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Postmaster General Payne encloses a letter from Representative Tawney regarding rural free delivery. Payne believes that the Post Office Department will have a difficult task installing more rural free delivery to the satisfaction of Congress.
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1903-07-14
John Ireland, Bishop of St. Paul, writes to President Roosevelt discussing the Post Office Department in Minnesota and praising the work of Henry A. Castle, Auditor of the Treasury of the Post Office Department.
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1903-07-15
William J. Youngs writes to President Roosevelt regarding a problem with the Post Office involving Representative Edmund H. Driggs. He encloses a clipping.
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1903-07-15
Newspaper article summarizing recent developments with the post office investigation being conducted by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. Postmaster General Payne is departing for a cruise due to ill health.
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1903-07-15
Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad will provide a report to President Roosevelt concerning fraud in the United States Post Office, per the president’s request.
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1903-07-17
Joe P. Johnston describes an Independence Day celebration held in the Post Office Department. He asserts that the New York Sun story that described the celebration was “a burlesque designed to be humorous,” and that the celebration was conducted with due decorum.
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1903-07-17
James Wilson informs President Roosevelt that Mr. Porter, the son of Admiral Porter, is unable to obtain a promotion in the Post Office department, due to lack of political influence. He encloses a letter requesting help from the son, and Wilson is bringing the case to Roosevelt’s attention.
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1903-07-17
Report on the “betterments” made by Postmaster General Payne during his time in office.
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1903-06-24
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow requests that his meeting with the president be pushed back a week so that he might be able to gather more facts to present.
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1903-07-08
The Post Office Department has been searching for temporary work for James Smith, per the request of Barnes, but has not found anything yet.
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1903-07-08
Henry C. Payne returns from vacation and finds the department elated that Oliver E. Pagan, the Assistant United States Attorney at Chicago, is in Washington helping prepare indictments for the grand jury.
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1903-07-09
William E. Chandler respectfully asks Postmaster General Payne to address any issues he has with him first before complaining to President Roosevelt. Chandler believes Payne is mistaken about John J. Howley’s actions and about Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne’s character.
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1903-07-10
William Allen White relates a story he heard that Senator Burton has been working as an attorney and requested a client’s property returned from the Post Office Department. He believes that Burton’s activity violates the law and would like to see him prosecuted.
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1903-07-11
Henry C. Payne is working towards the immediate replacement of postmaster Louis D. Gallison of Orange, New Jersey, because Gallison sold stamps outside of the New Jersey area. Payne asks President Roosevelt to telegraph him if Roosevelt disagrees with Payne’s decision.
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1903-07-02
Charles Emory Smith thanks President Roosevelt for the appointment of Walter C. Hamm as Consul at Hull. Smith writes that his investigations regarding the Tulloch inquiry are proving successful.
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1903-07-02
It is expected that August W. Machen will be indicted for bribery. Postal inspectors have returned to the investigation of the division of salaries and allowances, formerly headed by George W. Beavers.
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1903-06-05
Washington, D.C., Postmaster Merritt responds to Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s request for an explanation of why O. H. Smith retains his position of finance clerk. Merritt explains the situation and requests that he be allowed to retain Smith because of Smith’s value as an employee.
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1903-06-24
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne returns the papers and summarizes the case of Donatus O’Brien. O’Brien claimed that his removal from the service was unjust but the investigatory commission quickly dismissed his case.
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1903-06-25
It is recommended that special assistants be appointed to assist in the post office cases.
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1903-06-22
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow informs President Roosevelt that he has taken up an investigation looking into the recent fraud in the Post Office Department, and will have the report ready for his review as soon as possible.
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1903-06-27