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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
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
The Chairman of the Republican Central Committee in Denver, Colorado, warns of efforts to discredit active local Republicans working to consolidate the party by the Democrats.
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1904-01-08
Leonard Wood encloses letters concerning the “Associated Press episode.” He discusses the status of the Senate’s confirmation of him as Major General and the investigation surrounding his appointment. Wood also reports on unrest in the Moro province of the Philippines, for which he is governor.
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1904-01-07
Posey S. Wilson denounces former Senator Edward Oliver Wolcott, describing him as being “a dead duck” in Colorado. Wilson claims he saw Wolcott driving to a house of prostitution, and that Wolcott admitted that he bought his seat in the U.S. Senate.
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1903-12-21
Senator Lodge reports the ratification of the Alaskan treaty and requests that President Roosevelt not provide any indication as to the appointment of the commissioners.
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1903-02-11
Edward Oliver Wolcott claims that his character and political standing in Colorado have been misrepresented to President Roosevelt. He encloses a statement of facts that he has released publicly.
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1903-01-27