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Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that the protocols between Colombia and Panama and Panama and the United States were signed. He credits William Nelson Cromwell with their successes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-17
A protocol that sets forth the conditions and provisions to be included in the forthcoming treaty between the United States and Panama as undersigned by Secretary of War William H. Taft and Panamanian politician José Agustin Arango.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-17
A protocol that sets forth the conditions and provisions to be included in the forthcoming treaty between Colombia and Panama as undersigned by Colombian diplomat Enrique Cortes and Panamanian politician José Agustin Arango.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-17
The Police Commissioners of San Francisco have been failing to take action on business license applications of Japanese immigrants for some time, at first giving various excuses as to the delay, and then, after protests from the Japanese Consulate, denying these licenses without explanation. California law on this matter seems to be in violation of both the United States Constitution, as well as the Commercial Treaty of 1894, in which citizens of the United States and Japan are guaranteed the right to reside in and work for a living in the other country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-31
A list of various treaties and conventions ratified by the United States Senate since 1899.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909
Secretary of War Root, Senator Lodge, and Senator Turner have been appointed as American representatives to the tribunal that will determine the boundary between Alaska and Canada. Roosevelt instructs the representatives to impartially judge the questions that come before them and then explains the American interpretation of the boundary. This copy of the letter was sent to Lodge.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-03-25
Newspaper article praising the work of President Roosevelt and his administration, particularly for the ratification of the Panama Canal treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03
In a series of telegrams, Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt on the political situation in Cuba and the attempts to elect new government officials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-28
Text of the speech delivered by Theodore Roosevelt before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on January 30, 1916. Roosevelt calls for the United States to carry out its international duties and support military readiness.
1916-01-30
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that he spoke to the bureau heads and Generals James Franklin Bell and Fred C. Ainsworth upon his return. He details the plans devised by the Army General Staff for three expeditions to Cuba. If military intervention is warranted, Taft favors “going with as much force as we can command, …to end the business at once.” He suggests Roosevelt inquire of Attorney General William H. Moody if they have the right to intervene in Cuba without asking permission of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-15
Mississippi’s legislature has adopted resolutions urging the state’s U.S. Senators, Anselm J. McLaurin and Hernando DeSoto Money, to vote for ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
General Bliss offers President Roosevelt the pen used by President Tomás Estrada Palma to sign a draft of the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-18
J. H. Woodard congratulates President Roosevelt on the treaty with Panama and expects the canal to benefit the United States and the world.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-22
Secretary of State Hay sends drafts of formal messages to Congress requesting their approval of the reciprocal commercial convention between the United States and Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-09
Acting Secretary of State Loomis encloses a copy of remarks that Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Repulic of Panama, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, will make at a meeting with President Roosevelt the next day. Loomis includes remarks that Roosevelt will make for Roosevelt’s approval.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-12
United States Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson writes from Texas about efforts to educate cotton growers about boll weevil. Wilson relays that the Louisiana delegation in Congress opposes the Cuban treaty, but that businessmen and growers support President Roosevelt’s policies. Wilson also mentions African American civil rights in relation to the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-03
A series of events has brought the Panama Canal within reach and William Nelson Cromwell believes there are only two things that halt the canal; failing to hold the Panama purchase and failure to hold Colombia to its obligations. It is clear that Colombia has been acting in bad faith thus justifying any “consequent action” by the United States. Cromwell is confident that President Roosevelt can handle the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14
Minister to Argentina Beaupre informs Secretary of State Hay that to assure the election of Rafael Reyes as President of Colombia, new Governors have been appointed for Bolivar, Magdalena, and Panama who are pledged to the treaty and to Reyes’s election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-12
Wayne MacVeagh writes regarding the receipt of a communication from the Secretary-General of the Court, refusing the request made by the Counsel for Venezuela for copies of papers filed for a particular case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-16
Arthur M. Beaupre writes to John Hay regarding an interview with Senator Pedro Nel Ospina and securing a treaty in relation to the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-05