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Francis E. Leupp has phoned to say President Roosevelt spoke to Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield. He reports that W. Scott Smith told him that he would like to be made Superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. Leupp would like to know Roosevelt’s wishes in the matter.
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1907-02-07
An appointment between President Roosevelt and the president and vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is rescheduled.
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1904-12-24
George B. Cortelyou requests that William Loeb ask President Roosevelt to authorize Loeb to wire Secretary of War William H. Taft concerning the retirement of Major Henry A. Barber, who is to be replaced by Edward S. Fowler.
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1904-07-26
George von Lengerke Meyer informs President Roosevelt there is opposition to Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou becoming the chairman of the Republican National Committee at the Republican National Convention. Meyer insists that Cornelius Newton Bliss arrive before Monday with word from Roosevelt that he supports Cortelyou.
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1904-06-17
A telephone message from Elmer Payne explains that Postmaster General Henry C. Payne has fallen ill and Senator Nathan Bay Scott will take over Payne’s place in running the Republican National Convention.
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1904-06-15
John E. Wilkie, chief of the Secret Service, has received the box and papers about Leon F. Colgosz that George B. Cortelyou sent him.
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1901-12-10
William J. Bruff’s Union Metallic Cartridge Company is sending 10,000 guns, but no ammunition, to the Cuban government tomorrow. The company sent a proposition to the Ordnance Department of the Army requesting to borrow five million cartridges. The department was to take the matter to President Roosevelt, but Bruff has not heard back. He requests to be informed as soon as possible of Roosevelt’s decision.
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1906-08-24
Henry L. Stoddard summarizes his efforts to line up delegates for Theodore Roosevelt and suggests strategies to use at the Republican National Convention.
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1912-06-08
George W. Perkins has arrived in Chicago, Illinois and is beginning arrangement for the Republican National Convention.
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1912-06-07
Two messages from George W. Perkins requesting information and arranging meetings.
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1912-06-07
Judge Thomas G. Jones of Alabama wrote a letter to President Roosevelt in 1907 regarding several people who wanted government appointments. One such person was Oscar R. Hundley, who has been appointed judge in Alabama. A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee would like the President to send a copy of the letter as it relates to Hundley.
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1908-05-11
Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou leaves a telephone message for President Roosevelt. The president’s letter is good and he should release it to run in Sunday’s newspapers. Cortelyou will return tomorrow morning and try to meet with Roosevelt in the afternoon or evening.
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1907-10-26
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou assures President Roosevelt that while the situation is still critical, the outlook should be better by the end of the day. Cortelyou is doing everything he can in New York and throughout the country, and he thinks the situation is much improved. Cortelyou should return to Washington by Sunday.
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1907-10-25
Colonel Edwards, head of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, leaves a telephone message at the White House regarding military movements in the Dominican Republic. Edwards conveys the contents of a confidential telegram that Colonel George Radcliffe Colton sent to Secretary of War William H. Taft. Colton reports on the United States’ withdrawal of war vessels, including three gunboats and one torpedo boat destroyer, and assures that there is “no cause for anxiety at the present moment.”
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1906-06-26
Representative Hepburn leaves a telephone message providing reassurance that the Hepburn Rate Bill will pass without incident. Hepburn states that some of the Senate conferees fear that the House will agree to some of the Senate’s amendments. Hepburn also states that James Schoolcraft Sherman and Senator Stephen Elkins of West Virginia are away.
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1906-06-20
Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia believes that the Hepburn Act, “will be substantially as the Senate had it.” Elkins feels that the bill is making better progress than the newspapers indicate. He does not know yet how the Senate will act on the Canal question.
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1906-06-16
W. G. McAdoo leaves a telephone message for Theodore Roosevelt recommending William McAdoo for special counsel in the prosecution of any antitrust cases.
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1906-05-08
Senator Clark reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unfavorably on the nomination of Judge Gillette of Oklahoma. Clark asks if President Roosevelt would like to have this reported to the Senate or withdraw his nomination.
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1906-04-30
Francis B. Loomis leaves a telephone message regarding his invitation to address the New York Southern Society tomorrow night. Loomis asks if there is anything President Roosevelt would like him to include in his speech, such as the work Secretary of State Root is doing to increase trade opportunities in South America or the treaty with Santo Domingo.
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1906-04-25
Upton Sinclair inquires about a report in the Chicago Tribune that President Roosevelt has called off the meat packing investigation Sinclair requested because Roosevelt believes Sinclair “shamelessly lied” to him. Sinclair asks if Roosevelt has truly called off the investigation.
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1906-04-11