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Theodore Roosevelt tells Samuel K. Harvey the statements are false and James Rudolph Garfield has since stated he had no authorization to speak on Roosevelt’s behalf. Any statement from Roosevelt will be made by him, no one else.
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1911-10-24
Overton W. Price sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the book he wrote, The Land We Live In, to tell the story of conservation to boys. Price hopes Roosevelt will join several others in praising the book because a line from Roosevelt will be very effective in getting the book read and supporting the movement for the conservation of our natural resources.
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1911-12-13
President Roosevelt reports to his son Kermit on playing single-stick with General Wood and chopping trees with James Rudolph Garfield and Gifford Pinchot. Roosevelt is having a terrific time trying to get things through Congress. Roosevelt also talks about playing with Archie and Quentin.
1903-01-17
President Roosevelt appoints Admiral Capps to represent the Navy Department on a committee that will report on the organization, condition, and needs of the Executive Government.
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1908-10-08
President Roosevelt tells Republican State Committee Chairman Woodruff that he hopes there will be support for judges Abel E. Blackmar and Luke D. Stapleton, who were appointed by Governor Charles Evans Hughes and represent both political parties. Roosevelt has scheduled Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield for Woodruff’s Saturday night meeting.
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1908-09-25
President Roosevelt asks Superintendent Young to remove the ridiculous decorative fountain in Mammoth Hot Springs. Roosevelt feels that Young should be serving with a civilian force under him, and will discuss the situation with Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield.
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1908-09-15
President Roosevelt thanks Alexander Lambert for his letter, which contained the information Roosevelt was about to ask for. Roosevelt has asked Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park S. B. M. Young to remove the fountain. Roosevelt plans to give Young as much authority over the park as he can, replacing the soldiers.
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1908-09-15
President Roosevelt writes that Yellowstone National Park Superintendent S. B. M. Young’s letter and enclosure only confirm his feeling that the Army must be removed from the park and replaced by rangers.
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1908-09-12
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt about his busy days in Washington. He has not been able to go riding, but has been going on walks and playing tennis. Roosevelt has recently received an interesting Buddha statue from China and is happy that Ethel Roosevelt has a friend visiting.
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1907-09-27
President Roosevelt writes John Muir about the city of San Francisco trying to gain water rights to the Hetch Hetchy valley. Roosevelt will do what he can to protect the great “natural beauties of this country.” However, the citizens of the area are not standing against the Hetch Hetchy project. Roosevelt worries that he will be seen as interfering in the development of California.
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1907-09-16
William Loeb returns to Representative Burton a clean, signed copy of the letter Burton drafted for President Roosevelt’s signature. Loeb describes additional edits made to the letter.
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1907-09-06
President Roosevelt informs Arizona Territory Governor Joseph H. Kibbey that after a visit from Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, he has learned the situation in Arizona and New Mexico and he will not act to seek joint statehood for the Territories.
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1907-08-31
President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Bonaparte on the appointment of Assistant Attorney General Marsden C. Burch in the Idaho land fraud case. On the New Mexico issue, Roosevelt details Attorney General William H. H. Llewellyn’s rise as an attorney. In light of Judge James H. Beatty’s letter, Roosevelt feels there is no need to be involved. Although Roosevelt does not trust rumors, it does seem based on recent behavior that Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis may be suffering a breakdown. In a post script, Roosevelt comments on William Randolph Hearst’s recent supposed sympathy toward Bonaparte after his siding with Wall Street. In Roosevelt’s view, the recurrent rumor about Bonaparte resigning to appease financiers has actually shown the public that Bonaparte alarms those who are corrupt.
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1907-08-31
President Roosevelt read Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Young’s report and sent the papers to Representative William Bourke Cockran. Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield agrees with Roosevelt concerning E. C. Waters, whose lease has been canceled and will not be renewed.
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1907-08-29
President Roosevelt requests Attorney General Bonaparte review the matter of the investigation of the International Harvester Company with company official George W. Perkins and Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith.
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1907-08-22
President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Bonaparte’s conclusions in the Standard Oil and Chicago Alton Railroad case. While he thinks Bonaparte’s letter to Henry Lee Higginson is admirable, Roosevelt thinks it best not to publish it and open himself to further attacks by the press. He cautions against attending the conference of attorney generals. Roosevelt suggests how to respond to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick and handle the situation in New Mexico.
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1907-08-22
President Theodore Roosevelt will try to make Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield take a vacation. Assistant Secretary Robert Bacon is off for five weeks and Roosevelt is not happy about Secretary of State Elihu Root’s health either.
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1907-08-21
President Roosevelt is disappointed New Mexico Governor Curry appointed Albert B. Fall as attorney general and suggests he be removed. Roosevelt assures Curry the governor has the president’s support. Roosevelt instructed Special Assistant Attorney General Ormsby McHarg to set aside territorial issues and continue his prosecutions. Assistant Attorney General Alford Warriner Cooley will review the situation with Curry in three months.
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1907-08-15
President Roosevelt thanks Helen Newell Garfield, wife of Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, for sending the interesting editorial.
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1907-08-08
President Roosevelt has met with New Mexico Territory Governor George Curry and shares his findings with Assistant Attorney General McHarg. Roosevelt says Curry can be trusted absolutely, and that he will aid McHarg in any possible way in his investigation of political and judicial corruption in New Mexico. Roosevelt warns McHarg that Curry’s predecessor, Herbert J. Hagerman, and his associates will do everything possible to turn him against Curry. In a postscript, Roosevelt sends a report from Bernard Shandon Rodey regarding Hagerman’s father, James John Hagerman, and his alleged corrupt practices. Roosevelt asks McHarg to visit him after his preliminary investigation of the situation but before he “probes…to the bottom.”
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1907-07-31