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Letter from Albert L. Key to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Albert L. Key to Theodore Roosevelt

Commodore Key expresses to President Roosevelt about Senator Eugene Hale’s opposition to the naval personnel bill. Key feels sure that if the House of Representatives passes it, Hale will almost be forced to support the bill because he has never opposed a bill with wide popular support. However, Key fears that Representative George Edmund Foss, Chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, will table the bill until the next session to appease Hale. Hale’s resolution has resulted in little attention even from the Senate Naval Committee of which he is the chairman. Lastly, Key encloses a memorandum that has made its rounds among Navy circles and asks for advice on how to help encourage passage of the bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-27

Creator(s)

Key, Albert L. (Albert Lenoir), 1860-1950

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene Hale

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene Hale

President Roosevelt wants Senator Hale to present Roosevelt’s previous letter about investigations concerning Senator Benjamin R. Tillman’s Oregon land sale and franking privilege scandals to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, which Hale chairs. Roosevelt respects Hale’s request to not publicize the letter prematurely and encourages Hale to do it instead, as the letter is now in his possession. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Resolution passed by the Senate of the State of Minnesota

Resolution passed by the Senate of the State of Minnesota

While fulfilling his position as President of the Minnesota Senate, Lieutenant Governor Gordon appoints a five-member committee to develop a bill on employee compensation for work-related injuries to be presented to the 1913 session of the Minnesota Senate. This intends to rectify the lack of agreed upon legislation produced by the governor-appointed Minnesota Employees’ Compensation Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-18

Creator(s)

Minnesota. Legislature. Senate

Lynching

Lynching

President Roosevelt is considering appointing a committee to study the “entire problem of race in this country.” Roosevelt is concerned with making sure the men who are appointed to this committee are men of high moral character who reflect a diversity in regions and characteristics, and he asserts that they must also be transparent and act in good faith while on this committee. Roosevelt wants the condition of African Americans in northern locales to be studied exactly as they are in the South.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Michigan house committee members

Michigan house committee members

Speaker Herbert F. Baker, Representative Frank Knox, and members of the Michigan House of Representatives have agreed upon a tentative list of members of the house steering committee. The committee aims to determine which pending legislation should move forward before the session closes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-01

Creator(s)

Unknown

Note on Representative Jenkins

Note on Representative Jenkins

The committee of Representative Jenkins has adjourned for the session. The anti-immigration bill and the Hearst coal resolution will not be reported. Jenkins wants President Roosevelt to know that he voted with the Democratic members of the committee on the Williams resolution in order to control the resolution on the floor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-22

Creator(s)

Unknown