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President Roosevelt has requested a special report from Secretary of the Treasury Albert M. Shaw, and will communicate further with German Ambassador Sternburg once he receives it. He hopes that France will act along the lines Sternburg outlined in a previous telegram, and will speak with French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand about it.
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1905-06-30
President Roosevelt informs Clara Louise Hay that he will notify the members of his cabinet that he hopes they will be able to serve as honorary pallbearers at the funeral of former Secretary of State John Hay. He plans to attend the funeral himself as well, and asks that Clarence L. Hay, the son of John and Clara Hay, let him know as soon as it is scheduled.
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1905-07-01
President Roosevelt tells Senator Platt he will take up the case of U.S. Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw at once. Roosevelt had understood that “Roberts was past doing any useful work.”
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1905-06-05
President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt that he requested that the “gentleman in whom you are interested” be promoted to Consul at Barbados. Roosevelt shares that the current Treasurer of the United States, Ellis H. Roberts, will be replaced soon, and that per their recent conversation, Roosevelt can promote Charles H. Treat to Treasurer, and put Charles William Anderson in Treat’s place as Internal Revenue Collector in New York, with the goal of giving “conspicuous recognition” to an African American man there.
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1905-02-28
President Roosevelt informs William D. Murphy that Charles Hallam Keep wants to stay in his current position. Therefore, they will have to make other inquiries to find a candidate for the customs position.
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1905-02-02
President Roosevelt returns Attorney General Moody’s letter to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw concerning the Tariff Act and is prepared to stand by it.
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1905-01-25
President Roosevelt asks Nevada N. Stranahan what he knows about William D. Murphy.
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1905-01-27
President Roosevelt sends Representative Burton a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw regarding the sandstone-granite matter. Roosevelt explains he is unable to interfere, but that Congress is currently discussing the matter and may reverse Shaw’s actions if it desires.
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1905-01-05
President Roosevelt informs the United States Civil Service Commission he would like to have complete registers of laborers in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country, and inquires if it would also be possible for temporary appointees to sign statements acknowledging they do not expect a permanent place. Roosevelt believes the commission should disregard “the spoils-hunting politician” as well as the “unwholesome crank.”
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1904-12-23
President Roosevelt promises to speak with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Postmaster General Robert John Wynne after the bill passes.
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1904-12-12
President Roosevelt introduces Puerto Rico Governor Winthrop to Reverend Benjamin S. Haywood, who is the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a personal friend of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.
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1904-11-22
President Roosevelt acknowledges William Emlen Roosevelt could help him in selecting a new Secretary of the Treasury, but it might be harder than Emlen realizes. The present incumbent, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, was more popular than the president realized. Although people do not think highly of him personally or regarding the tariff, they believe Shaw “has a touch in financial matters.”
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1904-11-15
President Roosevelt is unable to attend a dinner hosted by the New York Chamber of Commerce and informs Morris K. Jesup that he is sending Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw in his place. Roosevelt regrets his inability to attend because he regards the Chamber of Commerce as representative not only for New York, but also for the entire United States.
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1904-11-12
President Roosevelt is reluctant to send any of his cabinet members to speak, but will do so for Timothy L. Woodruff, as he is “entitled” to ask. Roosevelt says he will send Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw or Attorney General William H. Moody, but is unable to send Secretary of State John Hay or Secretary of War William H. Taft.
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1904-11-14
President Roosevelt sends to Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor a letter and newspaper clipping that he says explain themselves. If the order referenced is recent, it should be revoked or suspended, and Taylor should explain to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Armstrong that he should not give any order or decision while Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is absent. Roosevelt has received complaints about the management of the customs division, and he wants Taylor to supervise everything that is done until Shaw returns.
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1904-10-05
President Roosevelt explains to Henry W. Taft that the federal government needs to tackle trusts and monopolies because using common law is not possible, and Senator Philander C. Knox, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and Secretary of War William H. Taft all agree that the action is constitutional. Regarding American expansion in the Philippines and Cuba, Roosevelt states that Cuba has a measure of independence but not in its entirety, and that similar measures could be taken in the Philippines with certain safety precautions.
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1904-09-28
President Roosevelt is pleased by what Nevada N. Stranahan, Collector of the Port of New York, tells him. While he has been pessimistic about New York, he now believes they will carry it. Roosevelt has instructed Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to write to Stranahan about the man Senator Platt recommended for the position on the Board of Appraisers. Roosevelt thinks Governor Odell will approve of the man, but thinks it more important that he be someone the merchants and lawyers are satisfied with.
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1904-08-13
Theodore Roosevelt believes the Republican party cannot afford to let Maine go by default.
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1904-08-04
President Roosevelt was glad to receive Senator Hale’s “gloomy” letter. George B. Cortelyou will be asked to make arrangements for Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, Secretary of War Taft, and Attorney General Moody to speak in Maine.
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1904-08-04
Theodore Roosevelt asks George B. Cortelyou if an extract can be used in the labor papers. Roosevelt believes that the accusation is against him, because he is an honorary member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and because he has had other labor leaders to lunch. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is eager to speak in Virginia and Tennessee. Roosevelt believes this could work to their advantage.
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1904-08-02