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Arthur I. Vorys appreciates William Loeb ensuring that Secretary of War William H. Taft receives his letters. He requests Loeb send him any relevant information about Taft’s meeting in Oyster Bay and assures Loeb he will treat such communications with the “strictest confidence.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-14
Senator Beveridge agrees to follow President Roosevelt’s lead on valuation. Roosevelt will have receive Beveridge’s proof of reply to Bryan on his criticism of the franchise plan. Bobbs was allowed to see the letter, but was not allowed to keep a copy of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-15
Senator Beveridge disagrees with William Loeb and President Roosevelt on “showing the letter to Bobbs.” Beveridge insists that it was important for Bobbs to read the letter and that of course he would not keep a copy of it. Loeb and Roosevelt should trust him and his “unbroken record of discretion and fidelity.”
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1907-05-15
President Roosevelt is notified confidentially that even though the announcement will not be official until December 10, that he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1906-12-01
Chairman Løvland notifies President Roosevelt that he has received the Nobel Peace Prize but it will not be officially announced until the 10th.
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1906-12-01
Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.
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1906-11-18
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry asks William Loeb to file the attached with the confidential comparison of the United States and Japanese navies that Roosevelt sent on October 27. The attachment includes more definite information about various Japanese ships than the memorandum to Roosevelt of October 30 and provides a list of the number and types of ships in the Japanese Navy.
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1906-11-02
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission has sent a trustworthy man west with instructions, who will meet Lane, Clark, and others in Des Moines to verify the statement in person. Knapp has new information that Paul Morton has evidence related to rebates paid to William Randolph Hearst in California. If Roosevelt suggest so, Morton would speak up on the matter.
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1906-10-25
Secretary of War Taft sends to President Roosevelt a confidential letter from Governor Charles Edward Magoon of Cuba.
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1906-10-20
Redfield Proctor knows nothing of the move to nominate Charles Henry Robb to the Court of Appeals for Vermont. Proctor had thought Robb supported Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford for the position. Proctor supports Stafford as well and finds him better qualified by “training, experience and temperament.” Robb, a fine man, is also young and could fill Stafford’s position and seek nomination at a later date. As Proctor is friends with Robb, he hopes Roosevelt will keep the matter confidential.
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1906-09-25
Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent informs William Loeb that he found a lot of support for Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and President Roosevelt among the union members with whom he spoke. Sargent also tells Loeb that while eating lunch with a few Democratic friends, they expressed the hope that President Roosevelt would be elected for a third term and that if the “Republicans have not the courage to nominate him, the Democrats will.” He thanks Loeb for sending the confidential letter and lets him know he is “in harmony” with the views of the writer.
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1906-09-19
Henry White received President Roosevelt’s letter but has waited until reaching Rome to answer it. White’s views on disarmament were sent in a confidential letter through the British Embassy’s dispatch bag. He has omitted any reference to Roosevelt’s observations about the German emperor although he has borrowed some of Roosevelt’s phraseology. White writes that Roosevelt’s action in Cuba was met with “universal admiration.” White saw the Chilean minister yesterday who said that Elihu Root’s visit there brought great comfort and was epoch making. Other topics in the letter include the German and Jesuit influence in the Vatican and the reputation of the emperor as an influencer, and White’s visit with the King of Italy and their discussion of new literacy-based immigration laws.
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1906-09-20
Secretary of War Taft asks Governor Smith what he thinks about the appointment of W. Morgan Shuster to the Philippine Commission. Smith should confer with T. H. Pardo de Tavera, Gregorio Araneta, and José Ruiz de Luzuriaga. Taft hopes newly appointed Attorney General Araneta is not disappointed. If Smith approves of Shuster, Taft will ask President Roosevelt to act.
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1906-09-22
Governor General of the Philippines Smith reports to Secretary of War Taft that Dean C. Worcester is very sick with maltreated Bright’s Disease and is out of work for two months. His wife Nanon Leas Worcester is in California and asks that the matter be kept confidential.
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1906-09-23
This confidential telegram informs Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires ad interim, that President Roosevelt has ordered ships to enter Cuban waters and he will determine how they are to be used to protect “American life and property.” Sleeper is allowed to request asylum for Americans but under no circumstances is he allowed to request the landing of any armed force from the State Department. Sleeper should continue to report all developments.
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1906-09-12
Charles E. Magoon writes to Acting Secretary of State Bacon about tensions in Panama. An enclosed translated letter from former president Tomás Arias requests that Secretary of State Elihu Root speak to Panamanians on his upcoming trip to appease concerns that the United States will go back on President Roosevelt’s instructions in 1904 to end aggressive action there.
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1906-08-03
O. D. M. Gaddis spoke with Charles Henry Akers, editor of the Arizona Gazette, about the matter of joint statehood. Akers is eager to use his paper to support statehood, but fears a loss of advertising business might result. Gaddis asks if a sum of five thousand dollars can be raised for Akers to “start the ball rolling.” Gaddis argues that if they secure Akers’s support, their cause will have a leading daily and the only Republican paper in Phoenix, Arizona.
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1906-08-06
William H. Taft makes a copy of a portion of a letter explaining a recent letter to Maria Longworth Storer. Storer had sent Taft letters from John Ireland and Salvatore Cortesi in order to explain why she did not reply to President Roosevelt’s letter.
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1906-07-24
William Loeb sends letters to William Emlen Roosevelt and asks him to return the letters when he is finished reading them. In a handwritten reply, Roosevelt states he will talk to President Roosevelt about the letters.
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1906-07-09
Seth Low writes that his informant did not bring back pleasant information. Despite the unfavorable situation, they were successful in advancing arbitration in the dispute between operators and miners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-27