[*Ackd*] T. G. BENNETT, President. G. E. HODSON, V. Pres. & Treas. H. S. LEONARD, Asst. Treas. A. I. WARD, Secretary. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF RIFLES, SHOT GUNS & ALL KINDS OF AMMUNITION. ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. H.86955. NEW HAVEN, CONN. U. S. A. August 12, 1902. Mr. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Acting Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir:-- We have your valued favor of the 11th August and note the wishes of the President as to the guns. We will endeavor to do the best we can with them. As to the small luger carbine: We should be glad to undertake this if we could know just how much to take off the bead on the front sight. This bead appears differently to different eyes. We could take off 25% of its diameter or 50% of its diameter. Before attempting to file it, however, we ought to know about how much smaller it is desired to make it. Having directions as to this we will gladly undertake it. We remain Very respectfully, Winchester Repeating Arms Co. T. C. Bennett, President [[shorthand]] [*23390*]Executive Office Western Union Telegraph Company New York, August 12/'02. William Loeb, Jr. esq., Acting Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir:-- I have to acknowledge receipt of your esteemed favor of the 8th instant, with which you send me, by the President's direction, a communication from the Attorney General on the question of the Pacific cable. Please express to the President my thanks for his courtesy, and say that the conditions prescribed therein seem to me to be a fair protection to the interests of both the United States Government and the American public. Yours truly, Thos. F. Clark Vice-President. [*23391*] Kendall Green, Washington, D. C. August 12, 1902. My dear Mrs. Cowles:- Pardon the type-writer and stationary. I am superintending some repairs about the house, and everything is in confusion. I want to ask your help very much, in a matter which I feel effects all good citizens. A broker here, who has special accommodations for ladies, and claims to conduct a strictly legitimate business, has on his own confession, been doing a bucket-shop business, and shamelessly defrauded several women I know. One of them tried to enter suit and went so far as to engage a lawyer; but the brokers at once went to Henry E. Davis, (one of the candidates for Commissioner;) and although Mr. Davis. admitted that there was no doubt of fraud, yet owing to the peculiar laws of the District ( which he learned while District Attorney ) his client could get off on a legal quibble. I have since found that Mr. Davis was also employed by another bucket-shop here to acquit them on plea of licensed gambling, etc. and that he is the recognized friend of the bucket-shops, the one to whom they all go to them from paying persons they have defrauded. Now I feel that the President does not want that sort of man for our Commissioner any more than we do. I do not know Mr. Davis by sight; nor am I a friend of any other candidates for the position; no-one knows that I am writing to you; but I felt the President could only know about this, it might influence his decision. At any rate, knowing what I do, I should not feel I was a good citizen if I had not done what I could to prevent such a man being appointed. yours very sincerely, Bill Merrill Draper [*23392*]EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT MRS. ESTES G. RATHBONE, Havana, Cuba. VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. JOHN HAY, MRS. LYMAN J. GAGE, MRS. ELIHU ROOT, MRS. CHAS. EMORY SMITH, MRS. JOHN D. LONG, MRS. R. A. HITCHCOCK, MISS FLORA WILSON, MRS. M. W. FULLER, MRS. WILLIAM LINDSAY, MRS. HENRY CABOT LODGE, MRS. GONZALO DE QUESADA, MRS. JOHN A. T. HULL, MRS. DON CAMERON, MRS. JOHN W. FOSTER, MRS. E. M. GALLAUDET, MRS. GEORGE KENNAN, MRS. DANIEL LOTHROP, MRS. DANIEL MANNING, MRS. THOMAS NELSON PAGE, MRS. GEO. WESTINGHOUSE. SECRETARY MRS. ALBERT D. BROCKETT. TREASURER MRS. AMOS G. DRAPER. ADVISORY BOARD RT. REV. H. V. SATTERLEE, REV. WALLACE RADCLIFFE, REV. BENAJAM L. WHITMAN, HON. PERRY S. HEATH, HON. M. M. PARKER, MR. BERIAM WILKINS, SUPT. W. B. POWELL, MR. H. D. MIRICK, PROF. J. W. CHICKERING. AUDITING COMMITTEE MR. JOHN JOY EDSON, Chairman. MR. A. B. BROWNE, MR. E. S. KNOX. AMERICAN AUXILIARY Cuban Provisional Red Cross Headquarters, Washington, D. C. PRESIDENT: MRS. ESTES G. RATHBONE. SECRETARY: MRS. ALBERT D. BROCKETT, WASHINGTON LOAN & TRUST BLDG. TREASURER: MRS. AMOS G. DRAPER, CARE WASHINGTON, LOAN & TRUST CO. Washington, D. C., [*Ackd 8-14-1902*] J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (Personal) August 12, 1902. President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I. My dear President Roosevelt:- I have decided to lay before you a few considerations which knowing your interest in me I trust you will pardon me for troubling you with. In the first place, I enclose a letter thatI received from Gruber. I wrote him that gambling in Saratoga was hurting the Republican party, and also called his attention to Platt's remark that "Goddard is Goddard's candidate" apropos of the use of my name by the newspapers in connection with the lieutenant-governorship. I suggested to Gruber that I might complain to Gibbs of Platt's attitude toward me in his interviews for the papers and thus perhaps find out exactly what Platt did think about me, but I think Gruber is right that Platt simply dislikes me and -- I won't say fears me, but wishes I was in Halifax. I agree with Gruber that platt,s one idea is, as Gruber puts it, to "get hunk" with you. I don't know Gruber's reasons, but the little man is very keen and I have no doubt they are good. I am glad to find Gruber talking very cordially about you. The movement to make Quigg the temporary chairman of the Republican State Convention, as reported in the paper's today is a fact and is something that interests me very much. Platt sees clearly that Morris, though perfectly amenable, is not sufficiently [*23393*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (1a) able to serve him effectively. Platt of course wants to control the delegates to the next National Convention, and in order to play his game in New York County it would help him to have an abler man than Morris. Therefore Platt is putting Quigg forward for temporary chairman as astep toward making him chairman of the County Committee. Of course Platt could make Quigg chairman of the County Committee today, but he would rather let a little time pass so as not to affront public opinion too violently. Platt knows that it is not likely to be as easy job to control delegates in this county against you andthis beginning of an effort to resurrect Quigg is I believe the beginning of practical work against you. I can't for the life of me bring myself to believe it, and yet it is not absolutely impossible that Platt and Hanna have an understanding; -- I would not be willing even to dismiss as untenable the theory that Platt would desire to accomplish (if he could do it unbeknownst) the defeat of Odell this Fall, for the defeat of Odell would be accepted in many quarters, perhaps very generally, as a rebuff by the State of New York for your administration and that would certainly suit Hanna, if he entertains the ambition to be either President or the proprietor of a President. I observe that Hanna is trying to do just what Abram S. Hewitt prophesied, which prophecy I believe I quoted to you, viz., that although you had a hold on the affections of the laboring class of the people Hanna would go to work and cut the ground from under your feet. He is certainly trying to do it. Oh, why did you not [*23394*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (2) send a message to Congress at the time of the Beef Trust excitement demanding the repeal of the duties on beef, and is there not some way in which you could do something material to the settlement of the anthracite strike? I know that your heart makes you want to be really useful to the less fortunate of our people (as well as fair and just to all), and your great strength is the people's belief that this in inyour heart, but if possible for the sake of the country and for the sake of the great mass of the people whose turn it certainly is to be considered you must manage to do something. I don't know whether you understand what a feeling there is on the Trust question, and it is not confined to the poorer class of people. I think it is pretty nearly a literal fact that men with less than a million feel that they are on the poor side of the live dividing the rich from the poor. It is only the multi-millionaire who is rich today; the man with some hundreds of thousands of dollars is poor and feels himself so, and has a sense of belonging to the oppressed classes. TheTrusts are filling the minds of the people to the exclusion of everything else. If you pass a man you know on the street and he addresses some pleasantry [personalty] to you it is almost sure to have something to do with the Trusts. I don't believe, in your position, you can possibly have a full and complete idea of the extent to which the feeling against the Trusts fills the minds of the public, and as I said, the well-to-do classes feel that they are now to be classed amonst the down-trodden and [*23395*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (3) oppressed. I am very sorry, and I hope you will not take offence at mysaying this, for I only speak what is in my heart without any malice, that you have as your Attorney General Mr. Knox. The public believes, and I must say I don't see how they could come to any other conclusion, that Mr. Knox was put into Mr. McKinley's cabinet as the result of an anteelection bargain between Hanna and the Trusts, the bargain being practically that in consideration of so much campaign fund supplied by the Trusts the Attorney General would be a man whom they would not need to fear. It must be a question of the greatest difficulty to decide what you can do insuch matters as the Beef T rust and the coal strike, and you ought to have at your side for an adviser an Attorney General whose heart was on the same side of the question as yours, and whose brains would therefore be really at your disposal instead of at the disposal of theTrusts. I will also add, relying on your good nature to forgive me if I have ventured altogether too far, and say that ever since the Amen dinner, when I heard Mr. Root draw even on Bible phrases and fall actually into blasphemy in his attempts to satisfactorily to himself praise Senator Platt, that Mr. Root could not be of great advantage to you. Not that I believe that Mr. Root meant what he said, or that he is too much of a friend of Platt's to be a friend of yours, but that this selfrespect was so slack and his judgement so poor that as an adviser he could not be of advantage to you. He was sharp and shrewd enough even as a young man to be Tweed's lawyer, and his self-disclosure at the Amen dinner made me feel that he was [*23396*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (4) the same sharp and shrewd, but not able or big-hearted Root. If you think I am wrong about the trust question I hope you will at least give weight enough to what I say to investigate further. By the way, the "New York Press" is pounding Hanna, and as the Press is an Odell paper body, boots and breeches, it suggests that possibly Odell may suspect that Hanna might desire to see Odell beaten this fall. I also mention as an almost unrelated fact that the coal miners are coming to New York, and they are getting the preference in employment onthe elevated roads and in other places. To return to Quigg, I feel that it would not be self-respecting for me to sit in a convention of which Quigg as an officer, temporary or otherwise. I feel, as already stated, that his being put forward in thisway is a move in the campaign against you, and I think that perhaps I ought to protest now openly and vigorously against Quigg receiving any recognition at the hands of the Republican party. There is not a responsible Republican in New York City and I understand there are not few up the State but whatwould feel personally affronted byQuigg receiving any recognition. If I should make a public protest against Quigg now I should be inclined to put it on the ground that I was opposed to Quigg as a Republican because I believed in the Republican party as a party and its power for good and I felt that it would be a great wrong to the people to give point [*23397*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (5) to attacks on the Republican party by honoring the man who typified what was worst in any kind of politics. Of course I would try and word the thing all right. Now if you think I would be right in taking this stand now I would like to have the privilege of doing it. I don't suppose you care very much to write me an answer to this letter (!) but it might be possible for you to convey your views to me by some trusted messenger verbally. I spoke to you when you were good enough to have me down at Oyster Bay a little while ago about spending a day at Litchfield, Conn. Of course I understand that it is altogether too much honor for me to think of entertaining a President of the United States, and moreover, feel it is a million to one that you could not come if you wanted to. However, I choose to take the one chance in a million and to ask you if when in New England you would come to Litchfield. I enclose a little schedule showing how Litchfield can be reached from New Haven. As togettingaway from Litchfield you can leave there at eight o'clock inthe morning and get to either New York or New Haven at 11:25; or you can leave at about three in the afternoon. If the general tone of this letter of mine is distasteful to you I would like to have the chance to express my regrets, and to assure you that I will not offend similarly again. My reason for taking whatever chance there may be of writing a letter that might be unsatisfactory is that I feel a certain sense of added responsibility since my recent visit to you, at the same time that I feel [*23398*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK NORTON GODDARD (6) my very small ability to be of service. If I should openly antagonize Quigg and he should nevertheless determine to secure the presidency of the County Committee I wonder on what side the influence of Stranahan, Van Cott, Treat, Wanamaker and others would be exerted. With the utmost respect, Very sincerely yours, Norton Goddard [* I am sending the information about trains in a separate envelope - I hope it may have some interest for you ! — *] [*23399*][*[For 2 enclosures see 8-6-02 ^ ca. 8-12-1902] 8-12-1902]*] [*[ca. 8-12-1902]*] SCHEDULE OF TRAINS BETWEEN HARTFORD & EAST LITCHFIELD. (East Litchfield is four miles from Litchfield centre over very pretty road.) Train leaving Hartford at 3:05 [p. m.] in the afternoon is due to arrive at Winsted at 4:24 where connection is made with a train leaving Winsted at 4:55 and due to arrive at East Litchfield at 5:25. Train leaving East Litchfield at 9:16 am. is due to arrive at Winsted at 9:45 where connection is made with train leaving Winsted at 10:30 and due to arrive in Hartford at 11:50. Time on the road, 2 hrs. 34 min. Train Litchfield to New York there are a number of trains - the earliest moving train leaves Litchfield at 8:05 am & is due in New York at 11:25. There are also a couple of afternoon trains Time on the road about 3 hrs & 15 minutes Norton Goddard [*23400*][*[ca 8-12-02]*] SCHEDULE OF TRAINS BETWEEN NEW HAVEN & LITCHFIELD: Train leaving New Haven at 9:33 in the morning is due to arrive at Hawleyville at 10:42, where connection is made at 10:50 with train due to arrive in Litchfield at 12:10. Time on the road,- 2 hr. 37 min. Train leaving New Haven at 3:57 in the afternoon is due to arrive at Hawleyville at 5:01 where connection is made at 5:22 with train due to arrive in Litchfield at 6:42 Time on the road,- 2 hrs. 45 min. Train leaving Litchfield at 8:05 in the morning is due to arrive at Hawleyville at 9:25 where connection is made at 9:37 with the train due to arrive in New Haven at 10:50. Time on the road,- 2 hrs. 45 min. There is also an afternoon connection with New Haven but it is a poor train being about five hours on the road and due in New Haven at 7:50 p.m. Norton Goddard [*23401*][Enclosed in Goddard, 8-12-02] [*P.P.F.*] Newbury N.H. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON. Aug 12. 1902 Dear Mr. President Senator Dryden is quite right : The Forty Millions are not payable until 1st The President is satisfied with the title which the Panama people are able to give and 2nd We have made [*23402*]a satisfactory treaty with Columbia which shall have been duly satisfied by both governments. It is impossible to say precisely how long this will take — certainly not less then six months, probably considerably longer. Yours faithfully John Hay [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 8/14/1902*] Broadway Villa, Fort Rockaway, Augst. 12th 1902. Mr. President; Dear Sir: Will you kindly spare me, if you can grant it without too much inconvenience, a few minutes of your time, at your Oyster Bay Office, before you start upon your New England Trip? I am still concerned about the Louisiana Sugar Interest, which I had the pleasure of presenting to you, under the auspices of senators Mc Emery and Foster, last January at the White House. I should like to make one more effort "to reach your ear" which you will recollect, you jocularly charged [*23403*] us at that time with doing, by bringing down, from Boston, our mutual friend, Mr. McIlhenny. Very Sincerely, Your Obt. Svt., James D. Hill. [*23404*] KASKEL & KASKEL SHIRT MAKERS FIFTH AVE. COR. 32D. STREET New York 77 JACKSON BOULEVARD CHICAGO Aug 12, 1902 Mr Wm Loeb Jr. Oyster Bay, L.I. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your favor of the 11th inst. & in reply beg to state that we are under the impression that the wool hose to be had in Canada, are imported from England. As we have no agency in the former place, but, as already stated, our Mr. Kaskel is now in England he will see to it that we get the wool from the manufacturers for the President as speedily as possible. We remain yours respectfully Kaskel & Kaskel [*23405*]Telegraphic Address "Optimistic London" 40.Charles Street. Berkeley Square.W. [12?] Aug: 2. 1902 Dear Mrs. Cowles, This is only the briefest of lines to say that Ruth & I are sailing for New York on Aug: 13 by the "Oceanic" and shall go straight up to Winter Harbor on our arrival. We expect to sail back to England about Sept 17, so we shall have but a very short time in America. Our present plan is to leave Winter Harbor about Sept 12 and spend the period Sept 13 to 16th or 17th, in the vicinity of New York. Do you suppose there would be any chance of my being able to get a glimpse of the President about then? Of course I am exceedingly anxious to see him, and would [*23406*]pursue him to any place where he might then be! And of course both of us are more than looking forward to seeing you. So where will you be, and how could we get hold of you? It really looks as if we were going to have a Coronation this time, though the King's recovery seems little short of miraculous. So we shall miss you sadly, and shall always regret that we cannot see you in your ermine robes and gold cornet. In frantic haste to catch the mail, with much love from Ruth. Always your friend Arthur Lee Please reply to this at your leisure - and address to Winter Harbor, where we shall arrive on the 21st Aug:[*ackd 8/13/1902*] Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. - INCORPORATED - 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. NUMBER 18 SENT BY Dy REC'D BY M CHECK 11 paid RECEIVED at Aug 12 1902 Dated New York 12 To President Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY Just arrived when may I see you answer fifth Ave Hotel Bishop O'Gorman [*23407*] [shorthand] [*[Ackd 1 enc see Reeve 8-11-02]*] [*Ackd 8/14/1902*] [shorthand] Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury Aug. 12, 1902 The President, It has been suggested that the enclosed copy of a letter to my friend Archbishop Ireland might be of some interest to you. I am very respectfully, Felix Alexander Reeve. [*23408*][? or 1. ? see Reeve, 8-11-02] [*? 8/14/1902 7'6] OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY Aug. 12, 1902 The President; It has been suggested that the enclosed copy of a letter to my friend Archbishop Ireland might be of some interest to you. I am, very respectfully, Felix Alexander Reeve. 23408WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. WASHINGTON, D. C. August 12, 1902. My dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of August 11th, enclosing additional letters in connection with the appointment of Mr. Richard Campbell. These will be placed on file with the others. No reply has yet been received from the despatch sent to Governor Wright. It is my intention, if I do not hear from him either today or tomorrow, to send another cable. Very truly yours, W. Sanger Hon. William Loeb, Jr., Acting Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. [*23409*]Form No. 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*Ackd 8-12-1902*] NUMBER SENT BY REC''D BY CHECK 37 Flo B 20 paid 8/12/1902 RECEIVED at 1/12 Dated Colorado Springs Colo To The President For its bearing on committee's & primaries in Denver we hope appointment downer and Milsom be made early as possible [LI?] Stewart Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at Oyster Bay, N.Y. August 12/1902 2 NY DY PC 8 paid New York 12 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster-Bay N.Y. Thank you. I leave for Oyster-Bay at four. Joseph Wilmer. 3:05 p [*23411*]COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK Rye Beach N.H. PRESIDENT'S ROOM AUG 13 1902 My dear Mr. President, Thank you very much for letting me see this enclosed letter from Mr. West. It is manly, direct & straightforward. Sincerely yours, Nicholas Murray Butler To the President Oyster Bay- N.Y. [*23412*][*[For enc. see West to Denison 8-5-02]*][*State*] [*Ackd 8/14/1902*] [*[8-13-02]*] [*BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS, Aug 13 1902 Department of State.*] J. B. DAVIS, CIVIL ENGINEER, 731 S. INGALLS ST. North Dartmouth, Mass. [Ann Arbor, Mich.] 1902-8-13. To His Excellency The President. Sir: Without the knowledge of Mr. Geo. Y. Wisner of Detroit, Michigan I have been requested, by a friend of his, to write to you, direct on behalf of his appointment on the Lake Levels Commission for which his extensive experience in such matters so well fits him, and also to call attention to the curious inconsistency of some of the opposition to Mr. Wisner, based on the fact that he has opinions upon the subject of lake levels - as though this commission - like a jury - should be made up of men without opinions upon the subject to come before them. I beg to say that if an engineer knows any thing about a matter he is quite likely to have opinions about it, so much so that a want of opinion may almost be taken to indicate a want of knowledge. Very respectfully, J. B. Davis Ann Arbor, Mich. [*23413*]George Y. Wisner, Mich. Recomdd for Commr on Lake Levels by J.B. Davis of Ann Arbor, Mich.[*Ackd 8/14/1902*] OFFICE OF WM. J. GRUHLER BUILDER 77 HERMAN STREET. GERMANTOWN, PHILA. August 13 1902 To his Excellency Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States, Honorable Sir:- I take the liberty to send you a copy of the Church Organ of the United Evangelical Church, and have marked the Article I wish to draw your attention too, believing it contains matter that may be of value, at least interest to you. I am impressed that it may contain of State significance Dr Dubs the author of the article is the Son of Bishop Dubs of the United Evangelical Church, recently of Chicago, now of Harrisburg Pa, Having A high regard for your manifest interest in religious affairs, I beg to remain very truly yours, W. J. Gruhler [*23414*][*[For 1. enclosure see 8-2-02]*][*Ackd 8/13/1902*] To The President- With the compliments & Thanks of one who is struggling to live up to his expected estimate. [*23415*] [*Ackd 8-14-1902*] Washington, Aug. 13/02 Dear Mr. President: It occurred to me that the enclosed clipping from the marked editorial page which comes to me daily might be of interest, if [*23417*] for no other reason than the knowledge of the author's name - showing that my little tour in diplomacy has not been wholly thrown away. Speaking of tours, why are we not to get a glimpse of you at Tyringham on your [*23418*]visit to Western Massachusetts? You would alight among a lot of your friends — Gilden, Procter, Miss Blanc probably, Riis and Foulke perhaps, &, last & least worthy, myself; for by the time this reaches you I shall be on the way to Berkshire. Think it over, & give us the pleasure of showing you the prettiest valley in New England. The only fault you would find with it is that it is too peaceful. Sincerely, as ever, Francis E. Leupp [[shorthand]] Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at Oyster-Bay NY August 13/1902 1NY DY PC 9 Paid New York NY 13 Wm Loeb, Oyster-Bay N.Y. Will be glad to dine with the President Saturday next. Bishop O'Gorman . 11A [*23419*] [*[1902]*] [*File*] "MONTEBELLO FARM" SUFFERN, ROCKLAND CO. NEW YORK. Aug 13 Dear Mr President Archbishop Ireland is not in New York as was rumored in the Papers. I think it well to write you so that you may not expect him Saturday. I remain, Dear Mr President, Sincerely Yours Thos O'Gorman [*23420*][*[1902]*] [*File*] "MONTEBELLO FARM" SUFFERN, ROCKLAND CO. NEW YORK. Aug 13 Dear Mr. President Archbishop Ireland is not in New York as was rumored in the Papers. I think it well to write you so that you may not expect him Saturday. I remain, Dear Mr President, Sincerely yours Thos O'Gorman [*23420*] Form 168 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only be repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager RECEIVED at Oyster-Bay NY August 13/1902 1 NY DY PC 9 Paid New York NY 13 Wm Loeb, Oyster-Bay N.Y. Will be glad to dine with the President Saturday next. Bishop O'Gorman. 11 A [*23419*]Leslie's Weekly 110 Fifth Ave. New YOrk Austin B. Fletcher, Prest Editorial Department John A. Sleicher, Editor Aug. 13, 1902 Mr. Willliam Loeb, Jr., Acting Secretary to the President Oyster Bay, L.I.N.Y My Dear Billy: I have your note and will be very glad to go over on Thursday, the 21st, and lunch with the President at 1:30 P.M. Can you tell me if the eleven o'clock train from Long Island City will bring me there in time? [ansd yes] Sincerely yours, John A. Sleicher COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Rye Beach, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK N.H. PRESIDENT'S ROOM AUG 14 1902. Dear Mr. President, I am greatly pleased to learn that you like the suggestion of President Andrew S. Draper of this University of Illinois for one of the two existing vacancies on the Board of Indian Commissioners. He is "one of our kind of people & very popular throughout this country. It is not considered "good form" to seek an appointment to the honorary board, so the in initiative will have to come from the Washington end. I return thE letter & telegram in re West. I wish he were a bigger man. If he will compel Komis to resign, or make MacFarland force him to do so, a beginning for better things will be made. Always sincerely yours, Nicholas Murray Butler [*23422*] Justice Holmes's appointment is splendidly received.on one of the Islands, in the Sault River. I am paying her a visit of three weeks. We have been lunching to-day, with two delightful gentlemen, the Clurge brothers, from Maine. They are deeply interested in a wonderful work they are doing here. I wish I understood it well enough to explain, but I do not. Mark could tell you, as the Clurg's have business dealings with M. A. Hanna & Co. But the best way is, to come and see for yourself. You have no [*Ackd 8/19/1902*] [*ppf*] Thursday August 14th. THE SHACK SAULT STE.MARIE MICHIGAN My dear Mr. President, I wonder if Mark would think me presumptuous, if he knew I were writing to you. As he is not here, to say whether I may, or not, I am going to venture, and must I ask your forgiveness in advance, if you think I am overstepping the bounds of propriety. To explain where I am, our daughter Mabel was married last June, and her father has given her a little cottage [*23423*] idea what a wonderful place this is. You would be amazed, and interested, to see the shipping, that goes through the canal, to the great, and beautiful Lake Superior, and what it all means. As accustomed to it, as I have been from a child, I am lost in wonder, and admiration, at the increase of the shipping within a few years. It is a magnificent country, glorious climate, puts new life into one's veins. My daughters cottage is on one of the islands, near the main channel, so the great barges go right by her door, every half hour, and oftener. It is a beautiful sight. Mr. [Clurg?] tells me, he has informed himself of your itinerary, that you are to be in "Grand Rapids", the twenty-second of Aug. and Milwaukee the twenty-fourth. Now we would like to take care of you the twenty-third. I say we, for I shall be here that date. Do not leave for home, until the twenty-fourth. And I should most heartily join in the general rejoicing. [*23424*]would be as easy. I neglected to ask just how long it would take you to come from Grand Rapids, but Mr. Clurg said, it was only six hours to Milwaukee. They would give you a rousing reception, and I would help. Please consider it, and see if it is'nt possible. I am sure Mark would think it a good thing for you to do, perhaps he has already written you on the subject, as Mr. Clurgue told me, he had written. [*[8-14-02]*] THE SHACK SAULT STE.MARIE MICHIGAN You really ought to come, to see what a wonderful work is going on here, for your own improvement, but more than all that, to give the people here a chance to see you. Many of them never have an opportunity to get away from here, and they are so eager to see you. I know how difficult it is, to decide what invitations to accept, and how to make your plans as you ca'nt do everything. But this is right on the way, and it seems as if it [*23425*] to Mark, asking him to urge it. If you are still at home, please give my best love to Mrs. Roosevelt, and Miss Alice. I have not made the acquaintance yet, of the younger members of the family. With kindest remembrances for yourself, believe me. Most sincerely your friend C. Augustus Hanna Mr. Clurgue has it in his power, to arrange everything up in this country, rail-road transportation, as well as water, and can make almost anything possible. You see how in earnest I am about it. Again good bye, and please forgive me for my presumption. My dreams have all vanished, Mr. Parsons has just told me your trip takes place in Sep. not Aug. I do'nt know how that idea took possession of me, But I hope you will come just the same, even if I am not here to welcome you. [*23426*]FORM No. 1. [*Ackd 8/15/1902*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for Transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. NUMBER 19 SENT BY RT[?] REC'D BY ? CHECK 9DH[?] [*[1902?]*] RECEIVED at Aug 14 1902 Dated Dr Louis Mo.14 [shorthand] To: Pres. Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY I am today renominated with great enthusiasm resolutions name you for President in Nineteen four and approve your administration Chas F. Joy [*23427*] FORM NO. 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. - INCORPORATED - 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for Transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBDRT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at Oyster Bay NY August 14/1902 1 W B PC 31 Paid Govt rate WASHINGTON D.C. 14 Hon Wm Loeb Jr, Acting Sect'y to President, Oyster-Bay, N.Y. Will arrive Oyster-Bay five thirty two tomorrow Friday evening. Will probably leave at eight oclock, please advise President. L M Shaw. 3.27 p [*23428*][*ackd 8/12/1902*] Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only be repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS T. ECKERT. President and General Manager. Number 19 Sent by RA[?] Rec'd by [?} Check 19 D.H. [*[1902?]*] Received at August 14/1902 Dated St Louis Mo14[?] [shorthand] To Pres Roosevelt Oyster Bay NY I am today renominated with great enthusiasm. resolutions name you for President in nineteen four and approve your administration Chas. F. Joy [*23427*] Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only be repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager. Received at Oyster Bay NY August 14/1902 1 W B PC 31 Paid Govt rate WASHINGTON D.C. 14 Hon Wm. Loeb Jr. Acting Sect'y to President, Oyster-Bay, N.Y. Will arrive Oyster-Bay five thirty two tomorrow Friday evening. Will probably leave at eight oclock, please advise President. L M Shaw 3.27p [*23428*][*S*] New York, The Sun. EDITOR'S OFFICE. New York, August 14, 1902 Dear Sir: We shall be very glad to send Mr. Denison with you on your trips, as you request. Very truly yours, C. V. Van Anda, Acting Managing Editor. The Hon Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. [*Sun*] [*23429*][*Van Voorhis*] FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. JOSEPH G. CANNON, ILL. CHAIRMAN. HENRY H. BINGHAM, PA. LEONIDAS F. LIVINGSTON, GA. JAMES A. HEMENWAY, IND. THOMAS C. McRAE, ARK. SAMUEL S. BARNEY, WIS. JOHN C. BELL, COL. WILLIAM H. MOODY, MASS. RICE A. PIERCE, TENN. HENRY C. VAN VOORHIS, OHIO. MAECENAS E. BENTON, MO. JAMES T. MCCLEARLY, MINN. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, ALA. LUCIUS N. LITTAUER, N.Y. WALTER P. BROWNLOW, TENN. WASHINGTON GARDNER, MICH. ELMER J. BURKETT, NEB. JAMES C. COURTS, CLERK. JOHN D. CREMER K.F. REA, ASSISTANT CLERKS. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C., , 190 Zanesville, Ohio, August 14th,1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President, Oyster Bay, [Mass.] NY Dear Sir: - I am informed that the many friends of Mr. William V. Cox, President of the Second National Bank, Washington, D.C., are urging him for appointment to the position of District Commissioner to fill a vacancy. Mr. Cox was formerly from my District and I have known him since he was a very young man. He took a very high position in college and has in the various positions he has occupied, proved himself capable and has displayed unusual ability and good judgment. Mr. Cox is a high minded and honorable gentleman and I am quite sure that no better appointment could be made. I sincerely hope that you will consider Mr. Cox in connection with the position to be filled. Yours very truly, H.C. Van Voorhis, Endorsed MA Hanna [*23430*][*[8-13-01]*] lawyer, and you have chosen, as I believe you always choose, with a single eye for the public good. What else do the people of the United States expect? I am afraid I shall not see you again until I run on to Washington for a [*23432*] [*71*] slightest degree my feeling of affection for you. Of course, I could not say this to you before, much as I wished to do so, without insufferable egotism, now I am free to say it. You have chosen for the place the most distinguished man and the most experienced. [*23431*] COTUIT, MASS. [*Ackd 8-15-1902 PF*] Aug 13, 190[1] [*[2]*] Dear Theodore I am impelled to write you a letter, though what I have to say sounds to me foolish if not impertinent. To say that I have never dreamed that your friendship for me would tend [*6[?]*]to make you appoint me to the Supreme Court sounds foolish, indeed, for what right minded man could desire that his friend in a public affair should heed personal considerations? But you know, probably no better than I, that men ordinarily right minded harbor queer thoughts where appointment to office are concerned, Therefore I venture to say that for months I have wanted to urge you, if you were considering my name at all, to pay no attention whatever to personal intimacy and to believe that your action would not affect in the [*70*] few days, some time next spring. Don't let yourself get overtired, even in the public service, before then Yours very truly Francis C. Lowell4 and one of the Board under a democratic President is a so-called Republican, but in every such case the official of the opposing faith has been politically colorless and innocuous; not solicited by and through the advice of the Washington politicians of that opposing faith, but through the President's chosen local advisers in respect to all Washington appointments. This is as it should be for the benefit of the District. The politically off-colored Commissioner should serve to render the Board Conservative and as nearly as possible non-partisan. But he should not, as an active politician, keep the Board in a turmoil to the inquiry of the District's interests by endeavoring to render the District government bi-partisan; nor should the District's welfare be threatened by the strife-breeding appointment of a factional politician who would be bitterly opposed and hampered by the opposing factions in his own party. Neither the Cleveland [*Ackd 8/18/1902 P.F.*] Personal and Confidential Poland Spring House SAPIENTIA DONUM DEI. Hiram Ricker & Sons, South Poland, ME Aug 15, 1902 To the President Dear Sir: Your letter of the 11th inst saying in reference to the District Commissionership "that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Davis have been warmly recommended... as well as Messrs. West, Cox and Ferguson and some others" and asking what I and my "brother think of these various candidates" has been received by me here, having been forwarded from Washington. [*23433*] My son Theodore has replied to a similar request for a confidential expression of opinion concerning Mr. West, and the terms of your note indicate that there is some confusion in2 respect to the relationship of your correspondents of this family. I have no brother, but three sons, - Theodore, associate editor in chief of the Star; Frank, editor of the Chicago Record-Herald and President of the Associated Press; and Thomas, city editor of the Star and a member of the Republican executive committee of Maryland. In respect to the candidates about whom you ask my opinion I assume that you wish me to state my views broadly and not to analyze in detail the fitness or unfitness of men in respect to whom there is no intimation that you are giving them serious or favorable consideration. There are four or five Wilsons in Washington who might be considered as possible Commissioners and at least three whose names I have seen in print in this connection. Mr. A. A. Wilson was Marshal 3 under Cleveland. He is an easy-going man of excellent standing [of excellent standing], but of no special fitness for the office of Commissioner. I do not think that it is to the interest of the District that any conspicuous, democratic politician or the recognized representative of any democratic leader should be made Commissioner by a republican President. There is no obligation under the law to appoint a democrat and no republican President has ever appointed a so-called democratic Commissioner who has been an active politician. The District offices should not be political spoils for either party; and the various Presidents, republican and democratic, have observed this principle at least to the extent of seeing that they did not become the spoils of the opposing party. By custom one of the Commissioners under a republican President is a so-called democrat, [*23434*]7 Poland Spring House. SAPIENTIA DONUM DEI. Hiram Ricker & Sons, South Poland, Me. and also Minister to Sweden is not so well identified with business and resident Washington as with clubdom and the society element. He has never shown any local public spirit or any interest in municipal affairs (except as a contractor seeking a profit), and he is a candidate for this office, I believe, simply for the money and dignity connected with it; and just as in the case of any chronic office-seeker and office-holder he would be as well satisfied with "something equally as good" anywhere else. I am told that his conduct of the Fish Commissionership was not commendable in point of discipline. Concerning Mr. West's candidacy you have already received my son Theodore's letter, which as stated therein represents my own views as well. Mr. West is personally unsuited for the commissionership; in the hands of [*23436*] 5 Poland Spring House. SAPIENTIA DONUM DEI. Hiram Ricker & Sons, South Poland, Me. nor Gorman gold-democrats, nor the silver democrats, nor the local democrats all together should be considered in making the appointment, but the wishes and welfare of businesses and resident Washington. Mr. A. A. Wilson is a conspicuous Cleveland democrat; Mr. H. E. Davis is a prominent anti-Gorman gold democrat; Mr. West is viewed as a representative of Gorman. No one of the three should be favorably considered. Mr. Davis is a brilliant lawyer, but not well fitted in his personal make-up for the Commissionership. He cannot afford to take the position and does not want it. Mr. Cox is the nephew of the late S. S. Cox and as a democrat is not so identified with any political clique as to incur the bitter hostility of any of the jealous democratic factions. If the Mr. Wilson referred to is Jesse B. Wilson instead of [*23435*]6 A. A. Wilson, he is personally unsuitable, being narrow, obstinate and retrogressive. If, however, the Wilson is Gen. John M. Wilson (retired) he is admirably fitted in many respects to fill the office. He was born in Washington and knows the city thoroughly, and as Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds for many years, and also as Chief of Engineers he is intimately acquainted with many of our municipal problems. In spite of his years he would be enthusiastic and effective in promoting the city's welfare. His appointment as a civilian Commissioner might make the military predominate unduly in the Board. But he would make a strong and generally acceptable official. These three Wilsons to whom I have referred are those whose names have been painted in the papers as under consideration by you. Mr. Ferguson who was Fish Commissioner as a Marylander 8 Mr. Gorman he would hurt the cause of Maryland republicanism, and as an employee of the democratic post his appointment would be a slap, in, the, face to the Star. If you think it wise to select another newspaper man for the Commissionership, causing both civilian commissioners to be journalists, you would find a better man than Mr. West in Mr. F. E. Leupp, whose name has been mentioned in this connection. Mr. West has been reared as a journalist in an unscrupulous atmosphere of which you had knowledge when you were civil service commissioner. Leupp is like Macfarland an honorable upright man who has taken a more intelligent interest than most of the correspondents in our local affairs. Among the "others" referred to in your letter who have been mentioned in connection with the Commissionership is John B. Larner,POLAND SPRING HOUSE. SAPIENTIA DONUM DEI. HIRAM RICKER & SONS, SOUTH POLAND, ME. 9 a thoroughly trained lawyer, a good business man, and a man of public spirit, culture and integrity, who would make an excellent Commissioner. But in fitness for the office Mr. W. V. Cox stands in my opinion head and shoulders above every other candidate. He has every qualification of the kind of man whom I would expect you to seek out and urge to take the place, and be gratified in case of his acceptance. It should not count against him that his friends have had so high an estimate of his ability and fitness that they have not permitted him to remain in the background to be discovered, but have pushed him forward and thus doubtless exposed him to concentrated jealous attacks. He is however invulnerable to well-founded criticism; and the fact that he does not seem to receive from you the most favorable consideration makes me fear that [*23437*]10 untrue representations have been made to you in respect to him, producing some incorrect impressions concerning him, which his friends, including myself, would be glad of the opportunity to remove from your mind. Sincerely and respectfully Crosby S. NoyesFIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SERENO E. PAYNE, CHAIRMAN. John Dalzell, Albert J. Hopkins, Charles H. Grosvenor Charles A. Russell, George W. Steele, James A. Tawney, Samuel W. McCall, Chester L. Long, Joseph W. Babcock, Victor H. Metcalf, James D. Richardson, Samuel M. Robertson, Geo. B. McClellan, Francis G. Newlands, Sam Bronson Cooper. Hull Greenfield, Clerk. COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington D.C., [*Ackd 8-16-1902 P.F.*] Auburn, N.Y., August 15, 1902. Dict. by S. E. P. to B. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Mr. President:- I desire to suggest that is making a treaty with Cuba it be provided in the treaty that the same shall not be binding until ratified by the Senate and approved by Congress, as provided in §3 (or §4 - I have not the Act before me) of the so-called Dingley Act. Undoubtedly this matter has already received your consideration. But you cannot know as well as one who is in it, how jealous the Members of the House are of their right to originate revenue bills. The great majority of them believe that the treaty making power is subject to this right, and they will never surrender this prerogative willingly. Of course, there will be no difficulty in getting the approval of the treaty by the House, as the best sugar men, fortunately, cannot amend it. But anxious as I am to see this Cuban matter settled in the right way, I would rather see it hang in the air than to have the alienation of feeling that would follow on the part of the strongest Members of the House should their rights, as they understand them under the constitution, seem to be threatened or abridged by a treaty interfering so largely with our revenue [*23438*]FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. ------------ Sereno E. Payne, Chairman John Dalzell, Albert J. Hopkins, Charles H. Grosvenor, Charles A. Russell George W. Steele James A Tawney, Samuel W. McCall, Chester L Long, Joseph W. Babcock, Victor H. Metcalf, James D. Richardson, Samuel M. Robertson, Claude A. Swanson, Geo. B. McClellan, Francis G. Newlands, Sam Bronson Cooper. Hall Greenfield, Clerk. COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, T.R. #2. Washington, D.C., laws simply ratified by the Senate. Yours very Truly, Sereno E Payne 23439JACOB A. RIIS, 524 BEECH STREET, NORTH, Richmond Hill, Bor. of Queens. [*Ackd 8-16-1902*] [*PPF Pr*] NEW YORK Aug 15 1902 My Dear Mr. President I can not go to rest without telling you how glad you have made me today by your order. It seems as if it eased up a little on my own load. John has left home, and we do not know where he is. It is better so, since he will not come under the discipline of a work-a-day life, but my wife's heart yearns for her boy. You made so many mothers' hearts lighter, all over the land, by your order, that our trouble seems less. God bless you and yours always! Ever yours Jacob A. Riis [*23440*][shorthand]. 3 7. All ammunition will be fired in target practice by the manning details of the different batteries. Practice will therefore not be by company. The Battery Commanders, as assigned in the manning details, will make the reports and have all the other duties with respect to target practice now imposed on company commanders. 8. The tests prescribed in Section 14, Par. I, General Orders No. 36, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., March 19, 1901, will be made as there prescribed and as modified below with service smokeless charges only. These tests will be made preliminary to the firing for efficiency record. The total allowance in each district for these tests will be five shots with the same lot of powder and caliber of gun. If the same lot of powder is supplied to all the guns of the same caliber in the district, only one test will be had in the district for that caliber of gun. Three shots may be fired in the preliminary test. If, as a result of the shots, a change in the weight of powder charge is found to be necessary, an additional allowance of two rounds, making five altogether, is authorized for each kind of powder, in order to determine the effect of the change made in the powder charge. No more of this allowance than is necessary to accomplish the object will be expended. This test firing will be conducted under the direction of the artillery district commander who will detail skilled officers for the purpose. Instructions for making alterations to powder charges are contained in Artillery Notes, No. 1, March 15, 1902. Where ballistic machines are not available for use in these tests the initial velocities developed will be determined by calculation. If calculation of initial velocities is resorted to, the elevations used, in order to secure as accurate determination of ranges as possible, should not be extreme elevations. Tests will not be had with mortars except as provided in paragraph 20, section III, below. 9. All firing, exclusive of the tests prescribed in paragraph 8, will, where practicable, be at moving targets. The moving target will be towed by a tug. If post transportation is not available for this purpose, tugs will be hired. If not already on hand towing targets will be improvised, care being taken to have their buoyancy sufficient to support the tow lines. A description of a towing target used successfully this year at Fort Monroe, Va., will be furnished. Suitable targets can probably be quickly improvised by the hire or purchase of small scows. One target will probably suffice for each district. 10. Attention is called to the following extract from Circular No. 5, these headquarters, current series: "With reference to the limits of ranges prescribed for target practice at moving targets in Drill Regulations for Coast Artillery, it is recommended that the restriction therein made, be amended so [*23442*] [*Artillery practice order. [8-15-02]*] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST, General Orders, } Governor's Island, New York City, No. 21. } August 15, 1902. 1. Pursuant to authority of the Acting Secretary of War, the following details of the methods of conducting target practice with coast artillery are published for the information and guidance of the commands taking part in the Combined Maneuvers in the Artillery Districts of Narragansett and New London. So much of General Order 36, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., 1901, as is inconsistent with this order is, by authority of the Acting Secretary of War, annulled. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE TARGET PRACTICE. 2. The main object of the target practice preliminary to the maneuvers is to determine the efficiency of each gun and mortar battery, as handled by the personnel which is to man it during the maneuvers, and to obtain data upon which to claim a just recognition or valuation of said efficiency. The target practice herein prescribed will be completed by August 31, 1902. 3. A permanent manning detail will be made at each post for the service of all the artillery material; by this is meant everything connected with the service of the guns, position finders, communications, electric plants, search lights, etc. Until the close of the maneuvers only such changes in these details as are absolutely necessary will be made. The number of men required to man a battery of guns is rarely a multiple of the authorized strength of a company. To man each battery, as required tactically, it will be necessary to disregard the regular company organization as the tactical unit. For instance, in the case of a mortar battery of 16 mortars, there are required, for the service of the mortars and ammunition alone, 288 men; add to this number the number of men required for other details in connection with the service of said mortar battery and it is manifest that about three companies, more or less, are required for one relief. Three companies, therefore, for the service of said mortar battery must be assigned to one commander—the senior officer of the three companies so assigned. These three companies, for drill and fighting purposes, will, throughout the period of target practice and maneuvers, be constantly under the command of this same officer. For purposes of administration and supply the ordinary company organization will of course prevail. 4. Fire and battery commanders, once detailed, will not be relieved at any time during the target practice and maneuver season. The other officers and the enlisted men will be arranged in two reliefs as far as practicable. 5. An amount of ammunition equal to that of the annual target practice allowance of all the companies in the maneuver districts is furnished by the Ordnance Department according to the tables pub[lished] [*23441*]. 2 lished in General Order No. 62, c. s., Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., and according to the assignment of companies directed in paragraph 8, Special Order 170, c. s., these Headquarters. In addition to the above an allowance of service ammunition, full weight projectiles and smokeless powder, is furnished on the following basis: 3 rounds for each 12-inch rifle. 4 rounds for each 10-inch rifle. 5 rounds for each 8-inch rifle. 2 rounds for each 12-inch mortar. 10 rounds for each 6, 5 and 4.7 inch R. F. gun. 20 rounds for each 15-pdr. and 6-pdr. R. F. gun. A detailed statement of ammunition to be supplied each gun and mortar battery for target practice is furnished separately to each post commander. 6. The kinds of ammunition furnished for guns are those designated on page 2, General Orders No. 62, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O. July 1, 1902. The charges for use with mortar batteries in the maneuver districts are those tabulated below, instead of those designated in Par. VII of the above order. All projectiles for mortars are to be of 800 lbs. weight, and the initial velocities and ranges tabulated below are for this projectile. ZONES FOR MORTAR FIRE. Initial Zone Breadth Over- Weights velocity limits of zone laps of Kind of Nos. of charge. yards yards yards Charges powder 1 620 f. s. 3000 to 3625 625 210 34 lbs. ⎫ 2 660 f. s. 3415 to 4110 695 220 36 lbs. 12 ozs. ⎪ 3 705 f. s. 3890 to 4650 760 275 41 lbs. 11 ozs. } Sphero hexagonal 4 750 f. s. 4375 to 5275 900 350 46 lbs. 2 ozs. ⎪ DuPont, Lot 2, 1898. 5 800 f. s. 4925 to 5950 1025 400 50 lbs. 13 ozs. ⎭ 6 853 f. s. 5550 to 6725 1175 450 33 lbs. ⎫ 7 917 f. s. 6275 to 7600 1325 350 36.4 lbs. ⎪ 8 1000 f. s. 7250 to 8800 1550 600 40.2 lbs. ⎪ 9 1080 f. s. 8200 to 9950 1750 1200 44.4 lbs. } DuPont smokeless 10 1130 f. s. 8750 to 10600 1850 47 lbs. ⎪ Lot 2 of 1900. 11 1220 f. s. To be calculated at posts. 51.6 lbs. ⎪ 12 1325 f. s. To be calculated at posts. 57 lbs. 6 ozs. ⎭ NOTE.—The mean range of three 800 lb, projectiles fired with an initial velocity of 1325 f. s. was 12,356 yards. The initial velocity was probably not quite that given above, as the temperature at the time the three shots were fired was 45 degrees, while that at the time of the test for I. V. was 80 degrees. 4 as to permit firing at moving targets at such ranges as the post commander may prescribe, with the approval of the commanding officer of the artillery district, the post commander being held responsible for all necessary and usual precautions as to safety of the range during firing." 11. Circular No. 12, these headquarters, current series, prescribes maximum length of tow lines for moving targets for which requisition shall be made. The actual length to be employed in any case is within the discretion of the district commander. The Board which tested the mortars at Fort Preble last year employed a tow line 900 yards in length, but recommended 600 yards as the length to be adopted. A tow line 500 yards long is thought to be the maximum length necessary for use with guns at maximum range. In firing heavy guns by case III at moving targets the precaution should be taken of stationing a man on the rear sighting platform to signal all clear before the gun is discharged. 12. The targets will be under the exclusive control of the artillery district commanders. Each battery commander will report to his fire commander and each fire commander will report to his district commander as soon as each battery is prepared to proceed with its target practice. This report will be made separately, if necessary, for each kind of ammunition to be fired in target practice when there is more than one kind assigned to the battery. Upon receipt of one or more of these reports the district commander will send the target into the field of fire of the fort at which he is about to order target practice. The courses of the target will be prescribed by the district commander. As soon as the district commander is informed of the near approach of the target to the field of fire of the fort concerned, he will direct the fire commander of that fort to order the call "to arms," and to begin practice with the first battery available for target practice. The fort being manned, the fire commander, using his position-finder, will designate the target to the commander of the battery he selects to fire first. This will invariably be the first notice to the battery commander that he is to practice on that day and at that particular time. The battery to practice having been designated, the position-finders of the other batteries may be utilized to make observations for the record of the battery firing in such way as may previously have been arranged; if not thus used, these position-finders will be employed in drill as provided below. The batteries not actually firing will be exercised in fire directions for at least 20 minutes, if the battery firing consumes that much or more time in its practice. If the position-finder of a battery drilling is being used to obtain records for the battery firing, drill will nevertheless be had for the 20 minutes without a position-finder. As soon as the first battery has finished its practice with the kind of ammunition designated, a second battery will be. 7 I. PRACTICE WITH HEAVY GUNS. An accurate record will be kept on blank forms to be provided. (1) Practice with smokeless practice charges. This practice will in any event be had before that with service smokeless, and if practicable, before that with B. P. powder. Range tables for this charge will be furnished. The non-arrival of these tables will not exempt from firing these charges. If the tables are not available, range firing only, without putting out a target, will be had, and all data which may be useful in preparing tables in future will be carefully collected. In this case, the firing of these charges will, so far as the battery personnel is concerned, partake of the nature of a drill and as high a rate of fire will be maintained as is consistent with accurate observation. The simulated salvo described in paragraph 19 will be the order of fire as in other cases. (2) Practice with brown prismatic service charges. This practice will be had before that with service smokeless powder. (3) Practice with service smokeless powder. This practice will be held last of all. An effort will be made to obtain the highest rate of fire consistent with accuracy. From the record will be determined the hits per gun per minute on the hypothetical target described in G. O. 36, A. G. O., series of 1901. This expression multiplied by an arbitrary factor, depending on the average range of the target as given below, will be taken as the relative efficiency of the battery. | | /-----------Factor for-----------\ | | Average range. | 8,10 or 12-inch | 12-inch barbette | | | disappearing guns.| guns. | | 2000 | 2.85 | 5.70 | | 3000 | 3.39 | 6.78 | | 4000 | 4.00 | 8.09 | | 5000 | 4.76 | 9.52 | | 6000 | 5.55 | 11.10 | | 7000 | 6.25 | 12.50 | | 8000 | 7.14 | 14.28 | | 9000 | 7.40 | 14.80 | | 10000 | 8.69 | 17.38 | | 11000 | 9.52 | 19.04 | By applying the above factor as directed, an expression will be obtained which will approach unity in accordance as the actual percentage of hits approaches that assumed as the probable maximum percentage for the average range. Thus different batteries can be compared for efficiency on a common basis. It is possible that unity may be exceeded in particular cases. This will be the case with any organization whose performance excels previous records. [*23444*] 5 assigned to the target, and so on. It is directed that all batteries of a fort will be manned by at least one relief during the target practice of any one battery. The second relief, where there is one, will be given equal opportunity with the first relief in manning the battery for practice, where this is possible without interrupting the continuity of the firing of any series of rounds. Some part, at least, of the practice of each fort will be had as early in the morning as there is daylight sufficient to see the targets distinctly at the ranges employed. Attention is called to the fact that practice in the very early morning, or as soon as the fog lifts, will in general obviate interference by passing vessels. With a fairly clear field of fire, and with the garrisons on the alert, it is expected that the entire target practice at any fort can be completed within two or three hours at most. Danger and safety signals between the officer on the tug and the fire and battery commanders will be arranged under the direction of the artillery district commander. 13. Speed and direction of target.—The following considerations will determine speed of target. For the practice at any battery there should be as great a range difference as possible between the position of the target when firing begins and when firing ceases, within the range limits of the battery firing. It should not move so fast as to prevent the battery firing all of its allowance of one kind of powder in a continuous series. In general, therefore, the shorter the interval between salvos, the greater should be the speed of target. A minimum speed of four miles an hour for heavy guns and mortars and of six miles an hour for R. F. guns is prescribed. 14. In approaching a gun battery the course of the target will be at least 45 degrees from the line of fire. In sailing away from a gun battery, the course of the target will be at least 60 degrees from the line of fire. For mortar battery practice the target may have at any range any direction with respect to line of fire, provided a tow line at least 600 yards long is used. The officer in charge of the tug will be directed to adapt, as far as practicable, the speed and direction of target to the conditions imposed by the allowances of ammunition for each of the zones for the mortar battery firing, the object being to obtain continuous firing of salvos. NOTE.—The maximum errors of all shots fired at the Preble tests were, for range, 383 yards, and for deviation, 197 yards. The average error of all salvos was, for range, 52 yards, and for deviation, 34 yards. 15. During target practice in the district, a permanent detail, to include at least one officer, will be stationed on the tug. This detail will be equipped with one or more suitable devices for measuring the error of shot splashes on the line perpendicular to the tow line joining tug and target. The information thus obtained, will be preferred in the determination of errors to any information obtained [*23443*]. 6 from the shore. The other co-ordinate of the shot splash, referred to target, namely, the co-ordinate that is perpendicular to the line of fire, will be determined by an angle measuring instrument on shore, near as possible to the gun firing. 16. The following rule will be invariably followed in the target practice with all guns and mortars. The battery commander, in all except test firing (Par. 8), will be restricted for observation and correction of fire, solely to the Instrumental equipment assigned to his battery for service conditions, and he may use any information as to position of shot splashes he obtains by this means. 17. Under the direction of the fire commander, when firing at moving targets, a separate record will be kept of the position (azimuth only) of shot splashes and of the actual position (azimuth and range) of the target at the instant the shot strikes. This information is solely for the purpose of record, and will not be given the battery commander during the firing. The range errors will be determined as prescribed in paragraph 15. The range error of shot splash may also be determined from the shore independently of battery commander, but the range error determined on the tag will be preferred when available. 18. The fire commander alone will finally determine the length of all interruptions to fire and whether or not these interruptions are to be counted in favor of the battery firing or against it. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRACTICE WTIH GUNS. 19. Except in the preliminary tests referred to in Par. 8, and except in the case of rapid fire guns, all firing will be by simulated salvo. The guns and mortars will be loaded and aimed or laid simultaneously, and will be fired at the smallest interval consistent with accurate observation of shot splashes. It is thought this interval need not be more than 10 seconds in any case and may be as short as 2 or 3 seconds. The time used in securing this interval will not be counted as affecting rate of fire. The guns will all be laid or aimed at the same point and the shots plotted with reference to the position of the target when the first shot of the salvo strikes the water; or, corrections may be made for movement of target between shots, and the shots plotted with reference to actual position of target when each shot strikes the water. In all cases the shots will be plotted with reference to actual position of target at time shot strikes as distinguished from predicted position. 20. Paragraph 5, General Orders No. 36, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., series of 1901,will not be applied. Substitute therefor the following: For convenience of reference practice will be divided into classes as follows: I. Practice with heavy guns, 8, 10, and 12-inch B. L. R. II. Practice with rapid fire guns and movable armament. III. Practice with mortars. 8 The actual efficiency of fire of each battery is E¹ (hits per gun per minute) = H/NT, in which H = the total number of hits, N = number of guns in the battery, T = time in minutes from beginning observations for prediction for first salvo until last salvo strikes the water, excluding authorized interruptions. When a battery has fired its allowance of ammunition it will at once take up simulated firing and continue same until at least thirty minutes shall have elapsed, counting from the time practice began, and allowing for interruptions. If interruptions of practice occur, due to passing vessels or other cause exterior to the battery, the time so consumed will be kept note of and be deducted from the time actually employed in firing. II. PRACTICE WITH RAPID FIRE GUNS AND MOVABLE ARMAMENT. An effort will be made to obtain the highest rate of fire consistent with accuracy. From the record will be determined the hits per gun per minute on the hypothetical target described above and this expression will be taken as the service efficiency of the battery. No position finders are to be used, but such range data as can be communicated from any position finder station without interfering with the use of that station in the general problem of fire control and direction may be communicated to the battery commander. Accurate observation of the course of the target and the position of the splashes will be made independently of the fire and battery commanders and will not be communicated to them during the firing. The allowance of each gun of the battery will be fired before proceeding to the next gun, and while one gun is firing the others will simulate fire. When allowance of ammunition is exhausted, simulated fire will be continued by the whole battery for at least 20 minutes from time when actual firing began. During target practice rapid fire batteries of large caliber will not be required to fire at extreme ranges or be allowed to fire at ranges less than 1500 yards. Rapid fire batteries of small caliber will not be allowed to fire at extreme ranges nor at ranges less than 1000 yards. III. PRACTICE WITH MORTARS. (1) If interruptions occur advantage will be taken of same to change reliefs in order to give as many men practice as possible. (2) Ammunition for Mortars.—Sufficient powder in bulk, smokeless and sphero-hexagonal, for the maneuver districts, with a supply of cartridge bags, have been ordered to be issued to the posts in the maneuver districts, to enable the artillery to make up charges of proper weights and number, to meet the requirement tabulated in paragraph 6 of this order. The smokless powder to be used is DuPont lot 2 of 1900 (also used for the Fort Preble tests), and the weights of charges have been determined for that particular lot,. 9 which should, therefore, be the only kind of powder used during the target practice. A difference in temperature will result in a difference of velocity, but, other things being equal, this difference will not cause a variation in range that cannot be allowed for by the observation correction method prescribed below for mortars. Each cartridge of smokeless powder, no matter what its weight, should contain an igniter of ten ounces of the same kind of fine grain black powder at each end of the bag, or twenty ounces added to the weight of smokeless powder given. There must be no reduction of igniter for reduced smokeless powder charges. A slight variation from the given velocity may be expected when firings are made from a cold piece. The temperature of the air at the time of firing will be recorded. As great care has been taken in determining the weights necessary to give the velocities prescribed for both the smokeless and sphero-hexagonal powder for this practice, it can be assumed that the variations in velocity will be negligible and that preliminary ballistic tests, if care is exercised by the artillery in preparing cartridges, can be omitted. In order, however, to test the above assumption, not more than 3 trial shots may be fired for range before proceeding with the series. One will probably be sufficient. These trial shots will not be counted in determining efficiency. All projectiles will be brought to a uniform weight of 800 lbs. If this is not possible the projectiles will not be used. Method of Target Practice with Mortars.—The order of fire will be by simulated salvo of four mortars. The mortars will be loaded and laid simultaneously with the same azimuth and elevation, and will be fired at the smallest interval consistent with accurate observation of individual shot splashes. It is thought that this interval need not exceed ten seconds. The time lost in this simulation of the salvo will not be counted in the rate of fire. Following the recommendation of the Preble Board, no atmospheric corrections will be applied before or during practice with mortars. Therefore corrections for each salvo, both in range and azimuth, must be made by observation on the preceding salvo. For purposes of obtaining data for record, two azimuth measuring instruments will be placed as near the battery as possible, one to obtain azimuth of target at moment of first splash and the other to obtain the azimuth of each individual splash. Errors of each shot, along line perpendicular to travel of target, will be taken on board the tug by an observer or observers, equipped with a suitable device. After target practice all shots will be plotted with reference to the position of the center of the target at the moment of the first splash of the simulated salvo. Therefore corrections for movement of the target will have to be applied to the observations of the 2d, 3d, and 4th shots of the salvo. The battery commander may use any aids [*23445*] 11 prediction for first salvo until last salvo of practice strikes the water, excluding authorized interruptions. { 1.00 between 9000 and 12000 yards range. f = { .90 between 6000 and 9000 yards range. { .80 between 3000 and 6000 yards range. The actual efficiency of fire of each battery is E¹ = hits per gun per minute. = H/4T NOTE: —The factor "four" is used in the above formula because during this practice all mortar batteries are limited to salvos of four. No pit will be loaded until the preceding salvo has been fired. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MacARTHUR: THOMAS H. BARRY, Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Captain 2d Infantry. Aide-de-camp. [*23446*]. 10 to observation (horizontal base system, etc.), assigned as a part of the permanent service equipment of his own fire direction system, but no aid will be furnished by observers on the tug or by those on shore not under his direction. NOTE.—At batteries which are provided with but one D. P. F. instrument and which must therefore do both the work of tracking and of observation, the following plan is suggested for trial, but is not prescribed if a better can be devised. The D. P. F. having been set for the point at which the target is expected at the end of the "third" minute, the command "fire" is given as the target crosses (provided, of course, the B. C. considers it advisable). Next take the range and azimuth of the target (not the 1st splash) at the moment of 1st splash. This gives the first point for the next prediction and also the position of the target at the time of delivery of the simulated salvo. Next take the range and azimuth errors of the 3d splash (20 seconds later) in order to refer the 3d splash to the position of target at 1st splash (previously plotted). These will be the observed errors to apply to the next predicted position. Ten seconds after the 4th splash take observation on target. This gives a second position of target 40 sec. after the 1st position already plotted. One more 20 second observation will therefore give the full minute travel of target to be used in obtaining the next predicted position. Plotting Shots.—After target practice all shots will be plotted and hits estimated as prescribed for mortars by G. O. 36, A. G. O., 1901. The target is the deck of a battleship, 360 x 72, assumed in two positions and an average taken. The center of this target to be the centre of the actual target at moment of first splash. Deducting the time lost in simulating a salvo, it is expected that the rates of delivery of salvos will not exceed four minutes. To increase the probability of hits under actual service conditions all the mortars of a battery would be fired as a single salvo. During target practice fire will be by pits of four. If the allowance of saluting charges is considered sufficient, all mortars should be fired simultaneously in each battery during the maneuvers. If the allowance is not sufficient as many mortars as practicable will be fired by pits of four. Relative Efficiency Formula for Mortars.—The relative efficiency of the four mortar batteries in the maneuver districts will be determined from the following formula: 30 H 7.5 H E = --------- X f = --------- X f. 4 T T in which E = efficiency { H = 4/10 of a hit. = unity when { T = 3 minutes. { f = 1. H = total number of hits during practice. T = equals time (minutes) from beginning of observations for the [* [Enclosed in Barry, 8-19-02] *]the statistical number of the "Chicago Tribune". If you have never looked over the list of murders, which has mounted within a few years from about 3,000 to 7,000 or 8,000, you will be surprised at that exhibition of impunity to crime. For my part, I am frank to acknowledge that I consider the destruction of a whole tribe of Indians or a whole island full of low class, half breed Malays and other savages as of infinitely less account than the blotting out of a single God-fearing, hard-working American pioneer's family, and I will add that I cannot see how any man of sound human instincts can severely condemn an officer of the United States for retaliating severely upon human beings who not only treacherously murder, but atrociously torture our fellow citizens. There is a tremendous amount of goody-goody nonsense on this whole subject, which ought to be met by the sternest assertion [*P.F. Pr.*] [*ack 8/27/1902*] Embassy of the United States of America. Berlin. Hotel Metropole, Bad Homburg, August 15, 1902. PERSONAL. Theodore Roosevelt, Esq., President of the United States, Oyster Bay, New York. My dear Mr. President: In answer to the question contained in your letter of July 22, I did intend to refer to the leading article in one of the last Atlantic Monthlies. It struck me as one more example of that pseudo-philanthropic, tepid bosh which has done so much to take the temper out of American character in some parts of our country; but this was not all. I had received a long letter from one of the excellent gentry given to that sort of thing, declaring that the murder of your predecessor was really the [*23447*]fault of the American people; that the assassin was to be pitied; that he was the natural result of American conditions; that instead of putting him to death, he ought to have been coddled and carefully educated to see the error of his ways, etc., etc. And all this in spite of the fact that this miserable creature was living under better and more hopeful conditions than his family had ever known; that he had opportunities and privileges such as they had never had, and that he was allowed to take the Chief Magistrate of the United States by the hand and to be received by him, not merely perfunctorily, but cordially, as Mr. M'Kinley, to your knowledge and mine, was wont to receive his fellow citizens. I have preached to large audiences at various American universities and elsewhere on this subject. This sham philanthropy is bringing a long train of evils. The poor creatures who feel themselves to be "superior persons" because they are the victims of it, do not realize that the condition into which they have brought our penal laws, making the conviction of the worst criminals so often an impossibility, delaying proceedings against murderers under all sorts of futile pretexts, throwing around criminals the protection of legal doctrines devised in the Middle Ages to protect the weak man against the strong and securing pardons for them when convicted has made high crime, especially the crime of murder, more easy and more frequent than in any other civilized country, save possibly some parts of lower Italy and Sicily. Let me commend to your notice on the coming 31st of December 23448 Embassy of the United States of America. Berlin. of sound doctrine. Great Britain, by her common sense laws for the repression of crime and by her vigorous administration of speedy justice, keeps down the crime of murder to the very lowest point, and this in spite of the fact that the avenues to wealth and even competency are, in that country, closed as with us they are not. The sham philanthropists never reflect that their constant rescuing of criminals from punishment undoubtedly results in the death of large numbers of innocent people, and the goody-goody critics of our army do not realize that the failure to bring speedy retaliatory justice on those who indulge in inhuman modes of fighting leads the offenders to think that we cannot or dare not punish them. [*23449*]Pardon me for answering you at such length; but on this subject I feel very deeply. Years ago, President Woolsey of Yale preached a baccalaureate sermon to my class of "righteous anger". He was a noble man, a deeply Christian man, if there ever was one; but he recognized the folly of the mushy, slushy treatment of offenses against the human race, and his sermon has been a useful tonic to my thinking ever since. I am looking forward with longing to the final relief from official work, which I expect you to give me, very much as I used to look, in my schoolboy days, toward vacation. In what little of life there is to be left me, I hope to be of some use unofficially in stirring up the conscience of our fellow citizens regarding this and some other wretched weaknesses, which are costing us so dear. With most respectful and kindly messages to your family, I remain, my dear Mr. President, Most respectfully and sincerely yours, And. D. White [*23450*][*Aug 16. 1902 Rochambeau*] Monsieur le Président, Je viens de recevoir le si aimable et si précieux souvenir que vous avez bien voulu nous envoyer et je vous prie d'agréer, de la part de la Comtesse de Rochambeau et de la mienne, avec l'expression de notre bien vive reconnaissance, toutes mes excuses pour l'indiscrétion très-grande qu'a commise, presque en mon nom, mon excellent [*23451*]ami, Monsieur T. St John Gaffney. Lors de son séjour a Foltertre, j'ai eu l'imprudence de lui dire mon regret de n'avoir pu joindre, aux pièces intéressantes qui nous rappellent les étapes de notre féérique voyage sur la terre américaine, un souvenir particulier de l'accueil si bienveillant que vous avez bien voulu nous faire a Washington. Je l'ai bien grondé d'avoir ainsi fait part d'une pensée que je n'aurais osé exprimer, mais je lui suis bien reconnaissant puisque je possède le plus aimable souvenir que je pouvais rêver. Croyez, Monsieur le Président, que la Comtesse, ni moi, nous ne pourrons oublier la cordialité que vous avez bien voulu nous né pourrons oublier la cordialité que vous avez bien voulu nous témoigner et veuillez agréer, avec nos bien sincères remercîments, l'expression de tout notre respect. Comte de Rochambeau 16 Aout 1902 [*23452*]Be assured, Mr. President, that the Countess and I will never forget the cordiality which you showed to us, and be pleased to accept, with our sincere thanks, the expression of all our respect. COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU. August 16, 1902. [*23454*] [*[8-16-02]*] [*P.F.*] Mr. President, I have just received the amiable and valued souvenir which you were so good as to send us and beg you to accept on the part of the Countess of Rochambeau and myself the expressions of our heartfelt gratitude, together with my apologies for the great indiscretion committed almost in my name by my good friend Mr. St. John Gaffney. I was so imprudent as to express to him during his stay at Foltertre my regret that among the interesting mementoes of our fairy voyage on American soil was not included a special souvenir of your friendly welcome to us at Washington. I scolded him for having repeated a thought which I should not have ventured to express, but I am grateful since I owe to it the possession of the most amiable souvenir of which I could have dreamed. [*23453*] [*ppf*] The Waldorf-Astoria New York. Aug. 16. 1902 My Dear Mr. President: I have asked Chairman Babcock to take this note to you. I have been over the Congressional District to-night with him and several members of his Executive Committee. I am alarmed at the situation, unless financial aid is furnished we will lose the House, neither you or I can permit this. You know my views as to your action. You can [*23455*] Be assured, Mr. President, that the Countess and I will never forget the cordiality which you showed to us, and be pleased to accept, with our sincere thanks, the expression of all our respect. COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU. August 16, 1902. I have just received the amiable and valued souvenir which you were so good as to send us and beg you to accept on the part of the Countess of Rochambeau and myself the expressions of our heartfelt gratitude, together with my apologies for the great indiscretion committed almost in my name by my good friend Mr. St. John Gaffney. I was so imprudent as to express to him during his stay at Foltertre my regret that among the interesting mementoes of our fairy voyage on American soil was not included a special souvenir of your friendly welcome to us at Washington. I scolded him for having repeated a thought which I should not haveI have been over the Congressional District to-night with him and several members of his Executive Committee. I am alarmed at the situation, unless financial aid is furnished we will lose the House, neither you or I can permit this. You know my views as to your action. You can [*23455*] Be assured, Mr. President, that the Countess and I will never forget the cordiality which you showed to us, and be pleased to accept, with our sincere thanks, the expression of all our respect. COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU. August 16, 1902. [*23454*] I have just received the amiable and valued souvenir which you were so good as to send us and beg you to accept on the part of the Countess of Rochambeau and myself the expressions of our heartfelt gratitude, together with my apologies for the great indiscretion committed almost in my name by my good friend Mr. St. John Gaffney. I was so imprudent as to express to him during his stay at Foltertre my regret that among the interesting mementoes of our fairy voyage on American soil was not included a special souvenir of your friendly welcome to us at Washington. I scolded him for having repeated a thought which I should not have ventured to express, but I am grateful since I owe to it the possession of the most amiable souvenir of which I could have dreamed. [*23453*] The Waldorf-Astoria New York. Aug. 16. 1902 My Dear Mr. President: I have asked Chairman Babcock to take this note to you. I have been over the Congressional District to-night with him and several members of his Executive Committee. I am alarmed at the situation, unless financial aid is furnished we will lose the House, neither you or I can permit this. You know my views as to your action. You can [*23455*] You know my views as to your action. You can not personally take that matter in hand, but there are members of your Cabinet who certainly can. Atty. Genl. Knox holds a golden key to the seat of wealth - Pittsburgh & he ought to put that key at work. Mr Payne has wealth & close connections with wealth. These gentlemen, Troy, Hay & Secy. Hitchcock are all able to help, & potentially The situation is critical & all must undeniably help. Very Truly Yours D. B. Henderson [*23456*][*L*} [*ackd PPF*] House of Representatives, U. S. Washington, D.C. New York, August 16th, 1902. President Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Theodore:-- I understand from a telephone conversation with Gov. Odell that you have acceeded to the various changes in the program he [sent] detailed, [for] which contemplates the appointment of Ray as Judge and Sherman as Commissioner. I have for the first time felt the effect of Senator Platt's vindictive attacks; and have of course felt keenly about many of the untruthful statements scattered through the press by those who get their points from him. I Think before I get through I will have my say, and let the public know the truth plainly. Platt at no time has been able to defeat me for re-nomination, though his control of the political machine can prevent any nomination from being regularly made, unless Odell compels him to take his hands off, which he means to do. Creed M. Fulton, candidate for Commissioner of the District of Columbia, has furnished me with an unending amount of material in his support. I think you ought to be advised that West who, as he supposes, is his chief competitor, would be largely under the influence of Senator Gorman and John R. McLean, which I feel ought to count strongly against him. You no doubt have been informed [*23457*]House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D.C. August 16th, 1902. (2) of the many other reasons for and against these candidates so that I will only again emphasize the fact that I know Fulton is a clean, straight forward, liberal-minded Democrat; a man who has won my confidence and I feel sure would prove capable, worthy and conscientious. Faithfully yours, Lucius N. Littauer [*[Littauer]*] Dic. L.N.L. [*23458*]COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK Rye Beach, N. H. August 17, 1902 PRESIDENT'S ROOM My dear Mr President, I return Assistant Secretary Ryan's letter as to the vacancy in the Board of Indian Commissioners. There is a mistake somewhere. I thought that there were two vacancies; due to the recent deaths of Messrs. Lyon of New York & Beardshear of Iowa. Best wishes for your trip to New England. I wish that you were coming this way. I say "Amen" for every hour of your letters of the 13th about the tariff. To begin active agitation now would surely disturb business & perhaps bring about a political resistance. On the other hand, to show no signs of doing anything - combined with [*23459*][*ppf*] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK PRESIDENT'S ROOM (2) other things - heads bring on a political reaction. The part of wisdom, it seems to me, is by conference & suggestion (not public) to prepare the party leaders for a policy of "doing something" in 1905-6. Do you suppose that you could get reciprocity treaties negotiated & passed, if Congress were to - said turned - first pass a joint resolution on this subject reaffirming the provisions of this Dingley Bill on this subject & forging this principle of a maximum & a minimum tariff for the diplomatists to work on? This only gives way. Always sincerely yours. Nicholas Murray Butler To the President Oyster Bay, N.Y. [*23460*]So did [th] the Senators at Detroit all seem pleased. I am looking forward as you may imagine to seeing you. I shall be with you throughout your trip in the State both going & coming. Love to Edith, Ever Yrs H. C. Lodge [*PPF*] Aug 17th 1902 United States Senate Washington, D. C. Dear Theodore I got back last night from McMillan's funeral – a melancholy journey & found your telegram & letter which I answered as best I could by wire. When you see Cortelyou's telegram you will understand why I replied as I did from Detroit. it is too bad that you [*23461*]here so I could not advise. Glad to hear what you say about Forbes but shall not mention it. He must take his chance of course. Mr Hoar still growls mildly about Holmes not being a great lawyer but he is quieting & is good-natured already & all is well. I have never known a nomination received in the press with such a chorus of praise, here & everywhere. McComas who has read H's books & decisions speaks of him in the highest terms. have to go to Boston & you may be sure that we do not want you to. But the first schedule having provided for it they got their minds set & it would not have done to change afterwards. I know what a strain the conventional wayside speech is but you need not talk more than 5 minutes in either Lynn or Boston It is really to show yourself & no more. I know nothing whatever about Bloomfield & his settlement. It is not well known [*23462*]you here, and you will let us know of how many your party would attend? Hoping very much we may be fortunate enough to catch you, I am with love from Mamma, Yours Sincerely Emily Tuckerman - [*[Tuckerman]*] August 17 02 [*[8-17-02]*] [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 8/19/1902*] INGLESIDE, STOCKBRIDGE. Dear Mr. President, Mamma has just read from the local paper that you and a party of friends are to pass through Stockbridge, on the 3d September, [*23463*]pleasure. We have not seen you here since you came from Albany, as governor — and we could ask people to meet you, or not, as you preferred. If you will come, we shall try to persuade Edith by an and I write to see, thinking you and your friends will lunch with us that day before taking the train - and at what hour? This would give us a great deal of [*23464*]Cortelyou will be able to extract you and your immediate party from the shouting multitude of statesmen who will surround you. If Cabot Lodge is with you - the papers say so - we will be delighted to have him. But as to the "second" of state offices &c, of which the Concord papers speak, if they come they will have to sleep sub jove frigido. There is not a tavern in sight. And besides, we have things to talk about. I am just beginning — this week — to get some profit of my rest Yours faithfully John Hay [*GBC Please note & return*] [*P.P.F.*] Newbury N. H. Aug 18.1902 Dear Theodore I can hardly think it possible the being a Catholic should make an Ambassador persona non grata at Vienna, a Catholic Court. Some years ago they objected to Keiley because his wife was a Jewess, but that is a gray mare of another color. There is a bare possibility that they may have heard of Mr. and Mrs. Storers' devotion to the Papacy, and might consider them more ultramontane than is desirable - but I should be sure they would make [*23465*]no objection on that score. I take it for granted that their relation with the Queen Regt. of Spain were not so unpleasant as to induce her to blacklist them with her kinfolk in Austria. Is there any particular reason in your mind why Storer should go to Vienna rather than Petersburg or Berlin, or why McCormick should go to Russia rather than remain where he is? Storer is of course the ablest man of the lot —the best lawyer &c. He would be of more use to us in Petersburg than McCormick— if you were thinking of that alone;—and would do better than Tower in Berlin if other considerations did not intervene. I am looking forward with great pleasure to greeting you on the 28th in our little shanty in the hills. I read disquieting accounts in the papers of your royal progress "fashioned in splendor and girded with praise." But I suppose the imperturbable [*23466*]GEBBIE AND COMPANY, 1710 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. August 18, 1902. Mr. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Oyster Bay, L. I. My dear Sir:- Under separate cover we are sending you a proof of each of the two portraits of President Roosevelt, one in the costume of the Rough Riders and the other is street costume. Will you kindly have the President examine these and criticize the likeness. If they are satisfactory to him we wish to accept them from the artists and being printing. You may retain these two prints if you desire. Yours very truly, GEBBIE & COMPANY. A. R. Keller [*23467*][For 1. attachment see ca8-18-1902][shorthand] [*Ackd 8/19/1902 P.F.*] The Cloisters Newport, Rhode Island August 18 1902, To the President As far as I can see and hear I think "it is coming your way". We will lose at least two Congressmen in Maryland - McComas should not have had such a controversy over the appointments. This will not affect you. I am Your obedient servant, Lloyd Lowndes " [*23468*]to arbitrate about the Isle of Wight. I always said—"If our case's so strong as you say what possible ground have we for refusing to arbitrate." Now what am I & people like me to say if we are reminded of this. Personally I would cut off my right hand to avoid a quarrell with America but at the same time I feel one must stand by one's own, & if Canada was invaded by the United States I must do all in my power for Canada. It's horrible even to write like this & God grant it may never be, but I cannot help seeing how difficult it will be for us not to back up Canada & demand for arbitration if Canada [drags?] it on us in a reasonable way. Is there any strong reason why we should not go on with Monday 18 August 1902 Station, Beacon L. & S.W.R. Newlands Corner, Merrow, Guildford. [*ack 8/29/02*] Dear Mr President. I have to thank you for two most interesting letters —the last kindly returning the Wauchope's letter. I think it's typical of the spirit of our best officers. We had here this past Saturday to Monday three officers for some little maneuvres [*23470*]of my local Rifle Club. One of them was a Captain in the Scots Guards (The Master of Ruthven) The other an MP who was a very gallant Captain in the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa (Major Seeley), but of course a pure civilian soldier like yourself. The other was his subaltern Mr Johnson an official in the Scottish Education Office. All three saw a great deal of service & all took very much Wauchope's line about the Boers. My only fear's that we shall (as we are as apt as a nation to do) over do it & make the Boers think we are really afraid of them & are sympathetic out of a guileful timidity. I shall be deeply interested to talk with you about the Alaska boundary question. It's a kind of night-mare to me. I see of course your objection to Arbitration, but I also see what a terrible position it will put us into here if you refuse & specially people like me who insisted that the Americans demand for arbitration in the case of Venezuela must be yielded to. When people said to me that it was [?] & that we might just as well yield to a claim [*23471*]the present modus vivendi? Station, Beacon L.&S.W.R. Newland Corner, Merrow, Guildford. However when most pessimistic over this wretched boundary squabble I remember that you are President of the United States & that Balfour's our Prime Minister & I know that both of you would count your political lives failures if war came between the two English speaking nations in your times. If only we could settle that Canada boundary I see very few other subjects for quarrelling ahead of us. I am looking [*23472*]forward more than I can say to see you in the flesh & hearing you talk on the many points, [of] which I know we have both at heart. I am afraid I am a terrible letter writer. I will not however bother you again except for a letter at the beginning of October to let you know our date of arrival in Washington i.e. some time about the 20 November. With all good hopes for the United States in all her ventures by sea & land, but with a special hope that she may not be forced to intervene in that pest-house physical, moral & climatic Hayti I am dear Mr President Yours very faithfully J St Loe Strachey [*23473*][*Ackd 8/19/1902 P.F.*] CUSTOM HOUSE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. NEW YORK. August 18, 1902. The President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Mr. President: It is intended to lay the corner stone of the new Custom House in this city the latter part of September or early in October. I imagine that occasionally the President is pleased to embrace an opportunity when he may with propriety speak upon public questions, and it occurred to me that this might be a fitting occasion to give utterance in your own State. I recall that President McKinley made the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the new Post Office at Chicago one for important public expression. Would you care to say something on the occasion, and, if so , would you be able to say what date would be most convenient for you? Of course I have made no mention of the subject to any one else, but I should be very happy if you should conclude to appear at that time. I have the honor to be, Yours very sincerely, N. N. Stranahan [[shorthand]] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR PHILIPPINES. MANILA. OFFICE OF THE COMMISIONER. August 18, 1902. ackd 9-26-1902 ppy To his Excellency the President of the United States, Washington, D.C., My dear Colonel, Theodore Roosevelt: It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the sudden death of Harry W. Hash, Duty Sergenat of A Troop of the Rough Riders. He was given decent funeral in Manila; his body was embalmed and shipped to the States, to his sister Mrs. C. T. Thompson, of Globe, Arizona, for internment, as she may direct. The other Rough Riders in the Philippines are living without complaint from others, and so far as we know at this time, are unneedful of help from anyone. It is regretable for us of the Philippine Association of Rough Riders that we have been compelled to report to you the death of two of our Association, Capt. R. C. Day and Harry W. Nash,, but these are the lines of life and we must accept the results whatever they may be. The Rough Riders of the Philippines are still with you as heretofore, and as in Cuba, and it has not come to my knowledge that any member of that organization has contributed in any way to prevent the successful carrying out of the policy of the American Government in the Philippine Islands. The Bill passed by Congress has been a great disappointment to most of the American population in the Philippine Islands, but we all know that the work was not yours. 23475We of us who are miners must return to the States to enter into other lines of business. With expressions of highest consideration to Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice and the kids, and with best wishes for yourself, as you know always obtains, consider me always, as heretofore, Your old color sergeants, Albert P. Wright P.O.Box 327 - Manila K. [*23476*]Copyright 1900, by G.G. Rockwood, N.Y.OFFICERS Chairman: JOSEPH W. BABCOCK, - of Wisconsin. Vice-Chairman: JAMES S. SHERMAN, - of New York. Secretary: JESSE OVERSTREET, - - of Indiana. Treasurer: WM. B. THOMPSON, of Washington, D. C. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOHN A. T. HULI, - - of Iowa. JOSEPH G. CANNON, - of Illinois. DAVID H. MERCER, - of Nebraska. H. C. LOUDENSLAGER, of New Jersey. C. A. RUSSELL, - - of Connecticut. W. C. LOVERING, - of Massachusetts. WILLIAM CONNELL, of Pennsylvania. VICTOR H. METCALF, - of California. E. C. BURLEIGH, - - of Maine. HEADQUARTERS Republican Congressional Committee 1135 Broadway New York [*ackd Enc. returned P. F.*] Aug. 19, 1902. The President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. President:– Enclosed please find a letter from Senator Lodge, that will explain itself. After talking with Secretary Shaw, we had advised Senator Lodge that it would be impossible to assign him to Boston, and fix a date at this time for early in October, for several reasons. In the first place, Mr. Shaw's presence would make three Cabinet Officers present at one meeting, in a section of country where we could hope for no results. The Secretary himself, does not want to divide time with anyone, and Senator Lodge has positively declined to go out of the State of Massachusetts for the Committee. I have referred this letter to you because of the statement of Colonel Guild, that you had assured him that both Secretaries Shaw and Root would be present. We take it for granted that Secretary Moody will also be present, but we want to carry out any suggestions you have made. Very truly, J M Babcock [*23479*][*For 4. enclosures see, 5-31-02 7-22-02 8-15-02 1902*] GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NEW YORK 19 August 1902. Dear Mr. President: That you may have information first hand as to the combined Army & Navy manoeuvres I take the liberty of sending the enclosures hoping you may be able to spare a moment or two to look them over. [*23480*]If the army profits no more than it already has, the manoeuvers will have more than paid for themselves. Officers and men are keyed up to the highest pitch of professional efficiency & zeal & the two involved artillery districts have been advanced much in preparedness. Your well known interest in the affairs of the two services is my apology for this intrusion. With warm personal regards Faithfully Yours Thomas H. Barry [*Barry*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt President. [*23481*] Papers marked confidential should not be made public. T. H. B.120 Broadway. New York. August 19, 1902. Dear Mr. President:- Your letter of the 16th covering copy of a proposed speech to be made by you reached me this morning, although dated and mailed at Oyster Bay on the 17th inst., and was stamped "Received at the New York Post Office" on the evening of the 18th, and received by me this morning. My day has been so much occupied that I have not had an opportunity until after 5 o'clock to read it, which I have just done and am hastening to return it so that you may receive it as requested by tomorrow, Wednesday. If I heard you make the speech just as it is written my comment would probably be "That is good" as it certainly is, to my mind, but there are a few points touched upon which I think are a little broad and if stated by anyone than yourself there would not be attached to it so much importance. It seems to me that the great object which we all have in mind to work for is that there shall be established a better understanding and confidence as between the managers of the important combinations and the public, who are in fact the law makers, and the first step in that direction will undoubtedly be the establishing of confidence between the administrators of the laws as they exist and the establishers and managers of the combinations who are sought to be controlled. I am convinced that these feelings once established and the publicity to be given of the intention and conduct of combinations will tend to eliminate the distrust on both sides which now seems to exist. If, on the other 23482-2- hand stringent laws were attempted to be enacted it might arouse distrust and fear and might result in sudden restriction of enterprise such as followed the enactment of the Compromise Sherman Silver Bill of '89. The continual reference by our leading men in their public statements about over-capitalization, I believe, unless some special case is specifically referred to, is apt to create unwarranted prejudice upon the part of the people at large. After all, does not the good or evil effects of wise or unwise laws largely rest upon those who are to administer them. But in view of the rapid strides which have been made during the last few years and to which you so ably refer, in the increase of wealth and enlargement of combinations, would it not be well to have a little patience to see first what the result is to be, so far as it affects the people at large, before any radical change in existing constitutional laws is attempted. With due appreciation for the courtesy you have shown to me and assuring you of my willingness at all times to assist in consideration and determination of these great questions, I am yours to command. Very sincerely, E.H. Harriman To The President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*23483*][*Ackd CF*] War Department Office of the Assistant Secretary Washington, D.C. CONFIDENTIAL August 19, 1902. My dear Mr. President: Replying to your inquiry with reference to the possibility of vacancies in the Philippines Commission, I beg to call your attention to a statement in the letter from Governor Taft to the Secretary of War, which was confidential and personal, dated Rome, Italy, July 5th, a copy of which was sent to you shortly after the departure of the Secretary, in which Governor Taft says: "Wheeler of California is getting a little impatient at Moses staying so long. Moses does less work than anybody in the Commission and is likely to stay indefinitely with the salary as it is. If Wheeler could be made to understand that the time has come to demand the return of Moses, I think the proper result could be brought about." Probably the best way to secure Moses' resignation would be to have an intimation given to Wheeler that he should demand Moses' return. This, of course, can be supplemented at the proper time by such action as may be necessary on the part of Gov. Taft. You will also notice that Gov. Taft refers to the possibility of Worcester's going into business. This is at present a subject which is considered absolutely [*23484*]-2- confidential, but it is possible that after Gov. Taft arrives at Manila some communication on the subject may be received. Very sincerely yours, Wm. Cary Sanger The President. [*23485*][*[See Attach. Ca 8- 19-02]*] WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D. C. August 19, 1902 Dear Mr. Loeb: Will you have the kindness to send me a copy of the letter which I sent to the President with the application of General Miles for authority to visit the Philippines. Very sincerely yours, W. Sanger Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Acting Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. [*23486*]Aug 19 War Department Office of the Assistant Secretary. Washington, D.C. [*see*] [?] [*Misc*] [* 7/20/02*] Dear Mr. President Enclosed I send you copy of letter to the Secretary from Mr. Wright Sincerely Yours Wm Cary Sanger [*23487*] UNOFFICIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL. War Department Office of the Assistant Secretary Washington, D.C. August 19, 2902. [*wired Sanger*] [*9-2-1902*] My dear Mr. Cortelyou: I inclose the two forms of communication which were discussed by us today, and I should be pleased if you would get from the President an expression of his views as to which he thinks the better. My own views, as expressed to you, are very positive. Will you also let me have for my personal guidance, information as to whether the President personally desires the appointment of Campbell. If he really wishes it done, a way can be found. There is now a vacancy in the Philippine Civil Service Commission. The position pays $3,000 a year. It is exempted from examination under the Civil Service rules and the appointment is made by the Commission. The position is one of great importance, but if the President thinks that Mr. Campbell is qualified for the place and desires him to have it, it can probably be so arranged. I should be glad to hear from you with reference to these two matters, when you have had a chance to talk with the President. Very sincerely yours W Sanger Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. P.S. If the shorter form [*shorthand notation*] [*23488*] is used, perhaps the President would wish to add "and you will sail from this country on or about Sept 15th". The President will [explain] tell to you if he considers this important enough to put in the official reply. WCS FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. JAMES H. SOUTHARD, Ohio, Chairman. Edward S. Minor, Wis. Samuel D. Woods, Cal. Ebenezer J. Hill, Conn. Charles F. Chochran, Mo. Henry S. Boutell, Ill. John F. Shafroth, Colo. Francis W. Cushman, Wash. James M. Griggs, Ga. Justin D. Bowersock, Kans. John Wesley Gaines, Tenn. Thomas Hedge, Iowa. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. Miss. Arthur I. Eaton, Pa. D. Liam Gooch, Ky. Henry A. Hanbury, N.Y. Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaii. Archibald B. Darragh, Mich. Henry S. Jones, Clerk. [*State PB*] [*Ackd 8/22/1902*] Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures House of Representatives U.S., Washington, D.C. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 19th, 1902 Theodore Roosevelt, President, Washington, D.C., Dear Sir:- George Y. Wisner, of Detroit, Mich., is a civil engineer of wide experience and acknowledged ability. He has been mentioned for a position on the International Commission, the duties of which shall be to investigate and report relative to the feasibility of regulating the water level of the Great Lakes. I understand that his eligibility has been questioned on the ground that he has pronounced and expressed opinions in relation to the subject. It would seem to me that this in and of itself ought not to furnish any objection to Mr. Wisner. I do not believe that there is any one in the country who is better qualified and equipped for work such as is proposed for this commission than is Mr. Wisner. Very truly yours, J H Southard [*23489*]George Y. Wisner, Mich. Recomdd for Commr on Lake Levels by Hon J.H. Southard, M. C.. [*C. F.