Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930

Secretary of War Taft encloses a letter from Bernard Moses regarding the appointment of Charles E. Thomas as postmaster of Berkeley, California. Thomas is supported by the five judges of Alameda County, California, as well as the Senators and Representatives of California. Benjamin Ide Wheeler does not want Thomas to be appointed, but Taft notes that he is “given to politics” and may just be exploiting his influence with President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Assistant Secretary of War Sanger asks University of California President Wheeler if he plans to request that Professor Bernard Moses return to the university and resign from the Philippine Commission. President Roosevelt has a successor for Moses in mind and having Moses return to the university is preferable to the other methods of opening a vacancy on the Commission.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-22

Creator(s)

Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921

William Loeb informs William Cary Sanger that President Roosevelt would like him to communicate with Benjamin Ide Wheeler regarding possible vacancies in the Philippine Commission and to see if Bernard Moses can be brought back.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-20

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

President Roosevelt believes Bernard Moses would do well but has several other men to place first. He is interested in what Benjamin Ide Wheeler says about the Senate and the railroad rates.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President McKinley writes to accept the Republican Party’s nomination for President and accepts the platform. He discusses his desire to uphold the gold standard and refutes the opinions of those who support the silver standard. He also comments on international affairs, including the territorial government in Alaska and Hawaii, war loans from the Spanish American War, neutrality policies in the Boer War, law and order in Cuba, and holdings in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He also comments on domestic issues including civil service reform, the volume of United States currency, and domestic shipping. Finally, McKinley comments on insurrection and peace treaties in the Philippines, asserting his desire for peace and that no person be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-09-10

Creator(s)

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California at Berkeley, recommends Professor Bernard Moses to President Roosevelt for a ministry position. Further contact with South America is inevitable, and Moses has expertise in South American language and affairs, as demonstrated in his book The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America. Wheeler also anticipates a visit from Alice Roosevelt, who is coming with Secretary of War William H. Taft and Taft’s family. He briefly discusses an upcoming struggle with Republican senators over foreign policy issues and arguments over railway rate control and the prospect of government ownership.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-23

Creator(s)

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

Benjamin Ide Wheeler congratulates President Roosevelt for making the country better through his letter on lynching, the Syracuse speech, and the Miller case decision. Wheeler reviews events in San Francisco politics and is pleased with the California plans related to the National Irrigation Law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-10

Creator(s)

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent for Public Instruction for the Philippine Islands, defends the work of the Bureau of Public Instruction in response to a letter criticizing the bureau from Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-08

Creator(s)

Atkinson, Fred W. (Fred Washington), 1865-1941

Secretary of War Elihu Root will be returning this week and will likely be glad to discuss Bernard Moses and the Philippine Commission with President Wheeler.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-09

Creator(s)

Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921

General Superintendent Atkinson encloses a copy of the letter he sent to Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction, with comments concerning a proposed amendment to school law in the Philippines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-11

Creator(s)

Atkinson, Fred W. (Fred Washington), 1865-1941

Acting Secretary of War Sanger encloses all correspondence with President Wheeler concerning Bernard Moses.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-13

Creator(s)

Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921

Assistant Secretary of War Sanger believes that Bernard Moses could be removed from the Philippine Commission and that Dean C. Worcester may soon leave to enter into business.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-19

Creator(s)

Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921

President Wheeler and the University of California expect Bernard Moses to return from his leave of absence at the beginning of next academic year.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-01

Creator(s)

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

Governor General Taft encloses a passage from a personal letter to Secretary of War Elihu Root that pertains to the Philippines. Taft sent a letter to several individuals on the Taft Commission stating that the United States had no “dollars interest” in the islands, and the recipients agreed that it was the truth.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-26

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930