Cheatham assails Secretary Wilson
Newspaper articles describing Richard Cheatham’s verbal attack on Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding cotton interests.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-11
Your TR Source
Wilson, James, 1835-1920
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
Recipient
Publication Date
2012-01-05
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Original Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Collection
In ad land
In this vignette cartoon, President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet appear at the center in a meeting. Each has a signboard advertising a patent medicine or other product on their back. Roosevelt’s says, “Strenoline The Famous Vigor Producer A De-Lightful Stimulant, Nervy Mfg. Co, Royster Bay.” Surrounding the central image are scenes showing men, animals, and statues, all with signboards, including an elephant labeled “G.O.P. The Great Tariff Comedian – Continuous Performances.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-01-11
The joyous ides of March
At center, President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam and Columbia a large plant with flowers showing the members of his cabinet. The surrounding vignettes show a springtime dance of putti, Alton B. Parker shoveling snow at his home in Esopus, an art gallery, Irishmen marching in the rain on Saint Patrick’s Day, a woman cleaning house by sweeping a dust cloud of policemen out the door, and Roosevelt grafting a branch labeled “Indian School Mission,” with blossom of an unidentified bishop of the Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions, onto the “Interior Dept. Tree.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-03-15
Creator(s)
Next!
Cartoon shows a barber’s chair labeled “Resignation Chair” from which Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long is leaving. Awaiting their turns are the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Barnes
President Roosevelt tells William Barnes he is unable to appoint G. Howard Davison as assistant secretary of agriculture because of the “emphatic protest” from the National Grange, founded to advance the methods of agriculture. Due to so many different suggestions for the position, Roosevelt told Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson to select the best man and he chose W. M. Hays for the position.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-12
Creator(s)
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to T. Perrin
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs T. Perrin that Roosevelt cannot advise him on this matter. There is no government land for settlement in Arizona, but there is land available for purchase. While the government does not provide assistance, there are often land openings for homestead settlements. He recommends Perry writes to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-21
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles D. Walcott
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Charles D. Walcott of a portion of a bill which empowers him to request that Walcott and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson allow space in the National Museum and Agriculture buildings for the International Tuberculosis Congress for meetings and exhibits. In accordance with the bill, Roosevelt directs Walcott to prepare for these, and authorizes him to spend funds in order to do so.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-06-03
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou not to let any Canadian whisky into the country, as Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson has raised objections under the pure food law.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-07
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles B. Landis
President Roosevelt sends Representative Landis, Chairman of the House Committee on Printing, a copy of a letter that he sent to William Sidney Rossiter, as well as a report to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Roosevelt believes that these items show that appointing either Rossiter or Henry T. Brian, both of whom Landis recommended, would be unwise. Roosevelt thinks he needs to appoint someone who does not have any connection with the Government Printing Office or any of the investigations.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-31
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Byron S. Hurlbut
President Roosevelt sends Harvard College Dean Hurlbut a letter from Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Roosevelt has inquired into his son Theodore Roosevelt’s eyes and discovered that they were in poor shape. His son did not know that he had been breaking any rules at Harvard.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Anderson Alderman
President Roosevelt informs Edwin Anderson Alderman that he is appointing a five-member board to answer scientific questions necessary to enforcing the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson will certify the board. The board will be liberally compensated and only answer questions about issues involving “a serious difference of opinion among eminent authorities.” The board’s answers on the matters will be final. Roosevelt asks if Alderman knows any men who are available to serve on it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Twining Hadley
President Roosevelt informs Arthur Twining Hadley that he is appointing a five-member board to answer scientific questions necessary to enforcing the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson will certify the board. The board will be liberally compensated and only answer questions about issues involving “a serious difference of opinion among eminent authorities.” The board’s answers on the matters will be final. Roosevelt asks if Hadley knows any men who are available to serve on it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. W. Harris
President Roosevelt informs A. W. Harris that he is appointing a five-member board to answer scientific questions necessary to enforcing the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson will certify the board. The board will be liberally compensated and only answer questions about issues involving “a serious difference of opinion among eminent authorities.” The board’s answers on the matters will be final. Roosevelt asks if Harris knows any men who are available to serve on it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ira Remsen
President Roosevelt informs Johns Hopkins University President Remsen that he is appointing a five-member board to answer scientific questions necessary in the enforcement of the Pure Food and Drugs Act. He asks if Remsen has any suggestions of people who would be available to serve on this board.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin Ide Wheeler
President Roosevelt informs University of California President Wheeler that he is appointing a five-member board to answer scientific questions necessary in the enforcement of the Pure Food and Drugs Act. He asks if Wheeler has any recommendations of men available to serve as members.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-06-01
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan
President Roosevelt admires how George Otto Trevelyan handled matters with Jamaica Governor James A. Swettenham. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt gifted Roosevelt a volume of Rennell Rodd’s histography, with the Frankish occupation of Greece being of particular interest to him. While he admires the “American money-maker” that contributes to the betterment of all society, he cannot say the same of a wealthy man who has made that money with little to no moral compass.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Burrill Angell
President Roosevelt asks James Burrill Angell, president of the University of Michigan, if he knows of any chemist who would be willing to work with Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Roosevelt does not believe that a practicing physician would be willing to accept the low pay, but perhaps a college professor would be willing to work for the government.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cyrus Northrop
President Roosevelt reaches out to Cyrus Northrop, president of the University of Minnesota, on behalf of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Wilson is seeking to hire someone, and he thinks a young professor from the chemistry department or the medical school would be the most suitable candidate. It would be difficult to hire a physician at the salary level he can offer. Roosevelt has sent a similar request to James Burrill Angell, the president of the University of Michigan.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-19