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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about current happenings with the family. Alice is away at school, and brother Elliott sent Roosevelt a Christmas gift. He and Edith continue to socialize quite a bit. He feels the Civil Service Commission is accomplishing something but his book is not really coming along. Roosevelt goes for scrambles in Rock Creek Park.
1893-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his Civil Service Commission work. He is trying to make President Cleveland make extensions of classified service. He has been spending time with Senator Lodge riding and hiking. Edith is improving and daughter Alice’s ankles are bothering her.
1894-01-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about plans for their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. Because President Grover Cleveland asked him to do so, Roosevelt thinks that he will stay in his position as Civil Service Commissioner for at least another year though he has not gotten along with his colleagues.
1893-04-26
Indiana’s Republican State Committee Chairman James Goodrich updates President Roosevelt on political support in the state. Goodrich discusses changes which Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow has made to the selection process for rural mail carriers.
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1904-02-09
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley submits names of members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations to President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-29
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley asks President Roosevelt to consider writing a letter to chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, James A. Hemenway, concerning salaries for Civil Service Commissioners and for the secretary, as the committee prepares to consider a bill on this topic.
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1904-01-11
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley seeks approval from President Roosevelt to issue a statement to the press concerning a case involving Postmaster of Philadelphia Clayton McMichael.
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1903-12-31
President Roosevelt owes $16.66 toward the cup for retiring president of the Civil Service Commission John Robert Procter.
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1904-01-02
Alford Warriner Cooley understands that Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne asked for an unspecified matter to be returned to the Civil Service Commission, because Cooley had initially submitted it directly to the Commission instead of through the Postmaster General’s office, and Postmaster General Henry C. Payne objected. The commission does not object to its return.
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1903-12
The Civil Service Commission reports the results of the Philadelphia Post Office investigation.
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1903-12-29
John C. Black accepts position as President if the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Black extends holiday wishes to President Roosevelt and comments on U. S. Senate and “the Panama business.”
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1903-12-24
The unknown author supports General Black’s appointment to the United States Civil Service Commission.
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1903-12-19
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley suggests that if, as he understands, President Roosevelt agrees that General John Charles Black should be president of the Commission, Roosevelt might write to Black regarding the position so that stationery, stamps, and other supplies can be made.
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1903-12-21
Upon hearing that President Roosevelt has appointed John Charles Black as Civil Service Commissioner, Commissioner Cooley recommends that Black be made President of the Commission.
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1903-12-17
Alford Warriner Cooley writes to William Loeb in receipt of his letter concerning the Philadelphia Post Office scandal. Cooley asks Loeb to forward the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
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1903-11-27
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley discusses his reports, memorandums, and findings concerning scandal in the Philadelphia Post Office. Cooley also amends his report on the Indiana Post Office.
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1903-11-27
As President Roosevelt requested, Charles C. Long sends William Loeb the reports of Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte regarding ex-cashier Seymour Wilcox Tulloch’s charges in the Post Office scandal. Long relays that the Attorney General’s Office did not receive the Civil Service Commission report.
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1903-11-19
As requested by President Roosevelt, Civil Service Commissioner Greene submits a memorandum regarding the conditions at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. Greene describes the recent removal of five employees and attributes their removal to their association with the Democratic Party. As an example, Greene writes of the removal of Francis P. Rodden, his appeal to Superintendent Charles B. Landis, and his immediate replacement by Republican Party worker Stephen Frisby. Greene mentions inspections led by past commissioners William Dudley Foulke, Frank M. Kiggins, and Alford Warriner Cooley, and requests that the United States Treasury Department reinstate the five men illegally removed from their positions.
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1903-10-22
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley writes President Roosevelt to say he has received instructions from William Loeb to not make any statements regarding fourth class postmasters. Cooley has been careful not to say anything about the matter.
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1903-10-05
Civil Service Commissioner Greene has received President Roosevelt’s communication regarding the status of fourth class postmasters under the civil service rules. The Civil Service Commission will discuss the matter at their next full meeting during the second week of October.
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1903-09-24