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President Roosevelt encloses the memorandum he prepared detailing General Wood’s services which will be submitted to the Senate and possibly made public. Roosevelt will send a copy to Senators Proctor and Cockrell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-23
Representatives from two different organizations, both claiming to be the National Live Stock Association, have met with President Roosevelt. Roosevelt will only work with the organization that is truly the representative national body and wants Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to decipher which organization meets this criterion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-24
President Roosevelt believes that the advice of Senator Cockrell should be followed. Cockrell opposes the appointment of H. R. Snyder as postmaster of Springfield, Missouri.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-02
Cornelia Sara Hogan—a hobby genealogist who wrote to Theodore Roosevelt nine years ago about their shared ancestors—inquires if Roosevelt would be interested in buying a pencil sketch family tree from her, as her household has been dealing with financial issues. Her work has been commended by many eminent genealogists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-30
Scott A. Nesbit “endorses everything,” Theodore Roosevelt said in his article “Race Decadence.” He hopes it will be printed in a volume for distribution. Nesbit has long admired Roosevelt, especially as his influence enabled his sons’ success.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-12
John Allison describes his military career to President Roosevelt and concludes that he cannot accept the Vicksburg Park Commission, as he did not serve there. However, he would like to be appointed to a commission he can legally accept. Allison also offers his view on how Secretary of War William H. Taft might unite the Tennessee Republican Party after he secures the nomination for president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-05
Paul Morton has heard rumors of Senator Francis Marion Cockrell’s retirement from the Interstate Commerce Commission. If they are true, Morton recommends James A. Peabody as a potential successor and can attest to his qualifications.
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1907-11-09
Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt on several diplomatic matters in England. The most pertinent issue is the English government’s desire to retire Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand and to find a suitable replacement for him. Many people have been discussed. Roosevelt’s choice, Cecil Spring Rice, could not be promoted to an Embassy without creating a lot of “ill will.” Reid also sends Roosevelt a news clipping telling of the “fall” that Winston Churchill took out of playwright George Bernard Shaw. Finally, Reid updates Roosevelt on a matter involving Democratic Senator Francis Marion Cockrell’s son.
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1906-10-24
Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt clippings from British newspapers that he thinks will interest him, and he informs Roosevelt of the help he has recently given to Francis Cockrell’s son after he was involved in a car accident in Switzerland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-23
Chairman Martin A. Knapp acknowledges President Roosevelt’s letter regarding the investigation the Interstate Commerce Commission is undertaking. Knapp wishes to inform Roosevelt about certain facts that the Commission “cannot ignore,” mainly the circumstances by which the Kansas City inquiry began.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-22
A number of men sit or stand in a “political waiting room—the presidential possibilities and impossibilities”: President Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Arthur P. Gorman, Alton B. Parker, William Randolph Hearst, Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison, Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell, and George Gray. The date—March 4, 1904—is on one wall while another wall has a sign that reads, “Smoking allowed.” Roosevelt reads “How to Ketch a Catamount” while Cleveland’s book—”Fish I Have Caught”—is upside down. There are some hand-drawn additions by “REL.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-04
Anna Cabot Lodge Mills Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, as she was not expecting to hear from him with the “immense mass” of letters he must have. She is also sorry about Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell’s loss. Lodge and her husband, Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, hope to see Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-13
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This newspaper article discusses the rumor surrounding President Roosevelt’s appointment of the Baltimore, Maryland, postmaster. It is believed that the Maryland delegation have not agreed on a recommendation, and that Roosevelt intends to make his own choice if they cannot come to an agreement. If so, the rumor suggests that Roosevelt might appoint a nonpartisan Democrat. Another article, which discusses Maryland Senator Louis E. McComas’s next position, follows. It suggests that McComas will replace Chief Justice Charles C. Nott of the Court of Claims after McComas’s term in the Senate expires because Senator Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri chose a position on the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12
President Cleveland, a railroad engineer, drives a locomotive labeled “Administration R.R.” that is roaring out of a tunnel labeled “Business Depression Tunnel,” and knocking out of the way legislators who are placing “Dilatory Admendments” and “Teller’s Dilatory Tactics” on the tracks, trying to derail the train. Among the legislators are Francis M. Cockrell, James Z. George, James L. Pugh, William A. Peffer, George G. Vest, James D. Cameron, William M. Stewart, Henry M. Teller, John P. Jones, and Edward O. Wolcott.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-10-11
Several members of Congress stand around a large Christmas tree labeled “Tax Surplus” decorated with money bags labeled “Surplus.” The legislators carry bags in which to place the bags of surplus they pluck from the tree. Among those identified are Charles W. Jones holding a bag labeled “Naval,” William E. Chandler holding a bag labeled “Subsidies for a Merchant Steam Marine,” William Mahone holding a bag labeled “Public Buildings and Grounds,” John A. Logan holding a bag labeled “Appropriations” and reaching for a sack on the tree, Joseph W. Keifer lifting George M. Robeson holding a bag labeled “Partners in the New Naval Scheme,” John Roach holding a bag labeled “New Navy Scheme,” Henry L. Dawes holding a bag labeled “River & Harbor Bill,” Francis M. Cockrell holding a bag labeled “Improvement of Mississippi River,” Eugene Hale holding a bag labeled “River & Harbor Bill,” John J. Ingalls holding a bag labeled “More Pensions,” Benjamin F. Jonas holding a bag labeled “Improvement of Mississippi River,” and Elbridge G. Lapham who is speaking to two well-dressed women, one holding a bag labeled “Lobby.” Lapham is also depicted in the angel at the top of the tree holding a banner labeled “Help Yourself.” Uncle Sam dances with three men in the foreground and, on the right, a lone “Taxpayer” stands outside in the snow.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-12-19
James Sullivan Clarkson reports to President Roosevelt about attorney Joseph Wingate Folk’s successes in prosecuting cases in the Missouri “boodle” trials. According to Clarkson’s friend Joseph L. Hanley, the Snyder case, the Butler case, and the case involving the confidential secretary of the governor who was indicted for naturalization frauds, are all before the Supreme Court of Missouri. Clarkson will send a thorough report to William Loeb in the morning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-04
Democratic leaders have decided to make opposition to the Panama treaty a campaign issue. The treaty is popular with the public and several Democratic senators objected to the decision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09
Senator Cockrell telephoned that the gentleman declined to follow his suggestion and President Roosevelt will need to take action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-24
Transcript of a speech given by Senator Hill in the U.S. Senate. Hill wishes to revise the rules for bringing a measure to a vote. He compares them to “a mere rope of sand, without strength or force.” In his view the existing limitations on debate are severely lacking, and should be in the hands of the majority, rather than a very vocal minority of the Senate. The senator states that the rules made sense a century prior when there were far fewer states, but there are simply too many complex issues being debated by too many people for the system to continue as it stands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-12-18