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Secretary of State Hay informs President Roosevelt that he has directed Judge William Lawrence Penfield to draft a response to a plea Senator Joseph Hopkins Millard made on behalf of his constituents who have investments in Santo Domingo. On Roosevelt’s approval, the draft can serve as an answer to other requests of this type.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-17
Judge Millard sends William Loeb a draft response to Senator Millard’s plea on behalf of his constituents who have financial interests in Santo Domingo for President Roosevelt’s approval.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-17
Judge Penfield sends Secretary of State Hay a draft response that can serve as a model for similar cases involving Santo Domingo. In a handwritten response, Hay says the draft is all right as long as President Roosevelt approves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-16
William Lawrence Penfield directs the Diplomatic Bureau how to respond to a letter from Senator Millard. Millard’s constituents had invested money and time on building a railroad, a wharf and immigration consensus in 1901, prior to a period of instability in San Domingo which stopped all American activity. An extension of time in which to accomplish these goals is requested, and consideration will be given to this request.
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1905-03-16
Robert Grant continues a discussion with President Roosevelt about the immoral behavior of some wealthy people. He also notes that the Senate is rejecting the treaty of San Domingo.
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1905-03-15
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane telephoned to caution President Roosevelt about dealing with Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn regarding San Domingo. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is sensitive about the president “butting in.”
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1905-03-15
Charles W. Fairbanks writes to Theodore Roosevelt to tell him that Senators Earman and Cullum believe that their are enough votes to pass the Domingo treaty.
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1905-03-14
Shelby M. Cullom writes that the Committee on Foreign Relations does not want to concern itself with the matter of a treaty to be worked out between the Dominican Republic and the United States at the present time. The issue would require a great deal of discussion which would require them to stay in session longer. Cullom will bring it up immediately in the extra session.
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1905-03-01
Samuel W. Small informs President Roosevelt of the content of a long telegram sent by Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World to his managing editor. Pulitzer plans to launch a series of editorials attacking Roosevelt, accusing him of violating the United States Constitution. Small believes that Roosevelt is doing well in the South.
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1905-02-17
The United States Government has neither the intention to annex Haiti or the Dominican Republic, nor the desire to acquire possession of them by force or negotiation.
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1905-02-11
Secretary of State Hay assures Minister Le´ger that the United States has no intention of annexing Haiti or Santo Domingo.
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1905-02-09
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis has received William Loeb’s letter concerning President Roosevelt’s approval and appointment of John T. Abbott as a financial agent between the United States and the Dominican Republic.
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1904-07-28
Carlos F. Morales, president of the Dominican Republic, requests that the U.S. State Department appoint “one skilled in financial matters” to revise fiscal administration.
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1904-04-18
Secretary of State John Hay encloses a copy of a note from the Dominican Charge de Affairs Sanchez.
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1904-04-08
Juan Francisco Sánchez will convey to President of the Dominican Republic Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco and his cabinet President Roosevelt’s “deep regret” over disturbances in the Republic and his appreciation of the government’s desire for closer relations with the United States.
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1904-04-04
A defense of American intervention in the Dominican Republic.
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1904-02-22
The writer claims that William Jennings Bryan and United States Senate Democrats are attempting to organize a fight between Theodore Roosevelt and the senate over the San Domingo treaty in order to gain political advantage. The Roosevelt administration is aware of their efforts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-24
William Bayard Hale advocates for intervention in Santo Domingo (the Dominican Republic).
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-01