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Alford Warriner Cooley writes to William Loeb in receipt of his letter concerning the Philadelphia Post Office scandal. Cooley asks Loeb to forward the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-27
Assistant Attorney General to the Post Office Department James N. Tyner responds to President Roosevelt’s official statement to the American public regarding the Post Office scandals; the statement declared guilt on the parts of Tyner, Joseph L. Bristow, and Harrison J. Barrett. Tyner, a recipient of three indictments, denies all charges and describes his two recent strokes of paralysis.
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1903-12-02
John Carter Rose informs President Roosevelt that he is available to meet and is currently involved with Post Office issues at the Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.
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1903-11-12
John A. Sleicher discusses editorials published in the Evening Post and the Sun regarding public scandals and which posit anti-Roosevelt sentiment. Sleicher writes of President Roosevelt’s potential removal of General Appraiser Henderson Middleton Somerville. In a handwritten note, Sleicher notes that he is sure New York Mayor Seth Low will be re-elected.
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1903-10-20
Editor of Leslie’s Weekly John A. Sleicher discusses the Post Office scandal, placing blame on Congressmen for faulty selection and appointment. Sleicher praises President Roosevelt’s speech in St. Albans, New York. Sleicher comments on Congressman George B. McClellan and on New York elections, suggesting Seth Low as a gubernatorial candidate.
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1903-10-26
Postmaster General Henry C. Payne informs President Roosevelt that the Post Office Department inspectors investigating the Post Office scandal have been assigned to duty as requested. Payne mentions Perry S. Heath’s involvement with the scandal.
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1903-10-17
Postmaster General Payne discusses various Post Office investigations. Payne mentions the investigation by Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad of the charges made by Seymour Wilcox Tulloch, ex-cashier in the Washington Post Office. Payne urges President Roosevelt to order a full investigation of that office since John A. Merritt was appointed Postmaster General. Payne also tells Roosevelt he will send the report on the investigation of the New York Post Office upon its completion.
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1903-10-19
Francis E. Leupp suggests N. Dubois Miller be appointed to investigate the Indian Territory scandals.
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1903-09-03
Jams Sullivan Clarkson has been trying to protect President Roosevelt’s time by dissuading David M. Parry from meeting with him regarding the controversy in the Post Office and by encouraging Roosevelt to decline an invitation to a banquet of international insurance men. Clarkson remarks that the financial panic seems to have passed, the Democrats wish to nominate Judge Gray, the death of Judge Long was a serious matter, and that General Batcheller is in the country and can give Roosevelt valuable information about diplomatic and commercial matters in Egypt.
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1903-07-29
Charles Nagel warns Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock of possible “charges of grave character” against an unnamed second party.
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1901-12-18
Senator McLaurin has doubts about the claims that George R. Koester participated in a lynching that took place in South Carolina eight years ago. The person making accusations against Koester is a personal enemy. McLaurin does not wish to become directly involved but is convinced that Koester has been wrongly accused.
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1901-11-09
Ansley Wilcox calls for the doctors that attended to William McKinley to stop giving interviews. Sensational stories and interviews with discrepancies are causing a scandal and discrediting Buffalo, New York. Wilcox suggests that the doctors meet and sign a joint statement disavowing sensational interviews and mutual recrimination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-17
Ansley Wilcox requests that Dr. Charles McBurney give no interviews to prevent increasing the medical scandal. The doctors of Buffalo, New York, will be meeting tonight in order to act together and deny sensational interviews and individual statements.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-17