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Elihu Root understands that Senator John F. Dryden and Senator John Kean have settled on William M. Lanning for the New Jersey judgeship. Root believes that Lanning would be a suitable appointment.
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1904-05-26
Elihu Root tells President Roosevelt he intends to meet with Senator John F. Dryden and he had lunch with Senator John Kean. The Northern Securities case will be heard by District Judge Bradford next week. Root will arrive in Washington, D.C., at half past eight on Tuesday evening and asks if Roosevelt will be free.
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1904-05-13
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the different problems of the candidates for the Panama Canal Commission, including Edward Charles O’Brien and Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Butler also comments on various recent political appointments, particularly on finding a good running mate for President Roosevelt. Butler believes Charles W. Fairbanks is inadequate.
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1904-05-06
William Emlen Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt that he does not think that either New Jersey Governor Franklin Murphy or Elihu Root is the man he wants for the job of chairman of the Republican National Committee, and that he would prefer someone like Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. Emlen would prefer Root to be governor of New York.
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1904-04-11
This portion of the United States Congressional Record documents a conversation pertaining to a proposed joint resolution directing Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to act on a matter related to grants of land in Oregon made to railroad companies. Some amendments to the resolution were made, including the removal of the preamble.
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1908-02-21
The Congressional Record reports a portion of a conversation between several senators regarding railroad grant lands owned by the Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. Congress granted the railroads lands with the condition that they would sell them to settlers, but the companies have not been holding up their end of the bargain. The Department of Justice is taking the matter under investigation.
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1908-01-31
William Emlen Roosevelt discusses a newspaper article concerning Murphy as chairman of the national committee. Emlen Roosevelt also discussed fundraising in New York with Hamilton Fish.
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1904-04-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry Cabot Lodge about his concerns regarding the butchers’ strike and the Colorado matter. Roosevelt acknowledges that Alton Parker made a skillful political maneuver by coming out in favor of the gold standard during the last moments of the Democratic Convention, and Roosevelt reviews his political strategy for the rest of the campaign.
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1904-07-14
President Roosevelt thanks Lucinetta Halsted Kean for writing and for her family’s support. Her son, Senator John Kean, has been a great help to him.
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1901-09-24
Governor Roosevelt suggests that Anna Roosevelt Cowles host a dinner or breakfast with a given list of guests so that he can show the writer Frederic Harrison some attention. Roosevelt believes that Harrison will be in town from March 3 through March 5. As President McKinley is being inaugurated on March 4, Roosevelt states that date will not work.
1901-02-23
Senator Kean is attempting to temper the controversy regarding the appointment of Postmaster of Lakewood, New Jersey.
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1903-01-15
William Emlen Roosevelt is satisfied with the election results and approves of President Roosevelt’s handling of the trusts. However, he would like greater regulation of the “labor trust.”
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1902-11-05
Lucy Halsted Kean tells President Roosevelt it was her mother who wrote him, not her. Kean expects a “brilliant” Roosevelt administration.
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1901-09-24