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President Roosevelt tells Thomas James Bowlker that he thinks they will get the treaty ratified. He does not understand the opposition to it.
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1908-04-24
The writer laments the United States Senate’s failure to ratify the San Domingo treaty. Carlos Felipe Morales supports the treaty.
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1904-03-24
Ambassador O’Brien writes to Secretary of State Hay regarding the unratified treaty selling the Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) to the United States.
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1905-06-30
Charles E. Magoon, on behalf of the Office of the General Counsel, answers questions raised by Secretary of War Taft as to the authority of President Roosevelt and the Senate in proposed arbitration treaties. The two articles of the treaty in question designate that irreconcilable disputes between parties are sent to the Hague after agreement by both parties regarding the particulars of the dispute. Magoon concludes that the articles in question do not constitute an exception to the generally understood powers of the President and Senate in such matters, citing numerous similar laws and treaties. Magoon further points out that the articles in question would not deprive Congress of its legislative rights and makes clear that later acts of Congress contradicting the treaty would supersede the treaty.
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1905-02-08
Secretary of State Hay sends President Roosevelt a copy of the Treaty of Arbitration among American States that was created by the International Conference of American States in 1902 and recently ratified by the United States Senate.
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1905-02-08
John Hay returns a letter from Andrew Carnegie to President Roosevelt. Hay denies congratulating Carnegie as the Senate did not accept the amendments of the first canal treaty and prophecy by Carnegie was not fortunate after all.
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1905-02-07
Andrew Carnegie writes to President Roosevelt urging him to proceed with ratifying the arbitration treaties. In Carnegie’s opinion, the senate amendments, like on previous occasions, will be accepted by all the parties and do not impair the overall good effect of the treaties.
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1905-02-05
Charles W. Fairbanks telephoned, describing a meeting with Senator McCreary of Kentucky. The arbitration treaty would most likely be supported by the American South if the adjudication of Southern bonds did not fall to an arbitral tribunal.
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1905-01-20
Andrew Carnegie gives President Roosevelt his opinion of the roles of the Senate and the President in the treaty ratification and amendment process. Carnegie expresses his hope that the two sides can work together to finalize the arbitration treaty.
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1905-01-09
Secretary of State Hay reports about ongoing treaty negotiations. Concessions have been offered which favor the United States. Hay requests Roosevelt’s reaction. Note: There is a slight error in this text. Sir Robert Bond and Sir Michael Henry Herbert were involved in the treaty negotiations (not Sir Herbert Bond).
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1904-11-26
List of treaties sent to the Senate for ratification.
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1903-03-05
Taro Katsura reports that the Treaty of Peace has been signed by Japan and Russia, ratified, and come into full force.
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1905-10-16
President Roosevelt writes to Kermit Roosevelt to say that he spoke to the Rector and it is all set for Kermit to come for the inauguration. Ted broke his nose again and the doctor said he cannot box anymore. Roosevelt is having a horrible time with the Senate about his arbitration treaty and has been making too many speeches. Roosevelt will take a hunting trip in April or May.
1905-02-11
President Roosevelt rides over the “Cuban Reciprocity Bill,” the “Panama Canal Bill,” and the ratification of treaties towards a goal.
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1903-03-16
President Roosevelt thanks Samuel W. Small and Mr. Howell for their aid. Roosevelt believes that Senator Francis Marion Cockrell and Senator James B. McCreary will support the Panama treaty. He has been surprised at the opposition in the Southern states and if it could be arranged he would retire from politics to get the treaty passed.
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1903-12-29
President Roosevelt defends his actions regarding Colombia and negotiations regarding the Panama Canal. Roosevelt’s position is that the Panama project should not be a party project. His concerns are that Democratic senators could defeat the treaty if they deem such action to be to their political advantage.
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1903-12-19
Theodore Roosevelt encourages Senator Borah to oppose the unamended arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. He requests that Borah support the amendments proposed by Senators Lodge and Root.
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1912-01-10
President Roosevelt enjoyed his visit with Viscount James Bryce and reminisces about when Bryce stayed at the White House several years prior. Roosevelt believes the question of disarmament is “full of difficulties” and wants to avoid raising “high anticipation as will ensure disappointment” with the upcoming National Arbitration and Peace Congress. He wasn’t impressed with Jamaica Governor James Alexander Swettenham’s message and compares his dealings with him to that of Henry Wolcott Bowen, former Ambassador of Venezuela. Roosevelt is pleased that the Santo Domingo treaty was ratified by Congress and is overall satisfied with the number of other legislative measures he managed to pass.
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1907-02-28
President Roosevelt tells Senator Cullom that he hopes the treaty created at the Algeciras Convention will be ratified during this current session of Congress. He cannot understand how anyone is able to find anything objectionable in it, and comments that if it is rejected “it would mean that for the first time since the adoption of the Constitution this Government will be without a treaty with Morocco.”
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1906-06-26
President Roosevelt thanks Maurice Francis Egan for sending him the article by Havelock Ellis. Roosevelt has been “horribly disappointed” by Senator John M. Gearin’s conduct regarding the Santo Domingo treaty. Gearin has sunk “to the conventional standard of factional politics.”
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1906-03-05