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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
Special efforts are being made to bring pressure on Senator Perkins by the “colored people in California who cast in that state about 3,000 votes.”
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1903-03-06
Booker T. Washington has just arrived home from California and will contact President Roosevelt soon.
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1903-01-22
William McLellan Cutter and Charles E. Snook advise George B. Cortelyou that President Roosevelt’s reply to George C. Pardee, the Republican nominee for governor of California, should be sent care of the Republican State Central Committee to take advantage of publicity.
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1902-10-23
Two articles from the New York Age discuss political meetings and resolutions by various African American societies and meetings. The first reports on a visit of New York Age editor Timothy Thomas Fortune to San Francisco, where he spoke about the need for political unity among African Americans, and praised President Roosevelt’s statesmanship. The second reports on a meeting of the Union League Republican Club of Detroit, which upholds its support of President Roosevelt after he wrote a letter condemning those who opposed his nomination of the African American William Demos Crum for Customs Collector in Charleston, South Carolina. The club also speaks against the “lily white” Republicans and the invitation of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman to speak in Detroit.
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1902-12-25
John Barrett is touring the West Coast before traveling abroad and submits a few reflections on the political situation in this area; particularly California, Oregon, and Washington. Barrett points out his opinion that President Roosevelt is much more popular than the Republican Party on the West Coast, which is “rent into warring factions.” Barrett believes that the appointment of a western member to Roosevelt’s cabinet would be a positive step.
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1902-04-30
Whitelaw Reid, who has been on vacation, is attempting to set up a meeting with President Roosevelt when Reid returns to Washington, D.C. He includes his schedule says that the most convenient time would be within a fortnight of when he sets sail. He also briefly mentions “wild talk about opposition to the Cuban policy,” hoping that reports of Republicans joining with Democrats in this opposition is unfounded.
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1902-05-02
James A. Roosevelt is in London and is concerned about exams he will soon be taking at Bonn. He asks if President Roosevelt could arrange a spot for him on a U.S. ship that will be present at the naval review for the coronation (most likely for King Edward VII of the United Kingdom). After the exams, Roosevelt intends to make a trip around the world with stops in India, China, Hawaii, and other sites.
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1902-05-04
Edward James Livernash writes President Roosevelt on behalf of the Chinese Exclusion Commission of California to ask the president’s support for a national exclusion policy against Chinese immigrants. Several Pacific states have exclusion laws on their books and Livernash wants a nation-wide exclusion law. He is concerned over a change to the bill by Senator Platt. Organized labor supports the bill, as does the Bureau of Immigration.
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1902-04-16
While Herman Kohlsaat understands the problems that President Roosevelt has had with General Miles, he does not believe it would be wise to force Miles’ retirement. Kohlsaat believes that this would give Democrats some fodder for the upcoming election and there is fear that the Democrats will take over congress. Kohlsaat does not care for a person’s politics in a local contest, but does not feel that the Democrats can govern the nation. Therefore, he does not want Roosevelt to give any fuel for Bryanism. He also questions Henry Watterson’s calls for absolute militarism.
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1902-04-14
Edward James Livernash reports that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has disposed of the Chinese Exclusion Bill by voting for a substitute bill. Livernash believes that their decision is “most unfortunate.”
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1902-03-25
Senators Perkins and Bard forward a letter from the California Miners’ Association, expressing concern that efforts are being made to remove Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Commissioner of the General Land Office Binger Hermann due to decisions made concerning California mining.
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1902-03-12
The California Miners’ Association has been informed that an effort is being made to remove Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Commissioner of the General Land Office Binger Hermann from office. The Association believes that this would damage the California mining industry and they urge Senators Perkins and Bard to investigate the matter.
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1902-03-06
On behalf of Rough Rider J. W. F. Diss, Senator Perkins requests a facsimile of the cattle brands used by President Roosevelt which are to be used on an invitation to the President.
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1902-01-15
Jarrett T. Richards is in Washington to meet with Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock regarding forest preservation in California. Richards is the brother-in-law of Robinson’s friend Ronald Thomas. If President Roosevelt is interested, Robinson offers to set up a meeting with Richards to discuss forest preservation.
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1902-01-09
George Hamlin Fitch encloses an article about President Roosevelt that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. If Jacob A. Riis sees or writes to Roosevelt, Fitch would like him to know that he has the loyal support of California and the West.
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1901-09-28
Thomas Grindell delayed his trip to California, where he was going to begin the 1904 Roosevelt presidential campaign, after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He encloses a clipping that involves Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, and reports that U.S. Marshal Myron H. McCord said some “unkind things” when it appeared that Roosevelt would succeed to the presidency.
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1901-09-11