Newlands, Francis G. (Francis Griffith), 1848-1917

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lorenzo S. Lake

Theodore Roosevelt feels that the flooding from the Mississippi River must be dealt with by the nation as a whole and by all the states that share its watershed. Roosevelt writes that had recommendations from the Inland Watershed Commission been followed damage would have been averted. If elected president, Roosevelt will commence a comprehensive study of the Mississippi River focused on the River’s economical and ecological usefulness, impacting transportation, housing, food production, and emigration. Roosevelt supports conservation policies and the 14-Foot Waterway Board of Army Engineers plan to construct an efficient, extensive canal and levee system.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to United States War Department

President Roosevelt informs the United States War Department that a bill, recently submitted by Senator Francis G. Newlands, will likely require a report by the War Department. President Roosevelt asks that the bill not be sent to General Alexander Mackenzie, of the Army Corps of Engineers, but is rather sent to him directly, as Mackenzie does not agree with the policies of the Waterways Commission. Roosevelt will confer with Secretary of War William H. Taft and direct what the answer to the bill should be.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

President Roosevelt has received no response to his earlier telegram to Governor John Sparks regarding the troops in Goldfield, Nevada, and has heard from the Representatives from Nevada that Sparks will not take the steps to formally call for troops or form a state military force. He writes that federal aid and the government of the United States should not be used by the states in place of their own duties, and will be ordering the troops back to their former stations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

President Roosevelt informs Governor Sparks of Nevada that he dispatched the troops to Nevada based on the telegram from Sparks, as well as information from Nevada Senators George Stuart Nixon and Francis G. Newlands, and Representative George Arthur Bartlett. There has now been no insurrection. He writes that the troops were sent to what was described as an emergency situation, but he will now be removing them unless there is further proof to justify their involvement, as they are not a substitute for state police function.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that in accordance with the request of the Nevada Governor John Sparks, the Nevada senators and representative, and the War Department, he is sending troops to Nevada on standby. Root should obtain the War Department papers on the subject and speak with Sparks about any steps he needs to take for further action on the part of the federal government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore E. Burton

President Roosevelt appoints an Inland Waterways Commission and requests that Representative Burton serve as chairman of the commission, along with Senator Francis G. Newlands, Senator William Warner, Representative John Hollis Bankhead, General Alexander Mackenzie, Dr. W. J. McGee, Frederick Haynes Newell, Gifford Pinchot, and Herbert Knox Smith. He explains the purpose of the commission to develop a “comprehensive plan for the improvement and control of the river systems of the United States.” The same letter was sent to the other prospective appointees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert M. La Follette

President Roosevelt tells Senator La Follette that in his view, La Follette’s bill would be less desirable than some alternatives. After speaking with the invested politicians and civil servants, Roosevelt believes that any action on the matter of leasing coal mining rights would be progress, and that they should not be overly selective in their attempt to pass such a bill. It is important that the representatives of the states affected by such a bill support it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Fletcher Lummis

President Roosevelt disputes that Congressman Newlands is responsible for the irrigation legislation. Roosevelt claims that Newlands did not prepare the bill, was only occasionally consulted, and did nothing to help pass the legislation. Newlands is attempting to use the legislation for his own political gain, and a newspaper bureau in Washington, D.C., has gone so far as to publish fake interviews with members of the Roosevelt administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wilson

Interviews with Secretary of Agriculture Wilson have appeared that give credit to Representative Francis G. Newlands for passing the irrigation legislation. President Roosevelt believes these interviews are fake, and if so, would like Wilson to make a statement to that effect.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Interviews with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock have appeared that give credit to Representative Francis G. Newlands for passing the irrigation legislation. President Roosevelt believes these interviews are fake, and if so, would like Hitchcock to make a statement to that effect.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Herbert Knox Smith to Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Knox Smith encloses to Theodore Roosevelt an “evolved” draft of a federal publicity and registration bill for corporations. Smith admits that the bill is “frankly a publicity bill and nothing else“, as it relies on corporations voluntarily registering, though it will do some good and will “gradually establish a sort of Federal relationship between industrial corporations and the Federal Government.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-01

Creator(s)

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Letter from Thomas Nelson Page to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Nelson Page and Senator Francis G. Newlands’s proposal to have Martin W. Littleton admitted to the Metropolitan Club has been hindered because of questions about Littleton’s associations in New York. Page asks Theodore Roosevelt to write a letter of recommendation for Littleton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-07

Creator(s)

Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922

Letter from Charles D. Walcott to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian, is glad that Theodore Roosevelt agrees that the zoologist Edmund Heller should go accompany Paul James Rainey on a trip to South Abyssinia. Senator Thomas Henry Carter, chairman of the Senate Irrigation Committee, is writing a report of the committee’s investigation into reclamation projects in the west, which Walcott believes discredits work done during Roosevelt’s administration. If this is the case, Walcott is sure that the minority report by Senator Francis G. Newlands will dispute it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-04

Creator(s)

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927

Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt

Andrew Carnegie supports rate bill regarding railroads and indicates that he forced the railroad company to give him the lowest rate by threatening to stop all work. Carnegie suggests appeals to the court be limited to cases involving more than $250,000 per year and closes by stating that he thinks of Theodore Roosevelt as the most oppressed man in the land.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-18

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root

Andrew Carnegie tells Secretary of State Root that he felt it was his duty to send Senator Francis G. Newlands “words of Wisdom.” He also mentions that Senator Jeff Davis is about to publish an article about the Pan-American Railroad.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-18

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Letter from Robert Barnwell Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was praised by Representative Francis G. Newlands at a recent Democratic Jeffersonian dinner, with defeated presidential candidate Alton B. Parker present. Robert Barnwell Roosevelt reports to his nephew that no one seemed to object to the sentiment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, 1829-1906

The uplifting of Cuba

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and Republican Congressmen Robert C. Morris, Francis G. Newlands, Henry Allen Cooper, and James A. Tawney pulling on a rope to lift a bucket from a well. Their efforts are hampered by a stick “Dutch Standard” knotted into the rope “Tariff Law 1897” at the pulley. The cartoon refers to efforts by Republican congressmen to aid Cuba while high tariffs on sugar imposed by the Tariff Law 1897 hampers their efforts.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

The uplifting of Cuba

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and Republican Congressmen Robert C. Morris, Francis G. Newlands, Henry Allen Cooper, and James A. Tawney pulling on a rope to lift a bucket from a well. Their efforts are hampered by a stick “Dutch Standard” knotted into the rope “Tariff Law 1897” at the pulley. The cartoon refers to efforts by Republican congressmen to aid Cuba while high tariffs on sugar imposed by the Tariff Law 1897 hampers their efforts.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Bass, W. L. (William Louis), 1865-

Letter from Charles Follen McKim to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Follen McKim requests permission to show Senator Francis G. Newlands the White House. He hopes that President Roosevelt is not out of sympathy with those who are “struggling in the cause” of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the architect who designed the layout of the streets of Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-20

Creator(s)

McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt is frustrated at the role money is playing in the campaign, saying that he will probably lose Montana and Nevada as a result of its influence. Roosevelt also comments on Anna Roosevelt Cowles’ travel arrangements and sends his greeting to her guide.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-08-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919