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President Roosevelt follows up on several issues with Attorney General Bonaparte, including United States District Attorney Marsden C. Burch’s devotion to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick, hiring Tracy C. Becker at the Department of Justice, the appointments of David J. Leahy and Ira A. Abbott, and the situation in Oklahoma.
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1907-08-29
Attorney General Bonaparte responds to Lawrence O. Murray’s letter inquiring about the census of the Oklahoma Territory. Bonaparte informs Murray all that is needed is accurate information of the population, which will allow fairness and equity in districting members of the legislature. He requests the information as soon as possible after the September 17 election.
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1907-09-08
Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on Judge Frank Sigel Dietrich’s statements regarding Marshal Ruel Rounds, and on the situation in Idaho. Bonaparte thinks the lumber men could appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission about the railroad rates, but he will have to look into the matter further. Many of the employees involved in the land fraud cases think highly of District Attorney N. M. Ruick and feel Senator William Edgar Borah is guilty, but the secret service men dislike Ruick. In Oklahoma, Bonaparte is still waiting for the election and the results of the census, and will give Roosevelt his feedback on the constitution after he has more information. William Randolph Hearst and the financiers have taken up rumors of Bonaparte’s resignation in the press again, perhaps because of Republican National Committee member Frank B. Kellogg’s visit to Roosevelt.
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1907-09-01
Acting Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor Murray received Attorney General Bonaparte’s letter concerning the Oklahoma and Indian Territory census. He contacted the acting director of the census for information and assures Bonaparte of his department’s continued aid.
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1907-08-30
Census Bureau Chief Clerk Rossiter updates Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus on the Oklahoma and Indian Territory census’s expected completion.
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1907-08-30
Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on matters regarding United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick, the prosecution of the International Harvester Company, and affairs in Oklahoma. He is greatly concerned about reports of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s health. Territorial Governor of New Mexico George Curry intends to appoint David J. Leahy as assistant attorney general of the territory. Bonaparte feels obligated to inform Roosevelt of this appointment as Leahy is possibly “one of the persons about whom there has been complaint by the Interior Department.”
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1907-08-29
Director of the Census Bureau North does not see anything in the law as it currently reads to prevent Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill from taking charge of the investigation into woman and child labor.
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1907-03-05
This bulletin includes preliminary census data regarding Oklahoma agriculture, livestock, and Indian reservations.
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1902-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt cites the last census to inform W. N. Mitchell that about three immigrants arrived in the United States for every two children born to American parents. Roosevelt writes that this is “the worst showing about our natural increase rate that has been made in any census.”
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1911-05-05
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Alberto B. Martínez, Director General of Municipal Statistics, for the annual report of Buneos Aires’ population which he sent.
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1915-03-24
President Roosevelt feels that his water power bill veto was more important than his census bill veto. However, Roosevelt still views the census bill veto as important, and briefly outlines why he pursued this strategy.
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1909-02-06
President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of the Interior Frank Pierce to detail Henry Gannett to Roosevelt, once he is finished assisting with the Cuban Census. If Pierce does this, Roosevelt will assign Gannett to help the National Conservation Commission create a report detailing the natural resources of the United States. Roosevelt believes that Gannett will be a great help, and so is sending a copy of this letter to Secretary of War Luke E. Wright, to whom Gannett is currently detailed.
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1908-07-02
Secretary of War William H. Taft has informed President Roosevelt that the results of the 1907 Cuban Census must be tabulated in the United States, as the work can only be properly done by the Census Bureau. He asks Secretary Straus to direct Census Bureau Director S. N. D. North to tabulate the returns and reform them in whatever form the director of the Cuban census, Victor H. Olmsted, requests.
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1908-01-13
President Roosevelt informs New Mexico Territorial Governor Curry that he has met with congressional leaders about statehood, but they are at an impasse concerning statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Congress would like to wait until after the 1910 census and proceed from there based on the population data. Roosevelt has also written to Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey, and does not see much point in addressing the matter in his upcoming message.
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1907-10-24
President Roosevelt thanks Vice President of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company Brown for his letter and notes that will remove the sentence from his upcoming speech that Brown refers to in a previous letter. Roosevelt also notes that Census Bureau Director S. N. D. North has already corrected him on the proper use of Census information.
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1907-05-01
William Loeb writes to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep regarding a discrepancy between figures reported by the Census Bureau and by the Department of Agriculture.
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1906-01-19
President Roosevelt looks at names from the “United States Census 1900.” Caption: “I wonder if I’ve missed anybody!”
McKee Barclay, one of two Barclay brothers drawing political cartoons for the Sun papers of Baltimore (his brother Thomas signed his cartoons “Tom Bee”) made quiet but sarcastic allusion to President Theodore Roosevelt’s penchant for calling people liars… or not letting prevaricators pass as other officials did.
Theodore Roosevelt consigned those people whose versions of facts were at variance with his, or the truth, to the mythical Ananias Club of his creation. Indeed its virtual membership swelled by the end of his presidency (and beyond) with politicians, editors, and many others.
In a foreign policy speech given in Detroit, Michigan, President Roosevelt first praises the veterans in the crowd, giving special praise to the Michigan naval militia who served with distinction during the Spanish-American War, a conflict that pointed out the “fundamental unity of our country.” On behalf of all who served there, Roosevelt expresses the hope that they shared the spirit of those who fought in the Civil War and notes that “a good deed done by any American is put down to the credit of all Americans.” Turning to post-war challenges, Roosevelt says Puerto Rico prospers and that the Filipinos are happier and freer than ever before; he praises the United States for the amount of “self-government and personal freedom” that it has already given to the Filipino people. He discusses Congressional plans to undertake a census, create a legislative assembly, and install telegraph cables in the Philippines. He also explains how matters in Cuba are different than in the Philippines. With Cuban independence, Roosevelt sees a need for economic reciprocity between the island nation and the United States. He concludes by delivering what he calls “the gospel of hope”: the belief that with optimism and hard work the United States will become the greatest nation in world history.
In a foreign policy speech in Detroit, Michigan, President Roosevelt first praises the veterans in the crowd, giving special recognition to the Michigan naval militia who served with distinction during the Spanish-American War. On behalf of all who served in that war, Roosevelt expresses the hope that they lived up to the standards of those who fought in the Civil War, and he notes that “a good deed done by any American is put down to the credit of all Americans.” Turning to post-war challenges, Roosevelt says that the Filipinos are happier and freer than ever before and praises the United States for the amount of “self-government and personal freedom” that it has already given to the Filipino people. He discusses Congressional plans to undertake a census, create a legislative assembly, and install telegraph cables in the Philippines. He also explains how matters in Cuba are different than in the Philippines. With Cuban independence, Roosevelt sees a need for economic reciprocity between the island nation and the United States. He concludes by delivering what he calls “the gospel of hope”: the belief that with optimism and hard work the United States will become the greatest nation in world history.
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1902-09-22
Governor Taft provides an update on recent events in the Philippines; including a trip to Benguet, a difficult drought, and census results. He congratulates President Roosevelt on his work as President and expects the American people to support and reelect him.
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1903-06-05