Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. H. Cowan
Theodore Roosevelt does not know who would want to invest in S. H. Cowan’s real estate securities.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-10
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Cowan, S. H. (Samuel Houston), 1858-1928
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. H. Cowan
President Roosevelt writes frankly to S. H. Cowan that he is not sure whether to reappoint Judson C. Clements, as Cowan advises, or if someone like Cowan himself or John Chester Allison would be better for the position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. H. Cowan
President Roosevelt thought S. H. Cowan’s letter was “mighty frank and manly,” and remarks on his high opinion of Cowan. Cowan’s praise of Judson C. Clements impressed him, but Roosevelt will need to consider if he believes that Clements will do better than Cowan would on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Roosevelt thinks that even if he does not appoint Cowan to the commission, he may wish for him to act as special counsel.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-28
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. H. Cowan
President Roosevelt agrees with most of what S. H. Cowan wrote in his letter, and would like for railroad rebates to be stopped and rates reduced. He believes it is wise for the Interstate Commerce Commission to have at least one person who can speak “with full understanding of and sympathy with the interests of the wage-workers,” and feels that the lack of such men in government is a constant problem. He is inclined to reappoint most of the members of the commission, but will try to fill the vacancies with a lawyer like Cowan describes.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. H. Cowen
President Roosevelt is not ready to speak definitely on the points that S. H. Cowan raised in his letter but will carefully go over what he wrote. Roosevelt is not yet concerned with the details of a bill but wishes to know the principle of it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. H. Cowan
President Roosevelt agrees with S. H. Cowan that he would have preferred the Long amendment to the Hepburn bill rather than the Allison amendment, but feels that the bill overall is satisfactory and that the amendments have improved it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-21