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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs E. Watson Gardiner that he most likely will not be permitted to say anything about the internal revenue collectors. He probably will not even be consulted concerning a man he hopes will be appointed.
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1897-10-25
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt agrees with Augustus L. Crocker’s views. Based on his experience in New York City politics, Roosevelt believes that divided responsibility is one of the primary reasons for bad government. Therefore, the mayor should make appointments without consulting the council or needing their approval.
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1897-09-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Alfred Rider Page he will research the case of Arthur Beach. Roosevelt is not currently aware of the state of the apprentice appointments.
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1897-05-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses the appointments of Civil Service Commissioners William Gorham Rice, John B. Harlow, and John Robert Procter. He takes it for granted that these men will not be removed unless it is advisable to replace them with someone who can render better service.
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1897-04-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Senator Carter if he knows anything about appointing Harwood to the Indian agency at St. Mary’s. His friend recently wrote to him about the subject.
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1897-05-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Senator Foraker if he knows anything about appointing Harwood to the Indian agency at St. Mary’s. His friend recently wrote him on the subject.
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1897-05-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thinks Mayor Strong has solved the problem by appointing Frank Moss as Police Commissioner. He asks Strong to keep Richard J. Lewis and Peter Barlow in mind for the positions of police magistrates.
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1897-04-23
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Frank Rathgeber for the letter and directs him to do as suggested regarding Nasts’s picture (possibly cartoonist Thomas Nast). When Roosevelt’s successor at the New York Police Department is appointed, he will write him concerning Rathgeber and Minnie Gertrude Kelly.
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1897-04-20
Charles Rufus Skinner asks Theodore Roosevelt to recommend him to President William Howard Taft for Commissioner of Education for New York.
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1911-04-29
Samuel C. Gale asks Theodore Roosevelt for advice on making his position with the New York City Department of Finance permanent.
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1911-04-19
George T. Blair introduces himself as one of the first men Theodore Roosevelt hired as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He wants to shake hands one more time while Roosevelt is in Spokane, Washington.
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1911-04-09
William Holcombe Thomas appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s hopeful and encouraging letter. He showed it to Judge Thomas Goode Jones, but he likely will not be selected for the position. However, Thomas has “no fear of the future” as he did no wrong.
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1911-01-31
President-Elect Taft shows President Roosevelt an example of many heated correspondences he has received regarding the retention of Edward S. Fowler as Collector of the Port of New York.
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1909-02-20
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus informs William Loeb that both Richard H. Taylor and Francis X. Patterson were detailed to the office of the President on November 20, 1908.
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1909-01-19
Owen Wister asks President Roosevelt to wait to appoint the “lay” member of the Mint Assay Commission because he has someone “honorable, eminent, and apt” to suggest for the role.
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1909-01-12
Myron T. Herrick believes that President Roosevelt is correct regarding appointments in Cleveland, and that the matter should be left to President-Elect William H. Taft. Herrick thanks Roosevelt for his courtesy to Mortimer H. Laundon and William S. Fitzgerald.
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1908-12-22
Writer Winston Churchill details how the efforts of George H. Moses, editor of the Concord Monitor to appoint Frank Abbott Musgrove to the pension agency are related to Senator Jacob H. Gallinger’s reelection. Churchill will not oppose Musgrove if the majority of the delegation supports him, but he supports and feels loyal to Charles Fairbanks.
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1907-12-08
George H. Moses writes to Senator Gallinger that he does not know if the New Hampshire Delegation has made a decision in confirming their endorsement of pension officer at their conference. He hopes that they will confirm Captain Richard Watson Musgrove and knows that most newspapermen favor his confirmation. Moses hopes the similarities of the Musgrove family to the Roosevelts will earn President Roosevelt’s favor. If a decision has not been reached by the time of the Gridiron Club Dinner, Moses will attend and try to speak to the President at the event.
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1907-12-03
Henry W. Taft sends a newspaper clipping to William Loeb that suggests Representative George Roland Malby would support New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes as the Republican presidential nominee. Taft recommends extending Walter C. Witherbee’s term as Plattsburg Collector of Customs to the beginning of July to avoid accusations that he was not reappointed for not backing Secretary of War William H. Taft. Since Representative Malby is in charge of appointing the Collector, he reasons that delaying until after the spring primaries will also help in ascertaining who Representative Malby actually supports.
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1907-12-03
New Mexico Governor Curry warns William Loeb of corporate and political efforts to portray President Roosevelt’s administration and the Rough Riders negatively in the press. He recommends sending a pro-Roosevelt delegation to avoid reactionary support of Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Curry is awaiting instructions from President Roosevelt for scheduling the convention, and intends on continuing with his plan of not including federal office holders as representatives of the delegation. He adds that while David J. Leahy’s appointment as the new United States Attorney of New Mexico went smoothly, Curry is figuring out what should be done with Morgan Llewellyn, the Surveyor General of New Mexico. Curry will recommend his resignation if it is too embarrassing for President Roosevelt. He notes that Delegate William H. Andrews has introduced a statehood bill for New Mexico, and he will probably go with the committee.
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1907-12-04