*] [*Sanger*] [* [ca. 8-19-02] *] Inform General Miles that his application to inspect that portion of the Army in the Division of the Philipines is approved (by the President?) It is understood that [yours] General Miles will confine his inspection to the condition of the Army, particular attention being given to the instruction, discipline, [orders] and supplies of all kinds. [*23490*][*Attached to Sanger - 8 - 9 - 02]*] ARMY AND NAVY MANEUVERS. 1902. GENERAL IDEA. 1. Anticipating the declaration of hostilities, a strong enemy's fleet (without torpedo boats) determines to make a sudden dash upon Newport, or the eastern entrance of Long Island Sound, to secure a naval base, taking advantage of the absence of a declaration of war to find the land forces somewhat unprepared. SPECIAL IDEA. 2. In undertaking these operations, the controlling idea should be to test the training of the personnel and the efficiency of the matériel, and it is of paramount importance that this idea should not be lost sight of. 3. The period of the maneuvers is to be divided into two distinct phases:— (a) Period of Preparation. (b) Period of Hostility. 4. It is desirable that attacks or feints should be made all along the line so as to test the efficiency of each part of the line, rather than to have one main attack upon some prominent point, thereby allowing enthusiasm and interest at other places to wane by a feeling of fancied security. 5. The attacks by the fleet should embrace a day attack and a night attack, and if possible, a bombardment and a forcing of a passage. 6. This coup being made before a declaration of war, it will be assumed that prior to the period of preparation no channels are mined or obstructed; thereafter mines and obstructions may be placed. 7. During the period of hostilities the conditions are to approach those of war as closely as possible. INFORMATION TO BE OBTAINED. 8. For the Army.—General features of attack on posts and the defense of same; the most efficient way for District Commanders to exercise command of the defenses of artillery districts in action, including the practical co-ordination of such defenses as a whole; the use of movable armaments; the best system of fire control and direction; the practical determination of "areas of greatest advantage" for each fort; a simple and reliable method of communicating [*23492*] RULES FOR Army and Navy Maneuvers IN New London and Narragansett Artillery Districts, 1902. PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, U. S. Army, AND Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson, U. S. Navy, BY Major Geo. F. E. Harrison, Artillery Corps, U. S. Army. AND Lieut. Comdr. Roy C. Smith, U. S. Navy. [*23491*]ARMY AND NAVY MANEUVERS. 1902. GENERAL IDEA. 1. Anticipating the declaration of hostilities, a strong enemy's fleet (without torpedo boats) determines to make a sudden dash upon Newport, or the eastern entrance of Long Island Sound, to secure a naval base, taking advantage of the absence of a declaration of war to find the land forces somewhat unprepared. SPECIAL IDEA. 2. In undertaking these operations, the controlling idea should be to test the training of the personnel and the efficiency of the matériel, and it is of paramount importance that this idea should not be lost sight of. 3. The period of the maneuvers is to be divided into two distinct phases:— (a) Period of Preparation. (b) Period of Hostility. 4. It is desirable that attacks or feints should be made all along the line so as to test the efficiency of each part of the line, rather than to have one main attack upon some prominent point, thereby allowing enthusiasm and interest at other places to wane by a feeling of fancied security. 5. The attacks by the fleet should embrace a day attack and a night attack, and if possible, a bombardment and a forcing of a passage. 6. This coup being made before a declaration of war, it will be assumed that prior to the period of preparation no channels are mined or obstructed; thereafter mines and obstructions may be placed. 7. During the period of hostilities the conditions are to approach those of war as closely as possible. INFORMATION TO BE OBTAINED. 8. For the Army.—General features of attack on posts and the defense of same; the most efficient way for District Commanders to exercise command of the defenses of artillery districts in action, including the practical co-ordination of such defenses as a whole; the use of movable armaments; the best system of fire control and direction; the practical determination of "areas of greatest advantage" for each fort; a simple and reliable method of communicating [*23492*] RULES FOR Army and Navy Maneuvers IN New London and Narragansett Artillery Districts, 1902. PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, U. S. Army, AND Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson, U. S. Navy, BY Major Geo. F. E. Harrison, Artillery Corps, U. S. Army. AND Lieut. Comdr. Roy C. Smith, U. S. Navy. [*23491*]. 2 orders and information from Fire Commanders and Battery Commanders to gun emplacements; the best use of searchlights in detecting the approach of any enemy; the best location of searchlights together with all information as to the use of same in connection with the fire of guns on ships at night; the location of range-finders, and the comparative merits of depression and horizontal base systems; system of signals by searchlights between forts; the best method of conducting the work of security and information, and the utilization of commercial life-saving and lighthouse stations; the practical application of wireless telegraphy and use of balloons; the number, type, caliber and mounting of guns at each fort, and the sufficiency and adaptability of same to purpose intended; type and number of emplacements, material composed of, construction, durability and strength, interior arrangements, suitability of site, plan, elevation and position with reference to other emplacements, and to enemy's guns on front, flank, and rear; facilities for personnel to pass from one emplacement to another; convenience as to location of ammunition delivery tables, or the points at which ammunition is received by the cannoneers from the ammunition detail; effect of fire of guns in and about emplacements in the target practice preceding the naval attack; means of lighting inside and out; locations and dimensions of replotting, telephone, and telautograph booths; condition of rooms and galleries as to dryness; drainage and ventilation; convenience of location of armament chests, loading implements, tools, etc., and provisions made for same; efficiency of ammunition service; the condition and efficiency of all electrical plants and appliances including power plants, generators, storage batteries, power rooms, lamps, switchboards, motors for hoists and for maneuvering guns and carriages, electrical firing devices, and method of using cables, wires, conduits, telephones and telautographs. 9. For the Navy.—The best method of obtaining the ranges of the forts and batteries fired at, the means of communicating these ranges to the divisional officers, the designation of the target to the divisional officers; the effect of smoke in concealing the target (as far as possible, in view of the limitations imposed by the simulated fire of the heavy guns), the order of fire in the ship considering the direction and force of the wind; the effect of mines and obstructions on the progress of the ships: for the Admiral; the best method of concealing his approach; in the attack, whether it is possible to designate separate targets for the different ships after the action has begun, or to cease firing at certain batteries that he deems to be silenced, and to concentrate the fire of the ships on the remaining batteries; the method of maneuvering under fire; considering the character of the channel, the best formation to be used; the distance between ships, and the speed; the efficiency of the signals used; the method of attacking in a fog, or by night; the use of searchlights 3 for lighting the target and for blinding the eyes of the opposing gunners or range observers; whether to direct the beams at the guns or at the range-finders; whether desirable to use searchlights from all the ships, or from a few, the others remaining in darkness and firing at the targets illuminated by the searchlights of the few; the method of preventing the crossing of the beams and the forming of dark sectors beyond; the blinding effect of the opposing searchlights, both on navigation and on aiming at the designated target; the possibility of shielding the eyes and looking under the beam; the methods to be adopted in forcing mined and obstructed channels. PRELIMINARY DETAILS. 10. A Board of Arbitration will be appointed to take final cognizance of the various operations of the maneuvers and to decide the results. This Board shall consist of five members, two to be officers of the Army, two to be officers of the Navy, and the fifth to be selected by agreement of the respective Army and Navy commanders. 11. The following scheme is devised to secure a complete record of all operations, which record shall serve as a basis for the decisions of the Board of Arbitration. First, there shall be umpires, whose powers, however, are limited, and whose main duty is to note events in the order of their occurrence. Though styled umpires, they are not to make rulings except in a few special cases subsequently enumerated. Should an exceptional occasion arise that has not been anticipated, and that manifestly calls for a decision on the spot, an umpire may be called upon to make a ruling, subject to subsequent approval by the Board of Arbitration. In other cases, they should make a note of any decision that seems to them justified in order to make their record more complete, but without announcing it at the time. Aboard of each ship a navel officer not attached to that ship shall act as umpire. At each fort and detached battery an army officer not attached to that fort or battery shall act as umpire. The reports of the umpires shall be made to the Board of Arbitration. 12. Second, there shall be observers to act with each of the forces as representatives of the other. They shall have power to enter protests against such rulings of the umpires as are announced, and will observe and take notes in the interest of their own side. They may call the attention of the umpire to occurrences that may seem to escape his notice. Army officers shall act as observers afloat, one observer to be detailed to each ship. Naval or marine officers shall act as observers ashore; one observer, at least, to be detailed to each fort or detached battery, and two observers to Forts Adams, Wright, and Terry. The reports of the observers shall be made to the Board of Arbitration. 13. The Commanding Officer of each ship, fort, or detached battery shall detail a competent person as recorder for the umpire there stationed. [*23493*] 5 28. The attacking fleet will be assembled at noon, September 6, at either extremity of the line of defense and will then pass in review before the forts, which will salute by firing the national salute. 29. The umpires, observers, and naval militia contingents will be returned to Newport September 6, after the review of the ships, in like manner to their original distribution. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 30. In pursuance of paragraph 2, of the Special Idea, it must be borne in mind that the object of the maneuvers on either side is not primarily to win, but to investigate and test certain systems and problems of attack and defense. To this end it is desirable that all units shall remain in action during the whole of the maneuvers. Hence no ship or battery will be ruled out of action by an umpire except in cases referred to in paragraph 11, of the Preliminary Details, and in paragraphs 49, 52, 53, 57, of the rules. An umpire seldom has at any moment sufficient information on which to base a decision, and rules involving the effect and volume of fire cannot be applied on the spot owing to lack of time for the needed calculation. In most cases it is enough if he will note his opinion without announcing it, reporting in full to the Board of Arbitration. The reports of the umpires and the reports and protests of the observers and Commanding Officers will thus afford the basis for decisions by the Board of Arbitration. 31. As the ships and batteries are not to be ruled out, this circumstance must be allowed for as follows:—Fire Commanders will decide when in their opinion ships are to be considered out of action, and will communicate such decision at once to the Battery Commanders, who, for the rest of that particular phase, will regard such ships as negligible units. The Commander-in-Chief and Commanding Officers afloat will exercise the same prerogative in regard to batteries that they may deem to be silenced. The object of this provision is to permit the withdrawal of fire from ships and batteries that seem to be out of action and to permit concentration of fire on the remaining ships and batteries. This action must be at the risk of the responsible commander who orders it, as the final decision can be made only by the Board of Arbitration. 32. The attacking fleet is to be under the sole direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the naval force. As he is a hostile officer he will not be given any instructions during the period of the maneuvers, nor will he hold any intercourse with the shore except under a flag of truce. He will allow no boats of any kind to come alongside. If he wishes information he will seek it only as he would in war. All American merchant shipping is supposed to be in port. [*23494*] . 4 14. The Period of Preparation, as provided for in the Special Idea, shall be from midnight August 29 to midnight August 31. 15. The Period of Hostility, as provided for in the Special Idea, shall be from midnight August 31 to noon September 6. 16. The defense will consist of all the forts in the Artillery District of Narragansett (Forts Rodman, Adams, Wetherill, and Greble) and the Artillery District of New London (Forts Mansfield, Wright, Michie, Terry, and the Fort on Gardner's Point). They will be mobilized on a war basis, allowing two reliefs of artillerymen. 17. There will be no floating defense of any kind. 18. The attack will consist of about fifteen (15) ships, in accordance with the following list, which is subject to revision: A Kearsarge. C Cincinnati. A Alabama. C Panther.* A Massachusetts. D Montgomery. A Indiana. D Mayflower. A Puritan.* D Topeka. B Brooklyn. E Gloucester. C Olympia. E Scorpion. E Peoria. *So rated for the purposes of the maneuvers. The letters of designation used opposite the names have the following meaning;—A, battleship, B, armored cruiser; C, protected cruiser; D, unprotected cruiser; E, gunboat. 19. Torpedo boats are excluded from both sides. 20. There will be required, therefore, nine (9) Army umpires, and about fifteen (15) Navy umpires (depending on the number of ships). 21. A recorder for each one of these umpires will be detailed by the Commanding Officer of the post or ship concerned. 22. There will be required twelve (12) Navy observers, one for each of the nine (9) forts, and an additional observer at Forts Adams, Wright, and Terry. 23. About fifteen (15) Army observers (depending on the number of ships) will be required. 24. The umpires and observers will assemble at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I., at 10 a. m., on August 27, to discuss the rules. 25. The Army observers and Navy umpires will be taken on board at Newport and distributed to their respective ships by the Commander-in-Chief of the naval force on August 29. 26. The Navy observers and Army umpires will assemble at Newport and be distributed to their stations by the Commanding General of the shore forces on August 29. 27. Such naval militia as may be assigned to the ships will embark at Newport, August 30 and be distributed to the ships by the Commander-in-Chief. 6 33. The defense will not know more of the plans of the hostile fleet than it would in actual war. Under no circumstances shall the time be designated for any evolution or phase of the maneuvers. 34. A naval base may be established at the discretion of the Commander- in-Chief of the naval force: if outside the line of defense, the Army cannot and is not expected to prevent such establishment. 35. There shall be no landing parties except on the Government or military reservations. Plans of these reservations shall be furnished by the Commanding General of the shore forces, showing the limits. During the period of hostilities flags shall be established on shore to mark the boundaries of the reservations. These shall be regulation signal flags, which, being stationary and not waved, will not create confusion. The location of the flags will not be shown on the plans, but generally, there will be one at each shore termination of any boundary line, and one at each pronounced change in its direction. 36. The charts to be used in the maneuvers and in the reports will be Coast Survey Charts No. 114, Newport to Plum Island; No. 298, Gardiner's Bay: No. 358, Fisher's Island Sound; and No. 353-2, Newport Harbor. The Commander-in-Chief of the naval force will supply to Commanding Officers of ships one copy of each of these charts for the use of the umpires and observers. The Commanding General of the shore forces will supply to the Post Commanders one copy each of such of the charts as refer to the waters in the immediate neighborhood of their posts for the use of the umpires and observers there stationed. Any tracings required to accompany the reports of umpires, observers, and other officers shall be made from these charts. 37. The Commanding Officers of ships shall require sextant angles or bearings, or both, to be taken at intervals of three (3) minutes during the maneuvers in action, and at other times as may be necessary, in order to furnish later a track chart of the ship's movements. 38. On board ships R. F. guns will fire blank charges; the larger caliber guns will fire sub-caliber blanks. On shore all guns will fire blank charges. On account of the special character of the firing the rate of fire of all guns will be assumed to be that laid down in the rules for each caliber, as determined for service conditions, and will be so counted, except as hereafter provided, paragraph 58. 39. All commissioned officers of the Army and Navy participating in the maneuvers shall submit duplicate reports to the Commanding Officers embracing both a record of events and pertinent comments on all matters of professional interest that have come under their notice. 40. Full reports, embodying their own observations and the reports of their subordinate officers, shall be submitted by the Commanding Officers of the forts and ships to the Commanding General 9 shall state the weight and character of the explosive charge in the mines. 52. Channels are allowed to be obstructed after the beginning of the period of preparation. This, however, is to be done only constructively. It is assumed that under the conditions of war, during the period of preparation, a number of hulks of varing dimensions, the number not to exceed what might reasonably be obtained during the two days of preparation, may be sunk in selected positions in the field of maneuver. On or before August 27, the naval commander will be furnished sketch maps and memoranda sealed and showing the proposed locations and the character of the hulks. There shall be fifteen (15) copies of this information in separate sealed packages. Before the maneuvers begin each umpire afloat shall be provided with one of the sealed packages. He shall consider all naval operations in the light of this secret information, and as steps are taken by vessels to investigate channels he shall release reasonable information as to the state thereof with regard to obstructions. The umpire must report all the circumstances for the decision of the Board of Arbitration. 53. A scout attempting to gain information by running the batteries in the day time, as in a fog, will be considered out of action and will retire, if, in the judgment of the umpire on shore, she has been seen in time and has received enough fire to pt her out of action. A flag signal to this effect will be made to the ship, by the Army and Navy code. If owing to weather conditions no signal is seen, or the signal cannot be made out, and the umpire on board nevertheless believes that the ship has received sufficient fire to put her out of action, he will so rule; when she shall retire as before. If at night, the signal to be made by the shore umpire will be one or more red Very lights, or the equivalent, fired in the direction of the scout, which shall retire at once with all lights burning. The umpire on board will make the ruling, if the weather conditions warrant it, as in the day time. The ship ruled out shall take no further part in that phase of the maneuvers. Records of times, shots fired, effect of searchlights, and other points, shall be made, by both umpires, and the observers may exercise the right of protest. 54. As some of the principal objects of the maneuvers are the testing of the fire control, fire discipline, rapidity of fire, value and accuracy of range-finders, and the handling and effect of searchlights, particular attention shall be paid by the umpires and observers to the workings of these systems. Efficiency or defects in the workings of any or all of these will be noted and commented upon in their report. 55. The effect of searchlights upon gun fire or upon the navigation of the ships cannot be indicated by an arbitrary rule. From all the available reports, the Board of Arbitration will decide the effect [*23496*] 7 of the shore forces (through District Commanders) and to the Commander- in-Chief of the naval force respectively. These reports shall be in duplicate and shall include suggestions and pertinent comments. One copy of each shall be sent by the General or Commander- in-Chief to the Board of Arbitration to guide them in their deliberations. 41. The Commanding Officers shall have the right of protest against any ruling of an umpire. A separate report shall be made out in duplicate in each case, the reports to follow the same course as those mentioned above. RULES. 42. Eastern standard time is to be used in all the maneuvers. The Signal Corps will maintain standard clocks in all the forts, regulated at noon daily, and the time aboard ships is to be regulated by chronometer. 43. Any communications between hostile forces must be made under a flag of truce. This will be indicated at night by a white flag with searchlight on it shown at a convenient point. 44. Authorized and non-combatant observers afloat will be indicated to the defense by flying the convoy flag of the Navy, a white triangular flag with red border. 45. It being assumed that there is no floating defense of any sort, none of the small craft of the Army employed in the service of the forts will be interfered with in any way. In view of the special character of the maneuvers, the Commanding General and authorized observers may preceed from post to post unmolested. 46. Neither umpire nor observer shall interfere in any way with the handling or working of the ships or batteries. The station of umpire and observer will be, as far as practicable, with the Commanding Officers of ships or with Fire Commanders on shore, but they are free to go where their presence seems most desirable at the time. 47. The ships will not use any of the aids to navigation in their attacks (supposed for this purpose to be non-existent) unless it becomes a question of the safety of the ship, when the Commanding Officer will so inform the umpire on board, who will note it in his report. At night, permanent aids, such as lighthouses, may be utilized, if it be so desired, by turning on them the searchlights of the ships. 48. An umpire called on to make a ruling in the special cases mentioned, paragraphs 49, 52, 53, 57, following, and in other cases where an immediate ruling is plainly required, shall at once inform the Commanding Officer immediately concerned and also the observer. The observer shall protest at the time if he believes the ruling to be erroneous, also noting the protest in his report to the Board of Arbitration. The Commanding Officer may also protest and report his action as previously provided. [*23495*] . 8 49. Signal stations will be assumed to be exposed to the same risks as in actual war. If outside the line of defense and without supports, the Commander-in-Chief of the naval force is justified in occupying them, destroying them, or rendering them otherwise ineffective. A cable station may be permanently put out of action by cutting the cable. A land wire station may be put out of action for twelve (12) hours by destroying the wire and instruments. After that period it is out of action only so long as occupied by the attacking force. A flag station is out of action only while occupied by the attack. The umpire afloat must be the judge of these conditions and must announce his ruling at the time. The observer, as in other cases, has the right to protest. After an umpire has announced his decision no further messages are to be sent, or none until after the expiration of the time limit as above prescribed. If the stations have the protection of supports, an adequate force must be landed to overcome the supports, of which the umpire is to be the judge, subject to protest by the observer, as before. In case other modes of signalling are employed, the adequacy of the measures adopted by the attack will be passed on at once by the umpire on the spot; and thereafter no messages will be sent until the expiration of such time as he may determine, the observer to have the right of protest, as in other cases. 50. As one of the objects of establishing signal stations is to afford practice to the Signal Corps it is mutually agreed that during the constructive disabling of any station, messages may still be sent for exercise, but that no information is to be given as to the operations or movements of the fleet. 51. Any mines placed after the beginning of the period of preparation must be fully connected and in working order. They are to contain dummy charges and dummy fuses only; but a live fuse is to be placed in the external circuit of each mine, at some convenient point for observation and inspection. In case the attacking force passes over a minefield, without first clearing the channel, or severing the connections, any ship that comes in contact with a mine and closes its circuit, as indicated by the blowing of the fuse in the external circuit, will be considered out of action, and will be so noted by the shore umpire in his report to the Board of Arbitration, but no ruling shall be made at the time. Any ship within the radius of destructive effect of an observation mine, or group of such mines, at the time the circuit is closed by the observers, shall be considered out of action on satisfactory evidence presented to the Board of Arbitration in the reports of the umpires, observers, and responsible commanders. These reports shall show the time, the location of the ship with regard to the mines as determined by instrumental observations on shore, checked by the ship's plotted course, and 10 and estimate its value in points to be counted against the life of the battery or ship as assigned by the rules. 56. A ship blinded or wishing a searchlight turned off her conning tower or bridge shall blow a long blast of the whistle. The beam of the light must be turned to the after part of the ship immediately. If she is still inconvenienced in her navigation she shall blow two long blasts of the whistle, when the light must be turned off that ship altogether. The times and other points of value are to be noted on both sides. 57. In an attack upon an entrenched position ten times the number of the defenders of such position actually engaged shall be required to take it, and the casualties suffered by the assailants shall be twice the whole number of the defenders. The two umpires on the spot shall decide. If one only is present, he shall decide, after conference with the two commanders. 58. In estimating the effect of gun fire, the number of shots fired under the practice conditions of the maneuvers shall not be considered to exceed the average rate of fire for each caliber as determined under service conditions from reports of target practice. If the number falls below this rate, or in case of any accident to gun mechanism or in the service of ammunition, the rate is reduced below the normal average, then the actual number of fires is to be counted. The following table affords an approximate rate of fire for guns of both services. It is as nearly correct as it can be made with information now available. It will govern during the maneuvers subject to modification by the Board of Arbitration in their discretion and in the light of subsequent reliable data. Small R. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 seconds. 4-in. R. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 " 4.7-in. R. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 " 5-in. R. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 " 6-in. R. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 " 8-in. B. L. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 " 10-in. B. L. R. . . . . . . . . . . . 120 " 12-in. B. L. R. . . . . . . . . . . . 150 " 12-in. B. L. M. . . . . . . . . . . 180 " 13-in. B. L. R. . . . . . . . . . . . 180 " Guns of old types are to have their actual fires counted, to which values are to be assigned as the Board of Arbitration may decide. 59. The following rules for the value of gun fire will govern, subject to modification by the Board of Arbitration, as in the case of the rates of fire. They are based on these general ideas:—The Navy guns have from 85 per cent. to 10 per cent. of the accuracy of Army guns at similar targets, according to the range. The value of hits are proportional to the striking energy of the projectile and decrease with the value of the protection afforded by the target. The. 13 LIFE OF SHORE DEFENSES IN POINTS. Day. Night. One 12-inch Barbette Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3400 4100 One 8, 10, or 12-inch Disappearing Gun . . . . . . . . . . 6800 8200 One 6-inch Disappearing Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5600 6700 One Battery, 6-inch or less, Barbette (usually two (2) guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2700 3240 One Battery, 6-pdrs., or 5-inch Siege (movable)—See Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2300 2800 Position Finder Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2800 3400 Searchlight, in operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3800 4600 A Mortar Battery cannot be destroyed by gun-fire. NOTE.—In the case of movable armaments any number of guns constitutes a battery, if within 200 feet of each other and without traverses, or if within 100 feet of each other and with traverses. LIFE OF SHIPS IN POINTS. Day. Night. A. Battleships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 1200 B. Armored Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 600 C. Protected Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 420 D. Unprotected Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 240 E. Gunboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 120 TO SILENCE GUNS, ASHORE AND AFLOAT. Points per Minute. Day. Night. One Disappearing Gun (any caliber) . . . . . . . . . 600 720 One 12-inch Barbette Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 360 One Battery, 6-inch or less, Barbette . . . . . . . . . 300 360 One Battery, Movable Armament . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 300 Mortar Batteries cannot be silenced. Rapid Fire and Auxiliary Batteries of a Ship. . . . 450 540 THE RECORD. 60. It is of great importance that a complete sequential record be kept, both ashore and afloat, of all the events of the maneuvers that have a bearing on the general results, said record to be submitted to the Board of Arbitration for their information and guidance. This record, to serve the purpose of the Arbitrators, should be a record of synchronous events, land and sea. The instant of time of every event, wherever possible, should be accurately noted, and the records should be supplemented by pertinent comments and opinions. Reports will be made as follows: 61. For the Army.—The District Commanders to take steps to have prepared, as soon after the maneuvers as possible, a com[plete] [*23498*] 11 angle of fall affects the extent and vulnerability of target both of ships and forts. The angle of presentment affects the value of the hit. A ratio exists between the vulnerable targets presented by ships and batteries at various ranges. Shore batteries cannot be destroyed by ships except by an overwhelming fire, but they may be temporarily silenced. A certain number of shots of a given caliber will destroy a ship, silence her R. F. and auxiliary batteries, or destroy or silence a single gun, depending on the vulnerability and size of target presented. Combining all the above, each shot fired may be assigned a value in points, and ships and batteries may be assigned a life in points. Also, the rate of fire per minute necessary to silence a gun or battery admits of estimation in points. The tables are self-explanatory. They give the value of each shot fired, in view of all of the above considerations. The life of ships, batteries, and accessories is estimated for day conditions. Their life at night is assumed to be greater, and this has been allowed for by assigning a night value in points rather than by reducing the value of each shot fired, which would necessitate new tables. By night is meant after daylight, when guns cannot be sighted except by the aid of artificial light. A distinction is made between silencing and destroying forts and ships. All shots fired count against the life of the forts or ships. If the rate of fire per minute from ships' guns reaches a certain limit, the guns fired at are silenced for that minute. Similarly the rapid fire and auxiliary batteries of ships may be silenced by a certain rate of fire per minute from the forts. A single proviso is made for obvious reasons. The value of fire in points delivered by guns of 6 inches and lower calibers shall not be counted against the life of the opposing ships or forts except in co-operation with the higher calibers. Without such co-operation they count in silencing but not in destroying. [*23497*]. 12 TABLES. ARMY GUNS. Value of fire in points for each shot. (Percentage of hits allowed for.) ======================================================================================= Range. Yards. 500 | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 5000 | 6000 | 7000 | 8000 | 9000 | 10000 | 11000 | 12000 12" . . . . . . . 390 340 245 150 100 80 65 60 55 55 55 50 50 10" . . . . . . . 310 215 130 80 75 70 60 55 50 50 45 40 40 8" . . . . . . . 150 130 95 70 50 45 35 25 20 20 15 10 ..... 6" . . . . . . . 70 65 45 35 25 20 20 15 10 5 ..... ..... ..... 5" or 4.7" . . 65 55 40 35 30 20 20 15 10 ..... ..... ..... ..... 3" (15 pdr.) . 40 30 15 10 5 2 1 1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 2.24" (6 pdr.) 20 15 10 5 5 3 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 12" . . . . . . . * * * 60 60 55 50 50 50 50 45 40 40 Mortar . . . . † † † 140 135 130 130 125 125 120 120 115 110 * At moving targets. † At fixed targets. NAVY GUNS. Value of fire in points for each shot. (Percentage of hits allowed for.) ======================================================================================= Range. Yards. 500 | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 5000 | 6000 | 7000 | 8000 | 9000 | 10000 | 11000 | 12000 13" . . . . . . . 300 265 190 130 95 70 55 40 25 20 15 10 10 12" . . . . . . . 270 235 170 120 85 60 50 35 25 20 15 10 10 10" . . . . . . . 240 210 150 105 75 55 35 30 20 20 10 10 5 8" . . . . . . . 210 185 130 90 65 50 40 25 20 15 10 10 ..... 6" . . . . . . . 70 65 45 30 20 15 15 10 10 5 ..... ..... ..... 5" . . . . . . . 65 55 40 30 20 15 15 10 5 ..... ..... ..... ..... 4" . . . . . . . 60 50 30 20 15 10 10 6 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 6 pdr. . . . . . 20 15 10 5 3 2 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 3 pdr. . . . . . 10 5 3 2 1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1 pdr. . . . . . 5 3 1 1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 14 plete record of all the events that occur during the maneuvers in their districts, including the reports of all post and detachment commanders, the said reports to be in duplicate and systematically compiled, accompanied by suitable maps and charts, and duly forwarded to the Department Commander, who will forward one copy to the Board of Arbitration. 62. DISTRICT COMMANDERS. To indicate the mode in which he employed his units to meet the different forms of attack, the manner in which the forts, mine fields, obstructions and communications met the requirements, and to add any comments or suggestions that he may deem of professional interest. 63. POST COMMANDERS. To make duplicate report to the District Commander of all matters pertaining to the employment, during the maneuvers, of the armament, equipment and personnel of their commands, embodying in their reports the records of the fire and battery commanders. They will give especial consideration to the method of employment of searchlights, range-finders and communications, and add any remarks that appear of interest. 64. FIRE COMMANDERS. To keep accurate record in duplicate of the following facts: (a) Time of picking up and identifying each ship. (b) The assigning each ship to a battery, giving name of ship, battery, and time. (c) The time of deciding a ship out of action, giving name of ship together with reason for so deciding. (d) The reporting of such decisions to Battery Commanders, giving names of ships, Battery Commanders, and times. (e) Report whenever change is made in assignment of targets, giving all particulars. (f) Time and particulars of all orders to cease firing. 65. BATTERY COMMANDERS. To carefully note and record, in order, every event that affects the use, fire, effect, and efficiency of their guns, giving instant of time of each occurrence. They will note especially the following facts: (a) Time appearance of any and all hostile vessels and their relative positions. (b) Time of their coming within range of guns. (c) Time of assignment of any target by Fire Commander. (d) Time of opening fire and time of discharge of every shot and salvo, together with name, range and azimuth of target fired at. (e) Time of notification from Fire Commander to change targets together with all information and directions received from him. (f) Kind of ammunition used together with time of ordering change of ammunition.. 15 (g) Time shore searchlight is on target. (h) Time ship's searchlight is on battery. (i) Time of any mishap causing delay or cessation of fire of any gun or battery and the time of such cessation. (j) Time of orders to cease firing. (k) In case of rapid fire batteries the record of events as given above will be modified to meet each case. 66. OFFICER IN CHARGE OF MINES. To report in duplicate all matters of interest and to note specially: (a) Time of blowing of mine fuses and the cause. 67. For the Navy.—The record will embrace all occurrences of interest and value, and will be supplemented by the comments and opinions of the officer making the report. All reports are to be in duplicate, as already provided. Among the events to be recorded are the following: 68. SQUADRON COMMANDERS. (a) The time of coming in range of the forts and batteries. (b) The times of all signals. (c) The times of changing the formation, and the character of formation. (d) The time of designating the target to the ships of their command. (e) The time of opening fire. (f) The time of deciding any battery silenced, naming the battery. (g) The time of ceasing fire. (h) The time of attempting any channel believed to be mined or obstructed. (i) The time of capturing or disabling any signal station. 69. COMMANDING OFFICERS OF SHIPS. (a) The time of coming in range of the forts and batteries. (b) The times of all signals. (c) The times of changing the formation, and the character of the formation. (d) The times of changing course, the course, and the distance in each course. (e) The revolution counters of each engine every even five (5) minutes of standard time. (f) The times of all angles and bearings for determining the ship's position, with a consecutive number for each time and position, the track chart to show the number corresponding to the time and position. (g) The time of opening fire. (h) The target or targets fired at and the times. (i) The ranges communicated to officers of the gun divisions and the times. [*23499*]. 16 (j) The time of deciding any battery silenced, naming the battery. (k) The time ship's searchlight is on the battery. (l) The time any shore searchlight is on any ship. (m) The time of firing at shore searchlights and position finder towers, and the time such fire is estimated to derange them or put them out of action. (n) The time of signaling by whistle to turn shore searchlights off the bridge or conning tower onto the after part of the ship, or off the ship altogether. (o) The time of ceasing fire. (p) The time of capturing or disabling an signal station. 70. THE OFFICERS OF GUN DIVISIONS. (a) The range used and time of firing each shot, and the kind of ammunition used. For the small R. F. guns the range and the time of beginning and ending a continuous string, and the number of shots. (b) The time of any mishap causing delay or cessation of fire of any gun or guns, and the time of such cessation. 71. Umpires and observers will include as much of the above information in their reports as they may be able to collect. 72. A final opinion is expected from each Commanding Officer ashore and afloat of the sufficiency of the present fixed defenses and of their relative value at night, or in thick or foggy weather; also to what extent mines and obstructions are applicable, whether there are enough searchlights and rapid fire batteries to cover the mine fields and prevent countermining, and whether some mobile defense is necessary for the same purpose in thick or foggy weather or at night. 73. Suggestions for changes or modifications in the rules, or for new rules to meet conditions that are not now provided for, would prove of value in future maneuvers. ]* [Enclosed in Bary, 8-19-02] *]. 16 (j) The time of deciding any battery silenced, naming the battery. (k) The time ship's searchlight is on the battery. (l) The time any shore searchlight is on any ship. (m) The time of firing at shore searchlights and position finder towers, and the time such fire is estimated to derange them or put them out of action. (n) The time of signaling by whistle to turn shore searchlights off the bridge or conning tower onto the after part of the ship, or off the ship altogether. (o) The time of ceasing fire. (p) The time of capturing or disabling an signal station. 70. THE OFFICERS OF GUN DIVISIONS. (a) The range used and time of firing each shot, and the kind of ammunition used. For the small R. F. guns the range and the time of beginning and ending a continuous string, and the number of shots. (b) The time of any mishap causing delay or cessation of fire of any gun or guns, and the time of such cessation. 71. Umpires and observers will include as much of the above information in their reports as they may be able to collect. 72. A final opinion is expected from each Commanding Officer ashore and afloat of the sufficiency of the present fixed defenses and of their relative value at night, or in thick or foggy weather; also to what extent mines and obstructions are applicable, whether there are enough searchlights and rapid fire batteries to cover the mine fields and prevent countermining, and whether some mobile defense is necessary for the same purpose in thick or foggy weather or at night. 73. Suggestions for changes or modifications in the rules, or for new rules to meet conditions that are not now provided for, would prove of value in future maneuvers. [* [Enclosed in Barry, 8-19-02] *]. [*PPF*] D. L. R. DRESSER, CHARLES E. RIESS. Dresser & Co. 15 & 17 Greene Street, New York, August 20th, 1902. Telephone, No. 957 Spring, Cable Address, "Dresswhite" Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. President:– I have your favor of the 16th inst., in regard to the hunting trip in November into Mississippi, and I sincerely hope that you will be able to arrange it, for the reasons I gave you, when I saw you. It makes no difference to me, of course, when you let me know, so that if you can, in a couple of weeks as you suggest, that will be perfectly satisfactory to me. My friend understands very fully that you could give only five or six days to the hunt. Yours very sincerely, D. LeRoy Dresser [*23500*] United States Senate, Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1902. The President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My Dear Mr. President: I enclose herewith a letter from my friend H.C. VanVoorhis, member of Congress from Ohio, recommending the appointment of Mr. Cox asone of the District Commissioners, which I heartily concur in. I have heard a report that a certain newspaper man was talked of. I don't know who it is, but beg to suggest that perhaps one newspaper man on that important board ought to be sufficient. Truly yours, M A Hanna enc. 23501[*PPF*] GEBBIE AND COMPANY 1710 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. August 20, 1902. Mr. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir:- Your favor of the 19th has been received and we are glad to have the President's criticism. The two artists who etched these plates are supposed to be good as any in the country and they have had good pictures to work from, and there is no reason why they should not make them first-class. We have written them to-day and shall submit you other proofs. Thanking you for your prompt reply, we are Yours very truly, Gebbie & Company A. R. Keller [*23502*]Therefore I said be at peace & do not resign the C. Justiceship until you are nominated to the Senate & confirmed or until you receive a recess appointment which latter event is not likely to occur. I trust Sire that this advice founded on tricks & evidence will meet your approbation. We are looking forward to meeting you at Newport. Best love to Edith. Ever Yrs H. C. Lodge [*PPF*] Aug. 20th 1902 En Route to Newport. Somerset Club, Boston. Dear Theodore- Yours of the 19th reached me this morning just as I was leaving Nahant. I think on the whole it is as well not to take in New Bloomfield on this trip. The Governor agrees with me as we have tried for obvious reasons to make everything purely official. I know however the attraction which Mr Bloomfield & his enterprise & their like have for you & they all gravitate to you like iron filings to a magnet. Which is [*23503*] does not want the Supreme Bench. I wrote him that he would be confirmed unanimously, that unless you desired to appoint him in the recess which was not usual in appointments to the Supreme Court the proper & dignified & natural thing for him to do was to remain Chief Justice until his name had gone into the Senate & was confirmed. No one I wrote him would interpret it as meaning that he did not want to be associate Justice for Everyone knew that he would accept & that his name would not go in then not a little queer when I consider you & them. But I am far from disapproving. On the contrary. They will all vote for you in the aggregate they are many. So I approve because I want you elected in case I should be defeated for the Senate So that I may have the Cabinet to fall back upon, State Dept. preferred. I have a note from Holmes telling me what he had written you. The very first-rate man who is to succeed him as Chief Justice has put the idea in his head that if he remains C. Justice it will be interpreted that he [*23504*] (copy) Aug. 20, 1902. My dear Mr. Philbin:-- Allow me to thank you most kindly for your very welcome letter. That article in the "Mail & Express" is all right. The enemies of Federation have endeavored to put it in a position of enmity to the National Administration. The truth is that Presidential Roosevelt has our admiration. I long ago understood through you and other friends that the President is a fair-minded just man, and I, therefore, always gave him credit for the very best intentions. You know, however, as well as I do, that there is a certain few in the U. S. who presume to speak for the American Catholic Church - and that without any authority whatsoever. They are politicians first and Catholics afterwards. Since it is well known that the great majority of American Catholics are opposed, first, to the banishment of the Friars, second, to the establishment of a system of schools such as we have in the United States, among a Catholic people. The school system already in the Philippines should have been extended and improved, and the Catholic religion should have been part of the daily curriculum. Teaching catechism after school hours, renders it odious. I do not think that any one (in my hoyhood days) could have taught me religion in that way. I do not mean to say that there should no have been a system of public schools in the Philippines; (that I favor) but the system should have been adapted to the needs and desires of the Catholic 23505-2- people. This could have been easily done in the beginning. I doubt even if the bigets would have strongly objected. As to the Friars no one has any objection to their gradual substitution (by their superiors) by other priests, whenever they are found obnoxious to the government or unacceptable to the people. Bishops and religious superiors, the world over, are removing from parishes, &c., for various reasons, those in charge of them, and without causing friction or disturbance. The religious difficulties in the Philippines will thus gradually right themselves, and there is no need for the government to use force and excite religious bitterness. I wish you would be good enough, at your earliest opportunity to assure the President of the good will entertained for him by Federation, and the hope and even confidence entertained by its members, nearly 2 million in 21 States, that he will continue the negotiations with the Vatican and the Church authorities at Manila, until a satisfactory solution has been obtained. There have been some things done in the Philippines that cannot be corrected now, and we must bear our burden. One thing, however, is beyond doubt that Federation represents the healthy, sound sentiments of the Catholic hierarchy and laity of the U.S., and let me add, just for your information, not only does it voice the feelings of the majority here, but also at Rome. Hence the duty of all the President's friends warning him against accepting the opinions of the ultra-liberals. They try to substitute noise for numbers. You will understand the whole question when I say "Federation - the conservative ideas of Arch. Corrigan, 23506-3- and they are sure to win. This is, of course, a private letter, but if you think well of it, you may read it to the President, assuring him of my kindest regards and best wishes. Ever meet truly your friend, (Sgd) James A. McFaul, Bishop of Trenton.[Enc. in Philbin, 7-14-03]The Knickerbocker Press G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 27 & 29 WEST 23D STREET NEW YORK 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND LONDON, W. C. (All business communications should be addressed to the concern) [*See K P.P.F.*] [*PPF*] Dictated August 20, 1902 His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear sir :- We are returning with this the application from Dr. Kullnick, who writes from N. Ravine Str. 4, Berlin, for permission to make publication of a German edition of your works. We have told Dr. Kullnick that we should be ready to consider on behalf of our distinguished author a proposition from any responsible German publishing House for the production of such an editor of the set of books as published by us. We have suggested that an honorarium of $20. per volume should be paid for the authorization for such German edition, such an authorization covering a sale in Europe only. In case it should be proposed to make publication of the German edition also in the United States, we have suggested a further honorarium of the same amount. In case we receive a proposition based upon this suggestion, we can arrange later with our author as to the portion of such payment as might be reserved by the publishers. [*23508*]. It is quite possible, however, that no proposition from a responsible party may reach either our author or ourselves. We should take the ground of declining in any case with the translator himself. The only arrangement that would in our judgment be wise, from a business point of view, would be one to be arrived at with a responsible German publishing house. We have made this clear to Dr. Kullnick. We are returning direct to the author the manuscript of his specimen chapter. We are, with much respect, Your obedient servants, G. P. Putnam's Sons [*23509*]record. Yours faithfully John Hay [*File PPF Pr Ackd*] Newbury Aug. 21. [*[1902]*] Dear Theodore I have your letter of the 19th and one from Mr. Babcock of the same date. I have answered him and sent him a check for a thousand dollars, all I could afford for the moment. It is a year of leanness for me, amid the universal prosperity. I have not had time to hold up my offer for the golden shower. As to coming down to New York and trying to touch our wealthy [*23510*]friends - I am ready to do anything which may be useful. But I have no standing, no meaning in New York except as a member of your Cabinet. For me to go to the men who think they have a right to point at us, and ask them for help would be not only useless but injurious. There are men who could do it - Root, if he were here, or Cornelius Bliss, or L. P. Morton, or Hanna - as Chr. of the National Committee. I have written Babcock that I will try to see him after a while. I do not think the case is as bad as he makes out. Its worst features, the personal & factional quarrels in two or three states, are something there is no help for. But your popularity is enormous and the corn crop is breaking the [*23511*]come to [see] you at any place or time that you might fix. A line to Winter Harbor would find me any time during the next 3 weeks. My wife joins me in all kindest remembrances and good wishes to Mrs. Roosevelt and yourself Always your friend Arthur H. Lee [*PPF*] The Waldorf-Astoria New York. Aug:21.02 Dear Mr. President This is merely to say that Mrs. Lee and I arrived today from England and go to: -- Winter Harbor Maine tonight, for a stay of 3 weeks. We shall [*23512*]be back in New York for Sept 12-15, and we return to England on Sept 16. There are many things that I have to do, and that I wish to do, whilst I am over here, but there is nothing that I wish so much as to have a talk with you, if it is possible. At the same time I know how desperately busy you must be, & how fully your time must be taken up. But if you should see your way to giving me a chance to see you I can only say that I would [*23513*][*Mr Loeb*] [*Ackd: 8/23/1902*] [*P.P.F.*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON August 22, 1902. George B. Cortelyou, Esquire Secretary to the President, Washington, D.C. Sir: I enclose copy of a despatch from the Consul General at Cape Town transmitting a letter addressed to the President by Mrs. Koopmans de Wet. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary. Enclosure: From Cape Town, No. 117 July 23, 1902 with enclosure. [*23514*][*[For 2. enc. see Bigham, 7-23-02 & "Biskuit Van'& Volks" 5-31-02]*]Copy. Personal & Confidential War Department, Washington. August 22, 1902. My dear President Wheeler: It is the understanding of the War Department that you desire the return of Professor Moses, and I beg to say that I should be very glad to know whether it is your intention to write to Professor Moses suggesting his return. My object in making this inquiry is that should Professor Moses resign from the Philippine Commission, the President has in mind a person whom he will designate as his successor. I have written this letter to you because it seemed preferable to have the question of Professor Moses leaving the Commission arranged as the result of the desire to have him resume his duties with you rather than in any other way. Very sincerely yours, WM. Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary of War. Hon. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President, University of California Berkeley, Cal. [*C.F. 5*] WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, COPY. Personal & Confidential. August 22,1902. My dear President Wheeler: It Is the understanding of the War Department that you desire the return of Professor Moses, and I beg to say that I should be very glad to know whether it is your intention to write to Professor Moses suggesting his return. My object in making this inquiry is that should Professor Moses resign from the Philippine Commission, the President has in mind a person whom he will designate as his successor. I have written this letter to you because it seemed preferable to have the the question of Professor Moses leaving the commission arranged as the result of the desire to have him resume his duties with you rather then in any other way. Very sincerely yours, WM. CARY SANGER, Acting Secretary of war. Hon. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President, University Of California, Berkeley, Cal. [*23516*][*ppf Pr*] Dalton, Mass., Aug. 23, 1902. Confidential My dear Mr. President:- I beg to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 19th inst. I will with pleasure take up the matter referred to, and do all that I can to help out the committee named. I have already wired Mr. Lovering asking him to meet me in Boston early next week. I shall be glad to talk with you further about it when we meet next Monday. With great respect, I am, Yours sincerely, W. Murray Crane The President, Nahant, Mass. [*23517*][*File C.F.*] Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D.C. August 23rd., 1902. Sir:- In compliance with your direction by wire just received, I transmit herewith Honorable Carroll D. Wright's report on the anthracite strike. This report was made to you for your personal information and not because you sustained any relation to the unfortunate situation in Pennsylvania. I have never thought it wise for you to give it out, and know of no reason now to change my opinion. For you to make this report public would be construed as implying your approval of the findings of fact and the recommendations therein. I do not think you are called upon to thus commit yourself. Very Respectfully Yours, P. C. Knox Attorney General. The President, % Honorable Henry C. Lodge, Nahant, Mass. [*23518*]State of New York Executive Chamber Albany August 23, 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N.Y. My dear Mr. President:- Upon my return to Albany today, I find your letter of Aug. 19th. I have written Mr. Babcock making an appointment to meet him and take up the matter referred to. With kind regards, I am Very truly yours B. B. Odell [*23519*][shorthand] [*akd 9-8-02*] Elm Hill, Hawkhurst. Kent 24. Aug. 1902 Dear Mr. President, Permit an English friend, who watches your career as statesman with even more interest than he has ever felt for you as historian & scholar, to express the great admiration he feels for the bold & patriotic line of action which at present enthrals the attention of all European people. With revered respects & good wishes for a triumph in 1904, I am Sincerely yours Frederic Harrison [*23520*]. [*PPF*] HOTEL REGINA L. TAUBER, President. 2. PLACE RIVOLI. PARIS MOST OVERLOOKING CENTRAL FINEST PART OF SITUATION TUILLERIES GARDENS ADRESSE TÉLÉGRAPHIQUE „REGINOTEL PARIS" Paris, le 25th Aug 1902 Dear Theodore: I am dropping you this line merely to enclose a cutting from the Temps – which is emphatically the foremost paper of France. I thought that you would be interested to see what a French journalist had been saying about General Wood. And I am also sending you today [*23521*] [* [For 1 enc. see 7-21-02, affaires coloniales].*] The Revue Bleue containing the translation into French of your Century article. Don't bother to acknowledge this, as we start for your side of the water in less than three weeks. Yours Ever Brander Matthews. [*23522*][*Ansd File C.F.*] [*file Montgomery*] Telegram. White House, Washington. Aug. 25, 1902 George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, Nahant, Mass. Acting Secretary of War Colonel Sanger sends the following to the President: General Carter tells me that Secretary Root before leaving gave him to understand that if General Miles made application to go to the Philippine Islands it was not to be granted. This is my first knowledge of the Secretary's having expressed his wishes on this subject. In view of Secretary's injunction to General Carter, it has seemed to me [*23523*]2 TELEGRAM White House, Washington proper to send the following cablegram: "Hon Elihu Root, General Miles some time ago asked for permission to go to Philippine Islands. This was referred to President and denied. General Corbin subsequently took matter up with President, who authorized journey. On receipt of these instructions General Miles was told verbally that his request would be granted. General Carter says this is not in accordance with your wishes. I at once notified General Miles that final decision on his [*23524*]3 TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. application could not be given him and I am holding matter in abeyance pending receipt of your reply. Copy of this sent to President." I have taken this course because I assume that if the Secretary feels strongly on this subject you would desire to act in accordance with his wishes." Benj. F. Montgomery Deciphered 8-25-1902 [*over*] [*23525*][shorthand][*Ackd & Enc retd 9/2/1902*] [*P.P.F.*] ORGANIZED, 1886. 20 WEST THIRD STREET. . . The . . Jamestown Business College ASSOCIATION. LIMITED. INCORPORATED, 1889. "Improvement the Order of the Age" DEALERS. TELEPHONE 163. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: H. E. V. PORTER, President. ELLIOT C. HALL, Vice-President. A. J. PORTER, Secretary. WILLIAM A. HALLOCK. JOHN J. ALDRICH. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Aug 25, 1902. Theodore Roosevelt, Pres't U. S. Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. Honorable Sir:– Robt. L. Jones, an evangelist whose home is in this city is just publishing a little paper that he wishes to use as a fore runner of his special meetings, to be conducted in the North West the coming season He would like very much to use in this publication your address on the Bible issued by the American Bible Society, a copy of which is hereby enclosed. He is anxious to do this with your permission. The little publication will have an address by D. L. Moody and a personal communication from J. Wilbur Chapman, Mr. Sankey and others. Mr Jones is a young man whose reputation is first class in this community where he has been known from childhood. He was one of Mr. Moody's boys and worked with that distinguished evangelist. His work is of the right character, and he is doing a large amount of good. Respectfully yours, H. E. V. Porter. I am personally acquainted with the Evangelist Robt. L. Jones and consider him a worthy and honorable young man in every particular. J. T. Larmouth Pres. [*23526*]WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C. August 25, 1902. The President: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your information, copy of a letter sent by me on the 22nd instant to Hon. Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Very respectfully, W Sanger Acting Secretary of War. (1 Inc.) [*23527*]WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, WASHINGTON D.C. COPY. August 25, 1902. The President: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, for your information, copy of a letter sent by me on the 22nd instant to Hon. Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Very respectfully, W. SANGER, Acting Secretary of War. (1 Inc.) 23528[*Ackd 9 - 4 - 1902*] AMERICAN EMBASSY. LONDON August 26th, 1902. Dear Mr. President, I have received your letter of August 11th, enclosing extracts from a letter of President David. R. Francis, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. President Francis seems to be under some misapprehension in regard to the acceptance by Great Britain of the invitation from our Government to participate in the Exposition, which he says has not been formally made. On the 12th of June last, after I had repeatedly pressed the matter upon the attention of Lord Lansdowne, he notified me that they would take part in the Exposition, and 23529and would be represented by an Educational Exhibition and also by an Exhibition of the Fine Arts, but that it was not deemed necessary to appoint a Royal Commission, of which the State Department was promptly advised. I have since learned from Lord Lansdowne that the Fine Arts Exhibition would be under the direction of Sir Edward Poynter, President of the Royal Academy, and that he is taking great interest in it and is already very active; and this has further appeared by a recent request from the Foreign Office for more particular information in respect to the proposedproposed scope of the Fine Art section of the Exhibition, and as to the space to be allowed Great Britain, and the limit of time for the production of works of art therefor. This was referred to Mr. Parker, who represents the Exposition Company here, and such information as he could furnish has been transmitted to the Foreign Office. I have today sent to the Secretary of State a copy of Lord Lansdowne's last note, and of Mr. Parker's reply, with the rest that if there is anything further in the way of the desired information, which can be furnished, that it shall be forwarded promptly. [*23530*]. It is true that the British Government has declined to entertain the idea of sending a Royal Commission, the importance of which I had pressed upon them, but certainly no more distinguished representative of the Fine Arts could be named as the head of Great Britain's representation in that department than Sir Edward Poynter, who is recognized here as the highest authority. I think that President Francis need have no fear, either that I do not have an adequate conception of the scope of this universal Exhibition, or that the British GovernmentAmerican Embassy London Government will fail to do their best within the limited scope which they have prescribed to themselves. I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, Joseph H. Choate The President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C. 23531Hm. 1st Endorsement, OFFICE OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manila, P. I., August 26th, 1902. Respectfully referred, by direction of the Civil Governor, to the Rev. Estenban Guzman, Parish Priest, Tuguegarao, Cagayan, P. I., for his information and trusting that the unfortunate incident is closed. (Signed) A. W. FERGUSON, Executive Secretary. [*23532*][*Port has been received. ackd*] [*PPF*] FLANAGAN, NAY & CO. COLUMBIA BREWERY, 262 10th AVENUE. New York, Aug. 26th 1902 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States "Sagamore Hill" Oyster Bay L. I My Dear Mr. President:– I sent you by express last week two (2) bls. of Port wine done up in bottles. This wine was made by myself under the direction of my old chemist who had been in the wine business in France. The beauty of it is that the grapes were grown in the State of New York and though the wine was made in 1885 I remember distinctly that each bunch of grapes weighed from four to [seven] 6 lbs. all being selected with the greatest care. I personally superintended the grinding fermentation storage bottling etc., the express object being to obtain an absolutely [*23533*] pure Port of the finest flavor and whose age I knew myself, instead of depending on a sometimes untruthful label. This port is 17 years old and not only absolutely pure but the most exacting means were used to have it pure and [far??] from any contamination. No preservatives usually resorted to by wine merchants were used. Will the President be kind enough to present my deepest respects to Mrs. Roosevelt. I have the honor to be Yours Faithfully Willam H Flanagan. [[shorthand]][*Ansd. Aug. 27, 1902*] [*ppF pr*] [*40*] Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. 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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. ——INCORPORATED——— 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. [*NY*] ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. NUMBER 33 B SENT BY Rd REC''D BY Io CHECK 21 Paid via Plymouth RECEIVED at Augusta Me _____ 190 Dated Holderness New Hamp 26 Aug To Pres Roosevelt Care Gov Hill Augusta Me Have seen Mr Peabody May I see you for few minutes at Weirs or Concord on Thursday about Kermit Answer paid. Oliver W. Huntington [*23534*] [[shorthand]] POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. O. STEVENS, Sec'y. WM. H. BAKER, V. P. & G. M. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V. P. & G. M. TELEGRAM [*11 am*] The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. 7B. Mgr. [902?] 52 Paid Govt Received at 35 Wash'n St., Dover, N. H. (WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.) [*Ackd X & enclosed letter 8 27-1902*] Washington, D. C., Aug 26, 02 The President, Dover N H Am sailing Saturday from New york for Manila and shall study forestry in Russia and Siberia en route. A personal letter from you expressing interest in the trip and its results [*23535*]. POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. O. STEVENS, Sec'y. WM. H. BAKER, V. P. & G. M. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V. P. & G. M. TELEGRAM The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. Received at 85 Wash'n St., Dover, N. H. (WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.) Would be of greatest value with Russian officials, could you send me a word before I leave. Gifford Pinchot [*23536*] Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. NUMBER 14 SENT BY V REC'D BY CHECK 42 DN [*PPF. Pr*] RECEIVED at UNION STATION, PORTLAND, ME. August 26 1902 Dated Oyster Bay L I NY 26 To Hon Geo B. Cortelyou Secy to the Prest. Mr Huntington is principal of Newport school no necessity for President to see him. Arrived here safely last night & found all well. Boys had good sport will enclose my letters to Prest in White House envelopes. Please look out for them. Edith K. Roosevelt [*23537*]Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. NUMBER 14 SENT BY V REC'D BY CHECK 42 DN [*PPF. Pr*] RECEIVED at UNION STATION, PORTLAND, ME. August 26 1902 Dated Oyster Bay L I NY 26 To Hon Geo B. Cortelyou Secy to the Prest. Mr Huntington is principal of Newport school no necessity for President to see him. Arrived here safely last night & found all well. Boys had good sport will enclose my letters to Prest in White House envelopes. Please look out for them. Edith K. Roosevelt [*23537*] POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. O. STEVENS, Sec'y. WM. H. BAKER, V. P. & G. M. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V. P. & G. M. TELEGRAM The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. Received at 85 Wash'n St., Dover, N. H. (WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.) Would be of greatest value with Russian officials, could you send me a word before I leave. Gifford Pinchot [*23536*] Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. NUMBER 14 SENT BY V REC'D BY CHECK 42 DN [*PPF. Pr*] RECEIVED at UNION STATION, PORTLAND, ME. August 26 1902 Dated Oyster Bay L I NY 26 To Hon Geo B. Cortelyou Secy to the Prest. Mr Huntington is principal of Newport school no necessity for President to see him. Arrived here safely last night & found all well. Boys had good sport will enclose my letters to Prest in White House envelopes. Please look out for them. Edith K. Roosevelt [*23537*][*For 3 enclosures see 7-5-02 & [7-5-02]*] [*PPF Pr*] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. August 26, 1902 My dear Mr. President: I inclose herewith the original and a literal translation of the letter of Aguinaldo, sent to this Department for translation. Thinking that you might wish to see it before your return to Oyster Bay, I also send a copy of the original and copy of translation to you on the road. The translators say that the Spanish is somewhat ungrammatical; they think the translation accurate. Sincerely yours, W Sanger The President, Bangor, Maine. Inclosure. [*23538*][*[For 1 enc see 8-26-02 Sanger]*] WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C. August 26, 1902. Sir: In accordance with your telegraphic instructions acknowledged today, I have the honor to send for your information the inclosed copy of letter of notification to General Miles regarding his tour of inspection in the Philippines. Very respectfully, W Sanger Acting Secretary of War. The President, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. (1 Inc.) [*23539*]COPY. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, August 26, 1902. Sir: I have the honor to state that your application for authority to inspect that portion of the Army serving in the Philippines is approved by the President. You will sail about the 15th of September, and in inspecting the condition of the Army, will give particular attention to its instruction, discipline and to supplies of all kinds. Very respectfully, WM. CARY SANGER, Acting Secretary of War. Lieut.-Genl. Nelson A. Miles, Commanding the Army. [*23540*][Enc. in Sanger 8-26-02]THEO. LANGE, PRES ERNEST LANGE, SEC'Y. THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY. OFFICE OF Louis Lange PUBLISHING CO. PUBLISHERS OF "DIE ABENDSCHULE" AND THE "ILLUSTRATED HOME JOURNAL" St. Louis, Mo. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULATION OF THE ABENDSCHULE . . . 88,000. CIRCULATION OF THE ILLUSTRATED HOME JOURNAL 56,000. 8/27/1902. Hon. F. W. Holls, New York City. Dear Mr. Holls, From press reports we learn that Mr. Bellamy Storer is prominently mentioned to succeed Mr.White as ambassador to Berlin. Having the welfare of the administration at heart, we feel obliged to call your attention to the well-known fact that Mr. Storer and his wife are devout Roman Catholic converts. We are convinced that the nomination of Mr. Storer as ambassador to Germany, the land which is the standard-bearer of Protestantism and Lutheranism, would provoke a storm of indignation in all the circles of the German and Scandinavian Lutherans throughout our country. This nomination, coming directly after the Taft mission to the pope, would be felt as a most severe blow by these people. We write you this confidentially for the best interests of our beloved administration and hope that you will see the president in this matter and use your best efforts to present the weight of our arguments. The vast body of our subscribers throughout the Lutheran church would feel sore at such a nomination. Besides Mr. Storer, as a Catholic, would be in a most unhappy position at Berlin, since he would be hampered on all sides in consequence [*23541*]THEO. LANGE, PRES ERNEST LANGE, SEC'Y. THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY. OFFICE OF Louis Lange PUBLISHING CO. PUBLISHERS OF "DIE ABENDSCHULE" AND THE "ILLUSTRATED HOME JOURNAL" St. Louis, Mo. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULATION OF THE ABENDSCHULE . . . 88,000. CIRCULATION OF THE ILLUSTRATED HOME JOURNAL 56,000. of the split among the Prussian and Polish factions, as well as regarding the Center party. We beg to state, in all modesty, that our first choice for the very important place would be the Hon. Frederick W. Holls, who is preeminently qualified and persona grata, but knowing that your acceptance is wholly out of question, much to our regret, we would respectfully suggest our second choice:- The Hon. David J. Hill, who in his long and faithful career in the state department, has learned to be a most efficient diplomat for any ambassador-ship, and who, likewise, is a persona grata, in consequence of the visit of Prince Henry. Let the good feeling between both countries be prolonged! With kindest regards, Yours very respectfully, Louis Lange Pub. Co. Theo Lange [*23542*][[Enclosed in Halls, 9-3-02] TELEGRAM White House, Washington 9:22 a.m. Washington, D.C. Apr. 27, 1902 Ackd by phone: 4-27-1902 President Roosevelt, (PERSONAL). Would be grateful if you will receive letter by messenger. Kindly answer at the Raleigh, where I submit your answer or commands. Roger C. Spooner. 23543. [*Ackd 9-2-1902*] [*PPF*] WILLIAM A. OTIS & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO WILLIAM A. OTIS. PHILIP B. STEWART. WILLIAM P. SARGEANT. FRANCIS GILPIN. [*Personal*] Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug. 27,1902. The President, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear President Roosevelt:– We are in possession of the fruits of victory. Brady and Hodges started to engineer a bitter primary fight in Arapahoe County and Mr. Wolcott, on his return here, at first was disposed to let them carry it to a finish. He found that neither he nor they could beat us even in that corrupt county, where they had ruled so long, and we allowed until yesterday morning to take up the open fight on Mr. Wolcott. On Monday he called his people off and has left everything in our hands. He says that he will announce himself fully out of the Senatorial race. Stevenson is whipped to the point of annihilation. We are going to absolutely control the state committee, and the county committee of Arapahoe County, for the next two years; and the state convention and policy of the Republican party in this state is in our hands without let or hindrance. I shall have the forming of the state platform and you will get the strongest endorsement at every point which it is wise to give you, and will hold this state in the hollow of your hand for 1904. The feeling is absolutely jubilant throughout the state, and even in Denver, over our position and its triumph. It means more for this state than anything which has happened since the silver craze started, and I am more than hopeful that we shall elect our state ticket at least, in November, although it will [*23544*]WILLIAM A. OTIS & Co. Bankers and Brokers. Colorado Springs. Colorado William A. Ctis. Philip B. Stewart. William P. Sargeant. Francis Gilpin. President - 2. be hard to beat Teller with the 18 or so hold over democratic votes with which he starts. The democrats are going to endorse Teller in convention and he will, of course, carry some of his personal strength over to them. Two years from now, under the present lines, this state will go republican as surely as Vermont. I cannot tell you how much we appreciate your support of us and how glad I am to feel that you have not been mislead by that support. It has proved for you not only good politics in that affairs now are in the handle of men of unquestioned loyalty to yourself, but you also materially aided this state to recover itself. There are some matters now about which I wish to have a talk with you, connected with our situation here, and I hope to find an opportunity to do so as soon as possible after the state convention on the 12th. I remain, always cordially, Your friend Philip B. Stewart 23545. [*PPF*] WILLIAM A. OTIS & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO [*Ackd 9-2-1902*] [[shorthand]] WILLIAM A. OTIS. PHILIP B. STEWART. WILLIAM P. SARGEANT. FRANCIS GILPIN. [*Personal*] Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 27, 1902. The President, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. Dear President Roosevelt:– I spoke to you, in Washington, when last there, in reference to the personal habits of J. W. Zevely I believed then that my information was entirely reliable, to the fact that he had been drinking heavily in this state. I wish to say that I do not now place reliance in the source of that information, and in justice to him, I do not think that the report, without further confirmation, should in any way be made prejudicial to him. I make this correction because I feel that I may have done him an injustice. I have never said to anyone else what I said to you in reference to him and no human being knows such report from my lips, although I find this report has been circulated in Colorado, from the same source from which I got it. I do not believe it was true. Very sincerely, P. B. Stewart Dict: [*23546*]DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Manila, P. I., August 28th, 1902. Circular to Div. Supts. No. 30, s. 1902. To all Division Superintendents: Replies are desired to the following questions: 1. To sustain the school work already begun under such difficulties, including the supplying of teachers for secondary schools, how many teachers are absolutely necessary in your division? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages which would result if the municipal tax of one-fourth of one per cent. of the assessed valuation of lands and improvements (act 82, sec. 43, a) should be paid into the Provincial Treasury and disbursed therefrom for the entire province? 3. Do you find that municipalities object to paying the salaries of native teachers appointed by you under sec. 9 of act 74? If of easy access, please give instances. 4. Give the location, enrollment and average attendance of all provincial schools within your division for the month of August, giving the last figures obtainable in case any such schools are closed on account of cholera or other epidemic. 5. What amendments to the school laws, if any, do you suggest? Give reasons for recommendations. 6. What plans have you to suggest to promote construction of school buildings? [*23547*]DEPARTMENT OF OUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Circular to Div. Supts. No. 30, s. 1902. -2- 7. What effect has the requirement of an average atten- dance of 25 persons over 14 years of age had upon the night schools in your division? 8. If you have any contributions for the Risal Monu- ment Fund they may be forwarded to the Treasurer of that Fund through this office, if desired, as the contributions are now being collected. Very truly yours, [E. B. BRYAN] 23548. [*PPF*] KASKEL & KASKEL SHIRT MAKERS FIFTH AVE.COR.32D STREET NEW YORK 77 JACKSON BOULEVARD CHICAGO New York, Aug. 28th, 1902 Mr. Wm. Loeb Jr., Secry. Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your favor of the 27th, and in reply we beg to state that the President's sample stocking has been forwarded to our Mr. Kaskel who is at present abroad. However we shall request him not to order any for the President in London and shall ask him to return the stocking to us. As soon as we receive it we shall return it to you. We regret we were not successful in finding just what the President wished although we were most anxious to do so. We remain, Yours respectfully, Kaskel & Kaskel [*23549*]. 194 FIFTH AVENUE KNOX HATTER SIX HIGHEST AWARDS AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION RETAIL STORES: 194 FIFTH AVENUE, (FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NY) 212 BROADWAY. COR. FULTON ST. NEW YORK 340 FULTON ST. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 157 & 159 STATE ST, CHICAGO, ILL MANUFACTORY AND WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT: COR. GRAND AND ST. MARKS AVES. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AGENTS IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES IN THE U. S. E. M. KNOX. NEW YORK Aug. 28 1902. Mr. Geo. B Cortelyou Secy Dear Sir We have this day shipped to the President at Oyster Bay the silk hat ordered by telegraph. and trust same will please him. We will say that we conformed the hat to an old conform, and the only one that we had of the President, and if it should not be a perfect fit we will be pleased to fix it. Yours very respectfully E. M. Knox J. T. C. [*23550*][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 8-1-1902 PF*] 238 Maryland Avenue N. E. Washington, D. C. July 29, 1902. Dear Mr. President: This has just been finished and I send a copy at once for your information. Tomorrow morning I take Mrs. Cortelyou and the [*23551*]going to try to throw off for a little while. We have read with great interest the news from Oyster Bay and hope you and Mrs. Roosevelt do not have too many cares thrust upon you. With kindest regards, in which Mrs. Cortelyou joins, Sincerely yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou. The President. children to Hempstead for a few days. From there we hope to go nearer the seashore. The matters relative to the trips will be forwarded to me, from day to day, but other things I am [*23552*][*103*] Hm. -3- 1st Endorsement, OFFICE OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manila, P. I., August 29th, 1902. Respectfully referred, by the direction of the Civil Governor, to Major Thomas L. Hartigan, Counsel for the Bishop Administrator for the Archdiocese of Manila. (Sgd) A. W. FERGUSON, Executive Secretary. 23553[*Ackd 9-1-1902*] United States Senate, Cleveland, Ohio, August 29. 1902. The President, Oyster Bay, L. I., New York. My Dear Mr. President: I am receipt of a letter from Mr. Cortelyou written at Nahant, asking me if I can come to Oyster Bay some time during the next month. It will be impossible for me to be there on the 5th instant owing to previous engagements. If you arrange the conference for any one of the other days, the 15th, 16th or 17th, I will be very glad to comply with your wishes. Sincerely yours, M A Hanna [*23554*]pupil if possible and I am sure that you would be satisfied, if you decided to entrust him to our care. I beg to refer you to the Rev. Mr. Peabody of Groton; Honorable Aulick Palmer, Marshall of the District of Columbia and Bishop Mackay-Smith, Bishop- Coadjutor of Pennsylvania. I shall be very glad to communicate with you further and trust I shall hear from you in a day or two. Yours respectfully Montgomery Smith MS Box 293, Bar Harbor, Me. [*23556*] [*Ackd. [*PPF*] 9-1-1902*] Bar Harbor, Me. August 29, 1902 His Excellency Pres. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir:– I trust you will pardon the liberty I take in addressing you again but I get the impression from your letter of August 13th that you misunderstood me, with regard to your sons. I wrote you to ask whether you would send your son to our school, the Columbia School for Boys. I did not refer to your son who is at Groton, as I think you inferred that I did, but to your son who was in the public schools last year. If you did misunderstand me I should very much like to have you consider sending the boy I mention above. I am naturally [*23555*] very anxious to secure him as a[For 1. enc. see M. Smith ca 8-29-02][8-29-02][97] Hm. EXHIBIT NO. 35. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF PAMPAGA, Bacolor, May 23, 1902. The Honorable Acting Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands. Sir:- I have the honor to send you herewith the minute of the session of the municipal council of the public of Lubao, in which said council protests with the greatest energy against the arrival and the presence in the pueblo of the friar of the Agustine order, named Galo M. de la Calle. I believe that the presence of said friar must necessarily contribute more or less to disturbe the peace of mind and the tranquillity of the inhabitants of the public, and recommend, as a preventive measure, that the Superior Authority take the matter into consideration, and that, if possible, said friar be removed from the pueblo. Very respectfully, (Sgd) C. JOVEN, Governor of Pampanga. At the extraordinary meeting of the municipal council of Lubao held on May 19, 1902, the president said: "I have called this meeting for the purpose of submitting to your consider- ation a fact which might be an obstacle to the measures which you have adopted in former ordinances in regard to public health, the policing and good appearance of the pueblo, and development of the municipal estate, all of which were intended to consol- idate the peace and the tranquillity which we enjoy at present. 23557 . [*98*] - 2 - I suppose that you have heard about the arrival here of a friar named Galo de la Calle, who used to be parish priest of this pueblo, and who is said to have come to take charge of the parish; I now hope that you will take a decisive resolution in the case; I need not remind you of all we have suffered from the friars, who are the cause of our misfortunes, and are responsible for the death of so many innocents, and the sufferings of so many others who were banished; you all know that it is on their account that we were compelled to appeal to arms." The members of the municipal council then declared that before the meeting they had consulted the inhabitants of their respective districts, and that all protest against the presence of theifriar and ask that he be promptly removed; the antipathy of all the inhabitants makes them fear that an attempt against the life of the friar might be made if he remained any longer in the pueblo. And in view of such a possibility, which they wish to avoid, they resolve by a unanimous vote to forward a copy of the present minute to the Civil Governor of the province, as a protest against the presence of the friar, for such action as he may deem convenient. (Sgd) EUGENIO FERNANDEZ, Municipal President. (Follow the signatures of the members.) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1st Endorsement. OFFICE OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manila, P. I., August 29th, 1902. Respectfully referred, by direction of the Civil Governor, to Major Thomas L. Hartigan, Counsel for the Bishop Administrator of the Archdioceses of Manila. (Sgd) A. W. FERGUSSON, Executive Secretary. [*23558*]Annual Announcement of the Columbia School for Boys, 1453 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C. [Ca 8-29-02] The Columbia School of Boys will open for the sixth year on Wednesday, October the first. A change has been made in the management for this year, Mr. Montgomery Smith, the principals, having as an associate, Mr. Edward B. Merriman, a graduate of Yale, a student at the Harvard and Yale graduate schools and a teacher of wide experience. Mr. Smith and Mr. Merriman will be assisted by the staff of three teachers, each a specialist in his line. The course of instruction includes the subjects required for entrance to the universities and colleges, West Point and Annapolis. Boys who do not expect to enter college are given careful instruction in the fundamentals of these common branches of learning which are of recognized service for life work. The department of younger boys will be under the supervision of Mr. Smith. forth-five boys, day and boarding pupils, will be received, and the home life of the boarding pupils will be in the care of Mrs. Mer- riman. The charge of tuition and board will be $450 and $400; for tuition $145, $125 and $100 per annum, all charges payable half yearly in advance. The Year Book is now the hands of the printer, and will be issued September 1st. For further information address MONTGOMERY SMITH, Principal. EDWARD B. MERRIMAN, Associate Principal. 23559D. C. HEATH, Pres. D. C. Heath & Co. W. E. PULSIFER, Treas. C. H. AMES, Sec. (Incorporated) W. S. SMYTH, Vice-Pres. Publishers of Text-Books for Schools and Colleges No. 120 Boylston Street, Boston Aug. 30 - 1902. Dear Senator Lodge - The enclosed tribute to Prest. Roosevelt for his characteristic and fine act in recognition of his old guide and friend at Bangor is so genuine and private and – I believe – representative of Maine – and of the feeling he has created in the country – that I wish it could come under his eye. If in your judgement it is worth the while - show or send it to him. with the best possible good will of Yours truly C. H. Ames. [*23560*] The writer of the letter - Mrs. Fanny Hardy Eckstorm of Brewer, Me. knows the Maine woods – and Maine people – in the most thoroughgoing way, & has been their best interpreter in "Forest & Stream",[ Enclosed in Ledge. 94-02.][*Boris*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. August 30, 1902. Col. B. F. Montgomery, White House, Washington,D.C. Please transmi t following to Assistant Secretary Adee: "The Sylph will be detailed to convey Grand Duke Boris to Oyster Bay from New York September fourth. Please advise Assistant Secretary Loeb at Oyster Bay as to hour and place of meeting in New York, and he will inform commander of the Sylph." Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary. Collect Government Rates. [*23561*]August 30. 1902. Hon. John Hay, Newbury. My Dear Bro. Hay: Yesterday on my return I received your kind letter. I was very sorry indeed not to be able to have a chat with you. I hope the treaty will be in shape soon. I spoke to Dr. Hill about the desire of President Palma to know whether an extra session would be possible as that would materially change matters; but have not heard anything in regard to it. I deplore your absence very much and although you suggest that I see the Acting Secretary there is a matter which I am requested to treat first with you en famille, if possible, without recurring to the official channel. It is the unfortunate incidents of Gen. Bragg. As you are aware our Department of State through Minister Squiers asked whether the General had used the language which has so offended the Cuban people. This was in the middle of July; Mr. Squiers told Secretary Zaldo that the whole matter had been referred to President Roosevelt but nothing further has been said to us. The General has, as you can see by the enclosed copies of letters, continued his insulting attitude and has revived the animosity. Besides, Havana papers confirm the statements that the General is constantly discouraging 23562Senor de Quesada to Secretary Hay - 2 investments in the island and running down the country and the people. I have letters from trustworthy Americans telling me what a situation he is creating and that his work is done by an untaught and untrained secretary. I have purposely refrained from touching the matter, waiting to see you, and I would not trouble your rest if it were not that I am urged by a cable to communicate the result of my representations. It is a sad thing that the harmony and good feeling between two countries should be endangered by the actions of an intemperate man. I am sure that neither President Roosevelt nor you will allow this to continue. I await anxiously your reply and will not communicate with the Department officially until you give me your views; the Cuban Government and I would be happy to see you resolve the incident without any official act on our part. Pardon me for disturbing your vacation and believe me Yours faithfully, Sgd: GONZALO de QUESADA N. B. - As I sign this here comes a cable dated today saying "A new insult, urgent to have matter decided". [*23563*]Brewer, Aug. 30, 1902 My dear Mr. Ames:- When I wrote you yesterday it was without thinking of something so rare and choice that I am minded not to let the opportunity slip to tell it while it is hot. You'll see the same in the papers no doubt[s] it cannot be that so many reporters from all the big papers would let slip a dramatic situation like this, but better are the eyes of a friend. Yesterday the President was here, and it was a great day. They say there were 25000 strangers in Bangor, and that probably includes only the train arrivals; I should say there were in all nearly 60000 there during the day, an immense crowd for a small place. and the day was fine and everyone saw the great man, and all were happy. Just before going in to an extremely select lunch in the Bangor House, to which only about twenty were invited, the President spoke briefly from the balcony facing the Unitarian grounds, a short but excellent talk, and then he said: "I am going to take the part of the town crier. Somewhere in this crowd I know there is a friend of mine whom I want to see. If anyone sees or knows where Bill Sewell of Island Falls, Aroostook, is, I wish he would tell him that I want him to come in and lunch with me right here and now." And they found Bill Sewall of Island Falls and sent him in, and the sound of the cheering was heard in Brewer. And Bill Sewall sat down with the President of the United States and the governor and congressmen and senators and potentates and he no doubt ate "pum-de-terres ally this or that" and all sorts of things whose names he had never [*23564*]2 heard of with the same coolness with which he would have faced actual starvation. I think you will appreciate the little incident as much as any one. It is rather too big to comment on at much length, but it is the sort of thing that only a tremendously great man would dare to carry out same if he happened to think of it. I don't happen to know Mr. Bill Sewall of Island Falls, though I hear that he was an old guide and a ranch-comrade of Roosevelt's in the West, a Maine man originally who came back to Maine and dropped down once more into the heart of the big woods. But the off-hand way of delivering a banquet invitation to a crowd of ten thousand or more, the easy assumption of the right to do his own inviting when he wished to, the cool cutting across all lines of rank and precedence, the importation of a Maine woodsman into a super-selected and doubly-winnowed assembly, making them stand man for man to be measured with the fellow from Island Falls off from the pedestal of their offices, the fundamental and unarrogated democracy of the incident, are something upon a larger scale than social conventions. There is no question of the president's democracy here: we have seen it tested. What is more, every lumberman and woodsman the state over may be counted on for a Roosevelt man henceforth. Not to go back on a friend is the first article of their creed, and they have had it exemplified in the most striking way possible. If the committee did not think Mr. Roosevelt's friend good enough to eat with him, he evidently thought differently himself. Now some of your good people who do not know our world will say that all Mr. Roosevelt was doing was making political [*23565*]3 capital out of this thing. Tell him that if he did not understand the political bearings of everything he does he would not be wise enough to be president; but tell them too that they are leaving Mr. Bill Sewall out when they come to any such narrow conclusion. For Bill Sewall [went] came, and, as requested, he lunched with the president. Had he doubted the sincerity of the invitation, wild horses could not have drawn him. He would have replied, "Let their old president go to thunder; I ain't no part of the show and I ain't a-goin' to be!" I never saw Bill Sewall but that is the style of man, and that is the answer he would throw back to any one who tried to presume upon a familiarity that was not his. But Bill Sewall went, and at the fair grounds he had a seat near the president and I suppose there is not in all Aroostook today a farm so remote that the grape-vine telegraph has not announced that Bill Sewall of Island Falls ate with the president down to Bangor yesterday. And the older ones all think of Lincoln's ways and words. Indeed, I think we will have to go back to Lincoln to find any public man with so much confidence in the people and so good an understanding of them. This is a greater man than most give him credit for being, and the course to which he is plainly committing himself is a course of action so novel as to be practicable only to one of great faith, great will and large insight. To men of more political shrewdness it must seem suicidal to ambitions. To those of wider fore-sight it will no doubt commend itself as wise and prudent. I am inclined to think it is our best guarantee to a peaceable re-adjustment of the social upheaval that has been shaking [*23566*]. 4 the earth beneath our feet these twenty years. The only possible issue that I can see is carrying democracy to its legitimate conclusions and letting the people manage their own affairs, yet politically with as little red-tape as possible, socially by [gt] giving the many equal rights of combination and self-direction with the few. The speeches of the president during this tour have seemed to me models of tactfulness and earnestness. Indeed they have been strangely like sermons. The one here at Bangor was far more a sermon than anything else, and it was excellently aimed; for we have no political difficulties, few social disorders, no burning questions of class and privilege; where we most need direction is on matters of morals. A chiliad of sermons from the pulpit would not hit so many to convince them as that very straight forward talk at the fair-grounds on morals and good citizenship. It was very nicely adapted to a native American audience which was wht he had. Walter and I went over the fair-ground for some hours in the morning, observing carefully all we saw and we did not see, with the exception of one German family, any face except among the fakirs, that was not native American or Irish- American among the thousands there. There was not a Jew, Italian, Bulgarian, Swede, or Frenchman in all we met, and I believe we were more than fairly observant. None the less, as Walter said, 'This is a good crowd, but it isn't an altogether moral one And I affirmed it. In any native American assemblage there is felt that strange lack of thorough-going righteousness, so that I am reminded that Jacob, the chosen one, had a similar moral twist in him. But I like them fine. Yours, F. H. E. [* [Eckstorm] *] [*23567*][Enclosed in lodge, 9-4-02] TELEGRAM. [*WH*] White House, Washington. Oyster Bay, N. Y., August 30, 1902. Memo for Col. Montgomery: Please wire Secretary Cortelyou following telegram in cipher: Mrs. Roosevelt feels that vulgarities indulged in by Grand Duke Boris in New York City and elsewhere as reported in newspapers, make it impossible for him to meet her and thinks reception here by President of him should be of the briefest official character, and hopes it can be arranged that she be not present and that private car on Long Island railroad and not Sylph will bring him here. Please advise me for her information what program has been agreed upon. William Loeb, Jr. [*23568*]Jc (?) 31st Ji (?)TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. [*Ansd File PPF Pr*] [*Boris*] White House, Washington, D. C. Aug. 30, 1902. Mr. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secy to The President, Private Special train arriving 7:40 P. M. I have just been requested by Mr. Loeb to send you the following: "Mrs. Roosevelt feels that indulged in by Grand Duke Boris in New York City and elsewhere as represented make it impossible for him to meet her, and Thinks reception here by President of him should be of the briefest official character, and hopes it can be arranged that she be not present, and that private car on Long Island Railroad and not Sylph will bring him here. Please advise me for her information what program has been agreed upon." Benj. F. Montgomery. 4:32 P. M. over [*23569*][[shorthand]]M. W. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF FORESTRY WASHINGTON, D C OFFICE OF THE FORESTER S. S. Lucania, August 30th 1902. Dear Mr. President: Your exceedingly kind letter reached me safely and in good time, and I am very greatly obliged to you for it. As I telegraphed you, it will give me all kinds of help, especially now that I intend to see all that I can in Russia and Siberia on the way through, even at the expense of a week's delay in getting home. This may be my last chance for many years, and I had better use it. The thing that hurts my feelings most is that I shall go through the home of the woolly tiger, and not far from the range of some of the big sheep, without a chance to get after them. I am not even taking a rifle, on account of the great difficulty in getting it over the Russian frontier. It seems like an outrage to lose such chances, but this time there is to be no other way. Very sincerely yours, Gifford Pinchot. Forester. The President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*23570*](TRANSLATION) Cedar Lake, August 30th, 1902. Dear Mr. Holls:– Your kind letter reached me at the moment when, by the order of my doctor, I went to my little country seat at Cedar Lake, and I am compelled to dictate my answer. The Berlin matter has occupied my thoughts for some time. It is a question which is much more important to us Americans of German descent than the appointment of a Cabinet officer. I cannot tell you how sincerely I hope that the President may succeed in findings a fitting, competent and worthy successor for Dr. White. I know well that this is no trifle. The position of Ambassador in Berlin is one of peculiar difficulty and delicacy. Men like Choate with a healthy stomach and a great fund of anecdote are running about by the dozen. They will do for London but not for Berlin. [*!!*] [*?!!!? F. W. H.*] With reference to Bellamy Storer, I should regard his appointment as a decided and most regrettable blunder and mistake. The New Ambassador in Berlin ought to be a man of different calibre and personality in every respect. Religion should, of course, have nothing to do with politics, but the objections which arise over Mr. Storer's religion happen to have peculiar weight. First, the man is a convert and hence, in all probability, like most of such people, a good deal of a fanatic; and furthermore, it is a fact that the Roman Catholic [*23571*]2. Church as such is known to take a lively interest in his political future. Several of the high dignitaries of the Church in this neighborhood have made direct attempts to induce the Germania to support his candidacy with the President and this fact compels me to consider the religious aspect of the entire question. You, Mr. Holls, know the position of the Centre Party in the Reichstag and you will surely agree with me that I am not exaggerating when I say that the Ultramontaine party would assuredly endeavor to direct the activities of Mr. Storer in wrong directions. If there is any foundation to the rumor which I have heard that the Emperor would not view his appointment with disfavor, I would regard it as another proof of the correctness of my surmises. I have heard that the President considers himself obligated to Storer because Mr. McKinley offered the latter the first vacant Embassy. I must say that I cannot understand how Mr. McKinley could have made such a promise unless Mr. Storer in his eyes was some sort of a diplomatic universal genius. Our various Embassies are so different in character from one another that a man might be admirably fitted for one and absolutely unfitted for another. Mr. Storer was beyond doubt a good man for Madrid. If necessary, he would also fit for Vienna, but in our entire diplomatic service there is no position for which he seems so little fitted as that of Berlin. I could write an entire book on this matter but my [b] illness must excuse me for being brief. I believe I can tell you authoritatively that the appointment of Mr. Storer would be highly [*23572*]3. distasteful to the thousands and thousands of readers of the Germania and it would leave a very bitter taste, and by no means only for religious reasons, for, as you know, our circulation especially as to our daily is by no means only among the German Lutherans. If the President attaches any weight whatever to my opinion I urgently implore him not to send Mr. Storer to Berlin. Finally, thanking you for the kind expressions contained in your letter, I remain, with sincere regards, Yours very truly, EMIL von SCHLEINITZ. [*23573*][Enclosed in Holls, 9-3-02] . [*[1902]*] [*PP.F.*] [* [ca 8-31-02] *] The Ten Eyck Positively Fireproof ····Albany, N. Y···· h. J. Rockwell and Son. Thursday Evg. Dear Mr President, Gen Clarkson and myself saw Governor Odell tonight and I saw Senator Platt today. The Platform will contain language satisfactory to you, I am sure. They mark the question in good spirit. They both feel that the appointment of [the] Mr Roy should be made at once. If that can be done now, I believe it should be. Davis will certainly be nominated and they will strengthen his lines in every way. [*23574*]. 2 The Ten Eyck Positively Fireproof ····Albany, N. Y···· h. J. Rockwell and Son. I am a resident of the Judicial Dist and know personally of the situation. Gen Clarkson will explain to you in detail. I am Your Obedient Servant N. N. Stranahan [*23575*]. [*Wynne*] [*Paper written by Father Wynne for "Harpers Weekly" and shortly to be published.*] [* [ca 8-31-02] *] [*ca. 8-1902*] The appointment of men who were born and educated in this country to some of the vacant bishoprics in the Philippines emphasizes a condition of the Catholic Church in the United States, which imports great progress, if not serious changes also, in the near future. Until a comparatively recent date not only the members, but the clergy also, Bishops and Priests, of this Church, were recruited largely from other countries, who came as if into a mission country, so far at least as concerned the condition of Catholics and the relations of their hierarchy with the Holy See. Now however, bishops will begin to go out to countries which are really foreign, even though they form part of our possessions. With American bishops for leaders, young American clergy will soon follow, and in a short time will appear the power of the Church as a factor in the pacification of the Islands, and in the gradual assimilation of the people to American ways and ideals. This enchanting prospect in the far off archipelago naturally leads us to consider with renewed interest the influence which the Catholic body is actually exercising, and likely to exercise still more vigorously and extensively during the next decade here at home. In order to estimate the influence more accurately, we shall first give some statistics showing the present condition of this Church, pre[o]mising however, that the forecast of any great spiritual [*23576*]2 agency must be based, not on figures alone, but on the character and harmony of the forces which make for its efficiency, and on the influence, spiritual, moral, intellectual and social, it can exert on its own body and on the nation at large. Statistics of bishops, clergy and laity cannot be overlooked; still more useful for our purpose will be the nicer inquiry into the principles which animate them an the spirit with which they devote themselves to their religious mission. The 12 Provinces into which the Catholic Church is divided in the United States contain each an archdiocese, subject to an Archbishop, and several diocese ruled by Bishops, in all to the number of 86. The 99 prelates together with the 11 coadjutors of auxiliaries appointed to assist some to them, are designated by the Pope, to whom they are nominated by a ballot of the bishops of the Providence and another of the clergy of the vacant diocese. There is no room for intermediation or interference by the State or by any outside agency. As things are arranged at present the choice of bishops can be made promptly; in fact, in the more important Archdioceses coadjutors are usually appointed with right of succession so that the administration may continue without interruption. At the head of this hierarchy as primate is the Cardinal, and, to expedite business with the central government, an Apostolic Delegate. There are 9743 clergymen subject in all things to the immediate jurisdiction of the bishops, and, subject to 23577. 