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President Roosevelt believes that the three commissioners should be the best men that can be gotten from anywhere in the country. He asks if Senator Piles has any particular man in mind, and instructs him to speak with Secretary of State Elihu Root, who is in charge of the matter.
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1908-05-25
President Roosevelt will give any letter from Robert B. Roosevelt careful consideration. However, he does not know of a specific situation to which Mr. Tainter could be appointed. He asks Robert B. Roosevelt if Tainter can mention a definite position.
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1908-06-02
President Roosevelt writes for Senator Depew the text of a letter by Senator George Roland Malby. The letter details an agreement between Depew, Malby, and Senator Thomas Collier Platt that would allow Roosevelt to make a recess appointment of John F. O’Brien as Collector of the Port of Champaign at Plattsburg, New York.
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1908-06-03
President Roosevelt corrects Eugene A. Philbin on a sentence in his letter regarding the administration’s treatment of Catholics in Puerto Rico. Catholics in the administration in Puerto Rico say that they are being treated fairly, and Roosevelt objects to the assertion that on a national level they are treated unfairly. He notes that Catholics often seek political appointments and promotions on the grounds that they are Catholic more often than other groups.
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1908-04-15
President Roosevelt encloses communication between himself and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte regarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway for Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt has largely adopted the changes that Washington suggested, with a few exceptions. Roosevelt also notes that now all of the men he and Washington discussed when he first became President have been placed in office. He thanks and congratulates Washington on behalf of the people for recommending men of such high character. He hopes to see Washington on April 7 or 8.
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1908-04-02
President Roosevelt has considered the letters and telegrams written in support of Puerto Rico Governor Post, and reprimands him for the error stemming from Post’s address to a conference of school superintendents. Roosevelt believes that Post sincerely regrets his actions, and will send his nomination to the Governorship of Puerto Rico to the Senate, as his five years of otherwise commendable service as a public official should not be ignored.
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1907-12-04
President Roosevelt thanks Mark Sullivan for the interesting clipping. He appreciates Collier’s support and does not mind criticism as long as the facts have been investigated. Roosevelt will freely and frankly share any information about appointments with Sullivan.
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1907-06-02
President Roosevelt informs Senator Knox that Lawrence Yates Sherman declined the appointment to the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, and Roosevelt will therefore nominate Pennsylvania state representative Henry K. Daugherty, whom Knox had recommended.
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1907-05-23
President Roosevelt wants to see Judge Henry G. Ward when he is available. Some appointments are easy to make because everyone agrees on the candidate, as with a recent appointment.
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1907-05-27
President Roosevelt implores Republican State Chairman Lyon to suggest a different person than David A. Robinson for U.S. Postmaster at Dallas. He explains that Robinson will not have enough support to be confirmed as a result of the Civil Service Commission’s report that Robinson allegedly disclosed a list of employees of the Dallas post office to a Dallas County Republican politician, as well as the disapproval of senators, including Texas Senator Charles A. Culberson. Roosevelt explains that he cannot do anything else for Howe, since he has already given Howe two positions and Howe’s present rank is too low to elevate him to a brigadier generalship.
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1907-05-08
President Roosevelt informs Senator Gamble that Senator Alfred Kittredge strongly objects appointing Edward E. Wagner as United States District Attorney. As there seems to be little chance of getting them to agree, Roosevelt suggests that Gamble submit a name for the District Attorney and Kittredge submit a name for the Collector of Internal Revenue.
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1907-04-25
President Roosevelt urges Rudolph B. Schneider to drop the idea of appointing former United States Marshal Trevanyon L. Mathews as collector of internal revenue for Nebraska.
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1907-04-18
President Roosevelt accepts Charles D. Walcott’s resignation as Director of the US Geological Survey. Roosevelt says his only solace is that Walcott will return to his work at the Smithsonian, which “no other man in this country could do quite as well.”
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1907-04-05
President Roosevelt is puzzled by Edgar Gardner Murphy’s objections to Thomas G. Bush’s appointment to Peace Commissioner.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt appoints Richard Achilles Ballinger as a member of the commission on the public lands, and designates him as chairman.
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1907-03-30
President Roosevelt appoints Jeremiah Whipple Jenks to the Dillingham Commission in accordance with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1907.
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1907-04-01
President Roosevelt appoints Commissioner of Labor Neill to the Dillingham Commission in accordance with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1907.
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1907-04-01
President Roosevelt appoints William R. Wheeler to the Dillingham Commission in accordance with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1907.
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1907-04-01
President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that if John Watson Yerkes is to resign his post of Commissioner of Internal Revenue, then he must be replaced by a Kentuckian.
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1907-04-02
President Roosevelt asks Tuskegee Institute Principle Booker T. Washington for his opinion of Charles A. Cottrill. Though Roosevelt would like to appoint Tyler, he may not be able to.
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1907-02-16