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Manuscript by William W. Todd with handwritten edits that argues against the direct election of senators. Todd uses the metaphor of the government as a corporation and voters a stockholders to illustrate his position. Todd appeals to the reader to uphold the system created by their forefathers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-30
President Roosevelt will give any request from Colonel McCook “most careful consideration.” He has heard good things about Colonel Chase, but he has seen had “at least a dozen first class men” presented to him and does not know who to choose. He will discuss the matter with Secretary of War Luke E. Wright.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-12
President Roosevelt informs James E. Sullivan that he will write the State Department to see if Sullivan’s appointment can be made out as he desires. Roosevelt is sorry about runner Johnny Hayes’s work decisions. He thoroughly enjoyed having the athletes.
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1908-09-03
President Roosevelt forwards a letter from Gifford Pinchot to Mary Clare de Graffenried. He does not want to put Edwin Anderson Alderman, president of the University of North Carolina, on and believes Bennehan Cameron is a better candidate.
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1908-09-02
President Roosevelt will look up John Van Rensslaer Hoff’s case. He has heard good things about Hoff and hopes he can appoint him, but makes no promises to Representative Platt.
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1908-08-29
President Roosevelt is glad his conversation with Senator Hopkins of Illinois enabled Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to offer former Illinois Governor Richard Yates an appointment. He informs Hopkins that Yates refused the position.
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1907-08-30
President Roosevelt thinks it is important for Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations Smith to write Senator Albert J. Hopkins about any men he has in mind from Illinois. He wants to make sure that Smith consults with Hopkins so there are no hard feelings between the two when choosing the man in question.
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1907-01-25
President Roosevelt is “puzzled” by a telegram from Philip Battell Stewart about Rittenhouse, a name he does not recognize. Roosevelt has put forward D. C. Bailey’s name and is sorry Stewart could not accept the Commissionership of the General Land Office.
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1907-01-15
If President Roosevelt is correct that only twenty thousand dollars of the six million collected by the IRS in the District of Louisiana and Mississippi is from Mississippi, he cannot consider someone from Mississippi for the appointment.
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1907-01-12
President Roosevelt thinks that if Herbert Knox Smith can find the right man through United States District Attorney Walter Edwin Sims and the president of the University of Chicago, it would be good, because Illinois has not been given many places in the administration.
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1907-01-07
President Roosevelt asks Booker T. Washington for “the names of one or two first-class colored men” to appoint to office in Ohio.
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1906-12-25
President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart to be the Commissioner of the General Land Office. He is “discontented” with the current Interior Department, despite approving of Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. He plans to appoint James Rudolph Garfield as Secretary of the Interior, and to make a “pretty clean sweep” of the employees under him, except for men like Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp. He mentions that Gifford Pinchot would be one of Stewart’s coworkers, and emphasizes that Stewart would be perfect for the position.
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1906-12-22
Frank G. Hobbs writes to Theodore Roosevelt in the hopes Roosevelt can help him secure a position. Hobbs has purchased a lot in Needham, Massachusetts, and hopes to build a home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-27
Frank G. Hobbs has previously worked with the Chief Engineer of the Panama Railroad and hopes Theodore Roosevelt can reinstate his position.
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1911-09-21
Philip G. Engel thanks Theodore Roosevelt for an autographed photograph and reminds Roosevelt of a time they met previously. He asks for assistance getting into West Point, which was his father’s dream. His district has many open positions and he wonders how one might get appointed.
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1911-09-19
W. Scott Smith assures William Loeb that he will follow President Roosevelt’s wishes regarding Colonel Tucker and Remmel. He hopes Loeb will make the good care he is taking of Hot Springs known to Roosevelt.
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1907-02-18
Francis E. Leupp has phoned to say President Roosevelt spoke to Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield. He reports that W. Scott Smith told him that he would like to be made Superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. Leupp would like to know Roosevelt’s wishes in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-07
The memorandum discusses the improvements Postmaster General Payne has made to the selection and management of United States Postal Service employees.
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1903-06-24
Senator Beveridge explains to William Loeb that because of Miller’s unfavorable reaction to his removal, he should not be offered any other position in the service.
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1905-06-21
Francis C. Travers thanks President Roosevelt for his appointment of Thomas W. Hynes and is sure he will not regret it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10