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President Roosevelt agrees with Benjamin Ide Wheeler’s belief that the current financial crisis should not go on much longer, as it is used to attack both him and Secretary of War William H. Taft, Roosevelt’s chosen nominee to succeed him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-26
President Roosevelt tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler that it is not important if the navy fleet is in the Pacific or Atlantic ocean, but rather that it keeps being built up. Roosevelt says that if he had not been able to overcome the opposition of Congress to improving the fleet, the West Coast would have “been in danger of bombardment.” Roosevelt is pleased Wheeler will continue on in San Francisco. He did not know anything about the industrial peace conference Wheeler mentioned, but will support it an any way he can. Roosevelt has asked Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon for a report about John W. Garrett.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-21
President Roosevelt tells Archbishop John J. Keane that, as far as he knows, there are no current plans of removing Spencer F. Eddy from the diplomatic service, or of promoting John W. Garrett. He has heard good things about Nelson O’Shaughnessy, and if Garrett gets transferred believes O’Shaughnessy could be promoted into his place, but does not know enough about the issue to speak positively on it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-21
United States Ambassador to Germany Hill reports to Secretary of State Root on his first meeting with the German Emperor William II. Hill, along with Second Secretary John W. Garrett and Naval Attaché Reginald Rowan Belknap, were escorted to the palace by Court Chamberlain Bodo von dem Knesebeck, where they were introduced to the Emperor and had a pleasant conversation in the garden.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-15
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, returning from a meeting of the Association of State University Presidents, discusses his support for a national public university with President Roosevelt. Wheeler also relays the popularly held belief among “capitalists” in New York that restoring trust in the economy is key to recovering from the current economic crisis and suggests that with Spencer F. Eddy’s promotion to Ambassador to Argentina, John W. Garrett should take over his former position as First Secretary in Berlin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-24
Benjamin Ide Wheeler is glad to hear of Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon’s positive report on John W. Garrett. Wheeler updates William Loeb on the local political climate in San Francisco, which he finds very confused. The “stable elements” of society are now in opposition to several formerly popular leaders, though it is hard to say exactly why. Wheeler believes it has to do with indictments against the men. Wheeler encloses a series of editorials from The Argonaut examining the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-03