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Secretary to the President Loeb encloses copies of President Roosevelt’s letters to Bishop McCabe and Reverend Franklin C. Smith, and asks Maurice Francis Egan to keep them from being published.
1906-02-03
President Roosevelt encloses for Richard V. Oulahan an example of the statements being made against William H. Taft, alleging that he dislikes Catholics. Roosevelt notes that Taft has always been “fair and square” to Catholics and believes that the attacks are because Taft is a Universalist. He thinks that men like Ernest Harvier and Michael Walsh should work to make Catholic laymen aware of the attacks made on Taft by William Jennings Bryan’s campaign.
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1908-10-12
President Roosevelt advises William H. Taft on how to respond to religious attacks by the press.
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1908-08-28
President Roosevelt endorses Governor George Curry as an ideal candidate for a position in the Philippines if one is available. Roosevelt draws Eugene A. Philbin’s attention to The Independent’s campaign against William H. Taft for supporting the church in the Philippines.
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1908-08-22
President Roosevelt shares the same opinion as William H. Taft that governor Charles Evans Hughes should be renominated. Roosevelt feels that making a speech would do more harm than good. While William Jennings Bryan has a strong following for the “church vote,” Roosevelt believes Bryan’s approach is dangerous. He approves of Taft’s letter to John Wesley Hill and suggests that secretary of state Elihu Root review it before it is made public.
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1908-08-18
President Roosevelt would like to know about the priest as he needs to make the appointment soon.
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1901-10-16
President Roosevelt thanks Archbishop Ireland for the kind message he conveyed from Cardinal Rampolla. He extends his thanks and regard through Rampolla to Pope Leo XIII.
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1901-10-15
President Roosevelt would never deny a request from Maria Longworth Storer for anything but political reasons. He does not intend to make any changes to his Cabinet and is particularly impressed with Secretary of War Elihu Root. Roosevelt would take many things into consideration before appointing any man to a Cabinet position. At present, it would not be advisable to appoint a Catholic man as ambassador to Germany or Italy. If the position of ambassador to France becomes available, it could be offered to Bellamy Storer.
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1901-10-04
President Roosevelt thanks Archbishop Ireland for the letter. Roosevelt believes that they share loyalty to the “great ideals of our great nation.”
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1901-09-27
President Roosevelt writes to Owen Wister about Thomas Paine. Roosevelt says he should not have referred to Paine as an atheist as Paine admitted the existence of an unknown God, although he denied there was a Christian God. Roosevelt notes that Paine did not leave his bed for several weeks and so “a swine in a sty was physically clean by comparison.”
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1901-09-25
Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt regarding the management of the National Parks. Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park S. B. M. Young would prefer rangers to the military, and Taft agrees with him, but Congress is putting the responsibility of park management on the War Department rather than the Department of the Interior. Taft warns that he accidentally engaged in cards on a Sunday, in case the press finds out. While traveling, he saw Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, and they discussed both Japanese naturalization and immigration of Russian Jews. Taft briefly lists his upcoming speeches.
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1907-09-04
Governor of Cuba Magoon informs President Roosevelt that Giuseppa Aversa, Archbishop of Sardes, Apostolic Delegate for Cuba and Puerto Rico, will not return to Cuba. Magoon believes it would be beneficial if an American Prelate were appointed as Aversa’s successor.
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1907-08-30
Lyman Abbott is not sure what the United States government can do in the cases of the Armenians or the Congo Free State, but believes there is “a real power” in international public opinion. Abbott believes that giving the Japanese suffrage now would put the control of Hawaii in their hands and doubts the wisdom of it for the same reason he doubts the wisdom of giving political control of the Philippines to the Filipinos. Abbott also gives his opinion that Reed Smoot’s religious beliefs as a Mormon should not exclude him from the Senate, unless his allegiance to the Church is “above” his allegiance to the Constitution.
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1907-01-08
James Jeffrey Roche shares his views on a range of topics with President Roosevelt, including Roosevelt’s handling of Bellamy Storer’s “indiscretion” in Rome, the public’s response to the Brownsville case, and Roche’s support for Roosevelt’s simplified spelling idea.
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1906-12-28
Rev. Dr. John Morgan, Rector of Holy Trinity Parish, Paris, France, has asked Bishop Satterlee to communicate to President Roosevelt the importance of having an American ambassador in Paris who has definite religious principles.
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1904-12-10
Bishop Tuttle, a missionary for the Episcopal Church in Utah, writes to President Roosevelt about recognizing Mormons’ civil rights.
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1904-12-06
Baron Kinnaird congratulates President Roosevelt on the election results. Kinnaird thinks Roosevelt will “stand for Christian liberty of oppressed races.”
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1904-11-29
The Catholic World Magazine will be publishing brief appreciations of Pope Leo XIII from prominent non-Catholics in recognition of the Pope’s upcoming Silver Jubilee. Father Doyle requests that President Roosevelt contribute.
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1903-02-12
Archbishop Ireland suggests that John Watson Foster lead the mission to the Vatican to discuss Filipino matters. At the end of January, Ireland plans to take up the “Storer matter” with Senator Foraker. The Archbishop is pleased that the citizens of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota approve of President Roosevelt’s leadership.
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1902-01-02
Correspondence related to a request by the municipal council of the pueblo of Lubao for the removal of Galo de la Calle, an Augustinian Friar who is attempting to take charge of the local parish.
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1902-08-29