Treaties--Ratification

Letter from Shelby M. Cullom to Theodore Roosevelt

Shelby M. Cullom writes that the Committee on Foreign Relations does not want to concern itself with the matter of a treaty to be worked out between the Dominican Republic and the United States at the present time. The issue would require a great deal of discussion which would require them to stay in session longer. Cullom will bring it up immediately in the extra session.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-01

Letter from Orville Hitchcock Platt to John Edward Heaton

Orville Hitchcock Platt agrees with President Roosevelt on the ratification of arbitration treaties by the Senate, but understands why even the “best and ablest men disagree” on the subject.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-16

Letter from Oscar S. Straus to Theodore Roosevelt

Oscar S. Straus feels the treaty amendments proposed by the Committee on Foreign Relations makes a mockery of the efforts of international arbitration. He suggests it would be better to postpone ratification to a more favorable time than to implement the proposed changes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-10

Protest

In a statement protesting President Roosevelt’s message to the senate and the protocol between the United States and Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) signed on February 7, 1905, the history and application of the Monroe Doctrine is examined in detail, and arguments are made against Roosevelt’s protocol based on that understanding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-17

Message of the President of the United States communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Fifty-eighth Congress

President Roosevelt encourages Congress to ratify the commercial treaty with Cuba.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1903-11-10

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks President Roosevelt whether to announce the treaty between the United States and Ethiopia. Although Ellis cabled that it was signed, Adee notes that written acknowledgment of its delivery has not yet been received and wonders if he should wait for that formality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-02

Arbitration for pecuniary claims

Text of a treaty of arbitration for pecuniary claims signed by delegates from multiple American countries at the Second International Conference of American States. President Roosevelt submits the treaty to the Senate for advice, consent, and ratification. Roosevelt includes Secretary of State Hay’s comments on the treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-07

Letter from Edgar S. Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Edgar S. Wilson thought that President Roosevelt would be pleased to hear that the Mississippi legislature passed a resolution urging the state’s senators to vote for the ratification of the Panama treaty. Wilson made a “quiet effort” to pass the resolution.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-08

Letter from J. M. Dickinson to Eli Shelby Hammond

J. M. Dickinson updates Eli Shelby Hammond on his efforts in Tennessee and Mississippi to ensure ratification of the Panama treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-08

Newspaper articles from the Wall Street Journal

Newspaper clipping with two articles, “Corporations and Campaign Funds” and “Panama Canal Situation,” from the Wall Street Journal. The first article argues that corporate campaign donations are evil as a law of business. The Panama article suggests that Senate and Colombian opposition to the Panama treaty will eventually diminish leading to recognition for the Republic of Panama and an agreement for an American canal across the isthmus.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-06

Chronicle and comment

An article highlighted in the January 9, 1904, issue of The Churchman about President Roosevelt’s message to Congress defends his actions regarding Panama and encourages the ratification of the treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-09

Bryan’s plan laughed at

The writer claims that William Jennings Bryan and United States Senate Democrats are attempting to organize a fight between Theodore Roosevelt and the senate over the San Domingo treaty in order to gain political advantage. The Roosevelt administration is aware of their efforts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-24

Louisiana instructs its senators on the treaty

Public opinion in the South supports the ratification of the Panama treaty and the Louisiana legislature has instructed its senators, Murphy J. Foster and Samuel Douglas McEnery, to vote for the treaty. The public widely supports the treaty and the isthmian canal but many Democrats, led by Maryland Senator Arthur P. Gorman, are opposing the treaty in an effort to gain political capital.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee clarifies the date for exchange of the ratifications of the Cuban treaty. The deadline has been extended for two months after January 31, 1903.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-07

Letter from Arthur Sherburne Hardy to John Hay

Ambassador Hardy has received President Roosevelt’s ratification of the Treaty of Friendship and General Relations between the United States and Spain. However, due to the death of the late Queen Regent’s mother, the exchange with King Alfonso XIII has been postponed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-21

Memorandum: Alaska treaty

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-11

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

John Hay reports that Senators Fairbanks, Dolliver, and Allison favor the Alaskan treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-07

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

John Hay returns the corrected treaty. In order to save time on ratification, he would like the treaty sent to the Senate today.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-02

Letter from Sereno Elisha Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Payne suggests that the treaty with Cuba should not be binding until approved by both the House and Senate. This will avoid animosity as Representatives believe that treaty making power is subject to their right to originate revenue bills.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-15

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay agrees with Senator Dryden that the money is not payable until the President is satisfied with the land title and the treaty is ratified by both governments. Hay estimates this will take at least six months.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-12