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Letter from James A. Tawney to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James A. Tawney to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Tawney encloses a letter from Thomas-Louis A. Valiquet. The matter affects many laboring men on the Great Lakes. Valiquet and Mr. O’Neil, also a labor leader, together represent about 200,000 men. Tawney believes that President Roosevelt has previously received a letter from Mr. Dover, transmitting a letter from Mr. O’Neill, relating a conversation with Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna regarding hydraulic dredges on the Great Lakes. Tawney knows Valiquet and O’Neil personally and vouches for them, especially because they have done good work for the national Republican campaign. Valiquet would like to confer with Roosevelt before any decisions are made.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-05

Letter from William Loeb to George Clinton

Letter from William Loeb to George Clinton

President Roosevelt is selecting the three members of the Commission that will investigate the conditions and uses of the waters adjacent to the boundary between the United States and Canada. Loeb asks whether George Clinton can accept the lawyer appointment laid out in the River and Harbor Appropriation Act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to La Verne W. Noyes

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to La Verne W. Noyes

Theodore Roosevelt agrees that the United States government should fund the building of tributaries along the Mississippi to ward against flood waters. Roosevelt resolves that the tributaries should be of the finest engineering, comparable to the engineering used in the building of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt draws a corollary between improving safety along the Mississippi to a political alliance between the Northern and Southern regions of the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Fred A. Busse

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Fred A. Busse

President Roosevelt thanks Mayor Busse for the letter. Roosevelt agrees with Busse in what he says, but cannot speak to the details until the committees have reported. Nevertheless, he believes in an all-water transportation route from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and thinks that the national government should do this.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-03

The United States and Japan

The United States and Japan

An article in the London Times reports on the response from various British newspapers to allegations made by Secretary of War William H. Taft that the press was responsible for fomenting hostility between the United States and Japan. Several newspapers instead place the blame on the movement of the Great White Fleet through the Pacific Ocean, described as a “rash naval adventure,” which could be interpreted as a sign of aggression. The clipping had been sent to President Roosevelt specifically so he could read how the Times reported on American and Japanese relations, but the page also includes a report on Secretary of State Elihu Root’s visit to Mexico, Canadian wheat yields, a rise in anti-Asian sentiment within the United States, and a reprint of a speech given by Roosevelt on improving water transportation along the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10