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Theodore Roosevelt highlights the confidence he has in the average sailor and soldier. He also emphasizes all of the people involved in getting a fleet like George Dewey’s prepared for battle.
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1903-05-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Hiram Johnson that Roosevelt is in Syracuse, New York, for the William Barnes libel suit. The secretary details Roosevelt’s plans for his upcoming trip to San Francisco, and asks Johnson to help ensure that Roosevelt’s visit to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in that city not overlap with that of President Woodrow Wilson or William H. Taft.
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1915-05-06
Commissioner of Pensions Ware has been invited to attend the Grand Army of the Republic’s August grand encampment in San Francisco, California. Ware would prefer not to take a long trip due to his health, but is willing to go if President Roosevelt believes it would be advantageous.
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1903-07-06
Fairfax Henry Wheelan urges the businessmen of San Francisco, California, to vote in the primary elections.
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1904-09
President Roosevelt informs William D. Sohier that he received his letter. He discusses the possibility of intervention in San Francisco, but concludes that it is not likely. Roosevelt emphasizes the need to respect the representatives and people of San Francisco and their decision.
1906-06-10
Secretary of War Root informs President Roosevelt that William H. Taft will not have time to attend a banquet in San Francisco.
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1904-01-16
Moses A. Gunst informs President Roosevelt that if he is well, he will go as a delegate in June and vote for Roosevelt. In Gunst’s absence, Milton Herman Esberg will “attend to matters of importance” in the fall. Roosevelt can also depend on the California delegation; if Gunst is unable to go, he will attempt to ensure the rest of the delegates will vote for Roosevelt. Gunst also mentions seeing San Francisco Chronicle journalist, Michael H. De Young.
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1903-12-08
In a letter to President Roosevelt, Ray Stannard Baker discusses labor union politics in San Fransisco, California. Baker writes about the stronghold held by the Conservatives and Employer’s Association over Union politics and applauds Roosevelt’s position regarding labor trust issues. Baker accepts an invitation to meet with the President upon his return to Washington, D.C., after a trip to Colorado.
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1903-11-10
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.
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1903-11-11
Beekman Winthrop relays that he will meet with Governor General of the Philippines William H. Taft, who is sailing for San Fransisco on “the Korea.”
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1903-10-29
Benjamin Ide Wheeler congratulates President Roosevelt for making the country better through his letter on lynching, the Syracuse speech, and the Miller case decision. Wheeler reviews events in San Francisco politics and is pleased with the California plans related to the National Irrigation Law.
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1903-10-10
Ray Stannard Baker is mailing President Roosevelt an article he wrote for McClure’s regarding labor conditions. Baker is currently investigating industrial conditions in San Francisco, California, and will later be studying the Colorado strike. Roosevelt is popular with labor in the West and many support his decision in the Miller case.
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1903-10-15
Moses A. Gunst, along with Henry Ach and John C. Lynch, assure President Roosevelt that he has the support of the San Francisco delegates in the upcoming national election.
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1903-09-15
Commissioner of Pensions Ware informs President Roosevelt that he is going to the Rocky Mountains and on to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in San Francisco. He is also clearing up a rumor about him putting his coachman in the Topeka Agency, bypassing the Civil Service Commission.
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1903-08-04
Paul Morton informs President Roosevelt that he has talked to Lyons, who said that Roosevelt is about to try hunting in New Mexico. Morton offers to arrange a bear hunting trip in New Mexico and requests that the military transport to the Philippines remain based in San Francisco, rather than being moved to Seattle, unless it is in the best interests of the country.
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1902-12-16
Lieutenant-General Miles reports “existing defects and deficiencies” in the housing of troops, use of military resources, various policies, and coastal artillery. The Miles report is followed by communications and statistics regarding the United States Armed Forces. He points out that 600,000 square miles in the West has no defense and recommends the fortification of Alcatraz. He recommends strong fortification of Pearl Harbor. He also recommends amnesty for Apolinario Mabini of the Philippines, who was exiled to Guam. He also gives a report on the disposition of the troops. The reports of other commanding officers are also included after the general report of Miles. Fort Columbia, Fort Assiniboine, and Fort Dakota are frequent items of discussion. There is a report on getting coal to Honolulu.
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1902-11-28
Benjamin Ide Wheeler approves of President Roosevelt’s message “en bloc.” Wheeler has spoke with many business leaders of San Francisco, California, and they were also enthusiastic. Wheeler believes the main problem now is the “Philippines question.”
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1901-12-04
The I. X. L. Packing Company of San Francisco, California, which produces “tomales and other delicacies,” would like to send President Roosevelt some samples of their products. Senator Platt has made purchases from the company and informed them that he believes Roosevelt would accept the samples.
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1901-11-11
Archbishop Ireland requests a meeting with President Roosevelt so that he can present the Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco, California.
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1901-10-31
Henry Edward Pellew expresses his sympathy and affection after President Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency. Pellew is traveling to an Episcopal convention in San Francisco, California, and hopes to join the delegates in praying for Roosevelt’s guidance and safety.
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1901-09-19