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In a letter to Secretary of War Taft, William Loeb encloses a list of individuals that President Roosevelt has appointed to the Board of Visitors at West Point for 1907. Loeb passes along instructions from Roosevelt that a memorandum be filed stating George M. Morrow is to be appointed next year.
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1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks U.S. Representative from Alabama Underwood to thank George M. Morrow for his courtesy, and to tell him that he has arranged for him to be appointed next year.
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1907-01-30
President Roosevelt tells Senator Elkins he believes the construction of the Panama Canal should be overseen by “the biggest man we can get.” Roosevelt is satisfied that until the construction of the Gutan Dam, John F. Stevens can continue in his role as chief engineer.
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1907-02-02
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from John F. Stevens. Roosevelt worked closely with Jackson Smith while in Panama and believes he should be put on the commission as his engineering skills are similar to Stevens’s.
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1906-11-27
President Roosevelt sincerely thanks Rear Admiral Harris for his continued active service as Paymaster General of the Navy. As per Roosevelt’s order and following Harris’s input, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte recommended Eustace Barron Rogers as a suitable replacement. Roosevelt wanted to inform Harris of Roger’s selection before making it public and expresses satisfaction with Harris’s administration of duties. While Harris’s resignation is effective on November 1, Roosevelt asks he remain on active duty as president of the board representing the Naval Pay Corps regarding the pending legislative inquiry affecting commissioned personnel.
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1906-09-10
President Roosevelt appoints Overton W. Price to the United States Geographic Board as a representative of the Forest Service.
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1906-09-11
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte to handle Naval Academy candidate James B. Walker’s case like Crosby Matthews’s: if one man is turned away due to deafness, then all must be. He will appoint James Campbell as Deputy Surveyor following the election. Bonaparte can manage the USS Louisiana and USS Tennessee business as proposed.
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1906-09-12
President Roosevelt feels it “wise and graceful” to show Representative William H. Jackson consideration by having Clarence C. Pusey offer to postpone taking office as Sub-Treasurer of the Port of Baltimore until November 15. Roosevelt asks Surveyor of Customs Hanna to talk to Pusey about doing so.
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1906-09-12
President Roosevelt was pleased to appoint Justice John Marshall Harlan’s son James Shanklin Harlan. Upon reviewing the protests with Attorney General William H. Moody, Roosevelt found no reason not to make the appointment.
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1906-09-03
President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft that Culver C. Sniffen should be appointed Paymaster General and asks Taft to notify General Fred C. Ainsworth. He approves of Taft’s proposed travel arrangements for the Panama trip and is “extremely pleased” that Taft sent his speech to the Maine Committee to be reviewed by Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon or Representative Charles E. Littlefield. He sympathizes with Helen Herron Taft’s views of William Jennings Bryan. In a postscript, Roosevelt advices sending men to Cuba at once as “we cannot afford to neglect any chance of learning the situation down there.”
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1906-09-04
President Roosevelt doubts he would replace Charles Holland Duell with a New Yorker. He chastises former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton for not informing him of his attendance at the naval review. “With absolute exactness,” Roosevelt commends Morton for his service as secretary.
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1906-09-05
President Roosevelt agrees with most of what S. H. Cowan wrote in his letter, and would like for railroad rebates to be stopped and rates reduced. He believes it is wise for the Interstate Commerce Commission to have at least one person who can speak “with full understanding of and sympathy with the interests of the wage-workers,” and feels that the lack of such men in government is a constant problem. He is inclined to reappoint most of the members of the commission, but will try to fill the vacancies with a lawyer like Cowan describes.
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1906-07-10
President Roosevelt believes that with Frederick K. Lane appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission from California, it would not be possible to appoint another person from “the Inter-mountain States.” He appreciates what Albert Shaw said about the work of the latest session of Congress, and comments that he himself is pleased about the amount of legislation, as it is somewhat uncommon for so much to have been passed in a President’s second term.
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1906-07-09
President Roosevelt was delighted to hear from Grenville M. Dodge what Major Hugh J. Gallagher says of affairs in the Philippines. Roosevelt reports he has not gotten far in making appointments to the Interstate Commerce Commission, having appointed Edgar E. Clark most recently.
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1906-06-29
President Roosevelt informs Thomas S. Rollins that based on Assistant Attorney General Charles Henry Robb’s report of conditions in North Carolina, he is obliged to reappoint the Western District’s current district attorney and marshal. He may also do the same for the Internal Revenue Collector’s office.
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1906-02-01
President Roosevelt informs Lillian Janeway Platt that after reviewing Francis J. Carmody’s case with other men, including Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, they concluded that Carmody was the proper man to appoint as the Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New York. Roosevelt is impressed with Carmody’s spirit and is confident he will do well.
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1906-01-26
President Roosevelt tells Herman Henry Kohlsaat that he hears very highly of Samuel L. Williams, but that he will not be able to appoint him because the Illinois Republicans are against him. Instead he will appoint William Tecumseh Vernon as Register of the United States Treasury. He will be glad if there is another position he can give to Williams later.
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1905-12-26
President Roosevelt names Charles Denby, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, to the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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1905-12-13
President Roosevelt asks Fairfax Henry Wheelan to have formal letters for General Charles Albert Woodruff written to him and the Senators by people interested in army and West Point matters. He was very interested by Wheelan’s account of the San Francisco campaign. Roosevelt also asks if Wheelan knows anything about Franklin K. Lane, whom Benjamin Ide Wheeler “warmly” recommended be appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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1905-12-02
President Roosevelt feels there is a tendency to treat the Immigration Committee of the House as seemingly less important. He hopes Speaker of the House Cannon will think over its composition when making appointments.
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1905-05-29