3 them also in all that concerns parochial ministration, 3225 members of religious communities in Holy Orders. These 12968 priests minister to 11,289,710 members who worship in 7005 Churches and 3873 Chapels. There is no lack of candidates for the ministry, 3382 actually preparing for secular priests and 1931 religious in the 7 Universities and 71 Seminaries. There are 162 colleges for males and 643 academies for females. These are maintained in great part by 5000 men, not in Holy Orders, but dwelling in community, usually called brothers; and 50,000 women, the nuns or sisters who also aid the clergy in the schools and charitable institutions, conducting with proper lay assistance 3978 parish schools with fully 1,000,000 pupils and 923 institutions with 1, 113, 031 inmates. A word about the laity who support pastors, churches schools, and other institutions, and who devote time as well as money working as members of charitable, benevolent, social and literary associations. Besides the many pious sodalities or confraternities, some of which exist in every parish, there are at least twenty great national organizations of men and women, growing in numbers and efficiency every year, and in order to work still more efficiently all the societies of men numbering fully 2,000,000 are forming a federation which will be perfected in another year. These men are representative Catholics, loyal to the Church and affectionately united to the bishops and clergy with whom they have attended school together and associated on most [*23578*]. 4 familiar terms except for the comparatively short period of the seminary course. With this table of statistics before us, we might presume to predict the outlook of the Church for the next ten years, by reviewing briefly what it has achieved in the past; and arguing that it will accomplish similar things in the future. Such a forecast however, would be very partial, for never before was the Catholic Church in this country capable of doing for the spiritual, intellectual, moral and social benefit of its own members and of the country at large. As a spiritual leaven in the community it is safe to predict that this vast and well organized force will exert a salutary influence against all that is sham or merely sentimental in religion, and inculcate a robust faith, proved by deeds more than by profession, in a personal God, the immortality of the soul, the sacredness of human life, final reward or punishment, Christ's divinity and redemption, the visible communion of his followers, the authority of its head. Without any aggression or fanatical proselytism it will act as a safeguard against the delusions of spiritualism, the extravagance of Zionism and Christian Science, the spiritual paralysis of skepticism, the blight of atheism or agnosticism, personal or race suicide, the materialism or commercialism that would make this world the sum of human destiny, and the gradual disintegration of the Christian Church. As a religious body Catholics will not have to deplore [*23579*]. 5 empty Churches, a continental Sunday or a dearth of vocations to the ministry. Intellectually Catholics are beginning to show the results of the training given in their parochial schools and higher academic institutions in which religious and moral as well as mental education are imparted. In number and efficiency these schools are bound to grow every year. In January 1902 there were 3835 parochial schools; in January 1903, there were 3978 an increase of 143. One salutary influence these schools have already exerted and will exert still more strongly, is manifest in the tendency of many denominations to imitate to some extent the Catholic system. The Religious Education Association which was organized for this purpose in February of this year have among its members the most advanced as well as the most conservative educators of the land. Not only in education, but in literature also Catholic influence will be preceptible. A body of nearly 12,000,000 must furnish a number of readers quite respectable enough to merit the consideration of every publisher and determine to some extent the character of the books put on the market and the treatment of the subjects contained in them. An influence like this must necessarily promote a higher regard for truth, and a profound respect for sound moral principles. The moral influence of the Church ought to be most apparent in the attitude of its members towards divorce. It has been suggested lately that all good citizens should [*23580*]. 6 ostracize remarried divorced persons. It will never be necessary for Catholics to do that. If they are consistent their sentiments on lawful wedlock are so well known, that those who have transgressed the Church's canons will not be likely to obtrude their company where they know it cannot be acceptable. No one questions the appalling evils of divorced in our land. While other Churches are vainly seeking remedies in legislation and in public sentiment, the Catholic Church alone stands for the divine ordinations of matrimony and hedges it round with all the sacredness of a sacrament. No divorced person attempting remarriage can be in good standing in this Church, which means that it is no respecter of persons, but stands for the integrity of the family and for the inviolability of the most sacred of human contracts. It is chiefly in social matters that the Catholic Church will show its influence. Under its fostering care come nearly one half of the vast number of immigrants daily arriving in our ports, under the same care are the great majority of workingmen who worship in any Church, for no matter how prosperous some of the members may be, the Church never desists from serving the poor. These two facts speak volumes for the solution of the problems raised by socialism, anarchy and the irritable relations of capital and labor. Respect for authority, regard for personal and proprietary rights, close union of pastor with people and habitual submission to law as inculcated in the Church, home and [*23581*]. 7 school among so many employers and employed, must necessarily make for social tranquility and industrial peace. Catholic workingmen are numerous enough to influence the sentiment of all the labor unions in the United States. Catholic citizens are numerous enough, and they would readily find millions to supplement their number, to stop one source of social distress which makes employers more exacting and employees more and more impoverished; viz, the excessive taxation imposed to meet extravagant expenditures for official and public service. The private schools and charitable institutions which Catholics support with results as favorable as those of the State, and often superior, for one half and even one third of the expense incurred by the State, is an object lesson in civic economy which must ultimately assert itself in our sociology. There is one gratifying sign of the times which fortifies the assurance with which we make the foregoing predictions. Much of the old prejudice, mistrust and apprehension which used to mark the attitude of too many of our fellow citizens toward the Catholic Church has given way to a proper appreciation of its position, confidence in its loyalty, and to a sincere desire on the party of every intelligent American that all its forces should contribute to the public welfare. What statesman, like officials and public spirited citizens, nay, even representative churchmen of every denomination, fear, is not that the Catholic body should exert due influence on the fortunes of our country, but rather lest Catholics should fail to recognize their [*23582*]8 power for good in the community, and through indolence or timidity desist from exercising their conservative, progressive and beneficent activities. [*[Enc. in Philbin, 7-14-03]*]Form No. 168. [*PPF*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at 2 NY DY PC 138 Paid Govt Sept 1/1902 Bellows Falls Vt 1 Hon Wm Loeb Jr Asst to the President Oyster Bay NY (Personal) See telegram to the President to Mrs Roosevelt referring to your cipher message arrange with Long Island Railroad company for private car to be attached to the ten fifty AM train from Lon-Island City September fourth car to be held in Oyster-Bay and attached to train out of there two twenty three pm after luncheon for Long Island City. Have explained fully to Mr Adee that Sylph will not be available on that day and that these arrangements have been made have also told Adee if representative of State Dept cannot accompany Grand Duke to Oyster-Bay to ask war Dept to detail an officer for that duty. Advise commander of Sylph of this change of arrangements. [*23584*] Geo B Cortelyou. Secy 432 pTELEGRAM. [*C. F.*] White House, Washington. September 1, 1902. Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Asistant Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Personal) See telegram from the President to Mrs. Roosevelt referring to your cipher messages. Arrange with Long Island Railroad Company for private car to be attached to the ten fifty A.M. train from Long Island City September fourth, car to be held in Oyster Bay and attached to train out of there two twenty-three P.M.– after luncheon – for Long Island City. Have explained fully to Mr. Adee that Sylph will not be available on that day and that these arrangements have been made. Have also told Adee that if representative of State Department cannot accompany Grand Duke to Oyster Bay to ask War Department to detail an officer for that duty. Advise commander of Sylph of this change of arrangements. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary. Charge Government rates, White House, Washington, D. C. [*23585*]Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at [*[9-1-02]*] Bellows Falls Vt Mrs. Roosevelt I thoroughly agree with what you say we will have the individual in question come by privtae car from LI City and lunch at one with me you will lunch with Aunt Lizzie and I will have harry white to lunch with you there too. Theodore Roosevelt. [*23586*] [*Concerning Grand Duke Boris of Russia.*]COPY. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. Berkeley, September 1, 1902. My dear Mr. Sanger: In answer to your letter of inquiry of August 22nd I can only say that we expect and desire the return of Professor Moses at the beginning of the next academic year, 1903, and that I have already told him so. He now holds leave of absence from the University which terminates July 1, 1903. In asking for this last year's leave of absence he told me that even if the Government should not require his services during the whole of the year he should not expect to return to Berkeley before the beginning of the next academic year. I expect to be in Washington about the close of this month and I shall hope to have the opportunity of meeting you to talk about some relations of the state universities to the War Department. In case my reply regarding Professor Moses is not satisfactory to you I trust you will be able to delay action until that time. I certainly shall be anxious to cooperate fully with the Government in the matter. Very sincerely yours, BENJ. I. WHEELER. William Cary Sanger, Esq., Acting Secretary of War, Washington, D.C. [*23587*]. [*Exhibit "A"*] Enrollment of pupils in Manila Trade School. September 1 1902. Total No. of Different Pupils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Pupils in Carpentry Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 " " Drawing " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 " " English " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 " " Telegraphy " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The pupils are scattered through Manila as follows: Binondo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Concepcion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ermita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Intramuros . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Malate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Quiapo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sampaloc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 San Miguel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Santa Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Singalon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Tondo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trozo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 _____ Total: 136 The following named provinces are represented: Albay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bontoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bulacan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cagayan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Cavite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ilocos Norte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ilocos Sur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Laguna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Pampanga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rizal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sorsogon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tayabas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 _____ Total: 136 Of this number only twenty-three come from the north side of the river Pasig, showing very conclusively that the great body of Filipinos are not being reached in our efforts to give them a knowledge of modern industrial work. [*23588*]. Some of the Discouragements and Obstacles Encountered in Establishing Industrial Work in Manila. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dealing with a class of people who, after years of Spanish rule have the idea firmly imbedded in their minds that manual labor is degrading and beneath their dignity. 2. A bad location. It is far removed from the working class of Filipinos who cannot afford to pay for transportation and who will not walk. The school should be moved to a new location in a Filipino center, some where in the region of Binondo, Quiapo or Santa Cruz. In the United States when a school of this kind is to be established, the various parts of the city are carefully studied and if property can be secured in that part where the people live who are to receive the greatest benefit, there the school is placed. If such great care is used where trade and industrial schools are popular and their mission understood how much more consideration and care should be exercised here, where conditions are so different and where the prejudices of centuries must be overcome. 3. Cholera has played an important part in school affairs generally, and the Trade School has not escaped. 4. A great and unnecessary delay in getting tools. 5. Non-allowance of sufficient tools for even a satisfactory makeshift, e.g. Only one broken vise for the use of a [*23589*]. 2 class running at times as high as eighteen. Pupils became discouraged and left. Great mistake was made in attempting to do anything until the proper tools had arrived. In the desire to show our good intentions and do what lay in our power, we are apparently judged by the indifferent results obtained under the most trying conditions. But in spite of all this there seems to be no reason to cry failure at this time, nor is there reason to be discouraged. The school is now located in a district for the most part thinly settled with Filipinos and many of these belong to the wealthier class. Prizes for best work might be given in the different departments and some simple uniform or insignia adopted for the school. These and the moving of the school to a better location would give the school a fresh start. There are quite a number of young men in school from the outside provinces. They say it costs tham a great deal to live here and that they must get all that they can in as short a time as possible and go home. Could not some arrangement be made to pay a small sum of money to deserving young men and encourage them to stay long enough to get something more than a smattering of a subject? Work in the Different Departments. Carpentry. Up to the latter part of July we had four sets of carpenter tools and a few extras. They were a [*23590*]3 They were a makeshift and hardly suited to the needs of the Filipinos. Since the arrival of the tools from the States much more has been accomplished. The number of pupils taking this work to-day is twenty-nine. Drawing. No drawing tools or supplies came until about the middle of July so that up to that time nothing was accomplished. There are sixty pupils in the drawing classes at this time. Telegraphy. The outfit for this department, with the exception of the tables and chairs, was furnished by the Army. In order to make this a practical course of printed blanks and books for the keeping of such records as the students will be obliged to keep in any telegraph office in the Philippines have been ordered. There is great need for a few type-writers, for in the modern telegraph office a type-writer is almost as necessary as the telegraphic instrument, and the students should have practice in using them. Seventy-four students are taking this course. Plumbing. The tools for this work have arrived but the classes in telegraphy now occupy the rooms set apart for this work. It is intended to move the classes in telegraphy to the north room of the north-west building. This room is now stacked full of lumber. [*23591*]. 4 A building is now being put in condition for the lumber and the room will soon be cleared so that the classes can be established in plumbing. English. Mr. Parkin, who is to take charge of the plumbing work, is at present engaged the full time in teaching English and mathematics to all who desire it. Many do not wish to study these branches here as they go to the evening school and prefer to devote their full time to practical work. Fifty-seven attend these classes. Blacksmithing. Requisitions for tools and supplies for this work were forwarded to the Insular Purchasing Agent early last March. After many delays they were returned with the request that they be cut down. At this time all the funds had been withdrawn and there was no appropriation available. Mr. Hewitt, who will take charge of this department, is here. Neither room, tools or supplies are read but Mr. Hewitt's services will be required in assisting in the drawing room and elsewhere. Electricity. The requisition for this work suffered the same fate as did that of the above. A teacher has been appointed to take charge of this course but it is doubtful if he comes from the States. Requisitions. A few requisitions for tools for outside work have been filled and there is now on hand quite a [*23592*]. 5 number of sets of drawing instruments and a few sets of carpenter tools. There have also been ordered a number of whittling trays, with a small outfit, which will no doubt arrive soon, all these will be available for use in the provinces. Evening School. As soon as possible after receiving the necessary tools and supplies, evening classes in drawing and carpentry were started Mr. Eaton and Mr. Davis giving their services five evenings a week. After the decision of the Secretary of Pubic Instruction (see correspondence) it being impossible to do successful work with such large classes and there being no possibility of receiving any pay for services rendered, the classes were kept open only three nights a week. The classes in drawing averaged for a number of nights over twenty with an enrollment of thirty- three. Since the rains have begun the classes are not quite as large. The rain is not the only damper however for there are not lamps enough to properly light the room. Immediately after the passage of the appropriation bill for the present quarter a requisition was put in for ten "Parker" lamps or their equivalent so that there might be light enough in all the rooms. Up to the present time no lamps have been received. [*23593*]. 6 The classes in carpentry have never been over ten. There should be evening classes carried on in connection with the trade school work for the accommodation of a class of people who cannot attend school in the day-time, but it does not seem fair to have the teachers give their services, when their school day is fully occupied with the regular work. Under the present law that seems to be the only way if they are to be kept open. Regarding the charge that the tools bought for the Trade School are out of date and thirty years behind the times, I will say that the charge is too general. Let it be more specific. If such firms and such tools, the names of which are found in the following list are antiquated, where can modern tools be obtained? A. W. Faber & Co. United States and Germany. Henry Disston & Sons. Philadelphia. Stanley Rule and Level Co. New York. Buck Bro's. Milbury, Mass. Peck, Stow & Wilcox, St. Louis, Mo. Cincinnati Tool Co. Cincinnati, Ohio. The L. S. Starrett Co. Athol, Mass. W. C. Toles & Co. Chicago, Ills. The "Russell Jennings" Auger Bits. The "Black Diamond" Files. The "Coe" Wrench. The "Armstrong" Stocks and Dies. The "Prentiss" Vise. Sargent's Tools. The "Bemis & Call" Wrench. The "Champion" Screw-driver, etc. etc. These firms and these tools have the reputation among tool and machine users as being up-to-date. [*23594*]. 7 Regarding the contradictory charge that the tools ordered were too delicate and unsuitable for use by the Filipinos, the principal of the Manila Trade School says "that it was his idea that a modern Trade School was wanted in Manila and not an apology for one. A place where the Filipinos could go and use American tools and American methods; where young men could learn trades and be fitted to go into shops of their own or work side by side with an American understandingly". The best quality of tools were brought, for the best is always the most economical in the long run. That does not mean that fancy grades were gotten, but such tools as are to be found in all first-class shops in the States. Neither was the quantity out of proportion as can easily be seen by comparing the tools bought with the list of tools which any well regulated manual training school has at the present time. A possible misunderstanding may have arisen over the charge of large quantities of tools being bought for the Trade School from the fact that one of the requisitions was returned for consolidation and the apparent thought was that the second one was so much extra. (see correspondence I. P. A. to Sec. of Pub. Ins.) Besides, these requisitions for the most part called for tools for the outside provinces. Much information had been gathered regarding the needs of the various places and both money and land promised and it was hoped that a start could be made in a business-like way in a [*23595*]. 8 number of centers, but it has been impossible. The Principal has spent much of his time in making out requisitions and carefully selecting tools for the various departments of the Trade School. That it has amounted to little or nothing is not his fault. Much time has been given to gathering information regarding the industries of Manila and the archipelago in general, the securing of catalogues of machinery, tools and catalogues of Industrial Schools from all over the United States. He spent some three or four months assisting in the office of the General Superintendent. His time at present is devoted entirely to the school work attending to such duties as usually devolve on a school principal and teaching in such classes as need his assistance, but not regularly. [*23596*][*PPF*] C. G. Gunther's Sons, Furriers, (Establd A. D. 1820) No. 184 Fifth Avenue, New York, Sept. 2, 1902 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. N. Y. Dear Sir:– The boar has been received, but in a tainted condition. We have put it in "pickle" but it will be three or four days before we will be able to advise you as to whether or not it can be saved. Respectfully yours, C. G. Gunther's Sons Per deL,. [*23597*][*[For enc see 9-2-02]*] [*PPF*] [*Ackd 9-4-1902*] Newbury N. H. Sep. 2, 1902 [*See St.D 8/30/02*] Dear Mr. President [* [Gonzalo de] Quesada*] I inclose a correspondence which has just passed between Quesada and we. We shall have to remove poor Bragg, I am afraid — but it is going to be difficult to arrange a transfer which will satisfy him. Whenever a man makes himself impossible in one place, he thinks he must have a promotion — which is hardly healthy for the service. I hope my letter will keep Quesada quiet for a few weeks. [*23598*]I congratulate you on your Conquest of New England. "The Winning of the East" is a fine pendant to "The Winning of the West." Yours faithfully John Hay. COPY. Personal. Newbury, N. H. September 2, 1902. My dear Mr. Quesada: I have received your letter of the 30th of August with its enclosures which I have read with attention. I regret as sincerely as you do, the lack of a harmonious understanding between our Consul General in Havana and the Cuban authorities. I had hoped that President Palma would not insist on Gen Bragg's removal, on account of a silly sentence said to have been contained in a letter to his wife. I am sure you have an incorrect impression of his hostility to Cuba, arising from the foolish phrase I have referred to, and from other expressions which seem to me faults of taste rather than of intention. Gen. Bragg was well-known, before his appointment, as a friend of Cuba in the Senate and elsewhere. His removal would be a great humiliation to him and to his friends. Nevertheless, I know that the President is so desirous of nothing but the most friendly and confidential relations between the United States and Cuba, that if President Palma regards the differences which have arisen between General Bragg and the Cuban authorities as irreconcilable, President Roosevelt will not hesitate to make such dispositions as will satisfy your Government of his resolute friendliness – whatever it may cost him. But, as this is a matter not convenient to be [*23599*]. 2. treated by correspondence, and as I shall not be able to see the President for a week or two, as he will be occupied all this month away from Washington, I must beg that you will rely on my friendship and my desire to serve you, for a while, until I can discuss the matter to all its bearings, with the President. Until then believe me My dear Mr. Minister Most faithfully yours JOHN HAY. [*23600*][Enc in Hay 9-2-02]. [[shorthand]] LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. [*Private: Not for Public Files.*] September 2nd, 1902. Dear Mr. President: Apropos of Dr. Shaw urging you at the time of our last visit to Oyster Bay to buy Panama outright, a policy which I endorsed with all my heart, the enclosed editorial from yesterday's Sun is of great interest. I sent it to you, fearing that perhaps, in the distractions of your trip, you may not have received it. Let me congratulate you upon the brilliant success of your trip, and the helpful, forcible and permanently valuable character of your speeches. I hope nothing will induce you to let up in your criticism of the multimillionaire dangers to the Republic, and especially their continued law-breaking with impunity. While you rightly warn against envy and malice on the other side, I would respectfully suggest that care be taken not to seem to imply that the feelings of the small tradesmen who are crushed in business or crowded out unrelentingly by a trust, towards the institution which thus robs him, are based entirely upon envy and malice, and have not a solid and perfectly defensible foundation in real unmerited grievance. I make this suggestion simply because the New York Staats Zeitung, a paper which, as you know, bears you absolutely no good will whatever, attempted so to interpret your first speech on the [*23601*]. Control of the Panama Canal Must Be Perpetual. The fine wisdom of the provisions of the Spooner Canal bill is proved by the reported attitude of the Colombian Government in regard to the treaty now being perfected by Secretary Hay and Señor Concha. It was reasonable to suppose that the more confident Colombia became that the enormous advantages of the canal were coming her way, instead of going to Nicaragua, the more desirous she would be to shape the arrangement according to her own ideas. This is only human nature, and the general habit of mundane Governments in making bargains. The two matters concerning which there does not yet seem to be a clear understanding between our State Department and Colombia are the term of the lease and the character of the Jurisdiction to be exercised by the United States over the leased territory. Colombia is reported as objecting to the idea of a perpetual lease, or a term lease rendered practically perpetual by specified right of renewal. She is likewise reported to be averse to the administration of affairs in the canal strip under any other laws than her own, although willing that her laws shall be administered there by American officials. On both of these important points the meaning of the Canal act of June 28, 1902, is unmistakable; and it leaves to Secretary Hay no margin for concession. In the first place, the President is not authorized to buy the Panama Canal Company's property and to proceed to construct the canal until he shall have acquired from Colombia "for and on behalf of the United States, on such terms as he may deem reasonable, perpetual control of a strip of land," &c. A lease expiring in a hundred years, or in two hundred years, would not meet the requirements of the law unless there was a stipulation for successive renewals at the option of the United States. [*23601a*] Secondly, the President is required to obtain "jurisdiction over said strip and the ports at the ends thereof to make such police and sanitary rules and regulations as shall be necessary to preserve order and preserve the public health thereon, and to establish such judicial tribunals as may be necessary to enforce such rules and regulations." Jurisdiction does not mean merely the appointment of the United States officials to execute Colombian laws. This is the irreducible minimum, under the law as it stands: The control must be perpetual; the jurisdiction must be adequate. The alternative is set forth with equal clearness in the Spooner act. If the President fails within a reasonable time and on reasonable terms to obtain perpetual control and the necessary rights of jurisdiction, he is directed to proceed to negotiate with Nicaragua and Costa Rica with a view to a canal by the Nicaraguan route. That is the inferior route for many reasons. Yet it might easily happen that the inferior route under superior conditions becomes preferable to the superior route under inferior or impossible conditions. [*23601B*] The fortunes of Colombia, depending on the enormous future advantages to be derived by the location of the isthmian canal in that quarter, are therefore in the hands of her own representatives.2. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. subject, and calls upon the small and humble victims of trusts to "resent the implication that they were envious and malicious." On the subject of the Berlin Ambassadorship, I have one of the letters which I promised to get but the other, from Milwaukee, is delayed by the illness of Mr. Von Schleinitz, the editor-in-chief of the Germania. I shall have it within a few days and shall then forward it. I have the honor to remain, Dear Mr. President, with great respect, Your obedient servant, Frederick W. Holls Enclosure. [*23602*]the 'coronation contingent' on the left. The 10th. were something over 400 strong, the British contingent about 80. – both looked extremely well, but the occasion really seemed to me an historical one and that is my excuse for writing. There was a large crowd and great enthusiasm, and Sep. 2. 02. GOVERNMENT HOUSE. OTTAWA. [*PPF*] My dear President, I am sure you would like to hear of a ceremony which took place here yesterday, viz. a review I held in front of the Parliament Building. of American and British troops, standing side by side [*23603*]on parade. The occasion was the visit to Ottawa of the 10th National Guards commanded by Major Hyatt, - and the contingent of British troops from China who had been attending the coronation, composed of British, Indian and Chinese detachments, now on their way back to Hong Kong via Vancouver - The Mayor of Ottowa asked me if I would review the whole force — We gave your troops the right of the line, - [*23604*]believe in our people meeting each other. I wonder if you will be able to get away from your onerous duties at all this fall for any sport. I am looking forward to going into camp myself for a short time in the North West . . but only after ducks and chicken. Lady Minto joins with me in sending many remembrances to you and Mrs. Roosevelt, and believe me my dear President Yr. very truly, Minto GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA. I could not but feel much impressed with the fact that the governor general was reassuring the troops of our two nationalities here in the capital of Canada. At the close of the parade I had all the officers to the front and complimented [*23605*]them heartily on the appearance of their commands, and told them how glad I was to see them side by side in parade, and that I hoped we should always be shoulder to shoulder. in the field. I send you a cutting out of this mornings Ottawa paper. I feel sure you would like to hear of the accounting – – and how I came to be receiving your men from over the Border! I so firmly [*23606*]. POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. G. STEVENS, Sec'y. WM. H. BAKER, V. P. & G. M. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V. P. & G. M. [POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE [THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY [MACKAY-BENNETT] MACKAY-BENNETT SYSTEM] COMMERCIAL CABLES.] TELEGRAM The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. BRANCH OFFICE AT COMMONWEALTH HOTEL Received at 452 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. L3/NY.PO.H.137 Paid Govt White House Washington D. C. Sept. 2, 1902 Mr. George B. Cortelyou [*File C. F.*] Secretary to the President Special Train leaving 3 P.M. today, Worcester, Mass. Following from Adee: "Your telegram informing me of impossibility for the "Sylph" to meet the Grand Duke, and mak-ing special car arrangements for thursday, was received last nihgt. As assistant secretary Pierce had already accepted designation as presidents representative, I have telegraphed to him to go at once to Newport and [*23607*] POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. G. STEVENS, Sec'y. WM. H. BAKER, V. P. & G. M. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V. P. & G. M. [POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE [THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY [MACKAY-BENNETT] MACKAY-BENNETT SYSTEM] COMMERCIAL CABLES.] TELEGRAM The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. BRANCH OFFICE AT COMMONWEALTH HOTEL Received at 452 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. communicate with the Russian Ambassador with a view to making the altered arrangements. As Mr. Pierce can accompany the party from Newport to Oyster-Bay and back, it will not be necessary to arrange for a military officer to meet the Duke at Jersey-City. I have copied the last, confidential, part of your telegram to Mr. Pierce and directed him to communicate its sense privately to ambassador Cassini." Benj. F. Montgomery 11:51 A.M. [*23608*]. WILLIAM A. OTIS & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. COLORADO SPRINGS. COLORADO. WILLIAM A. OTIS. PHILIP B. STEWART. WILLIAM P. SARGEANT. FRANCIS GILPIN. [*Ackd 9-10-1902*] Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 2, 1902, The President, Oyster Bay, New York. Dear President Roosevelt:– I am considering the proper form for our state platform to be adopted on the 12th of this month. I have in mind your endorsement squarely for re-nomination. Is this what you desire? I also have in mind a trust platform which shall meet that question with candor, to the effect that these combinations are unavoidable because the outgrowth of economic movements; that supervision and regulation are the lines of remedy, and commend your course in reference thereto. Will this be satisfactory? For the sake of beet sugar republicans it will probably be wise to skate around direct reference to open reciprocity.. Would you prefer a square endorsement on this feature at the expense of unsettling our people in the Arkansas valley and the other sugar sections of the state? I think we can put in whatever you seriously desire. Our party outlook is full of promise. I think the elements are here of a landslide, as we have now shaped things up, but it depends partly on how good a ticket we put up at the state convention and partly on how the democratic settle the factional trouble into which they are plunged. I firmly believe you will hear good news from this state in November. As ever P B Stewart Dict: [*23609*][*[For attachment see 9-2-02]*] TO THE PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO. ————— As a political organization, we are an issue from the Convention held at Ponce. There the Porto Rican patriots affirmed their earnest desire for self-government. From that very day the Autonomist party fought with more perseverance than success for the triumph of their tenets. It proved a useless endeavor: the Spaniards born in Europe, backed by their compatriots at Madrid, had full sway on all occasions; and we were like strangers in our own land. Only one way was left to us: to seek in the old country efficient alliances to secure the final triumph of our principles, and the establishment of self government; in other words to have Porto Rico administered by Porto Ricans. We went to Spain as free and worthy men, not to flatter but to protest, not to ask favors, but to claim rights. There was fighting in Cuba for Cuban freedom, and the United States gave encouragement to the struggling heroes. To the influence of such grave situation and to our vigorous Campaign, victory was due. Our representatives came back to the Island bringing not promises, but the reality of positive success. The dream of autonomy became a fact: the Liberal Party was born, and the people were masters of the country. Throughout all this movement, which lasted eleven years, from 1887 to 1898, the supreme synthesis of our propaganda on the rostrum and of our acts in power was the embodiment of principles of pure and fair sectionalism. For the sake of our island, for its honor progress, we suffered and struggled or we vanquished and governed. Our ideal never swerved. As Liberals, we were still Autonomists, because we hated, as we hate now that tyranny which consists in forcing upon a week people an authority which does not derive from the consent of the citizens. And because that was our feeling we were harrowed by the fear of a lurking danger; the fear that Spain should destroy the liberties granted through the force of circumstances, and unchain, as before, the furies of reaction upon its unoffending and defenceless colony. That alone explains why the invading army, when it landed upon our shores, was received and welcomed as a liberating [*23611*] . PLATFORM OF THE AMERICAN FEDERAL PARTY OF PORTO RICO [*23610*] -10- army. From the masts of its ships and among the ranks of its battallions waves the American flag, which symbolizes the greatest and most perfect democracy in the world, and we who had always been oppressed, foresaw the assurance of true autonomy, of secure rights, of an overflowing prosperity within our new nationality. For this reason, without the least resistance, but on the contrary, with boisterous rejoicing which the solemnity of that historical moment could not repress, our people received amidst acclamations, not its conquerors but its redeemers. The Chambers, even, were dissolved at once; the Representatives partook of the joy of the multitude and welcomed the dawn of a splendid day on the horizon of our native land. And for this reason also, the whole liberal party, with the only exception of a group of men who, moved by a sense of loyal duty, remained steadfast at the side of the dead sovereignty until the last minute, did become the herald and champion of the victorious republic. The evolution in the spirit once accomplished, it soon became a material fact. To day, when the old liberals meet in Assembly, they renew their hopes, and seek for a name befitting the accomplishments and the tradition in the federation in which they strive to fill the place that the importance of Porto Rico deserves. and they call themselves the Federal Party, because they still harbor their autonomist ideal, and because there is not this planet a system of autonomy so broad and indestructible as that which was created by the patriachs of North America for the States and Territories, when their codes were written. And our party has no need to change its platform, but only to ratify it and enlarge upon it, adding new planks until we reach the limits of the franchises, both politicians and economical, which our brethren on the Continent enjoy. We therefore, proclaim the dogmas of identity, and we make ready to defend in with manly enthusiasm. IDENTITY, should be our motto. In identity our patriotism takes form; and our patriotism is not the sentiment of nation as a centralizing body under the sway of a single governing and legislating power, but the sentimental, deep and intense, of the section constituted and organized with wise independence, as a federal state, with its own government, and as a part of an admirable variety, bound to and united with the other sections of the country, the resulting sovereignty of said union being a central power which guarantees the autonomy of local powers and protects and aids the Commonwealth by the action of a superior, strong and powerful organization. The United States have no name as a nation; they are not even called a nation, the are call United States. Thus the people in asking the blessings of heaven, do not say: but they say: North America is a State composed of several States, and a Republic . THE AMERICAN FEDERAL PARTY AT THE ASSEMBLY HELD, JULY 20th., THE ENLARGING OF ITS PLATFORM IS ADOPTED. DECENTRALIZING REFORMS. The Following Ones are the Modifications introduced in the Platform of the American Federal Party. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To the Assembly of the Federal Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The undersigned delegates have the honor to move to the Assembly to have the party adopt the following resolution: I. The American Federal Party, as it now stands, believes that until this Island reaches the high financial standing which will permit it to meet all obligations required in the provisions for admission to state-hood in the United States, which is our supreme political aspiration, and taking in consideration the peculiar conditions and needs of Porto Rico, we, without wishing to modify the present platform of the Federal Party, enlarge that platform am hope to obtain, because of its enlargement, from the American government, an amendment to the now existing Foraker Act providing for American citizenship [*23615*] — 11 — composed of several Republics. One of the States, one of the Republics, Porto Rico should be in the future. And to secure this and as soon as possible, the Federal Party will direct its efforts. There is, however, an intermediary condition, a transit station to be passed before reaching the full enjoyment of State rights, and that is the condition of the Territories, which do not elect their Governors, and whose acts of legislature require the sanction of Congress, where they are represented by a Delegate, who has the right of speech, but no vote. Accepting that condition in so far as the representation in Congress is concerned, for we can readily understand that the American people may consider premature to allow the Porto Ricans to take part in the legislative functions of the Congress of the United States, we claim for the inhabitants of this Territory the right to elect by suffrage its Civil Governor, and for the Legislature of this Territory the right to make, within the Constitution, laws that shall require no other sanction than that of the majority of its own body, This is the main issue of our doctrine and it is well defined in our platform where it affirms that we demand «A Territory with all the STATES rights; except the right to send Senators and Representatives to the Congress.» It seems idle to dwell here upon the purposes of the Federal Party as regards individual rights; such as the freedom of the press, of speech, of assembly and of religion; the inviolability of the mails and of the domicile. The Constitution asserts these rights: the Courts are their safeguards, and the Federal Party worships them fervently and places them high above all ideas and beyond all cavil and discussion. The financial problems will receive the attention of the Federal Party. Free Trade with the rest of the Union and the immediate replacement of our circulating medium by the dollar, are two solutions so urgent, of such moment and of such potential influence in the fate of Porto Rico, that no Porto Rican will be found to deny them his approbation. We shall demand them day after day. Coastwise and free trade will bring immense advantages not only to the agricultural and mercantile classes, but also to the proletariat who will obtain thereby higher wages for labor and cheaper articles of consumption. The Federal Party does not and cannot forget (it might be called ungrateful if it were to forget) the honest class of people that, in the shop or in the fields, contribute stroke by stroke to the wealth of the country and at the primaries and meetings help us to win our political victories. For this reason our party gave them access to our committees and municipalities, where hundreds of workmen and farmers hold places; for this reason our party «watches with interest their advancement in public life», and for this reason our platform affirms that, amongst the leading [*23612*]. — 12 — elements of our party, all intelligent and honest men will ever find a place "no matter who they are or what they are as regards occupation or race." To Agriculture and Commerce, the former being an inexhaustible source and the latter the principal agent of our prosperity,– the Federal Party devotes special predilection. It will strive not only to free them as far as practicable, from heavy burdens and oppressive taxes, but also to procure a free outlet for their products and a decided protection to their interests by means of banking institutions which shall make loans on long and short calls, either upon farms and products, or upon good commercial paper and saleable merchandise. We aim at the transformation of the soil by cultivation and the strengthening of capital by credit. And as it is necessary to raise the condition of our masses, we will develop, to start with, a great prosperity offering a firm and solid basis to our proposed reforms, and also a high degree of culture which will open the way to modern currents of thought and activity. Education,—based on the method of perfectly harmonic physical and moral forces, method almost military in is discipline, which trains the intellect and the character at the same time; and through which the Anglo-Saxon race has attained its enormous development,—shall be one of the ends which we will most earnestly pursue. For, if the greatest aptitude for democratic government depends everywhere on the strength of reason, on the ripeness of principles and on the abundance of knowledge, more so in the Republic of North America, which will admit us as a State in the federation only when we are able to demonstrate our aptitude. Education being a political as well as a scientific tendency, we will seek it through all the technical resources and all the radiuses of gubernatorial descentralization. The municipalities shall be, within the fundamental statutes regulating public education, arbiters of all the branches of primary instruction, and autonomo as to the creation, establishment and support of the Public schools. As for the superior, technical and university education it shall be planned on lines bearing due relation to the conditions of the people of Porto Rico and in perfect accord with the institutions of learning in the United States. Thus, in our University, and the special Colleges connected with it, not only the moral and political sciences shall be taught, but also the mechanical and experimental sciences, for in the actual condition of Porto Rico it behooves as much to bring together all intellects by the teachings of philosophy and law, as to prepare the means of action that may foster and develop agriculture and commerce, endowing our island with the great financial organizations which must precede all great scientific speculations. From the plans of reform which the Federal Party has in — 2 — to Porto Ricans by special national legislation, by which we shall be given administration of our local interests with all necessary administrative powers not conflicting with the Constitution of the United States. II. By virtue of this power for which we petition, we request that it be definitely determined in this island, that the Legislative Assembly shall have the power to control all matters pertaining to public education, public works, sanitary conditions, charity, agriculture, industry, banks, organizations, establishment or suppression of municipalities, waterways, that may not be under federal jurisdiction; concessions of public lands of Porto Rico, mines, budgets and taxes; police, civil and criminal laws, and taxes; police, civil and criminal laws, and all other local affairs. The United States, in the exercise of its supreme power, should deal, through the Governor of this island, in all matters in which a conflict may arise, the army, navy, defense of the island, commercial treaties, pardons, commutations and suspension of sentences, ballots, faithful observance of the laws, and settlement of all arguments of corporations. III. Executive power should be vested in the Governor of the island as supreme, in the Secretary and in the chiefs of the several departments, the Governor and Secretary being selected by the administration at Washington, and the commissioners, or chiefs of departments, by the Governor upon nomination of the Legislative Assembly, and the latter appointees should be native citizens of Porto Rico, or citizens of the United States, who may have resided in Porto Rico two years before election. IV. The Legislative power should be vested in the Governor and the Legislative Assembly; the latter to be composed of the House of Representatives and the Executive Council, each of the houses to be composed of whatever number of members the government at Washington may designate, and all to be elected by the people, for the term of two years.. — 13 — preparation women shall not be excluded,—as they have been from other plans,—for the women of Porto Rico, without losing their natural inclinations to the sanctity of home, can exercise their bright intellect in the sciences and arts accessible to their sex, thereby fulfilling their high mission and affording to man a worthy companion at home and out of home, wherever by dint of work, the redemption and happiness of the people are won. The administration of justice will be no less far reaching than public instruction, when our reforms shall be put into practice, nor will it receive a less amount of practical attention. It is in all countries the guarantee of the State and the citizen in their juridic relations, and in our country it is an institution rising from the modest sphere of the individual, of the family, and of public and private property in all its phases, but also the tabernacle that keeps intact the sacred principles, of the American Constitution. From the humblest circle in which Porto Rican justice must necessarily move, we purpose that it shall rise, without leaving any gap, to the bounds where it must join federal justice, reaching a complete adaptation of the fundamental principles which obtain in the United States. We inscribe on our banner: "FREE JUSTICE." To have it administered fairly and fully for the protection of public or private interests, we cannot consent that it may be subservient to the former, nor influenced by the latter. We demand a judicial power absolutely independent and efficiently responsible. We desire to see honesty shining in our Courts, we wish that the wisdom of the judges be strengthened by the will of the people and, reducing to a formula all our desires, we propose that all judicial functionaries be either elected by direct vote, appointed by the Chambers or selected by public competition, according to the nature of the place to be filled. Thus, the selection by competition would mean the triumph of personal merit: the appointment by the Chambers would mean the triumph of the popular will. We hold that trial by jury constitutes the genuine form of justice applied by popular conscience, and the Federal Party will direct its earnest endeavors towards the establishment and security of this democratic institution, until this noble and legitimate aspiration shall be attained. We shall also attend to the need of reforms in the administrative, civil and penal laws. They shall be broad reforms, and in many instances radical, and they shall be inspired by a strong spirit of liberty and great respect to property and the family ties. They shall aim at rapid activity in trade; at the increase of growing industries; at the simplification and brevity of judicial procedure and at the strongest guarantees of acquired rights. The Federal Party will strive to have prevail in the penal code the humane and just principle that the punishment must tend to the correction and moralization of the convict, and this [*23613*] — 7 — Las Marías: Jesús Monagas García, Juan Monagas Cedó. Comerío: Celestino Peréz, Pedro Curet. Moca: José Ruíz Sagredo, Juan Z. Rodríguez. Aguada: Susano Bocanegra, Francisco Vega. Aguadilla: Constantino Fernández, Fernando Yumet. Maricao: Felipe Cuebas, Ramón Quiñones. Vieques: José Penedo, José Agustín Díaz. Patillas: Francisco Cervoni, Francisco Zeuva Gelu. Manatí: Ramón Balsidia, Clemente Ramírez Córdova. Toa Alta: Norberto Morales, Felix Monclova. Lares: Francisco Sein, Salvador Picornell. Coamo: José Larrauri, Urípides Rodríguez. Las Piedras: Casimiro Márquez y Roig, Ramón Hoyos Delgado. Yanco: Santiago B. Palmer, José Labrador. Arroyo: Francisco Virella, José M. Padilla. Guayama: Luís Vergne, Eugenio Buitrago. Peñuelas: Ezequiel Martínez Quintero, Pedro de Elzaburu. Juncos: José B. Cintrón, Mário Aldrey. Maunabo: Rafael Ortiz, José G. Sugrañe. Juana Díaz: Carlos Ortiz. Cabo Rojo: Pedro Colbert, José A. Fleytas Colberg. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Por "The San Juan News," Hobart S. Bird. Por "La Democracia," Mariano Abril. Por "La Voz de la Patria," Eugenio Bouilla. Por "La Bruja," H. Hernández. Por "El Porvenir," Eugenio Astol. Por "El Diario de Ponce," Luis R. Velázquez. Por "La Revolución," Julio Medina. ☛☁︎~♥︎❛★❜♥︎~☁︎☚ [*23618*]. — 14 — will point out the urgency of modifying our disastrous penal system, which tends more to abject than to correct and raise the morals of the wicked. The construction of prisons such as are required by penal science and the feelings of humanity, is one of our favorite projects, so much so, that after the roads and ways, the building of proper prisons shall be the first subject of our studies in the way of public works. All these reforms, however, should not issue in their fundamental lines, except after a calm and well measured selection between what is doomed to perish among actually vested rights and what must endure among the constituting laws, and this selection should be made by the Legislature of this Territory, which is the offspring of the people of Porto Rico, and adapted to the judicial medium in which the America people move. Summing up: the Federal Party, sustaining practical solutions and scientific ideals, merges resolutely into the federation, holding the conviction that in absolute American identity lies the absolute autonomy of Porto Rico. Then will Porto Rico be forever happy and we will fulfill our solemn duties, as patriots and citizens, accepting the hardest sacrifices for the sake of liberty and of our country. Bassed upon the ferogoing statements, we; the undersigned. representing the Liberal Patry in all the towns and cities of Porto Rico, have framed the following: PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL PARTY ———— 1st. The men who formed the PORTO RICAN LIBERAL PARTY believe that they must not delay their re-organization as a political body, under a name that shall embody their aims and with a program stating and defining the same. They, therefore, group themselves together for the purpose of cooperating towards securing good government for the country, and their organization shall be called the «Federal Party.» 2nd. The FEDERAL PARTY declares that it accepts and applauds the fact of anexation, consummated after the war, considering that the people of Porto Rico shall be happy and prosperous under the protection of the American flag and the federal institutions. 3rd. The aims of the FEDERAL PARTY may be thus briefly formulated: direct and efficient influence in the devolepment of sectional interests through an intelligent and hones administration; firm and resolute tendency towards absolute identity with the United States, in their laws and form of government. 4th. The EEDERAL PARTY demands that Porto Rico be henceforth a Territory of the Union, with all the rights of a State, except the right of sending Senators and Representatives. — 15 — to Congress, and having, like all other Territories, a Delegate in Congress with voice and no vote. 5th. The FEDERAL PARTY desires that Porto Rico shall be, in the future, a STATE without any restriction whatsoever, like all the other States in the Union. 6th. The FEDERAL PARTY upholds the complete autonomy of the municipalities, to the end that the Council boards may decide on all local matters, such as accounts, budgets, education, police, public health, charities, public works, etc., without any interference from the federal authorities. 7th. The FEDERAL PARTY will maintain all civil rights with due respect and enthusiastic devotion, and will favor a broader extenssion of suffrage, without opposing the limitations which the United States may deem prudential, expressing, however, the desire that the right to vote may be extended to all citizens residing in the island. 8th. The FEDERAL PARTY understands that it is indispensable and just to do away with the tariff and to establish free trade between Porto Rico and the rest of the Union, at the same time unifying the monetary system and substituting our circulating «medium» for american dollars, with the least possible loss to the holders. 9th. The party also understands that the development of production urgently requires that greater franchises be given to banking institutions; that insular industries be afforded positive protection; that public works be undertaken without delay, and that efforts be made towards suppressing direct taxation for the general expenses of the Territory. 10th. The FEDERAL PARTY give its foremost thought to the welfare of the working and farming classes; wiews with interest their advancement in public life; will assist in every attempt to harmonize the resistance of capital and the demands of labor and will persist in its desire to make room, in all elective corporations, to honest and intelligent men, without regard to their occupation or race. 11th. The FEDERAL PARTY would leave to the action of municipal boards the creation, establishment and support of the public schools intrusting, therefore, to the representives of the people public instruction, in all its degrees, although adapting the same to the plan decreed by the Legislature of the Territory. 12th. As for higher, technical and University education, it will propose the establishment of all the institutions that may be necessary to reach a high level in the knowledge of the arts and sciences, always preferring those of practical application, and pledging itself to procure unceasingly the establishment of a University. 13th. The FEDERAL PARTY will break away from all routine and will found colleges wherein women may receive serious and full instruction, enabling the sex to practice the various [*23614*]. — 16 — professions to which woman's intellect and ability are already devoted in more advanced countries. 14th. It is the opinion of our Party that our legislation should tend towards the identity of methods between the Porto Rican and the American schools, and that this end may best be attained by a gradual and scientific adaptation. 15th. As regards the organization of the Courts, the FEDERAL PARTY believes that the functionaries should either be elected by the people's vote, or appointed by the Legislature or else selected by public competition, according to the nature of the places to be filled, leaving aside all political interest and placing the magistrates in a condition of salutary independence. 16th. The FEDERAL PARTY inscribes among its fundamental principles the establishment of the trial by jury. 17th. The FEDERAL PARTY purposes to reform the present civil, criminal, and adminstrative legislation, with all due respect to the moral and material interests of our society, but in a decidedly democratic sense. 18th. And, lastly, the FEDERAL PARTY affirms its faith in the tradition and character of the American poeple, and it trusts to it, as well as to the efforts of the people of this island for making of Porto Rico an emporium of wealth and culture, over which may forever wave the Stars and Stripes. San Juan, P. R., October 1st 1899. José H. Amadeo.—Rafael Arrillaga.—Mariano Acosta.— Juan R. Baiz.—Antonio R. Barceló.—Aciselo Bou de la Torre. —Felipe R. Cordero.—José Cordovés Berríos.—Guillermo Colón Atilano.—Antonio Colón.—Salvador Carbonell.—Miguel Chiqués.—Manual Camuñas.—José B. Cintrón.—José Cobián Rivera.—Ramón Cestero.—Francisco de Celis Allquier.—Luis de Celis.—Herminio Diáz Navarro.— José Gonzalo Diáz.—Ramón H. Delgado.—Julio Diáz.—José Elzaburu.—Laurentino Estrella.—Tomás N. Fradera.—Nepomuceno Flores.—Agustín Guevara.—Manual Gorbea Guzmán.—Fernando Gonzalez.— Julio Grau.—Julio Gandía.—Juan Hernández López.—Ramón Hoyos Delgado.—José Janer y Soler.—Alfredo La Cruz.—Luis Muñoz Rivera.—Ramón Mendez Cardona.—Luis Muñoz Morales.— José Muñoz Rivera.—Antonio Marquez Diaz.—Márcos A. Manzano.—Vicente Muñoz Barrios.—Félix Matos Bernier. —Francisco Marxusch.—Francisco I. Nater.—Santiago Openheimer.— Manuel Perez Avilés.—Félix Perez Rivera.—José Gabriel Palacios Salazar.—Ramón H Patrón.—Santiago R. Palmer.—Gregario Rodriguez Escribano.—Manuel C. Román. —Luis Rodriguez Cabrero.—Antonia Rosell.—Jacinto Seijo.— José Serra.—José Sosa.—Ramón Siaca Pacheco.—Francisco J. Sala.—Modesto Solá.—Ezequiel Tristani.—Arturo Umpierre. —Luis R. Velazquez.—Arturo Vazquez Prada.—Federico E. Virella.—José G. del Valle.— 5 — In conclusion, we hereby emphatically proclaim, above all, our sincere adhesion, first, last, and forever, to the United States, and it is the earnest desire of the American Federal Party that all of the elements of this island and of the United States shall unite in furthering the interests of all concerned, so that should the time come when the suggestions laid down in this platform shall be realized, there will exist such harmony among all parties, as to make the realization a boom, not only to the people of this island, but to those of the entire United States. San Juan, Porto Rico, July 20th, 1902. Comité Ejecutivo ———— Santiago R. Palmer, Carlos Ma. Soler, Tulio Larrínaga, Manuel Camuñas, Herminio Díaz Navarro, Juan Guzmán Benítez, José G. del Valle. Comité Directivo ———— Antonio Sánchez, Antonio Márquez, Vicente Urrutia, José T. Benítez, Antonio R. Barcelo, Federico Virella, Ramón Méndez, Tomás Vázquez, Jacinto Seigo, Ramón H. Patrón, Federico Gatell, Manuel Pérez Avilés, Fernando González, doctor A. Vázquez Prada, Sebastián Figueroa, José Román Díaz, Octavio García Salgado, José de Diego, Luís Pío Sánchez, Luís Celis, Francisco Coira, Arturo Gaztambide, Eduardo Acuña, Manuel Solís, José R. Becerra, doctor Regnero Feliú, doctor Acisclo Bou, Francisco Erenta, José Barreras. Delegados asistentes ———— San Juan: Gregorio Rodríguez,, José de Alzaburu. Toa Baja: Juan Herrans, Lucas Luís Vélez. Río Piedras: Alfonso Paniagua, José Marcano. Ponce: Angel Acosta, Luís Llorens Torres. [*23617*] — 3 — V. Judicial power shall be exercised, in the name of the President of the United States, by the President of the Insular Supreme Court, depending thereon all District Courts and all other Judges and Attorneys in the island; the Supreme Court to be elected, for a tern of four years, by the Governor, upon nomination of the Legislative Assembly; and all other judicial employees to be appointed, through competitive examinations, for the same period of time. VI. We recommend the absolute independence one from the other of the mentioned powers in the exercise of their duties. VII. The Federal Court of the United States should continue by appointment from the administration at Washington, with the same authority, and with the same course of proceeding as used in similar courts in the United States. VIII. We further recommend that the Insular Police be constituted in such a way that it will be absolutely free from all political affiliation so as to be untrammeled to attend to the fulfilment of their duty in an impartial way. IX. The municipalities should be autonomous in the carrying out of their affairs, and should not be dependent on any other central power of Porto Rico, than that absolutely necessary to prevent the violation of the law, for sustaining the unity necessary to the general welfare of the island. X. We ask, without reservation, all of the individual rights contained in the amendments of the Constitution of the United States. [*23616*] . — 4 — XI. Besides the native citizens of Porto Rico, the citizens of the United States should have the right to hold public office and to vote in the elections, so long as they conform to the requirements of the electoral law. XII. Those statutory laws which are compatible with the principles held forth in this platform, should be enforced in Porto Rico. XIII. We will promote the welfare of the working classes and give them a voice in public affairs and cooperate with them to furthering their best interests with that of capital. We favor the promotion of public works for the benefit of the country, and as a means of giving employment to the laborer. We are in favor of giving to our agricultural and industrial products an easy access to commercial centers by road improvements. We favor the improved sanitation of houses and towns, and the enlargment of charitable institutions. We would facilitate the establishment of banking institutions and inaugurate such a system of taxation that taxpayers shall not feel the burden, yet, at the same time, the amount will be sufficient to meet the public needs. We would remove from the budget all unnecessary appropriations. We would compel public education on a plane with American methods. We advocate the establishment of a university and an increase of public schools, so that all classes may not only have some understanding of their rights and duties but also such education as is today demanded by modern social culture. XIV. The American Federal Party will strive for the effecting of alliances, for political purposes, with insular parties and those of the United States with like sympathies, this power being delegated to the Directive Committee. — 6 — Humacao: Tomás Bernardini, José Noya Julbe. Quebradillas: Ramón Avila, Juan Avila. Aguas Buenas: Ramón Muñoz Carazo, Manuel Colón Bonilla. Arecibo: Manuel Ledesma, Ramón N. Santa Coloma. Toa Alta: Norberto Morales, Fe ix Monclova. Corozal: José Loubriel, José de Jesüs Tizol. Adjuntas: José Cobián Rivera, Ramón Llompart. Carolina: Ramón H. Delgado, Alberto Villamil. Mayagüez: Vicente Pagán, Ricardo Gómez. Yabucoa: Augusto Gautier, José Ortíz Ramos. Añasco: Rafael Arrillaga, Enrique O. Green. Naguagbo: Rafael Rocco, José G. Torres. Sabana Grande: J. Castillo, Simón B. Bonelli. Isabela: Eduardo Quevedo, José A. Amador. Dorado: Nieves Guardiola, Bonifacio López. Salinas: Julio Benvenutti, Jacobo Ramos. Cayey: Justo García, Manuel Vidal. Río Grande: Manuel Benítez, José Rexach. Naranjito: Leandro Rivera, Miguel Rivera. Loiza: José Sosa Oliva, David, Carrión. Gurabo: Celestino Morales, Juan R. Quiñonez. Cagüas: Celestino Solá, Nepomuceno Flores. Morovis: Pedro J. Rivera, Juan Laureano. Vega Alta: Emilio Escalera, Ramón Orsini. Barranquitas: José Muñoz Rivera, Juan B. Carmona. Utuado: Antonio de Jesús López, Osvaldo Alionso. Camuy: Laurentino Estrella, Adolfo Iturrino. Trujillo Alto: José Gonzalo Díaz, Cárlos Toro Fernández. Hatíllo: Fernando Ledesma, Ramón Millán. Fajardo: Jorge Bird Arias, Ramón A. Benítez. Ceiba: Hilario López Cruz, José Schroder. Luquillo: Bernardo Méndez Quiñones, Arturo Zalduondo Veve. San Germán: José Ramos Anaya, Felix Acosia. San Sebastián: Francisco Roig, Ulises Román. Cidra: Práxedes Santiago, Deogracrias Nieves. Barceloneta: Eduardo Giorgetti, Narciso Padilla. Vega Baja: Miguel Gaudier, Miguel Rodríguez Sierra. Bayamón: José R, Carazo, Manuel Fernández Mascaró. Ciales: Carlos Román. Guayanilla: Mariano Acosta, Francisco Gautier.. A BIT OF THE REAL MAN. ———— Theodore Roosevelt came as near to eloquence, as any man in our restrained and self-conscious day can, in his speech at Detroit on Monday evening. Beginning with the words—"You, men of Michigan, belong to a country mighty in war and mighty in peace"—the thought and the words roll on with a compelling volume and beauty, and steadily increase in force and breadth; and they are charged up to the grand climax—the grandeur of it being its simplicity—with verity as to what we know and with a reasonable faith as to what we expect. The condition went along with the magnificent vision, too —"evils to fight and overcome." We must keep our feet in right paths. Wilhelm II. can do this sort of thing admirably. But it is noticeable that many of his eloquent outbursts relate to the past. There can be no real eloquence about the future unless the speaker feels in his hopes that he sees the future. According to the latest estimate there are 3,000,000 electors of the Social Demokraten variety in the German Empire. This party is growing in moderation and good sense, too, as well as in numbers. All this means a new force in German growth—a force that will restrain and modify in various directions. Wilhelm II. cannot see for himself just where the balance will lie in the future of the German people, as between what is to-day and what is to be. Both his insight and sagacity therefore rather disable him from being eloquent as to the future—the vision is not clear enough; he can only hope and work; and Germany is a country of neighbors; and some of them are bound to be unfriendly. But when the vision comes to the ruling Hohensoliern clearly, he brings it out with the same intense sincerity, and lucid beauty, and vanquishing power of a dominant confidence, that blossom out in the closing words of President Roosevelt's evening address at Detroit. [*23619*] Both men strike a very high note in current human speech—perhaps the highest, when at their best, that is struck in our day; and neither strikes it as a matter of art or consciously. It is only when the spirit, so to speak, comes upon them, that they sound the note round and full—with certitude and with power. It is a land and its people that generally does the business with both of these remarkable men— a wonderful love of and pride in country. President Roosevelt on Monday evening gave to his hearers and readers a real bit of himself. The expression was new, and wonderfully fit; but as to the thing said, Theodore Roosevelt lives with it every day of his life.to Mrs. Roosevelt and you, and I am always most faithfully yours John Hay [*P.P.F.*] Newbury N. H. Sept 3. 1902 Dear Theodore Happily we heard reassuring news, from the start. Adee's first words were that you were all right. So the awful anxiety of last September was not repeated even for a moment. But it was a great shock [*23620*} to know you were so near to deadly danger. I have always regarded you as immune to every form of mortal peril. I can never think of you as really exposed to such catastrophes. If I could, I should feel like getting out of a place where I might be called upon to succeed you in the duties of an office for which I have not the strength required. But Absit Omen! You will be all right till the country gives you a mate of your own age and, I hope, of your own choice. Mrs. Hay sends affectionate messages [*23621*]. [*PPF*] LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. [*Private: Not for Public Files.*] September 3rd, 1902. Dear Mr. President: In the matter of the Berlin Embassy, I beg to enclose you, first, an original letter from Mr. Theodore Lange, President of the Louis Lange Publishing Company of St. Louis, and secondly, a translation of a German letter received by me yesterday from Mr. Emil von Schleinitz, editor of the Germania. Both explain themselves. Mr. von Schleinitz's reference to Choate and the comparative importance of Berlin and London certainly has the merit of raciness! I can assure you that my letter which elicited these two replies was absolutely colorless, so far as giving even an inkling of my own opinion, but it is only fair to add that I am under the impression, though not sure, that I did talk over the question with Mr. Von Schleinitz on the occasion of his visit to New York last winter. I asked him, as well as Mr. Lange,, in my letter to note whether either of them know what my opinions were, fearing that I might have forgotten an interview with them. Inasmuch as neither of them has done so, I assume that, as a matter of fact, I have not expressed my opinion emphatically to either of them. At all events, however, they [*23622*]2. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. are both men of such high standing and independence that their deliberate opinion, expressed for the information of the President of the United States, can be taken as being absolutely uninfluenced by me or any one else. I wish very much that your mind was still open on the subject of Doctor Hill's appointment. The one peculiar objection which we discussed is, I am confident, not one particle greater in his case than it is in that of the other candidates mentioned, and I feel even more confident that his appointment would turn out to be a master stroke of politics, so far as you are concerned yourself. This is the first opportunity which you have had in your administration to show your undoubted friendship and esteem for what I hate to call, even for brevity sake, the "German element." It is true you may have other and better ones, but this one is of the greatest importance, as Mr. von Schleinitz says in his letter,– of equal, if not greater, moment than the appointment of a Cabinet officer. I know better than to continue arguing a case after it has been decided adversely, but if for any reason you feel that you might be induced to revise your decision, I hope you will give me an opportunity of showing you that it can be done with [*23623*]3. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. comparative ease, and without in the least interfering with Mr. Storer's ambition. I say this in the spirit which the eloquent preacher manifested in the famous prayer, at the end of a revival service, which I hope you will pardon me for quoting here: "O! Lord! If by Thy grace a spark of piety has been kindled in this congregation, water Thou that spark!" I have the honor to remain, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Frederick W. Holls Enclosures. Just as I am signing this letter, the boy comes in & gives me a nervous chill by the news that you were hurt in a smashup! Thank God for the escape!! I really cannot write more. [*23624*][*[For 2 enc. see Langer, 8-27-02 & Schleinitz 8-30-02]*]. St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 3, 1902. My dear Sir: I beg leave to thank you very cordially for the two letters which I have received recently from you. I am very glad that you have been able to have the Misses [Cornish?] appointed as Teachers in the Philippines. I expect to see them in a few days and to be able to start them before long on their journey. It would be a great advantage if Gov. Taft could soon see his way clear to so increase the number of teachers in the Islands so that we may be able to send on a large number of candidates. Please keep me information in this matter. When the time comes to select teachers I will wish to consult with you so that we have good teachers, and furthermore, that we may secure them without any noise or any public appeal. Let the thing be done quietly as if it were a matter of ordinary occurance, and when it has been done it will speak sufficiently for itself. The agitation among our people is now fortunately quelled for good. The Pope's letter to the President put upon it the final quietus. Those who were foremost in finding fault with the government are not only ashamed of themselves but positively frightened before the harm they have done to church and country and to themselves. The reaction has set in which will tell strongly in favor of the administration. I would suggest that the Department make no further effort to justify itself or to explain the past; enough has been said and done. The administration can now be in peace and enjoy [*23625*]. --2-- its victory. Briggs was more to blame than any other individual for the agitation. When I at first heard that he was to go to the Philippines I expected trouble. I have not been remiss in writing here and there the fact that Briggs is a drunkard and that no statement coming from him could be held as reliable. The agitation, however, once started, politics entered into it and the real venom in newspaper articles and convention talks was really the hatred of Republican administration. But, politicians here in this instance overstepped the mark and have harmed but themselves. The new Apostolic delegate to the Philippines, Monsignor Guidi, is an old and cherished friend of mine. I know him very well. No better choice could have been made. It was to be expected that the delegate, in view of the fact that he is to continue negotiations in the name of the Vatican, would not be other than a Roman, and this being the case no fitter one was to be found for the task than Guidi. He is an American in all his ideas. He is immensely better that our other friend who was to go to the Philippines last Spring. I had from him yesterday a cablegram in which he intimates very plainly that he will take advice with me. I have every confidence that the final outcome of all church matters in the Philippines will be such as to give entire satisfaction to the American Government. Very sincerely, JOHN IRELAND. To Col. Clarence R. Edwards. [*23626*][Enclosed in Langer, 9-10-02]. [*PPF*] Nahant, Sept. 3d 1902 United States Senate. Washington, D. C. Dear Theodore, I hate a quitter and I felt a good deal like one yesterday. Nevertheless I was wise to go home for I have come round all right here & another long day in the car I am afraid might have made me worse which I did not want in [*23627*]more [dig] disgusted I am. The Gov. & Dalton seem to have given you a great reception. I wish I could have been there. Sincerely Yrs H. C. Lodge view of the Portland speech which I think it is important to make. You remember my speaking of Ballard & his articles in connection with the charge of suppression in the Philippines. He sends me one about you which I think good — also a specimen of his regular work. He is industrious & useful. The more I think of that Duchess of Marlboro business the [*23628*] very severe shock. Love to Edith. Ever Yrs H .C. Lodge I telegraphed you this afternoon. [Aug] Sept 3rd 1902 [[shorthand]] [*P. F. Pr*] United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Dear Theodore, News of the accident came vaguely up here just after lunch. The report was that your nose was broken. I could not tell how bad it might be & went at once to the village meaning if I found that you could not continue your journey to go to [*23629*] promptly I should say. I trust Cortelyou was not much hurt Give him my warmest regards. Nannie sends her warmest love to you & Edith. We have had a miserable afternoon over it, but you escaped that is the main thing. I see Coolidge tomorrow. Hale I see has endorsed you absolutely in a speech on trusts. Do take care of yourself for you must have had a You at Pittsfield as to Edith at Oyster Bay as might seem most useful. By telephone I got the writer & after a very bad quarter of an hour learned that you were on your way home which was an intense relief. What a terrible chance. Thank God you escaped so well. Poor Craig. It is too sad poor fellow. It all seems inexplicable that such a thing could have happened. The motor man ought to go to prison [*23630*] TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, AUGUST 22D TO SEPTEMBER 3D, 1902. Altitude. Population. Miles Census of 1900. between Stations. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22D On board the Sylph, Long Island Sound. 8 2,500 Lv. OYSTER BAY, N. Y . . . 9.30 A/M Day 7 108,027 42 Ar. NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Belle Dock) . . . 1.30 P/M Day NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD. Lv. NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Belle Dock) . . . 2.30 P/M Day 145 24,296 18 Ar. MERIDEN, Conn . . . . . 3.00. " Day Lv. MERIDEN, Conn . . . . . 3.45 " Day 65 79,850 18 Ar. HARTFORD, Conn . . . 4.20 " Day Spend the night in Hartford. [*23632*] [*[ca 9-3-02]*] TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, AUGUST 22D TO SEPTEMBER 3D, 1902. ITINERARY [*23631*]TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, AUGUST 22D TO SEPTEMBER 3D, 1902. Altitude. Population. Miles Census of 1900. between Stations. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22D On board the Sylph, Long Island Sound. 8 2,500 Lv. OYSTER BAY, N. Y . . . 9.30 A/M Day 7 108,027 42 Ar. NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Belle Dock) . . . 1.30 P/M Day NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD. Lv. NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Belle Dock) . . . 2.30 P/M Day 145 24,296 18 Ar. MERIDEN, Conn . . . . . 3.00. " Day Lv. MERIDEN, Conn . . . . . 3.45 " Day 65 79,850 18 Ar. HARTFORD, Conn . . . 4.20 " Day Spend the night in Hartford. [*23632*] [*[ca 9-3-02]*] TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, AUGUST 22D TO SEPTEMBER 3D, 1902. ITINERARY [*23631*]Altitude. | Population. | Miles | Saturday, August 23d. | Census of 1900. | between | | | Stations.| | | | Lv. HARTFORD, Conn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 A/M Day 240 | 8,937 | 32 | Ar. WILLIMANTIC, Conn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.00 " Day | | | Lv. WILLIMANTIC, Conn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.30 " Day 24 | 175,597 | 59 | Ar. PROVIDENCE, R. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.30 " Day | | | | | | From Providence the train will be taken to Boston; leaving | | | Providence 6.00 P. M.; arriving Boston 7.20 P. M.; and | | | there await the President's arrival from Newport, R. I. | | | The President will go by boat from Providence to Newport. | | | | | | Lv. PROVIDENCE, R. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 P/M Day 6 | 22,034 | 24 | Ar. NEWPORT, R. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 " Night | | | | | | | | | Sunday, August 24th. | | | New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. | | | | | | Lv. NEWPORT, R. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2.00 P/M Day 25 | 560,892 | 70 | Ar. BOSTON, Mass. (Southern Union Station) 3.40 " Day | | | | | | Boston & Albany Railroad. | | | | | | Lv. BOSTON, Mass. (Southern Union Station) 3.50 P/M Day 18 | | 5 | Ar. EAST SOMERVILLE, Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.35 " Day | | | | | | Boston & Maine Railroad. | | | | | | Lv. EAST SOMERVILLE, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.40 P/M Day 24 | 48,513 | 10 | Ar. LYNN, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 " Day | | | Drive to Nahant. Return to Lynn Monday afternoon.Altitude. | Population. | Miles | Friday, August 30th. | Census of 1900. | between | | | Stations.| | | | Lv. NEWBURY, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 A/M Day 802 | 3,196 | 9 | Ar. NEWPORT, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.20 " Day | | | Spend day in Corbin Park and night at Club House. Next | | | morning drive to Windsor, Vt., arriving there about 11.00 | | | or 11.30 o'clock. | | | | | | Saturday, August 30th. | | | | | | Train to go around to Windsor, as follows: | | | Lv. NEWPORT, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.30 A/M Day | | 14 | Ar. CLAREMONT JUNCTION, N. H. . . . . . . . . . 11.00 " Day 332 | 1,656 | 8 | Ar. WINDSOR, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.15 " Day | | | | | | Central Vermont Railway. | | | Lv. WINDSOR, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 P/M Day 368 | | 14 | Ar. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25 " Day | | | Lv. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 " Day 484 | 6,266 | 65 | Ar. MONTPELIER, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.20 " Day | | | Lv. MONTPELIER, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.20 " Day 109 | 18,640 | 25 | Ar. BURLINGTON, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.40 " Night | | | Go to Thompson's Point on steam yacht. | | | | | | Sunday, August 31st. | | | At Thompson's Point. | | | Return to Burlington early Monday morning, | | | | | | Monday, September 1st. | | | Rutland Railroad. | | | Lv. BURLINGTON, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 A/M Day | 2,013 | 61 | Ar. PROCTOR, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.50 " Day | | | Lv. PROCTOR, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.20 P/M Day 562 | 11,499 | 6 | Ar. RUTLAND, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.30 " Day | | | Lv. RUTLAND, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.45 " Day 305 | 4,337 | 53 | Ar. BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 " Day [*23634*] Altitude. | Population. | Miles | Monday, August 25th. | Census of 1900. | between | | | Stations.| | | | Lv. LYNN, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.40 P/M Day 12 | 560,892 | 12 | Ar. BOSTON, Mass. (Northern Union Station) 5.00 " Day | | | Spend night in Boston. | | | | | | Tuesday, August 26th. | | | | | | Boston & Main Railroad. | | | Lv. BOSTON, Mass. (Northern Union Station) 8.35 A/M Day 79 | 94,969 | 26 | Ar. LOWELL, Mass. (Middlesex Station) . . . . . . 9.20 " Day | | | Lv. LOWELL, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.35 " Day 50 | 60,559 | 15 | Ar. SOUTH LAWRENCE, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.15 " Day | | | Lv. SOUTH LAWRENCE, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.30 " Day 35 | 37,175 | 7 | Ar. HAVERHILL, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.45 " Day | | | Lv. HAVERHILL, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 " Day 73 | 13,207 | 34 | Ar. DOVER, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 Noon Day | | | Lv. DOVER, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.15 P/M Day 12 | 964 | 37 | Ar. OLD ORCHARD, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15 " Day | | | Lv. OLD ORCHARD, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.35 " Day 24 | 50,145 | 11 | Ar. PORTLAND, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 " Day | | | | | | Main Central Railroad. | | | Lv. PORTLAND, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.35 P/M Day 299 | 23,762 | 36 | Ar. LEWISTON, Me. (Upper Station). . . . . . . . . . 6.00 " Day | | | Party will drive to lower station. In the meantime train | | | will be transferred to the lower station via Leeds | | | Junction, 26 miles. | | | Lv. LEWISTON, Me. (Lower Station). . . . . . . . . . 7.00 P/M Day 47 | 22,483 | 53 | Ar. AUGUSTA, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.30 " Night | | | Spend night at Augusta. [*23633*]Altitude. | Population. | Miles | Wednesday, August 27th. | Census of 1900. | between | | | Stations.| | | | Lv. AUGUSTA, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.30 A/M Day 20 | 22,850 | 74 | Ar. BANGOR, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 Noon Day | | | Side trip to Ellsworth, Me. | | | Lv. BANGOR, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.30 P/M Day | 4,297 | 29 | Ar. ELLSWORTH, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.45 " Day | | | Lv. ELLSWORTH, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 " Night | | 29 | Ar. BANGOR, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.15 " Night | | | Lv. BANGOR, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.20 " Night | | | | | | Thursday, August 28th. | | | 24 | 50,245 | 137 | Ar. PORTLAND, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25 A/M Night | | | Boston & Maine Railroad. | | | Lv. PORTLAND, Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.30 A/M Night 19 | 10,637 | 52 | Ar. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10 " Day | | | Lv. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10 " Day 154 | 1,641 | 27 | Ar. EPPING, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10 " Day | | | Lv. EPPING, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10 " Day 125 | 23,898 | 28 | Ar. NASHUA JUNCTION, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.30 " Day | | | Lv. NASHUA JUNCTION, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.35 " Day 182 | 56,987 | 17 | Ar. MANCHESTER, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.20 " Day | | | Lv. MANCHESTER, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 " Day | | 51 | Ar. THE WEIRS, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 Noon Day | | | Lv. THE WEIRS, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 P/M Day 252 | 19,632 | 34 | Ar. CONCORD, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 " Day | | | Lv. CONCORD, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 " Day 1,103 | 424 | 34 | Ar. NEWBURY, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.20 " Day | | | Spend night at Newbury. Altitude. | Population. | Miles | Boston & Maine Railroad. | Census of 1900. | between | | | Stations.| | | | Lv. BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 A/M Day 228 | 5,097 | 24 | Ar. BRATTLEBORO, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.35 " Day | | | | | | Central Vermont Railway. | | | | | | Lv. BRATTLEBORO, Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.35 " Day | 2,966 | 12 | Ar. NORTHFIELD, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.05 " Day | | | Spend night at Northfield. | | | | | | Tuesday, September 2d. | | | | | | Lv. NORTHFIELD, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.20 A/M Day 290 | | 9 | Ar. MILLER'S FALLS, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.40 " Day | | | | | | Boston & Maine Railroad. | | | | | | Lv. MILLER'S FALLS, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.50 A/M Day 550 | 7,061 | 25 | Ar. ATHOL, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.20 " Day | | | Lv. ATHOL, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.35 " Day 438 | 31,531 | 32 | Ar. FITCHBURG, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40 " Day | | | | | | New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. | | | | | | Lv. FITCHBURG, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.40 A/M Day 444 | | 14 | Ar. STERLING JUNCTION, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10 P/M Day | | | | | | Boston & Maine Railroad. | | | | | | Lv. STERLING JUNCTION, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.15 P/M Day 476 | 118,402 | 12 | Ar. WORCESTER, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.40 " Day MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY CORTELYOU, ASSISTANT SECRETARY BARNES, DR. GEORGE A. LUNG, Mr. M. C. LATTA, Mr. H. O. WEAVER, Stenographers. Mr. F. H. CRANE, Supt. Parlor and Sleeping Car Dept., N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Mr. CHARLES A. COTTERILL, Associated Press. Mr. LINDSAY DENISON, New York Sun Press Association. Mr. R. H. HAZARD, Scripps-McRae Press Association. Mr. JAMES H. HARE, Collier's Weekly. Mr. GEORGE B. LUCKEY, Leslie's Weekly, Mr. PETER A. JULEY, Harper's Weekly. [*23636*] Altitude. | Population. | Miles | BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD. | Census of 1900. | between | | | Stations.| | | | Lv. WORCESTER, Mass. . . . . 3.00 P/M Day 85 | 62,059 | 55 | Ar. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. . . . . 4.20 " Day | | | Lv. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. . . . . 6.00 " Day 147 | 12,320 | 9 | Ar. WESTFIELD, Mass. . . . . . . 6.20 " Day | | | Lv. WESTFIELD, Mass. . . . . . . 6.50 " Day 1,198 | 3,014 | 37 | Ar. DALTON, Mass. . . . . . . . . 8.00 " Night Spend night at Dalton. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D. Drive from Dalton to Pittsfield, Lenox, and Stockbridge. Train to go to Stockbridge (21 miles) and await party there, arriving at Stockbridge not later than 11.00 A. M. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD. 835 | 2,081 | | Lv. STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. . . . . 12.00 Noon Day 720 | 5,854 | 9 | Ar. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. . . 12.15 P/M Day | | | Lv. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. . . . . 12.25 " Day 270 | 4,804 | 50 | Ar. NEW MILFORD, Conn. . . . . 1.40 " Day | | | Lv. NEW MILFORD, Conn. . . . . 1.50 " Day 7 | 108,027 | 45 | Ar. NEW HAVEN, Conn. . . . . 3.20 " Day | | | Lv. NEW HAVEN, Conn. . . . . 3.30 " Day | | 2 | Ar. NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Belle Dock). . . 3.45 " Day Embark on the Sylph for Oyster Bay. [*23635*]TABLE OF DISTANCES. Miles. Oyster Bay to New Haven, Steamboat on Long Island Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . 42 New Haven to Hartford, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. . . . . . 36 Hartford to Providence, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. . . . . . 90 Providence to Newport, Steamboat on Narragansett Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Newport to Boston, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. . . . . . . . . . 70 Boston to East Somerville, Boston & Albany Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 East Somerville to Lynn, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lynn to Boston, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Boston to Lowell, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lowell to Portland, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Portland to Augusta, Maine Central Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Augusta to Ellsworth, Maine Central Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Ellsworth to Portland, Maine Central Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Portland to Nashua Junction, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Nashua Junction to The Weirs, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 The Weirs to Newport, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Newport to Windsor, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Windsor to Burlington, Central Vermont Railway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Burlington to Bellows Falls, Rutland Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Bellows Falls to Brattleboro, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Brattleboro to Miller's Falls, Central Vermont Railway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Miller's Falls to Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Fitchburg to Sterling Junction, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. . 24 Sterling Junction to Worcester, Boston & Maine Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Worcester to Dalton, Boston & Albany Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Dalton to Stockbridge, Carriage Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Stockbridge to New Haven, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. . . . 206 New Haven to Oyster Bay, Steamboat on Long Island Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 1,652 Mr. H. A. STROHMEYER, Photographer. Mr. R. L. DUNN, Photographer. Mr. J. EUGENE GEER, Representing Magazines. Mr. E. P. GRIFFITH, Western Union Telegraph Company. Mr. J. P. GOOCH, Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.[*[Encl. in Lung 11-27-18]*]Maps on this order too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed clockwise beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method. 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH The New England States August 22d to September 3d 1902 TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH The New England States August 22d to September 3d 1902[*P. F. Pr*] Newport Reading Room. Sept 4th [*[1902?]*] Dear Theodore: I didn't telegraph & I can't write much. You have once more proved superior to your fate. Poor Craig! I feel as if that motor man should be made to pay some penalty as well as the company which employs him. Give our best love & sympathy to Mrs. Roosevelt & heartfelt congratulations. After all said & done a miss is as good as a mile Yours ever Winthrop Chanler [*23638*]Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*103P*] NUMBER 56 Ny SENT BY Ho REC'D BY W CHECK 19 Paid [* [ca 9-4-02] *] RECEIVED at Sep 4 190 Dated New York 4 To Wm Loeb Jr O Bay Will take pleasure in meeting the President on arrival of Sylph at New York yacht club dock twelve oclock Friday [*23639*] James S Clarkson[*Ackd 9-10-1902 P.F.*] EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THE CENTURY MAGAZINE UNION SQUARE NEW YORK R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. DUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. September 4th, 1902. My dear Mr. President: You cannot imagine with what mingled feelings of indignation, sympathy and gratitude we saw you yesterday just emerging from that catastrophe. That Secretary Cortelyou was spared to you and the country is among the things to be grateful for. I see you are instantly at work again, so venture to confer with you about a matter which I have had in mind, that is, a brief paper by someone whom you could trust on "The President and the Trusts." How would President Butler do, if he could manage it? — or perhaps you would be willing to make a suggestion. Faithfully yours, R. W. Gilder. P. S. How would Albert Shaw do? — We are going heavily into the Trust question — a number of articles, on different Trusts. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. [[shorthand]] [*23640*]. United States Senate, [Washington.] [Chr OSep?] Aug 4/1902 My dear Mr. President First let me congratulate you and the Country on the Presidential escape for your life in the recent accident. It makes a fellow shudder to contemplate. You may be hung but certainly you will not be killed by a "Trolley car" I wrote you that I could come to Oyster Bay 16 or 17. Let me know if the conference is to be held and oblige. Truly Yours, M A Hanna [*23641*]. [*PPF*] Personal. United States Senate, Nahant, Mass., Sept. 4, 1902. Dear Theodore- I enclose two letters which I have just received and which I feel sure will give you as much pleasure as they have given me. I think the letter of Mrs. Eckstorm's is quite remarkable in its true perception of what happened. Mr. Ames, who sent it, is a gentleman who went last winter to the Reform Club, the very heart of our anti-imperialist friends, in the midst of the Philippine row and defended the Philippine policy, something that everybody does not do. He was also a defender of it in the press. A line of acknowledgement to him would give him great and deserved pleasure. I am sure you will be very much struck with Mrs. Eckstorm's letter, as I have been. It was so good of Cortelyou to send me a telegram this morning, for despite the newspaper reports I could not help feeling worried about you all the evening and [worry] anxious over the whole business. Ever yours, H. C. L. [Lodge] [*23642*][For 2 enclosures see 8-30-1902 & 8-30-02][*Ackd 9-10-1902 P. F.*] Navy Department, Washington Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 4, 1902 My dear Mr. President:– I cannot refrain from sending you a single word expressing the great joy which we all have that you escaped serious injury in the dreadful accident at Pittsfield. It brings again vividly to our minds the great risks which are incurred by the President in travelling. I know, however, that you appreciate them and will decided for yourself whether and how frequently you ought to incur them. You had, I think, no more faithful subordinate than poor Craig. Your letter concerning the Duchess of Marlborough incident reached Washington, and the subject is there being officially investigated. I am informed unofficially, however, that the Duchess was not aboard the ships. [*23643*]. I expect to return to Washington tomorrow or next day. I have an invitation to speak in Chicago at the Marquette Club's banquet on October 9th. on the "Growth of the Navy." I will take your direction as to an acceptance, though it seems to me that it would be more desirable for me to make such a speech than one merely political. Let me say that your own speeches in New England have, I believe, accomplished much more than I care to put upon paper, partly for the party and more especially for yourself. You have brought yourself very close to our people. Sincerely yours, William H. Moody Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. I. [*23644*]Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at [* [1902] *] 4 NY NV PC 12 DH New York Sept 4 Mr Wm Loeb Asst Secty Oyster Bay NY I will meet the President friday noon at time and place named. N N Stranahan 1221 p [*23645*]. [*P.P.F*] GRANDS HOTELS AVEC TOUT LE CONFORT MODERNE "Hôtel Continental" J. S. Agid & Co. [*File*] Royat, le Sept 5, 1902 Dearest of Brothers Your cable was such a comfort for I could not help feeling that you had been hurt more than you at first realized, & I was very anxious. What a dreadful thing it was, poor Craig, it seemed so tragic! I have been, if possible, even [*23646*] more proud of you than ever, since your splendid speeches on Trusts & the Monroe Doctrine. The German papers have been pretty spiteful on the latter question, especially the Austrian "Neue Freie Presse" which seems to wish to infer that you especially created the Monroe Doctrine to annoy Germany, & also, it hints in a dark way, to frustrate Mr Chamberlain,—how, it does not explain. I enclose you some clippings from English papers, one sent to you by Emily Hatton whom you used to know as Emily Hoffman, & who married [*23647*]Colonel Hatton of the Guards, 'Such a nice man.' I think it was magnificent of you to re-iterate what you originally said about the Trusts just at this time. It was just like you, & you must be you at any cost. "It means so infinitely more than that you should be President a second time. I know you have no time to read letters, but I had to send this to tell you how my heart suffered at the thought of your danger, & how proud I am of your splendid courage politically. Douglas sails for home today & may perhaps see you soon. Corinne & I are taking the waters here for her neuralgia. We have had some anxious times this summer, but I will not write about them now. The proprietors of the Royal Waters sent an official very [French?] note to express their pleasure that you had escaped injury. Goodbye my dearest, [*[A R Cowles]*] Your loving Bamie Best love to Edith19, Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings. Friday, Sept. 5, 1902 My dear Theodore, This is just a line from a very unaccustomed correspondent to congratulate you on your most fortunate escape, the report of which appeared in yesterday morning's papers. And amid our thankfulness that you had escaped in what seems to have been an almost miraculous manner, is a feeling of great regret that your escort was killed - poor fellow. We were very glad of the [cra???] Edward got of his little trip to the States. I felt very jealous of him, but it is no good feeling that way, as I see no probability of being able to slip off the chains of work for so long a time as a run over the water would take. So I must be content to hear of you. I hope you are all well. I heard by a side-[wind?] that Edith had not been quite the thing recently & I hope she is quite herself again now. Give her my love, please.What's this we see in today's papers about your son being warned off the lands of the 'Populist' farmers? Great nonsense it seems to me, & I don't suppose there is much in it. I have left London so you see, and settled down by the seaside in the hope that the children may escape their usual winter coughs. We have a good train service from London, so that we are not really separated from our families to any great extent. Mother, I am glad to say, keeps very well, and loves a quiet life at Hampstead along with Julia and Edward. We hope to see them all down here for Xmas, if all be well. All kind remembrances to you, and hoping that by the time you receive this you will have got over any inconveniences which the accident may have caused you. Yrs very truly George Elam President Theodore Roosevelt.[[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-10-1902*] PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, UNITED STATES SENATE. [*akd 9-8-02*] Sept 5 My dear Mr Roosevelt Thank God He did not permit Death to swing his scythe any nearer to you. Your trip through New England was one triumphal march, making for our President friends by the thousands. [*23650*]Lord preserve your life, making it a blessed gift to our people Sincerely Wm P Frye I congratulate you, the Country and our party on a personality so attractive, on whole so finely spoken, on that which I have no doubt will prove the united & enthusiastic support of Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for the Presidency in 1904. May our dear [*23651*]I rejoice at the stand that you have taken in regard to Corporations. The abuses which are connected with them are an immense danger unless we secure publicity & some reasonable form of control. In my sneak way I am backing you up among the people who are rather more affected by such street opinion than by a desire for the general good. We are off for Europe [*Ackd 9-10-1902 P.F.*] Groton School Groton, Mass. North Haven, Maine, Sep 5, 1902. My dear Theodore, Just a line to tell you that Fanny & I are profoundly thankful, both as Americans & as friends, that your life has been spared. God has raised you up, I believe, for a great work in this Country: & you are doing it well. [*23652*]on the 28th of this month. I wish you might have something of the quiet foreign Sabbatical to which we are looking forward With love from Fanny I am, affectionately yours, Endicott Peabody. [*23653*]PERSONAL EXECUTIVE MANSION PORTO-RICO Cazenovia, N. Y., September 6, 1902. My dear Mr. President:– You ask for some information regarding the "American Federal Party," and its recent platform and declarations. Whatever obstruction the Americans have met with since we acquired Porto Rico, has been from the Federal party and the members thereof. They are largely the pro-Spanish element, and the Spaniards have always sympathized with them. Whatsoever anti-Americanism has cropped out is from Federals. The two members of the Executive Council who resigned with attempted dramatic effect in September 1900, were both Federals. The party refused to go to the polls at the election in 1900, alleging the partiality of the Executive Council as a reason. They opposed the new revenue law and in April 1901, after its adoption, sent a committee of three to Washington asking Congress to nullify it. One of the committee was a Spaniard. As soon as Governor Allen manifested a policy of declining to yield patronage to their leader, Muñoz Rivera, and before three months of civil government had gone by, the Federal party assailed him and kept up its abuse until his retirement. Muñoz Rivera, then leader, who is now publishing a paper in New York, the Porto Rico Herald, has consistently kept up an opposition to about everything done by the Government in the Island. He ridicules the educational [*23654*]. 2 system and derides other governmental actions, and tries to make the people discontented. In 1900 the Federal party declared for Mr. Bryan. The Federal papers grossly insulted President McKinley, Secretary Root, Generals Henry and Davis, and in 1900 Rivera's paper went so far as to speak of the American flag as the "only discordant note" at a fiesta. They have always opposed the present form of government claiming that full territorial government and statehood very soon thereafter are what they should have. They really oppose the present insular legislature and government, but, at a convention held in July last, they changed the name to "American Federal" and declared for the National Republican party and yourself, yet were silent as to the administration in the Island. Their present attitude is therefore one of apparent friendship for the National administration with indifference or implied opposition to the island government. They have always announced their plan to be to ignore the island government and go directly to Washington with complaints. Such is the party's position today. Their opponents, the Republicans, are American in sympathy and to them we owe the results of the cooperation we have had from the natives. The Republicans admit lack of full knowledge of self- government, and gratefully receive assistance – the Federals think [*23655*]. 