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President Roosevelt supports Puerto Rico Governor Post if he believes Francisco De Paula Acuña Paniagua should be removed, but encourages Post to avoid a fight over it if possible.
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1907-08-01
President Roosevelt tells Senator Foraker that he “had no idea” that Judge Frank Feuille would resign his post. Roosevelt notes that Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico Tulio Larrinaga recommends that Feuille’s successor should not be appointed until the President can speak with Puerto Rico Governor Beekman Winthrop, who is now in Washington DC. Roosevelt asks Foraker to “ask Larrinaga to see Winthrop and put one or two names before him.”
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1906-12-07
Mr. Elliott sends congratulations to President Roosevelt on the recent election results. Elliott has met Roosevelt’s appointed governor in Puerto Rico, Beekman Winthrop. Winthrop is very well regarded by residents of Puerto Rico.
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1904-11-21
Elliott, F. S.
Secretary of Puerto Rico Regis Henri Post writes to President Roosevelt about Puerto Rico’s Governor Beekman Winthrop. Post praises Winthrop’s work and congratulates Roosevelt for encouraging men like him to be in politics. Post also congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent elections results.
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1904-11-16
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico Post believes President Roosevelt will have won the election by the time this letter reaches him. Post and Governor of Puerto Rico Winthrop Beekman have worked hard to keep bad news on the island quiet so as not to affect the campaign. Post jokingly states that Beekman has committed treason by suggesting that William H. Taft is the finest man in the world, rather than Roosevelt.
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1904-11-07
These two photographs depict President Roosevelt receiving at Ponce, Puerto Rico, and with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Governor of Puerto Rico Beekman Winthrop, and his wife Melza Riggs Wood Winthrop.
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1906-12
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and tells him about having Republican Presidential candidate William H. Taft over, an African big game dinner, and a labor dinner. He also talks about riding, playing tennis, and hiking.
1908-11-16
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to report that Archie is much better after a small operation and will return to school soon. He talks about a snowy walk with Ambassador Jusserand and Beekman Winthrop, and horse back riding with Edith. Roosevelt describes the bear hunt dinner he hosted at the White House and still hopes to get Secretary of War Taft nominated as the Republican presidential candidate.
1907-12-08
President Roosevelt has recently spoken with John Callan O’Laughlin about possibly appointing him Assistant Secretary of State, and that O’Laughlin believed that when William H. Taft was inaugurated as president he “would ‘see what could be done about retaining him.'” Roosevelt informed O’Laughlin that he was mistaken, and that while he would be pleased to appoint him, it would be with the understanding that it would only be until March 4, 1909. Roosevelt has spoken with Philander C. Knox, and is confident that he will accept the position of Secretary of State in Taft’s cabinet. Roosevelt additionally discusses a possible appointment of Beekman Winthrop. In a postscript, Roosevelt mentions a rumor that Taft is considering appointing John W. Weeks instead of George von Lengerke Meyer to a cabinet position, which Roosevelt advises Taft against doing.
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1908-12-15
President Roosevelt returns the letter to his son, Kermit Roosevelt, and tells him that he thinks it was probably well-meaning. Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit had a good time at Geneseo, and would have liked to have seen Kermit on the hunt. Winter has come to Washington, D.C., and Roosevelt has gone horseback riding. He has also tested some of the guns that he is going to bring on his safari, and thinks they are good. He proposes that he and Kermit test them together during the week of Christmas, and then pack them up for shipping. He asks Kermit if he would like to see a presentation of slides by Frank M. Chapman sometime during the holidays.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit on the goings-on at the White House, and his plans for the coming days. He and Edith had been riding regularly until it snowed, thawed, and froze. He hopes to play tennis with General Leonard Wood, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, and Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, although the court may be too muddy. He recently took a “scramble walk” in Rock Creek Park with Representative Nicholas Longworth, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Beekman Winthrop, and Ambassador Henry White. He had a dinner with African big game hunters, and wishes that Kermit could have met Sir Harry Johnston. His labor dinner is tomorrow night.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt writes a letter of introduction for Judge Louis Sulzbacher, a friend of Roosevelt’s and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Beekman Winthrop. Sulzbacher’s son-in-law, Isidore Lawrence Broadwin, is a good speaker, and both Broadwin and Sulzbacher can do good work in the Bronx and on the East Side. Roosevelt believes that Representative Bennet could use them to his advantage.
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1908-10-21
Eugene A. Philbin’s letter clears up President Roosevelt’s confusion regarding a sentence from his previous letter. Roosevelt was particularly glad to get a quotation from Bishop William Ambrose Jones. He will take up the matter with Puerto Rico Governor Regis Henri Post and ex-Governor Beekman Winthrop, and will have Post meet with Philbin when he visits. Roosevelt is not sure why Ward did not raise the matter at lunch previously.
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1908-04-17
President Roosevelt informs Melza Riggs Wood Winthrop that her dinner will have to be canceled, as John White Hallowell is having an operation and cannot attend. He invites Winthrop and her husband, Beekman Winthrop, to attend tea instead.
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1908-04-07
Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering well from his surgery and is excited to return to Groton. President Roosevelt was touched by the fondness Archie showed Kermit Roosevelt before and after the surgery. Roosevelt also tells Kermit about a walk he had taken with several friends in which they lost French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand in the woods and an enjoyably informal dinner with several hunters.
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1907-12-08
President Roosevelt is concerned to learn that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt has been ill and updates him on recent goings-on in the family, including updating Archie on Scamp, their “very cunning little dog,” and the president’s first experience exercising with medicine balls.
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1907-11-23
As the college football season comes to a close, President Roosevelt admits that it is too sore a topic for him to discuss with members of the cabinet who graduated from either Harvard or Yale. This did not keep Williams College graduate Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield from making a joke at the Harvard football team’s expense, which “nearly produced a rift in our hitherto excellent relations.” Roosevelt will also forward Ralph Delahaye Paine’s earlier letter to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Beekman Winthrop.
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1907-11-19
President Roosevelt is reluctant to tell Puerto Rico Governor Post that he has seen reports about Post’s controversial address to a conference of school superintendents. These remarks have caused great concern and Roosevelt has consulted with former Governor of Puerto Rico Beekman Winthrop, Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield, and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte over the matter. If Post can deny all the remarks, Roosevelt will conduct an investigation to clear him. However, if the reports are substantially true, Post should resign, as it would be doubtful he would be confirmed as governor by the Senate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-02
President Roosevelt accepts Roland P. Falkner’s resignation as Commissioner of Education for Puerto Rico, and will take into consideration what he has said about Mr. Lord.
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1907-06-19
President Roosevelt tells Dr. Stokes that his letter arrived a week after removing US Attorney for Puerto Rico Noah B. K. Pettingill from his post. He tells Stokes that it would have been extremely difficult to retain Pettingill in the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-05