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President Roosevelt feels there is a tendency to treat the Immigration Committee of the House as seemingly less important. He hopes Speaker of the House Cannon will think over its composition when making appointments.
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1905-05-29
President Roosevelt sends Speaker of the House Cannon a copy of a telegram from Connecticut Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt discussing reducing the Philippine tariff to 50 percent. Roosevelt wants the House of Representatives to support this reduction and does not believe there will be “serious opposition” from the cigar and tobacco industry.
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1904-12-23
President Roosevelt appreciates the work Representative Tawney has done and wants to speak with him about the question of revising the tariff. The president also supposes he will have to go to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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1904-11-10
William W. Cocks has been nominated for the First Congressional District of New York. President Roosevelt asks that the Republican Congressional Committee assist Cocks.
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1904-09-19
President Roosevelt does not want Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon to believe the House is neglected. Roosevelt has infinite confidence that Chairman George B. Cortelyou will make the Congressional Committee see that everything possible is being done.
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1904-08-17
This newspaper article discusses President Roosevelt’s re-election campaign platform.
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1906-09-06
President Roosevelt encloses a document and asks if he can help get the matter through the House of Representatives.
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1904-02-11
President Roosevelt had a satisfactory letter from Nevada N. Stranahan and discussion with Nicholas Murray Butler. He does not want a challenge to the congressional seat vacated by Mayor McClellan as it is a hopeless contest.
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1904-02-01
President Roosevelt requests a meeting with Senator Platt. He does not believe that the Republicans should nominate a candidate to replace Mayor McClellan in Congress as the contest would be hopeless.
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1904-02-01
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were comforted by William Emlen Roosevelt’s letter. It is sad that Aunt Lizzie is not recovering faster. The pension issue continues to create problems for Roosevelt but he still hopes to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
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1904-02-01
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that he has received a letter from Henry Scanlan Kerr through Taft’s brother, Henry W. Taft. Kerr’s letter is about his conversation with William Jennings Bryan while they were in the Philippines; Bryan adheres to the Jefferson model while Kerr adheres to the Hamilton one. Taft asks Roosevelt to discuss with Kerr his views on the Philippines and his desire to prevent a “Democratic House now or a Democratic Administration in two years.” Henry Taft has written to J. S. Sherman to introduce Kerr who would like to be useful in the present Congressional campaign.
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1906-09-01
President Roosevelt is pleased with the work of Representative Palmer’s district and thanks him for the support.
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1903-08-14
President Roosevelt regrets Representative Moody’s approaching retirement from Congress and will send in the two nominations.
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1903-02-24
President Roosevelt refuses to express a preference for Speaker of the House as this would likely create tension between Roosevelt and Congress.
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1902-10-06
President Roosevelt would like Governor Odell to meet with and advise the National Republican Congressional Committee. Roosevelt considers it very important to win the Governorship of New York and control the next House of Representatives.
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1902-08-19
President Roosevelt is sorry to hear of the prospective loss of two Congressmen in Maryland but believes that the Republicans will carry the House.
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1902-08-19
President Roosevelt is distressed that certain provisions in the navy personnel bill have been removed by the House. Roosevelt, alongside Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, would like to speak with Senator Hale on this issue.
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1902-05-29
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs W. R. Chappell he agrees that he supports organizing a naval reserve, but he currently does not have the funding from Congress to do so. Roosevelt will continue working with the naval militia while waiting for funding.
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1897-08-14
Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt an open letter to Woodrow Wilson on the waterpower situation. The White House told the press that the letter was not timely, so it has been given little attention. Pinchot would like Roosevelt to use the letter in a speech, perhaps calling attention to the importance of water powers in the production of munitions. Pinchot feels that he and Roosevelt must actively fight the Wilson administration’s actions on conservation or “these men are going to tear big holes in the policy which you established.”
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1916-02-03
Charles Simon Barrett helped pass the amendment in the Senate, but could not get it passed in the House. Barrett thinks the amendment could have passed in the House if he had more notice. Barrett and Gifford Pinchot will travel through the south and urge farmers to grow more food. Pinchot has applied with Herbert Hoover for a position on the Food Committee.
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1917-04-30