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C. Simons informs President Roosevelt that he stands behind Joseph E. Black, and requests Roosevelt look into the matter fully.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-28
E. Mont Reily disagrees with Joseph E. Black’s candidacy for Internal Revenue Collector for the Western District of Missouri, at Kansas City. Black has been one of the most bitter enemies that President Roosevelt has in the entire state. Reily recounts a Republican National Convention they both attended in Chicago where Black intended to introduce very critical condemnations of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
Thomas J. Akins sends William Loeb two clippings that indicate Joseph E. Black will be seeking appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Western District of Missouri. Although Akins has taken little interest in appointments in the past because Senator William Warner has shown “great wisdom,” Akins wishes in this instance to express his opposition to Black’s appointment because Black opposed President Roosevelt’s nomination at the 1902 State Convention. Black was said to have distributed the Hanna badges and buttons and to have “talked very ugly about the President,” and Black’s nomination would revive feuds in Missouri. Akins wants to advise Roosevelt that Black’s appointment would be a “great mistake.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
A newspaper reports that Richard C. Kerens met with Senator William Warner to argue that Joseph E. Black should have the collectorship appointment in Kansas City. Warner made no promises. Black is going to see President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02