3 they "know it all," and object to the United States reserving control through an Executive Council, and resent all central control over municipalities. To the Republicans we owe the necessary help in adopting new codes, new revenue law and all other American statutes. The Federal press opposed the new codes just adopted, opposed the new election laws, opposed reducing the excessive number of municipalities – indeed opposed nearly every bill introduced or passed and every appointment made unless the appointee was a Federal. I seriously doubt the accuracy of the statement written by their President to you that in the ranks of the Federal party there are more than 80% of the Porto Rican property holders, manufacturers, merchants and agriculturists and farmers and more than 90% of the professional and scientific men. Eliminating Spaniards, I believe there is about an equal division between the two parties. I shall get at the truth of this matter later. In new appointments, from the time that the Federals first broke loose in 1900, we have given Republicans preference. Prudence from all standpoints demanded this. But we have given Federals substantial recognition, and never have turned a man out on account of his politics. They hold many high positions under the insular government. All the native judges of the Supreme Court are Federals, for instance. [*23656*]. 4 There are many good men in the Federal party, but timidity prevents their openly abandoning their leader. There are now two elements, however, within their ranks. That which is entirely subservient to Rivera, and that which would break from him. From recent indications, the latter faction seems to be gaining ground. This is encouraging. Patience and tact will best lead them to give up Spanish traditional methods of intolerance and abuse. On the other hand, we have never shown weakness which would allow them to mistake consideration for fear. In the light of the party's past, we doubt the sincerity of their recent declarations. At the same time, there is much hope in their advancement to the point where they have announced themselves American, and we will cautiously refrain from giving them just ground to recede from the stand assumed. Faithfully yours, William H. Hunt. [*23657*][For 1. enclosure see ca 9-2-02][*Ackd 9-11-1902 PPF*] [[shorthand]] 709 Fifth Ave New York City Sept 6th 1902 Theodore Roosevelt President of U. S. Dear Sir:– I wish you to know that Nancy Jackson is now 89 years old last June, she was your mothers nurse at Hartford Connecticut. (Martha Bullock) also took care of Miss Anna Bullock. Came on from the south and nursed them as babies. Got my freedom in Hartford, Conn. The only time I saw you was in Dewey's procession when you passed [*23658*]. 3 I think how happy your mother would be to think her son was president of the United States. Hope nothing will happen to you but you must be careful. Your mother invited me to be housekeeper and I cleaned all her silver when you was a little boy in 20th street. But I was living with Mrs. Gray. Your mother gave me a nice turkey for my Christmas dinner. My best wishes to you and all your family. The Lord bless you and keep you from all harm, is the wish of your friend Nancy Jackson 2 709 Fifth Ave [my house] where I am living with Mrs. Gray whose [husband] son is Judge Gray of the court of appeals. Your mother invited me to your sisters wedding. Mrs. Robbinson and I went to the church. I called at your home on 57th to see your mother twice after I came from abroad with Mrs. Gray, I kept a journal of each place I visited. Your mother wanted to read it. She gave them back when she was going to Oyster Bay, and when she returned to the city, finished them. I surely wished you to know that I am living. Have you picture and all your family. Would like to see you also to shake hands with you. [*23659*]you for on our drive did not tire you. Enthusiasts – local enthusiasts – are apt to be dangerous people to gracious strangers, & I thought too late that we were showing you a good deal. Yours faithfully Owen Wister [*Ackd 9-9-02 P.F.*] Saunderton, Sep. 6, 1902. My dear Mrs. Roosevelt: In the general shock three days ago, it was you who came first into my thoughts & sympathy,– & so I'm just writing you a word to tell you so & to say Thank God! It is beautiful here now. I took Mrs. Wister & the children to an old cousin in New Jersey, & returned last night to some hard & I hope successful work until October when Mrs. Wister & I again hope to be united. If in my comings and goings I see a chance of the great fisherman of a visit to Oyster Bay I'll venture to ask if I may come. I wish you could just see this place to-day. It is superb. I hope the rather extensive sight of it. HERALD. ================ SUPERVISE TRUSTS, ADVISES MR. LODGE. ———●——— His Remedy Is Publicity. ———●——— But Let the Constitution Severely Alone. ———●——— Trusts a Necessity in Economics. ———●——— Cannot Hit Trusts Alone by Cutting Tax. ———●——— A Notable Utterance at Portland. ———●——— [Special Dispatch to the Sunday Herald.] PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 6, 1902. THE Republican orators tonight had the last word in the lively campaign. An audience of 2500 greeted Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the chief speaker in the City Hall rally. Mr. Boothby presided. Wilbur C. Whelden, recorder of the Portland municipal court, who before the county convention marshalled the force for Melville W. Trefethen, the Republican candidate for sheriff, and has since been in charge of his canvass, made an impressive speech on local issues. He roundly scored the opposition speakers, and declared that physically, mentally and morally Mr. Trefethen is the peer of the rival candidates. Mr. Whelden declared that Trefethen stands squarely on the prohibitory enforcement plank of the Republican party, and that he can be depended upon to give the most rigid kind of an enforcement. ——— Senator Lodge received an, ovation when Mayor Boothby introduced him. He dealt almost entirely with the subject of trusts. He said: "Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen: On the invitation of your committee I have come here tonight to speak to you, not upon the issue which has just been so ably discussed, but upon the national issues of this campaign. I am a Republican, and I come here to urge upon you the importance of giving to the congressmen of Maine their majorities, which you have been in the habit of giving, and which go forth with encouragement to all the Republicans throughout the United States. I might urge this upon you by referring to the past history of the Republican party. It has been a great history, not only in the more remote days of Lincoln, but in the more recent days. "The subject that I have found in men's minds as I have gone about at home this summer, and I don't think we differ much in Massachusetts from you here in Maine, has been a question of domestic interest, a question of great difficulty and of great importance, and which, in my opinion, it is useless to attempt to shirk, and with which the only safe course is to meet it fairly and discuss it fully, and try to reach some proper solution. The question to which I refer is that which is popularly known as the questions of trusts. ——— "Let us first define what are trusts. The technical term trust does not apply today to any of the great corporations or combinations that pass under that name. The trust form originally used by the Standard Oil Company has, I think, been entirely abandoned, and what we mean by trusts are certain great corporations or combinations of capital. In other words, when you are discussing what you are going to do about trusts, you are discussing what you are going to do about corporations. "Now, the great body of corporations in this country perform not only a very useful, but an absolutely essential part in our business life. Most of them are very small, a large proportion of them are entirely local. Ninety-five per cent. of them are organizations to which no human being has the slightest objection. "It is only to a certain small percentage of very large corporations or combinations of comparatively recent growth to which present objections are made and about which the present discussion has arisen. ——— [*23668*] "Now, that at the outset presents a difficulty, and that is the difficulty of distinguishing among these corporations. The next point to be remembered in regard to trusts is that they are only economic developments of the times. No man today would think of trying to compete in ocean traffic by running two small vessels against one large one. Economically, it has been proved that the highest efficiency and economy in transportation is by the largest steamships, and you observe that the size of the steamship is in constantly increasing. On the railroads we have demonstrated that greatest economy in transportation is to be found in large freight cars, and the freight cars have constantly grown in size. It is our mastery of that fact in railroad transportation which has been one of the great factors in making us the cheapest and most efficient and most economic nation in the world in the great problem of transportation by rail. "In the same way, impelled by the same forces, the great combinations of capital which have come to be known as trusts have been formed because they mean greater economy in production. They have become a necessity of our economic life, if we are to contend successfully as we are contending with the nations of the earth and are to seek successfully also new markets in all parts of the world. In other words, in the trusts, in the large combinations of capital, as in the large steamships and large freight cars, is one instrument of modern economic competition, and if they don't succeed in that modern economic competition they must go to the wall. ——— "We are winning from the rest of the world simply because we are better organized, more energetic, more enterprising, more ready to take advantage of every new invention that is made. These are the advantages of this development of modern economic forces. To undertake to destroy them and bring them down by rash legislation would be to bring on at the present time the most disastrous panic in the business world and throughout the country that can be imagined. "But these great combinations undoubtedly, new as they are, present certain dangers and certain evils. I have seen it asked recently: 'What are the evils of the trusts?' What are the real evils beyond the vague outcry against them? I think they can be easily enumerated. First, the most serious evil is that there is a great popular suspicion about them. There is a mystery about them which people don't understand, and there is a dislike on account of that mystery. Now, to have anything exist in our commercial world which is the subject of popular suspicion and discontent is a very unfortunate condition for the prosperity of the country, and if it can be removed by better knowledge and wider intelligence it ought to be done. "Another is this: A corporation incorporated under the laws of Maine, doing business in the state of Maine, is under the control of the state. But a corporation incorporated in one state and doing business somewhere else in other states escapes the control of its creator. Great privileges are conferred upon corporations, and, as the state gives them great privileges and breathes into them the breath of life and relieves them from personal liability—their directors and their stockholders from personal liability—which is what enables them to exist at all, if the state does that then they are under obligation to the state, which confers upon them much larger privileges and such great opportunities. "Somewhere, there ought to be some means of the state controlling what the state creates. Now, the state of Maine can control a corporation doing business within its borders, and the state of Massachusetts can control a corporation doing business within its own borders; but when it takes a charter in Maine or Massachusetts and does its business somewhere else, it passes out of any effective control. That is another evil, it seems to me, for I don't believe that under this government there should be anything, a creature of the government, beyond the government's control. "Another evil is this. I believe, and I think history shows it and all the doctrines of political economy will demonstrate it, that it is the immediate interest of the trust not to increase but to decrease prices so far as they can, and operate at the least margin of profit. I think that is essential to their economic existence. But yet, combinations have been made where, in my judgment, by controlling the means of transportation and by other methods, combinations have been enabled to establish such an artificial control that they raise the prices artificially. I think that was done by the ice trust in New York city and, unless I am greatly misinformed, it has been done by the beef trust in Chicago. "Now, I think it is a bad thing to have prices artificially raised by means of monopolies created by law or in violation of law. Of course a patent is a monopoly, but we give the monopoly in order to encourage invention, and it is a wise policy. But this is not in the nature of an invention; it is simply a combination to carry on a specific business. Where that exists, where prices are raised artificially beyond the normal by a violation of existing law or in accordance, perhaps, with existing law, I think a very dangerous state of things is created. "Now, the question that confronts us is: How are we to preserve this great instrument of economic competition and yet remedy the evils which may spring from them? It is a question to my mind of the utmost possible difficulty and delicacy. The tendency of legislation to meddle hastily and thoughtlessly with possible conditions has caused before now enormous trouble in this country and in others. I am quite aware of the existence of this danger, but the greatest danger in connection with this comes from two widely opposite sources. One danger from one source are those who simply howl down with the trusts, and perhaps demand the wholesale confiscation and wrecking of the entire system of corporations, for that is what it would come to. "The other source of danger are the people who stand back and say, 'There are no evils,' that we must not consider it, that we must not attempt to do anything about it, that we must try and wink out of sight the restlessness in the public's mind, the anxiousness of the public's mind in regard to those vast combinations of capital. Reckless legislation would be destruction to prosperity and bring ruin in its train. Reckless refusal to meet or discuss the issue would bring on the very destruction that we wish to avoid. ——— "What we desire to do is to discuss it, and what we ought to do is to discuss it temperately and sensibly and try to find some intelligent means of dealing with it. Now, there is one solution [*23661*] which has been proposed, and that is to sweep away the tariff duties on articles that any trust makes. That sounds simple, and it is simple. It would be punitive, I have no doubt. There are some trusts that would suffer. There is at least one trust which I would like to see punished in that way, and that is the meat trust. "But bear in mind it is simply punitive, it has no effect in regulating them. The utmost it could do would be to reduce their profits. "But there is more in it than that. We will take the steel trust, for example. They make, I think, about 48 per cent. of the finished iron and steel products of this country. It may be that I am not quite exact in my figures, but something less, I think, than half. The other half is made by other corporations and by individual manufacturers, great and small. Now, the steel trust is organized to compete in every market of the world at the very lowest prices and to meet any competition. That is the purpose of its being. But the small manufacturers, the small company or even the pretty large companies are not constructed in that way.They have been built up under the protective tariff. You take down the tariff, or wipe out the tariff. I should say, on iron and steel productions, and you would strike a death blow to everybody, pretty nearly, who are concerned in the manufacture of the 52 per cent. of our product. ———— "You may reduce the profits of the steel trust, but you leave it the master of the field, you leave it alone. It is the one great organization in steel and iron which could stand better than all the rest, which probably would alone survive a sudden taking down of all tariff duties on steel and iron. In other words, you cannot strike the trusts alone by taking off these duties. "Take flannels, for example, woollen. There is a combination of mills, of flannel mills, comprising a small proportion of the flannel mills of this country, known as the American Woollen Company, commonly called the woollen trust, I believe. You take off the duties on woollen and I dare say that trust, not a very large one, would be very much injured, but you would probably close every flannel mill in the state of Massachusetts, in the state of Maine, and all over the country. "Now when you enter on such a scheme as that, it is perfectly evident that, in endeavoring to punish the trusts by removing the tariff duties on any articles they happen to make, you are going to punish many other people besides, and you are going to punish worst of all, the people who are engaged in those industries. We are too apt, when we speak of the trusts, to think only of the few great capitalists in New York who are engaged in forming these combinations. ———— [*23662*] "We forget the thousands of men who are employed and at work for these trusts, who are getting their labor out of them, and that, when you wreck them, you throw that labor out. If the trust is saved, as in the case of steel, for example, which I have cited, and you smash all the other steel industries, you throw that labor down. In other words, this scheme of taking off the tariff duty may be argued economically from the free trade or protectionist standpoint. An intelligent, economic argument can be made on either side no doubt; but to argue it as a remedy for the trusts, except so far as it is a measure to punish and injure them, is absurd. That as a method of regulating trusts, and putting their control within the hands of the people, the public, through their government, is the silliest remedy that anybody has yet suggested. I need not say, perhaps, after that, that that is the remedy proposed by the Democratic party. ———— "Now I think there is a remedy, at least the beginning of one. I think the first remedy is supervision and publicity. I think we ought to know about combinations of capital so great as these. We have the supervision and that publicity in my state, and I do not think it has ruined [th? ?] Massachusetts or prevented [?tions] from thriving there. [?] yet that publicity, when [w? ?] [?t] knowledge, then if further [? ?] is needed, we may be able to get it. We certainly can get it more intelligently than is now possible. Publicity is the first thing to seek, or rather I should say, the first thing is to enforce existing laws, and who has done that? "Was it done under the last Democratic administration? Not to my knowledge. The first effort to enforce existing law—a law placed on the statute book to prevent associations in restraint of trade by the Republican party—was made this winter by President Roosevelt in the merger suit and in the injunction against the beef trust. "That is the first step—enforce the existing law. Then let us see if we cannot in some way get proper supervision and publicity of these corporations. The difficulty that confronts us lies in our form of government. We are able to get that supervision out of railroads through the national government under the interstate commerce clause; but we are met here with the difficult that a corporation incorporated in one state is doing business in another and is under nobody's control. How are we to place it under an efficient control? ———— "If we could get all of the 45 states to agree on a uniform corporation law, we would have no difficulty; but that is an impossibility, and every man knows it. I am very averse, for one, to resorting to constitutional amendments on a matter like this. I think amending the constitution is a very serious thing in any event; but to amend the constitution on a point like this, when it is not yet settled what trusts are, even what corporations you want to reach and what you do not want to reach, is a very serious matter. "You want to put the hand of the government over a trust like the beef trust, but it would be rather an absurdity to undertake to have the national government come down here to supervise the books of your street railway company; and yet they are all corporations. In other words, some way must be found to reach them. I trust it can be done by law, without resorting to amending the constitution; but one thing I am absolutely certain of, that is, that the question must be met and must be discussed, as I have tried to do it today, very plainly, very simply, rather dryly perhaps, but it has got to be met and discussed in that way; and in that way alone can we find a solution which will not bring ruin and disaster in its track. "We ought to be able to reach our purpose by law. Better lawyers than I am think it cannot be done without a constitutional amendment, and better lawyers than I am think, some of them, that it can be done. But that it ought to be done in some way, that we should have reasonable supervision over these great corporations, and a corresponding publicity, I have no manner of doubt. It is a matter which has got to be faced and got to be met. "I have said that the two sources of danger were those who simply howl 'Down with the trusts,' and those who state that nothing ought to be done. Now I am not one of those who howl 'down with the trusts,' and I am not one who says nothing ought to be done. ———— [*23663*] "Now, we do not want to mix up any feeling of envy or hostility, or anything of that sort, in this question. There are plenty of things that are irritating about it, plenty of things that appeal to that very human and primitive emotion, but what strikes me most when I consider this is the extreme danger and difficulty of the question. I have no desire to make any particular party capital out of it. I would like to see it settled in some way, and some means found by which we might preserve these great instruments of modern commerce and modern industry, and at the same time make it clear to the people that there is no mystery about them; that the government controls them, not they the government; and that we are the masters, and that they are doing their business under due regulations of law. That is the end to which I wish to attain, and the reason that I deprecate wholesale denunciation. "It would be very easy for me to denounce tonight the wholesale trust system and everybody connected with it. The reason I dislike and dread it is because I do not want to see anything done that would interfere with the prosperity of the country. I think we can solve the question without disturbing the prosperity of the country, and I believe it must be met and solved. The worst thing that can happen is to turn our backs on it and run. I want to meet it in such a way as not to do harm. "Ten years ago, in 1892, and the spring of 1893, just after the Democratic party, for the first time since 1860, had come into full control of every department of the government, we had the very worst panic the country has ever known, and we all know what a miserable four years followed and what a terrible condition we were in. The 'robber barons' were down: the Democratic party had got them. The trouble was, everybody also was down, too, and there was no particular fun in it. "Since then we have had prosperity. It has been partly due to wise legislation. Wise legislation can help prosperity. It can give it a chance; it cannot make it. But bad legislation can destroy prosperity single-handed. And it is against bad legislation, wild legislation, that I want to guard. Now, I know, as the President has said, that there is the discontent of prosperity, just as there is the discontent of hard times. "I know very well that there have been a great many gentlemen who have made money very rapidly within the last three or four years, and I have not made any, and I think that I ought to have made it quite as much as they. I look at them with feelings of disgust. I would like sometimes to be in their place, but I am under no misapprehensions as to the feeling that I cherish. It is not political economy. It is better to have prosperity and to have some people do better than they ought than to have hard times, and all men down. (Applause.) I think we want to retain prosperity, and I think, also, we must meet this question of trusts. ———— "New occasions teach new duties. These great trusts and combinations of capital are new. They are the development of modern economic force, just as the great ship and the great freight cars are developments of the same force. When the steam locomotives and railroads were invented, they were given their franchises and rights of way; the time was taken, and the governments regulated their running; the public interest was protected, and here are new forces finding new developments, in which we wish to retain all that is good, and from which we wish to eradicate all that is evil; and, as they are the creatures of the state, no one can complain if the state demands the right to control ultimately. "Therefore, some way must be found to bring corporations which get a charter in a single state and then pass beyond any law, some means must be found to bring them within some law, not to ruin them. Oh, no, but to regulate them; to make the public understand about them; to remove the mystery and the discontent. "The day when we find that solution is the best day for the protection of property, for the wellbeing of capital, that will ever dawn in this country. Men who are the enemies of property and capital are just as much those who say nothing shall be done, as those who say, 'confiscate and destroy everything.' "I have not made very much of a party speech, although I came to urge you to vote the Republican ticket, and yet I think the moral of what I have said is plain. Here is a great and difficult problem. It has got to be met. The Democratic party was placed in supreme power in 1892, with every department of the government in its hands, and the most conspicuous fact about these two years was that the Democratic party was unable to govern. ———— "I do not mean to say now anything against their policy. They could not carry out their own policies. They came in on a free trade platform and they passed a bad protective tariff. In other words, they have not the art or strength of government. They approach this thing now with a wild howl about monopoly and the sweeping away of tariff duties, but they do not attempt to deal with it sanely and sensibly, as it ought to be dealt with. I say we want to preserve the prosperity of the country, and that this question, if it is not handled, menaces the prosperity of the country. Therefore, I think it can be be intrusted to the party under whom the prosperity has risen to its highest pitch. (Applause.) "Our salvation as a party, speaking from the selfish point of view, has always been that the country should have good times. We want to give the country good times so far as legislation can help do it; and we can see very plainly that this great economic question about these great combinations of capital must be dealt with soberly, intelligently, advisedly, for the best interests of all concerned, the man who labors and the man who invests, so as to protect and guard all alike. [*23664*] "There is the question for you, to whom you will intrust it; and my argument is now that, if you will judge by the past, if you will judge by the events in 1892, if you will judge by what has occurred since William McKinley went into the White House, you will agree with me, and you will vote on Monday, that the best solution of this question is to leave it as you have left other great questions, in the hands of Theodore Roosevelt and a Republican Congress." (Applause.). [*Ackd 10-6-1902*] 231 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Australia 7th Sept 1902 Dear Colonel Roosevelt I want to congratulate you on your escape from a very nasty accident, it must have been a close call. It is the sort of thing that puts ones nerves on edge for a while even without the two sad deaths that resulted. Our people here were quite excited over the first scanty news that was cabled, it seems as if the recent deaths of your late President and our Queen had made a bond of sympathy between our countries. I had hoped to have seen you this month but business calls have compelled me to postpone my trip, however I intend leaving here in June next, going via England where I will spend a month afterwards the States. I have a great desire to see your fall of which I have read so much. I have learnt from the magazines of your busy life and often wonder if you have longings for a run to the woods for a respite from the multitudinous calls upon your time. You will be interested to know that it is intended to introduce the African eland into Australia, and I don't see any reason why it should not flourish as in parts the conditions are very similar to Africa, in time this may be made into a decent game country. Will you kindly convey my regards to your family. Yours faithfully Arthur J. Sage [*23665*]Supplement THE ANGELUS, Sept 7, 1902. ⤞ THE GOLDEN SCROLL ⤝ An Offering to our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIII. In Honor of His Jubilee of Pontificate, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Feb. 20, 1903. All are Invited to Join in this Tribute. ================== ALBUM OF 1888. In 1888 it was the happy privilege of The Angelus, on occasion of the Holy Father's golden jubilee of priesthood, to present him with an offering, which he declared then, and has but recently affirmed, afforded him the greatest pleasure he had ever experienced in gift or tribute tendered him before. This offering made through The Angelus, was a Spiritual Bouquet from the representative aggregate of 50,000 American children. Young people from all over the entire continent of North America, both United States and Canada, pledging themselves to say one "Our Father" and one "Hail Mary" each for 50 days for his Holiness' intention. The pledge of prayer was presented in the form of a massive album most elaborately bound and containing the names of all those who had enlisted in the honor roll of prayer for the Pontiff's prosperity and that of the interests so dear to him. The presentation of the Jubilee Album of 1888 was made by his grace the late Most Rev. Archbishop Walsh, of Toronto, Canada, and the late Very Rev. Dean Wagner, of St. Alphonsus Church, Windsor, at private audience at the Vatican, granted them at the opening of the jubilee celebration, December, 1888. When the album was placed before him and its purpose made known, through address which prefaced it, his Holiness exclaimed again and again: "Oh, how beautiful!" "What a grand thought!" "I have never received anything so pleasing!" And then he added: "I have received on this occasion the gifts of princes and kings, but nothing that has given me pleasure equal to this." Then, emphasizing this sentiment of highest appreciation he extended in return to each and all of the 50,000 represented in the offering a truly paternal recognition, no less than the Apostolic Benediction and Plenary Indulgence in articulo mortis—at the hour of death; the highest grant made to royal personages of the faith, or others of great distinction. The document bestowing this extraordinary favor is since the treasure of The Angelus' sanctum. Magnificent and significant as was this token of the Holy Father's appreciation of the album offering, another yet more striking, aside from importance, was accorded in the same connection on a recent occasion, after a lapse of nearly fifteen years. To a body of pilgrims from Detroit, being presented to his Holiness in 1900 he, without suggestion of any one, referred to the city as being the home of The Angelus, which he remembered on account of his jubilee offering of so many years before. Responding to this gracious token of recognition we sent his Holiness the next year, after this latter occurrence, 1901, through his Eminence, the late Apostolic Delegate, Cardinal Martinelli, a copy of The Angelus' Bicentenary number, accompanied by an address, giving a resume of our work and especially that in which we had of late years engaged, the free distribution of Catholic reading matter to prisons, asylums, poor schools, etc., carried on in a modest way, through the efforts of our young stamp gatherers and occasional contributions of generous friends. Again did the gracious Pontiff honor our efforts by a letter through his Secretary of State, assuring us that he "well remembered" The Angelus and its work, and conveying with his high approval the Apostolic blessing upon all who should co-operate especially in this latest undertaking. This is the history of our communication with the illustrious Pontiff so far, now for the pending and final presentation we purpose to make him, as an adieu as well as congratulation on behalf of his American children. For while we rejoice that he has reached the grand goal of a quarter century's reign, we know the hour is at hand or cannot now be far distant when he shall be relieved of his faithful stewardship, and this offering for 1903 we purpose to make as peculiarly a God-speed for the long last journey. THE GOLDEN SCROLL, 1903. We have related that the offering to his Holiness in 1888 at his priestly jubilee was a Spiritual Bouquet, a gift of prayer. That we propose for the coming year is to be a gift of alms, the record of the contributors to be made and presented in a form considerably different and altogether novel. We are having prepared an elegantly chased and suitably inscribed gold bar 18 inches in length and ¾ of an inch in diameter. Attached to this at intervals by an exquisitely wrought gold chain will be a roll of silk parchment 93 feet in length, corresponding in number of feet with number of years of the Holy Father's life. This parchment will be beautifully illuminated and names entered upon it in gold, prefaced by a proper address. The enrollment we intend shall embrace [a?? ???mes] to correspond in this feature with the [??? ???] certificate, or 1,000 names for each year [??? ??? ???] complete the roll will be entwined [*131*] [*23666*]about the bar and fastened with interlacing gold cords and tassels. Presentation of the offering will be made at a previously arranged special audience with his Holiness at instance of a dignitary in Rome and a distinguished American ecclesiastic who will go there for the purpose. We have said the offering we are now preparing is to be one of alms. This means that each person enrolled gives an alms in the Holy Father's name and for his benefit, just as though he himself were the actual contributor; the same to be applied to the work he has so approved, namely, free distribution of wholesome and instructive literature to the deprived and needy inmates of prisons, soldiers' camps, orphan asylums, hospitals, houses of refuge, and poor schools, the same to be extended and continued as far and long as means provided will allow. It is well known that of all the Popes, Leo XIII, is the great patron of Catholic literature, that its diffusion is an object most dear to his heart. It is certain, therefore, that nothing could afford him a greater satisfaction than the bestowal of a charity of this sort in his name. While at the same time the prayers of the outcast and suffering who are benefited will surely attend those who thus lighten and solace their darkened way. HOW THE PROJECT IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. The time for accomplishment of the prodigious work in hand seems now very short, but operated as we propose, it can easily be completed in due season. The postponement of the announcement and undertaking till this time was practically necessary, as it would not do to calculate too far ahead on so much more of length for the Holy Father's life. Now, however, that he has passed the rigors of the summer and his health maintains at its best, it is safe to depend that the few months intervening between his greatest jubilee event will likewise be granted him; and that it is therefore safe to proceed with immediate preparations for The Angelus' good-bye visit. PROMOTERS WANTED. We must begin by asking immediate and active assistance not only of the reverend clergy and religious but of all others, whether young or old, who are willing to help as promoters. All such we desire to forward us as soon as possible name and address, so that we may supply in return full instructions with blanks, etc., for enrollment of names. Enrollment blanks have place for 25 names each, besides that of the promoter, which shall appear at the head. All are eligible for enrollment this time, the old as well as the young, for to the venerable Father of the faithful at 93, the oldest among us are but as children. The only condition necessary to have a name entered on the Golden Roll of Honor for the Pope's jubilee of 1903 is that it shall represent an offering of alms, however small, given, as noted above, in the Holy Father's name and for his benefit. HOW MUCH TO GIVE. We shall fix no certain amount for this contribution nor shall individual sums given appear on the roll when handed to the Pope, only the grand total. We do this purposely to enable all to join, even those who can afford but the barest trifle. As a rule we would suggest a contribution of five or ten cents from children, twenty-five cents from individual adults, and twenty-five or fifty cents for enrollment of entire families. The money must in all cases be handed to the promoters, who in turn are responsible to us. Promoters, it is understood, are those who take a hand with us, and help us to make the Golden Honor Roll as much as possible what it should be for the purpose to which it is dedicated. To become a Promoter, name and address sent promptly, together with reference to pastor or teacher, is required. Each Promoter is expected to fill out at least one list of 25 names—as many more lists as each can supply will, of course, be most welcome. To each Promoter in acknowledgment of good service rendered we will send a medal blessed by his Holiness on occasion of the presentation and suitably inscribed, as souvenir of the event. These medals will be both unique and handsome, of bronze or silver, to Promoters filling single lists, and of gold where several lists are sent, or where the total of contributions collected shall be of equal amount. In all cases on Promoters lists the amounts contributed must be carefully entered after each name; when transferring to the Golden Roll itself, we shall, however, enter the names only. The copying of the lists on the Golden Roll will be done in the most artistic manner by the Magdalens of several Houses of the Good Shepherd, and in all respects the offering in appearance as in fact, will be made fitting for its high purpose. No pains, no labor, will be spared on our part. Now for the good hearts and willing hands to help us. All who are ready for this please address at once. N. B. Please note that it is not necessary to be a subscriber to The Angelus to join us here. Moreover, that while full description of the presentation to the Pope will be made in these columns, we will also furnish copies with the account free to the Promoters for distribution to all interested, so that all particulars of the outcome will be known to each. Remember this is the last opportunity that will be afforded you to give joy to the heart and boundless consolation to the passing hours of the most illustrious Head that has ruled over the Church since the early days; and we can promise in advance that he will reward it accordingly. [W?? ??? to ??? ???] all joining us a remembrance when he shall have entered into his eternal kingdom, fully assured that [??? ??? ???] be denied.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Manila, P. I., September 8, 1902. Hon. William H. Taft, Governor, Philippine Archipelago, Manila. P. I. Sir: In reply to criticism of my administration by the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction in his letter to you under date of August 1, ultimo, I have the honor to submit herewith for your information a few salient facts in regard to the matters touched upon in his letter, and to conditions generally, past and present, in connection with the work of the Bureau of Public Instruction. Primarily, it should be remembered that this large Bureau has virtually been created within the last two years and, in view of the fact that the work is yet in somewhat of a pioneer state, it is unreasonable to expect its present system to be perfect in every particular. Not only has there not been sufficient time to demonstrate the value or impracticability of various details of administration as planned, but there are many things in connection with the establishment and development of the work that can be learned only by experience and observations of the practical working of theories. It is respectfully submitted, at the outset, that these important facts have been ignored by the Honorable [*23667*]–:2:– Secretary of Public Instruction in his above-mentioned communication, and that he apparently displays a spirit of fault-finding toward an administration for which, as is only reasonable under the circumstances. no claim of perfection has been made. The General Superintendent of Public Instruction is charged with lack of economy in the administration of his Bureau, and in this connection special reference is made to the purchase of American school furniture. The matter of school desks was early given careful consideration. It was recognized that a large number of native school desks would be needed to equip schools which would be housed in rude nipa buildings, and an appropriation of $5,000 was secured in the summer of 1901 for the construction of combination desks and seats, each to seat four or five pupils. The lumber was bought and Chinese carpenters engaged to make the desks under contract. Before the lumber was used for the desks, however, it was carefully cut to proper size and utilized temporarily to make the large dining tables, barrack tables, and washstands at the Exposition buildings during the time the large number of teachers were arriving from the States, thus saving the entire cost of tables for this work. Subsequently, the desks were completed at a cost of about $5 for a desk to seat five pupils, and distributed to deserving municipalities whose financial condition would not permit [*23668*]. –:3:– of supplying themselves. In addition to these desks, blue-prints were made and sent out to the various municipalities to enable them to build according to the design found most suitable and economical. All of the division superintendents have devoted much time to procuring the construction of school furniture. Twenty-two thousand six hundred and seventy-five modern adjustable school desks have been bought, sizes as follows: No. 1, (ages 12 to 15 years) 575 No. 2, (ages 10 to 12 years) 8100 No. 3, (ages, 5 to 10 years) 14000 Of these, 4,704 have been distributed free as samples; 1,568 have been sold, as authorized by Resolution of the Commission; and 16,403, now remaining on hand, will be distributed immediately under authority of a recent Resolution. In connection with the statement that these desks are too small, attention is called to the facts that the average sizes are for American children; further, that the demand for purchase of desks has been largely for equipment of provincial high schools and of municipal schools for more advanced pupils. No complaints as to smallness of desks have been received at this office. That the purchase of school desks for the Philippines has been very conservative compared with the other places where the United States has taken charge of school work, is apparent when it is noted that Cuba, with less than one-fourth [*23669*]. –:4:– the area or population, had, up to the end of 1900 (a year and a half ago) purchased 100,000 modern school desks, with 16,669 rear seats—more than five times the amount purchased for these Islands up to date!—or, population for population, twenty times as many. I am told that the same charge of extravagance in this particular was made in Cuba, an investigation was ordered, and the board rendered a report strongly sustaining the action of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Cuba School Report shows that 40,000 No. 3 desks—the size reported as too small here—were purchased. Porto Rico, with one-tenth the population and one-fortieth the area, has purchased furniture from three American houses, purchasing from one firm alone 15,000 desks. Concerning the subject of non-economical purchases on the part of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, attention is invited to the fact that while the actual purchasing power remained with said officer, both school-desks and text- books were purchased at a much less price than subsequently paid by the Insular Purchasing Agent. In order to protect school-[desks]books from misappropriation and damage, an item of $10,000 for the building of 1,000 locked book-cases was included in the estimate made September 1, 1901. October 28, appropriation having been made, these book-cases were ordered of the Insular Purchasing Agent. After a change in specifications in December, 1901, the matter was brought up [*23670*]. –:5:– again in May by the following correspondence: Manila, P. I., May 22, 1902. Prof. F. W. Atkinson, General Superintendent, Public Instruction, Manila, P. I. Sir: In reply to your telephone message of this morning, I have the honor to inform you that the question of ordering book cases requisitioned for some time ago, was referred to Commissioner Moses, stating that they had been advertised for twice and could not be built within the appropriation. Mr. Moses instructed me to take no further steps in the matter. All papers are in his possession. Very respectfully, E. G. Shields, 2236. Insular Purchasing Agent. Manila, P. I., May 26, 1902. Major E.G. Shields, Insular Purchasing Agent, Manila, P. I. Sir: . . . . . . . I would also inquire as to the status of the order for 1000 book cases. Very respectfully, Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction. 1st Endorsement. OFFICE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT. Manila, May 27, 1902. Respectfully returned to the Department of Public Instruction with the information that both typewriters referred to were shipped to the respective parties, and in regard to the book cases this matter was referred to the Secretary of Public Instruction March 9, and on March 14 we received [*23671*]. –:6:– the following endorsement back: "Respectfully referred to E. G. Shields, Insular Purchasing Agent, with request to hold these papers until further instructions from this office. (Signed) Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction." Since this we have received no instructions concerning the matter. E. G. Shields 350 Insular Purchasing Agent. 2d Endorsement. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Manila, P. I., May 29, 1902. Respectfully referred to the Secretary of Public Instruction. The requisition for these book-cases has been in the hands of the Insular Purchasing Agent since October 30, 1901, and, for one reason or another, has been hanging fire since then. Teachers have repeatedly asked for these cases, and stated that they did not feel themselves accountable for the safe-keeping of books under their care, if no suitable place were given where the books could be kept under lock and key when not in use. It is respectfully requested that some form of a book-case be provided, and if the one for which bids were asked and received is not suitable, steps be taken to secure a more suitable one. Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent S. of Public Instruction. 3d Endorsement. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Manila, June 20, 1902. Respectfully returned to the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the information that the Chief of the Bureau of Architecture has the matter of these book-cases in hand. He has made a number of sample boxes which it is thought [*23673*]. –:7:– by this office will serve the purpose for which intended. A sufficient number may be made, under the direction of the Insular Architect, to supply the present demand, and in future, when economical to do so, they may be used for the shipment of books and be retained as book-cases in the schools to which the books are sent. Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction. The samples above referred to were examined by Mr. Bowen, Acting General Superintendent, and Mr. Stewart, the property clerk, during my absence, and their opinion is that these small boxes will not meet the requirements for which the larger cases were designed. The teachers and schools are still without suitable cases in which safely to keep school property, except in some cases where they have been provided by the municipalities or teachers have bought hinges and locks and converted rough packing-cases into chests. It is respectfully submitted that the policy of delay and failure in providing for the conservation of valuable property is not one of true economy. Mr. Ronald P. Gleason, a man thoroughly trained in Industrial work, was put in charge of the Manila Trade School, and it was intended that he should exercise a general oversight over all trade school work throughout the Islands, particularly with a view to securing uniformity of work and equality of equipment commensurate with local needs and conditions. Some of the many disadvantages under which he has labored are shown in the facts accompanying. When not able to carry on [*23673*]. –:8:– his work, while awaiting the first equipment, he was employed in this office for several months on special work in connection with statistics and other matters under the direction of the General Superintendent, and various instructors in the school were utilized in various ways in collection of industrial information, in preparation of maps, in making plans for furniture, in setting up and shipping of desks, and in supervision of various lines of work being done by natives. Mr. Gleason has spent much time in helping to organize the industrial work in the provinces, and in investigation of industrial conditions and possibilities in these Islands. It is manifestly unfair to judge a man's work before he has the necessary tools to make even a beginning, and harsh judgment should be suspended. The success of his classes since the arrival of a few tools is a very good promise for the future, when a better equipment is hoped for. The location of the Trade school in Ermita is unfortunate, and, to obtain the best results, it should be moved to Tondo or Binondo. Requisitions for tools for the Manila Trade School and the various proposed industrial schools throughout the Islands have been carefully prepared and prices computed with a liberal allowance for expense of transportation, etc. In several cases, where tools were desired for immediate use, the Principal of the trade school has visited stores in Manila, ascertained where and at what prices the desired tools could be purchased [*23674*]. –:9:– accompanying his orders by this information. In ordering tools from the United States, care has been taken to secure the latest catalogues of the leading tool makers, and orders have been made up on the basis of catalogue price, plus a considerable per cent. for transportation. In nearly all cases the large discount habitually allowed from catalogue prices, not only to schools, but to individual buyers at retail, would more than cover all extra expenses. That the bills for such tools have, in several instances, greatly exceeded catalogue prices is not within the power of this Bureau to control, inasmuch as it has no longer the purchasing power. That tools were ordered which were antiquated thirty years ago, requires more definite specification. The tools were selected from the up-to-date catalogues of such firms as follow—the leading manufacturers in their respective lines: A. W. Faber & Co., United States and Germany. Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia. Stanley Rule & Level Co., New York. Buck Bros., Milbury, Mass. Peck, Stow & Wilcox, St. Louis, Mo. Cincinnati Tool Co., Cincinnati, O. The L. S. Starrett Co., Athol, Mass. W. C. Toles & Co., Chicago, Ill. The "Russell Jennings" Augur Bits. The "Black Diamond" Files. The "Coe" Wrench. The "Armstrong" Stocks and Dies. The "Prentiss" Vise. Sargent's Tools. The "Bemis & Call" Wrench. The "Champion" Screw-driver, etc. etc. [*23675*]. –:10:– These firms and these tools have the reputation among tool and machine users of being up-to-date. The question of the kind of tools required depends upon the policy of the industrial instruction to be given. If the natives are to be taught simply the crude trades as they exist to-day, the "simplest forms of serviceable tools, such as a Filipino carpenter engaged in his trade might be able to own," would be sufficient. If, however, the Filipino, naturally possessed of much manual dexterity and imitativeness, is to be trained to take his place side by side with modern workmen in the different trades, thus fitting him for self-reliance in the future and rendering him able to go into a shop of his own, or to work in establishments doing modern work and with modern tools and machinery; if he is to secure for himself the natural work of this Archipelago, against the competition of other nations,—then the tools ordered for the Trade School and for industrial work throughout the Islands are conservative in quantity, selected with a view to greatest economy in service, and well within appropriations granted, if purchased at less than an exorbitant price. The annexed report of the Principal of the Trade School (Exhibit "A") will show the work begun, and the tremendous handicap under which the start has been made—natural prejudice; bad location; unnecessary delay in getting tools; non-allowance of sufficient [*23676*]. –:11:– tools even for a satisfactory makeshift (e.g., only one broken vise for a class of eighteen); only four sets carpenter tools up to August; no drawing tools till the middle of July, but a class of sixty organized since then; telegraphy dependent upon Military for equipment and supplies except tables and chairs; no typewriters for same; plumbing tools now arrived, but classes unable to start because of telegraph class located in plumbing room; blacksmithing tools never obtained, through delay previously noticed, and now appropriation for Trade School not granted for this quarter; all electrical equipment delayed and defeated in same manner; provincial work delayed by want of tools; a few sets of carpenter tools and a number of whittling trays, with a small outfit, to arrive in the near future; evening classes in drawing and carpentry handicapped by the requirement of 25 average attendance each night, and lamps not furnished for same, although requisition sent in early in July. The experience of Mr. Hilts, Division Superintendent at Romblon, is typical. In connection with the provincial high school in Romblon, industrial work was to be included. Mr. Hilts, who was formerly in charge of industrial work in Honolulu, carefully prepared a list of necessary tools, found where they could be brought to Manila, and obtained prices on all. (Exhibit "B.") The requisition was sent to the Insular Purchasing Agent, and two months later Mr. Hilts reported receipt [*23677*]. –:12:– of part of the tools ordered: "These supplies for the most part are old tools which have evidently been in use for some time, and they are entirely inadequate to our needs. You will observe that I received one brace without any bits, and that renders the brace useless. Again, I received 12 flat files without anything to use them on, so they are not of much value. No planes, chisels or saws were sent. "In view of the immediate need of these things I appeal to you to do what you can in getting the supplies asked for. Every article on that requisition is needed, and their delay in arriving is retarding the progress of our work." Attention is respectfully called to the fact that on March 4 requisition was made on the Insular Purchasing Agent for tools for trade work at Manila, Iloilo, Nueva Caceres, Cuyo, and El Salvador, Mindanao. Somewhat over a month later, it was learned that the requisition had been referred to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, where it was being allowed to lie without action. A letter from the Principal of the Trade School dated April 9, stating the amount of tools needed, and for what places, with the inducements offered by the provincial authorities, was forwarded by endorsement to the Honorable Secretary of Public instruction on April 12, requesting that the same might be purchased as soon as possible. (Exhibit "C.") Apparently no notice of this request was taken, for an urgent telegram from the teacher in charge of industrial work in Nueva Ecija, forwarded to the Honorable Secretary of Public [*23678*]. –:13:– Instruction by endorsement on May 20, brought, on May 22, the return of the entire lot of requisitions, with the following endorsement: 2d Endorsement. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Manila, May 22, 1902. Respectfully returned to the General Superintendent, with the request that these lists of tools be reduced to the lowest possible limit consistent with efficiency in the simpler forms of work, not to exceed such as a well-trained Filipino workman may find it necessary to own and use in the work which he will be likely to engage in. Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction. It will be noted that in spite of my request on April 12 for immediate purchase, this whole requisition had been allowed to lie without action for forty days additional, and then returned to this office with an endorsement which not only called for more delay, but dictated, by limitation, the curriculum of a secondary school and forbade the purchase of tools within the limits of appropriations made by the Commission. On page 9 of his letter, the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction states that the General Superintendent "made up his orders up to a certain period until I was obliged to inform the Insular Purchasing Agent to make no further orders without sending them to my office." [*23679*]. –:14:– Many orders for important and necessary articles have been delayed, until, upon inquiry of the Insular Purchasing Agent as to when deliveries would be made, it was found that, in some cases, orders had not even been given at the date of inquiry, and that the requisitions had been retained in the office of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction without the knowledge of this office, and without even a request for explanation, modification, reduction or substitution. I thus incidentally discovered that some requisitions had been referred to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction and held up in his office, but that all requisitions were subject to this scrutiny and ex-parte suppression was not known or credited at this office until the letter of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction was read. It is respectfully submitted that, in view of the fact that the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction has never requested requisitions to be forwarded through his office, his action in this matter has lacked ordinary official courtesy as well as business method; and further, that its tendency has been to retard the progress and destroy the effectiveness of the administration of this Bureau. The statement in reference to the Superior Advisory Board, alleging a disregard of the law, and stating that "This law has been passed more than a year and a half and yet that body has held only one meeting," is not fair in statement nor in imputation [*23680*]. –:15:– of wilful neglect. Act No. 74 provides that the Commission should appoint the Superior Advisory Board. On July 18, 1901, nearly six months after the passage of the Act, the Board not having been appointed, the General Superintendent of Public Instruction sent a letter to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, nominating two Americans and two Filipinos for appointment by the Commission as this Board. No action was taken upon this recommendation until September 28, 1901, (a delay of 72 days) when four Filipinos were appointed. Thus eight months had elapsed without the appointment of the Board. On the 7th of October the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction informed me by letter of the appointment of the board, calling attention particularly to the matter of the site of the Negroes agricultural school. I replied on the 9th, acknowledging the letter and its recommendations, and immediately called a meeting of the Board, which was held on November 25, 26, 27 and 30, and many matters of great importance were discussed and definite recommendations were made and submitted to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, who was present by invitation of the Board, at the final session. The record of the meeting, with the recommendations in full, are hereto attached, marked "D." These recommendations had been submitted to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction prior to the meeting of November 30. On January 7 and 8, no action having been taken on [*23681*]–:16:– any of these, the General Superintendent again submitted, by separate letters, the recommendations in regard to:— Establishment of School of Fine Arts. Establishment of High Schools in each Province. Procuring of 250 additional teachers from the United States. Authorizing supervision of private schools. Aid for school construction. Permitting passage of compulsory attendance law. Establishing a University, with courses in Mining, Civil and Electrical Engineering, Medicine and Law. The next meeting of the Board would naturally fall on the last week in January. At its first meeting, the Board was requested by the President to fix the date of the regular bi-monthly meeting, but the members were indifferent as to date, some desiring to become permanent officers of the Bureau; and the only expression which could be secured was that the General Superintendent should call meetings whenever they seemed necessary. The recommendations of the first session being wholly without result up to January 8, and the General Superintendent being about to make a visit to the provinces of Benguet, Ilocos Sur and Union, the date of which visit could not with certainty be fixed, a second meeting was not called. Soon after the return of the General Superintendent, the cholera appeared in [*23682*]. –:17:– Manila, and on account of quarantine and other danger it was not considered advisable to call a meeting, as nothing of importance could be accomplished. The calling of the Board during the absence of the General Superintendent in China and Japan (which absence was originally planned for April and May, but delayed by failure to receive leave) was not considered advisable, and promptly on his return a meeting of the Board was called, and held on Wednesday, September 3, at which meeting the principal business was an emphatic renewal of recommendations made last November, many of which have never been acted upon, nor has their receipt been acknowledged. At this second meeting, the first Wednesday of October was fixed upon for the next regular meeting, and the first Wednesday of each month succeeding. It is purposed to hold a special meeting of the Manila members on the first Wednesday of the alternate months. It has been far from my purpose to ignore the law on this subject, and the postponement of a second meeting has not been wilful, but resulted from lack of action by the Board as to date, from inability to be certain of my own attendance at a given time, from the presence of the cholera epidemic, and, in some measure, from a feeling that there was no matter of business properly within the scope of the Board which would warrant the expense of holding a meeting. [*23683*]. –:18:– I might also properly state in this connection that there has been some embarrassment, due to the position of certain members of the Board, and the fact that its President is forced into the position of being the only member to represent American institutions and ideals, instead of preserving the impartial attitude proper to a presiding officer. This condition would have been avoided by the presence of one or two Americans on the Board. The question of site of the agricultural school for Negros is closely connected with the subject of Superior Advisory Board. The Board, at its November meeting, declined to take action on the matter from lack of personal knowledge, and referred the whole question to Sr. Demetrio Larena, Governor of Oriental Negros, and Division Superintendent George W. Beattie of Negros, for selection of the site. Sr. Larena, by letter of December 22, 1901, reported in favor of establishment at Bago, Occidental Negros. Mr. Beattie wrote on December 25th, recommending La Granja and presenting his reasons as follows: Bacolod, P. I. Dec. 25, 1901. Dr. Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction, Manila, P. I. Dear Sir: In my investigation of the matter of a site for the Agricultural School, I have visited La Granja and start to-morrow for La Castellana. Until [*23684*]. –:19:– the trip is finished I shall be unprepared to make any recommendation. Permit me, however, to say a few words of a general nature concerning La Granja. After personal investigation it appears to me that the worth of this place as an experimental farm, and as a possible site for the Agricultural School, has been underestimated by the Americans. In itself it seems to me admirably adapted to the purpose of experimentation. The soil is rich. It has hills for forestry, plains for sugar cane, lowland for rice and grasses, ground suitable for abaca, cocoa and all the products grown in the island, running water for irrigation and for power purposes, and it contains enough land to permit experiments to be made on a commercial basis. Moreover, it is in the heart of the best agricultural region of the island. The objections I have heard urged against the place are two—inaccessibility and unhealthfulness. The first has little weight with me. At present every point in Negros is difficult to reach, but in a few years means of transportation will be provided that will bring within reach all parts capable of occupation. A railroad will surely penetrate the rich agricultural region, and substantial wagon roads will replace the carabao wallows that now constitute our only highways in the rainy season. The belief that La Granja is unhealthful seems based on the experience of the soldiers who formerly garrisoned the place. Colonel Miner informs me that it was necessary to change the men frequently to keep the force effective. Mr. Modesto Colmonares, an Inspector of the Constabulary, lived for years in La Carlota, five miles away, and says that La Granja was never considered unhealthful during the days of Spanish rule, and attributed the illness among the soldiers to the rank growth of vegetation and the neglected condition of the grounds. Mr. Juan Araneta has lived twenty-one years on an hacienda in the foothills where the natural conditions are very similar to those in La Granja, and claims unusual healthfulness for his location. I noted, moreover, that the soldiers had occupied a one-story brick building with a concrete floor. This may have had something to do with [*23685*]. –:20:– their ill health. Every Filipino, however poor, builds his house some distance above the ground to avoid malaria. I believe it would be unwise for the Government to part with this property on which much money has been expended in permanent improvement, and La Granja may prove the most satisfactory location in the Island for an Agricultural School. Respectfully, Geo. W. Beattie, Div. Supt. Schools. The recommendation of Sr. Larena was at once sent to Mr. Beattie, for consideration, as shown by the following letter: Manila, P.I., January 3, 1902. Mr. Geo. W. Beattie, Division Superintendent of Schools, Bacolod, Negros, P. I. Dear Sir: I have your letter of December 25, concerning the site for the Agricultural School, and note what you have to say in favor of La Granja. I have also just received a letter from Sr. Demetrio Larena, Provincial Governor of Negros, recommending Bago as the best site; I copy a part of his letter: "I respectfully proceed to inform you as to the most suitable place for the establishment of an Agricultural School in Negros. For the present, the town of Bago, in the western part, is the best, on account of its agricultural importance, and, at the same time, its position as the centre of the most of the agricultural towns of that province, where I hope we can count upon the worthy co-operation of rich proprietors, who will facilitate the establishment of the aforesaid school." Bago is not far from La Granja, and it seems to me that we could establish the school itself at Bago, where, as Sr. Larena says, we might hope to [*23686*]. –:21:– count upon the co-operation of rich proprietors, and retain the farm at La Granja in connection with the school. I should like to have your opinion on this. Very truly yours, Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction. The final report from Mr. Beattie was received on March 21 at this office, and immediately transmitted to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, in whose hands is now the entire correspondence. After waiting nearly two months for some response from the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, I wrote to him on the 16th of May, after conference with Mr. Gerow D. Brill, principal of the Negros Agricultural School, who had arrived here, recommending as follows: Manila, P. I., May 16, 1902. Hon. Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction, Manila, P. I. Sir: I have the honor to state that the selection of a site for Agricultural School in the Island of Negros is, by the provisions of Act 74, left to the Superior Advisory Board of this Department. At the meeting of this Board last November, the matter of location was referred to Division Superintendent Geo. W. Beattie and Demetrio Larena, Governor of Oriental Negros, who was also nominated as a member of the Superior Advisory Board. Upon the matter Mr. Beattie reported in favor of the utilization of the Experimental Farm at La Granja, and Sr. Larena in favor of Bago. After going over the matter fully with Mr. Gerow D. Brill, the Principal of the Agricultural [*23687*]. –:22:– School, I have, as Chairman of the Superior Advisory Board, selected La Granja as the place for the establishment of the Agricultural School. This notice is forwarded to you for your official approval and also to ask for information as to any steps which may be necessary to secure possession of this farm for the Agricultural School from the Department of the Interior, in whose charge I understand it now is. I respectfully request that all necessary action in this matter may be taken with promptness, in order that operations may be begun at a very early date. Very truly yours, Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction. No notice was taken of this communication until late in July, and on the 31st of July (76 days from date of recommendation and 130 days from date of forwarding Mr. Beattie's report) the same was returned to Mr. Bryan, then Acting General Superintendent, with the following endorsement: 1st Endorsement. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Manila, July 31, 1902. Respectfully returned to the Acting General Superintendent, calling attention to the provisions of section nineteen of Act No. seventy-four, which require that "the Superior Advisory School Board shall recommend to the Commission for final determination a proper site for the Agricultural School." According to the statement of this letter the matter of a site for the school was referred to Division Superintendent Geo. W. Beattie and Sr. Demetrio Larena, Governor of Oriental Negros, as a committee of the Superior Advisory School Board. The members of that committee failed to agree, Mr. Beattie reporting in favor of La Granja and Sr. [*23688*]. –:23:– Demetrio Larena in favor of Bago. Proper compliance with the law would have required this committee to report their disagreement to the Superior Advisory School Board, leaving the final determination to be made by that body. Instead of this the General Superintendent of Public Instruction states in this letter that as Chairman of the Advisory Board he has selected La Granja as the place for the establishment of the Agricultural School. In view of the fact that there is some question as to his power to make this selection, it is recommended that this matter be referred to the Superior Advisory School Board for definite recommendation to the Commission. Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction. The other members of the Board not caring to make a choice because of lack of knowledge, it seems reasonable to maintain that, in case of disagreement of the two parties to whom the matter was referred, the question became one for decision by the General Superintendent as President of the Board. This is still further proved by the action of the Superior Advisory Board at the session of September 3, when the following action was taken, and immediately forwarded to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction: "Voted upon motion by Sr. del Rosario, that the President of the Board is hereby expressly delegated by the Board to recommend to the Commission for final determination a proper site for the School of Agriculture in the Island of Negros, with instruction to urge the immediate securing of a site and the establishment of the School." In accordance with this authority, I have reported to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction my selection of La [*23689*]. –:24:– Granja as the site, and requested immediate action in securing the farm for the establishment of the school. However, had my communication of May 16 received attention within a reasonable time, the whole question could have been referred to the Board prior to my departure for vacation. In view of the fact that said letter, containing my recommendation, was held 76 days in the office of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction without any action whatever, only to be returned disapproved, thereby causing further delay, the position of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction on this matter, as expressed in his letter of August 1, ultimo, seems rather equivocal, to say the least. I respectfully submit that, far from delaying the establishment of this school, I have taken all possible steps to effect same in the face of delay after delay on the part of others over whose actions I have had no control. The case of Mr. John W. Gilmore is closely linked with the whole story of delay and disappointment connected with this proposed Agricultural School. In May, 1901, Mr. Gerow D. Brill, then in these Islands as a special representative of the Bureau of Agriculture of the United States, was requested by me to make an investigation of the experimental farm at La Granja, Negros, which was suggested as the site for the school. On June 25, 1901, he rendered a report on the conditions and prospects, advantages and disadvantages, of the site. Mr. [*23690*]. –:25:– Brill was thereafter appointed as the Principal for the authorized school, and returned to the United States by way of Europe to investigate special methods of tropical agriculture en route, to make his reports and to sever his connection with his Bureau, and to return to these Islands at the earliest possible moment. On November 6, 1901, the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction was requested to cable to Washington urging the prompt transportation of Mr. Brill and three Division Superintendents, as crowded transports made it probable that they would be delayed. Mr. Brill finally arrived in the Islands in March of this year, but with no site for his school yet fixed. Mr. John W. Gilmore, a man of fine education and experience along his special line, had arrived in Manila in the summer of 1901, and had been sent to La Carlota, Negros, where his wife was assigned as teacher, and he was instructed to inspect and report upon La Granja and other agricultural conditions, and accordingly submitted his report under date of September 17, 1901, containing some excellent suggestions. (Exhibit "E.") Afterward, he was directed to spend his time in teaching until the agricultural work could be started. In the meantime, an appropriation of $1,000 had been made to carry on certain experimental work at La Granja, to test its suitability and to keep the remaining equipment in serviceable condition. Great difficulty was encountered in the attempt to disburse this money. It was impossible to disburse from [*23691*]. –:26:– this office, and the Provincial Treasurer of Occidental Negros, Mr. Lang, refused to receive the money to pay the laborers and settle the other claims which had been incurred under the promise of the appropriation. After a long contest, it was finally impossible to arrive at any conclusion satisfactory to the parties concerned, and the appropriation reverted to the Treasury, much to the discouragement of all interested. The experimental work, in connection with which it was hoped to utilize Mr. Gilmore, having been delayed, the Division Superintendent at Bacolod was telegraphed on April 8, 1902: "Location agricultural school delayed. Is it advisable to prepare immediately for high school at Bacolod including agricultural course, using Brill and Gilmore temporarily? Wire answer. (Signed) Atkinson." Preparations were made, and Mr. Gilmore and his wife went to Bacolod. It was impossible to assign Mrs. Gilmore to Bacolod, and she was stationed at a school outside of Bacolod. It was impossible for Mr. Gilmore and his wife to live together in either place without very serious inconvenience, and as the opening of the high school was delayed until after the opening of the primary schools, Mr. Gilmore came to Manila, intending to return to the United States. His value was recognized and the then Acting General Superintendent (Mr. Bowen) suggested that the Bureau of Agriculture here had need of such men, and advised him to see Mr. Lamson-Scribner. He was very promptly engaged at an advanced [*23692*]. –:27:– salary. In passing, consideration is respectfully called to the fact that a large number of teachers, as well as clerks in the office of this Bureau, have been eagerly sought for (and obtained) by other offices and Bureaus at large increases in salary, while objection has become more and more strong against making increases in salaries of teachers, followed finally by a practical prohibition. The high character of the teaching force and its worth to the Insular Government is thus strikingly exemplified, but the existence of conditions which will permit other Bureaus to offer much larger salaries than can be allowed by this Bureau is fatal to the best work and is worthy of consideration. If Mr. Gilmore was not teaching in primary work at La Carlota except at times when especially instructed to make certain investigations, this office was not aware of the fact, and had supposed that he was so teaching. That persistent and earnest effort had been made to establish the Agricultural School for which he had been engaged, is shown by the foregoing statement on that subject and by the records of this office. In appointing Mr. Mason S. Stone as Superintendent of Schools for the city of Manila, in view of his seventeen years' successful experience as an educator, eight of which were as State Superintendent of Vermont, he was given a free hand within certain limits, with a view to bringing out originality in [*23693*]. –:28:– dealing with conditions here. Mr. Stone has proved to be an efficient man, and in all things where he has been given free hand he has accomplished much good. Mr. Stone's plan for the administration of the city schools was annulled, or rather forbidden, June 7, ultimo, by the following letter: Manila, P. I., June 7, 1902. Mr. Mason S. Stone, City Superintendent of Schools, Manila, P. I. Dear Sir: In conversation with the Secretary of Education, he expressed the opinion that it is bad economy to create supervisorships in the city schools and requested me to call your attention to this matter. I did this in conversation with you on the 6th instant, when it was agreed that teachers who had been assigned to supervisorships shall be reassigned to positions as regular teachers in the city schools. I have the honor, therefore, formally to request that such reassignment be made. Very truly yours, E. B. Bryan, Acting General Superintendent of Public Instruction. The plan for supervision of the Manila schools was based on the following considerations: Manila, September 9, 1902. Dr. Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction, Manila, P. I. Dear Sir: In compliance with your verbal request of the 8th instant for a statement in re the considerations [*23694*]. –:29:– involved in the plans for district supervision of the schools of the city of Manila, nullified by request of the Secretary of Public Instruction through the Acting General Superintendent on June 7, I have the honor to submit the following.– After three years instruction and practice in English, the Filipino teachers had acquired the language sufficiently for working purposes in the class room; therefore, on account of the complete elimination of Spanish and Tagalog in class instruction, it seemed advisable to subordinate instruction in English to subject matter and right methods. Furthermore, in order to inaugurate English in the public schools as soon as possible and before experts could be brought from the States, several untrained teachers, some of whom had friends or relatives resident in the city, were taken on to the force. These were not prepared to do professional work or give instruction in principles or methods, although they rendered excellent service in the introduction of English and are fully capable of seeing that the Filipino teachers carry into satisfactory execution the daily instruction of a district director or supervisor. Therefore, on account of the need of and readiness for the introduction of modern American methods and on account of the lack of suitable training on the part of some of the American teachers to do this work, the system of district supervision was resorted to as the most feasible, most economical, and the most productive of desired results. Accordingly, the city was divided into ten districts, with an average of about fifteen Filipino teachers, and an American supervisor appointed to the daily inspection and direction of the work of each district. The advantages which were expected to accrue from this arrangement were as follows.– (1) A close, personal direction of the work of each Filipino teacher daily. (2) Modern methods of teaching and the suppression of the medieval methods previously in use. (3) Uniformity of work. Under previous and present arrangements the work of each school naturally is isolated and individual and a diversity of conditions obtain. Some teachers teach advanced or primary classes, others teach in all classes, others supervise, and still others rely upon the teachers' meetings for results. [*23695*]. –:30:– (4) The Filipino teachers of a district or districts could be brought together, classified and instruction given according to the needs of each class. (5) More effective administration. At present the American teachers are subordinate to the Filipino principals and are at a disadvantage in securing a prompt and businesslike administration of school affairs which it was expected close supervision would remedy. (6) Preparation of Filipino teachers. In order that the Filipino teachers may be prepared to take charge of the school work in the city of Manila, they need close supervision and better instruction in teaching, as well as instruction in English and subject matter. By the method of supervision contemplated, it was expected that a few Filipino teachers would be ready for supervisory work next year, but the present method practically precludes the possibility of such a plan. (7) Economy. Under the supervisory system proposed, one American teacher could be spared from each of the following districts: Binondo, Tondo, San Nicolas, Santa Mesa, Pandacan, Santa Ana, Singalong, Malate, Ermita and Concepcion. But, by the assignment of the supervisors to schools and to equip the schools with the quota of American teachers of last year, it became necessary to take on a few additional teachers. At the beginning of the supervisory system, more American teachers would be needed than later; and a decrease would gradually and naturally result through resignations and transferences. Relative to the administration of the afternoon teachers' institutes, arrangements were made by a council, created for this purpose at the suggestion of and by the advice of the Secretary of Public Instruction, for the opening of the institute at 3 p.m., Monday, September 4. This council was composed of Mr. Guy Clinton, Mr. F. R. Lutz, Mrs. Leora Day and Miss Minnie Reifenrath. After several meetings the program of work was arranged, classes formed, teachers appointed and plans for the work matured. In accordance with a letter received through the General Superintendent's Office, under date of July 23, from the Secretary of Public Instruction, it was inferred from item No. 6 of said letter that [*23696*]. –:31:– the instruction of the Filipino teachers was to be in the hands of the City Superintendent of Schools. This item reads as follows: "The instruction of the Filipino teachers herein recommended should be under the general direction of the City Superintendent of Schools of Manila, and under the immediate management of such teacher as he may appoint with the approval of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction." On Saturday, August 30, in an address delivered by the Secretary of Public Instruction before the American teachers, it was understood that the afternoon institutes were to be in charge of the Principal of the Normal School with a Vice Principal as assistant. No instructions have been received in this office from or through the General Superintendent's Office in re this change, but the City Superintendent understood that the previous order was annulled and he at once ceased further responsibility concerning the Institute. The services of the council have not been invoked at any time since the opening of the Institute, and it is supposed that its services are no longer needed. Very respectfully, Mason S. Stone, Superintendent of Schools. In the readjustment which was necessitated, not only was the contemplated reduction in teaching force impossible, but a few additional teachers were needed and engaged, thereby increasing the expense without materially benefitting the system. This action by the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction was taken without granting Superintendent Stone a hearing in the matter, notwithstanding the fact that upon the City Superintendent of Schools devolves, to a large extent, the responsibility for the success or failure of the work in this city. [*23697*]. –:32:– Another interference with the powers expressly given to the General Superintendent by Act 74 is exhibited in the following letter, sent to the Acting General Superintendent in my absence, and forwarded by endorsement to the City Superintendent for compliance: Manila, July 23, 1902. Mr. E. B. Bryan, Acting General Superintendent, Manila, P. I. Sir: In order to increase the efficiency of the public schools in Manila it is desirable that certain changes be made in the present order of instruction. (1) The children now enrolled in the public schools and those who may hereafter be enrolled should be instructed during the hours from eight o'clock in the forenoon to twelve o'clock noon. (2) The Filipino teachers should be assembled in the Municipal School building in the Walled City during two hours in the afternoon on the days on which sessions of the primary schools are held, from three-thirty to five-thirty o'clock; Provided, that, if it shall be found more convenient for the majority of the Filipino teachers enrolled the period of meeting may begin one half hour earlier. The Filipino teachers thus assembled should be divided into small classes, each class to be composed usually of not less than ten persons or more than fifteen. The curriculum of subjects to be taught should embrace at least Arithmetic, Nature Study, Geography, and American and Filipino History. In the classes thus formed there should be enrolled only such persons as are at present employed as teachers in the City Schools and such other persons as have formerly been so employed. (3) The classes of Filipino teachers already described should be taught by the American teachers engaged in the Manila schools. In case the number of American teachers is larger than the number of classes formed, the work should be so distributed that essentially the same amount of service will be [*23698*]. –:33:– required from each of the several teachers employed. (4) The attention of the Filipino teachers should be directed to observe the methods used by the American teachers in giving instruction, and the study of these methods should be in lieu of definite instruction in professional work. (5) From time to time it may be found advisable to call together all the teachers enrolled for brief periods of general instruction or other exercises. (6) The instruction of Filipino teachers herein recommended should be under the general direction of the City Superintendent of Schools of Manila, and under the immediate management of such teacher as he may appoint with the approval of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction. It is believed that the introduction of these changes will be of great benefit to the Filipino teachers and will increase the value of their services and contribute to the progress of the public school. It is, therefore, recommended that the plan involved in these suggestions be carried out. Very respectfully, Bernard Moses. Secretary of Public Instruction. At the suggestion of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, Mr. E. W. Oliver, principal of the American school, was appointed in charge of this afternoon assembly, and in spite of the statement in the sixth section of the letter of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, that: "The instruction of Filipino teachers herein recommended should be under the general direction of the City Superintendent of Schools of Manila, and under the immediate management of such teacher as he may appoint with the approval of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction,"—the Honorable Secretary of Public [*23699*]-34- Instruction, in his address to the American teachers, announced that the Principal of the Manila Normal School would take the general direction of the work. The Principal of the Normal School apparently did not understand this arrangement, and for two weeks at the outset the school was without the supervision of the City Superintendent or the Principal of the Normal School. The choice of Mr. Oliver as principal of this school is open to the objection that his regular work does not bring him into contact with Filipino teachers in the forenoon, and it is reasonable to suppose that the City Superintendent and other teachers who are in close daily contact with the Filipino teachers will understand their needs and shortcomings much more fully than a person without that contact, who is not in a position to observe the results in actual work. Furthermore, the instructions as orally amended take both native and American teachers entirely away from the City Superintendent during half that day, and the City Superintendent is powerless to secure the essential co-relation of daily instruction. The instructions issued for the guidance of this afternoon school expressly fix the curriculum and prescribe certain duties and limitations on all connected with the public schools of Manila. In defining the duties of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, Act 74 provides: 23700. –:35:– Sec. 3 (b) He shall appoint . . . teachers and clerks authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such teachers and clerks. Sec. 3 (d) He shall fix a curriculum for primary, secondary and other public schools, and shall decide in what towns secondary schools shall be established. Sec. 3 (f) He shall prescribe the authority to be exercised by the Principal Teacher of each school over the other teachers . . . . Sec. 3 (m) He shall exercise general supervision over the entire department, and shall prepare and promulgate rules for . . . . the guidance of the officers and teachers of the department, adapted to carry out this law and not inconsistent with its provisions. From the foregoing citations, it is evident that the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction has not hesitated to disregard the school law as enacted by the Commission, and that he has assumed powers and duties properly belonging to other officers. A blow most serious in its consequences is the provision in Act 430 forbidding the detail of any teacher for clerical duty. Each Division Superintendent has a mass of clerical work which should be done by a clerk, whose work can proceed continuously, leaving the Division Superintendent free to attend to the higher class of duties in organization and superintendency for which he is appointed and paid. To cut off clerical help is at once to reduce him to the performance of clerical work, almost to the exclusion, in most cases, of his legitimate work. In this way the work is seriously crippled and the Department pays a Division Superintendent from $2000 to $2500 per annum [*23701*]. –:36:– for clerical work which can be performed as well or better for half the salary. One of the most important and imperative duties of the Division Superintendent is in connection with the public school property. Text-books and supplies are invoiced from the central office to each Division Superintendent, for all supplies sent to his Division. In many cases, these are sent in bulk to him, for distribution as needs arise, and in other cases they are sent in direct shipments to the towns where needed. In either case, the responsibility for the property devolves upon the Division Superintendent, and his reports must be rendered quarterly to the Auditor. With the strict rules observed in the Auditor's department, this involves much clerical labor and painstaking following-up of property, especially when transfers and separations of teachers occur. Any property not properly receipted for, or lost in any way, after its receipt within the Division, is charged against the Division Superintendent, and he is held financially accountable by the Auditor. Any person who has had property accountability in these Islands will recognize the labor and responsibility involved. Monthly reports are forwarded to Division Superintendents from both American and Filipino teachers, on Day Schools, Night Schools, Teachers' Classes, and bi-monthly reports from all [*23702*]. –:37:– School Boards. In addition to these, the Division Superintendent himself must prepare his inspection reports of all schools visited, and also efficiency reports on work of American teachers. To these are now being added the reports of the Secondary schools within the Division. A large correspondence is naturally carried on with the General Superintendent's office on all phases of the work, and Division Superintendents are frequently called upon for collection of information and making of special reports necessary in the consideration of plans, and for incorporation in regular and special reports made by this office. Correspondence, advice and direction of American and native teachers, an immense mass of correspondence in Spanish with presidentes and municipal and provincial boards and school boards, together with the preparation of circulars to teachers and officials, still further tax the resources of the Division Superintendent's office. This correspondence and these property accounts in most Divisions will occupy the entire time of a capable clerk, and the past year has shown that with a clerk working practically day and night it has been impossible to do all that has been desired, and for this reason the monthly consolidation of the reports which are rendered to the Division Superintendents has not been insisted upon, as it would of necessity cut into the work of organization and inspection or necessities the detail [*23703*]. –:38:– of other teachers as clerks. The legitimate work of the Division Superintendents and his Deputies is along an altogether different line, and should not be confused with the necessary clerical work. The school work up to the present time has been in a formative period—a period of organization and upbuilding. In addition to obtaining a thorough knowledge of the field, to station and instruct American teachers, the Division Superintendent still has to organize school boards, labor to create an interest in the public schools, especially among the influential classes, to urge personally and, in some cases, to plan and superintend, the building, renting or repairing of school buildings, to select native teachers (frequently from very poor material), to overcome irregularity of attendance, to push the work of education into the barrios, to forward supplies—all of which requires not only great energy, much tact, and considerable hardship, but on account of the lack of transportation and the lack of initiative on the part of the natives, a long time. In several cases Division Superintendents have been obliged to spend some days in actual teaching in order to get schools properly started. All this is in addition to the ordinary duties which would naturally fall within the scope of a superintendent's duties. Supervision in these Islands means organization, not merely inspection. [*23704*]. –:39:– In September, 1901, a request for authority to supply Division Superintendents with clerks was asked through the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction. Instead of granting this authority, the act providing for Deputies was passed. This was never considered as the equivalent of providing clerks, and it became necessary to detail teachers for clerical work until such time as the emergency was passed or other provision was made. These clerks were never unavailable for teaching if an emergency required. The statement in the circular to Division Superintendents that "This act is the outcome of my request," was not intended to imply that it supplied the kind of help that had been asked for, but rather that another class of assistants had been substituted therefor. It was my interpretation of the law that Deputies were to act for the Division Superintendent in his absence from the province within which they were stationed, to be actually engaged in teaching when not specially directed to perform other duties by the Division Superintendents, and while teaching to have oversight or charge of a large school, as befitted their presumed qualifications. There was no desire to violate the law in letter or in spirit. Frequent and vigorous complaints had come to my office that teachers were in many cases careless in dress, in habits; that they were of poor character, or inattentive to their school duties. Teachers were arriving in considerable [*23705*]. –:40:– numbers by every transport from the United States, to be stationed where their services could best be utilized; they needed personal help and direction in getting a grasp on local conditions; barrio schools must be organized and arrangements made for oversight of same, and special reports of misconduct, inattention to duty, must be investigated immediately. All these matters, in the midst of the immense work of organization being done at the time, required extra work and extra force, in order properly to economize the money spent on teachers and supplies. The emergency had to be met. It was, therefore, decided to have the Division Superintendents employ the Deputies for this special work during the emergency. This purpose was gone over in conversation with the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, and I believe that he understood that the emergency required the action. This involved no duplication of the Division Superintendent's work, and was not intended to take the teacher permanently away from his school. It is also submitted that while in the performance of this special work he was still, in the fullest sense of the word, "a teacher actually engaged in instruction." On January 6, 1902, the following circular was sent to Division Superintendents and Deputies: "Persistent and frequent complaints are reaching the Department of Education that American teachers are not punctual in attendance. It is realized [*23706*]. –:41:– that this applies to the minority, but in justice to the majority, the matter should receive the careful and prompt attention of every supervising officer. Some teachers are not showing the interest that they should in their teaching, giving too much time to society or to increasing their salaries by business ventures; some are not preparing their lessons outside; some are careless in their dress, and some are not setting good examples of conduct to the Filipino teachers. Division Superintendents should arrange their own work and that of their deputies—there should be a deputy for each province—so that every school will be inspected at least once a fortnight." Then followed instructions in special cases. On January 13, a circular sent, to Division Superintendents only, contained this paragraph: "I repeat emphatically that Deputy Division Superintendents are to give up teaching entirely and to devote their whole time to the inspection of school work. If they are unable to stand the hard travel necessary in this work, others capable of 'roughing it' are to be appointed in their places." Upon receiving an intimation from the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction in May that he considered that the law required the Deputies to be engaged in class-room work, I issued a circular to Division Superintendents. Believing that the emergency was not past, that conditions still demanded their assistance in the field, and wishing to make no sudden check in the work, I expressed a desire that the Division Superintendents should furnish me with facts and figures which would serve as a basis for the amendment of the Act, so that Deputies could be authorized to devote their entire time to the work of supervision [*23707*]. –:42:– and organization where necessary. This was in May, and by the terms of Act 74, section 3 (1) , it is expressly provided that "In the regular semi-annual reports, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to recommend changes in the school law which he deems expedient." This action was not to get recruits, and was not intended to disobey in any manner the provisions of the law; and over- zeal for the welfare of the school work and the securing of the largest value for the money expended, rather than opposition, is the only title that can be given to the alleged offense. It is difficult to see wherein $50,000 a year has been "diverted from the purpose for which it was appropriated." At the time of the circulars referred to, there were only 22 or 23 Deputies, whose salaries ranged from $1200 to $1500. The services performed by a Deputy were of a higher grade and worth much more than mere teaching, in that it secures greater efficiency from the $900,000 to $1,000,000 annually expended for American teachers' salaries, and the far more efficient service rendered by the native teachers, whose salaries will amount in the aggregate to a considerable sum. No business man would distribute even the best of workmen as widely as the American teachers are distributed in these Islands, without providing for very frequent visits by superintendents. The lack of adequate clerical help for Division Superintendents, coupled with the requirement that Deputies remain in [*23708*]. –:43:– their especial schools, has had a tendency to disorganization of the entire work, and the continuance of such a policy will lead to disastrous results during the coming year. The Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction criticises the supervision work of this Bureau as being out of proportion to the teaching force, yet his present proposed plan is for 36 Provincial Superintendents instead of 17 Division Superintendents. This is an excellent plan, but will this not increase the element of supervision to which he makes objection? I thoroughly approve of this general proposition, but is it more economical than the arrangement criticized? The case of Mr. W. E. Chapman, Deputy for Bontoc, presents some facts not mentioned by the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction. He was not a Deputy at the time the circulars were sent to Division Superintendents, and was not appointed until February—nearly a month afterward. This isolated case was, therefore, not contemplated when the circular was issued, and Mr. Chapman received his instructions direct from his Division Superintendent. His instructions were to visit the various towns in Bontoc, to see if schools could be established, and what kind of schools they should be, and whether pupils from the towns of the Province could be brought into Bontoc to receive education at the Industrial School which was planned for that place. Mr. Chapman established two schools with native teachers, investigated conditions, and made his report. [*23709*]–:44:– After that came the long vacation to which he was entitled by a long year's service. The Division Superintendent never directed him to stop teaching except during the investigation and organization mentioned. Mr. Chapman was also much interested in the establishment of the Industrial school at Bontoc and is especially adapted to be an instructor in such a school. His transfer to the normal work in the provincial school at Iloilo is without adequate gain, as Mr. Chapman is one of the more illiterate teachers, and his transfer from Bontoc removes him from an industrial position for which he was especially fitted, and puts him in a position not so advantageous to efficiency of work, while depriving Bontoc of an excellent man in the especial work needed there. The work of this Bureau has been done quickly under constantly changing conditions; the majority of the teachers have been in the field hardly more than a year, and it is unreasonable to expect that we should have complete, accurate, up-to-date statistics of schools, such as may be secured and kept up-to-date by prompt mail service in a well-settled country. During the past year, regular educational statistics have been obtained at least once, together with a large amount of other information germane to the administration of the work. But the mere gathering of statistics has never been permitted to interfere with the progressive work of the organization and extension of the public school system. Certain information [*23710*]. –:45:– is received monthly by the Division Superintendents and kept on file in their offices. It has been considered poor economy to divert energies from more important work to accumulate data in the central office which very soon after its receipt will be untrustworthy because of the rapid changes constantly taking place. However, information has been obtained from time to time as needed, as will be apparent from an examination of the report made to Hon. W. T. Harris, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C., in May of this year. My report to Commissioner Harris was made in compliance with his request. The remark that the General Superintendent has "sent out a large number of circulars, but does not appear to have known what to ask for," is especially out of order in that the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction has never asked for a statement of the information on file in this office, but has asked questions about isolated matters, a large proportion of which has been answered promptly. This office has received blanks from nearly all foreign countries and from all the different States of the Union, and the principal blanks sent out have been copies of the blanks used by the U. S. Commissioner of Education, with such modifications as will fit them for use in these Islands. In charge of the collection of statistics and general information, during the latter part of 1901 and the first month or two of this [*23711*]. –:46:– year, was Mr. Percy M. Moir, a statistical expert, who was sent out to these Islands at the suggestion of Mr. Merriam, the chief of the Census Bureau, especially to investigate conditions, looking toward the possibility of immediately taking a census in the Philippines. Mr. Moir did valuable work for this Bureau until his appointment as Provincial Treasurer for Cavite. In addition, special information, needful for the work of the Bureau, has been called for from time to time, as will appear in the list of reports and circulars attached, marked Exhibit "F." Among the records and files in this office may be mentioned the following: Alphabetical list of teachers and stations, kept corrected to date; mailing lists, Post Office and Division Superintendents notified of each change. Station list of teachers, by towns, provinces and divisions. Personal information cards for all teachers and employes. Secondary Teachers. Separations from Service. General Correspondence files, cross-referenced by names and subjects. Reports of Division Superintendents, Civil and Military officers, classified by Divisions. Reports of Secondary Schools, including summer Normal [*23712*]. –:47:– schools. Efficiency Reports on work of American teachers. Appointment files, including all papers of teachers appointed. Application Files, information condensed by card indices. Division Superintendents' reports of absences. Appointees awaiting transportation from States. Reports to Civil Service Board. Files of Special Reports called for at various times, including reports of School Buildings throughout the Islands. Cash Record cards, giving complete information of all items pertaining to salary, increases, transfers, vouchers, checks, etc. Complete records and accounts by the Disbursing Officer and the Property Clerk in their respective divisions. Especial care has always been given to promptly answering all telegrams, correspondence and to paying salaries of teachers at the earliest moment consistent with regulations. The Report of the Public Schools of Cuba, for 1900, shows a statistical department in the Commissioner's office with nine or more clerks—as many clerks as the General Superintendent has for all the correspondence, translating, files, records, statistics and general duties of his office, outside of the property and cash divisions. With this small force, and with insufficient clerical force [*23713*]. –:48:– for the Division Superintendents, there has been strict necessity to watch the working of the system, and to confine demands for statistics to those matters which are of prime importance. That this has been systematically and successfully done will appear from reports submitted. Another disadvantage under which all work is carried on, is the absence of a bureau of statistics for the Islands, from which up-to-date information can be obtained. Attempts to collect information both through the teachers individually and through the presidentes of municipalities have shown that several months are required to receive back the blanks with the information. By that time the changes will have been so great that they are only valuable as showing what was the condition at a certain prior date. The returns from the presidentes, attempting to give population of pueblos and barrios and other simple information, are in many cases utterly untrustworthy and so confused and out of all agreement between the figures contained therein as to be unserviceable. The collection of certain information by the Bureau of Statistics has heretofore been suggested by me to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, and until assistance can be rendered by some such action it is impossible economically to obtain complete and accurate statistics more than once a year. One of the particular criticisms is based on the following: Early in July the Chief Clerk, then Acting General Superintendent [*23714*]. –;49:– was called before Acting Governor Wright, who requested a statement of the number of native teachers then employed. Mr. Bowen orally gave the number as approximately 2700. This number was sent in a cablegram to Washington, and a reply was received calling attention to the October, 1901, report of the Commission, giving 3400 as the approximate number. Mr. Bowen then obtained the exact figures in the last reports received at this office (for month of February) and found that the Division Superintendents reported 2721 native teachers. These are the teachers formally appointed by the Division Superintendents and do not include many of the barrio teachers and others who are actually teaching, although never having been appointed regularly by the Division Superintendents. The additional number of these (estimated) would bring the total, on a conservative basis, up to about 3400, or almost exactly the estimated figure last October, when very little actual knowledge was obtainable. Another report was gathered in response to telegrams sent to Division Superintendents in July, resulting in the reporting of 2625 native teachers then known to be in the work. It was apparent on the face of these returns that several of the Division Superintendents had not reported teachers except where Americans were stationed, and an accurate return was therefore not possible. The cholera epidemic also had sadly hampered school work in many provinces. Since that time one case has come to the notice of this Bureau—Marinduque—which was reported [*23715*]. –:50:– as having four native teachers, has forwarded a list showing 52 native teachers actually engaged. This is but one instance of several whose probably existence was indicated in sending in the report to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction. With ample clerks for Division Superintendents and four or six additional clerks in this office, a set of statistics could be kept up to within two or three months, but not nearer than that until mail arrangements are vastly improved. In addition to information obtained within the Bureau, it has been the policy of the General Superintendent to secure from disinterested persons, by letters from civil governors, from supervisors, from inspectors of Constabulary and from military authorities where no civil government exists, opinions and criticisms on the work and methods of the Bureau and on individual teachers. In this way, much valuable information has been obtained and the interest and co-operation of these officials secured. In brief, the work has been tested and found good as a whole. Such is the opinion of the majority of its observers. It is maintained that our educational work here thus far must be acknowledged a success, perhaps not equal to the expectations of over-sanguine friends, but certainly a good beginning has been made since the arrival of the American teachers, and much positive good has been brought to the Filipinos. Not only has a system been devised and put into operation, but [*23716*]. –:51:– its working has been tested with fairly satisfactory results. The amount of work accomplished in any undertaking of this nature must be always a matter of opinion. The work is necessarily still in a crude state, and in view of the conditions its very rapid development cannot reasonably be expected. The country is much too poor at the present time to support any adequate system of education, and the only hope for the success of this work lies in its liberal support by the Central Insular Government. The personal letter of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction has received my close attention, and I submit this answer, not to protect myself under his criticism, not to secure credit or glory, but to save, if possible, what has already been accomplished and to prevent the extensive reorganization of the school system which is contemplated in his letter. I believe that the school system which has been established under so many difficulties should not be condemned hastily, that it should be given a fair trial, and that radical changes at the present time would create an element of instability and accentuate the feeling of uncertainty that has recently crept into the work by reason of matters treated in this letter. In conclusion, I respectfully call attention to work accomplished, as shown in the recent report to Commissioner Harris and in the report now being prepared for the Commission. [*23717*]. –:52:– Especial note should be made of the reports of the establishment of twenty secondary schools in various provincial capitals. Further, it is respectfully submitted that, under the provisions of the law, the responsibility for the administration of the school work has been with the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, and that in the entire absence of official written instructions from the Commission or from the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction he has administered this Bureau as it seemed best to him, and that interference with his policy has almost invariably been destructive rather than constructive or helpful in nature. No one is more anxious to save men and money than the General Superintendent, nor is any one more zealous for the success of the educational work as a whole, and suggestions to that end are always received gladly and considered carefully. I re-affirm that this communication is not submitted with a view to self-justification, which is deemed unnecessary, but in the hope of preserving what has been done. I believe that due recognition should be given the difficulties of the situation, and that the work which has been accomplished should be considered in this connection rather than with a spirit of destructive criticism. Very respectfully, Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction. [*23718*] [*ES*][*File*] KASKEL & KASKEL SHIRT MAKERS FIFTH AVE. COR. 32D. STREET New York 77 JACKSON BOULEVARD CHICAGO New York, Sept. 8th, 1902 Mr. