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President Roosevelt informs Senator Cullom that both he and President-Elect William H. Taft feel that the legation in China should be expanded into an embassy. He asks if Cullom can act on this suggestion.
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1908-12-26
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Cullom for the invitation to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the Cook County court house next September. Roosevelt wishes he could accept, but it is impossible for him to do so.
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1906-07-20
President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Cullom for his actions relating to the Algeciras matter. He advises Cullom to not agree to a time for a vote on the Santo Domingo Treaty until he confers with Secretary of State Elihu Root, as Root and Roosevelt “have a plan under way.”
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1906-06-28
President Roosevelt tells Senator Cullom that he hopes the treaty created at the Algeciras Convention will be ratified during this current session of Congress. He cannot understand how anyone is able to find anything objectionable in it, and comments that if it is rejected “it would mean that for the first time since the adoption of the Constitution this Government will be without a treaty with Morocco.”
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1906-06-26
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1906-01-15
Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914
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President Roosevelt appreciated receiving Senator Cullom’s letter. While no one can tell if they will be successful, Roosevelt feels he has done his best.
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1905-06-24
President Roosevelt understands what Senator Cullom has said and thanks him for all he has done. Roosevelt will send a message to the Senate on the matter of Santo Domingo next week, after the inauguration.
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1905-03-01
President Roosevelt discusses with Senator Cullom the implications of substituting terms such as “agreement” and “treaty” while amending the arbitration treaties. Doing this, Roosevelt believes, essentially makes the treaties useless, and is a “slight step backward as regards the question of international arbitration.”
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1905-02-10
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Cullom regarding several general arbitration treaties currently before the Senate. Roosevelt notes that as the treaties now appear, it might be possible for claims against individual states for state debts to be considered as matters for arbitration, and that such a thing is entirely inconceivable because of constitutional limitations. He explains that the objection to the amendment on this issue is due to the fact that the other various parties have already agreed on the form of the treaty, and that changing the treaty to add terms that would only affect the United States’ internal policy seems undesirable. In any case, the treaties are only for a term of five years, and will be interpreted as he set out above until the end of that period.
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1905-01-10
President Roosevelt reminds Senator Cullom of their conversation about raising the salaries of the Civil Service Commissioners and hopes Cullom will take favorable action on the matter.
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1904-12-17
President Roosevelt informs Senator Cullom that Paul Morton has consented to serve in the Cabinet.
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1904-06-24
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Cullom for the resolutions.
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1904-02-09
President Roosevelt encloses a memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Loomis, and comments on the Culbertson resolution. If taken literally, the Culbertson resolution would require all State Department correspondence related to Panama for the last sixty years to be turned over. The administration has nothing to hide and everything of importance has been made public. Roosevelt suggests that the resolution be modified to only apply to documents dated after May 1, 1903.
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1904-01-26
Lieutenant Governor Sherman thanks Senator Cullom for his kindness in promoting his appointment to the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission. Sherman did not support Cullom in hopes of such a favor in return, but rather because of his fitness to serve the state of Illinois. The state legislative session has just closed and Sherman has work to finish up before reporting to Washington. Sherman relays his understanding of proposed policy changes for the Commission and assures Cullom he is glad to follow the original policy.
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1907-05-13
Secretary of State Root writes to Senator Cullom, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, that he hopes the Senate will not adjourn without acting on the Algeciras Convention. Root argues that if the United States failed to ratify the conference it would “put the Government of the United States in a most humiliating position in the eyes of all the rest of the civilized world.”
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1906-06-25
Edwin S. Conway writes to Republican Senator Shelby Cullom protesting an amendment to the Interstate Commerce Commission law that would allow shippers to appear before court and present wrongs against them. As a shipper, he views this as another way for railroads to maintain an advantage, seeing as they are more organized than shippers. He commends President Roosevelt’s character and believes Roosevelt is looking out for the needs of the shippers.
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1905-11-25
Edwin A. Clarke describes the background of H. Dudley Coleman, a true Republican, whose political fortunes have fallen now that the “Lily White” Republicans are in control of the party in Louisiana. Clarke hopes Shelby M. Cullom will recommend Coleman to President Roosevelt for the position of postmaster for New Orleans.
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1904-03-05
Walter Reeves asks Senator Cullom to inform President Roosevelt that a resolution endorsing Roosevelt’s administration and nomination was passed by the Republican Convention of the 12th Congressional District of Illinois. Reeves and Colonel Ellwood will represent their district in Chicago and he is certain that Illinois will present a solid delegation for Roosevelt.
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1904-02-05