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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Chairman A. S. Geddes and the LaGrande Progressive Roosevelt Republican Club for their telegram after the victory in Ohio and hopes that progressive principles will triumph in the end.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-31
President Roosevelt requests the information regarding Mr. Knowles’s unfitness to serve as register of the land office in La Grande, Oregon. Senator Mitchell, Senator Fulton, Binger Hermann, and J. N. Williamson will not withdraw their recommendation until seeing the evidence of Mr. Knowles’s unfitness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-18
Solomon W. Seeman and Clarence E. Deal ask Secretary of the Interior Garfield to delay Frank C. Bramwell’s appointment as registrar of the land office at La Grande, Oregon, and promise explanatory materials will follow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-19
Deal, Clarence E., 1870-1930; Seeman, Solomon W. (Solomon William), 1863-1949
Methodist minister James D. Gillilan believes that political appointments have been influenced by a powerful official in the Mormon Church. He informs Secretary of the Interior Garfield that the appointee for the La Grande, Oregon land office, Franklin C. Bramwell, is the son of the president of the Mormon Church “‘state,'” and therefore a “stick in the nostrils of the law abiding element.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-12
The Oregon congressional delegation recommended Mr. Knowles as register of the land office at La Grande, Oregon. President Roosevelt ignored the recommendation and appointed E. W. Davis. The Oregon senators will likely oppose the appointment when it comes up for confirmation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-29