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President Roosevelt thanks Murdo Mackenzie for the work he did at the public lands convention in Denver. It looks like the Teller-Mondell group has lost enthusiasm and another convention is not needed.
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1907-07-06
President Roosevelt has looked into the matter of Gore Canyon, and he provides William Eleroy Curtis a thorough accounting for the actions of the government in allowing a railroad to go through there instead of reserving the land for the work of the United States Reclamation Service. Roosevelt was told by many people in Colorado of the importance of a railroad through Gore Canyon in opening up more of the state for settlement and development. Furthermore, the Reclamation Service had not taken and was not in the position to take any steps towards developing Gore Canyon as a reservoir. Although the land had been withdrawn, when a judgement was passed in favor of the railroad, Roosevelt agreed and had Attorney General William H. Moody dismiss the government’s follow-up proceedings. Roosevelt asks Curtis to treat the portions of the letter containing quoted correspondence as private but allows him to use the rest of the letter.
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1906-05-19
President Roosevelt tells Senator Patterson that he will see Senator Henry Moore Teller next week and “talk with entire frankness with him.”
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1906-02-16
President Roosevelt discusses the complexities of appointing William T. S. May with Edward Kent, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
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1905-09-16
President Roosevelt explains how he plans to negotiate a protocol or treaty with San Domingo, which will then be presented to the Senate to act on.
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1905-01-26
President Roosevelt encloses a document that Senator Alger can quote from if Senator Henry Moore Teller attacks General Leonard Wood.
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1904-02-25
President Roosevelt was pleased with Justice Campbell’s letter and agrees about John F. Shafroth’s speech.
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1904-02-19
President Roosevelt is going to give up trying to understand Colorado politics. He is bitter at the presence of Henry Moore Teller in the Senate.
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1903-12-24
President Roosevelt is having difficulty acquiring information on the situation in Colorado and is disappointed with the retention of Senator Henry Moore Teller. Governor James Hamilton Peabody has been irritating and has twice requested that troops be put at his disposal. This is constitutionally impossible, as the troops must act under the President and can only enter a state if the Governor complies with certain constitutional provisions.
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1903-11-23
President Roosevelt would like to discuss the Colorado situation with Philip Battell Stewart.
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1903-02-02
President Roosevelt is not competent to judge the situation in Colorado but does not favor Henry Moore Teller returning as U.S. Senator. Roosevelt sends an enclosure that is to be given to John B. Goff regarding a potential mountain lion hunt in Yellowstone National Park.
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1903-01-26
President Roosevelt has decided to appoint Joseph W. Milsom but does not want anyone to think that Senator Henry Moore Teller’s approval of Milsom influenced the appointment. Roosevelt believes that Teller is “one of the most embittered and mischievous opponents of the Republican Party.”
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1902-08-05
Captain Williard writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp about an issue that came to his attention recently. Father Anselm Weber notified him that the Indian Rights Association was protesting about Leupp and Superintendent William T. Shelton about their actions against Navajos that resulted in several being killed. Williard explains that he has become involved because he believes that he is responsible for the matter, and he defends the choices he made that resulted in the deaths.
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1907-11-29
Bat Masterson informs President Roosevelt that Senator Henry Moore Teller and Representative Charles A. Towne will oppose the confirmation of Ben Daniels to the United States Marshals Service. Masterson includes other remarks he heard Teller make.
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1905-12-07
General James Sullivan Clarkson, surveyor of the Port of New York, reports to William Loeb on the progress of the Republican political campaign in the Western states. In his meetings with prominent figures in Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, and Indiana, he found Republicans to be very enthusiastic about President Roosevelt and the efforts of Republican Chairman George B. Cortelyou. He has heard many reports of Democratic voters who will vote for the Republican national ticket and he believes that through the influence of a few prominent Republicans the success of the campaign will be ensured. Clarkson ranks Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance among the finest political writings of all time.
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1904-09-15
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, and a Republican elephant in the top of a tree labeled “Sugar Trust.” The roots of the tree are labeled “Dutch Standard,” “Cartel,” and “Bounty.” Below the tree stands Democratic Representative John R. Thayer holding a Democratic donkey wearing blinders and wearing a blanket labeled “Resolution March 11th, April 26th.” A long rein extends from the donkey to the other side of the tree where Republican Senator Henry Moore Teller holds the end of the rein. Cartoon refers to a congressional resolution introduced by Thayer to leverage divisions in the Republican party. The resolution called for an investigation into whether the sugar trust would be the primary beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
In the first vignette, President-elect William H. Taft walks into the “White House” and waves good bye to President Roosevelt who carries his big stick. In the second, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks walks away from the “Capitol” holding a jar of “buttermilk” and “to Indiana.” In the third, New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt sits at an “Express Co.” desk and writes “memoirs.” In the fourth, Colorado Senator Henry Moore Teller walks out of the Senate saying, “I’ve been there 30 years.” Caption: Senator Teller will take a rest. In the fifth, Secretary of State Elihu Root sits down in a chair labeled “New York Senatorship” and says, “I guess I’ll take it easy now!” In the sixth, Philander C. Knox climbs into a “State Dept” chair. In the seventh, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds a “lawyer” piece of wood and walks “to Cincinnati.”
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1909-02-01
Senator Charles William Fulton, of Oregon, proposes an amendment authorizing and instructing Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to begin suits in Oregon relating to the present land grant cases. While Bonaparte may have already had the authority to do this without such a resolution, passing such a resolution assuages some of the worries of the Justice Department regarding its ability to prosecute such suits. Debate on this resolution centered around whether such a resolution was necessary, and around some of the facts of the land grant cases.
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1908-02-18
Posey S. Wilson expects Theodore Roosevelt to carry Colorado during the upcoming presidential election. He discusses former Senator Edward Oliver Wolcott’s control over patronage in Colorado and its subsequent impact on state politics.
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1904-03-10
John Campbell reports that Colorado’s delegation will support President Roosevelt at the Republican National Convention. He comments on the recent resignation of Colorado’s former U. S. Representative John F. Shafroth.
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1904-02-16