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secry. Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your telegram from Columbus, and noted with many thanks the President's order for 1 dozen shirts 2 dozen collars 2 dozen pairs of cuffs. We shall put these in work immediately and make special efforts to send them to Oyster Bay on Saturday of this week. Trusting that this will be satisfactory and always glad to serve you, we are, Yours respectfully, Kaskel & Kaskel [*23719*]. [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-13-02*] Meeker, Colo., Sept. 3, 1902. His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My Dear Sir: According to the enclosed clipping from the Denver Republican I notice that you intend coming to this section of Colorado for another lion hunt. Should this information be correct, I would feel highly honored if you would give me the opportunity of meeting you at Rifle and escorting you to any place you may wish to go. My team of blacks is at your command. Very Truly Yours, Gates.Kersburg Congratulations on your narrow escape at Lenox. G. K. [*23720*][For 1 enclosure see ca. 9-8-1902]. [*PPF*] Personal. United States Senate, Nahant, Mass. Sept. 8, 1902. To the President:– I enclose herewith a copy of the speech I made at Portland, which I think you may like to look over. I had a very large audience and was very well received, but the interest in Portland seemed to be exclusively in regard to the Sheriff. Everybody, however, seemed satisfied with my speech and seemed to think it would do good. I varied a little from your line on the Constitutional amendment, thinking [that] it better that I should not make it precisely the same as yours, and held out the hope that we might settle it by law without an amendment, although I doubt very much if we can. I think our policy of discussing this thing fully is knocking it out as an issue for the benefit of the Democratic party. I shall discuss it again, and, of course, anything further you want me to say you have but to let me know. This was but merely a first attempt. I thought your speech at Wheeling was first rate in every respect, and I think we have taken the correct line. As I telegraphed Cortelyou, I have seen Coolidge, [*23721*]United States Senate, and I think what we want to appear will appear from very remote quarters. I have the honor to be,with the highest respect, Sincerely yours, [*H. C. Lodge*] 23722[For 2. enclosure see 9-6-02][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 8-9-1902*] The Churchman 4F LAFAYETTE PLACE NEW YORK. EDITORIAL ROOMS. August 8, 1902. Mr. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Acting Sec'y. to the President, Oyster Bay, L. I. My dear Sir:– Your letter of August 7th. has just come to hand and I am afraid that with the enormous rush of work upon the President he did not take in my letter. After my talk with him on Saturday I searched New York and was fortunate in finding this copy of Marshall, which I bought at once for the purpose of giving it to the President. It is his, therefore, not merely "for some little time" but for always. Kindly say to the President that it was a rare pleasure and privilege to be in his home, and I warmly appreciate his thoughtfulness in having me and allowing me to bring Bishop Dudley with me. Very truly yours, Silas McBee [*23723*]PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO COME TO COLORADO LATE THIS MONTH President Roosevelt will come to Colorado for a lion hunt, the latter part of this month. Rev. J. Walter Sylvester of Albany, N.Y ., an intimate friend of the president's, was to have been one of the party. Mr. Sylvester is now at the Brown Palace hotel, and, though he must return Monday to the East, he has been assured by the president that he intends going on another lion hunt in Colorado this month and more than repeating his former success. "This year," said Mr. Sylvester, "the president will go up farther than Meeker. He says he intends going to Craig. 'I have been given to understand that he will be out within a few weeks. Of course, at any time something might arise to change his plans. It was my original intention to join the hunt, but I found that it would be impossible to prolong my vacation." Mr. Sylvester became acquainted with the president in Albany, N. Y., where the president lived for two years. Mr. Sylvester is pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Albany. [*23726*] "Mr. Roosevelt did not attend my church," said Mr. Sylvester, "He went to the Dutch Reformed church, but I knew him very well in a personal way. He used to start out on long tramps in Albany. Many a time he would make little Teddy walk 25 or 30 miles. I remember one hunt upon which the president went with a party of us. The animal of which we were in pursuit was a porcupine. It was up in the Adirondack mountains. At last Mr. Roosevelt saw the porcupine in the top of a tree, where it had sought refuge. He urged us to climb the tree and shake down the animal, but no one would go. At last Roosevelt went up the tree himself. Needless to say he succeeded in shaking down the porcupine." Mr. Sylvester has been on a hunt himself. He has been with a part near Steamboat Springs, where, he says, many deer were shot. One lion was killed. He is expecting a letter within a few days telling more definitely of the president's plans. Goff, the guide of the president's party, hes received assurance that the hunt will take place this month. TELEGRAM. The White House, [* [1902]?*] Washington. 16 NY UW GI 8 DH--------8p NX—New Haven, Depot, Conn., Sept. 8. Wm. Loeb, Jr. Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay. Will wire you seat and room numbers tomorrow. C. S. Mellen. [*23725*]PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO COME TO COLORADO LATE THIS MONTH President Roosevelt will come to Colorado for a lion hunt, the latter part of this month. Rev. J. Walter Sylvester of Albany, N.Y ., an intimate friend of the president's, was to have been one of the party. Mr. Sylvester is now at the Brown Palace hotel, and, though he must return Monday to the East, he has been assured by the president that he intends going on another lion hunt in Colorado this month and more than repeating his former success. "This year," said Mr. Sylvester, "the president will go up farther than Meeker. He says he intends going to Craig. 'I have been given to understand that he will be out within a few weeks. Of course, at any time something might arise to change his plans. It was my original intention to join the hunt, but I found that it would be impossible to prolong my vacation." Mr. Sylvester became acquainted with the president in Albany, N. Y., where the president lived for two years. Mr. Sylvester is pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Albany. [*23726*] "Mr. Roosevelt did not attend my church," said Mr. Sylvester, "He went to the Dutch Reformed church, but I knew him very well in a personal way. He used to start out on long tramps in Albany. Many a time he would make little Teddy walk 25 or 30 miles. I remember one hunt upon which the president went with a party of us. The animal of which we were in pursuit was a porcupine. It was up in the Adirondack mountains. At last Mr. Roosevelt saw the porcupine in the top of a tree, where it had sought refuge. He urged us to climb the tree and shake down the animal, but no one would go. At last Roosevelt went up the tree himself. Needless to say he succeeded in shaking down the porcupine." Mr. Sylvester has been on a hunt himself. He has been with a part near Steamboat Springs, where, he says, many deer were shot. One lion was killed. He is expecting a letter within a few days telling more definitely of the president's plans. Goff, the guide of the president's party, hes received assurance that the hunt will take place this month. TELEGRAM. The White House, [* [1902]?*] Washington. 16 NY UW GI 8 DH--------8p NX—New Haven, Depot, Conn., Sept. 8. Wm. Loeb, Jr. Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay. Will wire you seat and room numbers tomorrow. C. S. Mellen. [*23725*]. –:36:– for clerical work which can be performed as well or better for half the salary. One of the most important and imperative duties of the Division Superintendent is in connection with the public school property. Text-books and supplies are invoiced from the central office to each Division Superintendent, for all supplies sent to his Division. In many cases, these are sent in bulk to him, for distribution as needs arise, and in other cases they are sent in direct shipments to the towns where needed. In either case, the responsibility for the property devolves upon the Division Superintendent, and his reports must be rendered quarterly to the Auditor. With the strict rules observed in the Auditor's department, this involves much clerical labor and painstaking following-up of property, especially when transfers and separations of teachers occur. Any property not properly receipted for, or lost in any way, after its receipt within the Division, is charged against the Division Superintendent, and he is held financially accountable by the Auditor. Any person who has had property accountability in these Islands will recognize the labor and responsibility involved. Monthly reports are forwarded to Division Superintendents from both American and Filipino teachers, on Day Schools, Night Schools, Teachers' Classes, and bi-monthly reports from all [*23702*]. –:37:– School Boards. In addition to these, the Division Superintendent himself must prepare his inspection reports of all schools visited, and also efficiency reports on work of American teachers. To these are now being added the reports of the Secondary schools within the Division. A large correspondence is naturally carried on with the General Superintendent's office on all phases of the work, and Division Superintendents are frequently called upon for collection of information and making of special reports necessary in the consideration of plans, and for incorporation in regular and special reports made by this office. Correspondence, advice and direction of American and native teachers, an immense mass of correspondence in Spanish with presidentes and municipal and provincial boards and school boards, together with the preparation of circulars to teachers and officials, still further tax the resources of the Division Superintendent's office. This correspondence and these property accounts in most Divisions will occupy the entire time of a capable clerk, and the past year has shown that with a clerk working practically day and night it has been impossible to do all that has been desired, and for this reason the monthly consolidation of the reports which are rendered to the Division Superintendents has not been insisted upon, as it would of necessity cut into the work of organization and inspection or necessities the detail [*23703*]. –:38:– of other teachers as clerks. The legitimate work of the Division Superintendents and his Deputies is along an altogether different line, and should not be confused with the necessary clerical work. The school work up to the present time has been in a formative period—a period of organization and upbuilding. In addition to obtaining a thorough knowledge of the field, to station and instruct American teachers, the Division Superintendent still has to organize school boards, labor to create an interest in the public schools, especially among the influential classes, to urge personally and, in some cases, to plan and superintend, the building, renting or repairing of school buildings, to select native teachers (frequently from very poor material), to overcome irregularity of attendance, to push the work of education into the barrios, to forward supplies—all of which requires not only great energy, much tact, and considerable hardship, but on account of the lack of transportation and the lack of initiative on the part of the natives, a long time. In several cases Division Superintendents have been obliged to spend some days in actual teaching in order to get schools properly started. All this is in addition to the ordinary duties which would naturally fall within the scope of a superintendent's duties. Supervision in these Islands means organization, not merely inspection. [*23704*]. –:39:– In September, 1901, a request for authority to supply Division Superintendents with clerks was asked through the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction. Instead of granting this authority, the act providing for Deputies was passed. This was never considered as the equivalent of providing clerks, and it became necessary to detail teachers for clerical work until such time as the emergency was passed or other provision was made. These clerks were never unavailable for teaching if an emergency required. The statement in the circular to Division Superintendents that "This act is the outcome of my request," was not intended to imply that it supplied the kind of help that had been asked for, but rather that another class of assistants had been substituted therefor. It was my interpretation of the law that Deputies were to act for the Division Superintendent in his absence from the province within which they were stationed, to be actually engaged in teaching when not specially directed to perform other duties by the Division Superintendents, and while teaching to have oversight or charge of a large school, as befitted their presumed qualifications. There was no desire to violate the law in letter or in spirit. Frequent and vigorous complaints had come to my office that teachers were in many cases careless in dress, in habits; that they were of poor character, or inattentive to their school duties. Teachers were arriving in considerable [*23705*]. –:40:– numbers by every transport from the United States, to be stationed where their services could best be utilized; they needed personal help and direction in getting a grasp on local conditions; barrio schools must be organized and arrangements made for oversight of same, and special reports of misconduct, inattention to duty, must be investigated immediately. All these matters, in the midst of the immense work of organization being done at the time, required extra work and extra force, in order properly to economize the money spent on teachers and supplies. The emergency had to be met. It was, therefore, decided to have the Division Superintendents employ the Deputies for this special work during the emergency. This purpose was gone over in conversation with the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, and I believe that he understood that the emergency required the action. This involved no duplication of the Division Superintendent's work, and was not intended to take the teacher permanently away from his school. It is also submitted that while in the performance of this special work he was still, in the fullest sense of the word, "a teacher actually engaged in instruction." On January 6, 1902, the following circular was sent to Division Superintendents and Deputies: "Persistent and frequent complaints are reaching the Department of Education that American teachers are not punctual in attendance. It is realized [*23706*]. –:41:– that this applies to the minority, but in justice to the majority, the matter should receive the careful and prompt attention of every supervising officer. Some teachers are not showing the interest that they should in their teaching, giving too much time to society or to increasing their salaries by business ventures; some are not preparing their lessons outside; some are careless in their dress, and some are not setting good examples of conduct to the Filipino teachers. Division Superintendents should arrange their own work and that of their deputies—there should be a deputy for each province—so that every school will be inspected at least once a fortnight." Then followed instructions in special cases. On January 13, a circular sent, to Division Superintendents only, contained this paragraph: "I repeat emphatically that Deputy Division Superintendents are to give up teaching entirely and to devote their whole time to the inspection of school work. If they are unable to stand the hard travel necessary in this work, others capable of 'roughing it' are to be appointed in their places." Upon receiving an intimation from the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction in May that he considered that the law required the Deputies to be engaged in class-room work, I issued a circular to Division Superintendents. Believing that the emergency was not past, that conditions still demanded their assistance in the field, and wishing to make no sudden check in the work, I expressed a desire that the Division Superintendents should furnish me with facts and figures which would serve as a basis for the amendment of the Act, so that Deputies could be authorized to devote their entire time to the work of supervision [*23707*]. –:42:– and organization where necessary. This was in May, and by the terms of Act 74, section 3 (1) , it is expressly provided that "In the regular semi-annual reports, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to recommend changes in the school law which he deems expedient." This action was not to get recruits, and was not intended to disobey in any manner the provisions of the law; and over- zeal for the welfare of the school work and the securing of the largest value for the money expended, rather than opposition, is the only title that can be given to the alleged offense. It is difficult to see wherein $50,000 a year has been "diverted from the purpose for which it was appropriated." At the time of the circulars referred to, there were only 22 or 23 Deputies, whose salaries ranged from $1200 to $1500. The services performed by a Deputy were of a higher grade and worth much more than mere teaching, in that it secures greater efficiency from the $900,000 to $1,000,000 annually expended for American teachers' salaries, and the far more efficient service rendered by the native teachers, whose salaries will amount in the aggregate to a considerable sum. No business man would distribute even the best of workmen as widely as the American teachers are distributed in these Islands, without providing for very frequent visits by superintendents. The lack of adequate clerical help for Division Superintendents, coupled with the requirement that Deputies remain in [*23708*]-:43:- their especial schools, has had a tendency to disorganization of the entire work, and the continuance of such a policy will lead to disastrous results during the coming year. The Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction criticises the supervision work of this Bureau as being our of proportion to the teaching force, yet his present proposed plan is for 36 Provincial Superintendent instead of 17 Division Superintendents. This is an excellent plan, but will this not increase the element of supervision to which he makes objection? I thoroughly approve of this general proposition, but is it more economical than the arrangement criticised? The case of Mr. W. E. Chapman, Deputy for Bontoc, presents some facts not mentioned by the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction. He was not a Deputy at the time the circulars were sent to Division Superintendents, and was no appointed until February-nearly a month afterward. This isolated case was, therefore, not contemplated when the circular was issued, and Mr. Chapman received his instructions direct from his Division Superintendent. His instructions were to visit the various towns in Bontoc, to see if schools could be established, and what kind of schools they should be, and whether pupils from the towns of the Province could be brought into Bontoc to receive education at the Industrial School which was planned for that place. Mr. Chapman established two schools with native teachers, investigated conditions, and made his report. 23709–:44:– After that came the long vacation to which he was entitled by a long year's service. The Division Superintendent never directed him to stop teaching except during the investigation and organization mentioned. Mr. Chapman was also much interested in the establishment of the Industrial school at Bontoc and is especially adapted to be an instructor in such a school. His transfer to the normal work in the provincial school at Iloilo is without adequate gain, as Mr. Chapman is one of the more illiterate teachers, and his transfer from Bontoc removes him from an industrial position for which he was especially fitted, and puts him in a position not so advantageous to efficiency of work, while depriving Bontoc of an excellent man in the especial work needed there. The work of this Bureau has been done quickly under constantly changing conditions; the majority of the teachers have been in the field hardly more than a year, and it is unreasonable to expect that we should have complete, accurate, up-to-date statistics of schools, such as may be secured and kept up-to-date by prompt mail service in a well-settled country. During the past year, regular educational statistics have been obtained at least once, together with a large amount of other information germane to the administration of the work. But the mere gathering of statistics has never been permitted to interfere with the progressive work of the organization and extension of the public school system. Certain information [*23710*]. –:45:– is received monthly by the Division Superintendents and kept on file in their offices. It has been considered poor economy to divert energies from more important work to accumulate data in the central office which very soon after its receipt will be untrustworthy because of the rapid changes constantly taking place. However, information has been obtained from time to time as needed, as will be apparent from an examination of the report made to Hon. W. T. Harris, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C., in May of this year. My report to Commissioner Harris was made in compliance with his request. The remark that the General Superintendent has "sent out a large number of circulars, but does not appear to have known what to ask for," is especially out of order in that the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction has never asked for a statement of the information on file in this office, but has asked questions about isolated matters, a large proportion of which has been answered promptly. This office has received blanks from nearly all foreign countries and from all the different States of the Union, and the principal blanks sent out have been copies of the blanks used by the U. S. Commissioner of Education, with such modifications as will fit them for use in these Islands. In charge of the collection of statistics and general information, during the latter part of 1901 and the first month or two of this [*23711*]. –:46:– year, was Mr. Percy M. Moir, a statistical expert, who was sent out to these Islands at the suggestion of Mr. Merriam, the chief of the Census Bureau, especially to investigate conditions, looking toward the possibility of immediately taking a census in the Philippines. Mr. Moir did valuable work for this Bureau until his appointment as Provincial Treasurer for Cavite. In addition, special information, needful for the work of the Bureau, has been called for from time to time, as will appear in the list of reports and circulars attached, marked Exhibit "F." Among the records and files in this office may be mentioned the following: Alphabetical list of teachers and stations, kept corrected to date; mailing lists, Post Office and Division Superintendents notified of each change. Station list of teachers, by towns, provinces and divisions. Personal information cards for all teachers and employes. Secondary Teachers. Separations from Service. General Correspondence files, cross-referenced by names and subjects. Reports of Division Superintendents, Civil and Military officers, classified by Divisions. Reports of Secondary Schools, including summer Normal [*23712*]. –:47:– schools. Efficiency Reports on work of American teachers. Appointment files, including all papers of teachers appointed. Application Files, information condensed by card indices. Division Superintendents' reports of absences. Appointees awaiting transportation from States. Reports to Civil Service Board. Files of Special Reports called for at various times, including reports of School Buildings throughout the Islands. Cash Record cards, giving complete information of all items pertaining to salary, increases, transfers, vouchers, checks, etc. Complete records and accounts by the Disbursing Officer and the Property Clerk in their respective divisions. Especial care has always been given to promptly answering all telegrams, correspondence and to paying salaries of teachers at the earliest moment consistent with regulations. The Report of the Public Schools of Cuba, for 1900, shows a statistical department in the Commissioner's office with nine or more clerks—as many clerks as the General Superintendent has for all the correspondence, translating, files, records, statistics and general duties of his office, outside of the property and cash divisions. With this small force, and with insufficient clerical force [*23713*]. –:48:– for the Division Superintendents, there has been strict necessity to watch the working of the system, and to confine demands for statistics to those matters which are of prime importance. That this has been systematically and successfully done will appear from reports submitted. Another disadvantage under which all work is carried on, is the absence of a bureau of statistics for the Islands, from which up-to-date information can be obtained. Attempts to collect information both through the teachers individually and through the presidentes of municipalities have shown that several months are required to receive back the blanks with the information. By that time the changes will have been so great that they are only valuable as showing what was the condition at a certain prior date. The returns from the presidentes, attempting to give population of pueblos and barrios and other simple information, are in many cases utterly untrustworthy and so confused and out of all agreement between the figures contained therein as to be unserviceable. The collection of certain information by the Bureau of Statistics has heretofore been suggested by me to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction, and until assistance can be rendered by some such action it is impossible economically to obtain complete and accurate statistics more than once a year. One of the particular criticisms is based on the following: Early in July the Chief Clerk, then Acting General Superintendent [*23714*]. –;49:– was called before Acting Governor Wright, who requested a statement of the number of native teachers then employed. Mr. Bowen orally gave the number as approximately 2700. This number was sent in a cablegram to Washington, and a reply was received calling attention to the October, 1901, report of the Commission, giving 3400 as the approximate number. Mr. Bowen then obtained the exact figures in the last reports received at this office (for month of February) and found that the Division Superintendents reported 2721 native teachers. These are the teachers formally appointed by the Division Superintendents and do not include many of the barrio teachers and others who are actually teaching, although never having been appointed regularly by the Division Superintendents. The additional number of these (estimated) would bring the total, on a conservative basis, up to about 3400, or almost exactly the estimated figure last October, when very little actual knowledge was obtainable. Another report was gathered in response to telegrams sent to Division Superintendents in July, resulting in the reporting of 2625 native teachers then known to be in the work. It was apparent on the face of these returns that several of the Division Superintendents had not reported teachers except where Americans were stationed, and an accurate return was therefore not possible. The cholera epidemic also had sadly hampered school work in many provinces. Since that time one case has come to the notice of this Bureau—Marinduque—which was reported [*23715*]. –:50:– as having four native teachers, has forwarded a list showing 52 native teachers actually engaged. This is but one instance of several whose probably existence was indicated in sending in the report to the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction. With ample clerks for Division Superintendents and four or six additional clerks in this office, a set of statistics could be kept up to within two or three months, but not nearer than that until mail arrangements are vastly improved. In addition to information obtained within the Bureau, it has been the policy of the General Superintendent to secure from disinterested persons, by letters from civil governors, from supervisors, from inspectors of Constabulary and from military authorities where no civil government exists, opinions and criticisms on the work and methods of the Bureau and on individual teachers. In this way, much valuable information has been obtained and the interest and co-operation of these officials secured. In brief, the work has been tested and found good as a whole. Such is the opinion of the majority of its observers. It is maintained that our educational work here thus far must be acknowledged a success, perhaps not equal to the expectations of over-sanguine friends, but certainly a good beginning has been made since the arrival of the American teachers, and much positive good has been brought to the Filipinos. Not only has a system been devised and put into operation, but [*23716*]. –:51:– its working has been tested with fairly satisfactory results. The amount of work accomplished in any undertaking of this nature must be always a matter of opinion. The work is necessarily still in a crude state, and in view of the conditions its very rapid development cannot reasonably be expected. The country is much too poor at the present time to support any adequate system of education, and the only hope for the success of this work lies in its liberal support by the Central Insular Government. The personal letter of the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction has received my close attention, and I submit this answer, not to protect myself under his criticism, not to secure credit or glory, but to save, if possible, what has already been accomplished and to prevent the extensive reorganization of the school system which is contemplated in his letter. I believe that the school system which has been established under so many difficulties should not be condemned hastily, that it should be given a fair trial, and that radical changes at the present time would create an element of instability and accentuate the feeling of uncertainty that has recently crept into the work by reason of matters treated in this letter. In conclusion, I respectfully call attention to work accomplished, as shown in the recent report to Commissioner Harris and in the report now being prepared for the Commission. [*23717*]. –:52:– Especial note should be made of the reports of the establishment of twenty secondary schools in various provincial capitals. Further, it is respectfully submitted that, under the provisions of the law, the responsibility for the administration of the school work has been with the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, and that in the entire absence of official written instructions from the Commission or from the Honorable Secretary of Public Instruction he has administered this Bureau as it seemed best to him, and that interference with his policy has almost invariably been destructive rather than constructive or helpful in nature. No one is more anxious to save men and money than the General Superintendent, nor is any one more zealous for the success of the educational work as a whole, and suggestions to that end are always received gladly and considered carefully. I re-affirm that this communication is not submitted with a view to self-justification, which is deemed unnecessary, but in the hope of preserving what has been done. I believe that due recognition should be given the difficulties of the situation, and that the work which has been accomplished should be considered in this connection rather than with a spirit of destructive criticism. Very respectfully, Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent of Public Instruction. [*23718*] [*ES*][*File*] KASKEL & KASKEL SHIRT MAKERS FIFTH AVE. COR. 32D. STREET New York 77 JACKSON BOULEVARD CHICAGO New York, Sept. 8th, 1902 Mr. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secry. Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your telegram from Columbus, and noted with many thanks the President's order for 1 dozen shirts 2 dozen collars 2 dozen pairs of cuffs. We shall put these in work immediately and make special efforts to send them to Oyster Bay on Saturday of this week. Trusting that this will be satisfactory and always glad to serve you, we are, Yours respectfully, Kaskel & Kaskel [*23719*]. [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-13-02*] Meeker, Colo., Sept. 3, 1902. His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My Dear Sir: According to the enclosed clipping from the Denver Republican I notice that you intend coming to this section of Colorado for another lion hunt. Should this information be correct, I would feel highly honored if you would give me the opportunity of meeting you at Rifle and escorting you to any place you may wish to go. My team of blacks is at your command. Very Truly Yours, Gates.Kersburg Congratulations on your narrow escape at Lenox. G. K. [*23720*][For 1. enclosure see ca. 9-8-1902]. [*PPF*] Personal. United States Senate, Nahant, Mass. Sept. 8, 1902. To the President:– I enclose herewith a copy of the speech I made at Portland, which I think you may like to look over. I had a very large audience and was very well received, but the interest in Portland seemed to be exclusively in regard to the Sheriff. Everybody, however, seemed satisfied with my speech and seemed to think it would do good. I varied a little from your line on the Constitutional amendment, thinking [that] it better that I should not make it precisely the same as yours, and held out the hope that we might settle it by law without an amendment, although I doubt very much if we can. I think our policy of discussing this thing fully is knocking it out as an issue for the benefit of the Democratic party. I shall discuss it again, and, of course, anything further you want me to say you have but to let me know. This was but merely a first attempt. I thought your speech at Wheeling was first rate in every respect, and I think we have taken the correct line. As I telegraphed Cortelyou, I have seen Coolidge, [*23721*]United States Senate, and I think what we want to appear will appear from very remote quarters. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sincerely yours, H.C. Lodge 23722[For 1. enclosure see 9-6-02][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 8-9-1902*] The Churchman 4F LAFAYETTE PLACE NEW YORK. EDITORIAL ROOMS. August 8, 1902. Mr. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Acting Sec'y. to the President, Oyster Bay, L. I. My dear Sir:– Your letter of August 7th. has just come to hand and I am afraid that with the enormous rush of work upon the President he did not take in my letter. After my talk with him on Saturday I searched New York and was fortunate in finding this copy of Marshall, which I bought at once for the purpose of giving it to the President. It is his, therefore, not merely "for some little time" but for always. Kindly say to the President that it was a rare pleasure and privilege to be in his home, and I warmly appreciate his thoughtfulness in having me and allowing me to bring Bishop Dudley with me. Very truly yours, Silas McBee [*23723*]PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO COME TO COLORADO LATE THIS MONTH President Roosevelt will come to Colorado for a lion hunt, the latter part of this month. Rev. J. Walter Sylvester of Albany, N.Y ., an intimate friend of the president's, was to have been one of the party. Mr. Sylvester is now at the Brown Palace hotel, and, though he must return Monday to the East, he has been assured by the president that he intends going on another lion hunt in Colorado this month and more than repeating his former success. "This year," said Mr. Sylvester, "the president will go up farther than Meeker. He says he intends going to Craig. 'I have been given to understand that he will be out within a few weeks. Of course, at any time something might arise to change his plans. It was my original intention to join the hunt, but I found that it would be impossible to prolong my vacation." Mr. Sylvester became acquainted with the president in Albany, N. Y., where the president lived for two years. Mr. Sylvester is pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Albany. [*23726*] "Mr. Roosevelt did not attend my church," said Mr. Sylvester, "He went to the Dutch Reformed church, but I knew him very well in a personal way. He used to start out on long tramps in Albany. Many a time he would make little Teddy walk 25 or 30 miles. I remember one hunt upon which the president went with a party of us. The animal of which we were in pursuit was a porcupine. It was up in the Adirondack mountains. At last Mr. Roosevelt saw the porcupine in the top of a tree, where it had sought refuge. He urged us to climb the tree and shake down the animal, but no one would go. At last Roosevelt went up the tree himself. Needless to say he succeeded in shaking down the porcupine." Mr. Sylvester has been on a hunt himself. He has been with a part near Steamboat Springs, where, he says, many deer were shot. One lion was killed. He is expecting a letter within a few days telling more definitely of the president's plans. Goff, the guide of the president's party, hes received assurance that the hunt will take place this month. TELEGRAM. The White House, [* [1902]?*] Washington. 16 NY UW GI 8 DH--------8p NX—New Haven, Depot, Conn., Sept. 8. Wm. Loeb, Jr. Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay. Will wire you seat and room numbers tomorrow. C. S. Mellen. [*23725*]PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO COME TO COLORADO LATE THIS MONTH President Roosevelt will come to Colorado for a lion hunt, the latter part of this month. Rev. J. Walter Sylvester of Albany, N.Y ., an intimate friend of the president's, was to have been one of the party. Mr. Sylvester is now at the Brown Palace hotel, and, though he must return Monday to the East, he has been assured by the president that he intends going on another lion hunt in Colorado this month and more than repeating his former success. "This year," said Mr. Sylvester, "the president will go up farther than Meeker. He says he intends going to Craig. 'I have been given to understand that he will be out within a few weeks. Of course, at any time something might arise to change his plans. It was my original intention to join the hunt, but I found that it would be impossible to prolong my vacation." Mr. Sylvester became acquainted with the president in Albany, N. Y., where the president lived for two years. Mr. Sylvester is pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Albany. [*23726*] "Mr. Roosevelt did not attend my church," said Mr. Sylvester, "He went to the Dutch Reformed church, but I knew him very well in a personal way. He used to start out on long tramps in Albany. Many a time he would make little Teddy walk 25 or 30 miles. I remember one hunt upon which the president went with a party of us. The animal of which we were in pursuit was a porcupine. It was up in the Adirondack mountains. At last Mr. Roosevelt saw the porcupine in the top of a tree, where it had sought refuge. He urged us to climb the tree and shake down the animal, but no one would go. At last Roosevelt went up the tree himself. Needless to say he succeeded in shaking down the porcupine." Mr. Sylvester has been on a hunt himself. He has been with a part near Steamboat Springs, where, he says, many deer were shot. One lion was killed. He is expecting a letter within a few days telling more definitely of the president's plans. Goff, the guide of the president's party, hes received assurance that the hunt will take place this month. TELEGRAM. The White House, [* [1902]?*] Washington. 16 NY UW GI 8 DH--------8p NX—New Haven, Depot, Conn., Sept. 8. Wm. Loeb, Jr. Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay. Will wire you seat and room numbers tomorrow. C. S. Mellen. [*23725*][[shorthand]] S'town. Thursday. [*Ackd 9-21-1902*] Dear Theodore: You don't know anything about this & neither do I. And George Waring's judgment is less infallible than the Pope's. Also, he is one of those that demand perfection, regardless of activities. Still read the letter and then, if you think so, send it to Gifford Pinchot. How are you? Yours ever Owen Wister The B. & C. can do nothing. over. U. S. S. MAYFLOWER, Navy Yard, New York, September 9th, 1902. Memorandum of the President's expenses in Wardroom Mess of "Mayflower". July 24th and 25th. Dinner and breakfast 2 secret service men - - - - - $2.00 August 6th. Luncheon for three newspaper men - - - - - - - - - - - 1.50 ——— $ 3.50 For July - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.04 For August - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.20 ——— Total $38.74 Respectfully submitted, N. Bessho. Steward to Commander-in-Chief. Cash to President for prizes 40. ——— 78.74 Balance with Pay. $121.26 Ex's - I found to be correct Albert Gleaves Lt Comdr Com'g [*23727*]. U. S. S. MAYFLOWER, Navy Yard, New York, September 9th, 1902. Memorandum of the President's expenses on board the "Mayflower" during month of August:– August 1st to 4th. Tea for eight persons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $0.40 Breakfast for four persons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.00 Four glasses of Sherry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.40 Four cigars - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.40 ———— Total $2.20 [*23728*][*File From Abram S. Hewitt*] [*(Sept. 9. 1902)*] The interview, which with some hesitation I gave to a representative of the press, in reference to the issues involved in the lamentable strife, now existing in the anthracite coal regions, seems to have effected the object I had in view in stating what I conceived to be the true significance of the movement made by the United Mine Workers in declaring and continuing the strike. From the numerous letters however, which I have received and to which I am not able to make an individual reply, and from the editorial notices and communications in reference to the interview which have appeared in influential journals, I infer that my views have been misunderstood and therefore ought to be more clearly defined. I observe that there is a tendency on the part of many of the writers to regard me as the champion of the coal operators and as the adversary of the striking miners. No greater mistake than this could be made. What I intended to do was to set forth as clearly as possible the position occupied by the contending parties, and to show that the real issue was not the question of wages or of hours, but of the preservation of civil liberty and of republican institutions. Any apparent defense of the position of the operators was due to the fact that their position and contention necessarily placed them in opposition to the demand of an outside organization, representing antagonistic interests in the bituminous coal fields, to determine the conditions upon which the mines in the anthracite region should be operated, involving the gravest political question as to the right of society to a free labor market. To my mind, in the last analysis, the question is thus made a political one in the proper sense of that term and therefore of the deepest interest to every good citizen. [*23729*] Page 1 (Continued). I observe that Mr. Mitchell seems to think that my reference to the political consequences of the movement, of which he is [*23730*]. –2– the head, was made in jest, and he denies that the main object of the strike is to secure the recognition of the organization. This statement is not in accordance with the discussion which I had with him. Before the strike order was issued, he stated that the questions of wages and hours could be readily arranged, provided the operators would receive him and his associates as representing the United Mine Workers Association. He declared that they were determined to secure this recognition, because they regarded it as essential in the discussion of questions affecting the interests of capital and labor. I pointed out to Mr. Mitchell that so far as I knew the operators did not object to the formation of unions in the several localities, but they did object to discriminating against non union men, and that if the issue for forced it would necessarily be a fight to the death, because it involved the right to labor, which no man can surrender for himself or for others without being a traitor to his manhood. While Mr. Mitchell did not yield his view, he left me with the impression that he would use what influence he had to avoid the strike during the present year and I wish to do him the justice to say that in the Hazelton Convention he appears to have acted upon this conclusion. He was overruled by the younger and more boisterous element in the Convention, who were undoubtedly in the minority if a fair expression could have been had, free from the excitement of the occasion. I am confident that a great majority of the strikers were opposed to forcing the issue at this time, and I am sure that the older members of [*23731*]. -3- the Union would gladly return to work if they could see any way in which to avoid the reproaches and the obloquy which would follow such action. Mr. Mitchell has however removed all doubt as to his position and the policy which he is pursuing with great earnestness in consolidating the forces of labor. In his address on Labor Day at Washington Park in Philadelphia he concludes with the following statement: "I stand for the solidarity of the trades union movement. I hope to see the time when no man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow will be outside the ranks of his trade union. I look forward to the time when the workers of our country will take possession of their own." These words leave no doubt as to the truth of my statement that the strike organized in the coal region had for its ultimate object the recognition of the Miners Union as a national organization with power sufficient to enforce its wishes by declaring if necessary a general strike in all the coal mines, thus bringing capital to terms by paralyzing its operations. The same question was involved in the Steel Workers strike last year under Shafer. If he had succeeded the present strike would never have taken place because the battle of recognition for federated labor would already have been won. The Miners Union had only to effect the solidarity with the Steel Worksers Union, as indicated by Mr. Mitchell, to have become the controlling power in [*23732*]. -4- the industries of the country. With this power vested in a few men the step towards political action wouldnnot only have been easy but unavoidable. In England, where the trades union movement is older and better organized, the President of the congress now sitting in London, has announced that the time has come when the trades unions must gain their ends through political action. It is easy to see how in this country by a combination between the miners and the steel workers and the railroad labor organizations, the Government of the United States will pass under their control and be administered by men who, however earnest and able they may be in their several departments of business, have had no training in the arts of government and no adequate knowledge of [the] statesmanship. It does not require much consideration to see that when this happens the whole structure of the Government will be changed, and its powers and duties will be transferred to a class who are under no legal reposibilities to the public, and whose leaders are a law unto themselves. The world has not been without examples of the danger of such a transfer of power. It occurred in the French Revolution and will occur again whenever the responsibilities of government are transferred from those who are trained to its administration into the hands of men, not versed in constitutional law, [and in the intricacies of international relations.] I wish that every American citizen could read the second volume of Taine's History of the French Revolution, entitled "Democracy". I am sure that the workmen of this country [*23733*]. -5- would recoil with horror from the consequences of taking upon themselves the duties and responsibilities of the government of eighty millions of people, even for the brief period involved in a single administration. I know that I shall be severely criticized as an alarmist [by] but Mr. Mitchell gives me the credit of sincerity. In this he is not mistaken. The danger and the consequences of a [struggle] transfer of governmental functions from the regular channels created by the opposing political parties, controlled by men who as a rule are under oath[s], and who are familiar with the fundamental principles of political organization, to a class who are responsible to no tribunals and who are governed by no traditions and who are under the guidance of men who hold no commissions from the public, cannot be contemplated without the most serious apprehension. This is the basis of thought which I desire to bring to public attention. I hope I have succeeded in this aim. At the same time I recognize that the strife between capital and labor must be adjusted upon principles of equity and justice. I feel that the time has arrived when strikes should no longer be allowed to occur. The damage not merely to the contending parties but to the public at large is so vast that society must protect itself at all costs and hazards from the consequences of warfare conducted by men on both sides, responsible not to the public and not even in close touch with the parties whom they represent. There cannot be a doubt that the innumerable army of stock and bondholders in the [*23734*]. -6- coal companies are anxious that the officers whom they employ to care for their interests should come to a speedy settlement of their difficulties with the miners. On the other hand there is no doubt that the miners themselves who are suffering the consequences of loss of work would gladly resume their places if it could be done without [a loss of self respect] fear of personal injury and ostracism. Moreover the great public who are deprived of fuel, and whose losses can only be measured by millions, and many of whom have to face bankruptcy, brought upon them by causes to which they have not contributed, feel that the situation is intolerable. All of these several classes will agree that strikes should be made impossible in the future. For this purpose legislation is required. The right to strike as the law now stands, is as inherent in the workman as the right to labor. It cannot be taken away from the workmen without substituting an adequate compensation for giving up this privilege. For many years I have [advocated] [such intelligence as I possess] devoted much time to the study of this question, and in 1890, in my address to the members of the British Iron and Steel Institute, then on a visit to this country, I took occasion to formulate the principles which it seemed to me were applicable to the solution of this, the greatest question of our day and generation. I repeat them here because I think they will be generally regarded as axioms ingrained in the very constitution of human nature, and therefore to be regarded as standards of right and wrong, to which all contentions may be referred. [*23735*]. -7- I. Individual liberty consists in the right of each person to control his own life and to use the [profits] products of his labor in his own way, so long as he does not interfere in the equal right of any other person. II. Individual liberty implies the right of two or more persons to combine together and to use their property as they may see fit, so long as they do not interfere with the equal right of other individuals or combinations of individuals. III. As population grows there will naturally be interferences between individuals and combinations of individuals, which must be adjusted. Hence the necessity for government and for tribunals, whose judgment must be final. IV. In countries where law expresses the will of the majority, and in which it can be amended as often as the majority desire, there is no justification for resort to private or personal force, in order to rectify wrongs, correct abuses and maintain the rights of men. If the courts of justice have not adequate jurisdiction, it is the duty of the legislature which represents the public will to supply it, and all agitation should be directed to secure such legislation. No man or set of men should be allowed to take the law into their own hands or usurp the functions of the courts of justice or forestall the action of the legislature. [*23736*]. -8- Bearing these postulates in mind, the following conclusions may be submitted as incontrovertible. It is the equal right of employers and employés to make combinations among themselves respectively or with each other to advance or reduce wages, or to establish or resist legislation, which either or both may regard as essentially desirable or objectionable. Neither party has the right to coerce the other party into submission, except through the action of the courts or of tribunals, duly constituted to hear and decide upon courses of action submitted to them by either or both parties. The right of workmen to refrain from labor and the right of the employer to cease to employ labor are correlative rights, but no one has the right to compel any other workman to cease from labor, nor has the employer any right to lock out his workmen in order to compel submission to obnoxious rules. Strikes and lock outs are therefore equally indefensible on the ground of justice and can [neither] only be tolerated in the absence of provision for the submission of grievances to the adjudication of competent tribunals. No man has the right to compel another man to combine with him in any organization, and when a man declines to combine it is a violation of right to refuse to work with him and to deny him the means of earning a living. It is equally wrong for employers to black list men so that others will not give them employment. [*23737*]. -9- A boycott cannot be defended under any circumstances whatever. It is in effect a declaration of private war. The claim of any body of men that under any circumstances they have the right to stop the operations of business by the issue of an order in the name of associated labor or of associated capital cannot be tolerated. If these conclusions be admitted, as I think they must be by every [citizen] student of politics, it is quite evident that the first duty of society is to provide tribunals for the adjudication and settlement of trade disputes. Arbitration is already authorized in England, but it has not met with favor either from employers or employés. Councils of conciliation however have been tried with great success. It may be affirmed that no ordinary trade dispute can occur which such councils, composed of an equal number of employers and employés, are not competent to adjust. It is to be observed that such councils of conciliation have no political power, and avoid the objections which all publicists and students of social science find in the position taken by Mr. Mitchell in favor of the solidarity of trade unions for the purpose of enforcing their decrees. In the present condition of organized capital and organized labor, as well in England as in this country, it would seem to be clear that any attempt to enforce through the courts the decision of the councils of conciliation, or to give the courts jurisdiction in the trade disputes, would not be popular, and therefore is not feasible. As a conclusion from the above propositions, it seems to me plain that association of labor in the trades unions and of [*23738*]. -10- capital is most desirable as affording the machinery for conciliation by local conferences wherever the disputes may arise. Any attempt to settle these disputes by the action of a universal trades council or to control the terms and conditions of labor by such councils must result in failure. It is indeed necessary that there shall be personal contact between those who are interested in the particular dispute in order to understand its merits. To refer such disputes to outsiders from a distance, not familiar with the conditions of the particular industry or of the special operation where the difficulty arises, will simply prolong the conflict and lead to an effort to involve by sympathetic strikes other industries to take part in the conflict. What is needed is not centralization of labor interests, but rather a diffusion of the means of settlement through local councils and personal conference of those who are interested in the particular dispute. If the national organizations represented by Mr. Mitchell and others will take their "hands off" and devote the unquestionable abilities of the leaders to the localization of disputes, they can render a service to the public. Any attempt however to monopolize the power to settle disputes everywhere, and in every branch of industry, by a central council is to create a labor trust, more perilous and more pernicious than any aggregation of capital which has yet existed in the world. Time is wanted to follow out this line of thought, but if the labor organization should succeed in creating a solidarity of trade unions, as Mr. Mitchell proposes, it would be followed by [*23739*]. -11- the withdrawal of capital from industry, wherever it was possible to make such withdrawal, and by the cessation of productive enterprises it would bring about general ruin and industrial chaos. There are a class of thinkers, honest and earnest, who believe that this is the road to socialism and the solidarity of labor is therefore encouraged in order to bring about the administration of all industries by the state. Another class of thinkers are quite sure that such a request would be followed by the substitution of despotism of rule for the free republican institutions. In other words, "the man on horseback" would appear, as he always has appeared in periods of insecurity to private property, and the consequent interruption to the work of production, which is necessary for the welfare of mankind. [*23740*]. -12- If strikes should thus be rendered unnecessary by the establishment of tribunals for conciliation and voluntary arbitration, and if by this means the recurring warfare between the representatives of capital and the representatives of labor should be converted into friendly intercourse and the peaceful settlement of such differences as may from time to time occur, it may be contened that the result will be the permanent establishment of castes in the industrial life of the United States. So far as such a condition exists at present, it would not be aggravated by the friendly settlement of trade disputes. Nevertheless the effort of the statesman should be to minimize, and not increase, the distinction between the classes. It is most desirable that those who labor with their hands as well as with their heads should have a direct interest in the profits of industry in addition to the wages and salaries which they may receive. It is from this point of view that the great extension of corporations in our day, involving almost unlimited issues of capital stock, offer the most interesting field of study and discussion. President Roosevelt has in his recent speeches dealt with the question of "trusts" as they are called, with more fullness of thought than any other public man with whose utterances I am familiar. It is quite evident that he recognizes that the trusts have come to stay. They have come to stay because they represent the natural evolution of industry under modern conditions. The President would as far as possible prevent abuses by publicity and by other [*23741*]. -13- safeguards which will prevent monopoly without seriously impairing the efficiency of this new factor in the industrial operations of the world. To effect this object a constitutional amendment is suggested, but it seems to me that much can be done without any such amendment even now or in the future. I am at a loss to see how an amendment can be devised giving jurisdiction of corporations to the general government without changing the framework of the Constitution under which we are living and have so greatly prospered. The remedy it seems to me is to be sought for in quite a different direction. The labor element of the country should be [either judged] by favorable legislation and by the action of the corporations themselves to acquire the ownership of stock in these great and efficient organizations. This has been rendered very easy by the unexpected and certainly singular evolution of the trusts in the issue of what is called "watered stock". As a rule the preferred stock represents the actual capital invested in the trust and the amount common stockkrepresents the good will and possesses the power of control. The latter having generally been issued without any money payment sells in the market at prices dependent upon its earning power. It is [better] open to purchase by the general public and more particularly in some corporations at least, it is made available to the workmen employed without the direct purchase of stock in the open market. In the hands of those who actually operate the establishments, this stock, has its market rate after the company has established its position in the business world, is a safe purchase. To the workman it offers not merely the direct inspection [*23742*]. -14- of personal ownership, but it entitles him to share in the conduct of the business and to ascertain wherge it is profitable or not. The solution of the labor question therefore to my mind will come peacefully and advantageously to all concerned, when the workmen in these greeat establishments shall by their own action become stockholders in the corporations by whom they are employed. I am well aware that the workmen as a rule, although there are many exceptions, are not in a position to make this purchase directly. It is here that the trade unions can render a great service to the industrial classes. By small assessments, such as are now imposed in case of a strike, the fund can be collected which, when invested in capital stock, would enable the trades unions to demand and receive recognition in the [trusts] boards of direction and in the management of the business of the trusts. The money which has been lost by the miners in the present strike would be sufficient to secure the control of ataleast one, and probably more, of the coal mining and carrying corporations. It has been a matter of surprise to me that an intelligent man like Mr. Mitchell has not seen his opportunity in this direction. If now he would call the strike off and continue to collect assessments from the coal mining industry of the country, as he is now striving to do, and invest it in securing one of the seven parties to what is the "Coal Combine", he would then be able to meet with the operators upon equal terms and share in their councils and decide upon the policy to be pursued and the prices to be fixed as well for wages as for [*23743*]-15- the coal supply to the consumers. From this briefsstatement it will be seen that I regard the creation of trusts as offering to the labor organizations an opportunity to share in the profits of the business and to direct its management. I look forward to the time when the wage earners will secure so large an interest in the industries which give them employment as to make them really the beneficiaries of any profits which may be realized over and above the fair cost of production and will put them in a position of [hiring?] capital in in the shape of preferred stock instead of selling labor for wages. Such a transformation of industry however will never dispense with the necessity for ability in the management. Ability will always be paid according to its efficiency and hence the gradations of compensation, the result of hundreds of years experience in the industrial world, will be continued. If a workman of the type, we will say of Mr. Schwab, shall be developed in any branch of industry his ability will be recognized and his compensation will be practically only limited by a fair division of the profits due to his superior management. The wages system will, in my judgment, continue to exist. Salaries proportioned to ability will continue to be paid, but the ultimate profits will be distributed among those, as they ought to be, who supply the capital by which ability may be utilized and wages may be paid. The trades unions have come to stay as permanently as the trusts. They have steadily improved in organization, and they are now proving that they can stand continued assessments [*23744*]-16- provided the object shall command itself to their judgement as it will do when it is discovered that the funds thus collected are invested in profitable undertakings. When conducted for this object I can see no limit to their usefulness and their influence. When however they are organized for the purpose of taking the control of industry through officers not selected by the owners of the property and they undertake to decide in secret upon the management of vast industrial interests, they must and they ought to [be failed] fail in their efforts. When they aim at a solidarity which will give them omnipotent power in the industrial world, this power will be in accordance with the history of mankind be soon transferred to the area of politics. The government will thus pass into their hands and instead of being based upon republican principles will be vested in a class which I say with some reluctance is the least fitted for the exercise f of the powers of government. [*23745*]. -17- To sum up the whole matter then my position is simply this. What Mr. Mitchell terms the solidarity of the trade unions would result in the concentration of power, which he declares is to be exercised in order that the workmen may "take possession [come into] of their own". Undoubtedly he means by this phrase that they shall control the property upon which they expend their labor. There is no doubt in my mind that such control would result in a diminution of the wages received by the workmen, even though the whole of the profits heretofore paid over to the mine owners shall be distributed among the workmen. The oldest company in the Lehigh region is the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. It opened the original mines in the neighborhood of Mauch Chunk and it constructed the canal by which the coal was transmitted to tide water. It has therefore from the beginning had all the profits incident to the mining of coal and the transportation to market. Its stock has never been watered and has never been issued at any depreciation of the par value. The average rate of dividends, which has been paid during the eighty years of its existence, including of course non dividend years, is 4.02%. The books for the last ten years show that the profit without any charge for royalty on coal mined and sent to market is 11.09 cents per ton. If all the money received by the stockholders had been paid to the miners, it would have amounted to a small fraction over 4% upon the capital required for opening and operating the mines. If the management had been in the hands of the workmen instead of the able and honest men who for nearly three generations have administered it, I think it may be safely [*23746*]. -18- affirmed that not only would nothing have been added to the wages, but that, as a matter of fact, the entire dividends, moderate as they have been, would have been wasted under incompetent management. This is a startling statement, but the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. have been more successful than many others in the same field, which is strewn with the wrecks of maladministration and inadequate capital. I do not make this statement in order to benefit the case of the operators, because from my point of view the operators are only entitled to support in this emergency because they happen to represent the principles of civic liberty and of republican government. This government was founded to secure the blessings of liberty and the rights of property. Neither can exist without the other. The claim of Mr. Mitchell to pass upon the manner in which coal property shall be managed, and particularly to determine the labor to be employed in the mines, is practically antagonistic to the fundamental principles of our government. I oppose him and his proposition to consolidate the trade unions into an overpowering force, because it is inevitable that it would be used for the destruction of the Government under which we have prospered until we are the wonder and the envy of the civilized world. Abram S. Hewitt Sep 9th/ 02 [*23747*]. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, COPY. September 9, 1902. My dear President Wheeler: The Secretary of War who has been absent from Washington for some time past is expected back within a week, and I am sure that he will be very glad to talk over the subject of your letter when you come to Washington. I think that you and Professor Moses would both agree that if there is to be a change in the Commission the new member should be given an opportunity to take up his duties at the earliest possible time. Very sincerely yours, WM. CARY SANGER. Hon. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President, University of California, Berkeley, Cal. [*23748*][* [For 1 enc. see ca 9-9-02 Walker] *] [*W File*] 18 Mt. Vernon Street Salem, Mass. September 9, 1902. His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States: At the notable dinner given to you at "The Weirs," New Hampshire, during your recent visit, I sang the "Star Spangled Banner". May I ask you to kindly [*23749*]send me a few words of commendation? Respectfully Yours, Gertrude Walker - [*23750*]. [* [9-9-02] *] Report of Governor Taft's Speech at the Federal Party Banquet in the Manila Cablenews of September 9th, 1902: Mr. Toastmaster, Mr. President, Fellow Guests and Gentlemen of the Federal Party: I have an intense pleasure in being here tonight to meet my friends of the Federal party. While the life of that party is short, it has lived long enough to make itself conspicuous in Filipino affairs. I never have forgotten a meeting held in a corner of the Ayuntamiento, where there was a general committee of the Federal party. Look at the size of the party today, and I recall with pleasure its first President. There was there an American- Filipino, Buencamino, and I also see here Dr. Bourns, and the original meeting held has given [me] a great deal of trouble to our Democratic friends in the United States, for they insist, unless Buencamino said it after I left the United States, that many things since heard of on this side of the ocean were expressed against the party. I ventured to beg before the Senate and House Committee to make a denial of any such utterances. The Federal party was born of the people and is a manifest evidence of the support given to the civil government. I wish also to say that the many remarks made tonight by the gentlemen present here concerning the advantage and necessity of education are fully concurred in. The Filipinos are a Christian people and have been so for 350 years, they have been hard fighters for the length of time they have been known and the world appreciates their courage and endurance in the five years of unfortunate war just closed. Much has been said this evening covering the progress made by these people, and not the least factor in the rapid pacification and better feeling is the Federal party. While much has been said here tonight concerning the credit due to the Civil Commission for what it has accomplished, I wish to give the Filipinos the credit that is justly theirs for their efforts in reaching the present disposition to maintain an even friendly co-operation. In this I wish again to give the Federal party due credit for the work they have performed. So far as anything is due to the civil government in this matter, I desire to say that as I have been absent for six or seven months the bulk of the credit is due to my colleagues, as they have endured hard, exacting and arduous service for the benefit of the Filipino people, and the general praise extended to me personally was little deserving. Though not here, I always had the interest of the people constantly at heart and always will have. I simply claim that in the last two years I have taken some little [*23751*]. -2- interest in the Filipino people. But to return to the Federal party. I will never forget the memorable banquet on the Luneta nor have I forgotten the dinner at which I had the honor to be present and privileged to present a loving cup. After a trip through these islands and after visiting thirty or forty provinces, it could be easily recognized that the Federal party had strongly influenced the desire for peace. It was also the influence exerted by the Federal party that resulted in the Philippine Bill, and I utterly disclaim any responsibility for the passage of that bill outside of what was then shown. And what have you procured by the act? You have secured a declaration covering everything except the right to bear arms and the right of trial by jury. Today I feel safe in saying that the time is not far distant when you will have a legislative assembly. Agricultural pursuits are what we need. What then should the Filipino do? Should he for the next two or three years do anything to prevent their progress and prosperity? If any complaints arise after the legislative assembly is formed they can express their ideas and opinions to your own people. The existing government exists for the people and for the benefit of the people, and how much can be said in praise of those people who have been loyal to the United States and have recognized its sovereignty. Everyone should be sincere and helpful in the administration of affairs and the Federal party, I am sure, will continue its good work in this direction. The Governor concluded his remarks with a pleasant allusion to General Chaffee and Vice Governor Wright. [*23752*][Enc. in Taft 10-5-03]Gertrude Walker SOPRANO CONCERTS RECITALS ORATORIO [*23753*] Press Notices Beverly (Mass.) Citizen At the Baptist church last Sunday Miss Gertrude Walker gave a beautiful rendition of Handel's "Angels ever Bright and Fair," singing it with a fervor that touched the hearts of the audience. In the evening "I know that my Redeemer liveth" was given with all the dignity and impressiveness which that great aria demands. Kennebunk (Maine) Evening Star At the Opera House last evening Miss Gertrude Walker was the prima donna. Her first number was 'The Nightingale's Trill" which she sang with such a charming voice and graceful manner as to almost give the impression that it was a nightingale trilling its evening song on a summer night. La Tribune Miss Gertrude Walker, de Boston est une cantatrice brillante qui mérite de figurer parmi les meilleures. Elle possède une voix superbe, douce, puissante, d'un registre étendu et a rendu, hier "Farewell, Ye Hills" de Tschaikowsky, avec un talent qui ferait honneur â une prima dona. Elle a eu les honneurs du rappel et en a profité pour se distinguer encore. "Miss Gertrude Walker has won great praise from the most competent musicians and enthusiastic appreciation from the entire congregation. This testimonial is entirely unsolicited." BENJAMIN FAY MILLS. Boston, Mass. Miss Walker has a fine, melodious voice and sings oratorio music, arias, songs and ballads in excellent style. I recommend her most heartily for concert singing or any other kind of musical entertainment. Milton, Mass. CARL ZERRAHN. [*23754*]. Press Notices New York Musical Courier Miss Gertrude Walker gave a concert at Academy Hall, Salem, on the evening of October 20, assisted by Mr. Arthur Foote, which was in every way an artistic success and enjoyable occasion. A large and fashionable audience was present, who by their applause testified to their approval of this young singer's voice, style and method. Particularly noticeable were her perfect phrasing, purity of tone and clearness of enunciation. Ipswich (Mass.) Chronicle Miss Walker "captured the audience" as the fin de siecle reporter might say and gave great pleasure and satisfaction to her hearers. She possesses a voice of more than ordinary compass and her tones are as clear, full, sweet, and musical in the upper as in middle or lower register. It is of fine quality and has been carefully trained. An especially pleasing feature of Miss Walker's singing was her distinct enunciation. From her first sentence in "Oh! had I Jubal's lyre," from Handel's "Joshua," she carried her audience with her. "A dream of love" was given in response to an enthusiastic encore. Haydn's "With verdure clad," from "The Creation" was a gem and gave ample scope to the flexible voice. She was accompanied by her father who is an able musician. Salem (Mass.) Gazette There is great pleasure in listening to Miss Walker's singing, for besides possessing a pure and mellow voice she has acquired great skill in vocal art. Her execution is smooth and rapid and more than all that there is a sincerity in her art, that appeals at once to the listener. Portsmouth (N. H.) Chronicle Miss Gertrude Walker, who is a charming vocalist, delighted a large and select company at the North Church, on Saturday. Miss Walker is a most artistic singer, possessing a beautiful soprano voice of great compass. ✤/✤/✤/✤ FOR TERMS AND DATES ADDRESS Telephone 405-5 Gertrude Macker 18 Mt. Vernon St Salem MassDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Manila, P. I., Sept. 10, 1902. Hon. Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction, Manila, P. I. Sir:– I have the honor to acknowledge copy of proposed amendment of Act No. 74. Experience has shown that the divisions, for the purpose of efficient and thorough investigation of schools in the barrios as well as pueblos, are too large. The plan of the teacher-deputy superintendents is at best only a temporary one; the plan you suggest would very materially increase the efficiency of the school system, provided the division superintendents were free to give full time to their regular duties. In addition to obtaining a thorough knowledge of the field, to station and instruct American teachers, the division superintendents have to organize school boards, to create by public gatherings and personal conferences an interest in the public schools, especially among the influential classes, to urge, and, in some cases, to plan and superintend the construction, renting or repairing of school buildings, to select native teachers and conduct teachers' examinations, to push school work into the barrios, to forward and account for all school supplies, and at times to spend some days in actual teaching to get the schools properly started. [* [Atkinson] *] [*23755*] Dear Mr. President I do not know if you have time to read such things, but it is pleasant to know our attitude in the Tien Tein matter is appreciated in China To save trouble I send an addressed envelope for return. J. H. [*ackd & Encl [*[Hay]*] read 9-10-1902*] [*23756*]Dear Mr. President I do not know if you have time to read such things, but it is pleasant to know our attitude in the Tien Tein matter is appreciated in China To save trouble I send an addressed envelope for return. J. H. [*ackd & Encl [*[Hay]*] read 9-10-1902*] [*23756*] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Manila, P. I., Sept. 10, 1902. Hon. Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction, Manila, P. I. Sir:– I have the honor to acknowledge copy of proposed amendment of Act No. 74. Experience has shown that the divisions, for the purpose of efficient and thorough investigation of schools in the barrios as well as pueblos, are too large. The plan of the teacher-deputy superintendents is at best only a temporary one; the plan you suggest would very materially increase the efficiency of the school system, provided the division superintendents were free to give full time to their regular duties. In addition to obtaining a thorough knowledge of the field, to station and instruct American teachers, the division superintendents have to organize school boards, to create by public gatherings and personal conferences an interest in the public schools, especially among the influential classes, to urge, and, in some cases, to plan and superintend the construction, renting or repairing of school buildings, to select native teachers and conduct teachers' examinations, to push school work into the barrios, to forward and account for all school supplies, and at times to spend some days in actual teaching to get the schools properly started. [* [Atkinson] *] [*23755*] [Enc. in Atkinson 9-11-02]. [*PPF*] James McMahon, President. Marcus J. McLoughlin, Comptrolle Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank. 51 Chambers Street, N. Y. [*Ackd 9-11-1902*] New York, Sept. 10, 1902– My dear Mr. President:– Your recent speeches on the Trust question have started quite a responsive chord in me, and I want to let you know how pleased I have been with your utterances on the subject. The leading men in our manufacturing, commercial and financial world are well aware of some of the evils accompanying the formation of Corporations on a larger scale than hitherto known, or even dreamed of, the principal trouble arising from their tendency to create monopolies, and there is also a fear of their political power. The latter, however, seems to me to be far-fetched, as there is no serious danger in this country of corporate power in political matters. But the monopolistic tendencies of the large Corporations should certainly be curbed. The so-called Trusts, or Coporations, as such, are not an evil; they have much in them that makes for general prosperity, being only a natural business evolution, and I feel satisfied that your proposal of enforced publicity, together with national legislation to keep them within proper bounds, such legislation to be put into shape by a Committee of experts, will cure most of the evils complained of, and which so far have been simply incident to this sudden formation of enormous Corporations of all kinds. I would like to call your attention to our Savings Bank as [*23757*]2- showing that large Corporations, as such, need not be feared if intelligently administered and supervised; our Savings Banks now hold over 2600 millions of the people's money, and pay annually about 100 millions of interest or profits to their shareholders, who in the case of many of these Institutions are their depositors. There is no talk of "Trusts" about these Corporations, yet think of the power they possess, holding, as they do, over three times the amount of our present national debt, or more than all the currency- gold, silver, greenbacks, etc., in circulation in the United States. The main reason is that they are usually faithfully administered for the benefit of all, under wise and beneficent laws, requiring frequent and full publication of their condition, and usually carefully limiting their investments. Allow me to congratulate you heartily on your recent escape from great danger, and to remain, dear Mr. President, Your friend and well-wisher, Jas McMahon Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. N. Y.– [*23758*][For 1 attachment see ce. 9-10-02][* [For 1. enclosure see 9-3-02] *] [*Ackd PPF 9-11-1902*] WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C. September 10, 1902. My dear Mr. President: The inclosed letter from Archbishop Ireland seemed of sufficient interest to justify sending you a copy. Very sincerely yours, W Sanger Acting Secretary of War. The President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. (1 Inc.) [*Ireland*] [*23759*]. The Sibley Hotel FRANK W. BARRON, Prop'r Rates, $2.00 per day [[shorthand]] [*Akd [*File*] 9-13-02*] Sibley, Iowa, 9-10-1902 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Washington D. C. Sir: Noticing "Arizona" Charleys invitation to yourself to join his proposed expedition to Isle of Tiburon, I concluded that you could not attend in person. Now should you you give Mr Meadows a chance a favorable thought under different circumstances and approved same I would like the honor of representing you on expeditions, I am a citizen of Wyoming and accustomed to roughing. Respl yrs. H. J. Saxton Evanston Wyo. [*23760*][[shorthand]] [*Confidential.*] [*PPF*] 2018 HILLYER PLACE, WASHINGTON, D. C. [*Ackd 9-12-1902*] Sept 10th '02. Mr. President, From the same source from which the information was derived that Tower would be "persona grata" in Berlin comes now the additional information - that the Emperor would infinitely prefer Tower to Storer. He recently expressed himself to this effect, and his views were communicated at once to the Embassy here. Respectfully M. G. Seckendorff [*23761*]DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Manila, P. I., Sept. 11,1902. Honorable William H. Taft, Civil Governor, Manila, P. I. Sir:– In connection with the other papers herewith sent you, I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter of comment on the proposed amendment to the school law, which I have today sent to the Secretary of Public Instruction. Very respectfully, Fred W. Atkinson General Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Philippine Islands. Enclosures. B-M. [*23763*][For enc. see 9-10-02]. The Commercial Advertiser. [*PPF*] ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, Editorial Department. NEW YORK, Sept. 11th, 1902. Dear Mr. President:— We all agree in accepting the proposed declaration as excellent. Mr. Stranahan suggests the following as a possible alternative for the closing sentence: "We confidently look forward to his [re-election] elevation to the presidency in 1904 by the votes of his fellow-countrymen." That really amounts to the same thing and I see no objection to it, though it is scarcely an improvement. Do you remember what Odell said at Charleston in April last? I have it and shall publish it to-morrow. He said he was not a candidate and that the only commission he asked from the Republicans of his state was to be sent as a delegate to the next national convention to vote for your nomination. That commits him to "the unprecedented act". I don't know whether you see the paper or not, and so I enclose from to-night's issue some things that may interest you. There are many signs that the "old man" is weakening, and I am sure everything will turn out satisfactorily. Stranahan goes to Albany to-night and will telegraph to Loeb in the morning. Yours always, J. B. Bishop. [*23764*] President Roosevelt.[*[For Enclosure see 9-11-02]*]. [*PPF*] Rye Beach N. H. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK PRESIDENT'S ROOM My dear Mr President, A telegram from the University tells me that you have asked me to come to Oyster Bay fort he night today. I am still up here, loafing and playing golf and plan to leave on Saturday, paying two or three brief visits on the way, and to reach New York on the 19th. After that I am available for anything that you may wish or suggest. [*26765*]I am out of touch with the New York situation but Joe Bishop is handling it superbly in his editorials every afternoon. To put Quigg forward as temporary chairman, or as anything, is a direct insult to you and means that he is to be rehabilitated for some dirty work between now and 1904. By the time I reach New York I shall have sounded political sentiment in several places and may have something to report. Sincerely yours, Nicholas Murray Butler [*23766*]Senator O. H. Platt care Senator Aldrich Rhode Island Will you come here on Tuesday with Senator Aldrich T. Roosevelt [[shorthand]] [*PPF akd. 9-12-02*] Baltimore Sept. 11, 1902. Mr. President: Now that the fatigues incident to your Eastern & Southern tour are over, I feel it my duty to thank the Almighty & to congratulate you & the nation in your providential escape in the recent accident: "Though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for Thou art with me." Ps. XXIII Respectfully yrs J. Card. Gibbons [*23767*] Theo. Roosevelt PresidentSenator O. H. Platt care Senator Aldrich Rhode Island Will you come here on Tuesday with Senator Aldrich T. Roosevelt [*2 lines shorthand*] [*PPF akd. 9-12-02*] Baltimore Sept. 11, 1902. Mr. President: Now that the fatigues incident to your Eastern & Southern tour are over, I feel it my duty to thank the Almighty & to congratulate you & the nation in your providential escape in the recent accident: "Though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for Thou art with me." Ps. XXIII Respectfully yrs J. Card. Gibbons [*23767*] Theo. Roosevelt Presidentmyself, if I could. Perhaps, still, you may find it possible to go, and make them all happy, and me most of all. With cordial congratulations on your safe return to Oyster Bay I am always faithfully yours John Hay [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-12-02 P. F. pr.*] Newburg N. H. Sep. 11. 1902 My dear Theodore I do not think Adee's replies are objectionable. The tradition of the Department is the ne quid minimum, and perhaps it is sometimes carried a shade too far. The reply, in cases like the present, is never quite so full as the original message. I think, if the position were reversed, you would be as cordial as your brother rulers have been, and they would answer you with the same gravity that Adee has used. [*23769*]. The impression deepens, day by day, of the awful danger we ran, and of the happy deliverance. It was a matter, Adee estimates, of a tenth of a second in time, and of less than two inches in space — a horror to dwell upon. But I believe in your Star — and cannot feel anxious about you. I think your speeches grew continually better and better. And Cabot's speech in Portland was altogether excellent. Harry White is here for a day. He is not in the least sore or vexed about Italy, and seemed grieved at my imagining it possible. He fully appreciates your kindness and is most grateful for your thought of him The G. A. R. tell me you cannot be with them on the 6th of October, and have asked me to take your place. I hate to emphasize a disappointment in that way, but have told them I would try to come. I hardly saw my way to refuse — though I would have gladly ransomed [*23770*]. PHILO PRATT HOTCHKISS REAL ESTATE-MORTGAGE LOANS COMMERCIAL PAPER GARFIELD BUILDING ———— KARL B. SACKMANN [[shorthand]] TELEPHONE 605-i MAIN [ackd 9-12-1902*] [*PF*] BROOKLYN, Sept 11th 1902 190 Dear Mr. President, I do not like the way Senator Platt is talking. The Herald of yesterday put it right when it said in substance that it was the Senator's duty to have the Republican convention endorse it's own son, the same as several other foreign State have done. I have known the Senator since 1865 and have done considerable business with him in the earlier years and quite recently received a letter from him in relation to a social matter. If you do not object I will get up a letter with about a hundred signatures of prominent bankers and merchants asking him to have the Convention honor its son in no uncertain tone to it's political trumpet. I do not think you need to swing around the circle further unless it be you need the exercise, because you already figuratively speaking have votes enough so my friends think. A strange coincidence I went over the same Berkshire route with the late ex-Lieutenant Governor Weston (Long & Weston) in company with President Hull of Berkshire Life in 1882. Governor Crene's house at Dalton is near Weston's. I stayed there four days and went on top of Mt. Weston where the Governor had a mountain house and a flock of sheep. Weston was one of our kind of men. Always a Republican. Was my partner in earlier years in the paper business same as Gov. Crane only Crane makes bond paper Weston makes the finest ledger paper. He is dead and yet sometimes speaks to me. Hoping that you will have the same Almighty protection vouch-safed you as heretofore if you must "swing again". You are supremely fortuned in having a Cortelyou. There are few such, and when you leave office if you ever do I hope you will provide for George as well as Cleveland provided for Dan Lamont. Wishing you constant success and protection I am dear Mr. Roosevelt your greatly obliged friend. Philo P. Hotchkiss [*23771*] [*Would try and come over Saturday for a brief look at you if you advise you are at O. B. & bring my Grandson*][For 1. enclosure see Hotchkiss, ca. 9-11-02]. [*Ack'd 9-13-1902*] District Judge's Chambers, United States Courts, Thomas G. Jones, Judge. Montgomery, Ala., Sept 11th 1902 Personal & Confidential My Dear Mr President. At District Attorney Vaughan's request by wire, informing me he had been removed, presumably, as he has heard for neglect of duty, I wired you tonight in that regard. Without the slightest wish to obtrude in any way, I felt that it would be unmanly in me, to refuse to state to you, what had fallen under my observation. I trust you will understand my attitude. Pardon me for adding that the factions here were in a fair way of evolving from their difficulties, and putting their party in better moral conditions. There has been considerable exploiting of a desire for purity & new leadership, by our Manning — which so far as I can judge will only result in further faction bitterness & demoralization; since Manning, by antecedents & otherwise, is not the man to inspire confidence [*23772*]. 2 He has, I hear, been claiming to speak authoritavely for the administration, and has boasted of his fervor to bring out facts & disclosures &c, — as I am informed by National Committeeman Dominick. Without wishing to presume in any way on your kindness, or to interfere in outside party matters, I can not help expressing the hope that you may find it consistent with your sense of justice, to suspend this order temporarily at least, until Vaughan can be heard on whatever it is. You will recall that I have more than once commented on his past factionalism — but he has of late bent his energies in the opposite direction & was preparing the way to get a successor on whom all his party could unite. I am sure he is not deceitful & I know he is grateful for your kindness to him. I believe it would have a good effect in the reorganization, which is now on the eve of taking place. Excuse me if I take too great a liberty in making this suggestion. With great respect Your friend & svt Thos. G. Jones [*23773*]Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. 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Y. 6 NY DY PC 37 Paid Sept 11/1902 [*Ackd 9-11-1902 P.F.*] Ca Albany NY 11 President Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster-Bay NY I think it important for you to send for McDonough to visit you and for you to urge him to take a renomination for Secty of State. I believe he will do so if you request it. B B Odell Jr. 1:35PM [*23774*][*Hay; McCormick Boar Ted's letter*] [*ppm col*] [*Note*] DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF MEDICINE & SURGERY WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 11 1902. Dear Mr President: I am glad to see that you are back at Oyster Bay and I expect you are pretty tired — I am glad to hear that you are recovering from the severe contusions you received in the [*23775*]evening before, and be near the shooting before day break. I am very anxious for you to get several and the first day of the season is always the best, as after that they are more or less scattered. The White House & your Office really begin to look as if we may see you here soon. Please remember me kindly to Mrs Roosevelt & the children Yours very respectfully P. M. Rixey Pittsfield, Lenox accident. I hope that you find Dr Lung satisfactory in every way. I am looking up the question of the turkeys & I am anxious for you to get a shot at them on the 1st day the law allows — this will be Oct 15th. Can you make your arrangements for that day. We can leave here in a car the [*23776*]FREDERIC H. BETTS. SAMUEL R. BETTS. JAMES R. SHEFFIELD. L. F. H. BETTS. BETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EQUITABLE BUILDING, 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. TELEPHONE 4884 CORTLANDT. CABLE ADDRESS, 'MIRROR," NEW YORK. [*Ackd 9-12-02 P.F.*] [[shorthand]] Sept. 11, 1902. President Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. Dear President Roosevelt: In thinking over your coming trip through some of the Western States, where "tariff reform" is again creeping into party-platforms it has occurred to me, as it doubtless has occurred to you, that there is a very straightforward way of meeting this issue satisfactorily to those States, without in any respect irritating the high protectionists of the East. Why could not one or more speeches be based on President McKinley's Buffalo speech, quoting more or less liberally from that speech, as a text, and making his plea for broader foreign markets through reciprocity the main theme of the discussion? This could not offend the so-called "business interests" of the country, nor the McKinley school of protectionists. While I, personally, am of the opinion that it is hazardous to attempt any tariff tinkering at the present time, I believe the republican party will be compelled before long to take up this question in some form or other; and if it is your intention to discuss the question at all, I am inclined to believe that for a subject so full of dynamite, that Buffalo speech offers suggestions worthy of very serious consideration. My most heartfelt congratulations over the wonderful success of [*23777*]BETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS. Page 2 190 your New England and Southern trips. While I hope the State Convention in New York will place itself on record in favor of your nomination in 1904, yet I am inclined to think that their refusal to do so will, on the whole, be rather helpful than otherwise throughout the country, as the motive will be so clearly understood. As usual, you are appealing directly to the people, the force behind the political machines and the political leaders. I am now back from my vacation, ready to carry my share of the burdens this fall. The question of running for Congress from the new Republican district in New York has again been presented to me, and I am somewhat uncertain as to where my duty lies, in case I could get the nomination which, of course, is uncertain. I can come to Oyster Bay at any time if I can be of any assistance to you, and hope you will not hesitate to call upon me. Very sincerely yours, James R. Sheffield I can develop more fully what I have in mind about the Buffalo speech of McKinley if you care for it. [*23778*]. Extract Copy of Cablegram. Manila, P. I. September 11, 1902. Secretary of War, Washington. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Commission passed following September 8th: Quote. On motion of Commissioner Wright, RESOLVED, that the Philippine Commission hereby certifies to the President of the United States that the recently existing insurrection in the Philippine Islands has ceased and a condition of general and complete peace has been established herein. That this certificate is made in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of an Act temporarily to provide for the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands and for other purposes, and that the Commission recommends to the President of the United States that he order a census of the Philippine Islands to be taken by the Philippine Commission in accordance with the provisions of said Section. Be it further resolved, that the foregoing certificate does not and is not intended to certify that the conditions surrounding the Lake Lanao Moro District in Mindanao, which District forms but a small part of the territory occupied by the Moros, are those of absolute and complete peace, [*23779*]. -2- [*The changes in red ink were made by me to indicate what I understand the message to mean. This sentence is being "serviced" WcS.*] but that in the opinion of the Commission the language of Section 6 and the certificate therein (would not be there) provided for were not intended by Congress to require before such census should be taken that complete peace should exist in the country of the wild Moros who never have taken any part in insurrectionary forces referred to in Section 6. End quote. If the President orders taking of census under Section 6 Philippine Act, shall ask the detail of Joseph P. Sanger to take charge. Joseph P. Sanger is willing and suggests that order should require civil and military officials in the Islands to render necessary assistance, enabling Director utilize the Army where advisable, which is important in some localities. After conference with Chaffee Commission authorized me to agree to take up unpaid rent claims against Army, to amount to $175,000 Mexican, on condition of Secretary of War recommendation to Congress that this sum be reimbursed to Insular Treasury in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill of next session. Finances Insular Government absolutely forbid payment of this sum without prospect of early reimbursement; immediate payment of rent claims beneficial. