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Ebenezer J. Hill believes Republican effort should be made to maintain the support of Gold Democrats. Hill recommends monetary legislation concerning establishment of gold standard or establishment of a commission to consider “the money question.”
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1903-12-24
Otto Gresham writes to President Roosevelt expressing his support for Roosevelt in the upcoming election. Gresham writes that some members of the Grand Army of the Republic and Loyal Legion disagreed with the decision to not let the Colombians put down the Panamanian rebellion, but otherwise support Roosevelt completely. Gresham also writes about discussing possible nominees for presidential candidates with Senator Platt, whose ideas turned out to be incorrect.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-04
Ebenezer J. Hill encloses recommendations “for the betterment of our financial conditions,” and works toward bringing congressional committees together in order to achieve a compromise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-03
Ebenezer J. Hill plans to discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s “delicate matter” with Senator Orville Platt.
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1903-07-22
Representative Hill tells President Roosevelt that he has heard a “great deal of agitation” on the subject of currency. Hill is satisfied that the conflicting House and Senate committees on banking and currency will come to a resolution regarding national banking. Hill thinks it “of the utmost importance” that the financial legislation have a chance to take effect before the presidential campaign commences. Hill explains differences between the Aldrich Bill and the previous Hill-Fowler Bill, which he was co-author of, when it comes to the deposit of public monies into banks. The Republican Party will support any proposition that both committees agree upon, as will House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon.
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1903-07-18
Herbert H. D. Peirce submits suggestions for several consular changes, particularly at Barbados and Guatemala.
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1903-03-07
Cardinal Gibbons expresses thanks to “the Almighty” that President Roosevelt escaped from the carriage accident. In an unrelated note on the verso, President Roosevelt requests a meeting with Senator Platt and Senator Aldrich.
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1902-09-11
Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt suggested Congressman Charles Addison Russell for the Assistant Secretaryship in charge of customs but Secretary of the Treasury Shaw does not believe Russell will accept the position.
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1902-08-08
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses articles from the Outlook magazine pertaining to leases of land on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. A controversy is brewing over these leases and Hitchcock orders C. F. Nesler to investigate whether the Standing Rock Indians desire the lease and the propriety with which the government made the lease.
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1902-04-22
Elisha Ely Garrison recommends that President Roosevelt write a book about his views on current issues. He provides an outline of potential topics.
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1902-04-08
William K. Townsend thinks that “Senator Platt’s son would do” and he is willing to come to Washington to discuss the situation.
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1902-01-21
Francis E. Leupp relays information from a Connecticut man who expressed opposition to James Perry Platt’s appointment to the federal judgeship made vacant by the promotion of Judge William K. Townsend.
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1902-01-21
Leonard Wood writes from Cuba saying that the populace is generally content but there are some difficulties with a few of the Cubans who have received government appointments.
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1899-08-24
Transcript of a speech given by Senator Hill in the U.S. Senate. Hill wishes to revise the rules for bringing a measure to a vote. He compares them to “a mere rope of sand, without strength or force.” In his view the existing limitations on debate are severely lacking, and should be in the hands of the majority, rather than a very vocal minority of the Senate. The senator states that the rules made sense a century prior when there were far fewer states, but there are simply too many complex issues being debated by too many people for the system to continue as it stands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-12-18