorial in full.
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1906-08-03
Admiral Harrington highly recommends that New York State Commission member Hugh Gordon Miller be appointed to a government position.
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1906-06-15
Assistant Attorney General Robb updates Attorney General Bonaparte on the investigation of the assassination of former governor of Idaho Frank Steunenberg. Robb focuses on the confessions of arrested individuals and accusations of mistreatment of the suspects. Robb also discusses the depth of corruption in the Western Federation of Miners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-19
Sydney Emmanuel Mudd writes to Charles J. Bonaparte about a dry dock provision and would like the opportunity to discuss the measure with President Roosevelt.
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1906-05-11
John C. Simering writes to Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte at the direction of President Roosevelt. Simering provides Bonaparte with the details of the Travelers Protective Association of America’s needs and wants regarding interstate commerce legislation.
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1906-05-12
George Brunswick asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte where in the Constitution it states that President Roosevelt can commission a boat from the United States Navy for his own private purposes.
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1906-04-11
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Captain S. W. B. Diehl has requested that Chaplain William Henry Reaney be transferred to the prison ship “Southery.”
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1906-03-27
Admiral Southerland writes to Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, identifying Horacio Vasquez as a person of great importance in the Santo Domingo matter.
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1906-01-16
Captain Mason, Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance, writes to Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte discussing the Naval budget and ammunition supply needs of various battleships and cruisers in a time of war. The bureau recommends replenishing as soon as possible the navy’s reserve supply of ammunition and gunpowder, as it would take too long to manufacture in the event of war. The current reserves of older brown powder will not be sufficient as they only work with older classes of ships, and even then inefficiently.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-09
R. B. Bradford informs Charles J. Bonaparte that he fears a political crisis in Santo Domingo City.
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1905-11-20
R. B. Bradford confirms that he received the message from Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte concerning a “coastwise shipment” of arms and ammunition. Bradford explains that several hundred pounds of powder and ammunition have been seized en route from Santo Domingo to “Sanchez” and “Monte Christi.”
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1905-11-26
Admiral Dewey presents recommendations to diminish the rapid deterioration of heavy guns of high power.
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1905-07-26
Rollin Cooke writes Charles J. Bonaparte thanking him for his letter to the Springfield Republican.
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1904-08-31
Charles Francis Adams expresses his views about President Roosevelt’s intervention in the Anthracite Coal Strike, which Adams believes was an “egregious blunder.” He encloses a copy of a speech that was prepared for an anti-imperialist meeting.
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1904-08-09
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1908-12-31
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
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1903-09-15
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1903-10-10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, which showed his fair enforcement of the law. His attackers use the press and their wealth to recruit powerful people, like college presidents and corrupt judges, to their side at the cost of the “plain people.” These attackers know that developments like the Hepburn Rate Law, the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and protections for workers have been effective against moneyed interests and criminals, but they are often lawyers or editors who answer to the corporations. The individual men to whom he refers are, however, merely puppets, and the true issue should be taken with the offenders who stand behind them and control enormous wealth. He and Bonaparte are not responsible for the economic panic, but are striving for the right “in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-23