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President Roosevelt asks Joseph A. Ferris for information regarding the election of his brother Sylvane M. Ferris.
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1905-01-11
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Platt for the “nice report about” Collector of Internal Revenue Ferdinand Eidman. He feels the article on James R. Sheffield was meant to harm him. Roosevelt will not decide on appointing any person until next fall, and only then after consulting with Platt.
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1905-01-13
President Roosevelt promises Ellen Grant Sartoris that, when possible, he will appoint her son, Captain Algernon Edward Sartoris to the diplomatic service. He is sorry she is unwell and hopes she will recover soon.
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1905-01-09
President Roosevelt is unsure of what to do about William Frye Tebbetts, recently appointed Customs Collector in Mobile, Alabama. Roosevelt is concerned about how he has behaved toward African Americans based on comments from Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt informs President pro tempore of the Senate Frye he needs to know that Tebbetts will give all people—white or black—a square deal. Otherwise, Tebbetts cannot keep the position.
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1904-12-22
President Roosevelt is sorry to hear of Harry Stillwell Edwards’s illness. The president would appoint Edwards’s son—although Edwards now believes it is best for him not to be appointed—because Roosevelt values Edwards.
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1904-12-09
President Roosevelt thanks Thomas C. Carter, an ex-Confederate soldier, for his letter and says it is a “peculiar pleasure” when he is able to do something for an ex-Confederate soldier, giving several examples of former Confederate soldiers, wives, or offspring he has appointed to public offices.
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1904-12-03
President Roosevelt agrees with Finley Peter Dunne about protesting against the “Anglo-Saxon alliance” theory because he believes Americans are “a new race, composed of many Old-World stocks.” While the president is not against friendliness to the English government, he is not going to ignore other European governments. Roosevelt declares himself a “strong home-ruler” and gives examples of a number of individuals who have hated their country of origin, noting it is impossible for him to champion every hatred. The president expresses his gratitude for the support he has received from young men, “Catholic by faith and of Irish descent,” and discusses a number of Irish and Catholic individuals he has put in government positions.
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1904-12-03
President Roosevelt regrets that people do not feel about Whitelaw Reid as he does. He thinks Reid is entitled to the position, but it means a great deal more to the community that Francis E. Leupp should have his place. Roosevelt agrees with Joseph Bucklin Bishop about Seth Low and the postmastership.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Dietrich for his letter and says he has done what the senator hoped he would do regarding Francis E. Leupp and Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt explains he is unable to appoint William H. Elliott’s successor from Indiana because he has a certain man in mind. Roosevelt does not regard insular positions as typical political positions and wants to recognize the service of people beyond state lines.
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1904-11-24
President Roosevelt informs W. G. McAddo he considers him fit for a position on the Isthmian Canal Commission, but he had already offered the position to Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell and conditionally to two other men if Cockrell does not accept.
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1904-11-29
President Roosevelt asks Jennie Hobart to inform Isabel Delphine Kilpatrick Morgan he will try to do as Morgan wishes, but he cannot promise anything as he does not know the different applicants for appointment and promotion.
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1904-11-19
President Roosevelt thanks New York Police Commissioner McAdoo for his letter, but cannot do as he wishes as the president has already offered the position to Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell.
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1904-11-19
President Roosevelt asks Senator Platt to write him a letter favoring Francis E. Leupp for Indian Commissioner William A. Jones’s place.
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1904-11-19
President Roosevelt is interested in Cornelius Newton Bliss’s opinion of William R. Willcox, and asks what he thinks of Marcus M. Marks. Because Roosevelt has not seen New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt since the election, he has not been able to consult with him about either man.
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1904-11-21
President Roosevelt thanks John F. Plummer for writing to him, but does not know if he will be able to appoint the person Plummer wishes to the position.
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1904-11-15
President Roosevelt praises Missouri Senator Cockrell as a public servant and offers him a position on either the Isthmian Canal Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission. The president asks Cockrell to judge his physical abilities as to whether or not he can take the Isthmian Canal Commission position, and, if he cannot, Cockrell is welcome to a position on the Interstate Commerce Commission. In either case, Roosevelt asks Cockrell when he wants to start.
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1904-11-16
President Roosevelt tells Senator Gallinger he had Postmaster General Henry C. Payne telegraph for the senator’s position on Robinson because he had the impression Gallinger was one of Robinson’s strongest supporters. The president does not plan to do anything about the appointments until he speaks to Gallinger about Robinson, as well as about John Henry Brown.
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1904-11-17
President Roosevelt would like to appoint William Wingate Sewell to the collectorship, but needs a petition to demonstrate support for Sewell. Roosevelt does not want to get into a fight with the Senators or Representatives.
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1904-11-17
President Roosevelt thanks Justin McCarthy for his letter, but informs him he cannot interfere in a state appointment.
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1904-11-12