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # TAFT. [*23780*][*[Enc. in Sanger 9-12-02]*]. MY LORD AND I." ————— To the Editor of The Standard Union: Dear Sir.—The following lines were recited by the Rev. Howard Bliss, one of old Plymouth's boys, upon the occasion of his occupying Plymouth pulpit the Sabbath following the departure of Dr. Hillis for Europe in May, with very great effect. I mean Mr. Bliss put the emphasis in the right place. It may not be generally known to your readers, but many of the clergy take lessons in elocution. Mr Bliss needs no instruction; he uses his voice discreetly and knows how to "throw" it. I was so charmed with the beautiful poem I wrote to the pastor of the Upper Montclair Congregational Church for a copy, which he promptly sent. PHILO PRATT HOTCHKISS. (Hymn sung in the rocks and caves of France during the fierce persecution of the Huguenots 300 years ago.) MY LORD AND I. I have a friend so precious, So very dear to me, He loves me with such tender love, He loves so faithfully; I could not live apart from Him, I love to feel Him nigh; And so we dwell together, My Lord and I. Sometimes I'm faint and weary, He knows that I am weak; And as He bids me lean on Him, His help I gladly seek; He leads me in the paths of light Beneath a sunny sky, And so we walk together, My Lord and I. He knows how much I love Him, He knows I love Him well; But with what love He loveth me My tongue can never tell; It is an everlasting love, In ever rich supply, And so we love each other, My Lord and I. I tell Him all my sorrows, I tell Him all my joys; I tell Him all that pleases me, I tell Him what annoys; He tells me what I ought to do, He tells me what to try; And so we walk together, My Lord and I. He knows how I am longing, For some weary soul to win, And so He bids me go and speak A loving word for Him. He bids me tell His wondrous love And why He came to die; And so we work together, My Lord and I. I have His yoke upon me, And easy 'tis to bear; In the burden which He carries I gladly take a share. For then it is my happiness To have Him always nigh, We hear the yoke together, My Lord and I. [*23782*]Authorized by Act of Congress May 19th 1898. PRIVATE MAILING CARD. U. S. of America. FOR ADDRESS ONLY. POSTAL CARD. Place stamp here: 1 ct to United States, Canada or Mexico; 2 ct to all other Countries. Hon. Theo Roosevelt With the compliments of Philo P. Hotchkiss Brooklyn, NY [*23781*] First Gun of the "Constitution Club." The Parker and Davis constitution club of New York is composed o' lawyers who believe that the time is ripe for a movement in the defense of the constitution of the United States against the attacks upon it by the republican party. The present campaign offers them an opportunity to make their influence felt. The first effort of the club to present this issue of the constitution to the people was made in Virginia yesterday by John R. Dos Passos of the New York bar, who delivered an address at Kinsale on "The 'trend of the republican party." The Republican cannot print the speech, but it will give some account of it. Mr. Dos Passos himself has furnished a synopsis of the speech, and this will show the range of his argument:— Five unconstitutional and unjust acts of republican party examined. 1. The reconstruction acts. 2. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson. 3. The legal tender decisions of the supreme court of the United States. 4. The theft of the presidency from Samuel J. Tilden. 5. The theft of Panama from the republic of Colombia. 6. Results of republican rule of 42 years. (a) Centralization. (b) Oligarchy. 7. Conclusion. It will be seen that the constitution club, through Mr Dos Passos, proposes to review substantially the whole period since 1860, during which the republican party has been most of the time in power. The reader is taken back to the adoption of the 14th and 15th amendments, the treatment of the southern states in the five years following the civil war, and even the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Mr Dos Passos attacks the republican party for its settlement of the questions involved in reconstruction, endeavoring to show that it subverted the constitutional rights of the southern states; and he presents the Johnson impeachment in the light of an abortive attack by the republican party upon the constitutional rights and prerogatives of the executive office. His discussion of the famous legal tender decisions of the United States supreme court in President Grant's administration is based on the assumption that the court was "packed" by the president, and is designed to prove that the republican party did not hesitate to use our highest tribunal illegitimately in order to sustain the unconstitutional course of the government in making paper money a legal tender for debts. The Hayes-Tilden case is dealt with by Mr Dos Passos from the viewpoint that by means of the electoral commission the republican party stole the presidency. He evidently has seen nothing between 1876 and 1903 to assail in the republican record, judging it as a constitutional lawyer, for he jumps from the Hayes-Tilden controversy directly into the Panama affair of last autumn and winter. And then he stops, drawing the conclusion that as a result of 42 years of republican rule centralization has been established and that the country is virtually ruled by a small oligarchy of 25 republican leaders, seated for the most part in the United States Senate. Mr Dos Passos's speech is worthy of the attention of all voters who think on such matters as the general tendencies of our political development, and his historical method of exhibiting those tendencies is essentially sound. For only by studying our constitutional progress with an adequate perspective can one discern whither the nation, in a constitutional sense, is tending. There is no doubt that the constitution, in a number of its important clauses and to some extent in general theory, has been practically rewritten through executive and judicial construction since the republican party assumed power in 1861. Today there are many people, among publicists and writers, who treat it with scant respect and who boldly affirm that the instrument must be regarded as an "organic 'growth," capable of any possible elasticity, whenever the times or the necessities of the party in power call for new interpretations. [*23784*] It does not seem, however, that Mr Dos Passos has made a very effective political speech in placing nearly all of his emphasis upon events which the bulk of American voters to-day cannot even remember. It is idle to discuss the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the legal tender decisions and the electoral commission of 1876-77, while ignoring everything that has happened since the presidency of Hayes, except the recent confiscation of the isthmus of Panama. Moreover, the farther back Mr Dos Passos goes, the more likelihood there is that differences of opinion will arise concerning certain episodes and policies among men who to-day are united in support of Judge Parker. It is absurd, for example, to think of Carl Schurz and Mr Boutwell, both, agreeing with Mr Dos Passos regarding the 14th and 15th amendments, the Johnson impeachment, the legal tender decisions and the Hayes-Tilden affair. It must be admitted that the first gun of the constitution club is a little disappointing. With the general conclusion, however, that the long continuation of republican rule, without substantial check, must mean a gradual change in our political system, there can be more agreement. For it is inevitable, in the nature of things, that permanent rule by one party develops oligarchical conditions and brings to the front men who will treat with impatience the restraints which a constitution may impose upon their desires and activities. [*23783*] ———————————— NEW YORK AND THE PRESIDENT ——— A refusal on the part of the Republican state convention in New York to indorse the President as a candidate in 1904 —and such a refusal seems to be extremely probable—will indicate in a striking way the dislike for Mr. Roosevelt which many of the politicians of his own party cherish. Mr. Platt explains the situation by saying that "it would be an unprecedented act on the part of a Republican state convention in New York to pledge to any man the support of delegates not to be elected until two years later." But he would doubtless be less of a stickler for precedent if Mr. Roosevelt's course had pleased him better. Other state conventions have done this very thing; and if the New York convention fails to do it the country will accept it as a notification that Mr. Platt and his friends do not intend to lift a finger to continue Mr. Roosevelt in office, even if they refrain from open opposition. There must be many delegates who feel that the President deserves the compliment which Mr. Platt does not propose to pay him. But the "boss" has announced his policy so plainly that we need not expect to see it reversed. Meanwhile it may be noted that Governor Odell, whose political prospects might be compromised by any appearance of antagonism to the President, is to follow the example of Br'er Rabbit. His activity as a politician has not hitherto been called in question, But now he is afflicted with a sudden fit of scrupulousness. He says: As I am to be a candidate before the convention, I think that I should not take part in forming the ticket or framing the platform. I think it would be neither proper nor dignified. I cannot, therefore, talk about the ticket or the platform nor the organization of the convention. Those matters should be left to the convention. I am going to Albany to-night and I do not know when I shall return to this city again. This is "proper and dignified," no doubt. But the curious coincidence of time and place for a display of propriety and dignity will not pass unnoted. It may be questioned also whether it is really good politics to administer an implied rebuff to the President in his own state. Probably he is as popular with the masses there as elsewhere. Should the Republican ticket lose strength by the action of the convention, should Governor Odell be defeated, the administration would not suffer. The feeling that "Wall Street" is opposed to the President and is at the bottom of Mr. Platt's opposition may be another element of strength to Mr. Roosevelt and of weakness to Governor Odell. No doubt the loss of campaign funds from that source would be an embarrassment to the party managers. It remains to be seen. however, if money really elects our presidents. A popular movement beating down all obstacles is at least imaginable. Certainly the country in general does not agree with Wall Street in finding anything very dangerous or revolutionary in the President's remarks on trusts.— Providence Journal. —————————— ENTHUSIASTIC FOR ROOSEVELT. ———— Republicans of the Thirty-first Hold a Rousing Meeting. The Republican voters of the Thirty- first Assembly District held an enthusiastic meeting in the rooms of the Central Republican Club, Lenox avenue and 127th street, last night. The meeting marked the commencement of the district campaign work. Melvin G. Winstock aroused great enthusiasm by his defense of the administration and policies of President Roosevelt. "What we and what all Republicans in this city and state should do," said he, "is to let President Roosevelt know that we are with him, heart and soul, in the stand that he has taken on this question of capital, labor and trusts, and it is our duty to do whatever we can to help him settle these questions. There is no braver man in this nation to-day than Theodore Roosevelt. There is no better Republican than the President. In the stand he has just taken he represents the real Republican party, and his action, pushing the trust issue to the front, and grappling with it in the open, is according to the rules and regulations of our grand old party." The five hundred or more Republicans within the reach of Mr. Winstock's voice shouted and applauded for several minutes. Mr. Winstock also replied to a previous speech by Joseph P. Perdue. Mr. Perdue is Senator Samuel Scott Slater's law partner, and he came up to the club to make one last appeal for the renomination of Mr. Slater. Deputy United States Appraiser Harvey T. Andrews, who lives in the Thirty-first district, has captured the delegations from the Thirty-first and the Twenty-third Assembly districts to the congressional convention for the new Seventeenth District, and in turn has arranged for the delegates from the Thirty- first to the senatorial convention to support ex-Assemblyman Smith of the Twenty- third, thus leaving Mr. Slater in the background. Tax Commissioner Strasbourger, the Republican leader of the Thirty-first, and his advisers were settling the trouble quietly and smoothly until Senator Slater began airing his troubles through a Tammany Hall publication in Harlem, and that unexpected action has aroused considerable feeling and bitterness. All of the Republicans in the district are now working to clear the situation by sending Mr. Andrews to Washington and Mr. Smith to the Senate. [*23785*] ——————————. The Commercial Advertiser. —————————————————— By The Commercial Advertiser Association. —————————————————— THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 11, 1902 —————————————————— The report which Commissioner Sturgis has made to the mayor of his reasons for relieving Chief Croker from duty will satisfy all fair-minded persons that he was justified in that act. It was fairly forced upon him by Mr. Croker's conduct, for no self-respecting head of a department could have done otherwise without demonstrating that he was a mere figurehead, and that a subordinate was the real head. The chief's course was flatly insubordinate in that it was taken without consultation with the commissioner, and his conduct in first questioning the commissioner's truthfulness and then defying him was both insubordinate and insulting. To say that a commissioner with complete authority in his department should submit to conduct like this in a subordinate is absurd. Mr. Sturgis took the mildest action possible under the circumstances. As we understand his report to the mayor, it covers only his reasons for Croker's suspension. That act was merely a disciplinary one and was based upon the assumption that the commissioner had ample power under the law to assert his supremacy in the department. The courts have since decreed that he has this power. He will now, he says, proceed to the formulation of charges against Croker, designed to test the question of his efficiency, a question that is in no way involved in the act of his suspension. ———————— Mayor Low devoted his "talk" today to the work of the Department of Health, and remarkable as is the record presented it will not greatly surprise any one who has observed at all the activity of the department since Dr. Lederle took charge of it in the new administration. In the single item of 6,500,000 pounds of unfit food condemned and destroyed in the first six months of 1902 compared with 3,500,000 in the corresponding period of the previous year is found an illustration of the incalculable value to the city of the combination of special fitness and energy in office. So, too, in the statistics of free vaccinations, of which in the six months there were 700,000 compared with 300,000 the year before. That these measures were effective in checking the spread of smallpox, a danger which at one time seemed very threatening, is testified to by all competent medical authority. Mr. Low also calls attention to the urgent need of more hospital accommodations, fully bearing out what was said on this subject in the first report of the new Board of City Hospital Trustees. ———————— Precedent got a severe jar at the meeting of the Republicans of the Thirty-fifth Assembly District in this city last evening, and Senator Platt should look to it. One of the speakers, Mr. Winstock, aroused great enthusiasm in some remarks that seem to have "gone as far" on the subject of trusts as the President went. "What we and what all Republicans in this city and state should do," he said, "is to let President Roosevelt known that we are with him heart and soul in the stand he has taken on this question of capital, labor and trusts." Well, well, is not that disrespectful to the party's leader, who is doubtful about the expediency of "going so far" as the President has gone? Whether it is or not, there is a distinct note of disrespect in [*23786*] these other utterances of the same speaker: "There is no better Republican than the President. In the stand he has just taken he represents the real Republican party, and his action, pushing the trust issue to the front, and grappling with it in the open, is according to the rules and regulations of our grand old party." Can it be possible that Senator Platt does not represent the real Republican party, is not, in fact, the real Republican party all by himself? Perish the thought! ———————— Admiral Killick, who appears to have gone down with his ship after exploding her magazine with his own hand, was apparently one of those soldiers of fortune whereof there are so many in the service of the republics south of us. He is described as an Englishman, and his second in command is known to have been a Scotchman. Probably his ship's company was made up largely of men without a country, such as are often found loyally serving a cause in which they can have no personal interest whatever. There is a touch of the heroic in the manner of his death; and if he cared little for his black leader, Firmin, he may have had a true sailor's love for his ship and preferred to destroy it rather than to see it taken. It would have been more in accordance with the traditions of his kind if he had waited until the Germans boarded the -Crete-a-Pierrot before touching off the powder magazine. Then the Berlin newspapers might have had something more worthy of their rhetoric than the episode over which they are now so absurdly jubilant. It is really odd that the greatest military nation on the continent of Europe should talk about "showing the high spirit of the Empire" when a German cruiser sinks a little 950-ton gunboat which had not even offered any resistance. It is all of a piece with the fuss which the Kaiser made over the return of his troops from China, where they arrived after all the fighting was over, and where they performed no exploit more important than looting an observatory. ———————— Apart from the affair of the Crête-à- Pierrot, however, it looks as though some nice points of international law might be raised in connection with the provisional government's desire to declare certain of its ports closed. Our State Department has already declined to acknowledge the Firminists as belligerents. Therefore it would appear as though we regard Hayti as technically in a condition of peace, in which case the de facto government has a theoretical right to close any ports it wishes in the exercise of its sovereignty, just as Jefferson, in 1807, under the provision of the Embargo Act, closed all American ports to foreign trade, and in 1809 excluded French and English vessels, under the Non-Intercourse Act. Yet, if the latest reports be true, we have denied this right to Hayti unless the government of that country can establish a blockade by force of arms. But if we demand a blockade we thereby recognize the Firminists as belligerents, and the condition of things in Hayti as constituting a state of war. It may be, however, that in the view of our authority, the instability and anomalous character of the Haytian provisional government render the circumstances abnormal, so as to suspend the operation of the nicer rules of public law. Meanwhile another gunboat or two in the vicinity of the island might make the task assigned to Capt. McLean of the Cincinnati a good deal simpler, in the event of an increased disorder at the various Haytian ports. ============== "UNPRECEDENTED." In two other states, Texas and Washington, the Republicans in convention assembled have performed what Senator Platt calls the "unprecedented act" of pledging themselves to the renomination of President Roosevelt in 1904. Their action raises the number of states in whcih this revolutionary proceeding has occurred thus far to eight, with more to come. At this rate the unprecedented will soon become the habitual, and what was without precedent will have become the established custom. Mr. Platt should, in this trying moment, turn to his copy of Bacon, a well-worn book, we doubt not, and in its serene pages read, among the philosophic reflections upon the powers and opportunities of those who hold "great places," the following wise observation: "Set it down to thyself as well to create good precedents as to follow them." Our word for it, he should not dally in this crisis, lest he find, in the words of the old poet: The precedent may dangerous prove, and wrack Thy throne and kingdom, if thy people read Highest rebellion's lesson in their tread. Senator Platt has considerable powers of sagacity. He can usually see things after they have happened. Since he drew up and handed to the reporters, on Aug 31, that engaging interview with himself about the conduct of the state convention toward the President, most of the delegates to the convention have been chosen, and in nearly, or quite, every instance the local assemblages which have chosen them have adopted resolutions strongly approving the President. The senator must have heard of this, although he pretends, in his humorous way, not to have done so, for he is credited with saying yesterday: "I am a friend of the President's and I would like to see his administration indorsed by the state convention, and I believe it will be." It is his little joke, you see, to pretend that he is having a hard time of it, as the "friend of the President," to get a good word said for him in the platform. He knows very well that his difficulty comes entirely from his desire to keep the expression of that good word within the bounds of moderation in order that precedent may not be violated. Mr. Platt could not rest o' nights if precedent were to be shown disrespect. His sleep is much disturbed now by the inconsiderate conduct of Republicans in this matter. They do not seem to care a rap for precedent, or even for Mr. Platt, and are treating both with a jaunty disrespect that is very offensive. The most startling thing about this prevailing disrespect for precedent is the "regular" character of the Republican leaders who are most conspicuous in it. One of the first to alarm Mr. Platt in this manner was Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. Of course, Mr. Platt knew that Senator Quay, like himself, had assured the President repeatedly that he was in favor of his renomination, but what he did not suspect was that Mr. Quay would have so little reverence for precedent as to say so two years in advance and thus "put it up to" Mr. Platt to do the same before he was in a position to do so cheerfully. Then, following close upon the reckless heels of Mr. Quay, came Senator Allison of Iowa, usually one of the most cautious and conservative leaders in the party, and a man who seldom speaks of precedent without removing his hat. The lengths to which Mr. Allison went, for it is understood that he wrote the Iowa platform with his own hand, fairly appalled Mr. Platt, for he not only pledged the Republicans of Iowa to the President's renomination, but had them [*23787*]"go as far" on the subject of trusts as the President has gone. Here is the astounding performances of Senator Allison in full: We approve the determination of President Roosevelt to enforce the laws wherever violated without prejudice or favor. Approving his purpose and assured that he has the confidence of the people, we look forward to his election to the presidency in 1904 as to a foreshadowed event demanded by the popular will, and one that will maintain and promote the national prosperity and conserve ever national interest. That is thoroughly, unrestrictedly, and recklessly "unprecedented," and subsequent events have shown that it was also pernicious. It egged on a lot of other Republicans in other states to say the same revolutionary and unsettling things, and fairly jostled the whole party into an attitude toward precedent very like that which Col. Asa Bird Gardiner proclaimed toward teform. Small wonder that the Hon. Thomas C. Platt is alarmed. He is holding the entire party party back by the tail and he feels his hands slipping at this moment and suspects that some enemy has greased the tail. 23788. [*PPF*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. September 12, 1902. To the President: I have the honor to report that Mr. Arthur Raikes, Charge d'Affaires of the British Embassy, today, by direction of the British Secretary of State, presented to me Sir Robert Bond, the Premier of Newfoundland. Lord Landsdowne's instructions to Mr. Raikes, which he showed me without leaving a copy, amounted to a sanction of the purpose of Sir Robert's visit, which was stated to be the revival of the negotiations conducted by him with Mr. Blaine in 1890 for a Reciprocity Convention between the United States and Great Britain in regard to Newfoundland. Sir Robert stated that, with the sanction of the British Government, he had come here for the purpose of reviving, if possible, the project of reciprocity between the United States and Newfoundland, of which a draft treaty had been drawn up between himself and Mr. Blaine twelve years ago, which project had not then received the sanction of the British Government, owing to objections interposed by the Government of the Dominion of Canada. These objections had now [*23789*]. 2 now been removed. He asked whether, under these circumstances, the negotiation could be taken up and pushed forward from the point where it was left by himself and Mr. Blaine or whether the subject would have to be taken up de novo. I told Sir Robert that I was without authority or instructions to take up the matter; that as the Constitution vested the power of negotiating treaties in the President, I could only receive and consider a proposal looking to such a negotiation when directed to do so by you. Sir Robert Bond stated he comprehend my position, but with a view to facilitating such further course of the matter as might be appropriate he asked a few moment's informal conversation with me on the general subject, and especially as to whether I thought the negotiations could be taken up on the plane of his agreement with Mr. Blaine or would have to be conducted on a different basis. I told him that the negotiations with Mr. Blaine had been conducted under the general treaty-making power of the President; that since 1890 the existing tariff act had been passed, containing in its articles 3 and 4, directions and limitations on the subject of reciprocity agreements and conventions with foreign states, and that the initial question which would come up for consideration would be whether [*23790*]3 whether any negotiations now entertained would be confined within the limitations of the existing tariff act. He said, supposing that they were so limited, this would not exclude the introduction of the previous agreement with Mr. Blaine as a basis and so render available the volume of statistics and data which had been used in the former negotiations and which were of official record. I replied that I thought any negotiations within the lines of the President's present authority and discretion would comprise and admit of all available matter bearing upon the subject, whether of record or now presented either anew or for the first time. I said that I would report to you the circumstances of his present visit and take your direction as to receiving his proposals and taking them under consideration. I said that I presumed that his proposal would be in such explanatory form as would enable its early consideration. He answered that he would be prepared to submit a full memorandum, if desired, giving the history of the preceding negotiations and the objects now in view. I told him that I would communicate with you by letter this afternoon and act according to your direction. I hope [*23791*]. 4 I hope, therefore, that you will inform me whether it is your desire that I receive Sir Robert Bond's propositions and promise them consideration. Very respectfully, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary. [*23792*]. OFFICE OF SECOND ASSISTANT SECRETARY [*Personal State*] Department of State, Washington. September 12", 1902. Dear Mr. President: In connection with my report of my conversation with Sir Robert Bond to-day, it occurs to me that perhaps you might like to meet Sir Robert, and authorize me to arrange for Mr. Raikes to take him to Oyster Bay and present him to you. Sir Robert does not ask this, but I venture to think that under the circumstances it might be a graceful thing to do. Pray pardon me if I seem officious in suggesting this, but I have no opportunity to consult with Mr. Hay and must necessarily act on the spur of the moment. Very respectfully yours, Alvey A. Adee To the President. [*23793*]Form 168 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at the WESTERN UNION BUILDING, 195 Broadway, N. Y. Sept 12/1902 8 NY LV PC 10 Paid New York 12 [*PF*] William Loeb Jr Oyster Bay NY Glasses and syrup shipped Wednesday have they arrived all right? E W Bloomingdale. 10:06 A [*Ackd 9-12-1902*] [*23794*][*Ackd 9-13-1902*] JAMES R. DAY, Chancellor. FRANK SMALLEY, Dean of College of Liberal Arts. ENSIGN McCHESNEY, Dean of College of Fine Arts. Dean of College of Applied Science. HENRY D. DIDAMA, Dean of College of Medicine. JAMES B. BROOKS, Dean of College of Law. Syracuse University. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1902. The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. President:– I have been one of your admirers from the beginning, when you were police commissioner in New York and I was a pastor there. You will understand, therefore, my spirit in what I am to say. I am sorry, more so than I can tell you, for the way you spent last Sunday. It seems to me that on every Sabbath the President ought to be an example of reverence to all of the people. But last Sunday was the first Sabbath anniversary of the days in which your great predecessor lay dying by the hand of an assassin who represented those who disregard all law, divine and human. It immediately followed your own merciful escape from death, and the death of one of your attendants. These events startlingly emphasize your conduct on the Lord's Day, which is characterized by the papers as a day of "sport and fun." Mr. President, I am sorry for I have no faith in the permanency of our institutions except as they rest upon foundations of reverence. Very truly yours, James R. Day Dictated. [*23795*] . THOMAS KEARNS. [*Ackd PPF ROOM 29 MORLAN BLOCK. 9-16-1902*] SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Sept. 12, 1902. 1902. Private. My dear Mr. President: Upon my return home from Europe, last week, I found your courteous letter of 4th ultimo transmitting to me a letter from Mr. William R. Campbell, Box 103, Madison Square Stattion, New York, upon the danger of polygamists holding Federal positions. I am heartily in sympathy with the views of your correspondent on this subject, and I hope soon to have a personal conversation with you upon these lines. I want to not only protect myself and the public service and yourself personally, but earnestly desire that you shall be able to maintain your present high standard of character in office, in every branch of your administartion. May I suggest that if you would request of Mr. Campbell that he submit to you in writing any information that he may have upon the subject of his letter of the 1st. ult. we might secure information which would be of value to us? I wish it were possible for you to have placed at my disposal the services of a trusted secret service officer to make an inquiry with a view to enabling us to do that which we most desire. It was my purpose upon arriving from Europe a few days since to have the pleasure of a personal call upon you, but our Republican State Convention was held yesterday, and that necessitated my immediate departure for home. You were absent at that time in New England, and I availed myself of the courtesy of Gen. Clarkson to send you some personal messages. In the Utah State Convention yesterday your friends made a dogged and persistent fight to secure an endorsement of your Cuban Reciprocity policy specifically, but the s same influences which operated against you in the House were present and active. However, we gave you a very hearty endorsement in everything [*23796*]THOMAS KEARNS, ROOM 29 MORLAN BLOCK. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 1902. 2 else, and managed to force the Opposition to advocate your unequivocal endorsement for renomination in 1904. My heartiest and most sincere congratulations. With best personal regards, Yours faithfully, Thomas Kearns [*23797*][*ackd*] [*PPF*] Sept 12 1902 CENTURY CLUB. NEW YORK. My dear Colonel I have sent you a book of verse. I had to send it, but you havent got to read it, or even to acknowledge it. Maybe Mrs Roosevelt will take it off your hands. Harpers Weekly, warned you of jumping horses but forgot to warn you out of carriages. The most careful people forget something. Sincerely Edw. S. Martin [*23798*]WILLIAM H. MOODY, [*PPF*] SECRETARY. NAVY DEPARTMENT, [*Navy*] WASHINGTON, Sept.12,1902 Dear Mr. President:– I will with pleasure join you on the northwestern trip at such point and on such date as you may designate. Of course I must be in Chicago on October 9th to keep the engagement there which you have authorized. I have asked Captain Cowles to prepare a letter for me with regard to the orders of ships to the Isthmus. The newspapers are trying to give the matter a significance which does not properly attach to it, and I wish to make it clear that we are doing nothing except to carry out the policy which we have pursued for a long time and to replace forces which had been called elsewhere by disturbed conditions in the West Indies. I should like at some time to submit for your consideration whether it would not be wise to establish a West Indian squadron composed principally of small vessels suitable for such work as we have to do there. It is really the busiest part of the globe for us at this time. I await your exact directions as to joining you on your northwestern trip and shall keep my time unengaged so that I can conform to your wishes. Sincerely yours, William H. Moody [*23799*] The President, Oyster Bay, N. Y.WILLIAM H. MOODY, [*Telegraphed 9-15-1902*] SECRETARY. 336373 W NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Sept.12,1902. Sir: Recent information received at the State Department, and at the Navy Department from our representatives on the Isthmus of Panama indicates a possibility, even a probability, of an attack by the revolutionists on the Government forces of Colombia at Panama and along the line of the Panama railroad. Gunboats belonging to the revolutionists have been seen in the vicinity of Panama, and it is possible that they might bombard Panama unless prevented by the forces of the United States. At the present time the United States has but one vessel at Panama, the RANGER, an old type gunboat, and no vessel at Colon. According to the Treaty of 1846 between the United States of America and the Republic of New Granada, ratified in 1848: "The citizens, vessels and merchandise of the United States shall enjoy in the ports of New Granada, including those of the part of the granadian territory generally denominated Isthmus of Panama from its southernmost extremity until the boundary of Costa Rica, all the exemptions, privileges and immunities, concerning commerce and navigation, which are now, or may hereafter be enjoyed by Granadian citizens, their vessels, and merchandise; and that this equality of favours shall be made to extend tothe passengers, correspondence and merchandise of the United States, in their transit across the said territory, [*23800*]. 2. from one sea to the other. The Government of New Granada guaranties to the government of the United States, that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama, upon any modes of communication that now exist, or that may be, hereafter, constructed, shall be open and free to the Government and citizens of the United States, and for the transportation of any articles of produce, manufactures or merchandise, of lawful commerce, belonging to the citizens of the United States; that any lawful produce, manufactures or merchandise belonging to citizens of the United States thus passing from one sea to the other, in either direction, for the purpose of exportation to any other foreign country, shall not be liable to any import duties whatever. And, in order to secure to themselves the tranquil and constant enjoyment of these advantages, and as an especial compensation for the said advantages and for the favours they have acquired by the 4th, 5th and 6th articles of this Treaty, the United States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the beforementioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea, may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this Treaty exists; and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory." The recent Act of Congress which authorizes the President of the United States to acquire, under certain conditions. the property owned by the New Panama Canal Company of France, gives the United States a prospective interest in that property now on the Isthmus. The guarantee of the United States to New Granada, of the perfect neutrality of the Isthmus of Panama, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time, makes it necessary for the United States to prevent the destruction of the terminals of the railroad and its property at Panama and Colon, as well as along the route. To effect this it may [*23801*]. 3. be necessary, in the near future, to have a strong military force both at Colon and Panama, and to occupy with such a force certain points on the line of railway. Having this in view the Navy Department has ordered the CINCINNATI to Colon and the WISCONSIN to Panama. The PANTHER has also been ordered to proceed with a force of three hundred (300) marines on board to Colon. The CINCINNATI has already sailed from Cape Haitien, and will arrive at Colon on Sunday, September 14, 1902. The PANTHER will sail from League Island, Pennsylvania early next week and should arrive at Colon about the 25th of this month. The WISCONSIN is now at Bremerton, Washington, and will probably sail today for San Francisco, where she will coal and then proceed to Panama, arriving there in about three weeks from the present time. While it is believed that the revolutionary, as well as the Government forces of Colombia, are unlikely to injure the property of the railroad, as the interest of each party must be to protect such property, the Department believes that it is wise to have the force of the United States above mentioned at hand to insure our rights as set forth in the treaty, and to protect the interests of the United States in the event of the military leaders of either party being [*23803*]. 4. unable to control their forces. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, William H. Moody Secretary. The President of the United States. PJW [*23803*][[shorthand]]TELEGRAM. [*Rat Ra 130P*] [*Referred to P. M. G.*] White House, Washington. 1 PO.K.KQ. 42 Paid – 4 extra – 8:15 p.m. BUTTE, Mont., September 12, 1902. President Roosevelt: Absolute information has reached me that Postmaster Alderson of Red Lodge, Montana, is failing to distribute the REVEILLE, newspaper sent through the Red Lodge post office to subscribers in that district. He is bitterly opposed to the politics of the REVEILLE. P. A .O'Farrell, Editor of the REVEILLE. [*23804*]. REPÚBLICA DE CUBA ——— PRESIDENCIA —— Havana, September, 12, 1902– [*Ansd 10-27-1902 CF*] Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America. Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. President:– Confiding in those qualities which so distinguish you from other men, I take the liberty of addressing you personally on a matter which is of serious importance to my government. So convinced am I, that you join in my earnest desire to see the most complete confidence, and the most cordial relations, existing between the people of Cuba and the people of the United States, that I frankly call your attention to this matter, which if arranged, will not only redound to the increased glory of your government and your people, but will be the means of still increasing the gratitude which every cuban is proud of feeling, toward the nation which so generously came to the assistance of Cuba and which has done so much for her. Unfortunately, the general public is apt to judge only by what they see for the moment, without serious reflection, and public opinion is thus formed, to which all government must give heed. [*23805*]. REPÚBLICA DE CUBA ——— PRESIDENCIA —— -2- The matter I desire to lay before you concerns the American troops which continue in Cuba. Lately a number of recruits have landed here, sent by the United States. I understand of course, that these men merely come to take the places of those in Cuba whose terms of enlistment have expired, and who desire to leave your service. I am informed that other recruits are soon to arrive. This has aroused much, though quiet comment, throughout Cuba, attention being fixed not upon those who go, but upon those who come. Nothing, Mr. President, can undermine the gratitude universally felt in Cuba, for the noble conduct of your administration and the American people, but the continued occupation by American troops after the establishment of the Republic of Cuba, and the apparent increase of the American forces, is apt to impress the popular mind with the idea that Cuba is not entirely free, that some control is still being exercised by the United States, and that the cuban government may not be an entirely free agent. I am confident that you will join me in desiring to eradicate this mistaken idea. I am aware that the few troops left were merely intended to give moral support to the Cuban Government, but so confident am I that there is no need for American troops in Cuba, that I appeal to you personally, to the end that they may be withdrawn. Such an act of magnanimity on your part, would not only [*23806*]. REPÚBLICA DE CUBA ——— PRESIDENCIA —— -3- draw the Cubans still closer in ties of gratitude to the American people, but would strengthen my government materially, and would pave the way for us, when we begin the delicate task of negotiating the details of our treaty of relations. The withdrawal of the American troops would give me much moral force, and give the United States the advantage of the fullest and most complete confidence, of a people feeling themselves in all respects free and independent. My people will then feel, that they are establishing their relations with their friends and benefactors. untrammelled and free, without even the shadow of authority in their country, other than that of their own government. I know my people well enough to affirm, that under such circumstances, it would be much easier for us to arrive at a thouroughly satisfactory understanding on all points. Recognizing my responsibility for complete order, I repeat, that the only reason for the presence of American soldiers, that of lending moral support to the new government, need no longer be considered, and I most earnestly ask of you, to round out your disinterested and noble statesmanship in Cuba, by withdrawing the American soldiers now remaining. I again assure you that by so doing, not only will you bring our people closer together, and make our relations still more friendly and cordial, but you will gain, if that were possible, greater gratitude and respect of the Cuban people [*23807*]REPÚBLICA DE CUBA PRESIDENCIA -4- anf of yours very sincerely, T. Estrada Palma.[For attachment see 9-13-02][*Ackd 9-13-1902 CF*] [see Ph Is] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, September 12, 1902. My dear Mr. President: I hasten to inclose you an extract from a cablegram in which I believe you will be interested. I also inclose a marked copy of the Philippines Bill to which the subject refers. I assume that the second proposition, to advance the amount of the rentals, is due to Governor Taft's desire to have these claims immediately liquidated for the political effect; possibly some of the buildings are Friar properties; I have asked the Quartermaster General whether he has not some funds which could be used, from balances remaining in the Treasury, but have not yet received his answer. However, both the census and the rentals are subjects in which Secretary Root is so personally interested that you may prefer to postpone action until his return. No portion of this cablegram has been given to the press here. Very sincerely yours, W Sanger The President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Inclosures: Extract from cablegram from Gov. Taft, dated Sept. 11, 1902. Marked copy of Philippine Government Bill. [*23808*][For 1. enc. see 9-11-02 Taft][*P.P.F.*] [*G*] J. D VERMEULE, Prest. Established 1844. F .F. SCHAFFER, Secty. GOODYEAR'S RUBBER M'F'G CO. GOODYEAR'S INDIA RUBBER GLOVE M'F'G' CO. 503 & 505 BROADWAY, NEW YORK FACTORIES NAUGATUCK, CONN. P. O. BOX, 1424 [*P. F.*] 9/12/1902 Hon Theo. Roosevelt Oyster Bay L I Dear Sir We received your Mack'h Coat & have sent it to our factory to be properly fitted to a new collar & we will hurry it all we possibly can. Trusting this will be satisfactory We remain Yours Truly GOODYEAR'S INDIA RUBBER GLOVE M'F'G CO. C van Vliet Treasurer. [*23809*]. [*P. P. F.*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. September 13, 1902. To the President: Referring to my communication to you of yesterday's date, informing you of the visit of Sir Robert Bond to Washington, with the object of reviving the Projet of Reciprocity Treaty with Newfoundland, framed during Mr. Blaine's Secretaryship in 1890, I have the honor to submit for your consideration a memorandum which has been prepared in the office of the Special Commissioner Plenipotentiary for the negotiation of reciprocity engagements, giving a history of the negotiations of 1890 and of an attempt in 1897 to revive those negotiations, together with a copy of the Projet to which Mr. Blaine agreed December 17, 1890. I have annexed to these papers a further memorandum showing the treatment, under the existing Tariff Act of July 24, 1897, of the articles which the Blaine-Bond Projet proposed to be admitted free into the United States when coming from Newfoundland. I venture to add the following observations concerning the subject matter of these papers: 23810. 2 1. While the details of the negotiation of 1890 were, for the most part, agreed upon in personal conference between Mr. Blaine and Sir Robert Bond, it is to be noted that the formal correspondence in regard thereto took place between Sir Julian Pauncefote, then British Minister, and the Secretary of State, and that even Sir Robert Bond's explanatory memorandum did not take its place in the official record until communicated to Mr. Blaine by Sir Julian Pauncefote. This is in accordance with the international rule which requires treaties to be negotiated by the plenipotentiaries of the two parties. 2. It seems proper to invite attention to the extract from Mr. Kasson's notes on interviews held in December, 1897, respecting a proposed Reciprocity Treaty with Newfoundland on the basis of the Blaine-Bond Projet of 1890. It appears therefrom that the fishing interests of New England objected to the clauses affecting the fishery interests, on the ground that the privileges to be conceded to them were not of considerable importance and could not be regarded as an equivalent for the opening of the United States markets to the free importation of the scheduled articles. 3. As to the relation of Article 4 of the existing Tariff [*23811*]. 3 Tariff Act to the proposed negotiation, I may remark that the provisions of that article did not then impose, during the effectiveness of the article, and do not now impose any limitation upon the President's power to negotiate a reciprocity treaty. Article 4 simple provided that, if within two years from the passage of the act, the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, should enter into a commercial treaty with any country providing for certain specified reductions of duties, not to exceed 20 per cent, or for the free admission of articles produced by the foreign country and not by the United States, or not stipulating the continuance of an existing free list beyond five years, such treaty, when ratified by the Senate, approved by Congress and publicly proclaimed, should thereupon take effect without legislation to amend the tariff in accordance with the provisions of such treaty. The two years time fixed by the act having expired, no reciprocity treaty now negotiated, whether conforming to the limitations of Article 4 or not, could become effective without express legislation to carry it into effect. It is [*23812*]. 4 4. It is to be noted that of the eleven items of proposed duty-free importation into the United States, scheduled in the Blaine-Bond Projet, all but three- or perhaps four - are dutiable under the existing tariff act. The articles now free of duty are, seal skins (when raw, but not when dressed), lobsters, sounds and possibly tongues, although I am not advised of the Treasury ruling with respect to the last item. By a personal note which I received this morning, Mr. Raikes advised me that Sir Robert Bond is leaving for New York today, where he will stay at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and that he, Mr. Raikes, will return to Bar Harbor this (Saturday) afternoon, but will hold himself ready to return to Washington immediately upon occasion. Awaiting your directions in this matter, I have the honor to be Very respectfully, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary. [*23813*][For 3. enc. see Osborne 9-1902 Newfoundland 12-17-1900 " ca 9-13-02]. 8/27/02 [*23814*] 1072. Vega Office, Mesa County, Colorado. State. Salary, $ 79. Post Office Department, OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT P. M. GENERA APPOINTMENT DIVISION, Washington, D. C., SEP 13 1902 [190] Respectfully referred to Hon. E. O. Wolcott Colorado. With the request that he designate inside the name in full of a suitable person for appointment as postmaster at the above-named office, in place of C. C. J. Nichols, resigned. Petition on file for Henry N. Campbell. second notice Early attention is requested. J. H. Bristow 5—692 Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.(Give full Name.) Respectfully returned to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General with the recommendation that [*23815*] 1072. Cochetopa Office, Saguache County, Colorado. State. Salary, $ 56. Post Office Department, OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT P. M. GENERA APPOINTMENT DIVISION, Washington, D. C., SEP 26 1902 ,190. Respectfully referred to Hon. J. F. Vivian, Colorado. With the request that he designate inside the name in full of a suitable person for appointment as postmaster at the above-named office, in place of P. M. who has failed furnish the required new bond. Early attention is requested. J. H. Bristow 5—692 Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.understood was honest & he has always been friendly to me. I think the latter part of the conversation was meant for me to repeat to you. Darling Theodore I think of you all the time. The Reids may value their official deeds over much [*PPF*] September 13, 1902 Camp Elsinore Dearest Theodore The Edward Harrimans happen to have been up here for the last few days & he came over just for a quiet call this morning & was so very very friendly & interested about you Then we [*23816*]time only he never wished to seem to intrude. You had apparently asked him to lunch or something at which he was well pleased. I only write you this knowing he is one of the powerful evil road men who I have always talked of various other matters. Just before he left he said he hoped some time to have the chance of talking with you that (the idea was) you could not do it all alone, & they ought to stand by ready to help - & that he was ready at any [*23817*]but they are a comfort to me as they send me all manner of things about you & tell me any political things they know! Remember our Washington house is ready for you at any & every time. Your Bye A R Cowles [*Ackd 9-13-1902*] JOHNSTON BUILDING 30 BROAD STREET TELEPHONE 369 BROAD [*PPF*] Henry Wynans Jessup, Counsellor at Law, New York. Sept 13th 1902 My dear Mr. Roosevelt You will be interested in the following item in a letter from my father, at Beirut, Syria. "Dr Bliss told me that years ago a boy named Theodore Roosevelt came to the Holy Land, and visited Beirut and was on his horse. Mrs. Bliss had a big white donkey, and her boys, Howard and Fred, invited Theodore to go riding. Theodore rode in the middle and Howard behind..." My father told his Arab class, "That middle boy is now President of the United States. The rear boy is now President of the Syrian Protestant College..." One of the boys broke in. "Yes, and that donkey is now the Waly of Beirut"! An assumption, probably warranted by the facts, and illustrating the Oriental's quickness of wit. Your boy may enjoy this. Sincerely Yours Henry W. Jessup [[shorthand]] Hon Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay New York. [*23819*][*Rath 125 pm*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. [*Referred to Atty Gen.*] 3 WU.Wn.M. 30 Pd.7 ex. 1:13 P.M. [3 WUM pd 7 ex.] Marion, Ala Sept 13-02. The President. Judge George H. Craig will make an honest faithful and efficient DISTRICT ATTORNEY. John Moore, Judge 4th Judicial Circuit of Ala. [*23820*]. NEWFOUNDLAND. [*[ca 9-13-02]*] History of Negotiations of 1890 for Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and Newfoundland. - - - - - - - -oOo- - - - - - - - - October 7, 1890, Secretary Blaine gave Sir Robert Bond, Colonial Secretary of Newfoundland, (previously introduced by Minister Pauncefote), an interview on subject of proposed Treaty, and expressed to him the wish that Sir Julian would furnish the Dept., with a Draft embodying the commercial arrangement proposed by the Newfoundland Govt. October 18, 1890, Minister Pauncefote sent the desired Draft of Treaty, saying that it met with Mr. Bond's concurrence, also promising to call on his return to Washington. (This Draft contains several interlineations and changes in Mr. Blaine's handwriting.) November 12, 1890, Minister Pauncefote wrote the Secretary of State (marked "private") that he would call that day. He sent Memo., received by him from Mr. Bond, and Newfoundland Tariff, and added that he preferred not to summon Mr. Bond at present for reasons that he would explain. December 3, 1890, British Minister sent the Secretary a long Memo., prepared by Mr. Bond, giving statistical information, etc., which latter had discussed in his interview with Mr. Blaine Nov. 29, 1890. Minister said Mr. Bond desired certain amendments to Draft already submitted, and he requested return of same for that purpose. (Mr. Bond's memo., is entitled "Memorandum on the fishery interests of the United States on the Newfoundland coast [*23821*]2 coast, and on the commercial relations, past and present, of Newfoundland with the United States of America.") A few days later (early part of Dec.) Sir Robert Bond furnished Mr. Blaine with a second Draft, and this was used as basis of the agreement reached after several meetings. (This draft contains changes in Mr. Blaine's hand.) Secretary Blaine then made a Counter-Draft, which was agreed upon December 17, 1890, and sent to Minister Pauncefote January......1891, for the approval of the Home Govt. As is well known, the Imperial Govt., at the urgent instance of the Canadian authorities, decided, after considerable delay, to withhold its sanction; the Blaine-Bond Projet was therefore never signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries. At various times since 1891 Newfoundland has made overtures to this Govt., for the reconsideration of the rejected Projet. The appended statement from Mr. Kasson's records relates to this subject. 23822. Extract from Mr. Kasson's "Notes on Interviews" respecting proposed Reciprocity Treaty with Newfoundland on basis of the Blaine-Bond Projet of 1890. - - - - - - - -oOo- - - - - - - - - NEWFOUNDLAND. Dec. 10, 1897. Messrs. Smith, Cunningham and Pugh, representing the fishing interests and Board of Trade at Gloucester, Mass., called by appointment to consider the question of a reciprocal treaty with Newfoundland, based on the Blaine-Bond Projet of 1890. They objected to the clauses affecting the fishery interests in toto. 1. They now had the privileges provided for in Art. 1, so far as they need them, upon payment of an annual license. This they much prefer to do, instead of paying for them by the concessions made in Art. 2. No proposed concession can be an equivalent for opening our market free as provided in Art. 2. They further stated that if the privilege of catching bait in bays and harbors were granted it could not be executed owing to the hostility of local population, who are poor, have no means of support except bait-fishing, and who will forcibly exclude other vessels from robbing them of their local right. The privilege conceded in the 2nd paragraph of Art. 1, they aregard as of no considerable importance. They concluded by the statement that they greatly preferred that our relations with both Canada and Newfoundland in respect to salt water fisheries should remain as they are. Every former effort to deal with them by treaty had resulted in injury to the American fishery interests by yielding greater advantages than were received. They observed that in the Bayard-Chamberlain Projet of 1888, Mr. Bayard refused their application to be heard; and that in the Blaine-Bond Projet of 1890, Mr. Blaine had not consulted them; and that in both their interests would have been seriously sacrificed. [*23823*]. NEWFOUNDLAND. Extracts from Records of Mr. Kasson's Office (Condensed.) - - - - - - - -oOo- - - - - - - - - November 6, 1897. Ambassador Pauncefote called. Mr. Kasson said he was without instructions from President McKinley as to Newfoundland, but believed that Blaine- Bond Projet might be reconsidered. Ambassador said that the defeat of that Convention by Canada had created great ill feeling in Newfoundland and that that province would still desire relief anticipated from that Convention. December 10, 1897. Three members of the Gloucester Board of Trade discussed with Mr. Kasson the proposed Treaty with Newfoundland on basis of Blaine-Bond Projet. Full report of the interview is given annexed hereto. December 20, 1897. British Secretary of Embassy inquired of Mr. Kasson concerning this subject, and was promised early reply. December 21, 1897. Mr. Kasson reported to the President his conclusion against proceeding with the negotiations with Newfoundland, and gave the reasons therefor, chiefly that the rates of duty on United States exports to Newfoundland proposed in the Blaine-Bond Projet were, in most instances, the same now established by their law; and that American fishery interests preferred much to pay the present charges for trading privileges to making concessions proposed by Article II of the Projet. The President approved this decision. [*23824*]NEWFOUNDLAND. Present Tariff Status of Articles of Merchandise enumerated in the Blaine-Bond Convention of 1890. ARTICLE II: Tariff Concessions to Newfoundland proposed by United States. LIST. CONVENTIONAL U. S. TARIFF OF JULY 24, 1897. PROPOSAL. TARIFF NUMBER. RATE. 1. Dry codfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . #261 . . . . . . $0.003/4 per lb. 2. Cod oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free Cod-liver oil . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . 0.15 " gal. n.o.p. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . 0.08 " " 3. Seal oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . 0.08 " " 4. Seal skins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free 664 . . . . . . (raw) Free. (dressed, etc., 426 . . . . . . 20% ad val.) 5. Herrings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free pickled or salted . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 . . . . . . $0.001/2 per lb. fresh (not frozen) . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 . . . . . . 0.001/4 " " fresh (frozen) . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . 0.003/4 " " In certain packages 258 and 260 . . . . 30 and 40% ad val. 6. Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . $0.01 per lb. prepared or preserved 258 . . . . . . 30% ad val. 7. Trout and Salmon trout . . . . Free fresh water . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 . . . . . . $0.001/4 per lb. n.o.p. . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . 0.003/4 " " 8. Lobsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 . . . . . . Free. 9. Cod roes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . Sec. 6 . . . . . 20% ad val. 10. Tongues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 11. Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 . . . . . . Free. Remarks: None of the above-named articles comes within purview of Section Three of the Dingley Tariff Act (argols, wines, spirits and works of art). Although Section Four of that Act contemplated reduction of U. S. duty on any article to extent of 20%, strictly speaking it is now inoperative because of expiration of two year time limit, and therefore any Convention on basis of Blaine-Bond Draft must be concluded under the Constitutional authority of the President. It will be noticed that three of the above eleven classes of articles of merchandise are now on our free list. J. B. OSBORNE. [*23825*][Enc. in Adee 9-13-02]. COPY. 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My dear Mr. President: I have your letter written on the 31st of July and mailed on the 2nd of August from Oyster Bay and I have read it with great interest. I regret very much that the present situation seems to show that our visit to Rome was unfortunate and I regret especially that any letters which I had written before should have been the occasion, if they were the occasion, of increasing the opposition to the object of our visit. I think it must be confessed that the opposition to Archbishop Ireland among the monastic orders added zeal to those who opposed our purpose, though the very constant and increasing rivalry as a Papal conclave approaches between the secular and regular clergy would probably have furnished a sufficient reason for the activity by the latter in their opposition to what we sought. The political situation in the United States with reference to this matter is an illustration of the danger of dealing politically with matters having a religious bearing and shows that no amount of logical reasoning as to how people ought to be affected by a particular action in religious matters is a safe guide to a conclusion as to how they will be affected. I must think with you that a good deal of the bitterness and [*23829*]. No. 2. energy of the present criticism finds its origin in the hostile feeling toward Ireland, which was so widespread under Corrigan's influence in New York — but I wish to say that while the result of the visit to Rome may have been bad in the United States in evoking this unexpected bitterness on the part of the Catholic people, I do not state it too strongly when I say that the visit to Rome has done us a great deal of good in this country. The people are disappointed that Rome did not consent to withdraw the Spanish friars and substitute priests of other countries, but they recognize the wisdom of the purchase of the friars' lands, and with the statement that the money to be paid is to go to the church and not to the orders, they look forward with pleasure to the result of the negotiation which has now been agreed upon in a preliminary way at Rome. They take the visit to Rome as a real effort on the part of the United States to do something which could not have been for any other benefit than the benefit of the Filipino people, for they are of course unable to discover what interest the United States would have in either getting rid of the friars or in buying their lands. If now we were to withdraw from the effort to buy the lands, the verdict as to which seems to be acquiesced in both by the friars and by the people, they would with great force conclude that we had deceived them in what we did at Rome and had failed them at a time when some success might have awaited our efforts. The blind criticism [*23830*]. No. 3. of our attitude toward the friars, we have no right to complain of because of the ignorance of those who make it. We have done nothing whatever against the friars. No single friar has ever been unjustly treated by any representative of the government. On the contrary, we have uniformly withheld the collection of taxes from land which belonged to the friars, but which was occupied by the people who would not pay rent. I have been visited by a representative of the Dominican order requesting that taxes be not collected by the treasurer of the province of Rizal on one of the large haciendas there because they are not able to collect any rent from the people who live in the town of Muntinglupa which is part of their estate, and the Commission has directed me to notify the treasurer of the province not to collect the taxes pending a settlement and purchase by the government. I was visited by Mr. McGregor, the representative of an English company, in whose name is the title to the large hacienda of Imus of thirty or forty thousand acres in the province of Cavite, who came to inquire whether he would be permitted to take part in the negotiations for the purchase of that hacienda. I assured him that he would. He told me that he had made up his mind that the only thing for his people to do was to sell and that it was the only thing for the friars to do; he said that he had been for two years in and about the hacienda looking to the collection of rents and he had given it up. I may be [*23831*]. No 4. mistaken, but my impression is that the purchase of this land is now expected by the friars and by the church and by the people here and that so far we cannot stay our hand. With respect to the treatment of the friars, there is nothing to be said, because we have never treated them in any other than a just way. We have attempted to protect the church against the efforts of municipalities and inhabitants to take possession of their cemeteries and to take other municipal action which interfered with what we thought to be the rights of the church. We have gone further in many instances and interfered to prevent the passage of municipal ordinances which were entirely within the competence of the municipal councils, such for instance as the forbidding of burials in a cemetery within the city on the ground of health and prohibiting religious processions in the streets, because we thought that these ordinances were impelled by prejudice against the friar or priest who was officiating as parish priest and not for bona fide purposes. A cable announces that there has been a large Democratic gain in the gubernatorial election in Maine and I suppose this is confirmation of your view that the Catholic influence is being thrown against the Republicans. I should not be at all surprised if the Democrats obtained a majority in the next Congress, indeed I expect it. It will embarrass us some here because it will stir up the agitators whose hopes are raised by correspondence with the anti-Imperialists in the United States [*23832*]. No. 5. to believe that there will be a change of policy at the close of this Administration brought about by the election of a Democrat pledged to let these Islands go, but I have the utmost confidence that you will be nominated and elected, because the American people are subject to political education. Nothing could be more silly than for the Catholics of the United States to vote for a party or a candidate who will turn over these Islands to the control of Aguinaldo and his sympathizers. They will dominate these Islands with an iron hand, will kill or oust the friars and confiscate their property. Nothing can prevent their doing it. Promises not to do so will be written in water. The force of public opinion will be so strong that it will be accomplished in spite of all guaranties to the contrary. Since writing my last letter to the Secretary, I have taken up the threads of matters here and have become better acquainted with the situation. In the first place I ought to say that the people throughout the Archipelago recognize that peace is here. They make the broad and correct distinction between an insurrection against the government and the existence of bands of ladrones who in this dreadful depression of agriculture due to the death of the draught animal, the carabao, and the cholera and the quarantine measures which had to follow it have no difficulty in keeping their ranks recruited, but the constabulary is hammering them from day to day, from week to week and from month to month and they are getting tired. The [*23833*]. No. 6. province of Cavite is the worst province and that of Bulacan next. These are the provinces where the finest friars' lands are. In Spanish days the friars escaped the incursions of the ladrones by paying a regular tribute. Aguinaldo has called on me and I have called on him. I did not talk with him much about the situation because from what I have learned, I think that silence and dissimulation are his chief characteristics and that promises obtained from him are not worthy of note. The truth is that he is a confirmed coward. My impression is that he has largely given up the idea of a forcible attempt, to embarrass or destroy our government and that he is now relying on the aid of his allies in America to bring about a condition which will give him power. He is studying English with a good deal of vim; he is living quietly in Manila and never appears in public. He is said to have visited Cavita Viejo, his native town, and General Chaffee told me that he requested a guard to protect him from some of his fellow-citizens of these Islands whose violence he feared. Just before I came, a committee visited Governor Wright to inquire what their rights were now that peace had been declared to organize a party for independence. They understood that the sedition law had now been repealed. He pointed out to them that the sedition law was still in force, except that part which by its terms ceased to be [*23834*]. No. 7. effective upon peace being declared, which prevented the advocacy of independence by peaceable means, but he read them a pretty severe lecture upon the outrage that they were committing upon their people by continuing an agitation which whether they planned it or not would doubtless lead to unrest and a possible uprising and subject ignorant persons to severe punishment. He said that the organization of a party for independence would be misunderstood by their own followers and would lead to complications which they as professed lovers of their country ought to avoid. He talked with so much emphasis to them that I think their plans have been for the time given up. One of those who visited the Governor called on him again to say that he had withdrawn and that their plan had been to put Aguinaldo at the head of the organization, but that when Aguinaldo was informed of the opinion of Governor Wright upon the subject, he concluded to avoid difficulties by becoming a farmer and going out of politics. The reception which has been accorded me by the Filipino people, especially the "gente" or common people, has been a source of the utmost gratification to me and I think much of it has been due to the fact that I went to Rome as the representative to intercede for them with respect to the friars. We have now a work requiring the utmost patience, full of small disappointments, not only in the honesty and efficiency of Filipinos appointed to office, but also in the honesty and efficiency [*23835*]. No. 8. of American. The truth is that we are short of good Americans, I have said that the Constabulary is doing good work. It is,– but it is made up as you know of Filipinos. We have usually pursued the policy of having a force of constabulary selected from the provinces in which it operates. This has not always been possible where so needed a larger amount than one hundred and fifty; and where members of the constabulary of one province have been introduced into another, it has required the greatest supervision to prevent the looting and abuse of people by members of the constabulary when not under the eye of the American inspector; and this looting has not been confined either to constabulary from other provinces. Exports of abuses come occasionally from provinces in which only domestic constabulary are employed. It is an evil that must be reckoned with in dealing with the native police. We investigate every case and try to punish it, but of course the work of discipline is a slow work, We have had to centralize the constabulary in order to secure efficient action and in a sense make them independent of the Governors of the provinces though subject to the call of such Governors. This creates friction sometimes between the Governors and the constabulary and so I have to listen to tales of treachery or sympathy with ladrones charged against the Governor by the constabulary and of cruelty charged by the Governor against the constabulary and [*23836*]. No. 9. try and smooth over the differences. But the constabulary is doing good work and weeding out the ladrones and with the persistence which we have and which the ladrone does not have, we shall make progress from month to month and from year to year. The school system does not satisfy me. Atkinson has had a great work and probably has done a good deal of good work, but he has made mistakes; he has not been tactful; he has not been disposed to consult anybody about many things which he has done and he has a New England angularity, acquired possibly under the influence of the Springfield Republican in Springfield, which makes me confident that his removal will do good to the school system, if we can substitute for him a bright, energetic and tactful man and I think we can. I should be entirely willing to put in a Catholic and believe it would be better if we could put in a Catholic who could do the work, but the truth is that the opposition to the public school system in the United States by the Catholics generally has reduced to a very small number the number of Catholics who have been engaged in public school work, and therefore has made it impossible for us to get a competent school Superintendent who is a Catholic. My impression is that the best man that we can take is a man named Barrows, who was for some time Superintendent of Public Schools is Manila and who is now at the head of the Bureau of Non-Christian tribes, He has had a long experience in school work; he is young, bright, active [*23837*]. No. 10. and pushing, but modest and very fluent in Spanish which Atkinson is not. He has travelled all over the Islands in his present work and is really as well acquainted with the people as anybody I know. I enclose to you under a separate cover a letter from Moses which reached me at Singapore concerning the management of the public schools and Atkinson's reply to it. If you have time to read those two reports, you will see, first, that Atkinson and Moses, though chiefs of the educational system in these Islands are utterly at odds. You will further see that Moses though responsible as the Secretary of the Department has until very recently given practically no attention to the work which Atkinson has been doing. You may not see from this correspondence though it is apparent to us that Atkinson is intensely conceited about his capacity for organization and for school work and that no amount of talking could change his view already made up. Both of them are good fellows, but neither of them in my opinion is adapted to continue the school work here to bring about the best result. I am a warm friend of Moses, for he is in many respects a delightful fellow, but the truth must be told to you and to the Secretary that he has not done since he has been here his share of the work, either because he has been engaged in writing a history while here or because he formed habits in the University of California of [?ai???] which he cannot overcome. We have been made more and more conscious as we have gone on that we have derived no particular aid in the development of [*23838*]. No. 11. the school system from him or his supervision of Atkinson. You ask me how you can get rid of Moses. My impression is that the best way to do would be to telegraph President Wheeler of California that you wish to see him and then tell him that you wish him to draw Moses back by cable to the University of California, saying that he is needed and that he must come and that you and he have consulted together and that you think it wise that he should return. Of course this may not be practical, and if not then you might cable me to ask for Moses' resignation and I suppose I will have to do the rest. It will be exceedingly unpleasant. Indeed it will hurt me very much, but neither for the country nor for the Islands nor for the reputation of the Commission have we any right to allow considerations of this sort to prevent our taking the action which is necessary. Atkinson has already signified to me his intention to retire on the first of January, and before this letter reaches you I think I shall convey that to the public so that it will be cabled to those having an interest in the United States. I have read your letter to Judge Smith. You misunderstood me in thinking that I recommended Judge Smith's appointment as Governor of the Islands to succeed me in preference to Governor Wright or any other member of the present Commission, for I have supposed that after we had served for two years longer, it would be possible to allow us all to return home and I know that Governor Wright did not wish to serve longer than I do in the Islands, and what I [*23839*]. No. 12. meant was that I thought Judge Smith would make a good permanent Governor. No man knows better than I do Governor Wright's high desire and qualifications for the office of Governor. The ten months during which he has acted as Governor have been months of the greatest trial for the Executive. The attitude of the American press, the attitude of the military and other circumstances have rendered his task most burdensome, and when there was added to that the absence of Judge Ide and myself, the two lawyers of the three on the commission, you can see what a load he has had to carry. Nothing you could say of him would be undeserved in encomium upon his work. He has shown infinite tact and patience and the results, most satisfactory as we look back to the time when he began, are largely due to his sweet temper, great common sense, ability courage and understanding of men. Judge Ide and Worcester too have done great work. The industry of Judge Ide in the preparation of law while he was suffering from a terrible disease of the spine, from which I hope he has about recovered, is to me amazing. The work which Worcester has done is the Health Department in bringing into being a force and organization to fight the cholera is deserving of all praise. I am sorry to say that in the pinch, Professor and Mrs. Moses were so much troubled by danger from the cholera, especially Mrs. Moses, that Professor Moses deemed it wise to go to Benguet and assist in the construction of some cottages [*23840*]. No. 13 there to be used by the government during the next hot season. It may be that Professor Moses was not well, but the truth is I am told by Judge Ide and General Wright that at every public session of the Commission and at many private sessions he went to sleep. This failing has caused severe criticism of him. Moses is a man of great intellectual force in certain directions, he is a man of most amiable disposition, but he lacks executive push and executive decision. He is a man of the highest character as to to integrity and purity of thought. He has a very agreeable wife and they entertain very pleasantly. He seems to have no capacity for getting work out of his subordinates or getting along with them in such a way as to make their work efficient. I ought to refer again to a letter in respect to Worcester which was brought to my attention by Gifford Pinchot at your request. I have made investigation and I find that the gossip contained in the letter of Ahern to Pinchot concerning Worcester is absolutely without any foundation. Worcester is a straightforward, highly honorable man, without the graces of a drawing room education and with a certain harshness of manner which prejudices people against him, but he is courageous to the last degree and most efficient in everything which he undertakes. He is a very hard worker and knows everything that is going on under him. If he does not it is not his fault. He accepted the appointment of Governor Wright as Vice-Governor without a murmur, although he [*23841*]. No. 14. was under the appointments the senior member of the Commission [and] he recognized his unfitness for that position as clearly as anyone and he has stood back of Governor Wright and held up his hands many times when others were wanting in their support. And now about Judge Smith. I have read your letter to Judge Smith and he will write you a letter by the next mail after this; that is you will receive it some two weeks after you get this one. He is very loath to resign his judicial position to become a Commissioner, because he realizes that he can probably save more money at seven thousand dollars a year on the bench than he can at fifteen thousand dollars as a Commissioner in Manila. He is afraid too that as he has committed himself on the subject of the friars, that, though a Catholic, his appointment may not accomplish the purpose which the appointment of some more prominent Catholic in the United States might accomplish. I have told him that I do not agree with him. I do not recommend his appointment solely because he is a Catholic; that is an additional reason for his appointment, but his intimate acquaintance with these people; his experience as a Military Governor of Negros, as Collector of the Port, as Judge of the Supreme Court; his knowledge of Spanish, his great common sense and his power of application, all make us think,– and in this matter I have consulted General Wright and Judge Ide,– and indeed Mr. Worcester,– that he would be an admirable colleague. It will probably not allay the bitterness felt by extreme catholics on this subject, but [*23842*]. No. 15. it will have much to do, I should think, with causing moderate Catholics to pause before they run counter to the view of the situation which common sense and a little information will lead them to take. I think I have covered in what I have written most of what you have asked me to tell. The situation here is good and is likely to grow better. We are of course much hampered by the dreadful depression in agriculture caused by the death of so many carabao, perhaps seventy-five per cent of the whole number, and it will be some two or three years at least before the country will recover from the effects of this blow. Our income has fallen off this month one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars gold due to the cholera quarantine and the general interference which the disease in the Islands has created with business. The deplorable condition of our coinage continues. I was disposed, in deference to Senators Allison and Aldrich, to think that possibly the system of free coinage of silver out here, while not the best could still suffice for the present needs, but since coming back I am convinced that no greater wrong can be done to these people than to continue the free coinage of silver. The argument which Senator Lodge advanced that it will change the standard has very little in it, because under the system devised by Mr. Conant, the change of standard will hardly be felt, but the further argument that the difference between the gold and silver [*23843*]. No. 16. values only affects injuriously the American officials is utterly fallacious. It makes business in these Islands so uncertain that no merchant is willing to do business except on the basis of making at least one hundred per cent in order that he may meet depressions in silver and the fluctuations which occur. He must buy on a gold basis; he must sell on a silver basis and he must make provision in advance that the fluctuation in silver will not subject him to a loss. I stopped at Singapore on my way East and I found a great outcry against the unjust oppression of the British dollar. The British merchants there attempt to do business on a gold basis and the consequence is that prices in silver run up and down so that no one can tell what a month will bring forth in the matter of price and cost. Our dealings it is supposed are with our neighbors, but the truth is that the main dealings which control the price of commodities furnished to the people are with gold standard countries. No one suffers therefore more from the fluctuation in prices than does the wage earner. We reduced the tariff on food stuffs forty and fifty and sixty per cent with the hope that the prices might be reduced. The prices instead of being reduced have gone up and the excuse given is the fluctuation of silver values. There is a good deal of agitation about the admission of Chinese labor here. I am convinced myself that much of the complaint has no real justification. I believe the wisest thing for Congress to do would be to allow the Commission for three or four years to [*23844*]. No. 17. admit a limited number of Chinese skilled laborers on contract or bond to take them out of the Islands, but I do not know that Congress can be induced to take this step. The tendency to denounce all Filipino labor is very strong among American merchants who get their information and traditions largely from the Spanish, German and English merchants who were here before them and who were used to obtain labor at very low prices and did not manifest any particular sympathy or interest with the laborers in their treatment of them. Neither the city nor the Quartermaster's Department has had any trouble with its labor and in securing all the unskilled labor that it desires. I think the labor problem will largely right itself. The bitterness of the attacks of the American press upon the government [is] has entirely disappeared. The people here and the merchants have finally learned, first that the government has the power to protect itself from the sentencing of two dirty libelers of the American press and one of the Spanish press to imprisonment for six months, and they have further learned, as the merchants have, that if they wish to obtain any legislation from Congress it is better to support the civil government which is struggling to do its best here, than it is to malign and slander it with all the venom of scribblers who were originally camp followers. The press is as sweet as possible now. I have written this letter to you and included in it what I would usually write to the Secretary. I shall not bother [*23845*]. No. 18. you with so long a budget again, but my first impressions perhaps it is well to make full. I left Mrs. Taft in Europe, but am glad to have received a cable that she and the children left Genoa on the 3rd of September and will if everything goes right reach Manila about the third or fourth of October. General Chaffee goes home having done good work in the Islands. General Davis succeeds him. I am glad of the change. General Chaffee while he has been accommodating and has made a much more congenial cooperator than MacArthur was has never fully sympathized with us in our work, because he has always doubted its efficiency. General Davis is a much more practical man. In some provinces, it would be of great assistance if we could occasionally have aid of native troops. There has been no effort at a thorough organization and discipline of the native scouts, as they are called, who are now enlisted in the army. If they could be placed directly under the Chief of Constabulary in any way or under the Civil Governor, we could make them exceedingly useful in the suppression of ladronism when we needed them. General Wright, General Davis, Captain Allen and I will talk over the matter and send a possible working plan to you and the Secretary by General Wright. I do not mean to say anything with respect to General Chaffee invidious or in the way of criticism. No one can know him without admiring his rugged character, his strong, hard common-sense, his courageous and straightforward nature. [*23846*]. No. 19. All I mean to say is that he is a soldier through and through; that in dealing with these people he believes more in the effect of force than we do who are interested in the civil government, and that he cannot see the difference between the suppression of ladronism under civil officers and its suppression by the use of the army. He has always doubted the wisdom of our experiment. It is a mere difference of opinion, but a difference which necessarily affected his willingness to take some risks in cooperating with us. I am with great respect and affection, Sincerely yours, Wm H Taft P. S. If you were running now, I have no doubt that you would carry the country, but you are not running and in the off year the President is not always able to command the strength he has with his name at the head of the ticket. [*23847*]. [*PPF*] Am Bord des Schnelldampfers „Fürst Bismarck” den 13 Sept 1902 Off Sandy Hook. Hamburg – Amerika Linie. My dear Roosevelt: On taking the steamer for home at Hamburg I was met by a letter from a former student of mine, who graduated at the head of his class, and afterwards graduated from the Harvard Law School, stating that you were to visit Kansas City and that the University Club had invited you to a luncheon, and expressing an earnest desire to interest you [*23848*]In their plans. Another member of the club, a Princeton man is an old family friend of mine; and i should judge that the organization was important and the only one representing the culture of the city. They were kind enough to invite me down from Lincoln on the occasion of your visit. Hoping that you may be able to meet the desires of the University Club of Kansas City, with earnest regards, Yours faithfully, W. G. Langworthy Taylor Harvard ‘80. University of Nebraska, Lincoln His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States. [*23849*]REPÚBLICA DE CUBA. ——— SECRETARÍA DE OBRAS PÚBLICAS. —— ASUNTO OFICIAL. Multa de $300 per uso particular ——— [*HABANA, CUBA. SEP 13 1902 18325*] [*File*] Private. [*1991*] [*56205*] [*7886*] Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, President of the U. S. of America Washington, D. C. [*23850*]Tomas Cuhaste Polma WASHINGTON, D.C. SEP 19 1902 REGISTERED JACKSONVILLE SEP 17 1907 Registry Displayer . [* [1902] *] [*P.P.F.*] Camp Elsinore September 14 — Dearest Theodore- If you get a basket of peaches from the Messrs Root Tunxis Farm- Farmington they are my dear kind farm neighbors whose peach orchard you went through the one walk you [*23851*]letters about I suppose they felt they could write me and you among them Mrs Weir Mitchell Mrs Bayard Miss Patten & Percy Wyndham of the British Embassy Devotedly Bye [* [A R Cowles] *] took them with us, after your accident they wrote me a really beautiful letter about you & said they wished to send you the best basket they could pick. The most unexpected people wrote me beautiful [*23852*] you could see your way to Sending Storer direct to Berlin. Neither down in Berlin nor M C. in Petersburg is the ideal. But I am not arguing the point against what you may think expedient. Have you seen the Wm. Lloyd Garrison's glorification of Tom Johnson? It is astonishing, the worship of a mugwump for a ruffian. It is the adoration of opposites; the reverence that a Eunuch might have for a ram. Yours faithfully John Hay [*PPF*] [*ackd 9/17/1902*] Newbury N. H. Sep.14,1902 Dear Mr. President I received your letter of the 11th in regard to Gen. Bragg's removal only last night and immediately ordered by wire that the Commission be sent you. I had been corresponding with the Department in regard to the comparative desirability of the two places. As the men are both from Wisconsin and friends of Spooner, he would hardly be justified in complaining of any loss of patronage. It will be a great humiliation to Bragg but he has brought it on himself. [*23853*] I have been in correspondence with Quesada in regard to the matter, and Squires has discussed it with Palma (with whom he seems to have established very satisfactory relations). He (Palma) has been much less urgent with Squires than he has been with Quesada. As it had to be done, you are doubtless right in doing it at once. As you directed me, in your note about the Embassy changes, I have been trying to get something positive from Hanna about Thompson. He says no more than that he is a man of average capacity and that he knows nothing about his personal character, I have not written to Rosewater – because you said he was in favor of the appointment; and with a man like Rosewater asking his advice implies a promise to follow it. So, if you are resolved, let Mr. Cortelyou wire me on receipt of this, and we will make all the changes as proposed. I wish [*23854*]Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. 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Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. ========================================================================================================================================== NUMBER SENT BY REC'D BY CHECK RECEIVED at [*2*] 190 Dated To assistance as will facilitate and make most hamonious his work Thos Kearns [*23856*]himself and home, & who has already once returned via Suez. At this end of the R. R. they don't go much faster than the Transport "Meade", Quarter master Babcock in charge, formerly with you in Cuba, by the way a capable man conducting a really difficult job, and asked to be remembered to you. I shall reach New York two weeks after this letter, my intention being to put in that amount of time at Moscow & St. Petersburg. With best wishes Always Sincerely yours, R. W. G. Welling A Russian has just told me of an accident in which you came off well & have my congratulations. My Russian is rather poor, but he tells me he fears you will suffer from "РУÓЦОВАТЬСЯ" on the face! I hope it is not as bad as that. R. W. G. W. [*Welling*] СИБИРСКІЙ ПОѢЗАЪ ПРЯМАГО СООБЩЕНІЯ M.-K.-H. Ж. Д. Trans Siberian Ry September 14 1902 [*Ack'd 10/7/1902*] My dear Theodore: I am returning from my Philippine tour when I turned my time to better account than any summer vacation since my visit to the Pacific in 1892. The purpose of this letter is to urge you to appoint a consul for Newchwang, the resident merchants being of opinion that Mr Miller (on 6 mos leave of absence) does not mean to return. They speak in the highest terms of him, & scarcely hope again to get so good a man. Every single time that [they] he called a halt on Russian irregularities, they backed down. [*23857*]They say he has too much family, & that they are afraid of cholera. The best thing that ever happened was the presence of the "Vicksburg" there. The Russians, as you know, are ever seeking an excuse for sending an ample supply of troops into a place for the purpose of "allaying disorder." It is marvellous how disorderly the otherwise peaceful Chinaman is on this Gulf of Pechili! If an American gunboat is at hand a half dozen "jackies" go ashore & allay the disorder. If there is none, two or three regiments of Russians are sent there, and upon you I do not need to impress the point: THEY STAY. I am especially impressed with the fact that Russia is seeking trouble with no one. Her attitude is not in the least warlike -—only grasping, never never sleeping, and yet quite ready to back down before a firm position. I have been for several days travelling through this rich Manchuria where none but a Russian or Chinaman can own an inch of land, can run a bank or enjoy numerous other privileges considered desirable among civilized communities, & I am informed that one of my books on an Eastern topic will probably be confiscated, the author having animadverted adversely on certain methods of Russian diplomacy! We have not yet reached the (so called!) Russian border. This R. R. of theirs is a kind of "prize package" thrown in the way of the traveller who has the whole globe between [*23858*]. The Commercial Advertiser. ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. [*File*] NEW YORK, Sept. 15th, 1902. [*P. P. F.*] [[3 lines shorthand]] Dear Mr. President:-- I have Mr. Loeb's letter of the 13th with its very grateful assurance that you appreciate fully the efforts which I made to serve you in the late "whirl" for our Uncle Thomas. He says also you would like my views about letting up now. I think that is the only course to follow and entered upon it in Saturday's paper. As you will notice by the enclosures I send, I have assumed to-day that the trust plank will also accord with your views, but it's really of no matter whatever to you whether it does so or not. Platt has really done you a service of incalculable value, for he has shown to the whole country that you are not acceptable to the trusts, -- that is worth untold thousands of votes. Nothing shows clearer the genuine political sagacity of your speeches than their effect upon Bryan. They have driven him over to flat socialism. Did you notice the enclosed in this morning's Sun? It seems to me to be in accordance with that programme which Morgan mapped out in that letter of which you spoke. He seems to be turning his attention to the Democrats now. I wish him much joy of his job. I hope we can have a talk before you start west. Is it true, as I see it announced in several papers to-day, that Cortelyou is going into the Cabinet as Secretary of the new department? He is in many respects the ideal man for the place. [*23859*]. The Commercial Advertiser. ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. NEW YORK, -2- What is the meaning of the article in the Herald this morning sent herewith? I think it's genuine, and yet I cannot help having suspicions about it. At all events, it will do you no harm. At the rate at which your popularity is growing now, you will be nominated by acclamation by virtually the whole country in 1904. Yours always, unsigned (J B Bishop) (Enclosures.) President Roosevelt. [*23860*]out. I think that may be true, and I think the secret of the grip he gets on one lies in the fact that his was a richly complex nature with a dominant motive in it which many complex natures lack. I would like to go on saying, "Do you know? do you remember?" indefinitely in regard to the things I like best, but I must not weary you. You do know the magnificent closing stanzas of the Abt Vogler I am sure. They are the most uplifting things of all. [*PPF*] Waterville, Maine, September 15, 1902. My dear Mr. Roosevelt, I know so little of the etiquette of writing to presidents of the United States that you will allow me in thanking you for a letter which interested and pleased me very much, to rejoice that [*23861*]you wrote not as an official, but as a man and a Browning-lover; and though you may not care for half that Browning wrote — few of us do — I think you are no half-lover. The whole story of your life goes to show that you hate half-way men and measures as much as Browning did and believe as heartily that a man shoud "contend to the uttermost For his life's set prize, be it what it will" "Love among the Ruins" is one of my own favorites. There is a swing and a lilt to it that much of Browning's poetry lacks_ and then the picture, and the swift thrill of the close. A young fellow said to me the other day, "I dont know so much about Browning's acquaintance with women, Mrs. Dunn, but he knew men inside [*23862*]Theodore Roosevelt as a typical American striving towards the best ideal of all-round manhood that I wanted her to be reading your letter over my shoulder. Perhaps she has not gone beyond being pleased with my pleasures, and if that can be true I thank you more heartily than ever for the great kindness and courtesy of your letter. I am Very Sincerely Martha B. Dunn. Longfellow was the first love of my youth, nor have I ever ceased to love him. Much of his poetry, as compared with Browning's bugle note, is like a quiet tune played softly in the twilight, but some of those twilight moods are very tender ones, and life cannot be wholly made up of fanfares and trumpet calls. I came across, some two or three [*23863*]years ago an article of yours in an old Cosmopolitan (I think) about American lyrics and patriotic poems. I dont remember the exact title, but I know it sent me to the study of "The Saga of King Olaf" with a wonderfully heightened appreciation. I never think of the poem now without hearing the war-horns sing "over the level floor of the flood." That does a touch, too, when Einar Tamberskelver, "The arrow taking From the loosened string, "answered, 'That was Norway breaking From thy hand, O King!' " I ought very sincerely to beg your pardon for trespassing so long on the time of a busy man, and yet I want, if I may, to say one thing more. My first thought in the midst of my own pleasure in reading your letter was, "How much this would have pleased Mother!" My mother went away from our visible midst four years ago, but she was a woman whose joy in life was so simple and vital that I have never ceased to think of her as a sharer in every happy event. [*23864*] She was so much interested inPOSTAL CARD- ONE CENT. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. His Excellency President Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. L. I. 23865. New York, Sept 15 1902 We have forwarded to day by L. I. Express to your address one box. Trusting same will arrive safely, we remain, Very respectfully, C. G. Gunther's Sons.. COPY. CABLE ADDRESS, "PENRHYN." TELEPHONE, 4118 BROAD. DWIGHT BRAMAN, 25 BROAD STREET. NEW YORK, Office National President, UNITED MINE WORKERS of AMERICA. Hotel Hart, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., September 15, 1902. Mr. Dwight Braman, 25 Broad St., New York City. Dear Sir,-– Your favor dated September 11th is received and read with care. Replying, will say that we cannot act upon your suggestions that the men resume work with the hope of future adjustment. Before the strike can end it is necessary that there be an adjustment of the questions in dispute; and if a conference could be arranged between representatives of the coal companies and our organization at which terms of settlement should be mutually determined, we should be ready to join in a movement of this character. I am, Yours truly, (Signed) JOHN MITCHELL, President U. M. W. of A. [*23866*][Enc in Braman 10-7-02]FIFTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. MR. PRITCHARD, CHAIRMAN. MR. PLATT, CONN. MR. McCOMAS. MR. KITTREDGE. MR. MALLORY. MR. HEITFELD. MR. FOSTER, LA. R. H. McNEILL, CLERK. United States Senate, COMMITTEE ON PATENTS. WASHINGTON, D. C. Marshall, N. C., Sept. 15, 1902. Col. J. S. Clarkson, New York, Dear Sir:– Your esteemed favor of recent date, with enclosures, has just been received, and in reply I have to say that it has been my intention to go to Alabama today for the purpose of addressing the Republican State Convention at Birmingham tomorrow, but I am very sick this morning, and confined to my bed, and I fear that I will be unable to go, although I will wait until the last moment, and if I find that I am able to travel I will certainly make the trip, as I am not only anxious to do what I can to aid the Republicans of the State, but if possible, do all in my power to secure the information which the President desires with respect to the political situation, and especially as to proper person to be appointed to succeed Mr. Vaughan. The President's position with respect to the Southern situation is such as to give encouragement to those of us who seek to build up a substantial, vote-getting party in the South. I am sick and tired of the old plan which has obtained in so many of the Southern States, but as you are aware there are some districts in this State where we have made substantial gains at every election for the past ten or fifteen years, and I think that with hard work we will be able to sent two or three Congressmen [*23867*]FIFTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. MR. PRITCHARD, CHAIRMAN. MR. PLATT, CONN. MR. McCOMAS. MR. KITTREDGE. MR. MALLORY. MR. HEITFELD. MR. FOSTER, LA. R. H. McNEILL, CLERK. United States Senate, COMMITTEE ON PATENTS. WASHINGTON, D. C. J. S. C. #2. from this State. However, you are aware of the fact that the democrats have not only disfranchised the colored people, but they have gerrymandered the districts so as to make it well nigh impossible to elect a Congressman from either district unless we can make inroads into the democratic ranks, and this we are doing in many sections of the State, in a manner that will surprise the country at large, provided nothing happens between now and the election to change the tide. I greatly appreciate your kindly expressions with respect to myself, and I assure you that I am ready and willing to assist you in any way I can in your efforts to deal with the Southern situation. Please command me if I can serve you at any time. Sincerely yours, J C Pritchard [*23868*][ENC. IN. CLARKSON 9-16-02]Form No. 1. [*PPF*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —————INCORPORATED————— 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ———————— This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting it liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. [*7 P*] ========================================================================================================================================== NUMBER SENT BY REC'D BY CHECK 50 JS K 17 Paid RECEIVED at Sept 15 1902 Dated Colorado Spgs Colo [*75*] To President [*Ackd 9/16/1902*] If you can touch Colorado on western trip it will help greatly a situation already mighty favorable. [*23869*] P. B. StewartWILLIAM A. OTIS & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. COLORADO SPRINGS. COLORADO. WILLIAM A. OTIS. PHILIP B. STEWART. WILLIAM P SARGEANT. FRANCIS GILPIN. [*Ackd 9-25-1902*] Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 15, 1902 The President, Washigton, D. C. Dear President Roosevelt:– I enclose herewith copy of the part of our platform relating to national issues. These planks we adopted without change as I wrote them, and I trust will meet your wishes on the point touched. We triumphed at every point, named our ticket without a break and re-elected Mr. Fairley chairman for the next two years, by acclamation, so that we shall be completely in control for the next two years at least. Senator Scott tells me that you were a good deal bruised, in the Pittsfield accident, and that Secretary Cortelyou was seriously hurt. I sincerely hope the effects will be temporary in both cases. Your danger in that accident was so quickly over that we knew you were safe as soon as we knew your life had been in danger. For that reason we were spared all worry. Most cordially, Philip B Stewart Dict: [*23870*]BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal. WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE. (INCORPORATED.) FOR THE TRAINING OF COLORED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. —————————— COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT OF ENDOWMENT FUND: MR. WM. G. BALDWIN, JR., President Long Island Railroad, 128 Broadway, New York City. MR. J. G. PHELPS STOKES, 47 Cedar St., New York City. MR. GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY, 27 Pine St., New York City. MR. ROBERT O. OGDEN, Tenth St. & Broadway, New York City. Tuskegee, Ala., September 15,1902. Private and Confidential. My dear Colonel Clarkson:-- The time has come when some of our friends in influential positions will have to stand up straight and be counted in favor of honesty and justice. We are now, as a race, passing through a rather peculiar crisis. Take, for example, in Alabama. While practically, as you know, the bulk of the colored people have been cut off from voting by the democratic party, a few in almost every county have secured certificates to vote, in spite of the scrutiny of a democratic registration board in each county and state. These colored people stand so high in education, character and property, that even the democrats say they are entitled to vote. Now, in the face of this, what are the republicans doing,– republicans who for thirty-five years have associated with the mass of ignorant colored voters? These same republicans all at once have become so righteous and pure that they now say that they cannot permit even a dozen or a dozen and a half of Negro representatives, and these of the highest type, to appear in convention with them, when for nearly forty years these hypocritical republicans have been assembling in convention with hundreds of the colored people and they of the most ignorant type. You can easily understand that the class of men who would set in this way are weak and hypocritical. A word from you at the right time and in the right manner would go a long way towards bringing them to their senses. I do not mean to say that all the white [*23871*]. (2) republicans in Alabama are acting in this way, but the tendency is very fast in that direction. Unless something is done to stop what is being done by what is known as the "lily whites" in such states as Louisiana, North Carolina and Alabama, you will find that when the next national election comes, the colored voters at the North, through their ballots, are going to resent what is being done to the colored people in the South. It should be borne in mind that in Indiana, New Jersey and Illinois, the colored voters hold the balance of power and every vote, by whomsoever cast, is counted as it is cast. In many cases these so-called republican leaders are trying to make it appear that the President is back of their diabolical schemes. This, of course, both you and I know is not true for President Roosevelt is in favor of the straight, honest thing, and I know that it has been his wish from the first to encourage the Negro who is intelligent and possesses property and character. Very truly yours, Booker T. Washington [*23872*][[shorthand]] [*[ENC. IN. CLARKSON 9-27-02]*]. [* [ca 9-15-02] 59*] EXHIBIT NO. 23. Cavite, June 10, 1902. The Honorable Civil Governor of the Philippines: The undersigned, natives and residents of Cavite, San Roque and La Caridad, say that they are deeply aggrieved by the prohibition made by the municipality of La Caridad to bury any more bodies in the Catholic cemetery which has been built in an isolated lot north of La Caridad for the use of the three pueblos; it has existed sixty years without ever being closed, even during the terrible epidemic of 1882, and there is no law authorizing such a measure, which deeply hurts the feelings of all good Catholics. If the prohibition has been decided as a sanitary measure, it is a serious mistake, as the place which has been chosen by the municipality for a burial ground is in the pueblo itself and is not fenced around, so that the bodies may be dug out by stray animals and become their prey, whereas the Catholic cemetery is built of stone and mortar and surrounded with a wall. Since the Catholic cemeteries of Manila are open, as well as those of the other pueblos of Cavite province, the undersigned protest against the closing of their graveyard, which deprives Catholic families of the consolation of having their dear ones buried in holy ground, and beg you to order that the Catholic cemetery be reopened and that the municipality of La Caridad be enjoined from taking any measures against the burial of Catholics therein. Signed by J. C. Ruyman and many others. –––oooo––– OFFICE OF HARTIGAN, MARPLE & SOLIGNAC, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW. Manila, P. I., June 3, 1902. To the Acting Civil Governor, Manila, P. I. Sir: We are directed by the Bishop Administrator of the Archdiocese of Manila to ask your attention to the action of the Municipal Board of La Caridad, in the Province of Cavite, in relation to the Catholic cemetery situated in that town and used as a cemetery for the towns of Cavite, San Roque and La Caridad. On May 23rd of this year, the man in charge of the cemetery reported to Father Caballeria of Cavite that he had received instructions to allow no more interments in the cemetery. Later the Presidente of the town of La Caridad informed Father Caballeria that this order had been issued because the cemetery was in an unsanitary condition and because what was to be interred passed through the town of La Caridad. We are further directed to state that it is believed the cemetery is in good sanitary condition. Immediately thereafter, Father Caballeria, for the Archdiocese of Manila, was granted a cemetery in a place called Lascaran in the pueblo of La Caridad by the owners thereof for use as a Catholic cemetery. The town authorities of La Caridad will not allow Father Caballeria to bury anyone in this latter ground, as they claim they want to use it for a municipal cemetery and a source of revenue to the municipality. We are, Very respectfully, (Signed) HARTIGAN, MARPLE & SOLIGNAC, Counsel to the Archdiocese of Manila. –––oooo––– Manila, P. I., June 28, 1902. Hon. Mariano Trias, Governor of the Province of Cavite, Cavite, P. I. Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a letter received by me on the 3rd instant from Messrs. Hartigan, [*23873*]-2- Marple & Solignac, counselors of the Bishop Administrator of the Archdiocese of Manila, complaining in behalf of their client of the action of the Municipal Board of La Caridad, in your province. If the facts with reference to the action of the Municipal Board of La Caridad are correctly set forth in said communication, it is a manifest usurpation of authority. Undoubtedly the council of the municipality under the provisions of the Municipal Code has the right to abate a nuisance threatening the health or lives of the people of the community, but it is equally clear that they have not the right by virtue of this right to declare a cemetery which is in fact sanitary to be a nuisance and forbid interments therein. It is equally clear that the church authorities have the right to establish a cemetery of their own and to inter bodies therein, and that the municipal authorities cannot, merely because they desire to get revenue from a cemetery of their own, forbid the use of the church cemetery or prevent interments therein. It is desired that you shall make investigation as to all these matters at as early a date as practicable and report thereon. If you find that in point of fact the cemetery at La Caridad is sanitary and not a menace to the public health, then it is suggested that you should call the attention of the municipal authorities to the impropriety of their action in ordering it closed up. In making this investigation, it is suggested that you call on the President of the Provincial Board of Health for aid in the matter, to assist you in reaching a proper conclusion. It is also desired that you call the attention of the municipal authorities of La Caridad to the invalidity of their ordinance forbidding burials to be made in the new cemetery, if as stated the purpose is to force interments in the municipal cemetery. Governor Taft is now at Rome engaged in negotiation, with a view to settling all vexed questions between the Church and the Insular Government. In the meantime it is very desirable that acts of more reprisal because of supposed wrongs in the past should not be indulged in by municipal authorities. All churches have equal rights and are entitled to build churches or establish cemeteries for the burial of the dead at will, the only limitation upon this power being the right of the municipality to see that they are sanitary. It is to be hoped that you will arrange this matter upon the lines suggested, and that there will be no occasion for further legitimate complaint to this office. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully (Signed) LUKE E. WRIGHT, Acting Civil Governor. Through a clerical error the papers in the case were not enclosed with the above letter and the matter was thus delayed. Papers were sent to the Provincial Governor on July 23, 1902. Manila, August 27, 1902. Hon. Mariano Trias, Provincial Governor, Cavite, P. I. Sir: Referring to the Acting Civil Governor's letter of June 28, 1902, and endorsement of this office dated the 23rd ultimo, in the matter of a complaint against the municipal board of La Caridad [*23874*]-3- [*6*] in respect of the parish cemetery, I have the honor to invite your attention to the request that the matter be investigated and reported upon at as early a date as practicable. Such report has not been received as yet, and the Civil Governor will be pleased to receive it at an early date. Very respectfully, (Signed) A. W. FERGUSSON, Executive Secretary. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE. Cavite, P. I., September 3, 1902. Honorable Civil Governor of the Phiiippines, Manila, P. I. Sir: In answer to your esteemed favor of the 28th of June, 1902, forwarding me the claim entered by Messrs. Hartigan, Marple and Solignac, in the name of the Bishop Administrator of the Arch- diocese of Manila, anent the closing of the Catholic cemetery of the pueblo of Caridad of this province, as a result of the investigations made by this office, I have the honor to inform you: 1st. That, on account of the cholera of 1882, at "Lascaran" in the barrio of San Ignacio of the town of Caridad, there was already a temporary cemetery, where the victims of the cholera were interred. 2nd. That, on account of the present epidemic, on the 16th of May of the present year, the Municipality of Caridad decided to reopen same, and on the 23rd of the same month, on motion of the Municipal Board of Health, it was ordered to close the old cemetery which was in charge of the Padre Cavalleria, based upon the reasons that, on account of being located in the center of the settlement, its oldness and its state of saturation, it was lacking in hygienic conditions, it was a constant menace to the public health and a cause for alarm to the neighborhood, because, in order to reach said cemetery from any point whatever, it was necessary to carry the corpses along streets inhabited and populous. 3rd. That, on the same date of May 22, 1902, the Municipal Council enacted an ordinance more or less to the following effect: (A) It was ordered to open a general municipal cemetery in the barrio of San Ignacio, and also the permanent closing of the old cemetery; (B) There was definitely selected a place next to the cemetery of the Chinese, along the shore of Manila Bay, in the barrio of San Ignacio, for all kinds of burials, either from cholera or from any other sickness: (C) The burial in the new cemetery was prohibited without the respective receipt of the municipality for the payment of one dollar Mex for each corpse in coffin and fifty cents without coffin; and (D) A fine was imposed of five dollars Mex upon any cemetery allowing burial without complying with this requirement. 4th. The Padre Cavalleria, upon being informed of this ordinance, immediately presented due protest before the Provincial Board of Health on May 24, 1902, which Board thereupon called for due information from the Municipal Council of Caridad. 5th. That this information was provided on May 27, 1902, and consisted of the transmission of the cited Municipal Ordinance, the Municipal President of Caridad adding upon his own responsibility that the closed cemetery "belonged to the Spanish Government and to no Catholic Church whatsoever". 6th. That the said information was conveyed to the representatives of the Insular Board of Health, Messrs. C. M. Demay [*23875*]. -4- [*62*] and G. Parker Dillon, and according to the same, on the 24th of June, 1902, the Provincial Board of Health approved in every particular the action of the municipality of Caridad, the Secretary being instructed to inform the parties interested of this decision. 7th. All of the foregoing is taken from a copy of the records in the office of the Secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, to which as soon as there was received in this office the letter of your honor with the complaint of the Bishop of Manila, it was transmitted for their due information. 8th. That the President of the Provincial Board of besides furnishing the said copy to this office, in an endorsement on the 16th of August, 1902, added that the Provincial Board of Health, composed of Messrs. C. M. Demay and G. Parker Dillon, representatives or commissioners of the Insular Board of Health, T. A. Hessler, Surgeon U. S. N.; T. Ejercito, Provincial President of Sanitation, and Walter B. Buxton, Provincial Inspector, made investigation for themselves of the exceedingly bad hygienic condition of the cemetery under consideration, and being ratified together with the assistance of Dr. J. E. Gartenr, U. S. N., again approved the decision of the local authorities of Caridad. 9th. In the cited endorsement, immediately following, the said President stated that the Board under his presidency "had never refused to allow the establishment of any Catholic cemetery, subject to due sanitary inspection." 10th. That, on account of the context of the letter of your honor, on the 12th inst., at four o'clock exactly, in the afternoon accompanied by Mr. Ejercito, Provincial President of Santation, I proceeded to the closed Catholic cemetery, and though beautifully and nicely arranged, I satisfied myself that there was not a span of ground in length and depth that did not contain particles of human bones, that same is in the center of the town, surrounded by houses, in proximity to a Girls' School, and in order to convey thither corpses, come from wherever they may, it was necessary to carry them through populous streets of some travel. 11th. Thereupon we proceeded to the new cemetery established by the Municipality of Caridad at the place "Lascaran". We were attended by the Vice-President of said Municipality. This cemetery extends along the Bay of Manila, and coming from the town one passes first by the Chinese cemetery. It is located in such a direction that the prevailing winds of any season of the year cannot convey the miasmata or emanations toward the populated district. From the 23rd of May, when the location of same was decided upon, until that day, according to the statement of the sexton, there had been buried there more than one hundred and fifty corpses, during the height of the prevalence of cholera, brought from the three towns of Cavite, San Roque and Caridad, there were days when the number reached fourteen, of those buried. On the afternoon of the visit there were three, and it was noted that the graves were dug to a considerable depth, reaching even the salty seepage of the sea. The ground is somewhat uneven, but spacious and sufficient for the sole burying ground for the three towns. It is well watched and cared for, and as the income is increased it is being leveled and surrounded with a fence with stone foundation, upon which latter will be built a railing of cane or lumber. It is accessible by land and sea from Cavite, and to any part of Caridad by unfrequented paths, although somewhat traveled, one can reach the same without traversing any settlement. 12th. The closed Catholic cemetery was a public cemetery for the three towns of Cavite, San Roque and Caridad, and on account of not having any ground for building one of its own, fearing [*23876*]. -5- [*63*] that the corpses of Cavite would not be allowed burial in the new municipal cemetery of Lascaran, and endeavoring to obtain some privilege or at least some of the equipment of the closed cemetery, the Municipality of Cavite, upon being informed of this circumstance, on June 28, 1902, forwarded the following data to this office: (A) That it was formerly the custom in Cavite to bury their dead within the church of in the church-yard, and for the common people or the poor there was a common cemetery in front of the church called San Pedro, or the Parochial, bordering on the yard of the same; (B) That the burials of the town of San Roque were made on the right side of said town church; (C) That the Spanish Government, appreciating the danger to the public health on account of such burials for the three towns of Cavite, San Roque and Caridad, ordered the construction of a General Cemetery in the last-named town and located at the place where the closed cemetery now is, appropriating for the purpose about one thousand dollars for equipment, two arsenal foremen to direct the work, and as laborers the men of the three towns who were subject to public work on the streets and buildings; (D) It was called the "public cemetery" of Cavite, San Roque and Caridad, and the Spanish Politico-Military Government Cavite took upon itself the management of the same, turning it over to one of the civil employees in its office; and (E) That having discovered irregularities in the management of the said employee, the Government delegated the management to the Parish Priest of San Roque, and as he also fell into the same practices, it was transferred to the Parish Priest of Cavite, until the month of May, 1898, when it passed into the hands of the Municipalities of San Roqye and Caridad, and in the year 1899, because of its abandonment, the Padre Cavalleria assumed charge of the said cemetery. 13th. That, since the Padre Cavalleria was claiming possession of the location called "Lascaran" of Caridad, alleging prior right, this office, desirous of information from the Municipality of the said town, the following data were received: (A) The place of the cemetery closed by ordinance of the aforementioned council, with the approval of the Provincial Board of Health, belongs to the barrio of San Ignacio; (B) There is a locality called "Lascaran", distant from the village about 1,800 meters; (C) In this place there existed in 1882 a temporary cemetery for the cholera-stricken, and on the 16th and 22nd of May of the present year, it was not only rededicated to the same object, but also to all kinds of burials, by decision of the Municipal Council and in accordance with the Board of Health of the Municipality; (D) The owner of the location "Lascaran" was Doña Maria Bartolo Franco, proprietor also of the whole village of La Caridad; (E) The said owner had died, leaving heirs and as executor-heir there appears at the head of the estate Mr. Jose Rodriguez; (F) This gentleman rented to the Municipality of Caridad, for a cemetery, the site of "Lascaran", for an indefinite period, and upon payment as a fee of the sum of one dollar Mex per month; and (G) It had been prohibited by the Municipality of Caridad to the Padre Cavalleria "to make his interments in the cemetery located at the site of "Lascaran", nor is there any notice that the said Padre had directed any since the date of inauguration until August 20, 1902; "but if the said Padre had so directed", it would have been permitted him on payment to the Municipality of the respective fees. 14th. That, in order to expedite the investigation and to determine whether the Municipality of Caridad acted in an absolutely legitimate manner or not and in accord with the paragraph (p) of Article 39 and paragraph (e) of Article 43 of the Municipal [*23877*]. [*64*] -6- Code, in order to adopt some measure of conciliation in the matter, this office also invited information directed from Mr. Jose Rodriguez, which same is as follows: (A) "That the site called "Lascaran" in the barrio of San Ignacio of this province in the jurisdiction of the town of Caridad, is our property, since said location is included within the boundary of our estate called 'San Isidro' or 'Estanzuela'; and (B) "As heir of my deceased father, D. Enrique Rodriguez and lessee of the said estate of my two aunts, Doña Carmen and Doña Josefa Rodriguez, and not as executor-heir of the property of the deceased Doña Maria Bartola Franco, I have ceded in Sub-let to the Municipality of this town of Caridad for the annual rental of one dollar Mex a part of the ground which was temporarily designated for burying the cholera-stricken in the year 1882 in the said site of "Lascaran", for the purpose that the Municipality may this day establish a Municipal Necropolis to the extension of six or seven thousand meters". (September 1st, 1902.) The above is the result of the investigation made by this office under my charge. Very respectfully, (Signed) MARIANO TRIAS, Governor, Province of Cavite. –––oooo––– 1st Endorsement. OFFICE OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manila, P. I., September 15, 1902. Respectfully referred to Messrs. Hartigan, Marple & Solignac, calling attention to the evidence herein contained that the cemetery which was closed was properly closed because it was unhealthy for the population to use for interment. (signed) WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. Mc [*23878*]. [*P. P. F.*] CUSTOM-HOUSE, SURVEYOR'S OFFICE. NEW YORK. September 16, 1902. Dear Mr. Loeb: I received and read with much interest the letter from Judge Thomas G Jones, [*see 9/11/02*] of Montgomery, Alabama, as to the situation there, making an appeal in behalf of Vaughan, whom the President has lately removed as U. S. Attorney for that State. It is the letter that a Judge will usually write for a U. S. Attorney associated with him. It is rather partisan inasmuch as it gives credit to Vaughn which I know he does not deserve, and which everybody else who knows the Alabama situation also knows; it is partisan also in that he gives no credit, and only censure, to Manning, who, whatever his faults, has been working energetically for the party interest, as several of the best and most competent men in Alabama have written to the President and also to me. I have no doubt whatever that nothing has been so useful to the party and so useful to public morals in that State as the President's removal of Vaughan. As to Manning using the name of the President; I have notified him frequently that he should not do so, and in speeches that he has sent to me in public print he has expressly disclaimed any such authority and has said that he was working on a free Republican's lines to get a free and self-respecting party in the State. [*23879*](Mr. Loeb, 2) In this connection, perhaps the President would like to read the enclosed letter from Senator Pritchard of North Carolina, whom he asked me to write as to the situation in Alabama. I send these letters at once, thinking the President may wish to have them all with him when he sees General Wheeler tomorrow. Sincerely yours, James S. Clarkson Mr. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Assistant Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Enclosures) [*23880*][*[FOR ENC SEE PRITCHARD TO CLARKSON 9-15-02]*][*PPF*] EXCELSIOR State of New York, Attorney General's Office, Albany, September 16, 1902. PERSONAL. [*Ackd 9/18/1902*] [[shorthand]] His Excellency, The President. My Dear Mr. President:– Our Congressional District is composed of the counties of Oneida and Herkimer. For many years Thomas Wheeler, of Utica, has been a member of the State Committee. This year some of the Herkimer people think that they are entitled to it, and I believe in all equity they are right. A man by the name of Ransom, who is Postmaster at Little Falls, would like the position. At present he is the recognized leader of Herkimer county, and from what I know of him he is a decent and I think a very valuable man. I would like to know whether or not there is any rule that would prevent a postmaster from serving on the State Committee. He would have nothing to do by way of collecting assessments. I have been requested to make this inquiry before the meeting of the delegates who name the committeeman. In my judgment, if he could with propriety be selected, you would find him a very valuable friend in that county. I see by the newspapers that you have appointed Congressman Ray to the office of District Judge. I swept my own county for Supreme Court Judge. But the Convention will not be held until the 25th of this month. In fact, Onondaga County has not yet selected her delegates to the convention and will not until the 25th, which is the day of the convention. I, of course, hope to be nominated, and I assume that you have had assurances that I will be. Please regard this note as confidential. Yours very respectfully, John C. Davies [*23881*][*PPF*] [[shorthand]] [*File*] JAMES R. DAY, Chancellor. FRANK SMALLEY, Dean of College of Liberal Arts. ENSIGN McCHESNEY, Dean of College of Fine Arts. Dean of College of Applied Science. HENRY D. DIDAMA, Dean of College of Medicine. JAMES B. BROOKS, Dean of College of Law. Syracuse University. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 16th, 1902. The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. President--Pardon me for taking another moment of your oppressively busy time. Had it not been for my profound respect for you personally, and my enthusiastic desire for your reelection, I would not have written, though my feelings would have been equally keen with regard to the Sabbath, which I believe, as I am certain you do, to be the chief corner stone, institutionally, of our civilization. I am sorry that the newspaper censor did not guard you more carefully, because it has come to me from many sources that hundreds of your strongest friends in this state, men whom you respect and who are far from being captious, as afflicted deeply by these uncontradicted statements. Our leading paper here spoke of it as a day of "fun." Other secular paper spoke of a "little sermon" followed by boisterous cheers and secular music. I deeply regret that these reports have gone abroad. I will do what I can to correct them in the circle in which I move. May I assure you of my respect and my loyalty to you and your administration. My apology for writing is, that American citizenship which no one will concede more heartily than yourself. Very truly yours, James R. Day Dictated. [*23882*]. [*P. P. F.*] The Knickerbocker Press G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 27 & 29 WEST 23RD STREET NEW YORK 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND LONDON, W. C. [*Dictated*] (All business communications should be addressed to the concern) September 10, 1902 William Loeb, Esq., Assistant Sec'y. to the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:— The enclosed acceptances have been returned in error. They are, as you will note on a re-examination, in the form not of notes but of drafts upon ourselves. They already bear our signature across the face, which indicates an acceptance of the draft. They need in order to be in shape for deposit for collection only the signature at the bottom of the President. Regretting that through the misapprehension you should have been caused unnecessary correspondence, we are Yours very truly, G. P. 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Dear Mr. Roosevelt, I have just heard with regret that some newspaper recently stated that Kermit was coming to Cloyne this year. I had some correspondence with Mr. Hinchman about the possibility of his coming here, but I was at camp at the time and did not mention the matter to anyone but Mr. [*23890*]Endicott Peabody. Later, I telegraphed you, saying I would like to see you about Kermit, but I purposely took care not to mention Cloyne or "school" in my telegrams, so I fail to see how they could have given any such suggestion. It seems to me that the mention of Mr. Peabody in the telegrams must have given rise to the newspaper report, and, if so, I am sorry. Sincerely yours, Oliver W Huntington [*23891*] Sept 17, 1902.. KASKEL & KASKEL SHIRT MAKERS FIFTH AVE.COR.32D STREET NEW YORK 77 JACKSON BOULEVARD CHICAGO [*File*] New York, Sept.17th,1902 Mr. Wm. Loeb Jr. Secry, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear Sir: We return you by mail today under separate cover,the sample shooting stocking of the President as directed by you,having just had same returned to us from Europe by our Mr.Kaskel. We remain, Yours respectfully, Kaskel & Kaskel [*23892*][* [For enc. see 9-17-02] *] [*PPF*] U. S. IMMIGRATION SERVICE, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept 17, 1902 [*Ack'd 9-18-1902*] Dear Mr. President: I take the liberty of sending some further information thinking that it may interest you, as earlier information of a similar character did. With hearty congratulations to yourself & the nation on your recent escape from death. Sincerely yours, Wm. Williams [[2 lines shorthand]] [*23893*]. September 17, 1902. 1. Some four weeks ago McS. learned that his "private" boxes had been seized by the Government and he has since exhibited much mental anguish. 2. He lately sent here an attorney with the request that there be delivered to him such of his papers as the Government did not care to retain. 3. This attorney made particular request for the letters concerning Smith, and showed evident disappointment when he was told that most of them pertained to official matters and would not be surrendered. 4. At about this time the person last named ceased to aspire for a certain Government position for which he had heretofore been a candidate. It is not a violent inference to state that McS had meanwhile acquainted him with recent occurrences. 5. He is now pushing J. E. Tohey, a Washington attorney, for the place in question and claims that he has the necessary political backing. 6. The person last named represents the Canadian Pacific and is, as might be expected, a friend of McS. 7. If further information along this lines be at any time desired it can be procured. The foregoing information proceeds from sources which have heretofore proved to be most reliable. [* [Wm. Williams] *] [*23894*][*[Enc. in Williams 9-17-02]*] Office of U. S. Commissioner of Immigration, NEW YORK, N. Y., ___, 190_ Commissioner. SUBJECT: No. of Inclosures,. The Commercial Advertiser. —————————————————— By The Commercial Advertiser Association. —————————————————— WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 17, 1902. —————————————————— OPENING THE COAL MINES. Neither the repeated declarations of the anthracite operators that they will make no concessions, nor the statements of the strike leaders that the men will hold out indefinitely, are to be considered any longer as of the first significance. The main fact in the situation is that the operators have abandoned their passive attitude of a month ago, which justly invited poplar criticism, and are engaged in an energetic campaign to reopen the mines. Moreover, their efforts are meeting with marked success, and the output of coal is increasing gradually but very steadily. The slow dissolution of the strikers' forces, thus indicated, is of course the way in which great strikes ordinarily come to an end. At length, as more men return and more mines are set running, the labor leaders will no longer be able to hold their remaining followers in check, and there will be a "stampede" back to work. This is the way the steel strike collapsed last summer, and the interval between the time when the first few stragglers applied for reinstatement and the time when the general rush set in was very brief. Meantime, if the operators' estimates of present output are correct,, the mines are producing now at the rate of 700,000 tons of coal a month. Assuming 4,000,000 tons to be the minimum of normal monthly consumption, the present outturn is something less than one-fifth of the normal requirements. The thing of most importance is, however, that from this fairly satisfactory level the output is constantly increasing. =========== TRUSTS AND THE TARIFF. Speaker Henderson's reasons for declining a renomination to congress deserve and will command wide attention. Briefly stated, they are that he does not agree with the Iowa Republican platform in the view that trust evils can be cured by placing on the free list articles which the trusts produce. He says, in explanation of his letter of withdrawal: You cannot kill the trusts by applying free trade without killing our own industries. The foreign trusts are fighting the American trusts, and I don't believe that for the purpose of controlling American trusts we should make a market for foreign trusts, thereby crushing out the industries of this country. Nothing is more certain or more obvious than that the trusts cannot be killed or their evils cured by reducing or abolishing the duties on their productions. The assertion that such effects could be caused in that way is based upon the assumption that the tariff alone has made the trusts possible, which is either ignorance or wilful misstatement. The originator and home of Trusts is free-trade England, where they exist in larger numbers today than they do in this country, and about which there are the same complaints uttered that are heard here. At the recent congress of English trade unions a set of resolutions was adopted which opened with this preamble: In view of the colossal growth of trusts and combines of speculative capitalists and consequent concentration of capital and monopoly of industry this congress foresees the grave danger to the nation and the toilers of dislocation of trade, stoppage of work and distress of wage earners. That is pretty conclusive evidence that a high protective tariff is not necessary to the existence of trusts. Now, if all articles produced by trusts in this country were to be put on the free list, what would be the result? We will go for answer to this question to the columns of a Democratic, free- trade newspaper, the Journal of Commerce of this city, which said a few days ago: Every article that is produced by a trust is also produced by outside parties, some of them of comparatively small capital, and it is impracticable to remove protection from the combinations it is desired to regulate without removing it from their independent competitors. Besides, price is not the only element involved in the trust question, but it is the only point at which a reduction of duties would touch it. The revision of the tariff, whenever it comes, must be to relieve our own consumers and to open the way for a larger export trade, but not to punish trusts. The Standard Oil Trust is a perfect monopoly, the only one in existence on a large scale to-day, and there is no tariff on oil. Not a single one of the great trusts has a complete monopoly of the industry which it represents. The Steel Trust, the object of bitterest hostility at present, controls only about 75 per cent. of the steel industry, the other 25 per cent. being made up of independent companies. What would happen if the duties were to be taken off steel? Why, the independent companies would go to the wall, and the trust would have complete monopoly at once, being perfectly able to withstand foreign competition. The same thing would happen in all other cases. The independent and consequently weaker concerns outside the trust would be driven out of existence, while the trusts would continue to flourish undisturbed. So clearly is this the case that there is reasonable ground for the suspicion which is entertained in many quarters that the clamor upon the President to adopt this method of trust attack is inspired by the trusts themselves. One thing can be assumed with entire safety, and that is that he is not in the slightest degree deceived or influenced by it. =========== A GLORIOUS VICTORY. The Devery brand stays upon Tammany Hall! It was burned in anew and deep at yesterday's primaries, and cannot be erased or obscured for a long time to come. This is the meaning of Devery's triumph over Sheehan, and every friend of decent government in this city may well throw up his hat and shout "Huzza!" with Devery's followers over the glorious victory. Nothing more full of promise for the future of the city has happened since the Tammany defeat of last November. Devery was the principal agent in accomplishing that, and he is now once more at the front for future service in the same field. So long as he is in full view as the ideal of Tammany, there is no danger of Tammany's return to power. He is the Tammany governmental idea personified, without humbug or deceit of any kind. When you look at him you see the real thing. By itself Tammany has never been able to command a majority of votes in this city. It has only succeeded in getting control of the city through the direct and indirect aid of decent citizens, some of whom helped it by allowing themselves to be divided into two anti- Tammany parties, and others of whom helped it by giving its ticket their votes. The latter were, of course, respectable Democrats of the Shepard type. What was demonstrated in last year's campaign was that Devery drove away this "respectable Democratic" support. Croker alone might have [*23895*] been endured, but Croker upholding Devery through Van Wyck was too much for any respectable Democrat to associate with openly. Shepard was put forward to persuade them, but he was unequal to the task. He exhibited his own respectability as a lure, while at the same time trying to retain Tammany votes by doing what Devery himself called "hittin' at me with a feather duster." Tammany disguised is a peril; Tammany undisguised, as it is with Devery as its idol and leader, is an incentive to and an assurance of good municipal government. All the Democrats who have been giving their aid to Sheehan in the late contest admit this. Controller Grout and Mr. Cantor, who have been cherishing the curious delusion that moral tone might be restored to Tammany Hall by putting John C. Sheehan, late of Buffalo, at its head, take this view. They admit that Tammany will have great difficulty now in inducing respectable Democrats to join hands with it or take its nominations for office. Both these members of an Anti-Tammany administration express the opinion that this holding aloof of respectable Democrats is a misfortune. Why, in the name of all that is decent and of good repute among us? Could there be anything more desirable than to have Tammany Hall go to everlasting destruction with Devery at its head? What pestiferous folly it is to pretend that there is any good in Tammany Hall! What impudence it is to pretend that Tammany Hall would be made honest and decent with John C. Sheehan at its head! There is only one way by which to reform Tammany, and that is to wipe it from the face of the earth. Sheehan at its head would be a disguise, a thin one to be sure, but still a disguise, and the old infamous business would go on the same as ever, for it is the only business in which the members of Tammany believe and the only purpose of its existence. Devery has won because he has put the Tammany fundamental principles of municipal government into practical operation, without concealment or humbug of any sort. First get rich out of public office, and then share your wealth with the people. If anybody asks you where you got it, taunt him with his poverty as the best and most convincing demonstration of his political impotency. Work for your own pocket all the time, and defy decency and honesty and respectability and in a pure Tammany constituency you will win every time. =========== COMMON SENSE IN THE SCHOOLS. As a result of the close inspection of public school pupils by the Department of Health since the opening of the schools, the class-rooms have been freed of the presence of many children who were suffering from scalp and skin diseases of a contagious or unpleasant nature or from other complaints, especially of the eyes, which are dangerous to children in nearby desks. At first parents objected strenuously and made fun of the health board doctor. When this availed nothing they went to the family doctor, and in consequence many unsuspected diseases in children are being cured before they become chronic. This result in itself would be worth all the trouble. Objectors are still left, however, and many urge that it is hard on a child's nerves to be sent home from school for some trivial reason—say a septic scalp. The Department of Health, however, is not stopping its work at this point. When it has got rid of dangerous cases itis going to test children's eyes, prescribing glasses for those whose vision is defective. The Board of Education, moreover, is about to do some educational doctoring of its own for the benefit of children who are backward or dull. The committee on elementary schools last night asked the Board of Superintendents to devise a plan for ungraded classes for the benefit of backward or unusual children who cannot get proper instruction in the regular class. The special tuition will afford more or less individual treatment, and the backward or weak- minded child will be given what he needs. Sentimentalists may say that such treatment will brand the child as stupid or put some stigma upon him. The fact remains, however, that he needs just this sort of training which he can get nowhere else and that in the regular class he is a drawback upon his normal fellows. There is no place for sentimentality in public education any more than there is room for squeamishness in a hospital, and the president of the Board of Health and the members of the Board of Education deserve credit for the position they have taken. =========== A LESSON FOR THE POLICE. When Capt. Moynihan was summarily dismissed from the police force yesterday he said to the reporters: "This is a tough deal they are giving me." He was evidently amazed that anyone should think it a serious matter that he had neglected his duty. The specific charge was that he not only disregarded the instructions of the inspector of his district to detail a patrolman to maintain order at a recreation pier, but employed the officer instead as a carpenter in the station house and in some of his own private houses. Incidentally it was brought out at the trial that there is good warrant for the current belief that Capt. Moynihan was one of the richest captains in the department. As he put it himself, he owned so much real estate that he could not remember where it all was. As he had been a policeman for twenty- six years, during which time he received in salaries the sum of $48,650, it is tolerably clear that he was a pretty active man outside his purely police duties, else he would hardly have managed to gather property to which he refers in this way and which his fellows of the force estimated at $500,000. In dismissing Moynihan at once at the conclusion of the hearing Commissioner Partridge acted with exemplary decision and good judgment. What a great part of the New York police force needs is a sharp demonstration that disobedience or dishonesty will not be tolerated for an instant, that technicalities and past records are of no avail against present proof of incapacity or collusion with crime. It is absurd that this should not be taken for granted. But it is not. The force was as much surprised as Moynihan that he should have been found guilty of a capital offense, and the man's defiant bearing as a witness showed only too plainly the spirit that must be crushed out if we are to have a decent police force. If there is any doubt that the commissioner can rid the department of men like Moynihan, let us find out where the obstacle is and remove it. If any law in the land compels him to keep officers who disobey orders let him uncover it by breaking it and it will soon be put out of the way. No bad system, however well intrenched, can stand against the application of common sense and common honesty. =========== VERY QUEER NEWS. There are several signs of distress in the columns of those of our esteemed contemporaries that are particularly desirous of conducting the presidential office for Mr.Roosevelt in the accounts given of what happened at Oyster Bay yesterday. Thus the Sun account says: The rather remarkable statement was made that the senators, after a long, long discussion of the matter with him, agreed that he could do nothing better than to go on promulgating his plans and theories of trust control in the west, as he has done in the east. Well, who in his senses expected them to do anything else? He stands squarely on the platform of his party, is following strictly the policy laid down by McKinley and by himself in their letters of acceptance, and is backed up in his course by the Republican platforms of all the Republican state conventions of the present year. So enthusiastic is the party support of him that nine Republican State conventions, Connecticut falling in line yesterday, have broken all precedent and pledged their support to him for renomination in 1904. Then here is the Times trying to bolster up its own contention that the President is not in harmony with his party on the subject of tariff on trust products, with a fearful and wonderful account of the "deeply disappointed, almost stunned" appearance of the senators as they came away from the conference. Nobody else had this news, and when the Times itself got hold of one of the senators he exploded the entire yarn by saying: The President's purpose was to find out if there had been any marked political changes in the different sections of the country in the past year. He was told that there had been none. The conference was entirely harmonious. There were no differences of opinion, and the President's position was indorsed. =========== OUR SHIPS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. The cruiser Cincinnati has reached Colon and before long the Wisconsin will be anchored off Panama with the battalion of marines that has been hurried from San Francisco. No American war vessel is now in Haytian waters, however, the Cincinnati having been taken from there to protect the Isthmus. Consequently, foreigners in Port-au-Prince and Cape Haytien must look for protection to the German warship Panther. All this emphasizes the need of a larger naval force in the vicinity of Central America—a need to which we have twice called attention within the past six weeks. It requires no great prescience to see that with three revolutions in active progress and with our treaty obligations to keep the railway across the Isthmus open to traffic, a good sized squadron of effective vessels would obviate the necessity of hastily rushing ships from remote stations to the danger centres, and then trusting to luck or to Providence that they may arrive in time to prevent the loss of life and property. Our government has always been too optimistic with regard to the possibility of serious incidents arising from our unpreparedness. It should never be forgotten that once upon a time this optimism brought us to the very verge of war with Germany, at the time when Commander Leary in a little wooden tub of a war sloop, stood off the aggression of an immensely superior German force at Apia, while our State Department twirled its thumbs and meditated. =========== SCENE OF MR. FISH'S MURDER. We have received a letter from the proprietors of the saloon in which Nicholas Fish met his death, protesting against our characterization of it yesterday, and saying: We conduct a lawful resort in an orderly way. There was no trouble in our saloon and we had no connection with, and are not responsible for, the assault on Mr. Fish. Mr.Fish was a stranger to us and was served, with his companions, in the same way any other well-behaved person would be. Ours is strictly a family resort. It is the headquarters of the Heinebund Singing Society, an organization composed of highly respectable men and women, and in another part of our place is the headquarters of the Eleventh Assembly District Republican Club. Our families also live on the premises. We deplore the unfortunate affair, but we object to being classed as criminals and proprietors of a notorious resort, and especially to the altogether groundless assertion that it "is admitted by the police to have had a bad reputation before this occurred." The authority for our remarks was the following passage in the Sun's account of the affair: "The police give it [the place] a bad reputation. The bar is on the Eighth avenue side of the building, and in the rear, separated by a hallway, is a room in which women are served with drinks." On inquiry of the police of the precinct we learn that this statement was unauthorized, and we regret that we were misled by it into a characterization of the place which was obviously unjust. =========== Lord Charles Beresford's criticisms of the wasteful methods used by the British navy in its storage of steam coal at its various stations in the Mediterranean has brought forth many suggestions which are attracting considerable attention. Lord Charles's statement was to the effect that coal deteriorated rapidly after it had been stored and that often it lost 50 per cent of its calorific power by being kept piled up in the open air for too long. In a recent letter to the London Times the statement is made that coal can best be preserved in water. In South Wales the experiment was made of placing a certain amount of coal in a suitable vessel under sea water. At the end of two months the coal was tested and was found to have lost less than 1 per cent. of its steaming power. This experiment was considered so satisfactory that it is proposed to make a more thorough one in sub-tropical waters, to sink 5,000 tons of coal in a concrete tank and keep it under water for three months and thus see what the saving from this method is under service conditions. ––––––––––---- A letter written to the editor of the London Chronicle gives some interesting statistics about the hours of working and wages which women receive in that city. Bar-maids average from fourteen to eighteen hours a day and make from ten to fifteen shillings a week; waitresses from nine to eleven hours a day and from nine to thirteen shillings a week; inferior "typists," eight hours a day and from ten to fifteen shillings a week; capable business clerks, eight hours a day, and from twenty to thirty-five shillings a week; secretarial clerks with foreign correspondence, eight hours a day and from forty to fifty shillings a week, and telegraphists, eight hours a day, and from ten to twenty-eight shillings a week. Ballet dancers get from five shillings to five pounds; chorus singers, fifteen shillings to two pounds, and actresses, from twelve shillings to £100. On the other hand general servants and scullery maids get from £8 to £20 a year; kitchen maids, under nurses and schoolroom maids from £10 to £18; housemaids, from £14 to £25; parlormaids, ladies' maids and head nurses from £18 to £30, and cooks, cook- housekeepers and housekeepers, from £30 to £50. ===========WILLIAM CARUTHERS 100 BROADWAY NEW YORK [*Look up*] [*Ackd 10-2-1902 & returned letter of Genl. Hubbard CF*] Sept 18=1902= Mr. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Dear Sir: - On April 5=1902= you acknowledged receipt of a letter from me with inclosures which you said would be brought to the attention of the President. I have been forced by time to alter my plans somewhat. You will oblige me if you will now return the papers as there is a personal letter attached to them from Genl Thos. H. Hubbard which I value. Your prompt attention will favor Yours truly, Wm Caruthers Kindly address 23 Duane St. New York. [*23896*] [FOR ATTACH SEE F. 9-26-02]Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD The company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions, limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is nor presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. [*PPF*] RECEIVED at Oyster-Bay NY Sept 18/1902 1 NY DY PC 40 D.H. Newbury N, H 18 The President, OYSTER-BAY N. Y. Some weeks ago I urged upon Quesada the necessity of prompt action on the treaty. He answered that he thought it would be all right but said nothing more definitely, shall I again write urgently to him and to Squiers ?. John Hay. 10 A [*23897*]. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON. [*File*] September 18, 1902. Mr dear Mr. Cortelyou: Referring to our conversation regarding data for the President's speech at St. Louis, I sent you some information yesterday which was not altogether satisfactory, because I had not time to brief it properly, nor to compile the statistics referring especially to the Indian Territory. I enclose with this some more facts taken from the Census Bulletin, with reference to Oklahoma and the Indian Reservations, which will furnish further data from which, while en route, you may be able to compile something for the President to talk about to the business men of St. Louis, revealing, as these facts and figures do, a marvelous growth and development, indicating both the wonderful prosperity in the country, and the direction in which the business men of the West, and naturally St. Louis, should direct their attention, as affording enormous possibilities for the enterprise and energy peculiar to Western character. I have been trying, but in vain, to get some statistics regarding the wonderful development of manufactures in St. Louis which is now competing most successfully with New [*23898*]-2- England manufactures in boots and shoes especially, saddlery and harness, wooden and willow ware, &c., &c. But, of course, the President would not want to go into any such details, my only reference to the same being for the purpose of stating to you and to him that the development of manufactures in St. Louis is really something marvelous, and a mere passing word of congratulation will greatly gratify the merchants of that City – not forgetting our friend, Busch, of The Anheuser-Busch Co., who has the largest establishment and trade of any brewery in the world, while Busch himself is a great admirer and staunch friend of the President. Of course, I understand it would be unusual and undignified, as aforesaid, for the President to go into details, but make these suggestions merely as something for you to think about. One word more. I told you that I had been invited and urged by The Business Men's League to be present on the evening of the first of October when the banquet is to be given to the President, and that I had declined, for personal reasons, namely, that I am not participating in any public occasions, at present, assuming, as I do, that the President will appreciate the reason for my absence, which latter, however, I dare say, will be misinterpreted and misrepresented to suit their purposes, by others whom I need not name. I earnestly hope and pray that the President will return [*23899*]-3- to us safe and sound, and after a delightful and entirely satisfactory trip, feeling assured that he will, at every point, find that the people are with him heart and soul, and will endorse his manly and heroic efforts for clean, good Government. Yours sincerely, E. A. Hitchcock. Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. [*23900*]-3- to us safe and sound, and after a delightful and entirely satisfactory trip, feeling assured that he will, at every point, find that the people are with him heart and soul, and will endorse his manly and heroic efforts for clean, good Government. Yours sincerely, E. A. Hitchcock. Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. [*23900*][For 1. enclosure see Census, 7-3-02][*P.P.F.*] [*Ackd 9-20-1902*] The Outlook Company, 287 Fourth Ave., New York. September 18, 1902. To the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Mr. President: The remedies for the evils of the trusts which I had in mind in our conversation this afternoon, are indicated in the first page-reference which I had placed on the back fly-leaf of the book which I had left with you. The possibilities from the legal point of view of carrying these remedies into effect are discussed in the address of Mr. F. J. Stimson which immediately follows the recommendations on that subject of the industrial commission. I drafted in the first place this discussion of the trust remedy, and also part of the recommendations made by the Commission, but both were afterwards modified [somehal] somewhat by the commission, and I do not approve of all of them. From my personal point of view, provided the measure were found politically expedient, I should recommend a low [fr n] franchise-tax on corporations engaged in interstate commerce. My reasons for this, however, would not be either to punish the corporation, or to attempt to weaken it in any way, or to secure a large revenue; but it would be to secure through the power of examination which is of necessity implied in the taxation of net receipts, the most complete knowledge of the interior working of the corporations. So much of this knowledge as was deemed wise should be given to the public, thus securing the needed publicity. Very many items of information, however, ought not to be given to the public; but in the hands of the Government officials they would form an almost absolute check [about] upon many of the abuses of the corporations; such, for [ed] example, [*23901*]2 as discriminations in freight-rates, either given by the railroads, or received by large shippers, discriminations in prices among different classes of consumers on the part of the great trusts, devices for concealing over-capitalization, fraudulent dividends, "milking" of the large corporations by sub-corporations owned by the directors, and innumerable other abuses. From this beginning, which in my judgment would in a few years be alone sufficient to cure a large part of the evils, might easily be developed more severe [re e] remedies if they were needed. For example, a national incorporation act could be passed, (and this is constitutional) to apply to all corporations engaged in interstate commerce that wish to come under the national control, and a tax on state corporations doing interstate business would force them under the same control. Or, if one wished to approach the subject from a different point of view, with [a kn w] the knowledge which would have been secured under the earlier provision mentioned, conditions could be laid down for the [f] franchise to do interstate business; and these conditions might include regulations regarding capitalization, statements of accounts, even regulations regarding prices, if Congress saw fit. For the present, I personally should not favor anything more than the first remedy suggested, especially if that were to go as far as a franchise tax, paid annually, and graded according to the annual net receipts. The beginning, however, should not be made without a full understanding of the extent to which it would be possible to go along the same line. [*23902*]. 3 You mentioned to-day the Supreme Court, a chief advantage of the remedy indicated above, is that it would be possible within a comparatively short time for the Government to present to the Supreme Court four or five cases of such a nature that it would be compelled to express an opinion which would amount to a new definition of interstate commerce. I am very strongly of the belief that, under the changing conditions, if cases of the right sort were prepared, the Supreme Court would take a step decidedly in advance of anything it has done yet, and one that would decidedly strengthen the hand of the central government: My chief objection, personally to a Federal Incorporation Act, if it can possibly be avoided, or to a constitutional amendment which should give Congress [a] full power over corporations in such a way that it would amount [ti] to Federal Incorporation, is that it would throw a very large proportion of all of the commercial business of the courts of the country into the hands of the Federal courts; and would correspondingly diminish the power of the state courts. I am inclined to think that it would be a step towards centralization very much longer than any other that has ever been taken, and that it would be practically revolutionary in effect. The change would be so great that one would not [recon] recognize our present judicial system. Such a revolutionary measure, it seems to me, should be postponed until it is perfectly certain that nothing else [we] will do. [*23903*]. 4 I have indicated above what seems to me now probably the wisest measure for Congress to take; but before I would myself be willing to make a positive recommendation along that line, I should want to talk the subject over somewhat with a lawyer like the ]A] Attorney-General, and should want to have some indication as to the way Congress would look at the matter. Federal taxation of corporations as mere taxation, or as a penalty, I should [cer a] certainly emphatically disapprove; though as a measure to secure the needed knowledge and power, it is in many respects better than any other that I have been able to think of. May I add a [wod] word further on the tariff question. If you feel inclined to take a somewhat positive position regarding remedying as soon as possible certain present evils in the tariff schedule[s], so that you would be willing to set one or two of the bureaus at work in collecting information, would it perhaps be best to say in your tariff speech that the Executive will put to work the means at its disposal for securing information on the question, so that [whev] whenever Congress, which alone has the power to legislate, is ready to act, as accurate information as possible will be ready for its use [placed before it]. The difference between what I have in mind now, and what was said this afternoon, is that [t] it might possibly be wise to make a sort of promise to set people at work immediately towards gathering information on this question. The Executive, then, will have done his part: the rest is for Congress. I am not quite sure [but] that some of the Congressmen might not feel that this was forcing their hand; but it would be in no way infringing upon their prerogatives; and I am rather of the opinion that the people would like it. I have not been home long enough to [*23904*]. 5 have any judgment regarding the effect of such a statement on harmony in the Republican party. I assume that at some place on your Western trip you will probably take occasion to reiterate your opinions on the question of Cuban reciprocity. If that is the case, and you have not already received from Washington a memorandum which Colonel Edwards of the Insular Division has prepared for the Secretary of War giving a fairly detailed account of prices in Cuba during the military occupation, and since, and the probably effect of the proposed tariff changes in Cuba, I think that you will be interested in sending for it. The Cubans have been criticized rather sharply in some quarters for their apparently hostile attitude. Colonel Edwards thinks that this report shows that their proposed tariff does not really discriminate against the United States, and cannot in any way be considered an unfriendly act. It was suggested yesterday that I bring the report to you; but it was afterwards thought best to lay it before the Secretary of War before anything further was done with it. I think I will venture to take the space to add some [oberse] observations of mine regarding the political situation[s] in the West. A letter received within a week from an intimate friend of mine who was a member of the California Republican Convention, says that while the members of the Convention were practically unanimous in opposition to your Cuban reciprocity policy, they were strongly in favor of you personally; and he thought you would have their very hearty support on practically everything excepting this. [*23905*]. 6 A Democratic candidate for the office of State senator in California told me that he very much feared that he would have to[v] vote for you for President in 1904. His reasons were partly disgust with the Democrats, but chiefly approval of your work as President. A very intelligent, well-informed family of farmers in Iowa, [the] people who knew all about the State candidates, their policies, their personalities, etc, were confident that the people of Iowa were earnestly in favor of tariff revision by a very large majority. These farmers were Republicans. In Michigan, manufacturers, lawyers, men who keep very closely in touch with the working men and the public, some of them having earlier been very influential as local politicians, were equally strong in the belief that the people of Michigan wanted a revision. They themselves, though Protectionists, and opposed to general revision were quite certain that certain schedules should be revised. Some builders of steel ships told me that it was impossible for them to get certain classes of steel in this country for a period of a good many months, and that they were seriously hampered in their work because the tariff was preventing them from bringing in steel, which they could not buy here, on account of the strong demand which was taxing the capacity of the steel mills. They would not favor [the moving] removing the tariff on these classes of steel, but they would favor a reduction in the tariff which would enable them to bring in steel from Europe at a [pr pri a] price[s] not much higher than the steel manufacturers are asking consumers here. On other grades of steel, they seem to be able to get supplies enough here. They called attention to the moderation of the U. S Steel Corporation[s] in keeping down prices below what they might easily obtain. I secured also some [*23906*]. 7 perfectly definite information regarding relative prices here and abroad, which would be affected by certain modifications in the tariff. It would be useless, however, to attempt to lay that information before you [here] now in a letter. One matter that was not touched upon to-day, and which possibly you would not care to take up in your addresses, although you probably will in your message, is the fact that the trusts have it within their power to prevent to a considerable extent a financial panic, if one should be threatened. My own judgment is that, unless something of the kind is done, we are very likely to have a financial scare, if not a wide-spread crisis before 1904. It [seeks] seems to me that at some time before many months it might be wise to call attention to the conditions which suggest such a possible if not improbable misfortune, and the possible ways in which it may be avoided. I shall try to do this myself editorially, at any rate. This letter has grown to an unpardonable length. I hope that I may have met some of the points you had in mind when [I] you spoke this afternoon [at] of my writing & develop my ideas. Very respectfully and sincerely yours, J. W. Jenks. It may be of service if you know that I expect to take charge of editorials on political and economic questions in McClure's Magazine. The circulation is so large that it ought to have effect. I will, of course, back as strongly as I can in the November Number the positions which you are taking. They are exactly my sentiments. [*23907*][For attachment see Ca 9-18-02]oath, or by sending the oath and instructions together by mail. Faithfully yours, Alvey A. Adee The Honorable John Hay, Secretary of State. Newbury, N. H. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON. September 19, 1902. My dear Mr. Hay: The commissions of Bragg and Rublee have been signed, and are held for your further instructions as to the time when they are actually to make the exchange. The usual course is to send the oath to each for execution, and when that is received to forward the instructions in detail. In the present case, this would consume three or four months, owing to the distance to Hongkong, and I should be glad to receive your directions as to whether the transfer should be expedited by telegraphing each to take the proper [*23908*] . PAUL SMITH'S IN THE ADIRONDACKS PAUL SMITH'S, N. Y. [*File PPF Pr*] September 19, 1902. Dear Mr. President:– Yours of the 15th, just received. I am leaving for Arden to-night and expect to be in New York early next week, probably on Monday. From that time on I shall be at your disposal and glad to help you in any way I can. Sincerely yours, E. H. Harriman To the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*23910*] Mr McGrew This letter was ret'd from Dead Letter Office marked unclaimed. Can you furnish a better address Fx 9/19/1902 [*23911*]. PAUL SMITH'S IN THE ADIRONDACKS PAUL SMITH'S, N. Y. [*File PPF Pr*] September 19, 1902. Dear Mr. President:– Yours of the 15th, just received. I am leaving for Arden to-night and expect to be in New York early next week, probably on Monday. From that time on I shall be at your disposal and glad to help you in any way I can. Sincerely yours, E. H. Harriman To the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. [*23910*] Mr McGrew This letter was ret'd from Dead Letter Office marked unclaimed. Can you furnish a better address Fx 9/19/1902 [*23911*][attached to 8-7-02]. ORATION OF HON. SETH LOW AT THE THIRTY-THIRD RE-UNION OF THE Society of the Army of the Potomac, AT Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 19th, 1902. [*23913*] ORATION OF HON. SETH LOW AT THE THIRTY-THIRD RE-UNION OF THE Society of the Army of the Potomac, AT Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 19th, 1902. [*23912*]. 5 American History runs clean and clear, singing the song of freedom for white and black alike, as it seeks the ocean of eternity. The battle itself was a titanic struggle, worthy of the men who fought it on both sides, and worthy of the consequences that hung upon the issue. Other battles in the Civil War that were Union victories might have been lost, and the war would only have been prolonged. No one can venture to say what might have happened had the Union army at Gettysburg been defeated. The battle was in every sense critical. For three long days it surged here and there around these heights, the issue of it seeming to turn, now here, now there, almost on a series of accidents, as one reads the story of it, until the battle broke, as a storm culminates, in that moment of consummate daring that is known as Pickett's charge. How stubbornly the field was fought, both in the attack and on the defense, is sadly attested by the 46,000 men who were killed and wounded on both sides, of whom 26,000 were wounded. But the battle showed, also, how greatly the power to save had advanced in half a century, as well as the power to kill. After Waterloo it was ten days before the last of the wounded had been cared for: after Gettysburg, the last wound to be found among this great army of mutilated men was attended to within thirty hours. You will not expect me to discuss the tactics of the battle, nor to attempt to praise the conduct of an army that is beyond praise. It is enough to say that here the spirit that made Saratoga possible, in our Revolutionary War, and Valley Forge, showed itself once more mighty for the defence of the home soil. It is rather our part to-day, as American citizens, "to thank God and take courage," as we think of this great deliverance. And, in the light of the four decades that have elapsed since the battle, we may well endeavor to understand, more and more clearly, its momentous significance. The poet Wordsworth, in one of his poems, asks: "Who is the Happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms would wish to be?" and he says that one of the attributes of such a warrior lies in the fact that he "sees what he foresaw." This happiness certainly belongs in fullest measure to you men of the Army of the Potomac. Before every one of you there must have come, when you went to the war, and often there must have come [*23915*] ORATION . . . BY . . . HON. SETH LOW. ———— Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Society of the Army of the Potomac: Your Secretary, General King, has informed me of your graceful act of this morning in electing me as an honorary member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and he himself placed upon my breast the badge of your Society. I dare say that out of the kindness of your hearts you did this thing, because I was the orator for this occasion. I doubt if any of you can understand with what a thrill it comes to a man like me, who was only fifteen years of age when the war closed, to be thought worthy, even by compliment, to be admitted into fellowship with such a brotherhood. It comes to me, sir, like the sound of a trumpet, to the warrior because your brotherhood is a brotherhood of men who offered to our country everything they had, themselves and all they were, as a lover lays himself at the feet of his mistress. In doing this for me, sir, you have been generous givers. I can give you only my thanks and the hearty assurance that from this act I shall strive to obtain a new baptism of patriotism. And I here highly resolve, as God gives me opportunity, to do all I can to see that "government of the people, by the people, and for the people does not perish from the earth." (Loud applause.) Mr. President, Governor Odell, Governor Murphy, Gentlemen of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, Ladies and Gentlemen: To speak at Gettysburg, where one of the great deeds of the world was wrought; to speak at Gettysburg, where one of the great words of all time has been spoken; to speak at Gettysburg, surrounded by these eloquent but silent monuments of the valorous dead—silent but so much more eloquent than anything that can come from human lips— [*23914*]. 4 is an enterprise to be essayed only at the command of those who helped to make the field of Gettysburg immortal. In this presence, and on this consecrated ground, though every other voice be still, the voice of gratitude may well be heard in acknowledgment of the struggle and the victory associated with this place; the gratitude of a happy and reunited country; the gratitude of a race redeemed from slavery; the gratitude of free labor, vindicated for all time and ennobled by the triumph foreshadowed here over labor that was held in servitude; and the gratitude of all who love freedom, the world over, that "government of the people, for the people, and by the people" has not perished from the earth. The campaigns of the Army of the Potomac have often seemed to me comparable in one respect to those of Washington in the Revolutionary War. Washington, you will remember, was defeated again and again; he was, in fact, seldom victorious, until at Yorktown he received the surrender of Cornwallis and ended the war. Similarly, the Army of the Potomac met with defeat after defeat; but, like Washington, it was never crushed; like Washington, it was always ready for a fight; and like Washington, its patience and its heroism were at last rewarded by a victory so complete as to make its many disasters seem only the shading necessary to bring out in perfect relief the brilliancy of its final triumph. Gettysburg foreshadowed Appomattox, as Washington's campaign in New Jersey, with its Trenton and Princeton and Monmouth, foreshadowed Yorktown. The scale upon which the fighting was carried on was incomparably greater in the case of the Army of the Potomac, but the quick use of opportunity, the indomitable resolution, the staying-power under discouragement, and the endless capacity for self-sacrifice, were the same in both. The country was saved, as it was founded, by the qualities that have made it great. The battle of Gettysburg is looked upon, by common consent, as the crisis of the Civil War. Not only did it stop the invasion of the Northern States, but it marked the last effort of the Confederacy to assume the offensive. It literally turned the tide of war. This little eminence of Cemetery Hill, therefore, seems to be, in a sense, the Great Divide of American History. On the other side of it, the stream of American History, however brightly it flashes in the sun, is tinged with the dark stain of human slavery; on this side of it, the stream of 6 into your minds in visions of the night, as well as in your dreams by day, as the war wore on, the resplendent vision of this Union of States, happily perpetuated, rendered indissoluble, forever associated in all your thoughts with the welfare of your countrymen and of mankind. To some of you, indeed to all of you before the end came, there must have arisen, also, the vision of a better and a more glorious Union than that you had known before, because it was to be a Union wholly free. This happiness, therefore, has been yours. But who among the most sanguine of you all dared to dream, as he listened to the dreadful thunder of artillery that marked the time for Pickett's charge, that the day would come, within his lifetime, when the men who wore the gray and the men who wore the blue would follow "Old Glory" into battle, marching side by side, against a common foe? The country might have been saved without being reunited in spirit. It was saved by the valor of our soldiers; and it has been reunited by their magnanimity. The great-souled men, on both sides, were able to accomplish so great a thing as this. No wonder that, to-day, we see our beloved country standing majestic among the nations of the earth; no wonder that men have confidence in her future so long as she shall be the mother of such men. And, if you have been surprised by the quickness with which the wounds of the Civil War have been healed, have you not also been surprised by the marvelous material development that has followed so destructive a war? It is already hard to realize that the first transcontinental railway was authorized by Congress as a war measure, and was made possible only by land grants, on a colossal scale, out of the national domain. In very truth, what was then desert has been made to blossom as the rose; and what was then frontier is now the heart of this Union of States. Truly you later constitution-makers, you who made clear in the Constitution that which your fathers had left uncertain, you, like your fathers, have builded better than you knew. But, if the results springing from the perpetuated Union have amazed the world, it is only in degree and not in kind that they have surprised ourselves. Every true American understands that it is the glory of his country to be synonymous with opportunity. Mr. James Bryce, the English historian, once said to me that if American institutions had done nothing. 9 large units, of large nations, of large cities, of large steamships, of large combinations of capital, and of large combinations of labor. He who fears any one of these things may dread them all; but, unless he fears all, he need dread none. For all reflect the same force, working in divers manners and in different directions. Fundamentally it is the power of combination resting upon free will. It would be idle to deny that force has had its part in the making of large nations; but it is no longer force resting upon the ambitions of a few. It is rather the determination of multitudes working out their own destiny. Large cities, also, grow; they are not made. Great ships are, indeed, made; but they can neither be built nor operated except by the combined capital of many. Capital combines, and labor combines, only remotely because they are obliged to; primarily they combine because they want to. He who sees in this merging of the individual into the combination a threatened loss of individuality seems to me wholly to misread the times. Printing was discovered only when each type came to represent a letter; and the art of printing is only combination based upon individuality. It is significant that the era of industrial combination did not come in human society until the sacrifices of many generations had made all individuals equal before the law, and, in the most progressive nations, had made the individual man the political unit. It is equally significant that in our own country, where this individualizing process has been carried farthest, here also the process of combination has reached its highest development. But precisely as the art of printing was not carried, at one bound, to its present perfection, so this form of combination in society must be patiently used for many a decade before we shall learn to get the good out of it without the bad. It is already apparent that it is a mighty power; that, by its aid, men can accomplish results that the mind of man has not heretofore conceived. But it is not yet clear how the equilibrium of social forces is to be best maintained in a society in the process of reorganizing itself into great combinations. The recent strike in the anthracite coal region is a case in point. Whatever the merits of the controversy between the coal operators and the miners, it is perfectly clear that, because of it, immense losses have befallen innocent persons who are in no sense parties to the controversy. Everybody who has had to pay famine prices for coal, still more, everybody who has had to go without coal because [*23917*] 7 else than develop such a character as Lincoln they would have justified their right to be. Lincoln is the typical American, not only because his life began in obscurity and poverty and ended in the White House, but also because, when intrusted with supreme power in the most momentous crisis of the nation's history, he remained a leader and did not become a ruler. Always he remembered that the source of power was in the people; always he maintained unshaken his confidence in the willingness of the people to support the right; always he believed that they could be made to see the right. Out of this faith of his in the people was born in them a faith in him which made them willing to accept at his call burdens and sacrifices such as no people before had ever willingly endured, and which makes Americans now glory in his memory, not so much because he was our martyr President as because he was one of ourselves. Lincoln's career illustrates, in one aspect, the world-old story that the rulers of men are not always born in king's palaces; but it has, also, a more special significance. In other lands men have risen from insignificance to power in times of turbulence and strife. I think of no other country in which the ordinary processes of peace have given such an opportunity to one so born and so trained; for, you will remember, Lincoln's opportunity came to him when he was already President; the war did not make him President. It only revealed to the world what manner of man he was. In other words, Lincoln's career shows how open, in this country, is the pathway of opportunity along the avenues of public life. Anyone who wishes to comprehend this country's history and to understand its phenomenal development, must remember that this pathway of opportunity has been equally open in every field of human activity; in business, in industry, in art, in science, in letters, in the professions. I no country of the world has nature's endowment of native talent, of every sort, however born, been so free to work out its destiny as in this happy country which you and your fellows of the Union armies preserved unbroken through the shock of civil war. Neither did you preserve this freedom of opportunity only for the native born. The vigorous and the capable of Europe have sought these shores in multitudes; and if, in their company, there have come many who are less strong and less capable, whose only apparent equipment for good citizenship is an ambition for better things and a hope of realizing them, we of the [*23916*]. 8 United States may well extend to one and all a welcoming hand, for we do not know out of what household among them all will come the man who, in the days to be, will bless the nation and the world by services that cannot be measured. The success of the war for the preservation of the Union, therefore, did two things of supreme importance. It preserved unimpaired these institutions of ours that mean freedom of opportunity for men of capacity in every walk of life; and it also made secure a field for opportunity to work in on a scale grander than the world has ever known. At the recent International Conference of Peace held at The Hague, Europe was represented by twenty or more powers; the whole of North America by the United States, England acting for Canada, and Mexico. Even after the process of consolidation, begun in Europe by Napoleon, has been going on for a century, that continent is still broken up into twenty or thirty nations. In these days of large units, it is apparent how great is our advantage as a nation in controlling a really continental domain. Had the attempt at seccession succeeded we might have seen this continent become a second Europe in the subdivision of its territory. In that event, even if our political institutions had remained unchanged to preserve freedom of opportunity to those whom they sheltered, the opportunity to be preserved would have been incomparably lessened. By your valor and through your success the opportunity and the freedom to enjoy it have remained worthy of each other; and each of them is greater than the world has ever known before. We sometimes hear it said in these times that the days of business opportunity are gone; that the individual is disappearing in the combination, the individual capitalist in the corporation, and the individual workman in the labor union; that private fortunes are now so large, and that business is carried on upon a scale so great that the young man of to-day has no such chance as his father had. This is much like saying that because inventions are so numerous there is nothing left to invent; or that, because armies are so much larger than they used to be, there is less chance now for the individual soldier to become distinguished. Whereas, in fact, the inventions already made are the pledge of the inventions yet to be; and the size of armies only multiplies the individual's opportunities. No one, however, will dispute the fact that this is the era of 10 he could not pay such prices, is a victim of this strife. If a public enemy had produced such results, the nation would fly to arms to end the mischief or to secure indemnity. But, because it is only one stage in the reorganization of society, upon the lines of combination, we must all needs wait; for only by experience can society itself learn how this new force is to be controlled. Each party to the controversy claims that it is wholly right and the other wholly wrong. The operators, in effect, claim that they are struggling for the right of the individual workman to do as he pleases; and the workmen claim that they are contending for the right of the workmen to combine as they want to. In the meanwhile, the struggle goes on, and the suffering arising from it is by no means confined to those directly interested in the outcome. He is a bold man who would undertake to determine, from the outside, the rights and wrongs of the case at issue; but everyone is at liberty to draw such inferences from the struggle as may help to make it not a useless one. It is easy to understand why the employer should prefer to deal with the individual workman rather than with a union, if he can. Similarly the workman might prefer to work for an individual employer, but, in most cases, he has no choice. He must work for a corporation, or he cannot work at all. The anthracite miner might even prefer to work for a coal company that is not a mere appendage to a railroad; but he cannot help himself. If, under these circumstances, the workman says that he will sell his labor only through a union made up of all coal miners, why has he not a perfect right to do so? Employers have so far conceded this right, after many struggles, as to say that they will deal with their own men, in combination, or with unions made up of men similarly employed. The anthracite coal operators are now saying, in effect, if I understand their position, that they will not treat with a union made up in part of men not engaged in anthracite mining. It is clear why they do not want to do so; but if the anthracite miners are willing to sell their labor only through such a union and no other, is it clear that the coal operators have a right to make society pay the cost of their struggle? Is it clear, in other words, that they are contending for any of the fundamental rights of man? On the other hand, if the men claim the right of collective bargaining, and claim it under conditions that involve others[* [Enc. in Low 10-31-02] *] 11 besides themselves in heavy loss, have they a right to seek this power while shirking the responsibility that goes with power? All history shows that power, without responsibility, is dangerous to the welfare of society. Should not the unions that seek to control conditions of labor all over the land, as has been suggested, frankly accept the responsibility that ought to go with power, and become incorporated? If collective bargaining is to take the place of individual bargaining, as it probably should, in these days, in many cases, in the matter of labor as well as in the matter of commodities, must not society insist that all representatives of such bargaining shall be amenable to law? Certain it is that the tendency toward such bargaining in our day is so strong as to make it appear a hopeless task to try to stay it. The part of wisdom seems rather to be to find some way out of such a dilemma as is illustrated by the present coal strike, that shall be consistent with the universal tendency toward large units that is so characteristic of our age. Responsibility to society, and to each other, on the part of both parties to the bargaining would seem to lie at the bottom of any permanent solution of this problem. If I have discussed on this occasion this economic problem which has forced itself upon the country during the last few months, Gentlemen of the Army of the Potomac, it is not because I fear the ultimate outcome of the present tendencies toward combination in society and toward large units; but because I recognize, as every one must, that we all have much to learn along these lines. If an engine is out of adjustment, trouble comes from the very parts that in their right places are essential to the efficiency of the machine. I look upon these labor controversies, in a large way, as inevitable steps in the process by which society is learning how to adjust this new engine of combination to the accomplishment of the best results. I have as little doubt that they are ushering in a better day for the masses of men, as I have that large units in any enterprise tend to the advantage of the masses of men. A man often has, as the French say, "the faults of his good qualities." There will be losses from these new developments, as well as gains, dangers as well as advantages; but the gains, we may be sure, will, in the long run, far outweigh the losses; and the advantages will abundantly offset the danger. [*23918*]12 I congratulate you men of the Army of the Potomac that it has been given to you to play no small part in preserving these United States for their happy destiny; aye, more, to play no small part in making the destiny of the Great Republic the bright and shining thing it is. Only the other day our country was called by a foreign student, "the land of boundless opportunity." The thanks of your countrymen, for generations yet unborn, will go out to you and your comrades of the Grand Armies of the Republic, for preserving to them, at the hazard of your lives, these inspiring opportunities in all their limitless and unimaginable splendor. (Great applause.) The oration was listened to with marked attention and was frequently punctuated with hearty applause. on the 20th I am very lucky & also very happy & if you have a spare minute sometime do write me a line. Your aff. nephew, - T. Douglas Robinson . [*P.P.F*] [*Ansd*] September 19/1902 422 MADISON AVENUE. Dear Uncle Ted,– I want you to be among the first to know of my engagement to Helen which is to be announced [*23919*] Mr. Forster: This address seems to be correct, and is the only one I can furnish. McG [McGrath] 9/20/02 _________ Send to Utica NY ]*23922*] 8 Rue Théodule Ribot Paris [11. Route des Andelys] [Vernon (Eure)] Sept. 20th 1902 Dear Lodge; Never before have the French taken so keen interest or been so sensitive to American appreciation or criticism. For instance, in todays Figaro, a sentence from President Roosevelts book – itself a quotation from Alphonse Daudet – is cited in reference to the French womans fear of maternity, and in the next column of the same paper a conversation between Benjamin Franklin and the great grandfather of Camille Pelleton the present Minister of Marine, is trotted out to support the Figaro's views in regard to a burning question of contemporary politics. Sincerely yours C. Thomas Barnard (clipping from Figaro inclosed) [*23921*]Mr. Forster: This address seems to be correct, and is the only one I can furnish. McG [McGrath] 9/20/02 _________ Send to Utica NY ]*23922*][attached to 8-7-02]TELEGRAM. Executive Mansion, Washington. [*Ansd 9-24-1902*] [[shorthand]] 15 WU ON GI 10 Paid–––––4:33p via Saratoga. Bolton N.Y. Sept. 20. [*[01?]*] President Roosevelt: May God's blessing, guidance, love and protection surround you ever. Mrs. J. W. Philips. [*23923*] [*Ackd 10-4-1902*] London Sept 20" 1902 His Excellency [*Ackd 10-4-1902*] Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States Sir You may remember that I had the honor of making some of the illustrations for your books on 'Ranch life, at which time you were pleased to express your approval of my work Your letter unfortunately is packed with my Studio properties in Boston which I greatly regret, as it would be of inestimable advantage to have an autograph recognition of this colaboration. as I take the liberty of writing to ask if you will favor me with a letter expressing your [*23924*]approval of that work, as it is needless to state that the President of the United States has great recognition among the British public. My object in desiring said letter is to use it in connection with the publishing houses in this City. I have letters from the Century Co and other American Art Firms, but for the reason already stated would greatly value your personal endorsement By doing me this favor you will greatly oblige Your obedient servant Hy. Sandham address c/o The High Commission for Canada 17 Victoria St London. S. W. [*23925*]TELEGRAM. Executive Mansion, Washington. [*Ansd 9-24-1902*] [[shorthand]] 15 WU ON GI 10 Paid–––––4:33p via Saratoga. Bolton N.Y. Sept. 20. [*[01?]*] President Roosevelt: May God's blessing, guidance, love and protection surround you ever. Mrs. J. W. Philips. [*23923*] [*Ackd 10-4-1902*] London Sept 20" 1902 His Excellency [*Ackd 10-4-1902*] Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States Sir You may remember that I had the honor of making some of the illustrations for your books on 'Ranch life, at which time you were pleased to express your approval of my work Your letter unfortunately is packed with my Studio properties in Boston which I greatly regret, as it would be of inestimable advantage to have an autograph recognition of this colaboration. as I take the liberty of writing to ask if you will favor me with a letter expressing your [*23924*][[shorthand]] [*File No answer CF*] AVERAGE WEEKLY CIRCULATION 15,600 ADVERTI Six Cents per Line Nonpariel (12 lines to the inch). Seventy Cents per inch, each insertion. DISCOUNT. One Month Contract, - - 5 per cent Three Months' Contract, - 10 per cent Six Months' Contract, - 15 per cent Yearly Contract, - 20 per cent THE ANGELUS Is in its 21st year and circulates generally throughout U. 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What we ask then is that you kindly hand Mayor Maybury a dollar to be given us (no more, please), and we will understand thus that we have the much coveted honor of being able to place our country's most venerated name at the head of our list, with that of his Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons. We have requested the mayor to act as banker for us here, both by way of credential to you, and to relieve you of burden of interview by other representative. The donation solicited is a necessary feature and goes with the rest to a most worthy charity. Hoping for favorable consideration and thanking you most earnestly for the same, we are, Very respectfully yours, The Angelus Pub. Co. F. J. Van Antwerp [*23926*][For 1. enc. see 9-7-02 Angelus]OFFICERS Chairman: JOSEPH W. BABCOCK, - of Wisconsin. Vice-Chairman: JAMES S. SHERMAN, - of New York. Secretary: JESSE OVERSTREET, - - of Indiana. Treasurer: WM. B. THOMPSON, of Washington, D. C. HEADQUARTERS Republican Congressional Committee 1135 BROADWAY NEW YORK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOHN A. T. HULL, - - of Iowa. JOSEPH G. CANNON, - of Illinois. DAVID H. MERCER, - of Nebraska. H. C. LOUDENSLAGER, of New Jersey. C. A. RUSSELL, - - of Connecticut. W. C. LOVERING, - of Massachusetts. WILLIAM CONNELL, of Pennsylvania. VICTOR H. METCALF, - of California. E. C. BURLEIGH, - - of Maine. [*(over)*] [*Ackd 9-26-1902 CF*] Sep. 21, 1902. The President, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dear Mr. President:– Since our recent conference with you, with regard to the subject of the speech which you will deliver at Milwaukee on the 24th, we have carefully considered the probable effect such speech may have and the manner in which it may be received. We agree fully with you upon the general outline and believe that the effect of the speech will be very beneficial. There is just one phase of it upon which we have some doubt, and we desire to suggest this to you with a view of its omission or modification. We refer to your suggestion of a tariff commission. Public attention is at present so centered upon the tariff and different methods for its treatment, that there is some considerable danger of a suggestion for a commission being construed as an effeort to side-track the subject of revision or readjustment of existing schedules. The effort to establish such a commission during the administration of President Arthur proved so impracticable that there is strong probability of that effort being cited as a thorough test and its failure a sufficient warning against a renewal of that method. [*23927*]OFFICERS Chairman: JOSEPH W. BABCOCK, - of Wisconsin. Vice-Chairman: JAMES S. SHERMAN, - of New York. Secretary: JESSE OVERSTREET, - - of Indiana. Treasurer: WM. B. THOMPSON, of Washington, D. C. HEADQUARTERS Republican Congressional Committee 1135 BROADWAY NEW YORK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOHN A. T. HULL, - - of Iowa. JOSEPH G. CANNON, - of Illinois. DAVID H. MERCER, - of Nebraska. H. C. LOUDENSLAGER, of New Jersey. C. A. RUSSELL, - - of Connecticut. W. C. LOVERING, - of Massachusetts. WILLIAM CONNELL, of Pennsylvania. VICTOR H. METCALF, - of California. E. C. BURLEIGH, - - of Maine. –2– We are constrained to believe that the public is more intent upon understanding the honest disposition of the republican party to meet this all important question in a practical and honorable manner, rather than being advised at present of the specific manner in which the problem shall be solved. If we are right in this view, your failure to defenitely outline or even to submit specific suggestions of the way in which such readjustment shall proceed will not and cannot be criticized. On the other hand, if a specific suggestion should meet with even casual criticism, such criticism might be sufficient to out-weigh the real benefit which will follow from the declaration of the honest purposes of the party to meet the subject in a candid manner. Conversations which we have had with leading members of our party in New York, and through our correspondence, leads us to believe that we are not alone in the conviction that the recommendation of a tariff commission might be regarded by the public as intended to postpone or side-track final action by the party upon this subject. We sincerely trust you will receive this suggestion in the kindly spirit in which it is intended. Very respectfully, J W Babcock J. A. T. Hull Jesse Overstreet [*23928*][[3 lines shorthand]][*File Private*] [*434*] POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. O STEVENS, Sec'y. WM.H. BAKER, V.P. & G.M. IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V.P. & G.M. Design Patent Dec. 30-19-- POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY COMMERCIAL CABLES MACKAY-BENNETT REGISTERED TRADE MARK. 16. LO. TELEGRAM THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY ATLANTIC OCEAN MACKAY-BENNETT SYSTEM REGISTERED TRADE MARK. The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. Received at (WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.) Ny 1. So. S. 364 Paid Govt. 105.p White House Washington D. C. Sept. 21st, 1902 Mr. Geo.B Cortelyou, Secy to the President, On Special Train, Detroit Mich Mr. Adee says the Grand Duke sailed last Wednesday suggests a cablegram to him at Havre, where he arrives 24th, in reply to his message to the President on 17th, Instant. Mr. Adee hesitates to write and sign a telegram so personal especially as the Grand Duke, was here under strict incognito. He submits the following: [*Ansd to Adee 9-21-1902*] "His Imperial Highness, The Grand Duke, Boris of Russia, to arrive by LaLorrain, Havre France. Mrs. Roosevelt and I cordially reciprocate the good wishes expressed in the telegram you sent me on the eve of your departure. It afforded me great pleasure to make the personal acquaintance of the distinguished son of a country for which my country-men have so long cherished esteem and affection". This cable will be sent immediately upon receipt of telegram of approval. In answer to your message to Maj. Wm. H. Michael, he requests me to say Naval Day and Naval Parade fixed by action of executive committee and committee on Naval Veterans and parade three weeks ago last Friday night. Parade consists regular Army and Navy Marine Corps, Spanish War Veterans, district National guard and Naval Reserve, High School Cadets, ex-prisoners war assocation and Naval Veterans of Cival War. All divisions named will act as guard of Honor or escort [*23929*]POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. O STEVENS, Sec'y. WM. H. BAKER, V.P. & G.M. IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V.P. & G.M. Design Patent Dec. 30-19-- POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY COMMERCIAL CABLES MACKAY-BENNETT REGISTERED TRADE MARK. 16. LO. TELEGRAM THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY ATLANTIC OCEAN MACKAY-BENNETT SYSTEM REGISTERED TRADE MARK. The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. Received at (WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.) No. No. 1 Sheet No. 2. White House, Washington DC Sept 21. '02 Mr. Geo. Cortelyou, Secy to President, Special Train, Detroit. to Naval Veterans. There will be probably eight or nine thousand in parade, and it is thought it will be prettier and quite as important as G.A.R. parade Wednesday. Naval Veterans will be satisfied if the President can be present at Dog Watch in Big Tent Camp Roosevelt Wednesday night. Following from John Oglesby, Secretary to Governor Springfield Ills: [*Ansd*] The Governor has received your telegram concerning Lincoln monument and will comply with your suggestions. He is anxious to have a quiet drive and it is accordingly suggested that you not mention this as President Conrad will not mention it here. Following from Tams Bixby, Muskogee I. T.: Citizens Reg-Wing, Minnesota, very anxious to greet the President. Can you arrange to stop train five minutes September twenty fifth. Benj. F. Montgomery. 129.p [*23930*][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-22-1902*] [*[9-22-02]*] Dear Mr. President May we bring little Constance to have luncheon with Archie today? She is going away in the afternoon, & [*23932*] The Sun. EDITOR'S OFFICE. [[shorthand]] [*File PPF Pr*] [*wired*] Sept 21 1902 My dear Mr President: After talking with Mr Dana and Mr Laffan I am to run in to see you next Wednesday a.m. I trust it will be convenient for you to give me a few moments. With the very best wishes Yours sincerely Edward E Ryes [*[Edward E. Ryes*] The Hon Theodore Roosevelt Executive Mansion Washington D C [*23931*][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-22-1902*] [*[9-22-02]*] Dear Mr. President May we bring little Constance to have luncheon with Archie today? She is going away in the afternoon, & [*23932*] The Sun. EDITOR'S OFFICE. [shorthand] [*File PPF Pr*] [*wired*] Sept 21 1902 My dear Mr President: After talking with Mr Dana and Mr Laffan I am to run in to see you next Wednesday a.m. I trust it will be convenient for you to give me a few moments. With the very best wishes Yours sincerely Edward E Ryes [*[Edward E. Ryes*] The Hon Theodore Roosevelt Executive Mansion Washington D C [*23931*]Constance does not like to leave here. Please be frank & say if this is not convenient Ever yrs. A. C. M. L. [*[Lodge]*] 1765 Mass Ave. Tuesday. [*23933*]You know so much more than I about the coal situation that you can give me light to make some small concession – a small one would do. We have powerful friends in business. The administration is strong. Can nothing be done - not in public of course I know that is out of the question but by pruning the operation? It seems to me the crying need of the moment. I am ineffective in such matters as coal barons but I will go anywhere, do anything I can. There are others far better than I whom you can call on. There is still time plenty of time to deal with it. Take care of yourself [*PPF*] Personal Sept. 22nd 1902. United States Senate. Washington, D. C. Dear Theodore, I take advantage of Edith's kindness to send you a private word on matters political. I have been digging about trying to get at the situation. I think I know it here & I do not like it. Trusts thanks to you we can manage. Tariff reductions for Trusts we can meet in argument as you put it so well Saturday - admirable speech. Trust & God Bless you, Yrs H. C. Lodge To have administrative lawyers' provisions just before Caucuses would have hurt - G. since my dispatch — [*23934*]if the strike does not stop & coal begin to go down we shall have an overturn I am no alarmist but the indications now on this alarm me. I care nothing for the rest - Despite Henderson & his tariff & his twists I believe we should hold the House & come out all right if it was not for the rising price per ton of coal which we cannot answer because it produces no more moving sentiment. Now I do not write this to bother you needlessly but to tell you the very great danger in this region & to ask if there is no pressure to bring to bear on those operators Free Trade papers don't like it. Others do. But it is right. Tariff revision we can discuss. I do not fear it. But the rise in the price of coal we cannot argue with. It hurts people & they say- (this is literal) " We don't care whether you are to blame or not. Coal is going up & the party in power must be punished." The colder the days get the more people want coal & the more they will have to pay if the strike goes on. By the first week in November [*23935*][*File*] 120 E. 30th st New York Sept. 22d /02 My dear Mr. President I thank you with my whole heart. I believe the good it will do is incalculable, for it will be a blessing to hundreds [*23936*]of thousands of men, who will gain strength and courage from your words. God bless you. Sincerely yours and most gratefully yours Josephine Shaw Lowell [*23937*][*C. F File*] [[shorthand]] EXCELSIOR STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY Sept. 22, 1902. Mr. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y. My dear Mr. Cortelyou:– I am in receipt of your favor of the 16th. inst. enclosing papers in the case of George Franklin Abbott, an inmate in the Elmira Reformatory, and will take up the case very soon. Very truly yours, B. B. Odell [*Odell*] [*23938*]The Sun. EDITOR'S OFFICE. [*Ansd File PPF per*] [*[02]?*] Sunday Sept 22 My dear Mr President = Your kind note just in = thanks very much I'll be there Oct 1 = Very sincerely yours E. G. Riggs. The Hon Theodore Roosevelt Executive Mansion Washington D.C. [*23939*][*File PPF B ? ?*] Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 22, 1902. My dear Mr. President: Since writing you some days ago I find that the date for killing wild turkeys has been changed and that now it is not lawful to commence killing until Nov. 1st. I am writing Mr. Loeb informing of this change so that he [*23940*]to get you back to Washington. The White House and your office begin to look habitable. With best wishes I am Very Respectfully P. M. Rixey Can see that you have no engagement for that day - I will arrange every thing and make as sure of the turkeys as possible. I am sure you will enjoy this little outing as it is a beautiful section of Va. I hope to see you on your return here on Oct. 8 & will explain all arrangements. I hope you are having a pleasant trip and we shall be very glad [*23941*] [*[For envelope attached see 9-23-02]*] [*P.P.F.*] [*Ackd 9/29/1902*] Holly Hills Farms Avenel. P.O. Md. Sept 23rd 1902 My Dear Mr President - It is a source of great grief to me that on account of a recent illness I am not able to be with my old friends in Carbondale to join them in extending you the cordial welcome I know you will receive and in honoring you on the spot so sacred to me. I hope you will feel repaid for your journey by knowing them good people, whose sincerity you can so safely trust [*23942*]You may have forgotten it but I told you once that your speeches so honest & fearless on public questions reminded me of Gen Logan's and I am sure this will be said to you in his old home. I have read with infinite pleasure your utterances this summer and wish again to congratulate you on their forceful eloquence and sound statesmanship. May they bring to your party and the country a rich harvest in November. With all good wishes for your continued vigorous health and success I am Sincerely Mrs John A Logan [*23943*][*Personal*] CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GENOA, (Italy) Sept.,23rd, 1902. [[5 lines shorthand]] [*Alphonse Dander*] [*Ackd 10/6/1902*] My Dear Mr. President, I venture to enclose for your perusal and perchance for the use of your future biographer, the most eloquent, the most philosophical and the most just analysis, that I have seen of the attitude of our country and of the character of its present Chief Executive. Most Respectfully Hon. Richmond Pearson [*23944*][*[9-23-02]*] [*AVENEL SEP 24 1902 MD.*] To the President C/O Hon E. J. Ingersoll Carbondale Jackson Co Illinois [*If the President should not reach Carbondale forward to him at Washington D. C.*] [*23945*][*[attached to Mrs. John A Logan 9-23-02]*] [*WASHINGTON DC SEP 24 1 PM 1902*] [*CARBONDALE ILL SEP 25 10 AM 1902 REC'D.