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John A. T. Hull dislikes Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow’s ruling about the conditions for rural free delivery. The large farms in Iowa make it difficult for the rural areas to qualify for free delivery under these specifications. He believes that rural free delivery with help the Republican Party and curtailing it will weaken the party.
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1903
An investigation at the Philadelphia post office found that three carriers had been transferred for political reasons and the postmaster failed to answer relevant questions. President Roosevelt has written to Postmaster Clayton McMichael directing him to restore the carriers to their original routes and drawing his attention to the civil service rules that require employees to answer all relevant and proper questions.
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1903-12-31
L. Clarke Davis sends President Roosevelt an editorial he has written on a post office report. Davis used some facts in the editorial which Roosevelt had sent him in a personal letter. He hopes he has not done wrong in using the information in this way.
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1903-12-18
Senator Lodge encloses letters from William B. Lawrence and from Colonel Benton concerning post office regulation limiting the number of stamps a postmaster can sell.
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1903-12-04
John A. Sleicher comments on Joseph L. Bristow’s report on post office fraud. Sleicher also recommended that Frank Black, former governor of New York, have a conversation with President Roosevelt.
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1903-12-04
Political cartoon featuring President Roosevelt and Joseph L. Bristow wielding weapons, with Roosevelt’s knife labeled “Investigation,” against the wolves of post office graft, corrupt corporations, Panama Canal obstructionists, and evil trusts.
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1903-12-03
Charles J. Bonaparte telegraphs President Roosevelt to announce that a verdict of guilty has been properly rendered. Bonaparte, along with Holmes Conrad, had recently submitted a report concerning a post office scandal.
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1903-12-08
Senator Lodge suggests making the Denver Post Office appointment of Mr. Randolph as “palatable as possible” to prominent Colorado politician Edward Oliver Wolcott, who harbors objections to his nomination due to Randolph’s political volatility.
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1903-12-08
The State Department has requested George E. Baldwin’s written statement concerning his connection with the sale of Brandt Automatic Cashiers to the Post Office department, per President Roosevelt’s suggestion.
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1903-12-08
The U.S. House Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads requests all papers concerning the recent investigation of the Post Office Department. Due to the confidentiality of certain exhibits in the papers, Postmaster General Payne questions whether those papers should be published.
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1903-12-10
George W. Ireland mentions a recent business proposition turned down by General Leonard Wood due to rules outlined in the Foraker Clause. Ireland discusses the Cuban sport, Jai Alai and the trial of Cuban Postal Office General, Estes G. Rathbone, accused of embezzling over $100,000 of Cuban money. Ireland comments on a letter written by James E. Runcie and writes in support of Leonard Wood’s service as Military Governor of Cuba.
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1903-11-24
Alford Warriner Cooley writes to William Loeb in receipt of his letter concerning the Philadelphia Post Office scandal. Cooley asks Loeb to forward the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
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1903-11-27
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley discusses his reports, memorandums, and findings concerning scandal in the Philadelphia Post Office. Cooley also amends his report on the Indiana Post Office.
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1903-11-27
Joseph L. Bristow writes to William Loeb concerning needed revisions to President Roosevelt’s memorandum on Bristow’s report on the United States Postal Service fraud.
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1903-11-28
Assistant Attorney General of the Post Office Department, James N. Tyner, asks William Loeb to deliver the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
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1903-12-02
Assistant Attorney General to the Post Office Department James N. Tyner responds to President Roosevelt’s official statement to the American public regarding the Post Office scandals; the statement declared guilt on the parts of Tyner, Joseph L. Bristow, and Harrison J. Barrett. Tyner, a recipient of three indictments, denies all charges and describes his two recent strokes of paralysis.
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1903-12-02
Jacob Snell writes to Thomas Collier Smith regarding the reappointing of John H. Van Antwerp as Postmaster General in Fultonville, New York. Snell references a previous conversation with President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York and comments made by Hamilton Fish.
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1903-11-16
In a letter to William Loeb, Joseph L. Bristow includes a communication between Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte. Bristow discusses his recent postal fraud report, relaying that he will omit the word “Christianity” from the report and that they should maintain a reference to Judge Baldwin.
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1903-11-17
Thomas Collier Platt writes to President Roosevelt following a meeting with Jacob Snell and ex-congressman Stewart, enclosing a letter from Snell. Platt discusses his recommendation of John H. Van Antwerp as Postmaster General in Fultonville, New York, as opposed to Lucius Nathan Littauer’s recommendation of William H. Turnbull.
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1903-11-17
Joseph L. Bristow details the employment history of Harrison J. Barrett, William C. Long, and George E. Lorenzo of the Postmaster General’s office. Bristow includes dates of assignment and resignation.
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1903-11-19