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President Roosevelt tells Edgar Gardner Murphy that his letter arrived at the right time as it helped him decide to refrain from commenting on the Beveridge bill until he can carefully go over it. He discusses the Brownsville incident and says he acted on the principles which he has preached.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-17
E. Mont Reily disagrees with Joseph E. Black’s candidacy for Internal Revenue Collector for the Western District of Missouri, at Kansas City. Black has been one of the most bitter enemies that President Roosevelt has in the entire state. Reily recounts a Republican National Convention they both attended in Chicago where Black intended to introduce very critical condemnations of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
President Roosevelt intends to appoint Lane to the Interstate Commerce Commission but asks Benjamin Ide Wheeler not to say anything until after the municipal elections. Roosevelt does not believe the information about Vice Governor of the Philippines Luke E. Wright, and has been told that Mrs. Wright has tried to bring Filipino women into social contact.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-17