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George B. Cortelyou, on behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, apologizes to Mary Frances Hudson that she cannot meet her wishes. Roosevelt has had to adopt a rule to not concern herself with government affairs, and therefore advises Hudson to communicate with Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith.
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1901-10-07
President Roosevelt has received Senator Hanna’s letter, and has notified Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith that several incumbent postmasters should be retained in their current positions. He asks for clarification of Hanna’s wishes in the case of Joseph A. Espy.
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1901-09-28
The writer responds to a letter written by Charles Emory Smith which endorses Lewis Emery for governor of Pennsylvania; they argue that while Emery has in fact fought against Standard Oil and other trusts, and has expressed support for President Roosevelt’s policies in that arena, he is in fact a worse candidate than Edwin S. Stuart.
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1906
President Roosevelt looks on as members of his 1906 cabinet laugh at papers with the heading, “Storer.” One chair is empty, and there are pictures on the wall of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, and Attorney General Philander C. Knox, all from 1901.
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1906-12-13
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1902-07-03
Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940
Bingham, Theo. A. (Theodore Alfred), 1858-1934
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President Roosevelt encloses a letter from ex-Postmaster General Smith, regarding graft in the supplies. He asks if Joseph L. Bristow has noticed this issue and requests statistics for 1902 to compare to Smith’s figures of 1898.
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1903-08-18
President Roosevelt outlines and refutes the falsehoods in Alfred Holt Stone’s Studies in the American Race Problem. He tells John Graham Brooks that he judges a work’s reliability by seeing what it says about a subject he is familiar with, and then deciding if he can trust it on things that he does not know as much about. He explains that Stone is spreading falsehoods about the so-called “referee” system in the Southern states, especially Mississippi. Roosevelt points out that the practice was common with presidents before him, and that it is necessary in areas where the Republican party does not have a strong enough presence to provide good appointees to positions. He also discusses his handling of the case of African American postmistress Minnie M. Geddings Cox, who was forced by an angry mob to resign her position and leave town.
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1908-11-13
President Roosevelt sends his condolences to Henrietta Nichols Smith on the death of her husband Charles Emory Smith, former United States Minister to Russia and Postmaster General.
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1908-01-19
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that if Judge Hosea Townsend’s character and career justify it, he should continue as a judge in Indian Territory whether or not it becomes a state. Roosevelt forwards a letter written by former Postmaster Charles Emory Smith to Moody.
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1906-03-03
President Roosevelt implores Cornelius Newton Bliss to accept the chairmanship.
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1904-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt has seen Charles Emory Smith. Roosevelt shares Thomas Dolan’s views on the chairmanship and would like to have lunch with Dolan to talk about the matter.
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1904-03-27
President Roosevelt does not believe that S. Davies Warfield, postmaster at Baltimore, Maryland, should be removed. Warfield should have brought the case to the attention of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, but he was acting under the orders of his superiors.
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1903-08-19
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from former Postmaster General Smith and asks Joseph L. Bristow for the facts about the “graft in the supplies.”
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1903-08-18
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that his letters give him “great pleasure,” and asks him to write as often as possible. Roosevelt is on a tour in San Francisco, where he has been kept very busy. When he returns, he will take up the post office matter. He asks what Lodge thinks of the accusations by Seymour Wilcox Tulloch.
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1903-05-13
Postmaster General Smith has assured President Roosevelt that Clayton McMichael’s conduct was entirely proper. There appears to be no basis for Woodruff’s charges.
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1902-01-09
William Loeb informs Minnie H. Hinman that, as Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt cannot take any part in Government affairs, her letter has been referred to Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith.
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1902-01-03
President Roosevelt has been informed that Clayton McMichael is a good candidate for postmaster. He would like William Dudley Foulke to pass that information on to Mr. Woodruff.
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1901-12-21
George B. Cortelyou informs Mrs. N. G. Dow that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt does not involve herself in government affairs. Dow will have to communicate with Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith.
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1901-10-31
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou acknowledges receipt of Katharine M. Rooney’s letter, and expresses regret that she is unable to help Rooney. Roosevelt does not involve herself in government affairs, and Cortelyou suggests that Rooney contact Postmaster-Genral Charles Emory Smith directly.
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1901-10-25
John A. Sleicher updates Theodore Roosevelt on the overall political situation of New York. Governor Black is not interested in “sitting down in a game” with people who have “cards up their sleeves” or who use “double-dealing methods.” Sleicher reminds Roosevelt that he once said the party needed to do “housecleaning,” and believes that Roosevelt’s hand on the scale brought about such housecleaning in New York, which ultimately prevented consideration of many “unwholesome” bills. Sleicher also believes that the revival of William Jennings Bryan and William Randolph Hearst’s desire to be a key Democratic politician in New York show that the Democrats are struggling.
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1906-08-01