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Every “Kansas man” that visits President Roosevelt gives interviews to Kansas newspapers regarding the visit and Roosevelt’s hospitality. This is poor etiquette and Roosevelt probably does not appreciate this type of publicity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-25
Edward J. Hammond offers President Roosevelt the use of his summer home in Winter Harbor, Maine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-28
Article argues that the fight over federal positions in Kansas was just and that the populace is ready for clean politics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12
President Roosevelt made a wise decision to appoint Wilder Stevens Metcalf as pension agent in Topeka, Kansas, due to the dispute between Senator Burton and the previous agent, Cyrus Leland. Metcalf will be a reliable agent but the appointment could increase infighting among Kansas Republicans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12
William H. Michael encloses the three letters of introduction and a letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-20
F. D. Wissmann encloses the letter from David B. Day and thanks Douglas Robinson for agreeing to deliver the letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-19
William Allen White claims that his article about Senator Platt was not influenced by his visit with President Roosevelt. White is willing to make these statements public if Roosevelt or Platt should desire it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-18
Wilbur Fisk Wakeman has responded to Secretary Gage’s request that he resign from his post as Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of New York. He requests that his reply be brought to the attention of President Roosevelt.
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1901-12-18
General Rosser thanks Senator McLaurin for the letter concerning the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. Rosser hopes to call a conference to discuss “negro suffrage” which he believes will inevitably be limited in the southern United States. He suggests altering the 15th amendment to prevent discrimination in federal elections but allowing states to handle their own affairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-18
Article credits the success of President Roosevelt’s administration to the appointment of “morally clean” men to office.
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1901-12-19
Baron von Herman, agricultural expert of the German embassy, has been transferred to Germany and would like to pay his respects to President and Mrs. Roosevelt before his departure.
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1901-12-17
The article reviews the political wrangling and infighting over the appointment of a pension agent at Topeka, Kansas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-24
The appointment of Wilder Stevens Metcalf as pension agent shows that Senator Burton’s influence and Senatorial privilege will be respected by President Roosevelt. With this issue decided, Kansas Republicans should ignore factionalism and unite as “good Republicans.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12
Article argues that Edgar Stanton Maclay was unfairly discharged from his government position for a section of his book disparaging Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
E. Mont Reily and the Roosevelt Club of Kansas City, Missouri, was pleased to hear that Senator Foraker would support the nomination of President Roosevelt for the 1904 election. The club is interested in hosting Foraker for a speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16
Seth Low still believes that he can influence Senator Burton to withdraw the current candidate and endorse another. On this basis Low hopes for more time from President Roosevelt.
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1901-12-16
Eugene A. Philbin will be in Washington, D.C., next week and would like to meet with President Roosevelt. Philbin heard an absurd rumor that Roosevelt had asked the Vatican to make Archbishop Ireland a cardinal.
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1901-12-16
William Allen White and Marcus A. Low need more time in order to influence Senator Burton to withdraw Wilder Stevens Metcalf and endorse Cyrus Leland.
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1901-12-16
Richard Henry Jesse asks Senator Cockrell to add his own letter to an offer for President Roosevelt to receive an honorary degree from the University of Missouri.
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1901-12-16
Secretary of State Hay describes the German-American understanding that the Monroe Doctrine prevents European powers from acquiring territory in the Americas and that Germany will not seize any territory due to the ongoing dispute with Venezuela.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16