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President Roosevelt values the letter J. W. Hamilton sent because Hamilton can speak for the people of California. Roosevelt believes the people of California will do the right thing in the matter.
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1909-01-26
President Roosevelt thanks California Assemblyman Drew for his “frank and manly” letter. Roosevelt asks Drew if the goal could be met while striving to fulfill Secretary of State Elihu Root’s suggestions.
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1909-01-27
President Roosevelt appreciates Governor Norris’s service and believes the people of California will support him. Roosevelt has sent a letter, which Norris can make public whenever he wishes.
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1909-01-27
President Roosevelt informs California Assemblyman Drew that he has sent him a copy of the letter about proposed legislation in California. Roosevelt asks Drew to wait until the letter comes.
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1909-01-28
President Roosevelt agrees with Andrew Carnegie that the peace societies should wait to take action. Roosevelt thinks the “good people of California” should take the initiative to avoid objections.
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1909-01-22
President Roosevelt wishes he could get to California to stop the anti-Japanese legislation, which he is more concerned about than any other “rather stormy incidents” that happened during his presidency.
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1909-01-22
President Roosevelt writes to Kermit Roosevelt about life at Harvard. Roosevelt mentions finalizing speaking assignments, upcoming safari trip, and target practice with a Winchester rifle. He discusses difficulties with Congress, mentions appealing to California to avoid trouble, and details a showdown he had with the Senate. The Judiciary Committee had Herbert Knox Smith stand before the Senate to divulge confidential information. Roosevelt had to intervene and tell Chairman Clarence D. Clark they would not be told any information unless they impeached him.
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1909-01-23
President Roosevelt informs California Governor Gillett that Secretary of State Elihu Root’s answer concerning the real property rights of aliens expresses Roosevelt’s views. Roosevelt will write Gillett concerning the other bills.
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1909-01-25
President Roosevelt informs Governor Gillett that he is “greatly concerned” at news of anti-Japanese legislation in California, and believes the bills would damage both California and the entire Union.
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1909-01-16
President Roosevelt expresses his concern to Governor Gillett of California over anti-Japanese legislation in the California Legislature. Roosevelt believes that the passing of this legislation is unnecessary and will injure relations with Japan, considering the Japanese government has upheld the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907.
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1909-01-16
The book addressed to “Joe Czar” has not arrived, but will be forwarded to Speaker of the House of Representatives Cannon as soon as it does. President Roosevelt hopes that they have fixed things in California.
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1909-01-20
President Roosevelt asks Frank Buren, private secretary to Senator Frank P. Flint, to tell Flint that he does not want to delay their appointment. When they meet, Roosevelt will explain why he wants to nominate Russell C. Allen rather than Martin Luther Ward for Collector of the Port at San Diego. Additionally, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry will become Secretary of the Navy in December. Roosevelt wonders if Flint knows of any “first-class” California men who could fill Newberry’s current position.
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1908-11-18
President Roosevelt sends Francis J. Heney a letter of introduction for Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, whom Roosevelt recently appointed to the United States Immigration Commission.
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1908-07-21
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of the Navy Metcalf for the parting gift and wishes him a good trip. he sends his love to Emily Corinne Nicholson Metcalf.
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1908-04-28
President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on the family and sends another poem from Philip Roosevelt. He laments Congress’s failure to give him four new battleships and feels that “unpatriotic” Congressional leaders are prioritizing their own interests over those of the country. Roosevelt states that although he does not think the United States will go to war with Japan, naval supremacy is necessary to deter any Japanese attack or invasion of the West Coast.
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1908-04-19
President Roosevelt informs Representative James M. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Claims, that he has asked Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Frederick Haynes Newell, and Charles D. Walcott to investigate what the government should pay as its share of the expenses related to the Southern Pacific Railway’s saving of the Imperial Valley of southern California. Although there is no legal obligation to pay, Roosevelt believes there is a moral obligation to reimburse the Southern Pacific Railway for its action.
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1908-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that John Burroughs is going on a trip to California and Honolulu. He asks that Burroughs give his love to John Muir. Roosevelt feels confident about the preparations for the Africa trip and will try to find information about the bird songs and nesting of the swallows. Roosevelt put his heart into the preparation of the Lincoln speech and is glad that Burroughs likes it.
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1909-02-24
President Roosevelt thanks George C. Pardee, former governor of California, for the letter.
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1908-02-08
President Roosevelt tells Sir Wilfred Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, about some discussions that he has had with William Lyon Mackenzie King, along with Secretary of State Elihu Root, Ambassador James Bryce, and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon about the situation in Canada. Roosevelt says that feelings in western Canada are similar to those in California, Oregon, and Washington, and agrees that sending King to London to speak with the government of the British Empire seems wise. Roosevelt thinks it was admirable that they have had these discussions, and says that there is a likelihood of the United States and Canada working together for their own interests, while also behaving honorably towards Japan. Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Laurier and meeting King, and is pleased about the steps bringing Canada and the United States closer together.
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1908-02-01
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Senator Warren to bring before the Committee on Military Affairs as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the other possessions of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt also requests that Warren suggest other committees that would benefit from receiving the facts presented in the letter.
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1908-01-17