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President Roosevelt was impressed by the letter from Representative Hill and would like to discuss it with Secretary Gage.
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1901-10-01
Representative Hill telephoned to report that a majority of New England Republicans polled do favor consideration of the tariff question before the next Congressional election.
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1905-01-12
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 Representative Ebenezer J. Hill and requests Senator Aldrich’s views. Representative Joseph Gurney Cannon is against anything being done but Roosevelt would like Hill and Representative Charles N. Fowler to be seen by the Committee.
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1903-07-22
William Kent sends Theodore Roosevelt some “desultory remarks” that both amused and offended certain members of the United States Congress. Kent urges Roosevelt that they should begin to organize Robert M. La Follette’s run for presidency.
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1911-05-11
George L. Whitcomb asks Theodore Roosevelt to lecture to his men’s club in mid or late May in Milford, Connecticut.
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1911-04-28
Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes to her brother, President Roosevelt, about the political situation in Connecticut. In particular, she has recently seen Judge Marcus H. Holcomb, who is satisfied with the action of the state convention, especially in regard to how the Senators were handled. Cowles has joined the Grange, and tells Roosevelt that he would have been amused to see the reaction of the members of her household.
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1908-05-30
Anna Roosevelt Cowles informs President Roosevelt that John Q. Tilson has accepted his invitation to lunch. Although she cannot vouch for his views, the people in Connecticut whom he has suggested for the state delegation are good people.
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1908-01-08
A list of congressional nominees for the 1906 election, organized by state, printed for the convenience of the press by the Republican Congressional Committee.
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1906-11-06
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw responds to a request from President Roosevelt to review a letter from Representative Ebenezer J. Hill. Shaw is skeptical of Representative Hill’s conclusions about denatured alcohol’s potential as fuel. Shaw discusses the proposed McCleary bill, which would adjust American tariffs on German goods, and the potential impact of tariff adjustments on the upcoming midterm election. He believes that Roosevelt could maintain the confidence of the American people by advocating a tariff that ensures American-made goods receive the same treatment as similar goods from any other country.
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1906-09-09
Charles C. Bissell writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Philippine Tariff Bill, which Bissell supports on behalf of the farmers from his town in Connecticut. Bissell has confidence that Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill will support the bill as well.
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1906-02-01
Seeing that the president will not be tied up with an extra session of Congress, John Louis Ewell sends President Roosevelt a second invitation. The message is to be delivered by Judge J. M. Dickinson, a former pupil of Ewell’s. It is a request for Roosevelt to dine with the Mayflower Society of Washington, D.C.
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1905-07-13
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw reports that during the last session of Congress, Senator Nelson W. Aldrich argued that the secretary of the treasury has the authority to purchase silver for subsidiary coinage. Shaw discusses the merit of this claim. He believes this issue is not related to the purchase of silver for coinage into standard dollars. Unlike Ebenezer J. Hill, Shaw does not think the subject should be made an issue in the campaign.
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1904-08-03
Reverend Hall believes that more white men in Alabama “would have voted the Republican national ticket this fall if it were not for the negro question.” Hall has heard people say that any attempt at social equality will “result inevitably in conflict” and implies that Roosevelt may not completely understand the sentiment in the South.
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1904-07-28
Fred W. Carpenter returns the letter from Representative Ebenezer J. Hill regarding currency in Panama. The letter has been answered.
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1904-06-14
Secretary of War Taft discusses a bill that failed in Panama regarding what system of currency the country should use as its legal tender. Taft also discusses the opinions of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw and Representative Hill.
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1904-06-13
Representative Ebenezer J. Hill defends Seth Pratt, nominee for postmaster at Litchfield, against accusations from John Hutchins.
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1902-02-03
The private secretary returns to the Treasury Secretary the letter from Connecticut Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill.
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1903-12-31
Nelson W. Aldrich writes to President Roosevelt to inform him that he is returning a letter from Congressman E. J. Hill on the currency question.
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1903-08-17