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Theodore Roosevelt feels Collector Loeb did the right thing regarding Warrington Dawson. A congressional committee requested he attend a session, which he enjoyed “at least as much as they did.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-05
Theodore Roosevelt writes to J. Holz about specific specimens in the Smithsonian Museum, some of which are being mounted by the museum, including the big lion in question. He notes that the process is slow, in part because Congress failed to allocate the necessary funding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Dr. Charles D. Walcott about Congress’ refusal to appropriate the necessary monies for mounting of the larger animals and birds. He mentions that Mrs. Kennedy has written to him “in anything but an enthusiastic frame of mind” and will be sure to put anyone with an interest in natural or botanical works in touch with Walcott.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt tells Charles D. Walcott that he is glad James L. Clark will be working on the taxidermy of some of the groups of specimens he brought back from his African Safari. He asks for clarification about the funding from Congress for the work of mounting the specimens, and about whether Edmund Heller has sent the pamphlets dealing with the giant eland and white rhino yet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt explains to F. L. Seely that Dr. Walcott cannot alienate Congress, and he is making as much progress as he can with the appropriations he has been given.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt asks Dr. Walcott if he is correct in telling friends that Walcott cannot express any dissatisfaction with the level of appropriations from Congress. Walcott does need an adequately large appropriation to complete the mounting of the specimens quickly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Katherine E. Gunkle that it is impossible for Roosevelt to do as she requests, despite the exceptional nature of her case. Roosevelt cannot introduce legislation in Congress as he is not a member of Congress, and he will not seek to influence Congressmen to do so for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt tells his son-in-law, Representative Nicholas Longworth, that he is not sure how to answer the question Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner put to him regarding testifying in front of the Steel Corporation Investigating Committee. While President William H. Taft has urged Roosevelt to decline to be interviewed, Roosevelt thinks that though he will not volunteer to go, if asked he would comply. If he volunteered to testify before any committee, he would be asked why he did not volunteer to speak before others as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-19
Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to hear from Representative Gardner. Curtis Guild thinks that Henry Cabot Lodge will pull through. Roosevelt is interested to hear Gardner’s views of the legislature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt does not believe that there will be a war with Mexico, but if there were such a war, Roosevelt would feel obligated to raise a division. Roosevelt disagrees with Woodrow Wilson and Congress’s handling of the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt has read Finley Peter Dunne’s article about the Navy. Roosevelt agrees with what Dunne said about Grover Cleveland’s administration and the needs of the Navy then as compared to the present. Roosevelt notes that when he took office, Congress had stopped appropriating money for new battleships or further upbuilding of the Navy because there was no immediate need for naval defense after the Spanish War. Therefore, Roosevelt had to fight against inertia and hostility in order to inspire popular sentiment in favor of the Navy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt made a speech in Philadelphia advocating for preparedness. In a couple of months, things should develop in Congress regarding readiness for war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-29
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that William S. Bennet was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Roosevelt suggests Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri as an “alternative string to the Presidential bow.” Roosevelt thinks a dark horse may have to be sprung, and that Congressman Longworth may want to turn to the west. Roosevelt wishes the Republicans will nominate a man whom the Progressives can and will support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to William J. Lee that he is glad that President Woodrow Wilson has abandoned his opposition to military preparedness, “although terribly late.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-20
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with C. S. Thompson about Representative James Hay and the others he mentioned. Roosevelt has strong personal feelings against Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner, but he will back him publicly in this matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that William S. Bennet introduced the amendment and awaits more information on Sanford.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-03
Theodore Roosevelt has proposed a division with a regiment of artillery to Congress and asks if Captain Daniel Tyler Moore would lead that regiment if approved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-22
Theodore Roosevelt suggests that Charles Cornell Moore, President of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, use the statement he made to Buchanan, consult his autobiography, or his messages to Congress. Anything else he would add would be a repetition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-14
Theodore Roosevelt notifies Robert D. Carey that he does not believe the current administration is prepared for trouble in Wyoming. Roosevelt tells Carey he will try to raise the cavalry and asks him if he can raise a squadron. Roosevelt will try to get authority from Congress. He warns Carey that this a private matter not to be spoken of, in case nothing comes of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-22
Theodore Roosevelt informs Marsden G. Scott, President of the International Typographical Union, that he has spoken about “the labor situation” many times and will soon have an article in the Metropolitan about it. Roosevelt also refers Scott to his published speeches and messages to Congress in which he speaks about labor “again and again and in full.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-04-07