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President Roosevelt asks Senator Dick for clarification about the number of internal revenue collectors in Ohio. He includes a copy of his response to Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Roosevelt is happy to appoint men that Dick and Foraker recommend, but he needs to know how many internal revenue collectors there are in Ohio.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-07
President Roosevelt asks Senator Foraker for clarification about the number of internal revenue collectors in Ohio. Roosevelt is happy to appoint men that Foraker recommends, but he needs to know how many internal revenue collectors there are in Ohio.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-07
President Roosevelt believes Senator Dick misunderstood the conversation with William Loeb, concluding that no action would be taken. Instead, Roosevelt wants to resolve the matter of appointments immediately. Roosevelt chastises Dick for failing to communicate directly with him on multiple occasions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-31
Senator Foraker tells President Roosevelt that the gossip about Ohio State Senator David H. Moore’s indictment by an Athens County grand jury is false. Foraker transcribes in his letter the text of a telegram from the Prosecuting Attorney which states this fact.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-30
Senator Dick does not support David H. Moore for the vacancy in the collectorship for the 11th Ohio Internal Revenue District and instead supports Alva D. Alderman as better suited to the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-27
Israel Moore Foster reports to Senator Foraker that the Athens County Grand Jury has completed its investigation of Senator David H. Moore and they have not found him guilty of any wrongdoing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-29
Postmaster General Cortelyou advises an unknown person that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s nominee for Collector of Internal Revenue at Chillicothe, Ohio, David Moore, is under investigation. Cortelyou recommends that President Roosevelt hold the case until the investigation is completed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-09