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President Roosevelt writes that Senator Gamble’s letter exemplifies the type of complaint that results from legislative bodies attempting to take on executive responsibilities. Roosevelt will find out if the executive body can handle the matter.
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1908-10-05
President Roosevelt tells Senator Bourne that any statements that have been made about agreements with Senator Charles William Fulton toward a delegation in Oregon, or attempts from the administration to affect the Oregon legislature, are untrue. Instead of sending a confidential accusatory letter, Roosevelt asserts that Bourne should have openly stated his confidence that the statements were false.
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1908-10-05
President Roosevelt would be pleased if William Dudley Foulke wrote the suggested article. The card is somewhat misleading, but Roosevelt says the related discussion did largely take place. Roosevelt is sure Representative James E. Watson tried his best to get the House leaders and Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon to take Roosevelt’s views.
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1908-10-01
President Roosevelt writes about Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker to Senator Lodge. New information regarding Foraker’s motives provides proof that Foraker was working in the interest of the corporations, not for African Americans. Roosevelt feels this is the same reason Foraker was fighting the judgeship in Ohio.
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1908-09-19
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts on the difficulty of dealing with Ohio Representative Theodore E. Burton and the reasons for his African safari with William Allen White. Roosevelt asks White if William H. Taft will win the upcoming presidential election in Kansas.
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1908-08-10
President Roosevelt informs Yale University President Hadley that after consulting Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith, he thinks it best not to appoint John K. Beach as judge of the 2nd Circuit Court. While Smith agrees with Hadley that Beach is a better candidate overall, the senators do not recommend him, and it would be in poor form to act contrary to them in this matter.
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1907-08-27
President Roosevelt will follow the course suggested by William Emlen Roosevelt and will advise Congress that if they do not act, he will. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock has promised a pony for the children. James Bronson Reynolds of the University Settlement can be contacted regarding a political subscription.
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1901-10-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about a visit from Edmund Heller who is now engaged to be married. They have not heard from Archie Roosevelt yet regarding the cables they sent about the birth of his son. Roosevelt writes how the Bolsheviks are ruining Russia and how Senator George Chamberlain’s investigation into the War Department is finally producing some changes. He encloses two extracts of letters regarding Quentin Roosevelt.
1918-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to criticize President Woodrow Wilson for a lack of military preparedness and reports a Congressional investigation has shown Secretary of War Newton D. Baker’s inefficiency. Roosevelt says he continues to write and make speeches in an effort to spur Wilson into taking more action.
1918-01-14
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about finishing a speech and making more plans for their African trip including vaccinations and rifle practice. He is struggling with Congress to get battleships, to settle the California/Japan matter, and over Congress asking for confidential information from Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith.
1909-01-23
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit that there has been considerable grumbling over his order regarding physical exercise. In order to put a stop to it, Roosevelt decided to ride 90 miles in one day himself. He and three others rode from Washington, D.C., to Warrenton and back, a distance of 98 miles, beginning at 3:30 a.m. and returning at 8:30 p.m.
Congress feels they do not have to listen to the President since his term is nearly up and he expects fights over some veto messages he will send. He will start his libel suits against The World and the Indianapolis News. Roosevelt says he and Mother have enjoyed life at the White House but are ready to leave.
1909-01-14
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about the dance they had for Ethel Roosevelt at the White House and his trouble with Congress over the Secret Service. He goes into detail about the guns they will be using on their African hunting trip, including one lent to them by John Jay White. He adds that Quentin Roosevelt was punished for leaving school without permission and he and Mother are worried about him. Roosevelt enclosed a list of the English donors of his rifle.
1909-01-10
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit regarding arrangements for their hunting trip to Africa. He talked with Carl Ethan Akeley and Colonel J. H. Patterson on the matter. He also mentions the Harvard-Yale football game, Kaiser Wilhelm II angering the German people, and finishing two speeches.
1908-11-22
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop regarding his relationship with the Senate. Roosevelt discusses his announcement that he would not run for another term as president and the Senate’s failure to pass the San Domingan treaty.
1905-03-23
President Roosevelt feels strongly that the postmistress in Delaware should be reinstated. It is a particularly poor time for the Post Office Department to be seen as a political tool. If any politician demands anything of the Department that is not “exactly square,” they must be turned down. Roosevelt understands the desirability of maintaining good relations with senators and congressmen, but a federal employee being “personally obnoxious” is not sufficient grounds for dismissal.
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1903-09-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Roosevelt’s apologies to Reverend Reilly for not being able to help Mr. Kane. If Roosevelt made an appeal to any officials for Kane, it would place him in a false position and he is prohibited from doing what is necessary.
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1912-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt will be unable to attend the meeting as requested by Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt is certain that Senator Lodge will not vote for the treaty without either Lodge’s or Senator Root’s amendment.
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1912-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt approves of Senator Lodge’s speech and the action taken by the Senate. The difficulties with the arbitration treaties extend from the Taft administration’s attitude. Roosevelt will send the article he wrote for next week’s Outlook regarding the Russian arbitration treaty.
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1911-12-23
President Roosevelt thanks President-Elect Taft for his warm letter, and effuses praise of Taft’s inauguration speech. Roosevelt suggests appointing William Loeb during the Senate recess to prevent Representative Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey from exercising power before he leaves office.
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1909-02-26
President Roosevelt tells Thomas A. Janvier that in order to bring ships East, he would need appropriations. Roosevelt cannot make requests of Congress at this stage of the session.
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1909-02-26