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Report upon the organization of the Department of the Interior

Report upon the organization of the Department of the Interior

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep, Comptroller of Currency Murray, and Chief Forester Pinchot provide President Roosevelt with a detailed report of the organization and operations of the Department of the Interior. The report highlights “grave defects” in the structure of the Department such as redundant job functions, an “abuse of letter writing” that impedes public business, and rampant inefficiency. The report recommends the dissolution of several divisions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt has heard from Senator Robert M. La Follette that the bill Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock is currently considering will do “great injustice” to a number of Native Americans, and asks Hitchcock to report whether this is a large enough issue to warrant vetoing the bill. Roosevelt has also heard that an assistant of Tams Bixby, of the Dawes Commission, took a leave of absence to brief a law office, and says that if this is accurate “not only should the assistant be proceeded against, but it seems to me that Bixby should be required to show cause why action should not be taken against him.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to O. O. Howard

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to O. O. Howard

President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock had already filled the positions for Secretary of Arizona and of the Dawes Commission, also known as the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, when Roosevelt heard from Elihu Root of General Howard’s son’s desire for those positions. Roosevelt asks Howard if his son would like another position as Roosevelt would be pleased to appoint him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-21

Another little interruption

Another little interruption

President Roosevelt attempts to ride on a Republican elephant “to the White House 1904,” but he is stopped by a large caricature of a native American holding “Indian Territory—for sale cheap,” an “Indian lands grab” sword, and a sign that reads “Fine oil property—mineral lands for sale—Bixby & Co.” There are two feathers in his hat: “the Dawes Commission” and “Indian land for sale—Dawes Com.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09

Letter from Matthew Stanley Quay to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Matthew Stanley Quay to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Quay forgot to speak to President Roosevelt about Charles J. Bonaparte’s report from the Board of Indian Commissioners. Quay says that if the Dawes Commission is dissolved except for Tams Bixby, who is given the commission’s powers, the arrangement will please both Quay and the people. Quay has a plan for “relieving” the Delawares.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-07