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Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.
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1906-10-22
Representative Parsons has learned that men are being laid off in large numbers from the Navy Yard and expresses his concern to President Roosevelt. Many of the men in Representative William Musgrave Calder’s district are employed at the Navy Yard, and Parsons worries the lay offs will hurt Calder’s chances at re-election.
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1906-10-16
Attorney General Moody reports that charges have been filed against B. F. Oneal, United States Marshall for the western district of Louisiana. Moody recommends that he be removed from office.
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1906-10-02
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte discusses the political situation in Baltimore regarding the vacancy for Deputy Surveyor of Customs and recommends that President Roosevelt leave the position unfilled until after the election and then appoint James Campbell. Bonaparte then discusses the political situation between Clarence C. Pusey, Abraham Lincoln Dryden, and John B. Hanna, recommending that Roosevelt suggest that Pusey wait until November 1st to take office, which would be considerate to William H. Jackson without offending Pusey’s supporters. Bonaparte also discusses whether two ships should make a trip to New Orleans or not.
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1906-09-10
President Roosevelt has directed Acting Secretary of State Bacon to answer one particular point in Bellamy Storer’s letter. Roosevelt’s letter of December 11 was not a personal, private letter but rather a communication between officials of the United States. Storer was supposed to read the accompanying letter and pass it on to his wife, Maria Longworth Storer, who was to take “certain definite action” to prevent the severance of Storer’s post in diplomatic service. She did not fulfill these conditions and Bacon finds it difficult to count Storer’s lack of reply to Roosevelt’s letter as mere “folly.”
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1906-09-10
Chairman Shonts rejects the claims of George T. Kenly that the employee selection process for the Panama Canal project is politically biased. He encloses a copy of a letter from Chief Engineer John F. Stevens which outlines Kenly’s deficiencies.
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1906-08-23
Charles J. Bonaparte encloses a letter from Senator Hale regarding the increases to the Navy. Bonaparte notes that Assistant Secretary Newberry’s request to be excused from service on the Personnel Board is under review by Lieutenant Commander Sims. Bonaparte further seeks counsel from President Roosevelt on matters of the Paymaster General shift, and the men recommended for dismissal by Admiral Sands.
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1906-08-27
Leonard Wood tells Theodore Roosevelt that H. C. Pollock has been removed from civil service with the military. Wood describes the environment of the Battle of Mount Dajo. Wood discusses developing Baguio.
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1906-05-14
Emerson Hough sends President Roosevelt two exhibits to give to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw regarding the incident involving gambler Tom Powers that led to Roosevelt’s dismissal of Pat Garrett from his position as customs collector. Hough believes Roosevelt should reappoint Garrett. He also writes that gambler Billy Sims was present at a San Antonio banquet, which shows the President’s hosts failing to protect his public image.
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1905-12-19
David Starr Jordan writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the dismissal of Julius Goebel from the faculty of Stanford University. The papers have alleged that Goebel was dismissed by Jordan in part becuase of Goebel’s criticism of Roosevelt’s Winning of the West. Jordan denies that this had anything to do with Goebel’s removal.
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1905-09-20
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb to discuss corrections to be made to a letter. Loomis advises adding Secretary of State John Hay’s observations of Foreign Minister Herbert Wolcott Bowen’s treachery, not only to the administration but also to the country.
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1905-09-21
Ella W. Montgomery tells Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about her life and family. Her husband, Benjamin F. Montgomery, a longtime telegrapher at the White House, has just been informed that he is to be sent away. Montgomery begs Roosevelt to ask President Roosevelt to stop him from being sent away.
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1905-03-27
Laura A. Hull Morris asserts that President Roosevelt’s acts do not second his words, because he has allowed an injustice to stand which he could have righted (the dismissal of her husband from government service).
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1905-03-05
Commissioner of Immigration Williams admonishes John J. Hagarty for making trouble by disregarding orders from his superior and going over his superior’s head in several matters, in addition to causing several other disruptions. Williams says that he is giving Hagarty one more chance because he has served in the military and has a large family to take care of, but warns him that if he hears negative reports about Hagarty or Hagarty complains about conditions again, he will pursue Hagarty’s dismissal.
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1904-10-19
Commissioner of Immigration Williams asks William Loeb to see what he can find out about John J. Hagarty, who has written to President Roosevelt alleging ill treatment on the job at Ellis Island. Williams believes that Hagarty deserves to be dismissed from the service, as “he is a malcontent and a mischief maker,” and has already been given a great deal of leeway regarding his actions.
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1904-10-21
Commissioner of Pensions Ware informs President Roosevelt of the removal of Mr. Todd from the board of Jackson, Mississippi, which was done at the suggestion of U.S. Marshal Edgar S. Wilson. Lonnie B. Moseley is planning to speak with Roosevelt about this change. Moseley wants Frederick W. Collins to be a referee instead of Wilson, and Ware notes that Moseley “may use the Todd business as a vehicle of appeal.”
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1904-07-25
Maurice E. Townsend writes to inquire whether President Roosevelt received his earlier letter and to get an explanation as to why he has been dropped from his recent position.
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1904-05-26
Wilbur S. Hinman received Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s letter with enclosures and attended to the mentioned matters. He sends an article with information about the USS Constitution. Hinman updates Roosevelt on Arthur L. Hanscom’s letter concerning Ichabod Cole’s discharge. He explains that Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long will decide Wilson’s case on Monday and will send Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s letter to him. Hinman will report tomorrow on the matters he did not have time to attend to.
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1897-10-09
Attorney General George W. Wickersham and a committee on personnel of the Department of Agriculture have recommended to President William H. Taft that Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley “be permitted to resign” from his post as pure food expert and chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. An investigation found that Wiley hired Dr. Henry Hurd Rusby at an improper rate. Wiley and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, should resign, and Rusby should be dismissed.
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1911-07-14
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou that Public Printer Francis Wayland Palmer will reinstate William A. Miller. Although it appears on the surface that Miller did anything wrong by joining a union while employed by the Government Printing Office, Roosevelt will wait to make a final decision on the matter until he has received the report on Miller’s second communication.
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1903-07-13