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Letter from Charles H. J. Bliss to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles H. J. Bliss to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles H. J. Bliss sends documents to Theodore Roosevelt hoping Roosevelt will decide to help defeat the monopoly the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific is working to create on the Pacific Coast. If a fire insurance agent works for a company not on the Board, they will receive significantly less wages than those who only work for companies on the Board. Bliss has questioned this policy and received negative backlash from the Board.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-04

Creator(s)

Bliss, Charles H. J. (Charles Hampton Jennison), 1857-1937

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on the comings and goings of the White House and his thoughts on a recent article that appeared in Outing. Roosevelt had hoped to keep his upcoming visit to Groton School and Harvard University private, but it has leaked. He is having difficulties resolving the segregation of Japanese students from San Fransisco schools and the resulting diplomatic tensions, but has decided immigration from Japan must be curtailed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Translation of telegram to Novoe Vremya from its London correspondent

Translation of telegram to Novoe Vremya from its London correspondent

John Hays Hammond, a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, has been lecturing on the threat Japan poses to America’s political and commercial interests. The Pacific states and Australia fear Japanese immigration and are determined to fight it. American and England should defend their Pacific possessions from Japan. The Japanese claim to have adopted “Anglo-Saxon ideals,” but Hammond calls this into question when he quotes a high-ranking Japanese politician saying it is “Japan’s holy duty to free all Asiatics” and that they should “teach them to conquer Europeans in war, commerce, and culture.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Edward James Livernash to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edward James Livernash to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward James Livernash writes President Roosevelt on behalf of the Chinese Exclusion Commission of California to ask the president’s support for a national exclusion policy against Chinese immigrants. Several Pacific states have exclusion laws on their books and Livernash wants a nation-wide exclusion law. He is concerned over a change to the bill by Senator Platt. Organized labor supports the bill, as does the Bureau of Immigration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-16

Creator(s)

Livernash, Edward James, 1866-1938

Letter from Walter Wellman to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Walter Wellman to Theodore Roosevelt

Walter Wellman encloses a document from Mark Hanna pertaining to tariffs. Wellman believes that the tariffs must be revised or there will be severe political consequences for President Roosevelt. Tariffs are supposedly at their highest level ever and there is concern that the West would not vote for Roosevelt if they remain the same. The Dingley law needs removed before the next election and Wellman recommends that the Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee look into a revision.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-18

Creator(s)

Wellman, Walter, 1858-1934

Letter from Herman Henry Kohlsaat to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Herman Henry Kohlsaat to Theodore Roosevelt

While Herman Kohlsaat understands the problems that President Roosevelt has had with General Miles, he does not believe it would be wise to force Miles’ retirement. Kohlsaat believes that this would give Democrats some fodder for the upcoming election and there is fear that the Democrats will take over congress. Kohlsaat does not care for a person’s politics in a local contest, but does not feel that the Democrats can govern the nation. Therefore, he does not want Roosevelt to give any fuel for Bryanism. He also questions Henry Watterson’s calls for absolute militarism.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-14

Creator(s)

Kohlsaat, Herman Henry, 1853-1924

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to James Wilson

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to James Wilson

Gifford Pinchot objects to a current bill in the House of Representatives for several reasons; it will limit the creation of new forest reserves, interfere with irrigation, and the government will lose money. Also, it will help the railroads and large cattle companies against the small settlers of the West. He fears this will lead to outrage on the part of the general population.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-15

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin Ide Wheeler comments on a current bill in Congress pertaining to water management. Wheeler is of the opinion that the primary water management control should be at the state, not the federal, level. He has an interest in irrigation and thinks that reservoirs on existing waterways would be beneficial for the West. He also discusses President Roosevelt’s opposition to a merger that has won him quite a bit of support and possibly the Republican nomination for 1904.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-15

Creator(s)

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927