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President Roosevelt thanks Philip Battell Stewart and Frances Cowles Stewart for the telegram. Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt suggests Philip B. Stewart distribute an enclosed article to the members of the Benevolent Order of Elks as a means to persuade the organization to prohibit the wearing of elk tusks amongst its members. Roosevelt dismisses any government action can be taken to prevent the practice but believes the order can preserve its reputation by banning a tradition that has contributed to the extinction of such a “noble beast’.
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1907-02-19
President Roosevelt is sorry to hear about Philip Battell Stewart’s “misadventure” and would like to know if there is anything he can do.
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1907-01-24
President Roosevelt is “puzzled” by a telegram from Philip Battell Stewart about Rittenhouse, a name he does not recognize. Roosevelt has put forward D. C. Bailey’s name and is sorry Stewart could not accept the Commissionership of the General Land Office.
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1907-01-15
President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart to be the Commissioner of the General Land Office. He is “discontented” with the current Interior Department, despite approving of Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. He plans to appoint James Rudolph Garfield as Secretary of the Interior, and to make a “pretty clean sweep” of the employees under him, except for men like Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp. He mentions that Gifford Pinchot would be one of Stewart’s coworkers, and emphasizes that Stewart would be perfect for the position.
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1906-12-22
President Roosevelt thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the telegram and wishes Stewart had been elected Governor of Colorado.
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1906-11-07
President Roosevelt feels Philip Battell Stewart, candidate for governor of Colorado, was right in his stand. He finds it unfortunate that at times the Republican party is put in the position of championing improper corporate influences, especially as it weakens the party’s other platforms.
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1906-09-25
President Roosevelt inquires as to Progressive candidate for governor of Colorado Philip Battell Stewart’s health.
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1906-09-17
President Roosevelt is “delighted” by Philip Battell Stewart’s gubernatorial nomination and wishes him luck.
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1906-09-15
President Roosevelt cannot write a personal letter for Progressive candidate for governor of Colorado Philip Battell Stewart and tells Republican State Chairman D.B. Fairley not to publish his letter. Roosevelt believes Secretary of War William H. Taft will be of help in the gubernatorial races in both Colorado and Idaho.
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1906-09-17
President Roosevelt thinks Philip Battell Stewart’s article is admirable, and has forwarded it along to Lyman Abbott. He hopes Abbott uses it, but does not know if he will.
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1906-06-16
President Roosevelt remarks to Philip Battell Stewart that it is difficult for him to tell what actions he takes will cause him trouble. Roosevelt has been subject to much criticism for his action in discontinuing a suit by Attorney General William H. Moody regarding allowing a railroad to travel through Gore Canyon instead of reserving it for the Reclamation Service. Roosevelt asks Stewart to write him a letter of clarification on a number of matters, as Stewart had previously informed Roosevelt that the sentiment in Colorado was that the railroad should be granted the right of passage in order to open northwestern Colorado for settlement. He was also under the impression that the Reclamation Service was not active in Gore Canyon. Roosevelt would like to make a strong statement showing that his action in this instance was proper.
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1906-05-17
President Roosevelt tells Philip Battell Stewart that “the result is just as much to your credit as mine!” The three Congressmen from Colorado are discontented, as they had finally come to a consensus on Joseph C. Helm as a candidate for the District Judgeship after much disagreement, but Roosevelt thought the process was too far along to switch.
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1906-04-16
President Roosevelt received an unsigned letter from Philip Battell Stewart which he suspects is unfinished. He asks Stewart to write him about Judge Robert E. Lewis, and jokingly says that if he does not want to sign it, to write “burn this letter” instead.
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1906-03-12
President Roosevelt assures Philip Battell Stewart that it was unnecessary for him to write to William Loeb. Stewart’s testament about Kurnal Rufus Babbitt’s character is sufficient to Roosevelt. However, Roosevelt does inform Stewart that there is “practically unanimous opinion against him” from everyone besides Stewart.
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1906-02-23
President Roosevelt is glad of what Philip Battell Stewart wrote him about Herbert J. Hagerman. Roosevelt believes that Hagerman is a “straight man” and they urgently needed someone like him in New Mexico.
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1906-01-01
Although President Roosevelt appreciates Philip Battell Stewart’s praise and optimism about his son Ted’s future football career, Roosevelt believes that he is “not good enough to be of the slightest account” to make the varsity team at Harvard. However, he agrees that Ted showed good spirit in the game.
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1905-11-23
President Roosevelt sends Philip Battell Stewart a complaint from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce which will outline the “serious side” of the situation concerning David H. Moffat. Although Roosevelt trusts Stewart’s judgment on the matter, he makes it clear that in general he is in favor of the public using irrigable water.
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1905-10-09
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1905-08-12
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1905-07-14
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919