Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923

Senator Lodge shares some of a letter from Secretary of the Immigration Commission, Morton E. Crane, in which Crane discusses the positive feelings of the citizens of London toward President Roosevelt’s economic policies, as well as the friendship between Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge and David Graham Phillips, author of The Treason of the Senate. Lodge also shares segments from Baron F. A. Channing’s essay on the Union, which Roosevelt may want to quote.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-02

Senator Lodge asks President Roosevelt to press Senator William P. Dillingham to bring a bill to a vote. Lodge fears delay, as it might give the steamship lobby time to develop opposition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-13

Senator Dillingham of Vermont knows of no one who opposes the confirmation of Oscar R. Hundley except Senator Edmund Pettus of Alabama, whom Dillingham believes holds a personal grudge against Hundley.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

The nomination of Oscar Hundley to the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama is now in the hands of a sub-committee. There is some opposition to the confirmation of Hundley because of his advocacy for an amendment to the Constitution “providing that moneys collected by white taxpayers should be used in the education of white children only, and that moneys collected from the colored people should be used for the colored schools.” This would have resulted in “colored children” being thrown out of school, as “the amount of taxes collected from colored people is very small.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Pictures of the twelve men that will represent the United States Senate at the funeral of Senator R. A. Alger.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-26

Theodore Roosevelt commends Senator Crawford’s speech. He was shocked that Senator William P. Dillingham and Senator Robert J. Gamble signed the report.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-17

President Roosevelt informs Senator Allison that William Sidney Rossiter of the Census Bureau did a full investigation and report on conditions at the Government Printing Office that led to his working “day and night” and spending over $100 of his personal funds. He asks Allison if he could be compensated an extra $1000, and if this could be added to an appropriation bill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-20

President Roosevelt appoints Jeremiah Whipple Jenks to the Dillingham Commission in accordance with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1907.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-01

President Roosevelt appoints Commissioner of Labor Neill to the Dillingham Commission in accordance with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1907.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-01

President Roosevelt feels that Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty has made a strong case. He remarks that he wishes the Senators from Vermont could be convinced to take a stand for railway rate legislation. Commissioner of Corporations James Rudolph Garfield’s report is complete, and Roosevelt hopes that the Interstate Commerce Commission will go into the case of railroad and oil transportation matters as thoroughly as soon as possible. In the meantime, he asks whether Prouty is going to look up the combinations involved in the anthracite coal business as well as those in bituminous coal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-21

President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt that he has instructed Secretary of State John Hay to “endeavor to procure” an amendment to Article 2 of the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration, per the request of several senators. Roosevelt goes on to point out that the original text of the treaty was approved in advance by the members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations prior to to negotiation, and that a joint resolution by the House and Senate requested Roosevelt to negotiate and conclude the treaty governing the hunting of fur seals with Great Britain.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-23

President Roosevelt would like to have the Alaska legislation passed, as it is important that the Republican Congress “should show its genuine care for the welfare” of the state. Roosevelt believes they should be “pretty safe” in doing so with the support of Senators Beveridge, Nelson, and Dillingham.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-21

President Roosevelt will discuss the bill with Senator Dillingham tomorrow. He invites C. Grant La Farge to dinner on Friday night.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-09

W. D. Murphy, pen name for Harriet Anderson Stubbs Murphy, invites Theodore Roosevelt to visit her studio and see her portraits of him. Murphy lists several of her most notable portrait subjects and how satisfied they were with her work. Murphy notifies Roosevelt the New York Historical Society wants to buy this portrait of Roosevelt, and she would like to have Roosevelt’s approval before it sells.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-09

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-31

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Senator Proctor suggests that President Roosevelt bring his sons to Vermont where they might take a yacht up the East Coast. Proctor describes the troubles his son Fletcher D. Proctor has encountered in the Vermont gubernatorial race, but also suggests that it would be best if Roosevelt did not intervene.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-15

Following a number of legislative items, including voting on an amendment to a bill and a motion to investigate participation in international expositions, Senator Robert M. La Follette delivers a speech beginning with proposed tariff reciprocity with Canada, but quickly turning to his view that President William H. Taft has abandoned his campaign promises to continue the progressive policies of his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt. La Follette excoriates Taft on his stances on taxes and conservation, among other issues.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-15

A program listing the January, February, and March dates and speakers for the Saturday Discussions lecture series sponsored by the Republican Club of the City of New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-11