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President Roosevelt accepts Bellamy Storer’s resignation and plans to reappoint him as Ambassador to Vienna again, unless Secretary of State John Hay thinks it is better to simply not accept the resignation. He cannot guarantee a future transfer and may later appoint Charles S. Francis to the position.
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1905-01-09
President Roosevelt finds A. T. Mahan’s letter interesting and promises to discuss it with Secretary of State John Hay. He remarks that “there is a strong tendency to protect private property and private life on sea and land,” although there is ample evidence of nations destroying or enslaving populations they were at war with. Roosevelt will have to think over the matter before giving a definite response to Mahan’s proposition.
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1904-12-29
President Roosevelt has spoken to Secretary of State John Hay about the matter William Emlen Roosevelt brought to his attention concerning James Alexander Scrymser’s recommendations. The president informs William Emlen Roosevelt Hay has wired the Peruvian authorities and inquires if that is satisfactory.
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1904-12-16
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that he believes it would be a wise idea to appoint Henry K. Love as a United States Marshal because he is a “first-class man.” In a handwritten addition, Roosevelt says, “He is a rough rider, alas—but then he is also a distant cousin of John Hay!”
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1904-12-17
President Roosevelt informs Frank H. Jones he will try to get Secretary of State John Hay to accept and promises not to say anything to Hay.
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1904-12-10
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel Stone for his letter. According to the header, the president wrote to Stone due to a letter from Secretary of State John Hay.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt tells James Ford Rhodes he has just finished reading his fifth volume, which has tied in well with Roosevelt’s other readings of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History and Abraham Lincoln’s letters and speeches. Although the president agrees with Rhodes that the right is not all on one side and the wrong is not all on the other in quarrels, Roosevelt thinks the American Civil War is the exception, as he believes “the right was exclusively with the Union people.” Roosevelt talks about his plans to build up the Navy to avoid war, believing the Panama Canal will help. Finally, he discusses problems he has been having with the tariff and Southern states. He disagrees with Rhodes that the South is not trying to reinstate slavery, as there is peonage in three states right now. Roosevelt closes by mentioning how his opponents helped him during the election campaign.
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1904-11-29
President Roosevelt discusses several matters with Senator Lodge, including his correspondence with Massachusetts Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner, his amazement at carrying Missouri in the presidential election, the Newfoundland reciprocity treaty, and visits with mutual friends. The president hopes to see Lodge and his wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge, soon.
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1904-11-12
President Roosevelt is reluctant to send any of his cabinet members to speak, but will do so for Timothy L. Woodruff, as he is “entitled” to ask. Roosevelt says he will send Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw or Attorney General William H. Moody, but is unable to send Secretary of State John Hay or Secretary of War William H. Taft.
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1904-11-14
President Roosevelt thanks Edward Lauterbach for his work. Roosevelt is sorry that he cannot get John Hay to speak again, as it was “like pulling teeth” to get him to make the last speech.
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1904-10-26
President Roosevelt will send Douglas Robinson $4,000. He says that Secretary of State Hay “evidently made a great hit,” and that it appears the election results will be in Roosevelt’s favor. However, he has a “mind steeled for any result.”
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1904-10-28
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay thoroughly enjoyed Senator Lodge’s article in McClure’s.
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1904-10-24
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft that by executive order, he is placing the supervision and direction of the Isthmian Canal Commission, including jurisdiction and function of the commission, under Taft’s direction.
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1904-10-18
President Roosevelt believes that John Hay “would cut his throat” if asked to make a dozen speeches on the east side of New York City. Roosevelt has struggled to get him to give any speech in New York. Roosevelt would prefer if Hay would speak at Cooper Union rather than Carnegie Hall for the one speech he will be giving.
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1904-10-12
President Roosevelt forwards to George B. Cortelyou a $3,000 check from William Bayard Cutting. Roosevelt hopes that Governor Frank Wayland Higgins “takes the aggressive.” Roosevelt would like Cortelyou’s help in convincing Secretary of State John Hay to speak in New York. He would also like Cortelyou to write to Senator Charles Dick about soliciting contributions from government employees.
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1904-10-04
President Roosevelt has read Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte’s article for Collier’s with delight and amusement. Roosevelt commends Bonaparte, saying he knows of no one else, including Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, nor Secretary of State John Hay, who could have done it.
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1904-10-05
President Roosevelt shares information with Eugene A. Philbin regarding comments made by Secretary of State John Hay about the Congo Free State. Roosevelt also appreciates the information Philbin gave him about Sullivan.
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1904-09-28
Simon Wolf, president of the B’nai B’rith, believes he could use Secretary of State John Hay’s correspondence about the Jews to good effect. President Roosevelt also asks George B. Cortelyou about George Brumder. Last spring Brumder “was most warm in his expression of loyalty.”
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1904-09-29
President Roosevelt is glad that Oscar S. Straus liked his letter. Roosevelt asked Secretary of State John Hay and Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou to communicate with Straus about publishing the State Department dispatches about the passport question. Roosevelt would like Straus’s input on how far to go.
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1904-09-13
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Gurney Cannon, Chairman of the Notification Committee, to formally accept his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and to approve the platform adopted by the Republican National Convention. In the letter, Roosevelt provides a comprehensive defense of his foreign and domestic policies and outlines what he believes are the major differences between the Republican and Democratic parties in the upcoming election. Roosevelt discusses, among other topics, his position on international relations, antitrust legislation, tariffs, the gold standard, pensions for Civil War veterans, the military, civil service, commerce, agriculture, taxation, and self-government in the Philippines.
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1904-09-12