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Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow writes to Benjamin F. Barnes inform him that he has enclosed a report relating to an article in the The Sun.
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1903-07-30
Oswald Garrison Villard writes to President Roosevelt to submit a list of disparaging remarks regarding the service of General Leonard Wood. He encloses some clippings he believes Roosevelt will find interesting.
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1903-07-22
Lyman Abbott encloses an “amusing” clipping for President Roosevelt. Abbott comments that the Southerners appear to be similar in some respects to the Italians and the French – one cannot always take them seriously. Abbott wants to include Roosevelt’s opinion about appointments to the army as “editorial ammunition,” and he presumes Roosevelt will not object, as long as he does not reveal his source.
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1903-07-23
Oswald Garrison Villard writes to President Roosevelt to advise him not to further promote General Leonard Wood. He encloses an article.
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1903-07-15
William J. Youngs writes to President Roosevelt regarding a problem with the Post Office involving Representative Edmund H. Driggs. He encloses a clipping.
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1903-07-15
R. A. Alger writes to William Loeb demanding that Secretary of War Root investigate Harper’s Weekly’s article criticizing the former Secretary of War’s administration under President McKinley. Alger requests the article is brought to President Roosevelt’s attention.
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1903-07-16
James Sullivan Clarkson writes to Benjamin F. Barnes to inform him that he has enclosed a newspaper clipping concerning the Democrats and the trade unions. Clarkson mentions the reinstatement of W. A. Miller, foreman of Government Printing Office’s, Book Binding Department.
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1903-07-16
Curtis Guild encloses the article from the Boston Herald that President Roosevelt requested, as well as another article from the Republic.
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1903-07-18
S. B. M. Young has sent an article to President Roosevelt titled “The Coming General Staff” as it appeared in the Journal of Military Service Institution. The article is written by Brigadier General Theodore Schwan and Mr. Young hopes President Roosevelt will have the time to read it.
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1903-07-10
Paul Morton and his family are enjoying their holiday in Europe. Morton has been impressed with Europe’s intense farming, forestry, and good roads. He encloses a clipping from the London Times that may interest President Roosevelt.
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1903-07-11
Lafayette Young reports that the Iowa Republican convention has killed the “Iowa idea” on the tariff and encloses multiple newspaper articles about the issue. This will not affect President Roosevelt as Iowa is for Roosevelt “first, last, and all the time.”
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1903-07-02
James Sullivan Clarkson is upset that New York newspapers have been attacking Postmaster General Henry C. Payne while praising Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne in the ongoing postal investigation. In contrast to what the newspapers are saying, Clarkson credits Payne with leading the investigation as earnestly as could be expected of any man.
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1903-06-14
James Sullivan Clarkson asks William Loeb to forward to President Roosevelt the attached article from the Wall Street Journal, which is the one he meant to give him the previous night, instead of the one he actually gave him.
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1903-06-14
John Gillett Oglesby asks William Loeb to deny the falsehood contained in an article from the Chicago Tribune since Governor Richard Yates left the country before the article was published.
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1903-06-16
Henry C. Payne thanks President Roosevelt for sending a copy of the letter that Roosevelt sent to former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith and for the kind words that Roosevelt said about Payne in the letter. Payne is shocked about newspaper articles written in the Chicago Tribune regarding Smith and President William McKinley.
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1903-06-22
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a clipping from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune that may reflect Senator Hanna’s sentiments.
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1903-05-17
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis is sending a newspaper page from The World to William Loeb and President Roosevelt.
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1903-05-25
James Sullivan Clarkson reminds William Loeb that President Roosevelt should meet with Leigh S. J. Hunt because he has important information regarding the United States foreign service abroad. Clarkson also encloses a few news clippings that may interest Roosevelt – especially one regarding the systematic organization of the mail carriers on behalf of William Randolph Hearst’s presidential campaign.
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1903-06-03
Joseph Bucklin Bishop notes to President Roosevelt that he thinks Roosevelt will like to see the enclosed, especially the part about “A Square Deal.”
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1903-06-05
Summary of recent efforts to secure political control of New York City.
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1903-04-26