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President Roosevelt reassures Adolphus Busch that Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou is “straining every nerve” to relieve the financial issues. The troubles elsewhere are the result of the panic in New York. Cortelyou helped New York so the city can aid the rest of the country.
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1907-11-18
President Roosevelt acknowledges Ambassador White’s letter regarding establishing a central bank. While Roosevelt wants to strengthen the American banking system, he worries that financial systems in the United States are too different from those in the Old World to warrant completely copying its central banking.
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1907-11-18
President Roosevelt thanks George L. Wilson for his letter and will pass on his comments to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-11-18
President Roosevelt summarizes a letter from Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou telling him that the United States would likely not be able to meet its federal expenses without worsening the current economic crisis. While Roosevelt considers it prudent to not release this letter to the public, he does let Senator Allison know that the letter is on file should he wish to read it himself.
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1907-11-19
President Roosevelt tells Richard Wilson Knott that he will discuss Knott’s suggestions with Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou. They have had difficulty dispersing money into country banks, since much of it simply makes its way back to New York, as everything is centered there. Roosevelt is happy to hear about the results in Kentucky.
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1907-11-07
President Roosevelt is glad Alice Roosevelt Longworth is feeling better. He agrees that the political conditions in Ohio hurt the presidential campaign of Secretary of War William H. Taft. However, he believes Taft will likely still be nominated, but it will take careful action. As such, while he prefers Taft succeed him, Roosevelt will not openly declare his support. Besides Cleveland, the election results were good, and he enjoyed his hunting trip down the Mississippi.
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1907-11-10
President Roosevelt thanks Spencer Borden for his letter and would like to see Colonel George E. Waring Jr.’s book about sanitation when the project is more advanced.
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1907-10-30
President Roosevelt writes to Seth Low that he believes the Sherman law should be modified to permit business combination when the combination is not against the interests of the people. Roosevelt thanks Low for his comments about Roosevelt’s speeches and for his thoughts on the present situation.
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1907-10-30
President Roosevelt provides Richard Henry Dana with his thoughts and details on the case surrounding Archie Dovell Sanders, a New York civil servant who refuses to stop his political activity while in office.
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1907-11-02
President Roosevelt will bring up former Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s proposal with the current Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, but notes how difficult it is to get any agreement about the currency.
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1907-11-02
President Roosevelt has received William Emlen Roosevelt’s letters, and says the current financial situation gives him concern. The president will be traveling to Oyster Bay, by special train to vote, and hopes that Emlen will be with him.
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1907-10-24
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge for remembering his birthday. Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou is doing what he can in the financial situation and Secretary of State Elihu Root’s health has improved. Roosevelt enjoyed his recent hunting trip in Louisiana.
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1907-10-27
President Roosevelt thanks newspaper editor, Thomas E. Watson, for his letter and assures he will not surrender to or have “secret midnight conferences” with anyone. Like Samuel Gompers, J. P. Morgan will openly call at the White House, which is receptive to all for a fair hearing. Roosevelt is unsure of his response to the financial situation and will confer with Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou. He wishes to speak with Watson in-person and asks if he is visiting Washington D.C., soon.
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1907-11-12
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that he will talk to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou about financial matters. He will not say anything about the Philippines in his message, but will send a special message after hearing from Taft.
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1907-10-13
President Roosevelt tells Senator Smith that he could not decline to promote Frank Aleamon Leach as director of the United States Mint. Roosevelt encloses a letter explaining this, from Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-07-11
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Representative Parsons has such a favorable opinion of the nomination of William R. Willcox to the chairmanship of the New York Public Service Commission by Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Naturally Roosevelt will consult with Parsons on the nomination of a new postmaster to replace Willcox. Roosevelt asks Parsons’s opinion of the suggestion by Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou’s suggestion of Assistant Postmaster Edward M. Morgan for the role.
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1907-06-27
President Roosevelt thanks James Wolcott Wadsworth, speaker of the New York State Assembly, for the letter and assures him that he will try to avert trouble rather than cause it. He will review the matter with Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-06-04
President Roosevelt cannot write H. E. Miles in reference to the matter he mentions. He sent Miles’ letter to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-06-05
President Roosevelt informs James Speyer that there are individuals who are critical of Speyer’s proposed scholarship, which would require that a Jewish scholar would be appointed by everyone. Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou, Paul Morton, Elihu Root, and William H. Taft all agree with Speyer’s scholarship stipulations.
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1907-05-22
President Roosevelt has sent Bishop Horstmann’s letter to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou. Roosevelt knew nothing of the potential to replace Myron H. McCord but anything Horstmann says about anyone will carry weight with him.
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1907-04-17