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General Wood is comfortable with staying at his position in Mindanao under General James Franklin Wade. However, he still hopes to succeed Wade. Wood’s promotion has been unofficially hinted at and is expected by other officers. If Wood does not receive Wade’s position, then Wood’s reputation will be damaged.
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1904-04-29
James W. Bentley is attempting to organize a baseball team to take on the Capitol baseball club. Judge John Thomas McDonough has resigned from the Supreme Court of the Philippines. It is rumored that President Roosevelt wants McDonough to run on the New York state ticket next fall.
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1904-06-07
Beekman Winthrop thanks Theodore Roosevelt for a letter concerning his appointment to a position. Winthrop informs the President that the first Republican Convention in the Philippines instructed delegates to vote for him in the Republican National Convention. Winthrop mentions that John Thomas McDonough is one of the delegates.
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1904-04-16
The writer defends American policy and duty in the Philippines. Cost is not a factor that should be considered when duty is involved and the purpose of the Spanish-American War was not to earn money.
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1904-09-18
W. A. Maxwell has given an old friend who is interested in the Philippines a letter of introduction to President Roosevelt. Maxwell wants to come to the U.S. to visit during Roosevelt’s presidency, but his father recently died and he has been very busy. He is confident, though, that Roosevelt will be re-elected, so there is still time.
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1904-04-05
Jacob Gould Schurman encourages an adherence to traditional American values in the face of growing American power.
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1904-03-30
Secretary of War Taft defends American rule in the Philippines. He states that the islands will be held for the benefit of the Filipinos but that this situation can also be economically beneficial to the United States.
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1904-04-21
Jacob Gould Schurman expresses his opinion that U.S. involvement in the Philippines should be temporary. He encloses the abstract of a speech he gave concerning the “Philippine Question.”
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1904-03-30
William H. Taft returns a letter from Senator Lodge concerning the Philippine shipping bill.
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1904-03-16
Bishop Hendrick describes conditions of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
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1904-03-18
James H. Blount discusses sentencing criminals in the Philippines, including sentencing sixteen men to death. His experiences have led him to think that penal servitude may be “unrighteous.” Blount also enjoyed reading Theodore Roosevelt’s Winning of the West and met Luther S. “Yellowstone” Kelly, an ex-scout and friend to Roosevelt. Blount recognizes that he is working in an outpost while also understanding the importance of his work.
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1904-03-21
Andrew Carnegie discusses foreign policy matters, including William H. Taft’s opinion concerning the Philippines, policy towards Russia, free trade with Canada, a preference tariff in Britain, and the Panama Canal.
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1904-03-11
Cardinal Satolli toasts the health of President Roosevelt for the “progressive condition of Catholicity” in the United States and for the accord achieved on the “religious question of the Philippines.”
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1904-02-29
Secretary of War Taft sends a memorandum to President Roosevelt, enclosing correspondences concerning Frederick Zadok Rooker, bishop of Jaro, Philippines, and John Thomas McDonough, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Taft refers to a mistake made by Rooker and says that because McDonough is an Irishman, “fighting proclivities” appeal to him.
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1904-03-02
Underground revolutionary activity, led by Artemio Ricarte, continues in the Philippines and succeeded in forming a mutiny in the Philippine Constabulary near Vigan. Ricarte is currently on the run and several secret service men are on his trail. Governor Wright remains confident in the loyalty of native forces. Sixto Lopez attempted to return to the Philippines but once again refused to take the oath of allegiance and returned to Hong Kong. The Aglipayan movement is strong in several provinces and is creating tensions with the Catholic Church.
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1904-02-15
Albert T. McNeal appeals to Stuyvesant Fish to write to President Roosevelt or Secretary of War Taft on his behalf. McNeal would like to be appointed to the Shiloh Park Commission. He names numerous mutual friends who can vouch for him.
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1904-02-15
James Andrew Drain asks Elihu Root if he could do anything to prompt the state of New York to join the Interstate National Guard Association. Drain also makes a personal appeal for Root to speak to Secretary of War William H. Taft on his behalf, as he hopes to be appointed to a position in the Philippines. Drain spoke to both President Roosevelt and Taft, but thinks Taft does not know his character well enough.
1905-02-08
Ambassador Barrett’s recommendation letter for James Andrew Drain has been referred to the Governor General of the Philippines, Luke E. Wright.
1905-03-13
In the absence of Colonel Edwards, Captain McIntyre will keep James Andrew Drain informed of any developments regarding his appointment in the Philippines.
1906-03-07
Ambassador Barrett encloses a letter from the Bureau of Insular Affairs relating to his recommendation of James Andrew Drain for a position in the Philippines.
1905-03-28