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President Roosevelt agrees with Commissioner Garfield’s actions regarding the circular sent out by the Republican State Central Committee of Iowa. Steps will be taken to inform federal officials that contributions to political organizations are not required and there will be no consequences for not contributing.
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1902-09-11
President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving a copy of President Garfield’s speeches.
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1902-07-09
President Roosevelt is pleased that James Rudolph Garfield will be joining the Roosevelt administration. Garfield joined the United States Civil Service Commission in 1902.
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1902-03-31
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks James Rudolph Garfield for his note. He wishes his correspondents “were occasionally as reasonable as” Garfield.
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1897-09-27
Indian Affairs Commissioner Leupp refutes Civil Service Commission President John Charles Black’s assertion that allowing an Indian student to fill a non-competitive messenger position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs is against the civil service code and would lead to non-competitive hiring of unqualified people. Leupp tells Secretary of the Interior Garfield that he believes that placing a student from one of the Indian schools in the messenger position would encourage him to better himself and work to achieve promotion to more competitive roles, thus helping integrate into white society.
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1908-02-10
Solomon W. Seeman and Clarence E. Deal ask Secretary of the Interior Garfield to delay Frank C. Bramwell’s appointment as registrar of the land office at La Grande, Oregon, and promise explanatory materials will follow.
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1907-12-19
Solomon W. Seeman and Clarence E. Deal of the local Minister’s Union ask Secretary of the Interior Garfield not to nominate Frank C. Bramwell for the position of register of the land office at La Grande, Oregon, because of his ties to Mormonism.
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1907-12-19
Methodist minister James D. Gillilan believes that political appointments have been influenced by a powerful official in the Mormon Church. He informs Secretary of the Interior Garfield that the appointee for the La Grande, Oregon land office, Franklin C. Bramwell, is the son of the president of the Mormon Church “‘state,'” and therefore a “stick in the nostrils of the law abiding element.”
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1907-12-12
Willis Sweet sends Secretary of the Interior Garfield a copy of the statements he collected as evidence for his article in the Porto Rico Review pertaining to controversial comments made by Governor of Puerto Rico Regis Henri Post. It is well known that any public official in Puerto Rico caught divulging information about the comments will be immediately let go, so Sweet asks for Garfield and President Roosevelt to ensure that the witness not suffer retribution for coming forward with a statement. Sweet stands by the content of the article, asserting he had not exaggerated any of its details and had in fact downplayed several details.
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1907-11-28
Governor Hoggatt forwards Secretary of the Interior Garfield a letter for President Roosevelt expressing Alaska’s current legislative needs. He will send his report in a few days, followed by drafts for legislation.
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1907-09-24
In Secretary of War Taft’s absence, Fred W. Carpenter sends Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield a letter he has received concerning a rumor about the possibility of William M. Tipton being appointed Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico.
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1907-07-27
Superintendent Charles M. Ziebach submits to Secretary of the Interior Garfield the annual report on Sullys Hill National Park for 1907. With funding for improvements, visitation could increase. Ziebach has submitted an estimate for the amount it would take to improve the park and hopes it will be received favorably.
1907-09-21
Superintendent Charles M. Ziebach submits his annual report on Sullys Hill National Park to Secretary of the Interior Garfield. No money has been appropriated for the park, so no improvements have been made. Visitors numbers are low and will remain so without any appropriations to allow for improvements.
1908-12-07
Commissioner Ballinger of the General Land Office concurs with the proposed action of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding the desirability of creating Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone National Monuments.
1907-04-09
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Interior Garfield to modify the orders on coal entry from July and October 1906 to open about 28,000,000 acres of land for coal entry.
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1907-03-12
Rudolph Matz, Walter L. Fisher, and William C. Boyden write to James Rudolph Garfield with their availability at various times and locations for a meeting.
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1903-08-29
William C. Boyden writes to James Rudolph Garfield regarding the qualifications of Lyman E. Cooley and his appointment to the Drainage Canal board.
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1903-09-01
Walter L. Fisher writes to James Rudolph Garfield to give him information about Lyman E. Cooley and matters of policy relating to the Drainage Canal at Chicago. Original and typewritten copy.
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1903-09-02
Mr. Hoffelfinger has declined the appointment. Mark B. Dunnell would like President Roosevelt to consult with Senator Nelson regarding Dunnell’s fitness for the position.
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1903-04-27
John Crosby provides a positive reference for Mark B. Dunnell.
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1903-05-01