Your TR Source
President Roosevelt encloses a copy of a letter that he sent to Charles N. Fowler, Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency, and asks Speaker of the House Cannon to look over it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
Silas McBee shares his thoughts on truthfulness in public life with President Roosevelt, and asks if Roosevelt is aware that W. H. Mallock is preaching for the National Civic Federation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-16
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-26
President Roosevelt thanks Herman Henry Kohlsaat for the letter and clipping. He thinks that Charles N. Fowler’s bill might make the situation worse because it seems to be only an inflation measure.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-15
President Roosevelt received Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s letter concerning diamond appraiser General George Washington Mindil. While he finds it “distressing” to take such action against Mindil, Roosevelt sees no alternative. He prefers that someone from Representative Charles N. Fowler’s office, the Committee on Banking and Currency, fill the vacancy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-07
President Roosevelt reviews potential currency legislation and is debating when to hold an extra session of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-24
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Representative Ebenezer J. Hill and requests Senator Aldrich’s views. Representative Joseph Gurney Cannon is against anything being done but Roosevelt would like Hill and Representative Charles N. Fowler to be seen by the Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-22
Lester E. Wurfel sends Theodore Roosevelt materials from his recent campaign. He asks Roosevelt for career advice and hopes he can endorse his applications with the Secret Service Bureau and Bureau of Investigation or if he knows of any similar positions that would prepare him for “future political battles.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-16
President-Elect Taft writes to President Roosevelt about the upcoming inauguration and legislative debates. Taft reiterates that he has not changed his mind about Fowler (presumably the Fowler Bill relating to financial reform, H.R. 12677) but will attempt to subvert any machinations by that bill’s sponsor, Representative Charles N. Fowler. Taft requests feedback on his inaugural address regarding relations with Japan, and shares that several prominent African American leaders, including Booker T. Washington, have evaluated his speech as it relates to African Americans. Taft concludes by warmly accepting an offer to stay in the White House during the last night of the Roosevelt administration, partially to undermine rumors that he and Roosevelt have been in conflict.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-25
In his speech on banking and currency, Andrew Carnegie compares the government bond-backed American banking system to the gold-backed European and Canadian systems and advocates for a switch from bonds to gold in American banks. Bonds are not a stable backing for currency and war could cause values to fluctuate. Carnegie is in favor of slowly, gradually, and cautiously switching to the gold standard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-14
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-11
Representative Hill tells President Roosevelt that he has heard a “great deal of agitation” on the subject of currency. Hill is satisfied that the conflicting House and Senate committees on banking and currency will come to a resolution regarding national banking. Hill thinks it “of the utmost importance” that the financial legislation have a chance to take effect before the presidential campaign commences. Hill explains differences between the Aldrich Bill and the previous Hill-Fowler Bill, which he was co-author of, when it comes to the deposit of public monies into banks. The Republican Party will support any proposition that both committees agree upon, as will House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-18