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The name of the employee requested by President Roosevelt is Dudley F. Phelps. If Roosevelt speaks with George C. Tichenor, Tichenor will likely mention that Phelps confessed to wrongdoing during an investigation of the customs department in 1891.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-11
Senator Platt encloses a letter from George C. Tichenor and failed to mention that the previous letter was supposed to be confidential.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-15
Cornelius Newton Bliss states that he tries to interfere minimally in New York appointments and that he urged Senator Platt to insist upon “harmonious business relations” between the unnamed collector and appraiser Wilbur Fisk Wakeman. He discusses the conflicting opinions about Wakeman’s work as appraiser. Bliss forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Col. Tichenor that had been intended for President McKinley before his death. While he states that he is “making no plea for the appraiser,” he implies that were the decision his to make, he would follow the advice of Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage. He concludes by pledging loyalty to whatever decision President Roosevelt makes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-08