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A list of Republican and Democratic Representatives, probably related to some piece of legislation under consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-05
President Roosevelt will request a full explanation from Congressman Livingston. Roosevelt encloses a letter he prepared regarding the cases of Terence Powderly, Fitchie, and Edward McSweeney.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-16
A list of congressional nominees for the 1906 election, organized by state, printed for the convenience of the press by the Republican Congressional Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-06
Charles William Anderson writes to William Loeb about the meeting of the Republican State Committee in New York. Anderson disputes a report that Chairman of the Committee Benjamin B. Odell had intended to question Anderson’s right to vote in the Committee. Anderson suggests that a future meeting between President Roosevelt and New York Representative Herbert Parsons will “clear up the atmosphere” concerning rumored indifference on the part of Roosevelt toward Parsons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-30
John H. Vivian examines the controversy that swirled around President Theodore Roosevelt’s executive order of August 1906 mandating a simplified form of spelling in certain government documents. He looks at the reaction of newspapers from around the country, and says that their initial reactions were overdone but were later tempered. He also examines the reaction from some agencies of the federal government, and notes opposition to the plan in Congress that centered less on concerns about spelling and more on Roosevelt’s use of executive power.
This article is also noteworthy as it is the first article in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal to have endnotes.
Commissioner McSweeney encloses a letter from Albert Clarke, President of the United States Industrial Commission, which supports McSweeney’s claims that Representative Livingston was not in a position to bring charges against the Immigration Bureau. He concludes by suggesting an inquiry to determine whether any relatives of Livingston’s had ever been placed in immigration services positions due to Livingston’s friendship with Terence Vincent Powderly, the Commissioner General of Immigration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-08
Thomas Roberts Slicer is making the case that Edward F. McSweeney has performed admirably at his position in the United States Industrial Commission and quotes a letter from Albert Clarke to do so. McSweeney has other supporters including Jacob Riis and Arthur Von Briesen. Slicer thinks that McSweeney should resign, but only after he has had the opportunity to answer the charges against him as an civil servant should.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-11
Commissioner McSweeney requests information regarding charges brought by Representative Livingston against immigration services at Ellis Island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-05
Representative Livingston was not authorized by the Industrial Commission to bring charges against Edward F. McSweeney, Terence Vincent Powderly, or the Bureau of Immigration. Livingston may have been acting as a member of Congress. No charges against McSweeney were brought to the Commission’s attention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-07
John Grimes Walker encloses a letter for President Roosevelt in response to Representative Livingston’s letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25
John Grimes Walker, president of the Isthmian Canal Commission, describes a claim John R. Hudson made against the commission. Hudson resigned his position after he was not reassigned from Nicaragua to Washington, D.C. Walker refutes various statements made in Hudson’s claim.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-23