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President Roosevelt is not willing to appoint Mr. Knowles and would like Senator Mitchell and Senator Fulton to recommend another candidate.
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1903-07-01
Edward Rosewater has protested against the reappointment of Charles P. Mathewson at the Winnebago Reservation. President Roosevelt would like a statement on the Interior Department’s position regarding Mathewson. A full report should be sent to Rosewater.
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1903-07-01
President Roosevelt is not willing to appoint Mr. Knowles and would like Senator Mitchell and Senator Fulton to recommend another candidate.
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1903-07-01
President Roosevelt does not believe that Senator Joseph Hopkins Millard’s influence has anything to do with the Interior Department’s support of Charles P. Mathewson. Millard and the Interior Department are at odds over the “Nebraska fencing business.”
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1903-07-01
President Roosevelt asks if any action should be taken against Eugene B. Hyde in light of Special Investigator Greene’s report about Hal J. Cole.
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1903-06-26
President Roosevelt was impressed with Hans P. Rygaard’s work at Yellowstone Park. Rygaard would like to get involved with irrigation work, and Roosevelt instructs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to communicate with him on the matter.
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1903-05-27
President Roosevelt introduces Senator Butler who would like a hearing with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock regarding the Cherokee Claims case.
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1902-12-10
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock for his work on irrigation and offers to remove Myton if Hitchcock deems him unfit and submits a suitable report.
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1902-07-14
President Roosevelt approves of the request from John W. Dudley and Frank Grygla to trade positions, unless there is a “good reason to the contrary.” Dudley is Register of the Land Office at Juneau, Alaska and Grygla is Special Agent at Seattle, Washington.
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1902-07-02
President Roosevelt would like to know if Axley has been appointed Town Site Commissioner.
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1902-06-28
President Roosevelt would like to give “a first-class white man from North Carolina” a position of at least $3000.
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1902-06-05
President Roosevelt calls Secretary Hitchcock’s attention to the enclosed papers regarding improper questions asked by the Superintendent of Indian Schools.
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1902-05-14
President Roosevelt requests a statement covering the points made by George Kennan regarding the letters quoted by Senator Rawlins.
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1902-05-14
Roosevelt has seen strong testimony for Mr. Bush and suggests they be careful about displacing him.
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1902-04-01
Booker T. Washington has sent three recommendations for the position of register in Arkansas. President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to have the agents of his department examine each man’s history and determine who should be appointed to replace the unfit incumbent.
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1902-03-21
President Roosevelt would like supervisors in the Forest Reserve to be able to select their own employees. He would like this system tested by Captain Bullock of the Black Hills reserve in South Dakota.
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1902-01-25
President Roosevelt questions three policies regarding land use on a forest reserve and requests that investigations be made into those policies and a separate allegation of discrimination.
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1901-11-06
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Jessie M. Craven he has written to Secretary of the Interior Cornelius Newton Bliss on her behalf.
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1897-08-31
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Bliss if John Willis would be eligible for the government surveying expedition to establish a border between Alaska and Canada without taking the civil service examination. Roosevelt vouches for Willis and praises his skills as a guide.
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1897-08-19
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Eunice H. Bulloch that while he usually would not attempt to interfere in matters pertaining to the Department of the Interior, he has done what he can to help her husband and his cousin, Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch. Roosevelt comments that departments in Washington are expected to not interfere in the affairs of other departments. Roosevelt notes Secretary of the Interior Bliss is busy and never interferes with matters in the Department of the Navy.
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1897-08-21