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President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to note the enclosed clipping about Solicitor George P. McCabe’s report on veterinarian D. E. Salmon. Roosevelt is not happy with Salmon’s connection with George E. Howard and his printing company. Even if Salmon did not profit from the situation, the connection was not proper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Agriculture Wilson that it was best for D. E. Salmon, veterinarian in the Department of Agriculture, to resign. Roosevelt believes that Wilson cannot think any worse of the Herald than him but has learned that sometimes it is wise to “pay heed to what purport to be positive statements of fact even in very unworthy places.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-08
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Agriculture Wilson that he wants to know more about the “importation of blooded horses,” and would like D. E. Salmon to write rules about it as closely as possible to what is indicated in the enclosed letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-03