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President Roosevelt cannot “comment upon the declaration of the Massachusetts Federation of Labor against the Republican candidates for Congress” in Massachusetts, as he would then be obliged to do so in every state. Roosevelt tells Representative Peabody he has stated his views on labor, and to quote him rather than ask for a personal statement.
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1906-10-12
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit on activities at Sagamore Hill and upcoming activities as the family soon returns to the White House.
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt was greatly amused by a cartoon depicting Secretary of War Taft and sends it to him along with words of support for the handling of the recent events in Cuba. Roosevelt wishes to meet with Taft in person about the nomination of Horace H. Lurton to the Supreme Court, along with Supreme Court Justice William R. Day, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Attorney General William Henry Moody. Roosevelt mentions that Philip Battell Stewart will not run for governor in Colorado, and wonders if Taft can make it to Idaho for a campaign speech.
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1906-10-04
President Roosevelt explains to Horace G. Knowles the need for a Spanish-speaking minister to Panama and details to the various roles of the governor, ministership, and commission there. Roosevelt hopes to announce Knowles appointment before the election.
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1906-10-08
President Roosevelt wishes to meet with Senator Spooner and discuss matters concerning Cuba, Panama, and Santo Domingo.
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1906-10-08
Once in Panama, President Roosevelt will advise Secretary of State Root if he needs to visit Cuba.
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1906-09-16
President Roosevelt informs President of Harvard University Eliot he is speaking at the fiftieth anniversary of the Michigan State Agricultural College on May 31. Before taking stronger action in Cuba, he will do everything in his power to facilitate a peaceful agreement. He will contact Secretary of War William H. Taft about Americans financing revolutionists.
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1906-09-20
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft that Representative Nicholas Longworth will contact him regarding the attitude of the Roosevelt Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, which appears to have assumed “an utterly preposterous position.” In a postscript, Roosevelt mentions appointments in Panama. Additionally, Roosevelt comments on Taft speaking in one of the Rocky Mountain States.
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1906-09-07
President Roosevelt explains his upcoming Panama trip to William Wingate Sewall. He is traveling by battleship and will only have a few men in official positions accompany him. As Sewall has no official business in Panama, he is not welcomed. Roosevelt has refused hundreds of requests similar to Sewall’s.
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1906-08-27
President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft that Culver C. Sniffen should be appointed Paymaster General and asks Taft to notify General Fred C. Ainsworth. He approves of Taft’s proposed travel arrangements for the Panama trip and is “extremely pleased” that Taft sent his speech to the Maine Committee to be reviewed by Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon or Representative Charles E. Littlefield. He sympathizes with Helen Herron Taft’s views of William Jennings Bryan. In a postscript, Roosevelt advices sending men to Cuba at once as “we cannot afford to neglect any chance of learning the situation down there.”
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1906-09-04
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte a telegram from Secretary of State Elihu Root detailing his travel route and requesting the USS Mayflower. Roosevelt needs the Mayflower during the requested time and ask if Bonaparte can send the Dolphin for Root’s use.
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1906-08-27
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of State Root a letter of greeting and congratulations on the success of his recent trip to Central America. Roosevelt has enjoyed the rest he has had over the summer and is now beginning to work on the fall electoral campaigns. While the recent Congress has been very productive, Roosevelt fears that “the time has about come for the swinging of the pendulum,” and mentions some areas he believes the Republicans are weak. Secretary of War William H. Taft has decided to not accept a position on the Supreme Court, which may put him in the ranks of possible presidential candidates. Local New York elections for governor have shown Benjamin B. Odell as having an advantage over Governor Frank Wayland Higgins.
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1906-08-18
President Roosevelt tells Charles E. Magoon, United States Minister to Panama and Governor of the Canal Zone, that he wants to support the work of the Home Missionary Society and the Young Men’s Christian Association in the Panama Canal Zone. He asks Magoon to get in contact with a representative of the Home Missionary Society.
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1906-07-30
President Roosevelt thanks Roland G. Curtin for the three pamphlets. While Roosevelt is most interested in the one on the declining birth-rate, he promises to also read both of the pamphlets on Panama with care.
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1906-07-11
President Roosevelt asks Panamanian Minister Obaldia to give his regards to Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero and thank him for the gift of the Panama hat.
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1906-05-01
President Roosevelt has been disturbed by Theodore P. Shonts’s reports of misconduct by subordinates of Charles E. Magoon, and asks him to report on the subject to Secretary of War William H. Taft so that they can be dismissed or otherwise punished after a necessary investigation.
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1906-04-26
President Roosevelt thanks Frederick Palmer for his letter, and compliments Palmer on the articles he wrote about Panama. Roosevelt would like Palmer to visit sometime.
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1906-04-13
President Roosevelt appreciated Sereno Stansbury Pratt’s recent Wall Street Journal article. Pratt responded to a letter from George Brinton McClellan Harvey which suggested that following tension between Roosevelt and Republican leaders in the Senate, Roosevelt’s popularity would wane by the end of his second term. Roosevelt assures Pratt that he is not concerned with his personal popularity, but rather with doing what is good for the country.
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1906-03-03
President Roosevelt introduces Charles E. Magoon, Minister to Panama, to his personal friend Louis Adams Frothingham. Roosevelt would like Frothingham to be introduced to Manuel Amador Guerrero, the President of Panama.
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1906-02-19
President Roosevelt thanks John St. Loe Strachey for remembering the upcoming wedding of his daughter Alice to Congressman Nicholas Longworth. Roosevelt is pleased with Longworth and hopes that he will have a successful career in politics. He reflects at length about politics in both Great Britain and the United States. In particular, Roosevelt discusses the function and manner of the United States Senate, and envies that a labor man is in Great Britain’s Cabinet.
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1906-02-12