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President Roosevelt would like the McSweeney case submitted to him when it is ready and states that District Attorney Burnett does not believe that Edward F. McSweeney can be successfully prosecuted criminally by a jury. Roosevelt asks Attorney General Knox to personally look into the case and wait on a decision until they can discuss it together.
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1903-06-18
President Roosevelt would like to discuss the prosecutions in the Post Office scandal.
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1903-06-18
President Roosevelt defends Postmaster Payne in light of the current Post Office scandal and states that he will take Joseph L. Bristow’s report into consideration when it is finished. Roosevelt hopes that L. Clarke Davis realizes that the scandal is something that Roosevelt inherited.
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1903-06-19
Nine out of ten of the Post Office officials implicated in the current scandal have been inherited from previous administrations. President Roosevelt does not believe that his administration is responsible for the scandal, but is responsible for the “discovery and cutting it out.”
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1903-06-19
President Roosevelt thanks Gifford Pinchot for his notes on forestry. Benjamin Ide Wheeler has warned Roosevelt that a scandal will erupt if Mr. Maxwell has any association with government irrigation work.
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1903-05-11
President Roosevelt informs Postmaster General Payne that the investigation into the Post Office Department has taken an unexpected turn with the resignation of George W. Beavers before evidence was even presented. August W. Machen is favored by the Civil Service Commission and many Congressmen, and Roosevelt has been annoyed at the newspaper efforts to show that Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne is disloyal to Payne.
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1903-03-31
President Roosevelt would like to hear William F. Aldrich’s proposals and of any offices which are “improperly, laxly, or corruptly managed.”
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1903-03-14
Congressman Dahle reports that he was offered $500 by the postmaster of Lodi, Wisconsin, to reappoint him. President Roosevelt instructs Postmaster General Payne to investigate the postmaster and remove him if the story proves true.
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1903-02-07
President Roosevelt has decided to allow William B. Dickey to travel to Callao and plead his case to Minister Dudley. Roosevelt expects Dudley to make a “clean-cut decision” on Dickey’s guilt or innocence.
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1903-01-15
President Roosevelt will not reopen the Dickey case and lays out why he believes in William B. Dickey’s guilt.
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1902-12-30
President Roosevelt suggests that the consul at Juarez, Mexico, be investigated within the next few months.
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1903-01-07
President Roosevelt informs W. R. Andrews that circulars should not contain the name of anyone in government service. The Civil Service Commission has requested that the matter be put before Attorney General Knox but Roosevelt will delay doing so to give Andrews time to change the circular and withdraw the previous circular.
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1902-10-14
W. R. Andrews has sent out another circular featuring Senator Quay’s name and President Roosevelt’s, which is a violation of civil service law. Roosevelt knows that Andrews acted without Quay’s knowledge. Attorney General Knox will take action unless the circular is immediately withdrawn.
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1902-10-14
Recent information from the State Department has substantiated the charges against William B. Dickey and President Roosevelt does not believe he should be reappointed.
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1902-10-01
President Roosevelt agrees with Commissioner Garfield’s actions regarding the circular sent out by the Republican State Central Committee of Iowa. Steps will be taken to inform federal officials that contributions to political organizations are not required and there will be no consequences for not contributing.
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1902-09-11
President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Quay regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike. Roosevelt has also been informed by the Civil Service Commission that a circular to government employees with Quay’s signature may have violated a political assessment law. The circular should be withdrawn and Roosevelt would like Quay to meet with Mr. Garfield of the Civil Service Commission to work out the details.
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1902-09-27
President Roosevelt agrees that it is absurd to seriously consider prosecuting Senator Shoup’s alleged and merely technical violation of the civil service law. However, Roosevelt has an unfavorable impression of Perrault’s conduct.
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1902-08-05
Governor Hunt of Puerto Rico has complained that one of his private letters was publicly quoted. President Roosevelt sent a variety of papers to Attorney General Knox for his use in examining a case regarding a Puerto Rican judge and there was carelessness during the transfer of the papers. Roosevelt requests that confidential letters no longer be given out to anyone.
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1902-08-02
President Roosevelt encloses several letters for Philip Battell Stewart and would appreciate his comments on them. Roosevelt has ordered Francis Mott Downer’s appointment and wants Stewart’s opinion on the charges against Joseph W. Milsom.
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1902-07-23
John Robert Procter will not be reappointed. Although the Civil Service Commission has recommended that Senator Shoup be prosecuted for his testimony, President Roosevelt is sure that Shoup’s violation was entirely unintentional.
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1902-07-16