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General Wood addresses the controversy over his having accepted a gift from the Jai Alai Company while he was serving as Military Governor of Cuba. He also discusses the financial accountability of Cuba when he was Military Governor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-06
Secretary of War Root discusses the allegations against General Leonard Wood. Root explains Wood’s situation in Cuba, including elements of Cuban culture, and his own deliberations regarding Wood’s actions. He also quotes telegrams sent by Cuban citizens in support of Wood and American leadership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-19
Lawrence F. Abbott clarifies that a reference to ex-Postmaster General, which was made in an article in The Outlook about the Post Office fraud case, was in reference to James N. Tyner. Abbott plans to include information from President Roosevelt’s letter, about the publication of the Post Office report, in the next edition of the magazine. Abbott is awaiting the decision concerning Leonard Wood’s promotion to major general.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-14
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ailes writes to President Roosevelt regarding his recent travels to California. Ailes investigated the opinions of labor union members in San Francisco, Seattle, and other Northwestern cities concerning Roosevelt’s reinstatement of William A. Miller as Assistant Foreman to the United States Government Printing Office. Labor union members largely favor Roosevelt’s decision. Specifically, Ailes mentions meeting Raymond Stammond Baker in San Fransisco who was investigating the same topic for a magazine article. Ailes also discusses the poor working conditions in Baltimore, Maryland, Saint Louis, Missouri, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the topic of banking and currency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-11
After a discussion with Ray Stannard Baker, Gifford Pinchot has concluded that there were no “shady dealings” in the government work at Salt River Valley. There was a dispute regarding water access but it has concluded and government officials only showed a lack of tact. Pinchot will also take up the A. A. Anderson matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-11
President Roosevelt has had meetings with journalists looking to expose public graft and corruption, but has become frustrated with them because of their “unbridled license and unfair denunciation” of many people in public office which has failed to have any merit. Roosevelt is expected to speak out against these sorts of accusations at his Decoration Day speech to the Army and Navy Union at Norfolk, Virginia. The author expects Roosevelt to speak regarding his own belief that most people are honest, and to challenge the writers who have attacked people in public office, despite the fact that his own administration has not been the target of these journalists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-07