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President Roosevelt will show German Ambassador Sternburg’s letter to Secretary of State Elihu Root. He does not think that the settlement in Mexico and Hawaii of former Japanese soldiers is part of some plan by the government of Japan but rather believes it is due to their disinclination to return to a boring peacetime life.
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1907-07-24
President Roosevelt congratulates U. S. Grant on his engagement to Edith Ruth Root, daughter of Secretary of State Elihu Root, and expresses the family’s friendship and admiration for the Grant family.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt appreciates Mrs. Butler sending the letter and speech to him which he will share with Secretary of State Elihu Root.
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1907-01-28
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear from Bishop Roots and feels the matter mentioned is important. He will ask Secretary of War William H. Taft to address the matter with Secretary of State Elihu Root and report back to him what they can do.
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1907-01-20
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Reid that he has heard from Andrew Carnegie, who heard from members of the British parliament, who heard from the British ambassador to Germany, who heard from Emperor William II that he is building Germany’s navy up against the United States. This story “did not impress [Roosevelt] in the least.”
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1907-01-10
President Roosevelt assures Emperor William II that he does not believe the rumors that the German Empire is building their fleet against the United States. He hears of such rumors on a regular basis against all countries, and they will never cause “more than good-natured amusement.”
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1907-01-08
President Roosevelt explains to Paul Morton that E. P. Ripley’s accusations regarding his “assault on the railroads” are untrue. Roosevelt has done nothing to intentionally turn public opinion against the railroads, and the prosecution of the Standard Oil Company is warranted. He asks Morton which specific act Ripley takes issue with.
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1907-01-02
President Roosevelt is pleased by what Andrew Carnegie is going to do for the Bureau of American Republics, and believes he has done something similar for the Hague Peace Conference. His gifts significantly aid the cause of peace for both hemispheres.
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1907-01-02
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that General Hamilton Smith Hawkins and his family have had “more than enough” favors in their details already. He encloses a confidential letter from Stevens. He also encloses a letter from Theodore P. Shonts regarding James Alexander Scrymser’s telegraph company. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root both disagree with Shonts that the telegraph industry should be “thrown open to all people.”
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1906-12-26
President Roosevelt explains to William Dudley Foulke that he cannot “be drawn into any discussion” into the situation of Francis Augustus MacNutt. He did not give Ambassador B. Storer or Maria Longworth Storer any information “which was not generally known.” He encloses Mrs. Storer’s letter, which asks for information that would exclude MacNutt from Papal service.
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1906-12-26
President Roosevelt tells Outlook editor Lyman Abbott that he appreciated his recent letter and speech. Roosevelt says that Secretary of State Elihu Root is not willing to write, but that he may be able to get Secretary of War William H. Taft or incoming Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to participate instead.
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1906-12-22
President Roosevelt updates Director of the U.S. Geological Survey Walcott regarding the efforts to repair the break in the Colorado River at the California-Mexico border. He forwards a telegram from Director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company Edward Henry Harriman regarding his organizations efforts to repair the break, and he says that Secretary of State Elihu Root received permission from Mexico to perform whatever maintenance is needed. Roosevelt asks Walcott to prepare information that he can share with Congress when they reconvene from their winter break.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells Governor Higgins that he will help however he can with the matter in question, and has taken up the issue with Secretary of State Elihu Root. He wishes the governor and his wife Kate a merry Christmas and happy new year.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells Judge George C. Holt that he and Secretary of State Elihu Root agreed with the judge’s recent petition, but he is not certain that he will be able to “accomplish anything or not in the direction desired.” Roosevelt notes that the Senate is not always looking to help the president accomplish his goals, and often “can help a cause best” by saying little about it in public.
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1906-12-12
President Roosevelt tells Dean Wells of Harvard College that he will bring the matter in question to Secretary of State Root, but he is very busy at the moment. He offers to visit with Clarence Hay and take up the matter in the presence of his mother.
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1906-12-10
President Roosevelt would like General Davis’s opinion on Captain Street. As Secretary of War Elihu Root is absent, Davis should inform Assistant Secretary William Cary Sanger that Roosevelt has asked for Davis’s assistance in the matter.
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1901-10-19
George B. Cortelyou informs Rachel Ann Vermillion that, because Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt cannot take any part in government affairs, her letter will instead be brought to the attention of Secretary of War Elihu Root.
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1901-10-16
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
George B. Cortelyou thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and invites him and his wife to stay at the White House when they come east. Cortelyou intends to take the bear and cougar hunt a year from next spring and hopes to get Secretary of War Elihu Root to join their party.
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1901-09-14
When Henry Fairfield Osborn is available, President Roosevelt will arrange for him to meet with Secretary of War Elihu Root regarding the deer. He believes that First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt can be convinced to allow Osborn to have the cougar skin.
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1901-09-14