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President Roosevelt tells St. Clair McKelway that he unfortunately sent in a judicial nomination on the previous day. Roosevelt appreciated McKelway’s thoughts on the recent situation with Ambassador B. Storer, and also enjoyed his recent editorial.
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1906-12-11
President Roosevelt is seeking a new postmaster for Brooklyn, New York, and would like to know St. Clair McKelway’s opinion of potential candidate George H. Roberts.
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1901-10-08
President Roosevelt appreciated St. Clair McKelway’s editorial on his attitude towards the mayoral election. As president, Roosevelt feels it “absolutely necessary” that he takes no public part in local campaigns.
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1901-09-30
Newly appointed President Roosevelt writes that St. Clair McKelway’s words have strengthened him, particularly what McKelway said about Roosevelt’s time as Governor. Roosevelt invites McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, to the White House to discuss his plans for policy. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt can spend time with Virginia Brooks Thompson McKelway.
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1901-09-16
President Roosevelt thanks St. Clair McKelway for his editorial about Roosevelt’s address at the opening of the Jamestown exposition. Roosevelt also appreciated McKelway’s editorial on his letter to William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) regarding the Moyer-Haywood affair. Roosevelt is proud of the letter because he was providing leadership to politicians on a current issue.
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1907-04-28
President Roosevelt reiterates to Dr. McKelway that he does not wish to initiate a meeting with the financier Edward J. Berwind but is more than happy to meet him if he proposes a discussion with Roosevelt.
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1907-03-20
President Roosevelt informs Dr. McKelway that he is wary of inviting Edward J. Berwind or other financiers to meet because they seem to misinterpret his words and because those not invited may resent not be included. However, Roosevelt is willing to meet with anyone who seeks a meeting with him.
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1907-03-18
President Roosevelt writes a thank you note to St. Clair McKelway.
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1904-03-21
President Roosevelt calls St. Clair McKelway’s attention to an article by Frederick Boyd Stevenson that appeared in the March 13 edition of Brooklyn Eagle. Roosevelt argues that Stevens makes many false statements regarding government expenditures.
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1904-03-17
President Roosevelt is pleased that the Venezuelan crisis will be handled by the Hague tribunal and that no European nation was able to gain a territorial foothold on the pretext of debt collection.
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1902-12-29
President Roosevelt appreciated Dr. McKelway’s editorial on the Anthracite Coal Strike and would like to meet with McKelway in order to show him what is being done to conclude the strike. Roosevelt finds that two-thirds of the requests and suggestions he receives regarding the strike are “ludicrous.”
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1902-10-07
President Roosevelt would like to know if St. Clair McKelway wrote the editorial about his recent speeches. If so, Roosevelt sends his thanks for the “nicest thing that has ever been said of them.”
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1902-05-24
President Roosevelt is dining with Eugene F. Ware on Thursday and invites St. Clair McKelway to join them.
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1902-05-01
President Roosevelt has received a great deal of correspondence regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations with Rome (i.e. the Vatican). Roosevelt would like to go over the matter with St. Clair McKelway and William H. Taft.
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1902-04-21
President Roosevelt will go over St. Clair McKelway’s note with Secretary of War Elihu Root and Governor General William H. Taft. Taft wants to go straight to Rome to settle the friar question. Roosevelt considers the negotiations to be businesslike in character and not diplomatic.
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1902-04-01
President Roosevelt would like to put Arent Crowninshield on the European squadron so Henry Clay Taylor can be chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Roosevelt hopes to speak with St. Clair McKelway on the subject.
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1902-01-16
President Roosevelt wonders how A. T. White would do as the Immigration Commissioner, and whether he would accept the position.
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1901-11-27
President Roosevelt may appoint Gorge H. Roberts as postmaster in Brooklyn, New York, and then appoint an “absolutely new man” as Immigration Commissioner. He asks St. Clair McKelway for recommendations.
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1901-11-21
St. Clair McKelway has given President Roosevelt exactly the information he wanted. Roosevelt will use some of McKelway’s conclusions when asking Seth Low for his judgment.
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1901-10-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt expresses his admiration for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and compares support from the newspaper to that of a character, Emma Micawber, in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Roosevelt informs St. Clair McKelway that Dalton is not eligible for the gunnery class in the United States Navy because he is not a continuous serviceman.
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1897-08-02