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Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver asks that President Roosevelt write a letter to be delivered at Senator Knute Nelson’s sixtieth birthday party.
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1903-01-31
Frank Harper requests that Senator Dixon join Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay for a meeting and that Dixon bring Senator Clapp if possible. Harper suggests alternate times and location this time will not work.
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1912
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, Frank Harper acknowledges the receipt of W. W. Greene’s letter and the manuscript of Senator Clapp’s speech of September 27.
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1912-10-26
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Thomas A. H. Hay for his letter. He also hopes Hay enjoyed Roosevelt’s letter to Senator Clapp, which was published in the newspaper on Monday.
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1912-09-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary hopes T. D. Graham saw Roosevelt’s letter to Senator Clapp in the newspaper on Monday. The secretary is sure Graham would agree with what Roosevelt said.
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1912-09-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Delmont E. Notley for his letter to Roosevelt. He notes that Roosevelt did send to the newspapers a letter responding to Senator Moses E. Clapp as Notley suggested in his letter. He also relates that Roosevelt wished he could have the help of John Mitchell during the campaign as well.
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1912-09-04
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary suggests that the best answer to C. H. Hawkins’s question is in Roosevelt’s letter to Senator Moses E. Clapp, which will appear in the newspaper the next Monday.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Governor Fort regarding the report Fort received at a meeting of agents of a Life Insurance Company. Roosevelt also urges Fort to read Roosevelt’s letter to Senator Clapp, which will be published in Monday’s newspaper.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt knows that Minnesota men will fight to the finish, although Senator Clapp is showing some weakness.
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1912-07-06
Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Senator Clapp, presumably regarding his support for the battleship legislation.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Dixon and Senator Clapp. He proposes several possible meeting times for the upcoming week.
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1912-02-08
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Thomas Kneeland for writing and for sharing his letter to Senator Moses E. Clapp.
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1911-11-29
Theodore Roosevelt wrote Miles Poindexter and Moses Clapp about going against the Shipping Bill. Roosevelt will also try to get any remaining Progressives to vote against the bill. In the next issue of the Metropolitan, Roosevelt focuses on Mexico and how the U.S. is unready for war.
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1915-01-29
Theodore Roosevelt approves of the general purpose and provisions of Senator Bristow’s Industrial Commission Bill. Roosevelt offers a few minor criticisms.
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1912-12-31
In preparation for leaving office, President Roosevelt seeks further information regarding a man named Smith recently convicted by Judge Morris of Minnesota. Roosevelt has received letters about the case from Marshal William H. Grimshaw and William Walter Heffelfinger, which cast doubt upon the allegations by a man named Hammond that Smith tampered with a witness. Roosevelt asks Morris to respond quickly by telegram with his opinion on the matter.
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1909-02-24
President Roosevelt thanks Lillian De Waters for the book, which he has received through Senator Moses E. Clapp.
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1908-02-14
President Roosevelt approves of an amendment that Senator Nelson of Minnesota sent to him, although he suggests a slight change. Roosevelt has considered the petition of a number of people to pardon C. W. Malchow, a doctor who has been convicted for circulating obscene literature; but upon further research into the case feels that “it is a hideous and loathsome book,” and that he “would as soon see poison circulated in the household as see that book put therein,” and therefore feels the man should serve his whole sentence.
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1906-04-10
President Roosevelt responds to E. P. Bacon’s letter about Senator John C. Spooner’s proposed amendment to the railroad rate bill. The amendment would be an effective deterrent against railroads making motions for a stay simply to cause delay. However, Roosevelt believes that the courts will not grant excessive stays. The bill can be passed without the amendment, which could be passed as a separate law in the future if necessary.
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1906-03-09
President Roosevelt encloses a copy of Attorney General William H. Moody’s proposed amendment to the railroad rate bill, which he would like Senator Allison to show to Senator Moses E. Clapp. Moody, Roosevelt, and two members of the Interstate Commerce Commission find the amendment satisfactory, and believe that it would avoid any question of the constitutionality of the bill.
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1906-02-19
President Roosevelt reminds Senator Knox that there is no use in providing new heavy guns of field artillery for the coast defenses unless the men can handle them. He hopes Knox will not cut down Secretary of War Taft’s estimates for practice with the field artillery, as Taft has cut it down as far as possible himself. He hopes Knox will consult and advise Senators Jonathan P. Dolliver and Moses E. Clapp.
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1906-02-07