United States. Congress. House

Paul V. Collins gives Theodore Roosevelt the names of the men who submitted an article on reciprocity to be published in The Outlook and confirms that Roosevelt gave the men a word limit for the article. Collins writes of his experience trying to get the editor of the Saturday Evening Post to print an article contrary to the line the magazine had already taken on reciprocity and says most publications have only printed one side of the story. Collins thinks there is likely to be a “stampede” at the Republican National Convention and Roosevelt will be nominated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-14

Creator(s)

Collins, Paul V. (Paul Valorous), 1860-1931

President Roosevelt tells Speaker of the House Cannon what he said to Representative James E. Watson in his letter to him last year, and stresses he was “speaking for the Republican Party and for the Republican majority in Congress.” Roosevelt hopes the House of Representatives will soon pass a bill addressing railway employees and limiting their hours of employment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The supporters of the arbitration treaties are avoiding the main point being raised by Senator Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt. The Conciliation Society is sending out letters but there has not been much of an outcry. The Fisheries Treaty has been redrafted with the regulations damaging to American fisherman removed. The bill has passed the Senate and is pending in the House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-19

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

William Allen White has heard that Representative Victor Murdock’s bill regarding mail rates will fail, and would like President Roosevelt to assist Murdock if he can, as the postal service is in great need of reform. White would visit Roosevelt himself, but his wife Sallie Moss Lindsay White is ill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-16

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

A memorandum describing a telephone conversation between President Roosevelt and Representative Jenkins. Representative Jenkins wishes to know Roosevelt’s wishes regarding the bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-14

Creator(s)

Unknown

Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger answers an inquiry from President Roosevelt about details given by Representative Victor Murdock in a speech to Congress. The issue is the average amount of mail carried by the railroads, which influences the amount the government pays to the railroad companies. Shallenberger describes the way in which the mail ought to be measured, provides a history of the issue and related developments, and notes that this issue has been previously examined by many lawyers. After presenting evidence for his argument, Shallenberger concludes that Murdock’s statement was incorrect.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-27

Creator(s)

Shallenberger, William Shadrack, 1839-1914

Senator Lodge, as requested by President Roosevelt, records in writing several matters about which they spoke. He hopes the Gas Company will release the Government, and wants to make sure that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw does not take further steps before Congress acts. Lodge wants Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson to ask the House Committee for double the amount for the work with moths, and a word of encouragement from Roosevelt would be helpful. Finally, Lodge reminds Roosevelt to speak to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte about giving a speech to French Canadians in Massachusetts in the coming winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Frank Arthur Putnam writes a poem that depicts the American Revolution and the Civil War and states the time has come to rise against today’s despots, which are the supremely wealthy. Putnam calls for a peaceful revolution that will change the United States from representative government to full democracy and offers solutions for how to accomplish this task. Ernest McGaffey writes a letter to Putnam that states revolution will not occur in the near future because the people are not suffering enough. McGaffey includes a poem with his letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06

Creator(s)

Putnam, Frank Arthur, 1868-1949

Representative Williams of Mississippi requests that President Roosevelt support his bill moving the date Congress first convenes to the first Monday after March 4 every year. Williams, a Democrat, hopes Roosevelt might cross party lines for this. Williams appeals to Roosevelt by explaining the current situation with the Townsend-Esch Bill that expands the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which Roosevelt is in favor of, and which Williams believes will pass the House but not the Senate before the current session ends. Williams outlines the benefits of his legislation, including starting sessions of Congress closer to elections and eliminating uneven sessions, lame duck sessions, and the need for dramatic rule changes and special sessions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Creator(s)

Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932

John James Jenkins, following his memo from earlier in the day, sends President Roosevelt another resolution.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-05

Creator(s)

Jenkins, John James, 1843-1911

The United States House of Representatives approved the war and ordinary budgets for 1905. There was little alteration of the budget as presented.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-17

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt holds a “Congressional Record speech” in his left hand and a string tied to a “special message” cannon. The “Senate” and “House,” which are depicted as two men in the distance, appear worried.

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-20

President Roosevelt standing beside a teddy bear watches two men (the “Senate” and the “House”) wrestle for a football: “legislation.”

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-26

This photograph features the office for the House of Representatives.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-29

Creator(s)

Unknown

Mrs. E. S. Rowe would like Vice President Roosevelt to tell the House that she wants her pay for “doing so much worth for them.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

Creator(s)

Rowe, E. S., Mrs.

A bill proposing amendments to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among states.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-26

Creator(s)

Unknown

Two newspaper articles, one regarding the sentiment and reactions of Republicans to Senator Benjamin R. Tillman’s speech in Congress. The other article discusses the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-21

Creator(s)

Unknown; Fitze, Charles G., Mrs.

Representative Goulden proposes a bill regarding public school administration and support in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

Creator(s)

Goulden, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1844-1915

A bill from the House of Representatives regarding the regulation of teachers, officers and employees of public schools in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

Creator(s)

Goulden, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1844-1915

President Roosevelt thinks Ted Roosevelt will get into the Dickey because all his friends have. He believes Nicholas Longworth’s election to the House of Representatives from Ohio is safe and feels the Republicans will carry a majority of the House. Roosevelt also hopes Charles Evans Hughes will be elected governor of New York. He closes by saying Edith has had neuralgia so they are going to Pine Knot for a few days.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-10-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919