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President Roosevelt informs William Allen White that newly appointed Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou has been reviewing the matter but as yet to determine the reductions. If legislation is not passed soon, Roosevelt will consider hiring outside accountants to thoroughly investigate the matter before he again approaches Congress.
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1907-02-27
President Roosevelt explains to John Byrne that he does not want to ask anything of Congress that he knows it will not concede, and at this point in Congress and the public there is “literally not one particle of active interest” in financial legislation.
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1905-10-12
President Roosevelt has decided not to appoint an unofficial committee to investigate the financial question. However, he has not abandoned hope of persuading Congress to take some action that will help secure an agreement at the beginning of the second session.
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1903-12-29
President Roosevelt likes William A. Gavett but the Puerto Rican position is very important so Secretary of the Treasury Shaw should discuss it with Roosevelt and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker before deciding. It appears that the purchase of the friars’ property in the Philippines will move forward and Roosevelt asks questions regarding the proper means to raise the necessary funds.
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1903-12-22
President Roosevelt suggests sending copies of Congressman Hill’s currency bill to several individuals.
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1903-12-05
President Roosevelt would like to speak with J. Pierpont Morgan about financial legislation once Congress has met for the special session on November 9. Roosevelt has interesting correspondence from Mr. Stillman and Harris Charles Fahnestock about legislation.
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1903-10-13
President Roosevelt is pledged to hold the extra session of Congress on November 9, where he hopes to pass the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty and some remedial financial legislation. Roosevelt will not suggest any measures until meeting with Congressional leaders.
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1903-08-27
President Roosevelt needs to call an extra session of Congress to consider the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty and would like to see some minor financial legislation. Roosevelt agrees with Senator Quay that Gray would be a strong candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
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1903-08-27
William O. Manson rails against Wall Street issuing “worthless watered stocks” that are then used to borrow money. He believes that preventing these stocks would end financial panics and the need for a protective tariff.
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1911-11-11
George Stuart Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt some further newsletters with financial predictions from Wagner’s Wall Street Warnings. Smith hopes that it may be possible to pass laws to protect people from bad financial advice.
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1911-07-24
Representative Vreeland must postpone his visit with Theodore Roosevelt because of an illness. He wishes to speak with Roosevelt regarding upcoming financial legislation, as is Chairman of several Congressional Committees related to the matter, and considers it a very important subject. Vreeland also wishes to consult with Roosevelt on state-level matters within New York, but realizes that that conversation can wait. Nevertheless, he hopes that Roosevelt will accept the temporary chairmanship of the state convention.
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1910-08-04
Theodore Roosevelt replies to Anna Roosevelt Cowles about Elisha Ely Garrison, a good man who was in his regiment. Garrison wrote to Roosevelt recently because he is interested in financial legislation and hoped Roosevelt would discuss it with him. Roosevelt says that Garrison is a real friend and a Yale man; Roosevelt always listens to him when he visits and sends him a follow-up letter of acknowledgement when he sends a manuscript or pamphlet. Roosevelt shares that he and Edith Roosevelt laughed when they read Cowles’ account of the Frederika Bremer celebration and about William Sheffield Cowles Jr. playing football to work off the extra treats at Christmas.
1911-12-29
Harris C. Fahnestock cautions against including financial legislation during the extra session of Congress.
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1903-10-01
Text of a speech delivered by Senator Hansbrough before the Bankers’ Association of North Dakota. He begins his speech by pointing out that that the financial speculations on Wall Street have “no relation to healthy business conditions.” According to Hansbrough, when stock brokers find themselves in trouble they appeal to Congress to “save the country.” Hansbrough also discusses the impact of an increase in banks across the country. The speech closes with an emphasis on Hansbrough’s faith in the “American country banker.”
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1903-08-28
E. King writes to President Roosevelt to offer his views and suggestions regarding financial legislation, the currency issue, and the United States Treasury.
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1903-08-27
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt regarding articles relating to financial legislation, the election of Mayor Low, and Oregon senators. Bishop returns the letter from Edward King.
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1903-09-01
Judson G. Wall writes to President Roosevelt regarding an article from the Wall Street Journal on the subject of trusts, corporations and a potential financial panic to be blamed on the Roosevelt administration.
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1903-08-31
E. D. Tyler writes to President Roosevelt regarding the use of silver as currency as well as other national financial issues.
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1903-08-31
Charles K Lexow writes to President Roosevelt regarding an idea and plan for financial affairs including banks, currency, and bonds.
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1903-08-29
Henry Scanlan Kerr sends President Roosevelt a plan he has devised for a system of Bank Note Currency, in hopes it may be useful to a committee drafting upcoming legislation.
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1903-08-29