United States. Congress. Senate

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

Creator(s)

Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles W. Fairbanks writes to President Roosevelt, thanking him for his commendation for his work as a senator and for accepting his resignation. Fairbanks resigned his senatorial position in order to assume the position of vice-president under Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-03

Creator(s)

Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop reports to President Roosevelt that, outside of railroad and financial circles, public opinion is unanimously in favor of him concerning the present controversy about tariff rates. Outside of New York, the public sides with Roosevelt over the Senate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-16

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Statement regarding treaty arbitration

Drafts of a statement on Theodore Roosevelt’s thoughts regarding the “matter of the general arbitration treaties as concluded by the action of the Senate on Saturday.” Roosevelt recognizes the Senate’s right to respect a treaty written by a direct vote, but believes the Senate’s amendment is not a step forward in “the cause of general arbitration.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-14

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Samuel W. Small to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel W. Small informs President Roosevelt of the content of a long telegram sent by Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World to his managing editor. Pulitzer plans to launch a series of editorials attacking Roosevelt, accusing him of violating the United States Constitution. Small believes that Roosevelt is doing well in the South.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-17

Creator(s)

Small, Samuel W. (Samuel White), 1851-1931

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to William H. Taft

Senator Lodge believes that President Roosevelt should not be able to make treaties or agreements with other countries without consent of the Senate. The Hague treaty includes the same language as the South American treaties that were brought before the Senate, but it has been suggested that Roosevelt could make agreements between nations without reference to the Senate under the Hague treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-09

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Charles William Eliot to Theodore Roosevelt

Harvard President Charles William Eliot tells President Roosevelt that he likes Massachusetts Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, and is glad that Roosevelt trusts him and takes his advice. Eliot will always be glad to listen to Secretary of War William H. Taft speak on any political theme, but believes that the Philippines are no longer of the highest importance, having been supplanted by the tariff, civil service, and labor unions. He criticizes the Democratic party for not having a common conviction regarding these subjects.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-21

Creator(s)

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

Letter from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bacon thanks President Roosevelt for his note regarding Bacon’s candidacy for Congress. Bacon received advice he “could not ignore” that he should not accept the offer and he therefore declined the opportunity. He now regrets having done so, and wishes he had been able to speak to the president before deciding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Albert Jarvis Hopkins to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Hopkins assures President Roosevelt that Thomas Nevin Jamieson and Representative Lorimer will support the Republican ticket. President Roosevelt should have no anxiety regarding Illinois and Hopkins expects the party to carry the state by a large majority.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-06

Creator(s)

Hopkins, Albert J. (Albert Jarvis), 1846-1922

Letter from Elon Rouse Brown to Theodore Roosevelt

New York State Senator Brown praises President Roosevelt for the job he has done as President. Specifically he mentions the appointment of Attorney General Knox to a seat in the Senate and the speeches Roosevelt recently gave in the Pacific.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-11

Creator(s)

Brown, Elon Rouse, 1857-1922

Letter from Julius C. Burrows to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Burrows encloses a copy of the platform adopted by the Republican Party of Michigan, and assures President Roosevelt that his renomination has the support of Michigan’s Republicans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-25

Creator(s)

Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Beveridge asks for President Roosevelt’s support of Dusseldorf Consul Peter Lieber’s request of Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to restore the budget for messenger service to $400.00. He also asks to recommend a candidate for superintendent of the rural free delivery division, if William B. Gaitree is removed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-23

Creator(s)

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Beveridge agrees to second President Roosevelt’s nomination for president at the national convention. He offers to nominate Charles W. Fairbanks for vice president, as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-19

Creator(s)

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

Twelve Immediately Important Problems of the National parks and of Wild Life Conservation

The Emergency Conservation Committee outlines twelve problems that it views of immediate importance, and provides suggestions of who to contact to help encourage action on the various matters.

Collection

Olympic National Park

Creation Date

1935-05

Creator(s)

Emergency Conservation Committee

Presidential Snapshot (#33): Excerpt of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John C. Spooner

President Roosevelt vents his frustration with the United States Senate in a letter to Senator Spooner of Wisconsin. Roosevelt concedes that the Senate has a right to amend treaties, but he believes that the amendments offered by the Senate in regard to a series of arbitration treaties are so drastic that they render the treaties worthless, and he admits that he may choose to withdraw them from consideration. On six occasions in the letter, Roosevelt pointedly claims that the Senate amendments will make the treaties “shams.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1905-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Presidential snapshot (#16): Excerpt of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt rails against the United States Senate generally and six senators individually in a letter to Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Roosevelt expresses his frustration with the Senate for failing to ratify a treaty with the Dominican Republic. Roosevelt aims his wrath equally at three Democratic and three Republican senators for desiring to play a part in foreign affairs and then neglecting to shoulder their responsibilities.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1905-03-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Bust of Theodore Roosevelt

A large bust of Theodore Roosevelt as Vice President sits in the United States Capitol on a pedestal. In this image, several children look up at Roosevelt’s face.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1992

Creator(s)

Unknown

Telegram from Stephen Tyng Mather to Horace M. Albright

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Mather informs Horace M. Albright that he has heard that the bill about Lassen Volcanic National Park has passed the Senate. He instructs Albright to try to have President Woodrow Wilson’s signature withheld because of the various special exceptions present in the bill.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-08-02

Creator(s)

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

H.R. 5588. An Act to repeal section 5 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the State of California, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1916

This act, introduced in the United States Senate, repeals section 5 of the act establishing the Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-03-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

Postcard from American Association for International Conciliation to George E. Talmadge

George E. Talmadge’s copy of a small card sent by the American Association for International Conciliation encouraging its members to write to the senators in their state and encourage them to ratify the Arbitration Treaties with England and France.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09

Creator(s)

American Association for International Conciliation