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Letter from John Claflin to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Claflin to Theodore Roosevelt

President John Claflin of the H. B. Claflin Company acknowledges receipt of a memorandum on currency reform from United States Treasurer Charles H. Treat. As requested, Claflin sends suggestions to President Theodore Roosevelt. He does not think forming an association of Clearing House banks will be feasible nor does he concur on the taxes Roosevelt is proposing. He suggests consulting with Frank A. Vanderlip and Charles A. Conant, the “best informed members of the Chamber of Commerce Committee.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-19

Creator(s)

Claflin, John, 1850-1938

Telegram from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Telegram from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War William H. Taft relays to President Roosevelt his view that the Cuban government should pay for the construction and maintenance of quarters for the United States Army’s stay in Cuba during the occupation. However, Army officers’ salaries should not be taken from the Cuban treasury. Taft hopes that United States Comptroller of the Currency William Barret Ridgely will agree that U.S. funds can be expended so that construction can begin immediately and then the Cuban treasury can reimburse the expense. Both Army Chief of Staff General James Franklin Bell and newly named Provisional Governor of Cuba Charles Edward Magoon concur with Taft’s view.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-10

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will try to support the Republican campaign in Colorado and Texas as President Roosevelt requests, but Representative J. S. Sherman, chair of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, has made appointments which may interfere with Shaw’s being able to go. Regarding the appointment of a new diamond appraiser at the Port of New York, Shaw recommends that Roosevelt use an Executive Order to make an appointment, as the Civil Service examination will not produce a suitable candidate. Shaw had a successful campaign trip to North Carolina.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-13

Creator(s)

Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932

Letter from Ebenezer J. Hill to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ebenezer J. Hill to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Ebenezer J. Hill offers Theodore Roosevelt his opinion on the German tariff issue. Hill is concerned that a retaliatory tariff increase could be detrimental to the American people and economy and writes that passing such a tariff would be “ruinous to the Republican Party.” Hill also offers assessments on the benefits of producing alcohol within the United States to lower the costs, and also to produce kerosene and gasoline more cheaply domestically.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-04

Creator(s)

Hill, Ebenezer J., 1845-1917

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge encloses a letter from William E. Alger, consular agent in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who happens to be Lodge’s cousin. Lodge thanks Roosevelt for sending him Frederick Scott Oliver’s biography on Alexander Hamilton and reviews the work and other Hamilton biographies, and expresses his opinion on early American politics.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-20

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from L. V. McKesson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from L. V. McKesson to Theodore Roosevelt

L. V. McKesson thanks President Roosevelt for explaining the process of how presidential appointments are made. McKesson thinks that President McKinley allowed his managers to make appointments and corruption spread as a result. McKesson points to the appointment of of George P. Waldorf as collector of internal revenue at Toledo, Ohio, to illustrate and encloses two clippings from recent Toledo newspapers on the subject. McKesson notes that it is commonly known that Waldorf is involved in base political manipulations. McKesson thinks the alternative candidate for the position, W. V. McMaken, would be little better than Waldorf and feels that Leroy E. Clark would better represent Roosevelt’s principles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-06

Creator(s)

McKesson, L. V., 1842-1923

Letter from Hamilton Fish II to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Hamilton Fish II to Theodore Roosevelt

Hamilton Fish II forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Luther B. Little stating that “full returns have not yet been received.” Fish wonders if Roosevelt has made any progress with General John Henry Ketcham. Fish also comments on the future influence of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. He does not attach any importance to recent newspaper accounts that Odell will opt for reelection.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-17

Creator(s)

Fish, Hamilton, II, 1849-1936