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President Roosevelt was unaware of a vacancy in the Board of Indian Commissioners but would be interested in appointing Draper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-11
President Roosevelt does not favor altering the tariff but due to widespread public support believes that something needs to be done. Roosevelt would like to pass the reciprocity treaties and perhaps appoint a commission to investigate the tariff in order to avoid “partisan agitation.” Roosevelt hopes that the Democrats decide on a tariff policy that allows the Roosevelt administration to “beat them out of their boots.”
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1902-08-12
President Roosevelt was pleased to see Harris’s letter regarding the President’s speech at Boston.
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1902-07-02
President Roosevelt urges Nicholas Murray Butler to visit and spend the night of June 18 in the White House.
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1902-06-09
President Roosevelt spoke at Arlington because he felt that the country was not satisfied with the administration’s case on what is being done in the Philippines. Roosevelt understands Butler’s objections to the bills but fears that so much work will be lost if they are vetoed. Plus, Secretaries Root and Moody favor the bills.
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1902-06-03
President Roosevelt gives his thoughts on several political issues; including Cuban reciprocity, tariffs, the Philippines debate, and the fall campaigns.
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1902-05-27
President Roosevelt hopes that Nicholas Murray Butler can arrange to accompany him on a western trip set for next year.
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1902-05-01
President Roosevelt is having problems with the white community in Georgia because the three best state offices are held by African Americans. He also remains firm in his support for Cuban reciprocity.
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1902-02-04
President Roosevelt did not ask Speyer because that would have meant including Jacob Schiff or hurting his feelings. J. Pierpont Morgan will be “the big representative man of New York.”
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1902-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his confidence and high regard for Crosby Stuart Noyes and Henry B. F. Macfarland based on his professional experience working with them.
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1902-01-02
President Roosevelt has had several people look into the charges regarding the “school case” in Washington, D.C., and they all found the charges to be completely unsubstantiated. General Henry V. Boynton and Henry B. F. Macfarland believe the charges to be only a product of Superintendent W. B. Powell’s malice. George Herbert Harries says he will not resign.
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1901-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt forwards a letter to Nicholas Murray Butler and asks whether Butler has any recommendations for “any man of the type indicated.”
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1901-12-11
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Edward Rosewater of the Omaha Bee to illustrate to Dr. Butler the “kind of request he makes.”
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1901-12-14
President Roosevelt wonders how Alfred Treadway White would do as the Immigration Commissioner, and whether he would accept the position.
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1901-11-27
President Roosevelt asks Nicholas Murray Butler his opinion on potential appointees to the United States Immigration Bureau. Roosevelt believes there needs to be radical change in the bureau.
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1901-11-22
President Roosevelt approves of Nicholas Murray Butler’s suggestion and requests the names of the presidents of three unspecified institutions.
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1901-11-09
President Roosevelt requests recommendations for “young fellows” to be examined for vacant second lieutenant positions in the army. He exhorts Nicholas Murray Butler to keep this request entirely private so he is not inundated with recommendations for unqualified men.
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1901-11-01
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1899-01-18
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-03-10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
English
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will write a letter to the individual as Nicholas Murray Butler requested but offers to introduce him in person instead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-26