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Eben H. Hubbard writes to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that the reports against Mobile collector William Frye Tebbetts are inaccurate. The president of a Mobile bank sent a letter to Senator William P. Frye to vouch for Tebbetts’s character, as well.
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1904-12-27
Pictures of the twelve men that will represent the United States Senate at the funeral of Senator R. A. Alger.
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1907-01-26
President Roosevelt holds “the message” football and looks at Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and President Pro Tempore of the Senate William P. Frye, who face one another.
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1906-12-03
Seating chart for a lunch held on December 4, 1901.
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1901-12-04
Secretary of State Hay encloses four letters: his letters to Minister Dudley and William B. Dickey, Dickey’s letter demanding $2,600, and Senator Frye’s letter endorsing the demand.
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1903-01-26
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Hay it might be worthwhile to bring up the treaty again and suggests he speak with Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Eugene Hale, and William P. Frye. Roosevelt is displeased by Sir Edward Clarke’s remarks at a dinner honoring American diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate.
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1904-11-29
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Senator Frye which he believes justifies “an outbreak of ‘large Batavian mirth.'” He suggests promoting Alfred L. M. Gottschalk to Callao, Peru, and filling Gottschalk’s place with Conant.
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1903-06-19
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to forward some letters and to begin the investigation according to Hay’s earlier suggestions.
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1902-11-08
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Senator Frye and directs Secretary of State Hay to investigate the case and judge the merits of William B. Dickey and Charles V. Herdliska.
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1902-10-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Walter A. Miller that once Roosevelt became president after President William McKinley’s assassination that Senator William Pierce Frye was temporarily elected Senate president until Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks was elected.
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1911-01-26
Theodore Roosevelt does not want to be considered in next spring’s primaries. He hopes that the Republican Party will realize that the Progressive Party platform of 1912 was “mere Abraham Lincolnism” and a decent man will be nominated. Roosevelt believes President Wilson should be protesting against the German sinking of passenger ships. British actions should be ignored until action is taken against the “infinitely worse deeds of the Germans.”
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1915-03-31
President Roosevelt informs Senator Hale he will take up the matter regarding Collector of the Port George A. Curran but will wait on the St. John issue until he sees Secretary of State Elihu Root and Hale. He is disheartened by the Maine election and the implications of William Randolph Hearst’s nomination for governor of New York. The situation in Cuba continues to be a struggle.
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1906-09-28
President Roosevelt has superficially reviewed the case of George A. Curran, Collector of the Port of Calais. If the reported facts prove true, Curran will be removed. He asks Senator Hale if he or Senator William P. Frye can meet to review the matter with him, as well as Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James Burton Reynolds.
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1906-09-12
President Roosevelt informs Representative Needham he cannot sign his bill because it is possible that the Tuolumne groves and the sugar pine forest may be destroyed. Roosevelt states, “The only lands that can with my consent be excluded from the Yosemite National Park are those recommended by [the] commission” which has been investigating the matter.
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1905-01-04
President Roosevelt informs French Baron d’Estournelles de Constant that he cannot visit France at this time, as the unwritten custom states that the president cannot leave the United States during his term of office. However, Roosevelt will do his best to get Congress to accept d’Estournelles de Constant’s invitation.
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1905-01-04
President Roosevelt tells Booker T. Washington about several difficulties he is having pertaining to matters in Alabama. Roosevelt is having trouble over the William Frye Tebbetts case because President Pro Tempore of the Senate William P. Frye has a “personal interest” in Tebbetts and wants him reappointed. Similarly, Roosevelt wants to trust Thompson and put Montgomery in the place of Chisolm under the Department of Justice, but the department says there is no issue with Chisolm. As Roosevelt says, “[Thompson] must not make it difficult for me by starting to turn out men who are . . . doing well.”
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1905-01-02
Senator William P. Frye is upset over the shipping matter. President Roosevelt believes that is why he is opposing the confirmation of General Leonard Wood and that he said Roosevelt is not “safe” for the presidential nomination.
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1904-01-27
President Roosevelt reviews potential currency legislation and is debating when to hold an extra session of Congress.
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1903-08-24
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Senator Frye and wishes he could be out hunting with Redfield Proctor.
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1903-08-20
President Roosevelt asks for Senator Aldrich’s thoughts on Senator Frye’s views and encloses a letter from Senator Proctor on the subject.
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1903-08-20