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William Loeb received Senator Nelson’s letter and will send an invitation for Mrs. Thomas F. Hurley and Ms. Hurley for the reception on January 31.
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1907-01-12
President Roosevelt hopes to appoint a Lutheran Chaplain in the Army, and asks Senator Nelson of Minnesota if he can recommend a good Scandinavian candidate for such a position.
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1901-10-09
President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Nelson before November 1.
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1901-10-01
President Roosevelt assures Minnesota Senator Nelson that he is not discriminating against him in refusing his pick for a judicial appointment. However, he believes that judges should retire at 70 and thus does not want to appoint Judge William Edward Hale because he is already older than 60. With few exceptions, Roosevelt does not nominate judges older than 60.
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1908-04-14
President Roosevelt has spoken to “certain members” of the Minnesota bar and discovered that they disapprove of Senator Knute Nelson’s choice of William Edward Hale because he is too old. They would rather push David F. Simpson for the position. Roosevelt thinks that Hale should not be appointed.
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1908-04-10
President Roosevelt received Senator Nelson’s letter, and says it was very kind of him to write. He returns the letter.
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1908-04-05
President Roosevelt informs Minnesota Senator Nelson that all candidates to West Point must pass the examination, and many of the candidates Roosevelt himself sends to West Point or Annapolis fail these examinations.
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1907-11-01
President Roosevelt asks Senator Nelson how to get a good Lutheran minister for the Navy.
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1907-10-27
President Roosevelt assures Senator Nelson that he will likely appoint “young Blawn” principal at the United States Military Academy. As a rule, Roosevelt says he appoints the son of an enlisted man to both the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy, so unless another such man with more qualifications seeks appointment, Blawn will get the job.
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1907-02-04
President Roosevelt will carefully consider John N. Speel as suggested by Senator Nelson. He does not recall much about Speel but remembers one of the candidates feigned illness at the start of the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt knows Nelson will approve of finding the best man for the position.
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1906-08-30
President Roosevelt tells Senator Nelson that his memory of the matter Nelson referred to was the same, and that during the discussions of the bill establishing the Department of Commerce and Labor they agreed that the bill in the House did not provide the department with enough power, leading to Roosevelt asking Attorney General Philander C. Knox to prepare an amendment for Nelson to introduce. No one involved with the bill, however, expected a decision like the recent one made by Judge J. Otis Humphry in the beef trust case. If Congress passes a law granting the government the right of appeal, Roosevelt assures Nelson that it will be used in this case.
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1906-07-21
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Nelson because the actions of Senator Eugene Hale, likely on behalf of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, referring to Senator Joseph W. Bailey’s amendment have changed the situation enough to warrant a reevaluation of the amendments. Roosevelt was worried at first about the constitutionality of Bailey’s amendment, but feels that if it is put in as a separate clause so that it does not risk the entire bill, it may be all right. He suspects that several ‘railway Senators’ have supported Bailey’s amendment because they believe it will be struck down by the courts and thereby stop the entire legislation. He reiterates that he is fine with Bailey’s amendment, but hopes that Nelson or Senator William B. Allison will be able to insist on separate votes, splitting the amendment into two.
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1906-04-11
President Roosevelt approves of an amendment that Senator Nelson of Minnesota sent to him, although he suggests a slight change. Roosevelt has considered the petition of a number of people to pardon C. W. Malchow, a doctor who has been convicted for circulating obscene literature; but upon further research into the case feels that “it is a hideous and loathsome book,” and that he “would as soon see poison circulated in the household as see that book put therein,” and therefore feels the man should serve his whole sentence.
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1906-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt tells Senator Nelson that while he has done his best to bring Russia and Japan together, he is not sure if it will result in peace. He is not sure what he can do about the other matter regarding relations between Norway and Sweden, as he does “not want to get to be a ‘meddlesome Matty’ in foreign affairs.” If he sees an opportunity to say something that will have a positive effect, he will do so.
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1905-06-23
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Senator Nelson a letter and photograph for Mads O. Ulstad.
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1905-01-17
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Nelson for his congratulations.
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1904-11-17
Theodore Roosevelt has faith in Knute Nelson’s influence and wonders if he could speak in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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1904-10-04
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Knute Nelson for his speech, a copy of which Nelson sent to Roosevelt.
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1904-10-03
President Roosevelt informs Senator Nelson that the charges against Consul General John Goodnow may be very serious indeed, and that Roosevelt has ordered Goodnow home from China to answer for them.
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1904-09-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Senator Knute Nelson and writes, “It seems to me that the action of the Minnesota people was wise and conservative.” Roosevelt wants to see Nelson soon to “talk it over.”
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1904-03-25