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William Loeb wired Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to come for lunch after seeing a telegram from him.
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1903-07-09
Henry Cabot Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s selection of Charles Bonaparte as Special Prosecutor for the Post Office Investigation. Lodge states that the Boston Herald has published some highly negative letters about Roosevelt written by Senator Aldrich. Lodge asks that Roosevelt give him a written order so there would be no issue that he act as a U.S. government representative in the arbitration over the border dispute between Alaska and Canada, which results in the Hay-Herbert Treaty. Some correspondence of Lodge’s with Shaw are enclosed, and Lodge discusses his concerns with Shaw’s proposed organizational changes in the Customs Service’s transportation division.
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1903-07-01
George B. Cortelyou updates President Roosevelt on the progress of his work with the new Department of Commerce and Labor, especially his efforts to have an Assistant Secretary appointed quickly. He also touches on other matters, including the Post Office investigation, New York politics, and the Puerto Rico smuggling cases.
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1903-04-23
William Williams lays out the case regarding Edward F. McSweeney, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, and his removal of documents from Ellis Island. Williams requests a meeting with President Roosevelt, Attorney General Knox, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, and Commissioner of Immigration Frank P. Sargent to review the case.
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1903-02-04
William Williams outlines his connection to a warrant prepared by Secretary of the Treasury Shaw for the arrest of Edward F. McSweeney, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration at New York. Williams would like to meet with President Roosevelt, Shaw, Attorney General Philander C. Knox, and Commissioner of Immigration Frank P. Sargent to explain the full record of the matter.
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1903-02-04
President Roosevelt returns three papers to the Treasury Department to be treated as private.
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1903-01-12
Mary Nimmo Balentine asks for Robert Barnwell Roosevelt’s help, and that of his nephew President Theodore Roosevelt, in arranging a meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury, Leslie M. Shaw.
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1903-01-15
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt requests a letter of introduction for Mrs. Balentine.
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1903-01-16
Attorney General Knox has agreed to meet with Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to discuss his speech. Knox believes that some aspects of the speech are handled too lightly and suggests that President Roosevelt read the speech with this in mind.
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1902-09-28
Representative Babcock, Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, is having difficulty making arrangements with several members of the committee.
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1902-08-19
Emlen Roosevelt has heard that in a speech the Secretary of the Treasury announced that there would be a financial panic in a few months time. Roosevelt disagrees and thought that President Roosevelt should be aware of the speech.
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1902-06-16
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw suggests accepting other securities than government bonds in order to relieve a difficult financial situation.
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1902
Assistant Secretary Taylor denies Frank Morrison’s complaint that he has spoken disparagingly of Filipino workers and supported admitting more Chinese workers into the Philippines. He encloses a letter from Ira Bennett that refutes Morrison’s statements. Taylor only opposed one aspect of the Chinese Exclusion bill, the required registration and issuing of certificates to Chinese laborers. At Taylor’s suggestion, this provision has been removed from the bill.
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1902-04-01
Secretary of State Hay acknowledges receipt of George B. Cortelyou’s memorandum concerning the case of Thaddeus S. Sharretts and has forwarded the State Department’s answering memorandum to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.
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1902-03-20
Frederick M. Alger understands that President Roosevelt cannot attend the meeting but requests that a member of the Roosevelt administration come and speak.
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1902-03-15
Albert Shaw provides his thoughts on Wall Street’s reaction to the appointment of Governor Shaw as the Secretary of the Treasury. He would like to set up an informal meeting between Governor Shaw and George W. Perkins.
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1902-01-03
George B. Cortelyou asks if Senator Dolliver has any objections to President Roosevelt appointing Leslie M. Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury.
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1901-12-23
Senator Dolliver supports the appointment of Governor Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury.
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1901-12-23
J. G. Hutchison is disappointed with the appointment of Governor Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury. He believes that Shaw is too connected with the railroad companies.
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1901-12-24
This article describes President Roosevelt as the “overwhelming choice” of state legislators in South Dakota and Nebraska, as illustrated by the results of a poll.
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1907-03-02