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On behalf of the Board of Indian Commissioners, part of the Department of the Interior, Merrill Edwards Gates transmits a resolution thanking President Roosevelt for respecting the opinions and work of the Board throughout his time in office. The Board hopes Roosevelt will continue to be involved in matters regarding Native Americans.
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1909-02-24
On behalf of the Peru Trades & Labor Council, Herman C. Uthoff demands that President Roosevelt writes an apology to Big Bill Haywood, George Pettibone, and Charles Moyer for his comments calling them undesirable citizens in the wake of the assassination of ex-Idaho Governor Steunenberg. All three men have been acquitted of the murder. Their accusation was part of a conspiracy against labor union leaders.
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1908-01-08
The Grocers’ Federation of the United Kingdom issues a resolution in support of President Roosevelt’s actions in seeking to legislate better inspection of preserved provisions. Unless the Federation receives an assurance that future preserved provisions from the United States will be issued with a government certificate attesting to their soundness, it will recommend that trade in these goods should cease until such assurances are received.
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1906-07-02
With peace talks soon beginning for the Russo-Japanese War, the Progressive Party issues its views with regards to terms for peace.
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1905-07-18
Resolution passed by the Republican Association of the 22nd Aldermanic District of the City of New York endorsing the election of Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States.
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1904-06-08
The Susanville Chamber of Commerce issues a resolution opposing the “abandonment and discontinuance of the Peter Lassen National Park as a National Park, and the return of the lands embraced therein to the Forest Service.” It also encourages the United States Congress to make the necessary appropriations to allow for improvement of the park.
1920-01-17
A resolution proposing that the returns made under the Corporation Tax Law be based on the last completed fiscal year. Such change would prove beneficial to all parties. Legislators are urged to amend Section 38 of the Act of August 5, 1910.
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1911-04-08
The Phoenix, Arizona, Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks resolves that Frank H. DeSouza, its representative at the national meeting of the organization, should raise the issue of the starving population of elks in Yellowstone National park and take whatever steps may be necessary to help preserve the population living there. The lodge additionally calls on other members of its order to join in this cause.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-20
Elks (Fraternal order) Phoenix Lodge. No. 335
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This resolution proposes the transfer of southeastern Alaska to Canada. Such an action would serve as an example of increasing international good will, which would pressure Britain and Germany to similarly act in a conciliatory manner.
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1911-03-17
Resolution by Alexander Hogg to promote industrial peace between labor unions and corporations through education. The new instruction should embrace patriotism and provide more moral instruction.
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1907-12-29
President Roosevelt maintains he has the power and authority to construct a lock canal across Panama approved by the majority of the Isthmian Canal Commission; and an unnamed committee believes it is unwise to change by legislation the type of canal from a lock canal to a sea-level canal.
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1905
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution expresses its gratitude to President Roosevelt for his offer related to his upcoming safari trip, and accepts it.
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1908-12-15
Three resolutions adopted by the Republican County Conventions of Lincoln County, South Dakota, endorsing President Roosevelt, the platform of the Republican Party, and Roosevelt’s efforts to regulate railroad rates.
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1906-06
A joint resolution by the House and Senate resolving that purchases of material for use in the construction of the Panama Canal should be purchased domestically from the lowest responsible bidder, unless such bids are deemed extortionate or unreasonable by the President.
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1906-06-25
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This fragment is from New York Representative Robert Baker’s resolution in the United States House of Representatives to discuss the “smoke nuisance” in Washington, D.C., which President Roosevelt has currently taken up with his cabinet members. The resolution suggests, however, that the industrial trusts are of greater concern than the smoke situation.
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1905-01-04
The undersigned businesses, who are engaged in “selling, slaughtering, exporting and transporting” livestock, propose a new Union Stock Yards to be built on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. These Union Stock Yards would be easily accessible by railroads, ferries, and tunnels, as the current four stockyards serving the Metropolitan District of New York are unsatisfactory.
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1907
The League of Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican Clubs of California resolves that they will support President Roosevelt in upcoming presidential elections. However, if Roosevelt keeps his pledge not to seek re-election, the League will support William H. Tafts candidacy, believing that he will carry on Roosevelt’s policies.
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1907-10-17
The League of Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican Clubs of California publishes its platform of principles adopted at a meeting held on August 1, 1907, in Oakland, California. The organization desires to return to Republican principles and remove the domination of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on the Republican Party in California.
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1907-08-01
Text of House Resolution 13777, an act to incorporate the American Cross of Honor within the District of Columbia. The act was introduced in the second session of the 58th Congress; it was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
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1904-04-18
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee declares its support for Secretary of War William H. Taft to be presented as Ohio’s candidate for president in the upcoming election.
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1907-07-30