Treasury official would drop bars for Chinese
Discussion of the Pacific Coast Chinese Exclusion bill, particularly how it will affect the Philippines.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-23
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Insular possessions of the United States
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Benson Foraker
President Roosevelt would like Senator Foraker to get a rider on a pending bill that would give the President the authority to select the department that supervises the nation’s island possessions. Roosevelt believes that it would be advantageous to have their administration under the War Department, and Secretary of War Taft agrees.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-30
Letter from Emily Tyler Carow to Theodore Roosevelt
Emily Tyler Carow describes her experiences in Egypt, including her concern about an “undercurrent of hostility” that seems to be present in the Egyptian Arab people. Carow tells Roosevelt about her conversations with Lord Evelyn Baring Cromer and his dinner guests, which have been about topics such as the British occupation of Egypt, the American occupation of Cuba and the insular possession of the Philippines, whether Roosevelt will run for president again, and the natural beauty of the desert.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-01
Letter from Leonard Wood to Theodore Roosevelt
General Wood sends President Roosevelt a copy of the Far Eastern Review about the Moro Province, and believes that the Americans have “taken hold of the question of development” far better in Moro Province than elsewhere. Wood also reports that he will try to attend some of the large maneuvers by the Chinese in Honan Province. He believes the U.S. should know as much as possible about these Chinese troops. Finally, Wood explains that he dislikes to lose Captain Frank Ross McCoy, because he is an “extremely valuable officer,” but he understands that he should not interfere with McCoy’s chance to serve Roosevelt directly.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-17
Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that he agrees with all that General Leonard Wood says in his letter. Taft believes that Wood’s statements “show how absurd it would be for us to attempt to give the Filipinos independent government, with the hope that they can better themselves without outside aid under present conditions.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-05
Letter from Thomas J. O’Brien to Herbert H. D. Peirce
Ambassador O’Brien provides Acting Secretary of State Peirce with a translation of an article which appeared in the Danish newspaper, Politiken. The article suggests that the purchase of the Danish West Indies will come up in the next session of Congress.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-03
Translation of telegram to Novoe Vremya from its London correspondent
John Hays Hammond, a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, has been lecturing on the threat Japan poses to America’s political and commercial interests. The Pacific states and Australia fear Japanese immigration and are determined to fight it. American and England should defend their Pacific possessions from Japan. The Japanese claim to have adopted “Anglo-Saxon ideals,” but Hammond calls this into question when he quotes a high-ranking Japanese politician saying it is “Japan’s holy duty to free all Asiatics” and that they should “teach them to conquer Europeans in war, commerce, and culture.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-04-27
Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob A. Riis supports the reorganization of the Immigration Department and the removal of Terence Vincent Powderly. Riis heard from Arthur von Briesen that he was being considered for Governor of the Danish West Indies, a position for which he does not consider himself qualified. He recommends C. T. Christensen as Governor.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-17
Letter from A. S. Crowninshield to John Davis Long
On behalf of the General Board of the United States Navy, Rear Admiral Crowninshield urges Secretary Long to “make such representations in the proper quarters” to ensure that the proposed trans-Pacific cable is owned or controlled by the United States government. The General Board is concerned that if the cable’s rights are controlled by individuals or companies contact could be lost with America’s Pacific possessions during a time of war.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-24