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Frustrated over newspaper articles chronicling tensions between the pension office and the Department of the Interior, Pension Commissioner Eugene F. Ware encloses letters from Bishop John Ireland and Colonel Charles Young as samples of the many letters he has received. Ware exclaims that the newspaper reports are unfounded.
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1904-05-26
John McMackin encloses Archbishop Ireland’s response on the Philippine matter. He also requests State Department assistance for an unnamed woman.
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1904-05-30
While Charles Phillips, editor of The Monitor, praises Theodore Roosevelt’s sentiments in wishing for greater cooperation between Catholics and Protestants, he criticizes Roosevelt’s specific praise of the Y. M. C. A. in this regard, as that organization does not allow Catholics to hold office. Phillips attests that the Y. M. C. A. “deliberately falsified its real attitude toward Catholics, in order to get money out of them for its new building.” While he acknowledges the good work the organization does, Phillips strongly objects to this hypocrisy and believes that Roosevelt will eventually agree with this sentiment.
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1911-02-25
The Presidential Office Staff summarizes a letter from Justice John Thomas McDonough of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. McDonough was surprised to read the rumors that he was “antagonizing the Commissioners,” especially because he has a good opinion of Governor William H. Taft. He will be pleased for Secretary of War Elihu Root and Archbishop John Ireland read his letter. He also requests transportation to the United States for himself and his family.
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1903-09-14
Maria Longworth Storer has heard that Pope Pius X declined to promote Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal after interference from Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val, who asserted that President Roosevelt had also advocated for the promotion of Archbishop John M. Farley. As Farley represents a “foreign and reactionary spirit,” Storer does not believe that Roosevelt would have asked for his advancement. If the assertions she heard are untrue, she asks Roosevelt to write the Pope to say so.
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1905-11-20
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a letter from Archbishop John Ireland and a confidential telegram from Governor General of the Philippines Luke E. Wright. Taft asks Roosevelt to return Ireland’s letter after he reads it.
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1905-01-04
A full-page newspaper article about the “church problem” in the Philippines. The problem of anti-church sentiment among Flipinos, particularly against friars, was already existing and inherited by the United States government. Secretary of War William H. Taft, formerly Governor-General of the Philippines, takes a commission to The Holy See to seek solutions to these problems in common interest. Issues of land ownership and the establishment of a school system are negotiated successfully by Taft’s commission in the Philippines.
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1904-10-22
Maurice Francis Egan, Minister to Denmark, thanks President Roosevelt for accepting the dedication of his book, The Wiles of Sexton Maginnis. Egan discusses how King Frederick VIII dislikes the condition of politics in Denmark and fears for its future. Egan pities him as a well-intentioned person “who finds that his constitutional limitations render him impotent.” Archbishop John Ireland has asked Egan to Rome, but Egan will try to meet him elsewhere.
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1909-02-11
John Wallace Riddle, consul general in Egypt, requests a new assignment. He prefers Belgium, Holland, Denmark, or Sweden. However, he would go to any location if there was an interesting task to be done, as long as it is not Turkey. Turkey is “the graveyard of diplomatic reputations.”
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1904-03-26
Newspaper article that relates Archbishop Ireland’s views on negotiations concerning the friars question in the Philippines.
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1902
James F. Tracey recommends Charles N. Harris and John G. Ewing as “suitable substitutes” for Philippine judgeship to President Roosevelt. Tracey had recently declined the post.
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1903-01-22
Bellamy Storer discusses the Catholic Church hierarchy’s opposition to the Republican party. Storer also discusses his involvement in introducing Carlton Bailey Hurst to Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna after he was removed from his position as Consul General in Vienna. Storer cautioned that if the removal was due to charges made by Charles V. Herdliska, Secretary of the Vienna legation, such charges were untrustworthy.
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1904-01-10
Maria Longworth Storer expresses her concerns regarding the representative of the American Catholic Church at the Vatican, Francis Augustus MacNutt. Storer relays that she believes MacNutt to be a spy, stating that his actions will negatively affect proceedings in the Philippines and the American Catholic Church. Storer also discusses the “failure” of the Vatican to properly recognize Archbishop Ireland.
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1903-11-15
At the Venezuela negotiations the French, aided by Russia, are attempting to drive out the British and American counsels by not speaking English. They can only succeed if the Americans do not speak out with courage. Wayne MacVeagh compliments President Roosevelt on his Syracuse speech and thinks that Archbishop John Ireland’s speech made a bad impression. He asks Roosevelt to stand his ground in support of capital and their ability to fix wages and discharge laborers as required by supply and demand.
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1903-09-23
At the Venezuela negotiations the French, aided by Russia, are attempting to drive out the British and American counsels by not speaking English. They can only succeed if the Americans do not speak out with courage. Wayne MacVeagh compliments President Roosevelt on his Syracuse speech and thinks that Archbishop John Ireland’s speech made a bad impression. He asks Roosevelt to stand his ground in support of capital and their ability to fix wages and discharge laborers as required by supply and demand.
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1903-09-23
Justice McDonough of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is surprised by the rumors that he has been “antagonizing the Commissioners,” so he explains to President Roosevelt his interactions with Governor William H. Taft and General James Francis Smith. McDonough discusses the conflict between the Catholic friars and the government and expresses regret that the friars wish only to deal with Taft and not Smith, the latter of whom has been described harshly by Filipino Catholics. For his own part, McDonough has been reticent to denounce the friars because he sees their potential to preach peace, lawfulness, and loyalty to the United States and because he upholds freedom of religion in the Philippines. He also sees the sale of the friars’ lands as “purely a church question.” These privately expressed opinions aside, McDonough assures Roosevelt that he has been careful with his words and has not opposed Taft, Smith, or Vice Governor Wright in any way. He also quells a rumor that he has sought a seat of his own on the commission, expressing his desire merely to “serve this court with credit” before returning to Albany. He closes with a postscript requesting financial and transportation assistance for him and his family to return home when his term in the Philippines is over.
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1903-09-14
Father Vattmann thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and informs Roosevelt that Vattmann will be in New York to meet with Father Talmez.
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1903-08-10
John Hay discourages sending a congratulatory telegram to the newly appointed Pope Pius X and returns an “indiscreet” letter from Bishop John Ireland.
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1903-08-05
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell has noted to Father Belford that T. St. John Gaffney is in Rome, advocating for Archbishop John Ireland to be named a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. In his campaign, Gaffney claims President Roosevelt’s support of his efforts. Belford thought Roosevelt should be aware of Gaffney’s claiming to speak for him.
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1903-06-16
David D. Thompson expresses his support for what he believes to be President Roosevelt’s refusal to support the appointment of Archbishop Ireland as cardinal. He argues that it is impossible for the American government to recognize a papal nuncio and opposes Catholic control of public schools in the Philippines.
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1903-03-20