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Frank W. Tucker, Chairman of the Arkansas Republican State Committee, notifies President Roosevelt that he is satisfied with the appointment of W. Scott Smith as Superintendent of the Reservation at Hot Springs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-12
Francis E. Leupp has phoned to say President Roosevelt spoke to Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield. He reports that W. Scott Smith told him that he would like to be made Superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. Leupp would like to know Roosevelt’s wishes in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-07
President Roosevelt encloses a statement that he dictated to William Loeb in the presence of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, former secretary of the interior, and W. Scott Smith. The statement outlines Roosevelt’s and Hitchcock’s recollections of what happened in connection with a controversy over the Indian Prairie Oil & Gas Company’s pipeline contract. Roosevelt is confident that the report which The Sun alleges outlines Roosevelt’s taking action against Hitchcock’s recommendations does not exist.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-16
A statement issued by President Roosevelt refutes a false article in The Sun which states that he overruled then-Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s recommendations regarding pipeline permits for the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, to the benefit of the Standard Oil Company. Roosevelt asserts that this article is patently false, and that a so-called report detailing this incident is a falsehood. Rather, the permits were granted based on legislature, and Roosevelt believes that he has never ignored his Interior Secretaries’ recommendations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-16
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to appoint W. Scott Smith as superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
President Roosevelt explains to Frank W. Tucker that he has appointed W. Scott Smith as superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation at the request of Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock, but would otherwise have asked for Tucker’s advice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
The writer asserts that Max Pracht and W. Scott Smith are “working together” and offers evidence. Pracht was suspended from the Land Office for insubordination and sought help from Senator John H. Mitchell; but when Mitchell was unable to help, Pracht turned to Smith and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock to obtain his current post at the War Department. Events discussed since then by Pracht could only be known through a source close to the Secretary of the Interior such as Smith.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-22