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Postmaster General Meyer tells President Roosevelt that he has directed First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock to send the recommendation for postmaster of Spencerville, Ohio, to Arthur I. Vorys. Meyer will soon be on vacation, but his private secretary will keep him updated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-17
New York Representative Parsons returns a letter to William Loeb and describes his views of James L. Wells. Parsons believes it will be difficult to find a position to which President Roosevelt can appoint him due to Wells’s long political activity in New York. Additionally, Parsons encourages Roosevelt to meet with members of the New York press while at Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-17
Secretary of War Taft asks Postmaster General Meyer if he has spoken to Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock about coordinating the appointments of postmasters in Ohio with Taft’s campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys. Taft says Hitchcock has not been communicating with Vorys at all. Taft accuses Hitchcock of working against him and fears Hitchcock may hurt him at a national meeting of postmasters.
Secretary of War Taft relays some remarks to William Loeb made by Arthur I. Vorys about Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock. In a letter, Vorys tells Taft that he had thought Hitchcock was being insincere about certain postmaster appointments in Ohio, but recent information has led him to believe otherwise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-20
New York Representative Parsons asks President Roosevelt if the postmaster situation could be resolved before the second week of September, in the event that Edward M. Morgan is not appointed. Parsons and his wife have been planning to travel West and have been putting it off; however, if the matter of the postmastership is “acute,” Parsons will not undertake the trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
Charles William Anderson expresses his disapproval of William L. Wilson as a potential postmaster of New York. One of his objections is that Wilson placed African Americans William H. Butler and Major R. Poole in positions in the New York legislature, despite how they “had used the vilest epithets in referring to President Roosevelt, because of the Brownsville incident.”
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1907-07-08
Representative Parsons discusses the appointment of a postmaster in New York City, New York, with President Roosevelt. Parsons outlines his opposition to Edward M. Morgan as postmaster.
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1907-07-08
Secretary of War Taft is “conscience stricken” about two appointments President Roosevelt has discussed with him. Taft believes John K. Beach is the better man for a judgeship in Connecticut, but he is a personal friend so Taft asks Roosevelt to not consider his opinion in the matter. Taft also asks that his opinion not be taken into account regarding the postmaster of New York City, because he does not want Roosevelt to be criticized on his account. Taft is still “working on the Brownsville business.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-13
Representative Parsons has received a letter from Postmaster William R. Willcox informing Parsons of Willcox’s nomination by Governor Charles Evans Hughes of New York to the chairmanship of the New York Public Service Commission, and asking for advice. Parsons believes Willcox likely to accept, and would like President Roosevelt to remember to confer with him before nominating Willcox’s replacement as postmaster.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-26
William R. Willcox intends to accept Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s nomination to the chairmanship of the New York Public Service Commission. He suggests times at which he might meet with President Roosevelt to discuss the reasons for his decision, as well as his possible successor as postmaster of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-27
William R. Willcox has accepted his nomination to the chairmanship of the New York Public Service Commission from Governor Charles Evans Hughes of New York and tenders his resignation from the postmastership of New York City. He will be glad to visit President Roosevelt soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-28
Post Office Inspector Hennen explains to Inspector-in-Charge Holmes the political dealings behind the appointment of the postmaster of Spencerville, Ohio, since the 1890s and expresses his support for one of four men seeking the office, John F. Wetherill. Wetherill has been appointed to the position and his commission should be issued.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-29
Representative Parsons believes that other men would have made better chairmen of the New York Public Service Commission than New York City Postmaster William R. Willcox. He expects Willcox to be ineffective and thus damage legislation’s chances for success as well as the Republican Party and laments the shortage of people to run for office. Parsons also advises against naming Edward Morgan as Willcox’s replacement.
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1907-06-29
New York Representative Parsons confirms a scheduled appointment with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. Parsons will be uncomfortable with New York City Postmaster William R. Willcox in attendance, as he will be naming Willcox’s successor. This topic has been the subject of negative press coverage and pressure from businessmen to appoint Edward M. Morgan. Parsons returns several letters to William Loeb.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-02
New York Representative Parsons returns some letters to William Loeb and describes his thoughts regarding the appointment of a new postmaster for New York City. In particular, Parsons does not support the appointment of Edward M. Morgan.
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1907-07-03
Governor Cummins would like to nominate a candidate for postmaster who has support from the community where he lives. Cummins will speak to Senators William B. Allison and Jonathan P. Dolliver about suggesting a candidate. He is concerned that in the particular district in which he is interested, the senators might insist that Representative John F. Lacey’s recommendation take priority, rather than that of Cummins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-07
New York Superintendent of Public Works Stevens attempts to explain a misunderstanding that has arisen over his having urged that President Roosevelt quickly name a replacement for former Collector of Internal Revenue at Rochester, Archie Dovell Sanders. Sanders’s resignation had been requested several days before Stevens wrote, and it was not therefore Sanders’s removal that Stevens was seeking but the filling of his place. Stevens regrets if he caused Roosevelt any embarrassment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-25
Postmaster Gaddis writes to Representative Andrews about F. W. Smith who is Postmaster in Williams and was a representative in the Republican Convention who unseated the delegation for statehood. Gaddis calls Smith “unworthy,” a “traitor,” and “an Oaks and Frank Murphy man,” and asks that Andrews see that Smith does not get reappointed by President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
Postmaster General Cortelyou teases William Loeb about a faux pas Loeb made in announcing the appointment of a new postmaster at Dallas when the person named has been dead for two years. Cortelyou also shares some friendly gossip about a visit from Postmaster Benjamin F. Barnes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-09
William Loeb has directed Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou to wait to confirm the appointment of William R. Thomas for postmaster in Niles, Ohio, until receiving direction from President Roosevelt. Congressman William A. Thomas (no relation), who has proposed the appointment, is “greatly agitated over the Post Office case.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12