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Senator Beveridge asks for President Roosevelt’s support of Dusseldorf Consul Peter Lieber’s request of Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to restore the budget for messenger service to $400.00. He also asks to recommend a candidate for superintendent of the rural free delivery division, if William B. Gaitree is removed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
Senator Beveridge writes to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis in support of Dusseldorf Consul Peter Lieber’s request to restore the budget for messenger service to $400.00. Beveridge argues that Lieber needs a clerk to assist him with the consular business and the amount would cover this additional staffing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
Herbert H. D. Peirce reports on specific conditions of United States consulates in England, France, Holland, and Germany. Peirce assesses the performance of the consuls general in these locations and suggests salary changes, reassignments, and suppression of ineffective consulates. Peirce focuses extensively on allegations of corruption and infidelity against Consul General Oliver J. D. Hughes of Coburg, Germany, and allegations of scandal surrounding Clergyman G. Monroe Royce and Consul General James H. Worman in Munich, Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-17