*]. THE RACE ISSUE AGAIN. ———— Attitude of Southern Republicans Towards the Negro an Occasion of Worry for the Party Generally. (Special Dispatch to The Evening Post.) N.Y. WASHINGTON, September 23. — A new phase of the race question in politics has made its appearance in the South, notably in Alabama, and North Carolina, which may radically affect developments in the North. The President, on his return from the Western trip, seemingly cannot fail to give some attention to the situation, not only on account of the moral issues involved, but also because of the practical bearing of the matter upon the colored vote in the doubtful States of the Ohio Valley. The white Republicans of Alabama, at the Republican State Convention held in Birmingham last week, decided to exclude the negro from all political recognition. Sixteen colored men appeared on delegations, with the whites, from a number of counties; the negroes were denied the admission granted to the white men, although all had been elected together, and were entitled to the same consideration. Guards were even placed at the doors to see that no negro was allowed to enter the building. It is doubtful if the Democrats of the South have ever gone further than this. This singular outburst of anti-negro feeling among the Republicans of Alabama means that the cat’s paw has ceased to pull out the chestnuts. For more than thirty years scores of Southern white men have been kept in offices of profit by negro support. In winning that support they did not hesitate to alienate themselves from the great mass of their fellows, and to endure a certain social ostracism. It has been steadily charged by the dominant white element that these men had no real interest in the negro, and would throw him overboard when he was no longer needed; and now the 3,000, or less, negroes in the State who have passed the scrutiny of the Democratic registration boards under the new Alabama Constitution, have been made to walk the plank. Their number is a negligible quantity. Of course, the explanation of the white politicians is that in this way they hope to build up a Republican Party in the South. But the respectable colored people of the State, who have equipped themselves for participation in its government, may be expected to appeal against this injustice to the Republican Administration, and to the Republican Party at large. So, too, the colored voters of Ohio, Indiana, and other of the Northern States will be heard from on the subject. The question is not one that can be waved aside by calling it a local affair. The Republican Administration in Washington, with its thumb on the stopcock of patronage, is always able to control the political activities of Southern Republicans. This is where Mr. Roosevelt may be expected, in the interests of fair play, to exert an influence. To him it will doubtless appear a little extraordinary that the moment the colored vote has been severely limited to those members of the race who possess substantial qualifications, it ceases to be attractive to the whites who were its former leaders. [*23946*] ———————— NEGROES ISSUE THEIR PROTEST ———— Statement of Those Barred from Convention ———— MAJORITY’S ACTION UNFAIR ———— Action of Lily Whites is Described as Act That Merits the Severest Condemnation—Sacred Principles Violated. ———— The negro delegates to the republican convention who were excluded from the hall are very indignant and have signed the following protest against the action of the majority of the convention, describing their course as tyranical and execrable: The Protest. To the Republicans of Alabama: We, the undersingde, indignantly set forth that the action of the republican state committee, under the leadership of a number of republican office-holders, in excluding from the temporary roll of the convention legally elected delegates and arbitrarily substituting in their places the names of men whose sole claim to such generous consideration at the hands of these leaders is based upon their complexion, “lily whites,” is an act that merits the severest condemnation. We further charge and aver that under the direction and domination of these advocates of tyranny and oppression the republican state convention, in supporting and sustaining such pernicious schemes and reprehensible methods, is deserving of the just censure and execrations of patriotic and liberty-loving men everywhere. Equality Rights. The most sacred principle of the republican party, the principle that has not only commanded the respect and admiration of men, but has inspired men with love and devotion for the party of Lincoln, Sumner and Grant is equality of political rights. This humane, Godlike principle gave fame and distinction to the founders of the party and adherence to this principle alone has been the cause of its most brilliant achievements. Under the destructive influence and revolutionary tactics of the men now in command of the destiny of the party in this state, this great principle has not only been ruthlessly destroyed, but the new constitution of the state which permits citizens having registration certificates to participate in political conventions has been entirely ignored. The federal constitution, in so-far as any of its wise provisions afford protection to citizenship, has been utterly disregarded to the extent of giving the impression that Bourke Cochran voiced their sentiments in full, when he said that the fifteenth amendment has been lynched. National Platform. So far as having any regard for the following section taken from the platform of the Philadelphia National Republican convention, these inconsistent and disloyal republicans, nay even more, nullifiers of both state and federal constitutions, in the exuberance of their delight as to the elimination of the negro from further participation in party councils, find it as meaningless to them as the Egyptian hieroglypics: “It was the plain purpose of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution to prevent discrimination on account of race or color in regulating the elective franchise. Devices of state governments, whether by statutory or constitutional enactments, to avoid the purpose of this amendment are revolutionary and should be condemned.” In justification of their ignoble conduct and violent assault upon Republican principles they advance the very plausible but by no means forcible idea that they purpose to republicanize the state by gaining accessions from the disaffected elements of the democratic party, and the presence of a dozen intelligent, reputable and qualified electors of the negro race in a Republican convention will drive away thousands of white votes and thus prevent us from freeing you (the negro) and ourselves from democratic rule. Oh, Liberty, how many crimes are committed in Thy name! This argument is a mere subterfuge and the basest sophistry. It was President Harrison who made the clear, ringing republican declaration: “We must not compromise or sacrifice our principles, nor cover up the inscriptions on our banner for the sake of democratic votes.” These men who are conspiring to encompass our utter annihilation in the political world are endeavoring to so dexterously frame their words as to bring about this result by our own co-operation and consent. The Democratic Party is substantially united in Alabama. The machine was never at any time more completely master of the situation. The facilities for the perpetration of fraud at the ballot box were never greater than today. The returning boards are in full possession of organized democracy. Can our former white republican friends, under present conditions, build up the republican party in this state on hatred of the negro, or by reason of their barbarous and cruel treatment meted out to republicans here today, will they not alienate the support and loyalty of a host of colored republicans whose votes are essential to the success of the party beyond the line of Mason and Dixon? Ephemeral Project. A project not based on the eternal principles of right and justice will be but ephemeral, and our friends will speedily realize who have given their energies and time to this outrageous movement, that they acted with neither wisdom, judgment nor statesmanship; and when the forty thousand negroes under the permanent suffrage plan of the new constitution become qualified voters next year, these deserters will upbraid themselves unmercifully for their bigotry, stpidity and base ingratitude for trying such a cowardly experiment. In the name of justice, humanity and republicanism, we enter our vigorous protest against the shameful proceeding and high-handed outrage. [* 23947*] Nathan H. Alexander, S. S. Washington, M. D.; Ad Wimbs, Charles H. Walker, Charles W. Smith, Frank R. Caldwell, W. M. Smith, S. L. Whatley, W. V. Chambliss, A. L. Mathews, Frank Crash, E. Julius Williams, George W. Goujoy, S. S. Maddor, C. S. Sparkman, Choctaw county; A. B. Royd, Mobile county; H. A. Carson, W. E. Carson, Robert McCloud, Robert Gray, J. B. McCall, J. Page, W. H. Nixon, R. H. Reagin M. F. Martin, G. W. Stork, L. R. Reese, S. M. Murphy, James T. Peterson.[[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9/27/1902 CF*] Senate of the United States, ROOM OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, Dubuque, Iowa September 24, 1902. To the President, Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: I very greatly regret that the effects of your accident at Pittsfield compels you to return to Washington [*23948*]one, and so far as I can learn has been well received. I hope for your speedy recovery, and am, Sincerely yours, W B. Allison Since dictating the above I have read your Logansport speech, which is an admirable statement of the Republican position. this will do much to clear the atmosphere, and will be generally accepted, as sound & wise as to the details of expert investigation there may be differences, but the committees of the Houses should avail themselves of expert assistance the preparing proposed changes your speech shows the impossibility of adjusting a complex machine by those who were not familiar with its various parts & the uses to which it is applied I am glad to see by the morning papers that you are getting on well & hope you will soon be yourself again Sincerely W B Allison Sept 25th 1902 without completing your journey through the northwest, including Iowa. I hope the trouble will not be a serious one, and that you may soon be yourself again. I greatly enjoyed my visit to you at Oyster Bay and the opportunity to freely converse with you upon various public topics. Your speech at Cincinnati was an admirable [*23949*]. The Commercial Advertiser. [*PP.F*] ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. NEW YORK, Sept. 24th, 1902. [*Ackd 9/25/1902*] Dear Mr. President:–– My telegram to you yesterday expressed the relief I felt over your latest misfortune. It is an unspeakable pleasure to think of you safely back in Washington. If you can possibly do so, I think it would be wise not to travel any more for the present. I hear this hope expressed on all sides. It is said that your speeches have now covered all the subjects upon which you need to talk, and that to say anything further may weaken the effect already produced. In this view I agree. The speeches you have made on this trip have been even more successful than those made in New England and the South. They have well nigh paralyzed the efforts of your critics of all kinds to misrepresent you. This is particularly the case in regard to the Cincinnati and the Logansport speeches. I have heard only one opinion expressed on them by people whose support is of value to you, and that is one of strong commendation. I send herewith what I said to-day on the tariff speech and also what I said on the Cincinnati speech. You will be amused by the way I caught the Times. Odell did really heroic work with the "Old Man" at Saratoga today. It looks to me as if the latter would be out of it, in this state at least, henceforth. Odell has been saving himself primarily, but I am inclined to think he has been glad of an opportunity to range himself closely with you. He has at any rate given the impression to the organization in the state that you and he form the combination to which they had better tie themselves. I have no doubt that this accords strongly [*23950*]. The Commercial Advertiser. ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. NEW YORK. -2- with their natural inclinations. As you will see, I have heartily commended Odell for his course. Let me know if I can be of service in any way whatever. Yours always, J. B. Bishop. (Enclosures) President Roosevelt. [*23951*][[shorthand]]POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY JOHN W. MACKAY, President. J. O STEVENS, Sec'y. WM.H. BAKER, V.P. & G.M. IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. JOHN W. MACKAY, President. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G. WARD, V.P. & G.M. Design Patent Dec. 30-19-- POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY COMMERCIAL CABLES MACKAY-BENNETT REGISTERED TRADE MARK. 16. [*99-J*] TELEGRAM THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY ATLANTIC OCEAN MACKAY-BENNETT SYSTEM REGISTERED TRADE MARK. The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank. Received at 1124 ELEVENTH AVENUE, New [??] National Bank (WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.) [*File*] \ 9G LF J 10 PAID New York, N. Y. Sept. 24th, 1902. Prest. Roosevelt, Enroute to Washn. Second section train No. 2. Altoona, Pa. Thank God all is well take no chances I implore. J. B. Bishop ... 10.05 Am. [*23952*]WILLIAM MICHAEL BYRNE, U. S. District Attorney, WASHINGTON, DEL. Department of Justice. OFFICE OF United States Attorney, District of Delaware. September 24, 1902. [[2 lines shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-27-1902 Wrote A.G. CF*] The President, Washington, D. C. Sir, A week has now elapsed since I made it plain to your Secretary that I would not submit to coercion from my Delaware enemies, stifling my independence of thought in political affairs. Your refusal to act on their suggestion that I be driven from office because I would not submit to their political tyranny is a fresh proof of that spirit of justice which dominates your life. It is no wonder that the young men of America are attached to your cause, since while guiding the affairs of the Nation with a firm arm you disdain to use your strength to crush the aspirations of youth. The Republican Party in Delaware is faction-torn. In the language of Browning its hostile forces are "Alien of end and of aim, Adverse, each from the other heaven-high, hell-deep removed." To help in a small way to allay this spirit of strife, to beseech my countrymen to live in peace, harmony and fraternal concord, I have accepted a nomination for Congress; and that I may enter the battle without any handicap arising from official duties, I respectfully tender you my resignation as United States Attorney for Delaware, to take effect October first. In handing back to you the office bestowed upon me by the martyred McKinley, it refreshes me to remember that your illustrious predecessor [*23953*] 1WILLIAM MICHAEL BYRNE, U. S. District Attorney, WASHINGTON, DEL. Department of Justice. OFFICE OF United States Attorney, District of Delaware. strove valiantly to inaugurate a reign of peace among Delaware Republicans, and he personally besought me to aid him in his great design by laboring for the election of two Republican United States Senators from Delaware, he knowing that Mr. Addicks would inevitably be one of them. His putative friends in Delaware deserted him in his great effort, but I stood faithful to him till the last; and in the coming battle when I am aiding our people to keep the political destinies of a State in the hands of a Republicanism, inclusive of Mr. Addicks rather than turn them to the tender mercies of an incompetent Democracy, I shall be refreshed by the memory that I am carrying out the identical plan in Delaware politics, personally laid down for me by the pure souled and highminded McKinley. Ask Senator Hanna if President McKinley did not frequently express the hope that Delaware Republicans would send him two Republican United States Senators, Mr. Addicks being one of them. In the coming election we will do for you what your illustrious predecessor so ardently desired us to do for him. The Union Republicans of Delaware, under the leadership of Mr. Addicks, [aiding] aided by every Regular Republican who is not a "party- smasher" will keep the sovereign State of Delaware Republican and send to Washington two Republican United States Senators, elected by a customary and regular caucus of Delaware Republican Legislators. I am Sir, Respectfully yours, Wm Michael Byrne [*23954*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 29 WU.G.KQ. 20 Paid – 5:46 p.m. FARMINGTON, Conn., September 24, 1902. President Roosevelt: Too sorry about your leg. Will and I both ready to go to you if we could be any good. Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [*Ansd by Mrs. Roosevelt File PPF Th.*] [*23955*][*[For 1 enclosure see ca. 9-2-1902]*] to Anna under great difficulties for Sheffield wished to play bear I being the bear & Anna & Sheffield two wild but most friendly lions in search of me. I will be in [*Ackd 9-26-1902 PPF*] Sept. 24th. 1902 OLDGATE FARMINGTON CONNECTICUT Dear Mr. President I do hope you are not suffering much pain & that you will soon be about again for I know you can not bear to be shut up. I send you a clipping the abstract speech went to my heart I read it aloud [*23956*]Washington the 1st. of October. If you want me I'll come at once Bet is here & sends love & says you must keep quiet so you can the sooner be able to organize your State Combination or trust. Your naval aid hopes you will soon be entirely well. Love to Edith Yours W. S. CowlesDEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON. [*File*] Sept. 25, 1902 Dear Mr. Cortelyou. I duly received your telegram from Harrisburg concerning Sir Robert Bond's Newfoundland proposal. I had already sent Mr. Raikes' telegram to Mr. Hay and await his response. Please present my respectful regards to the President, with expression of sympathy and hopes for his early recovery- Very cordially yours Alvey A. Adee Mr. Geo B. Cortelyou, &c., &c., &c., 23958 C. G. Gunthers Sons, Furriers, (Estbd. A. D. 1820) No. 184 Fifth Avenue, [*File*] New York, Sept. 24th 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- Replying to your favor of the 12th inst, we are very glad to be able to say that we have managed to save the Boar Skin and will make a very creditable job of it. We will finish it up as soon as possible, and forward as directed to Oyster Bay. Very truly yours, [*C.G. Gunther's Sons*] DeL. 23957DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON. [*File*] Sept. 25, 1902 Dear Mr. Cortelyou. I duly received your telegram from Harrisburg concerning Sir Robert Bond's Newfoundland proposal. I had already sent Mr. Raikes' telegram to Mr. Hay and await his response. Please present my respectful regards to the President, with expression of sympathy and hopes for his early recovery- Very cordially yours Alvey A. Adee Mr. Geo B. Cortelyou, &c., &c., &c., 23958 C. G. Gunthers Sons, Furriers, (Estbd. A. D. 1820) No. 184 Fifth Avenue, [*File*] New York, Sept. 24th 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Dear Sir:- Replying to your favor of the 12th inst, we are very glad to be able to say that we have managed to save the Boar Skin and will make a very creditable job of it. We will finish it up as soon as possible, and forward as directed to Oyster Bay. Very truly yours, [*C.G. Gunther's Sons*] DeL. 23957. The Commercial Advertiser. ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, 5 & 7 DEY STREET. NEW YORK, 25th Sept [*[.02?]*] [*File*] Dear Mr. President: Here is a "quick change"" Sun, Tuesday Politics. As a responsible observer of events of importance in this country we are constrained to report this: [*23960*] The immediate effect of President ROOSEVELT'S proposition for a Constitutional amendment conferring upon the General Government the control of corporations is toward consolidating and reinspiring the Democratic party and splitting the Republican party. Sun, Thursday New York and Mr. Roosevelt. The platform adopted by the Republican convention at Saratoga deals with the question of the candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 without evasion and with dignity. "We look forward with confidence to his election to the Presidency in 1904, and, so far as this convention has the power, we pledge thereto the earnest efforts of the Republican party of this State." [*23961*] No State convention could say more or more fully express the practically unanimous sentiment of the Republican party throughout the Union that the apparently predestined Republican candidate for 1904 is THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Yours always, J. B. Bishop. [*23959*]. The Commercial Advertiser. ESTABLISHED 1797. 187 BROADWAY AND 5 & 7 DEY STREET, CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, 5 & 7 DEY STREET. NEW YORK, 25th Sept [*[.02?]*] [*File*] Dear Mr. President: Here is a "quick change"" Sun, Tuesday Politics. As a responsible observer of events of importance in this country we are constrained to report this: [*23960*] The immediate effect of President ROOSEVELT'S proposition for a Constitutional amendment conferring upon the General Government the control of corporations is toward consolidating and reinspiring the Democratic party and splitting the Republican party. Sun, Thursday New York and Mr. Roosevelt. The platform adopted by the Republican convention at Saratoga deals with the question of the candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 without evasion and with dignity. "We look forward with confidence to his election to the Presidency in 1904, and, so far as this convention has the power, we pledge thereto the earnest efforts of the Republican party of this State." [*23961*] No State convention could say more or more fully express the practically unanimous sentiment of the Republican party throughout the Union that the apparently predestined Republican candidate for 1904 is THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Yours always, J. B. Bishop. [*23959*][For 1. enclosure see 9-25-02][*Ackd 9-29-1902*] THE YOUTH'S COMPANION EDITORIAL ROOMS To President Roosevelt, Washington [*[9-25-02*] Sir: I beg to call your attention to the proof, enclosed herewith, for the article which you wrote in 1900 to be printed by the Youth's Companion in 1902. You will doubtless recall the correspondence that followed, and your decision to have the article printed with an editorial note, clearly stating [*23962*]to be, Respectfully yours, The Corresponding Editor 26 September 1902your nomination for the Vice-Presidency. I need not assure you that, whether such changes seem to you advisable or not, it is our entire wish to print the article in exactly the form of which you will most approve. As it is scheduled for our issue of November 6, we should regard it as a special favor if the matter could receive such early attention as your many engagements will permit. - I have the honor, Sir, [*23963*]the circumstances under which the paper was written. This note is included in the proof, for your approval or amendation. At the same time it may be that in looking over the article you will find a few phrases which under existing conditions you may wish to modify. I hope it will seem to you — as it does to me — that this can fairly be done without impairing the truth of the statement that the article was written beforeand will make the old fellows very happy. Give me a hint, and I will at once wire them the good news. We are getting ready — so far as we can with our limited means — for Alice's wedding next Tuesday. The house will be crowded with girls and boys — Alice's and Jim's schoolmates — from now till the house is left unto us desolate. Yours affectionately John Hay [[shorthand]] Newbury N. H. Sep. 25. 1902 [[shorthand]] Dear Theodore [*Ackd 9/27/1902 PPF Pr*] We were greatly troubled by the news in the morning paper yesterday, but Mr. Cortelyou's reassuring dispatch from Harrisburgh came a few hours later, and diminished our anxiety though not our sympathy. I wired you that if you could make any use of my house it was quite at your [*23964*] disposition. There is only a house keeper there now, but I hope to arrive Saturday the 4th and the rest of the servants — if the phrase does not flatter me too much — on the 8th. If you can use it, let me know and I will telegraph orders at once. Do you think you will be well enough to welcome the Veterans on the 6th? If so, I will most gladly give up my part of the programme. I am there merely as your substitute, and the old boys will loathe the sight of me if you are in town. It it altogether desirable that you should do it, if you feel able. I say this — not by way of shirking, thought goodness knows I shirk all I can — but because it will be a good thing for you and all of us, [*23965*]The Journal, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. [*File CF*] Indianapolis, September 25th, 1902 My dear Sir:– I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of September 16th to Mr. H. S. New, enclosing a communication from Mr. George W. Turner, of Frankfort, Ind., with comments thereon by the Hon. James S. Clarkson. Mr. New is in Alaska, and will not return here until about the middle of October. At that time, he will give the matter his personal attention. Yours very truly, George C. Hitt Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C. [*23966*]letter I am more convinced of than ever. Therefore I found it out to you- The worst is I cannot see what to do. We are running straight on to what may become an overwhelming demand that the government take the mines, which would be an awful step & we are being driven forward chiefly by the insensate folly as it seems to be of the operation. I wish I could see a way out. The Attorney General knows all those men & I know no one keener or bolder than Private [PP.F] Sept. 25th 1902 United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Dear Theodore, I felt greatly distracted & not a little anxious when I read the sudden news of your operation which was not dispelled by the newspaper reports but was relieved by Mr Cortelyou's thoughtful kindness in sending me a special message. I am so sorry for the pain & suffering & for the trouble I know [23967]party & to sound policies but I think you have covered the ground & given the lead pretty thoroughly- You need not feel troubled on that score- You have helped the campaign wonderfully & are stronger than ever yourself in the real affection of the people- Had I known you were ill I should not have sent you that depressed letter about the coal strike but as it is in your hands I can only say the strike is uppermost in my mind & all I said in the you feel in disappointing so many people. The country is full of sympathy & at the same time extremely glad that the travelling has stopped. I know I urged the town or at least advised them & yet I have been miserably anxious all the time you were on the road & that is I suppose the reason why Everyone is so pleased to have you safe in Washington. All you have said & done has been of great good & service to the [23968]. 2 he. Can he do nothing with them personally? United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Gus carried a handsome majority of delegates last night. He has won against great odds, all by himself by sheer energy personality & really unusual organizing capacity. Foss running on Billy Russell's old platform of free trade in everything Massachusetts [bou] buys & Protection for all she makes has beaten Adams by a narrow margin [23969]to be there. Odell seems to have downed Platt, but they endorsed you all right I observe. I have shed no tears [of] over Sheldon. I do not know Higgins but distinctly prefer him to Sheldon whom I do know. Constance is slowly mending. Will you tell Mr Cortelyou how grateful I am to him for the telegram. Give my best love to Edith, Ever Yrs H. C. Lodge by wholesale purchase. I have never seen anything like it. He is now he says going to defeat [or] our platform in the State Convention & substitute his own. He is mad with pride & vanity apparently. A large number of "business men" voted for him because he is a "business man" who has made several – 10 or more – millions in speculation in stocks. I sometimes think that "the business man in politics" is too often one who has no business [*23970*] TELEGRAM. [*Ansd.*] White House, Washington. 2Ww. Dy. Fd. 34 paid Nite 7:07 a.m. Bar Harbor Maine 24 Sept. 25, 1902. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President: The King, my Sovereign, has telegraphed to me from Balmoral, commanding me to enquire as to President's condition in His Majesty's name, and to express the hope that the President is going on well. Raikes. [*R*] 23971[*Ackd 9-27-1902 Wrote Secy Shaw PPF Pr*] CABLE ADDRESS "RYRAPORT NEW YORK." DOUGLAS ROBINSON 160 BROADWAY TELEPHONE CONNECTION NEW YORK, September 25, 1902 Dear Theodore:–– I cannot tell you how distressed I was to hear of your operation. I had no idea from your very active movements from the rush at Lloyd's Neck, Sunday, there was anything the matter with your legs, and it came to everybody with great surprise, but I am so glad to learn from Mr. Cortelyou that you are doing so well. I cabled Corinne at once as soon as I received the first telegram, so she would not be worried. I am also cabling again today to tell her you are all right. Things are so exaggerated at such a distance, that I have to be very careful to keep her informed about everything that affects you, as she always is so upset unless I keep her informed. Now about another matter: The money market here is, as you know, in a pretty tight state. Fortunately it does not bother me or any one I am interested in, as we do not have to borrow, but other people are rather in a state about it. I had a long talk today with Wm. A. Read, the head of Vermilye & Co. one of our largest banking houses, – you may remember you met Mr. Read at lunch with me at the Downtown Club. Mr. Read told me he had sent to the New York News Bureau, suggestions for the relief of the situation; he said he did not know whether you would be interested in it or not, [*23972*]CABLE ADDRESS "RYRAPORT NEW YORK." DOUGLAS ROBINSON 160 BROADWAY TELEPHONE CONNECTION NEW YORK, 190 but that he would send it to me, if I cared t send it to you. Mr. Read tells me that a great many financial men are entirely at one with him in the suggestions offered in this circular. I, as you know, am not an expert on financial matters and therefore my judgment would be worth very little, but Mr. Read does business with very conservative people and I have always found him a very careful man, and a man of good judgment. I don't want to bother you about this matter, at this time, but I thought perhaps you might like to know of this suggestion by Mr. Read. With tight money and things going down at election time is not a very good political document. for our side of the house. Pray give my love to Edith and tell her that Teddy and Helen appreciated her letter very much; it was received when we were at dinner at 422; they were delighted with it, Yours D R [*[obinson]*] [*23973*]"NEW AVELINE" FORT WAYNE JONES & STEVENS . "NEW AVELINE" FORT WAYNE JONES & STEVENS "THE CRAWFORD" CRAWFORDSVILLE W. D. JONES & SON FORT WAYNE, IND. [* [9-26-02] *] 190 Dear Mr. Cortelyou: Please hand the enclosed to the President Sincerely Albert J Beveridge [* [Beveridge] *] [*23975*] The Commercial Advertiser. ————————————————— By The Commercial Advertiser Association. ————————————————— THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25, 1902. ————————————————— TERRIBLE DOINGS. We observe with much pleasure that the "Antis" are stirring once more. A few days ago one of them in Boston showed that the old fire still burned undimmed in him by coming out in a long letter extolling the virtues of Tom Johnson of Ohio. No response has come from Johnson that we have seen, but the least that he can do is to add this "Anti" to his circus as a simon pure "freak." It was revealed a few days ago, in two or three solid columns of the "Anti" press, that another "open letter" had been addressed to the President by that Lake George piazza committee of four. This communication seems to have reached him simultaneously with the onslaught of the Pittsfield trolley- car and to have done considerably less damage. To-day comes a portentous blast against Secretary Root for upholding brutalities by our soldiers in the Philippines and for suppressing evidence of the same. It is intimated that Mr. Root's official head will be demanded. If the President refuses to grant the demand the chances are he will be impeached by the same determined band, tried on that Lake George plazza, and condemned in language that will make the waters of the lake fairly sizzle. My, my, but we are living in a grand and awful time! [*23974*]. "NEW AVELINE" FORT WAYNE JONES & STEVENS "THE CRAWFORD" CRAWFORDSVILLE W. D. JONES & SON FORT WAYNE, IND. [* [9-26-02] *] 190 Dear Mr. Cortelyou: Please hand the enclosed to the President Sincerely Albert J Beveridge [* [Beveridge] *] [*23975*] The Commercial Advertiser. ————————————————— By The Commercial Advertiser Association. ————————————————— THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25, 1902. ————————————————— TERRIBLE DOINGS. We observe with much pleasure that the "Antis" are stirring once more. A few days ago one of them in Boston showed that the old fire still burned undimmed in him by coming out in a long letter extolling the virtues of Tom Johnson of Ohio. No response has come from Johnson that we have seen, but the least that he can do is to add this "Anti" to his circus as a simon pure "freak." It was revealed a few days ago, in two or three solid columns of the "Anti" press, that another "open letter" had been addressed to the President by that Lake George piazza committee of four. This communication seems to have reached him simultaneously with the onslaught of the Pittsfield trolley- car and to have done considerably less damage. To-day comes a portentous blast against Secretary Root for upholding brutalities by our soldiers in the Philippines and for suppressing evidence of the same. It is intimated that Mr. Root's official head will be demanded. If the President refuses to grant the demand the chances are he will be impeached by the same determined band, tried on that Lake George plazza, and condemned in language that will make the waters of the lake fairly sizzle. My, my, but we are living in a grand and awful time! [*23974*][For enc see 9-26-02] "NEW AVELINE" FORT WAYNE JONES & STEVENS "THE CRAWFORD" CRAWFORDSVILLE W. D. JONES & SON FORT WAYNE, IND. 190 looks to me, having mingled with the people from California to here, that there is going to be a Republican landslide all over the country. If so it will be one of the greatest triumphs a President ever had. Sincerely Albert J Beveridge [*23977*] "NEW AVELINE" FORT WAYNE JONES & STEVENS "THE CRAWFORD" CRAWFORDSVILLE W. D. JONES & SON [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 9-29-1902 CF*] FORT WAYNE, IND. Sept 26 1902 Dear Mr. President: Good news from Michigan. Smith & I think other congressman own their mistake on Cuban Reciprocity & Senator Burrow's closest friend told me that he does also. I am sure there will be no Michigan opposition I suggest your giving out something soon emphasizing this issue – making it the "immediate" battle cry. The Michigan meeting was a monster – it [*23976*] [Enc. in Beveridge 9-26-02]rear and kept the peace. If an aggressive movement on the part of your friends had been necessary it would have swept the convention and would have overturned all in opposition. I do not know who represented you directly but there was a general agreement among your friends to take take no aggressive action provided there was a fair endorsement of the administration and its policies You may rest assured that the heart of New York is true to you. It will be exceedingly desirable that independent friends like myself should know who is to be your personal representative in New York so that we may all work to one desirable end. I hope to be permitted to call upon you during the fall. Westchester stands like a stone wall for you. Very truly yours Henry H. Boyce [*Gen Hy H Boyce*] [[shorthand]] 345 BEDFORD AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. [*Ackd 9/27/1902 CF*] Sept 26_1902 President Theodore Roosevelt Washington D. C. Dear Mr President We have just returned from Saratoga and I take the liberty of sending you a line as to results although you have been fully advised by those directly representing you. The dominating sentiment at the convention was one of loyalty without qualification to your administration and it was this feeling that forced all scheming for local advantage to the [*23978*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK ——— NORTON GODDARD Personal. [*Has it come?x Ackd 9-27-1902 CF*] New York, Sept. 26th, 1902 [[shorthand]] President Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My dear President Roosevelt, Like every American I was deeply distressed to learn of your abcess, and the pain and suffering and loss of time you have had to endure, and was also sorry for the necessity you were under of abandoning your trip. I know something about abcesses, as I had one in my ear. It occurred to me that while confined to your bed you might like to have a good book to read, and I have taken the liberty, therefore, of sending you by Express a book entitled "What is Christianity" by Harnack, who is rector of the University of Berlin, and I believe universally recognized as the leading authority on the new testament. Harnack is exerting a great influence, perhaps even a tremendous influence, on the people of Germany, especially the young men. I found the last three or four or five chapters especially interesting, but I was deeply interested in the whole of it, though not having all the knowledge necessary to a complete understanding of everything in it. I enclose you some clippings from the New York papers, which I hope you will be interested to glance at. Everybody, including Mr. Gruber, but excepting Collector Stranahan, advised me against doing what I did. The Collector, whom I consulted, said [*23980*]J. W. GODDARD & SONS 98-102 BLEECKER ST. AND 197 MERCER ST. NEW YORK ——— NORTON GODDARD -2- that if it was a matter of conscience with me he felt I was fully justified politically in doing it. I think the outcome shows that I was wise, and I think the incident had something to do with getting Sheldon off the ticket, which was a tremendously fortunate achievement, due of course mostly to Odell. Your accident, and its painful consequences, must have been very hard on Mrs. Roosevelt. I would like to offer her my sympathy; I remember what a strain my surgical experiences were to Mrs. Goddard. With best wishes for your speedy recovery, believe me, Very respectfully and faithfully yours, Norton Goddard At the Centennial at West Point I remarked to you that it was the greatest thing in the world to be a popular President — you expressed yourself as not being quite sure you actually were a popular President —. I dont suppose you would doubt it now. [*23981*](COPY) Rome, 26th September, 1902. His Excellency Mr. W. H. Taft, Governor General of the Philippine Islands, Manila. Your Excellency: I have the honor and at the same time fulfil a pleasant duty to inform you that His Holiness has deigned to appoint me Delegate Apostolic to the Philippine Islands, raising me also to the Archiepiscopal See of Stauropoli. On Sunday last 21st inst. I received Episcopal Consecration at the hands of His Eminence Cardinal Rampolla, Secretary of State of His Holiness. On finishing all the preparations necessary for the long voyage before me I will start for my destination, sailing from Marseilles on the "Indus" of the Messagerses Maritimes on October 19th arriving in Singapore about middle of November. From this latter place I will telegraph you the date of my arrival in Manila. Following up the enlightened ideas of His Holiness, I come animated with the sincerest of intentions to labour to the utmost of my power towards the systematizing of religious interests in this Archipelago. To this end whilst confiding above all things in the help of God, I count upon the benevolent cooperation of Your Excellency. [*23982*] -2- I avail myself of this my first opportunity to express to Your Excellency the sense of my highest esteem. Your Excellency's Devoted Servant, (signed) John Baptist Guidi, Archbishop of Stauropoli Deleg. Apost. 23983[*Ackd 9/29/1902*] THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB NEW YORK Sept. 26th / 02 My dear Mr. President: I have been living such a "strenuous" life at Saratoga this past week that I have not had the time to express to you my sincere regret at the accident and following results that have caused you so much trouble and annoyance - I am exceedingly relieved however to hear this evening that a [*23984*]few days more will restore you to health and activity. I suppose you know through the newspapers of my fight and necessary withdrawal. I stood fast up to the point beyond which it was not proper to go and then withdrew. Query: Is it better to have fought and lost than never to have fought at all? Faithfully yours George R Sheldon [*23985*]there is no one of them who does not congratulate himself and us on your Presidency. The Queen and Princess Victoria whom I met last week at Dalmeny (Rosebery's place) both asked about you in a friendly way, and they, like others, are quite aware of your good will to this country and of your services to your own. Milton House, Salisbury. [[3 lines shorthand]] [*Ackd 10/6/1902*] 26 Sept 1902 My dear Mr President: I hope you will accept a word of sympathy in your enforced idleness, and of regret for your accident and its consequences. Both the accident and what has since happened has elicited over here [*23986*]expressions which I hope would gratify you, coming as they do both from your friends and from those who are only your friends because you are President and because you are Theodore Roosevelt. Perhaps you do not fully know how general is this English feeling of regard and attachment. I hear it constantly declared in terms of which the sincerity is evident. In my six weeks 'stay' I have met many of those whose opinion and goodwill is best worth having. It is nothing to say that there in no dissent, but there is never an omission, — [*23987*]. Milton House, Salisbury. I would add much more but I must not ask you to read a long letter. Some time in November I hope to be in Washington. meantime with all best wishes & regards to you and Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Alice (if you will convey this) believe me, dear Mr. President, Sincerely yours [*23988*] George Smalley To the President_ I will just add that the new ambassador and Lady Hubert, who sail tomorrow, have been here, but it is needless to tell you of their concern for you. Sir Michael was just from Balmoral and, like everyone else, reports the King extraordinary well [*23989*]. United States Senate. Washington, D. C. [*Ackd 10-12-1902*] Madison, Wis., Sept. 26, 1902. The President, The White House, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: I was just starting for Milwaukee to greet you when I was shocked by the report of your enforced abandonment of your trip. Of course every one was disappointed, but every one was satisfied that you have done as you should do in returning to Washington. Your speech at Cincinnatti, and especially your speech at Logansport, have done immeasurable good, and will bear rich fruitage. I am delighted to hear that the condition of your leg is satisfactory. The recent open opposition in New York City is not doing you any hurt. You could not ask to be more popular than you are in the west, and I think generally throughout the country. With best wishes, Your sincere friend, John C. Spooner [*23990*]Mr. Barnes: Papers sent to P.M.G. (personally) Apr. ——) with request for his views. No record here of reply from P.M.G. I have thought it possible report from P.M.G. returning papers might be on your files ——. F. 9/26/1902 [*23991*][ATTACH. TO CARUTHERS 9-18-02]. Sep 27th 1902 New York City No 37 W 44 St [*Ackd 9-29-1902 CF*] Dear Mr President I respectfully suggest that you decline to accept the resignation of Mr Wm Michael Byrne as District Attorney of the District of Delaware. This will emphasize the position of neutrality in Delaware which it has been conveyed to me is your desire to preserve. In effect your course is tending to build up a pestiferous bolting faction which has no strength among the people and is held up merely by your hand President McKinley after a long experience discovered this and previous to his death it had [*23992*]been arranged that he should withdraw his support from the bolters. In any event my friends will win in this fight even if all the power of the executive office is exerted against us. If you want the key to the fight in Delaware it is this – J. Edward Addicks is another Theodore Roosevelt in his chief characteristics only 20 years older A mixed blood of German & Scotch-Irish does not tend to surrender. There is now no issue in Delaware but one – shall 95% of the Republican voters allow 5% (who have the Federal patronage & the tacit support of the President) to rule them. Theodore Roosevelt would say no! And so does Yours Truly Edward Addick Delaware member of the Rep. National Committee [*23993*][*File*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. September 27, 1902. To the President: I have the honor to report to you that Sir Robert Bond, Colonial Secretary of Newfoundland, called upon me today, in further relation to the proposal for a reciprocity convention between the United States and Great Britain in respect to Newfoundland, which had been suggested in a previous interview, of the 12th instant, touching which I reported to you by my letters of September 12th and 13th. Sir Robert stated that he had received a message from Mr. Raikes, suggesting that he call upon me and ascertain the status of the matter. I told Sir Robert that, by direction of the Secretary of State, to whom you had referred the matter, I had written yesterday to the British Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Raikes, stating that we should be glad to receive and consider any proposal Sir Robert had to make, in the presumption that, as in the previous instance, in 1890, his proposals would come through the Embassy to the Secretary of State [*23994*] 2 State, in order to be laid before the President for his decision whether they offered a reasonable prospect of successful negotiations. My letter to Mr. Raikes being addressed to Bar Harbor and mailed yesterday, it evidently crossed Mr. Raikes' communication to Sir Robert. Sir Robert stated that he would have great pleasure in submitting his proposition through the British Embassy. He expressed the hope that upon its reciept our early consideration might be found practicable, inasmuch as his time was limited owing to the necessity of his return to Newfoundland before the middle of next month. I send a copy of this report to Mr. Hay. Respectfully submitted, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary. 23995[For 1 enc see Railes 9-30-02]. [*Clarkson*] CUSTOMS SERVICE, OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR, NEW YORK, N. Y., September 27th, 1902. [*Ackd 9/29/1902*] Dear Mr. President: I do not wish to burden you at this time with much of what you perhaps ought to know as to the situation in Alabama. But I am constrained by the sense of duty to report a few things to you to the end that you may have full information on the main facts before you shall take up the task of finding the proper man to succeed Mr. Vaughn as United States Attorney. I have been inundated with letters from the State, and I have also seen several responsible, intelligent men from that State in the last few days. I had a long interview with Booker Washington yesterday and another today. In the interview today we had with us Mr. Charles H. Scott of Montgomery, a statement from whom, as to the conditions in the State, I laid before you when you were on your way South. You know Mr. Washington as well or better than I. Mr. Scott is the son of a Confederate soldier, was himself a Captain of a Company in the 3rd Alabama in the Spanish War, is a wealthy man, engaged in real estate business, and has recently purchased the immense Plant Hotel at Tampa Bay, Florida; he and his brother have just completed and given the city of Montgomery a hospital and home for homeless women. He is of the class of men that I think should build up the party in the South and the only ones that can ever do it. He has been much in New York this Summer on business deals and I have had frequent interviews with him. He is ready now to go back to his home in Montgomery and by his own means establish a newspaper [*23996*](President Roosevelt, 2) to represent the Republican party in the campaign, and he is confident he can elect two, and perhaps three, Republican Congressmen, and he will either give the means that are necessary or raise them in Alabama, asking nothing from the North. I give you this statement as to his merits that you may better understand the worth of his advice. The advice of these two men, so worthy in themselves and their purposes, is as follows: First. That you should select as Vaughn's successor a man of the highest character personally, as well as a man of undoubted professional qualifications. Mr. Washington thinks that Thomas Rheulach of Sheffield, a Gold Democrat and a good lawyer about fifty years old, who voted for Palmer and Buckner in 1896 and McKinley in 1900, and who is endorsed by such men as Judge Jones (whom you appointed U. S. Judge), Mr. Thompson, Postmaster of Tuskegee (a white man), and A. D. Wimbs, (an influential colored leader) and who has made a public record against the exclusion of legal negro delegates from Republican Conventions, is the best man to appoint. Mr. Scott thinks that L. E. Parsons of Birmingham, whose letter I placed before you in this City when you were going South, and who was U. S. Attorney under Harrison, and the son of a Confederate soldier, is the better man. Parsons was for several years away from the party because of his unwillingness to follow the rule of corruption carried out by the federal officeholders in the traffic and sale of federal officeholders and national delegates. I know Parsons well personally, and there is no doubt of his ability. As to his present influence in the State, his later personal habits, etc., I have no present knowledge. Second. Both of these gentlemen advise earnestly against the appointment of Davidson, who is being pressed upon you now, because of his [*23997*](President Roosevelt, 3) legal incompetency, because he was the partner and first assistant of Vaughan as U. S. Attorney, and because he presided over the late State Convention from which twenty-eight negro delegates elected under the new Democratic State Constitution, which permits citizens having registration certificates to participate in Conventions, were excluded. They also advise against the appointment of J. J. Curtis. They unite in saying that a man appointed at the request or from the membership of the Vaughan-Bingham faction of officeholders would be the worst thing for the party that could be done. They also unite in saying that while the appointment should be of a high class lawyer, he should also be a known opponent of the new doctrine of excluding legal negro delegates from Republican Convention. They say it would be death to Republicanism to exclude from a Republican Convention voters that are recognized and registered under the new constitution recently adopted by the votes and power of the Democratic party in the State. Third. They especially desire that you should be cautioned against Mr. Wellman of Huntsville, recently made Chairman of the new State Committee by the action of the Vaughan and Bingham crowd. He is a reputable man of good address, but he represents fully the Vaughan-Bingham crowd and purposes, and also stands in approval of the exclusion of all negro delegates from Republican Convention. They say that he will probably soon visit Washington to advocate the appointment of Mr. Hundley, who is a townsman of his at Huntsville. Washington says that Hundley, aside from his affiliation with the Vaughan and Bingham crowd and his offensive attitude on the negro question, would probably be a good enough man for the place, as he is a good lawyer. Fourth. The reports that they make, and that I have received from a [*23998*](President Roosevelt, 4) large number of other sources, as to the ruthless manner in which the State Convention under the dictation of Vaughan and Bingham excluded the legal negro delegates, convinces me that the Republican party cannot in any sense indorse or excuse such action. Washington says that if he had gone as a delegate himself, he would have been excluded. He says all these negro delegates were eligible under the State Constitution and had passed the tests at the primaries under the requirements of the State Constitution. From his own county, Macon, two white men and two colored men were sent as delegates; the white men were admitted and the colored men excluded. Among these negro delegates excluded was Nathan Alexander of Montgomery, who is Receiver of Public Monies there. Fifth. These men both advise that before you decide on Vaughan's successor or on any other action as to Alabama, you should get a hearing with L. E. Parsons, J. O. Thompson (a white man), Postmaster at Tuskegee, A. D. Wimbs of Waynesboro, a colored leader, and two or three other men whose names they will submit in a few days. I am sure that no men could be more sincere or more anxious for the right results or more competent to advise you than these two men, – Washington and Scott. Sixth. Mr. Washington is in the North now for the purpose of meeting representative colored men from among the mass of colored people who have written him in protest against this plan of excluding negro Republicans from Republican Conventions in the South. The mass of letters that Mr. Washington has, – all serious, all appealing, none of them threatening, but all of them pathetic and pleading, pointing out the injustice of this treatment of colored men by the Republican party as to the South and the wrong and injury of it to the Republican party in the North, – could not fail [*23999*](President Roosevelt, 5) to impress you. Mr. Washington is laboring with these men with all his power. He has asked me to meet various leaders among them in the next few days. You know the evenness of his temper and the repose of his strength. But nevertheless, he is wrought up to the belief that he is called upon to stand even with the spirit of martyrdom to the defense of his people as against this new peril from the house of their friends. To show you his feeling, I enclose a letter that he recently wrote to me. His influence and that of T. Thomas Fortune, Editor of The Age, Bishop Derrick and four or five other colored men is all that is preventing a stampede of colored men in the North from the Republican party, and Washington has come here to spend a week or ten days for the sole purpose of counseling with these men and their leaders and imploring them to stand by the old colors until something definite has been done. Seventh. I regret to learn and am surprised to know that they hold Senator Pritchard responsible in large part for this departure. They say that he approved of the exclusion of the legal negro delegates from the Alabama Convention, both in the Convention while it was in session and at the banquet in the evening, and that a large number of Republicans left the banquet because of his radical utterances on this subject being so offensive to them. This is a new revelation of Pritchard to me, for, in my judgment, any such plan of excluding negro delegates from a Republican Convention, especially such as have passed the test of the State Constitution in a Democratic State, is as untenable as it is unjust and could be only a sacrifice of principle in the South and votes in the North. Eighth. This thing cannot be maintained in the South without the loss of thousands of negro Republican votes in the close Northern States, [*24000*](President Roosevelt, 6) in New York, Ohio, Indiana, Connecticut and Wisconsin. If it is allowed to have the sanction of the party, it will, I believe, cost us seven or eight Republican Congressmen this year. As far West and in as strong a State as Iowa one District would be lost, for in Major Lacey's District, the 6th, there are over 2500 colored voters – the employees of the great coal mines in his District. No Republican North or South could defend an act that would deny the negro less rights than he has granted by the State Constitution of the Democratic State of Alabama. Only three thousand negroes have been able to pass the severe test put upon them by the registration board in Alabama, an examination which, as Washington explains it, is as severe as the Civil Service examination for $1600 places. Ninth. I have had a large number of Democratic papers of Alabama sent me, all of which are encouraging the negroes to form a separate party, all of them jeering at the negro for his abandonment by the Republicans, and all plainly showing that they expect that the negroes will thus form a party that will inevitably become an ally of the Democratic. [one]. Tenth. In this light the plea of Mr. Washington and Mr. Scott, and the great body of Republicans of Alabama backing them, that this departure as made by the Vaughan-Bingham faction of Alabama in condemnation of the negroes as a race and in more severe outlawry of negroes than the Democratic party imposes, will have to be met by the Republican party in some definite way. These men believe that if you should make an appointment in succession to Vaughan of some high class man, who is known to be opposed to this new and unwarranted raid on the negro race, you would relieve the situation of its peril. They think, therefore, that you should make an appointment and of this kind within the next week or ten days. [*24001*](President Roosevelt, 7) Eleventh. I have asked Mr. Scott, as he shall be going South in a week or so, to stop and see you, saying I would go with him if he desired it. I would like you to meet him. He is of the very type of man that you need in the South. He is not after office nor any rewards in politics. His ideals are clean and he has the courage to do and to organize for doing that which should be done in the South. It is manifest to you from what I have said that I agree with these gentlemen. I have never talked with you on this new idea. I have not the least fear that you are in sympathy with it, but I can understand how in feeling your way to the right solution and in setting up new standards you must proceed with caution and the utmost discretion. The question is acute. I have a dozen letters a day from the negroes on the subject and three or four negro visitors every day. There are two hundred negro papers in the United States; the most of them are being sent to me. Washington says that five or six of them control the rest, and he is keeping in touch with these five or six and restraining them from any rash utterances. I have asked Washington why he did not go and see you as soon as you are able to take up the question. He is modest and in a certain degree, as you know, timid. I believe that you should see him and insist on his giving to you his views and the full information that he has in regard to Alabama and its people. He is sensitive from the criticisms that he has had from his visit to the White House, and unduly so I think. You and I cannot judge a man coming up from the conditions [that] from which he has come. In my opinion, he is the ablest man that his race has produced in America, and he is as sincere as he is able. He is a devoted friend of yours and would not give you wrong or insincere counsel. Neither would Mr. Scott. There are others like [*24002*](President Roosevelt, 8) them so far as sincerity is concerned and in some degree in influence also. Finally, I think you will find if you investigate the record of Mr. Rheulach that he would be found a fit man for the position of Attorney and a fit man in the other respects that a self-respecting Republican situation demands. I rather believe, too, that you would find L.E. Parsons worthy also. This is a summing up of a hundred or more letters and of a score or more interviews, and so necessarily had to be long. I am sorry to worry you with it, but I felt it a duty to lay it before you. I hope you are rapidly recovering. If the prayer cure could avail, you would be a well man now, for the hearts of all the people are with you. Sincerely yours, James S. Clarkson Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. [*24003*][FOR 3 ENC. SEE WASHINGTON TO CLARKSON 9-15-02 CA, 9-23-02 CA. 9-23-02] EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MEXICO Sept. 27, 1902. Dear Mr. Cortelyou; If you can find a time when the President has sufficient leisure to read the enclosed personal letter, I shall be glad if you will hand it to him. Congratulating you upon your late happy escape, I am Sincerely yours, Paul Clayton 24004 Mr. George B. Cortelyou, Exectutive Mansion, Washington, D. C. [For Enc. see Sept 27-02]Personal and Confidential. [*Ackd 10-4-1902 CF*] EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MEXICO. Sept. 27, 1902 Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: I have contemplated for some time writing to you upon certain subjects which I thought might be of interest, but have delayed awaiting your return to Washington from your Western tour. I hope, by the time this reaches you, that you will have entirely recovered from the effects of the injuries received at Pittsfield. That they were not more serious is a source of great gratification to the whole country. I have seen in the newspapers that your late utterances in regard to capitalistic [*24005*]2. combinations for the prevention of commercial competition have aroused the enmity of these powerful organizations, which of course, was to be expected. I believe that the position you have taken is the correct one, and that in it you will be sustained by the great mass of the American people. In my opinion, one of the principle results of publicity would disclose secret relations existing between these organizations and some, at least, of the great railroads of the country. In that event it would seem to me the first step should be to compel their absolute divorcement. However, my principal object in writing to you is to acquaint you with the political situation in Arkansas, and to explain the action of the State Convention which met in June last. You have doubtless observed that Mr. Remmel was selected as a member of the State Central [*24006*]3. Committee, and by that Committee elected Chairman. The high esteem in which he is held and his previous unsullied record, caused the Republicans of the State to believe that he had been sufficiently punished for his indiscretion by the loss of his office and the humiliation resulting therefrom. He realizes, as do the Republicans of Arkansas that, under the circumstances, your course could not have been different without subjecting yourself to criticism. Your attention has also doubtless been called to the fact that while the Convention endorsed your administration in strong terms, if was silent upon the subject of your succession to the office you hold. When it became known to the country that my explanation of the Mealy charges, which had attracted considerable attention, was satisfactory to you, some of the Democratic newspapers at once [*24007*]4. proclaimed that I had gone to Washington and pledged the Arkansas delegation to you for 1904, and consequently to use their own expression, that I had been "whitewashed." Our Republican leaders therefore thought it best to remain silent upon that question, especially as we would have no electoral votes to deliver in the next Presidential election. So far as the delegation from Arkansas to the next Nat. Republican Convention, is concerned, I can assure you of its united support. In saying this,I do not wish you to understand that I claim to be able to control its action, but I know the feeling of the Republican leaders throughout the State, and feel sure that my judgment in this respect is correct. Now, in regard to the independent movement headed by Mr. Greaves, notwithstanding the fact that all three of [*24008*]5. the members of the State Board of Election Commissioners headed by Governor Davis, were candidates on the Democratic ticket for re-election to the offices they held, and the further fact that the Republican organization was refused representation upon the county election boards, which in turn, and in violation of law, denied it representation as to judges and clerks of election, appointing, as the minority members, the partisans of Greaves, and practicing the most outrageous frauds at the polls, in various localities, the vote returned for the Republican gubernatorial nominee was over 29,000, being 2,000 more than Anten (Greaves' principal coadjutor) received four years ago, although at that time there was no division in the Republican ranks. Greaves' vote, as returned, was a little over 8,000, at least 3000 of which were Democratic votes, - not cast on account [*24009*]6. of change of politics, but as a rebuke to Governor Davis who, in spite of all his manipulations, ran over 8,700 votes behind his ticket. This estimate is further supported by the fact that the "Insurgents" as they are called, placed no candidates in nomination against the Republican nominees for State offices other than that of Governor, which nominees received, on an average, about 5000 votes more than the Republican gubernatorial candidate. In the canvass made by Myers, Davis and Greaves, the two latter were very tender in their criticisms of each other, but poured out their vials of wrath upon the Republican organization of Arkansas, and "Claytonism," as they termed it. I have no doubt that, if an absolutely fair election had been held and the contest confined to Myers and Davis, the latter would have been beaten. I need not tell you, who are [*24010*]7. so well versed in these matters that in every State there are a large number of patriots who consider themselves especially qualified to hold Federal offices, and that these in turn have relatives and friends who are of the same opinion. Mr. Greaves and his lieutenants proclaimed everywhere that you had promised, in case they should run an independent ticket and develope a larger vote than the regular organization, that you would recognize this recommendation to Federal offices in Arkansas. Wherever they found disappointed Republicans, who had failed to receive appointments, or fresh budding candidates, they used this argument for all it was worth, promising an entirely new deal, in case they were successfully and encouraging every one in their aspirations. Governor Davis, in his speeches, openly declared that, when he saw you last in [*24011*]8. Washington, that no future appointments would be made in Arkansas that were endorsed by me. Of course we knew that these representations were false and on a par with the other infamous lies they circulated during the campaign. Their most vicious attacks were made upon me, knowing that I was more than two thousand miles away and holding a position which prevented me from entering the canvass and publicly defending myself. It is gratifying to me to know that the Republicans of Arkansas who have trusted and honored me for over thirty years fought my battles for me and have put a quietus upon the stale and worn-out cry of "Claytonism" in Arkansas. Now a few words in regard to the office I hold here, which I contemplate resigning on my seventieth birthday, which will be upon the 7th of August [*24012*]9. next; but whether I do or not, it is my fixed and unalterable determination not to ask or accept any public office under the next administration no matter who may be at its head. I desire, however, to show my gratitude to you, in an effective way, for the kind and flattering manner in which you treated my resignation upon your accession to the Presidency, and for the confidence that you have since reposed in me. If, through Mr. Cortelyou, the mere acknowledgment of this letter is made, it is all I expect. Very sincerely your friend Powell Clayton [*24013*][Enc. in Clayton - 9-27-02][*File wrote Mr. Gardner 9-29-1902*] Sept. 27. 1902 Dearest Mr President. Thank you so much for your letter. It is so cunning of you to write when you are in bed & busy. I am in bed too; but I hope to be up next week. Please excuse a pencil. It is sweet of you to think of me. We are so [*24014*]so proud of Gussie. Isn't he a cracker-jack? I have the honour to be with the highest respect your office bring Constance Gardner. [*24015*]. Newbury, N. H. Sep. 27. 1902 [*Ackd PPF Pr*] Dear Theodore If you approve this letter to W. Choate please have it sealed and sent to him in the State Department pouch, without being recorded. I doubt if there is anything in the story. But It would be a natural thing to do — among sovereigns — and I think Choate ought to be warned in time. I take it for granted you agree with me that a debate in Congress on the subject, with Champ Clark and Tillman with a few throttles on the floor, would be a portent to the civilized world. I am so glad to know you are getting on rapidly. I will see you next Saturday. Yours affectionately John Hay [*24016*]. [* [For attachment see 9-27-02] *] In the first place it was such a sure, swift answer to the stuff in Harpers Weekly of that very day, and then it not only put the trust question on the right basis but on a basis where the people are content to leave it to you. The political leaders are responding to popular sentiment. On last Thursday, the day of our local convention I had a long chat with CIRCUIT COURT. FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF OHIO. PETER F. SWING, PRESIDING JUDGE WILLIAM S. GIFFEN, } JUDGES. FERDINAND JELKE, JR. } [*Ackd 9/30/1902*] [[shorthand]] CINCINNATI, Sept. 27th, 1902 My dear Mr. President, Please accept my sincere sympathy in the unfortunate circumstance which has interfered with the further pursuit of your western trip. I want you to know what a tremendous effect has been produced by your speech of last Saturday night in this city. [*24017*]Mr. George B. Cox of this city. His expressions and attitude were all that your most ardent friends could desire. It wont be long until he thinks he was an original “Roosevelt man” Dont think that this calls for a reply, I want to report sentiment as I observe it from time to time but will hesitate to do so if it adds one iota to your work. Faithfully yours Ferdinand Jelke, Jr. To Mr. Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States [*24018*]. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON. Gloversville, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1902. [*Ackd 9-29-1902 PPF Pr*] Dear Theodore:– It is a great relief to know that the hidden injury from the trolley accident is giving way so nicely to treatment. I can appreciate your irritation not only at having to discontinue your Western trip, which started off so brilliantly, but also at your enforced complete rest. I think your Cincinnati speech was a very sound deliverance and it has met with great approval and high appreciation on all sides. Whenever you get well enough to receive a visitor, I would like very much to run over to Washington to tell you many of the unpublished incidents in connection with the Saratoga Convention. I feel that you and your friends have many reasons for satisfaction at what happened there. With earnest hope that you may soon be on your feet again, I am, Faithfully yours, Hon Lucius N. Littauer. [* [Littauer] *] President Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. [*24019*] Dic. L. N. L.end with no practical suggestion. But the matter is pressing us so hard here that I cannot refrain from telling you our troubles. Why sane sensible conservative men are urging us to declare in our platform that the coal fields must be taken. We shall not do it of course but it is a bad sign. I hope this condition is peculiar to N. England but there is no doubt of the situation here. Best love to Edith, Ever yours H. C. L. – [* [Lodge] *] Private Sept. 27th 1902. United States Senate, Washington, D. C. [*Ackd 9/20/1902 P.P.F*] Dear Theodore, I was delighted to get a line from you but not a little troubled to [find] learn that the condition of your leg was so near the danger line & worse than I had supposed. You are I know taking good care of it but there cannot be too much care & quiet. I shall remain profoundly anxious until I know [*24020*]George Lawrence will both be in serious peril. Our vote on Governor will fall to the danger point. The demand that the Gov't take the coal fields is rising louder all the time. It is a perilous cry. When cold weather comes it will be far worse. You have no power or continuity of course. That is the worst of it. Is there anything we can appear to do? Is there any form of pressure we can put on the operators who are driving on to ruin? The unions are just as obstinate but the rising public wrath makes for them & they stand all the firmer. You must get very tired of my talk about this for I that all is well. The coal business here is getting rapidly worse. School houses are closing for lack of fuel. Prices are enormous & rising – much higher here on account of our distance from the mines than in the middle states & it is fast getting to the point where coal cannot be had at all at any price. If no settlement is reached it means political disaster in New England & especially in this state. We shall lose the three close districts which will give the Democrats five & Gus & [*24021*] [*File CF*] OFFICERS Chairman: JOSEPH W. BABCOCK, - of Wisconsin. Vice-Chairman: JAMES S. SHERMAN, - of New York. Secretary: JESSE OVERSTREET, - - of Indiana. Treasurer: WM. B. THOMPSON, of Washington, D.C. HEADQUARTERS Republican Congressional Committee 1135 BROADWAY NEW YORK September 27, 1902 JOHN A. T. HULL, - - of Iowa. JOSEPH G. CANNON, - of Illinois. DAVID H. MERCER, - of Nebraska. H. C. LOUDENSLAGER, of New Jersey. C. A. RUSSELL, - - of Connecticut. W. C. LOVERING, - of Massachusetts. WILLIAM CONNELL, - of Pennsylvania. VICTOR H. METCALF, - of California. E. C. BURLEIGH, - - of Maine. Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Cortelyou– We are in receipt of your favor of the 25th, transmitting letter of Mr. Newell Sanders of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and will give the same our attention. We have also received the manuscripts of the speeches delivered by the President, which we are intending to print. As soon as the pamphlet is issued I shall take pleasure in sending copies to you for the use of the President. Very respectfully, Jesse Overstreet Secretary. [*24022*][*[For 1 enclosure see ca. 9-1902]*] [[shorthand]] 85. Beach Street. East Orange, N. J. [*Ackd 9/27/1902*] Honored President. Mr Theodore Roosevelt. Dear Sir – Thinking perhaps you might like to be informed of the death of your old Sabbath school teacher, when at Riverdale, (my much lamented husband) I take the liberty of sending you the enclosed clipping. Regretting very much to hear of your illness and trusting you may soon be restored to health, Respectfully yours, (Mrs G. W) E. F. Potrie Sept 27 / 02 [*24023*]. RIDGEFIELD, CONN. I am rejoiced to find on my return signs on every handle for coming election. – Always obediently and devotedly yours W. S. Rainsford Sep 27. 1902 [*24026*] [*P F*] [*[9-27-02]*] RIDGEFIELD, CONN. Dear Mr President I am sure you will already know how much I was touched by your more than courteous invitation to Mrs Rainsford & me to meet the Arch Bishop at dinner. Only 3000 miles of intervening sea prevented our presenting ourselves at yr board. [*24025*]You can tell me if such is the fact, and if so whom I should correspond with, as possibly some member of the family might like to have the book. I found this book among a number of others belonging to my grandmother, but am unable to tell how it came in her possession. Very truly yours, Frederick S. Stevenson [*Ackd 10/1/1902*] 202 West 134th St New York City Sept 27/02 Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:– In looking over some old books a short time ago at my home at Wappingers Falls, Dutchess Co. New York, I came across a small book of poetry in rather poor [*24027*]Condition. In glancing through it however, i found written in ink the following: “Wm H. Roosevelt, "Harvard University “Aug 18th 1825" The name “J. G. Roosevelt” also appears. Thinking this book may at some time have belonged to a member of the Roosevelt family. I take the liberty of writing you to ask whether [*24028*][*akd.*] BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Principal. WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer. TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE. (INCORPORATED.) FOR THE TRAINING OF COLORED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT OF ENDOWMENT FUND: MR. WM. H. BALDWIN, JR., President Long Island Railroad, 128 Broadway, New York City. MR. J. G. PHELPS STOKES, 47 Cedar St., New York City. MR. GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY, 27 Pine St., New York city. MR. ROBERT C. OGDEN, Tenth St. & Broadway, New York City. [Tuskegee, Ala.,] Grand Union Hotel, New York, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1902. Dear Mr. President:- General Clarkson and I have had two interviews recently. The General, I think, understands the Alabama situation well; (that is, as well as any one can, for no human being can understand the Southern situation thoroughly.) General Clarkson and I can work together, and I very much hope that you will let him assist you in any way possible. I will not go into details, as the General will place those before you soon. I believe that the General can help in the Alabama matter just as he did in straightening out matters in Texas. The complete throwing down of the few decent, property-holding Negroes - just the class that you wanted to have come to the front - by the Republican leaders in Alabama, is a thing that I hope you will rebuke in no uncertain manner. Aside from the moral wrong, the effect on the Negro voters in the North will be serious if not checked. I shall remain here until after General Clarkson has seen you. Yours sincerely, Booker T. Washington [*24029*][9-27-0-2] Jefferson Copy of a letter from Thos Jefferson on Negro question. P. J. Crimmons 24030[Attached to Gelke Jr 9-27-02]=============================== OBITUARY. [*24031*] George H. Petrie, a well-known resident of East Orange, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his residence, 35 Beech Street. He was born in Scotland sixty-three years ago, and came to this country in his early childhood. For many years he was engaged in mercantile business in New York City and retired about twelve years ago, at which time he came to East Orange to reside. His former residence was Riverdale on the Hudson, where he was an efficient elder in the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Petrie had been in failing health for several years past, but he retained his cheerfulness of spirit until the last. The end, however, came suddenly. He was in his accustomed place in church last Sunday, but in the evening he was stricken with apoplexy and died early Tuesday morning. He is survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter. Mr. Petrie was greatly respected and beloved by all who attended the Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which he was a prominent and useful member. He was a Christian gentleman in every sense of the word. He had a vigorous mind, was a clear thinker and his judgment was invariably good. His nature was singularly sympathetic, and his unobtrusive helpfulness made him a friend who never disturbed or agitated the most sensitive of natures. Gentleness was a marked characteristic, both in speech and action, of this strong-minded man; and the beauty of his character, the brightness of his spirits, his never-failing generosity, the interest he took in everything good and wholesome; the vigor he showed in taking up every duty, and the zeal with which he discharged the obligations of good citizenship and church membership, were almost a marvel to some who would not have been surprised had there been a little less sunshine, a little less of gentleness and tenderness in his nature, and a little less sympathetic interest in things outside of himself, because of a "thorn in the flesh," above which he rose with a grandeur of character which often put to shame some more favored in physical development, but lacking the serenity and beauty of his rare character. He will be missed by his friends, and the membership of the church in which he had worshipped for so many years, and in the work of which he participated to the advantage and profit of those who listened to his voice in the weekly prayer meeting, from which he was seldom absent, and in which he generally participated. Mr. Petrie was to have taken charge of the prayer meeting Tuesday evening and had selected as his subject "The Tender Love of the Risen Christ for His Disciples." The meeting which he was to have lead was held, with the same subject, and it took the form of a memorial gathering largely, which will be long remembered by those who were present. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon, when in the absence of the Rev. Dr. James M. Ludlow, pastor of the Munn Avenue Church, the Rev. Dr. Wilson Phraner, associate pastor, had charge of the services. An interesting and appropriate letter from Dr. Ludlow was read. The interment was made in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery yesterday morning.————————————————— THE LOVELOCK TRIBUNE. ============================== Published every Saturday. ————————————————— O. M. SAIN. ============================== SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $3 A YEAR. ============================== SATURDAY....SEPTEMBER 27, 1902 ============================== REPUCLICAN TICKET ——— United States Senator THOMAS P. HAWLEY of Ormsby. Representative in Congress EDWARD S. FARRINGTON of Elko. Governor ABNER C. CLEVELAND of White Pine. Lieutenant Governor FRANK J. BUTTON of Humboldt. Supreme Judge PATRICK M. BOWLER of Esmeralda Secretary of State W. G. DOUGLAS of Storey. State Controller MILO C. McMILLAN of Storey. State Treasurer SIMON BRAY of Lander. Attorney General SAMUEL PLATT Ormsby. Surveyor General W. C. GAYHART of Lander. Superintendent of Public Instruction ORVIS RING of Washoe State Printer W. W. BOOTH of Nye. Long Term Regent EDWARD R. DODGE of Washoe. Short Term Regent H. H. SPRINGMEYER of Douglas Judge First District M. A. MURPHY of Ormsby. Judge Second District FRANK H. NORCROSS of Washoe. Judge Third District R. V. JOHNS of Nye. Judge Fourth District T. J. OSBORNE of Lincoln. COUNTY TICKET ——— State Senator HUGH DARAH Willow Point. [*24032*] Assemblymen– JOHN G. TAYLOR Lovelock JOSEPH C. CATHART Paradise Valley. PAUL PINSON Golconda District Attorney F. X. MURPHY Winnemucca Sheriff S. G. LAMB Golconda Treasurer W. J. MERCHANT Winnemucca Clerk A. C. WEBB Winnemucca Assessor—No nomination Recorder—No nomination Long Term Commissioner S. R. YOUNG Lovelock Short Term Commissioner CARL. E. HAVILAND Winnemucca Yublic Administrator DR. G. W. WILLIAMS Lovelock. ============================== REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. ——— The following platform was offered at the Republican county convention at winnemucca Monday, and it will be indorsed by nine tenths of the Republicans of the state: The Republicans of Humboldt county in convention assembled make this their declaration of principles. PLAUFORME ENDORSED We indorse the national platform adopted at Philadelphia in 1900 and the state platform of the Republicans recently adopted at Reno. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY We sincerely mourn with the rest of the nation the loss of our beloved President, William McKinley, and extend to his devoted wife our heartfelt sympathy. SENATOR STEWART We grieve to learn of the bereavement that has come to Senator Stewart in the death of his beloved wife and we extend to him our deepest sympathy. STORAGE RESERUOIRS We hold that the question at this time of paramount importance to the people of Nevada, and especially the people of Humboldt county, is the reclamation of our arid lands and the conservation of our water supply for the lands already under cultivation. We call the attention of the people to the fact that the water supply grows less and less each year and unless something is done our fertile valleys of Paradise, the Humboldt and Lovelock will become barren wastes. The only safeguatd against this is the building of storage reservoirs. We congratulate the west that a beginning has been made in national irrigation, and we regret that Nevada was placed at a disadvantage with the other states. Under the present law Nevada is not entitled to and benefits from the irrigation law. The work must be done with money derived from the sale of public lands in the states in which those lands were sold. Nevada has sold no public lands. This was not the case with the Hansborough bill, a Republican measure. Under the provisions of that bill the work was provided for by a general fund and Nevada was placed on an equal footing with all the other western states. This state being without a Republican representative in the house our interests suffered, and the law does not make it obligatory to extend any aid to Nevada. It is true as has been stated that the president may, if he chooses, expend the six million dollars now available on any one of the states named in the law. But is there any reason why he should spend this money in Nevada in preference to the other states and territories? Not one dollar of that money came from Nevada. Is it right to expect that the president will take the money away from the states that did produce it to help Nevada that produces nothing? Each of the states is maintaining its rights in this matter and is clamoring to have the money expended within its own borders. What rights has Nevada to present? What claim can we make for preference? As has been stated, the government will have to be coaxed to engage in these enterprises. The people themselves will have to show a spirit of cooperation. But can we do this coaxing if we send a democratic delegation to congress? Can we show a spirit of cooperation by condemning the governments Philippine policy and then expect that government to build us storage reservoirs? It would be the depth of ingratitude to repudiate the government at the polls this fall and then expect that government to come and save our homes that are threatened to be swallowed up by the desert. President Roosevelt is the friend af the west. Why, then, should not Nevada be his friend, and send a delegation to congress in harmony with his administration to uphold his hands? But the president will not lack for friends in the west. California promises to go Republican this fall by the largest majority ever known. Idaho will surely swing back into the Republican party and elect a senator and congressman in accord with President Roosevelt. The Republicans will sweep Utah and indorse the president by a large majority. But in Nevada the Democrats say they will repudiate his administration by the largest vote cast in many years. Would it be natural then for the president, in whose sole charge this irrigation fund is placed, to take this money away from his friends in California, Idaho and Utah, who sustain his administration to give it to his [*24033*]enemies in Nevada who would glory in the fact that his administration had been repudiated by the people? There is no highet law than human nature, and President Roosevelt is intensely human. If Nevada did this the Democrats would say, "We have turned down your administration by a handsome vote. Now have the government build us storage reservoirs and we will see that you lose the state by a still larger vote in 1904." But we do not believe that Nevada will repudiate the president. Our people have good business judgement and will see where their self interest lies. The irrigation question is of more importance to the people of this county and to the state than the silver question ever was. It is time now that something was done for the ranchers of the state It is to their interest to send a Republican delegation to congress in harmony with President Roosevelt and we believe they will elect Thomas P. Hawley to the United States senate and Edward S. Farrington to the House of representatives. With them in congress they would have influence to enact the Hansborough bill and give Nevada its rights. It is for these reasons that we believe the people should elect a republican state ticket. The Democrats have confessed in their state platform the distrust that capital feels in investing under a democratic administration. This distrust is real and can not be dispelled by a mere platform resolution. If money is borrowed in other states to build reservoirs in Nevada it must be paid back in ten years, and the lack of confidence that capital has is such that we could have no hope of this with a Democratic state administration. To President Roosevelt alone is due the the credit for the passage of the irrigation law. The administration of the fund is solely in his his hands. It is for these reasons that we indorse him with a will for re-election as president, and we pledge to that giant young American, the friend of the west, the electoral vote of Nevada in 1904. THE SILVER QUESTION The silver question is dead. In proof of this we cite the insincerity of the Democrats in nominating a man for governor who was never known to be in sympathy with the silver movement. Although posessed of great wealth did anyone ever hear of his contributing a dollar, or lifting his voice or pen in behalf of Bryan? On the contrary he was known as a Cleveland Democrat, and the leading Democratic paper of the state said that "hell is full of Democrats,' like him. Now when all danger of the silver movement is passed he takes the empty pledge in the silver plank. We cite this merely to show our friends in the silver party who went into the movement from conviction when silver was a live issue the deception that is being practiced upon them. Their true place is with the Republican party, the party of Lincoln and McKinley and Roosevelt, and our ranks are open to take them back. Their efforts were sincere but misguided, and the prosperity for which they hoped has come through Republican legislation. They found their excuse in the dark days of democracy under Cleveland, but that cause no longer prevails. The very thing for which they contended, the quantity of money, has been found in the increase production of gold, and prosperity now abounds all over the land. NEW ERA OF GOLD In this prosperity no other state shares more than Nevada. A new era of gold has been ushered in, and Nevada bids fair to become the greatest gold producing state in the union. If gold has appreciated then Nevada has shared in this appreciation. Prosperity has been forced upon us even against our will. Our gold mines, opening in every part of the state, are the wonder of the world. Thus Nevada is a large producer of the world's standard money and an era of great prosperity is before us. THE TRUSTS AND TARIFF. We renew our fealty to the principles of the protective tariff under which America has become the world's creditor. The protection to our sheep and cattle interests and to our borax industry has made Nevada prosperous. Especially in Humboldt county do we appreciate the benefits of the borax trade from Rose valley and Cottonwood. We do not favor yielding one iota of the protective principle. We are unqualifiedly with our President in his efforts to regulate trusts. But we hold that trusts are due to our prosperity, not to protection. The biggest trusts are in free trade countries. Trusts are not in themselves evil. But they should be regulated, just as we control a steam locomotive. We claim that it is better to have trusts and prosperity than no trusts and no prosperity. We do not believe in the Democratic method of regulating trusts. One way to destroy fleas in a barn is to burn the barn. The Democratic remedy for trusts is to destaoy prosperity. THE PHILIPPINES. We demand that the government shall retain possession of the Philippine islands. We hold that it is as unpatriotic to estimate the cost of putting down the insurrection in those islands in comparison with trade benefits, as it was to consider in a like manner the cost of the War of the Rebellion. But the possession of those islands is now an accomplished fact and it is our duty as well as our advantage to keep them. The trade in [*24034*] the orient has more than doubled the traffic on our railroad and all this is direct benefit to Nevada. If it is a benefit to own Hawaii and Porto Rico it is also to our advantage to possess the Philippines. In this connection we most sincerely deprecate the attacks the Democrats have made upon our soldiers. we believe that the building of the isthmian canal and the movement in the orient mean the rapid development of the Pacific coast in all of which Nevada will share. [*24035*] Thus we affirm our allegiance to the Republican party.they seem to treat lightly that which you have discussed seriously. You should read it yourself with this thought in view. I have arranged to meet Mr. Shaw Wednesday and talk it over with him. Very sincerely yours P. C. Knox 28th Sept [*File PPF Pr*] [* [ca 9-28-02] *] [* [1902] *] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D. C. Dear Mr. President I have returned Mr. Shaws address to him and stated there are several of his legal propositions I wish to talk with him about I regret to say what I would only say to you and to you only because it is my duty that I do not like some parts of the paper because [*24036*]Nagasaki, Japan Sept. 29, 1902 My Dear Uncle Theodore I have not heard from you for over two weeks. I wrote to you as soon as I received the last money you sent me. I expect to leave Japan pretty soon now about the 6th of Oct. I hope Aunt Nellie and the boys are well. I expect to arrive [*24038*]In San Francisco about the 25th of Oct. I am sorry that I have not been able to get home sooner but the cholera on the “Sherman” prevented my going by that boat and when the “Logan” came in I was sick. So I shall surely go on the “Sumner” if I do not come by the “Sumner” please write the American Consul here and inquire if he has heard any thing of me. With best love to all the family I am Your loving Nephew C. Hughes Armistead. [*24039*][*File PPF Pr.*] CUSTOM HOUSE, SURVEYOR'S OFFICE. NEW YORK, September 29, 1902. My dear President Roosevelt: I am surprised as well as greatly pleased by the prompt answer to my letter of Saturday night; pleased both because it showed you were in your full strength and in no danger from your accident, and also because it showed you ready to act promptly in the Alabama matter. I have had another lengthy interview today with Booker Washington and Captain Scott. Washington was delighted beyond measure to learn that you had no sympathy with Senator Pritchard's strange departure, which must fail, and said it was the best news he had received since he had interest in politics. Captain Scott was also pleased, bot with your public position and your very pleasant reference to him. He is a discovery, a man of intelligence, character, wealthy, beyond any ambition in politics, an enthusiastic admirer of yours and eager to follow your flag and help you in whatever way he can. After going over the whole situation and seeing your readiness to act, both Mr. Washington and Captain Scott said they wanted two or three days to be sure they were right. They have sent for two or three people to come from Alabama. By Thursday [*24040*](President Roosevelt, 2) night or Friday I will be able to advise you of their wishes. They feel it a matter of conscience not to advise you except on the safest possible grounds. Meantime, I may be in Washington, as I have to go there on some Department matters, and possibly I may be able to see you if by that time you are well enough to see me, but I do not want to tax your strength an iota. Captain Scott said to tell you that he felt he could promise you the fulfillment of your wish for "at least one Republican Congressman from Alabama," and he hopes he can make it two and possibly three. He is of the very kind of men that we want to build on in the South, - man who will not promise the impossible task of turning a State over, but will go to work in constructive manner and take the State district by district and by electing Congressmen of high character, who will gain the respect of the South, build in the best possible way toward the making of a State Republican in the future. Sincerely yours, James S. Clarkson President Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. [*24041*][*C.F. W*] [[shorthand]] [*Wrote Secy Hay 10-2-1902*] WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON. September 29, 1902. MEMORANDUM: Hon. Thomas F. Walsh called and stated that when abroad this summer he invited the King of Spain to visit the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. at the request of the exposition management. The King stated that he would be glad to accept but that he desired to know in advance whether this would be entirely in accordance with the wishes of President Roosevelt. Mr. Walsh is to inform the King confidentially on this point and called to ask that he, Walsh, might be advised. Mr. Walsh leaves to-day for St. Louis, and when the President has recovered and the matter can properly be brought before him, Mr. Walsh wishes to be written personally of the President's decision. Mr. Walsh also states that he is President of the Irrigation Congress and is to read a paper there in the course of a few days. He was very anxious that the President should receive the proper credit for the part he took in securing the irrigation legislation. I told Mr. Walsh that it would be well for him to consult with Senator Warren and Representatives Mondell and Reeder; also suggested that he see Postmaster General Payne to-day to discuss certain matters connected with his proposed address. G. B. C. [*[Cortelyou]*] [*24042*]I do not expect to go east again as I am booked for the * Campaign. I am not unmindful of the importance of this coal situation and will not miss an opportunity to help it if I can But the positions of the operators from the beginning has put all efforts of mine in a false light before the public so I am only able to hold the confidence of the men, and serve them if I can. Hoping you will soon be well and "on your pins" I remain Sincerely Yours M A Hanna [con't] [*PPF Pr.*] United States Senate, [Washington.] Cleveland O Sept 29/1902 My dear Mr. President, I am in rect of yours of the 27" inst and reply that I share with you the anxiety in regard to the Coal situation. After leaving Oyster Bay I spent the balance of the week in N.Y raising money for the Congressional Com. and trying to see what more could be done with the strike. Confidentialy, I saw Mr Morgan and I also saw Mr Mitchell (the public knows nothing about that) I got from Mr Morgan a proposition as to what he would do in the matter. And I got Mitchell to agree to accept it if the operators would abide by the decision. I realy [*24043*]felt encouraged – to think I was about to accomplish a settlement. I went to Phila and saw Mr Bear and to my surprise he absolutely refused to entertain it. You can see how determined they are. It looks as if it was only to be settled when the miners are starved to it. and that may be weeks ahead as they are getting liberal supplies from their fellow workmen all over the country. *We had a grand opening of our Ohio Campaign last Saturday Were delighted to have Sec Root with us. He can give you particulars. I am not afraid of the tariff in Ohio, and I think as an issue it will not do any harm to the party. Some spots are bad, but the general situation cannot be made so let every candidate for Congress manage his own Dist in these questions. I was glad to have the comforting telegram from Cortelyou in regard to your scare operation. You must get well soon or with Henderson and I in the same class the Rep party will not have "a leg to stand on" [*24044*][* [For 2 attachments see 9-29-02] *] [[shorthand]] [*XX*] UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHINGTON. PS Regarding your coming to the wedding the function for the evening of the 10th was only a dinner But you must be on hand [ealy] early the morning of the 10th for "time and brides" wait for no man" (but the groom) I do hope you can spend the next day. Hale-Aldrich Kean & Wetmore will be here & others Yours M.A.H. [*24045*][*Ackd 10-1-1902 CF*] LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER, & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. DURGHARD. September 29th, 1902. Dear Mr. Cortelyou: The enclosed letter explains itself. Kindly bring it to the President's attention at your early convenience. At Oyster Bay the President told me to be in Washington at the time of the visit of the Crown Prince of Siam, inasmuch as I am an appointee of the King of Siam in the Court at The Hague. Assuming that the President's convalescence will have so far progressed as not to interfere with his entertaining the Prince, I hope I may express privately to you my wish that any dinner that is given to the Prince may not happen on the 14th or 15 of October. The reason of this is that my father-in-law has given a beautiful public library building to the city of Pawtucket, R.I., in memory of his late wife, and I cannot, of course, stay away from the dedication of this building, which has been set down for Wednesday, October 15th at 3 P.M. where I make a speech; I could not, therefore, be in Washington for any purpose either of those evenings - Tuesday or Wednesday - and should have to be excused if one of those days must be selected. It is probably too late to influence your decision on the matter and if so it will be all right, but if it should be [*24047*]Mr. C. - 2. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER, & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. DURGHARD. in time I would thank you very much to remember these circumstances. Hoping that you have had a pleasant summer and that you are quite recovered from your injuries at Pittsfield, I remain, dear Mr. Cortelyou, with kindest regards, Very faithfully yours, Frederick W. Holls [*24048*][For env see 9-29-02]. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER, & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. [*Private: Not for Public Files.*] September 29th, 1902. [*Ackd 10-1-1902*] Dear Mr. President: It is needless to say that I have followed the course of your convalescence from the annoying disturbance of your tour with very great concern, but I would not even now intrude upon your quiet if you had not specially asked me, about this time, to write you in order to remind you of your letter to Mr..White apropos of his seventieth birthday and his retirement from the Diplomatic Service. Incidentally let me congratulate you once more upon avoiding what I feel more certain than ever, would have been a political danger, namely: the appointment of Mr. Storer to Berlin. The whole list of diplomatic changes, as published last week, is excellent and will make a fine impression on the country. As to your lettercto Mr. White, it will not only be a great pleasure and comfort to him, but it will be an act of simple justice to call attention to his long and brilliant career in connection with the representation of this country abroad. He began immediately on graduating from Yale College in 1853 by going to Russia as Secretary of Legation. Then he came home and, as you know, served as Professor of History [*24049*]2. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER, & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. DURGHARD. at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and later on, after his return to Syracuse, was State Senator for several terms, and then became President of Cornell University. As such, his unofficial representation of this country's intellectual interests was perhaps quite as important as any other for he succeeded in going abroad and getting Goldwin Smith, as well as many other brilliant professors and lecturers, to come to Cornell. President Grant sent him as Commissioner to San Domingo in 1871 and he was Commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1878. Then he was Minister to Germany under Presidents Hayes and Garfield, and later Minister to Russia under President Harrison. He was a member of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission under President Cleveland, and then became Ambassador to Germany and President of the American Commission to the International Peace Conference at The Hague, under President McKinley. Surely this is a magnificent record when taken in connection with his great educational career, and I have no doubt whatever that history will place him, together with Franklin and Charles Francis Adams, in the very front rank of our diplomatists. Certainly we have had no representative [*24050*]3. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER, & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. DURGHARD. abroad since Charles Francis Adams who can be compared to Mr. White for general efficiency. I hope you will emphasize this point for it will be especially pleasing to the German-Americans. To change the subject somewhat abruptly, - let me once more recur to Shaw's (underlined advice at Oyster Bay, of which you made a memorandum at the time: "BUY PANAMA!" The situation down there seems almost ideally opportune for a just and energetic vindication, not only of our own rights, but of the interests of civilization at large, in that important corner of the world. We have a trusteeship there, acknowledged by every reasonable man in the world, and which we cannot avid if we would - a trusteeship, moreover, which in my opinion should not be defeated or impaired by technicalities or sophistries of legal hair-splitting. It is quite as much to the interest of Colombia itself that we should own the entire Isthmus of Panama as it is to our interest, and the interest of the civilized world. I am confident that it would not be impossible to convince the Colombian Government of this fact, so that we could make a fair and honorable bargain and proceed peacefully., But, at all events, I am sure the American [*24051*]4. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER, & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. DURGHARD. people will uphold a policy which will not falter in the carrying out of our obvious mission. I have the honor to be, Dear Mr. President, Very faithfully, your obedient servant, Frederick W. Holls [*24052*]Enc in Cortelyou 9-29-02[[shorthand]] are not only loyal but who are personally your and well wishers. I sincerely hope you will be on your feet again in a day or two and that you can see your way clear to come and take part in the proposed hunt. With great regard and best wishes, I am, Faithfully yours, Micah J. Jenkins. Personal [*Ackd 10/1/1902*] INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLLECTOR’S OFFICE. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 29th, 1902. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States: Dear Mr. President: I have seen you take so many chances with death that your recent narrow escape almost seems like a matter of course. In common with all your friends, I am profoundly grateful to Almighty God that he has again shielded you. Quite a number [*24053*]3 Our State and who now desire to entertain you not as President of the United States, but in their and your capacity as private gentlemen. They are all loyal admirers of yours, and while they will be pleased to have any friends you may choose to bring they wish you to feel that showed you come to feel that should you come they themselves will constitute such a body-guard as can only be formed of men who 2 Of Charleston gentlemen, whose families were contemporary with your Mother’s when your Mother’s people resided in So. Ca. Have asked me to invite you in their behalf and mine to come to Charleston some time this fall and join in an old fashioned deer hunt. These are some of the gentlemen who entertained you last April when as President you honored 24054was) as the doctor at the hospital said I did. My scalp was split open in two places - ugly wounds! We have been spared to do good, faithful work in life, I trust. May God keep you and bless you always, dear Theodore, and, may you soon be restored to your wanted strength and ease! Yours affectionately M. Florence Locke [*Miss*] [*Ackd 10-1-1902*] Sept 29th [*02*] 1818 Concord St. My dear Theodore, I have been so deeply thankful that your precious life was preserved at the time of that horrible accident! I thanked God, on my knees, for your safety! It is now grievous to me to know that you are still suffering - for a time - from a result of that same dreadful fall, - when I have been feeling that all was well with you. [*24055*]I send my warm and affectionate sympathy. I only wish I knew of any way by which I could hope to lighten some of the tedium of your convalescence. Apart even from your cousin Florence's loyalty and faithful affection (which you know, I trust, you are always sure of, and, can depend on) I should have a strong fellow-feeling with you as a victim of an accident, for, I was thrown down on Penn Ave by a heavy carriage and pair, and, I too, might have lost my life. I am sure you and dear Edith have never heard of it. Some day, I would like you to hear more of this, for I should be glad to have you praise me, a little, for being cool and collected and bearing my pain so well (all alone, as I [*24056*][*[ca 9-29-02]*] Senator Hanna's letter to the President (4 pages in handwriting, dated Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 1902) on the coal situation was enclosed in this envelope. The letter was folded so that the last page with the signature could be distinctly read through the envelope. 24058 TELEGRAM. [*File*] White House, Washington. 4 WU HG JM10 Paid 2:24 p.m. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept.29,1902. The President:- Your letter twenty-fifth received. Have just wired Payne full particulars. Newell Sanders. 24057[*[ca 9-29-02]*] Senator Hanna's letter to the President (4 pages in handwriting, dated Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 1902) on the coal situation was enclosed in this envelope. The letter was folded so that the last page with the signature could be distinctly read through the envelope. 24058 TELEGRAM. [*File*] White House, Washington. 4 WU HG JM10 Paid 2:24 p.m. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept.29,1902. The President:- Your letter twenty-fifth received. Have just wired Payne full particulars. Newell Sanders. 24057[attached to Hanna 9-29-02]UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHINGTON. The President Washington D. C. Personal 24059 [*File State*] September 30, 1902. MEMORANDUM: The Crown Prince of Siam will be here from the 10th to the 14th of October. Assistant Secretary Peirce says that preparations will go on for receiving the Prince; that if it is found that the President cannot receive him, the Secretary of State will be asked to do so; that it is hoped the Mayflower will be available to take the Prince to Annapolis. If the President cannot receive the Prince upon his arrival it may be possible to receive him before he leaves on the 14th. [*[ G B Cortelyou?]*] 24060[attached to Hanna 9-29-02][*Ackd 10-4-1902*] Pittsfield Conn. Sept 30, 1902 To the President. Sir, We are in deep anxiety about the exact extent of your injury, and the newspaper confuses us with contradictory accounts. Will you do us the favor to direct Mr. Cortelyou to write me [*24061*]the real condition it is in so far as it is proper for me to know - to go no farther. My daughter joins me, in the expression of our great sympathy for your suffering, as well as in our profound regret and deep mortification that the injury should have fallen on you while you were a guest of our city. I am with great respect and with a prayer for your speedy and complete recovery, Truly yours, H. A. Davies [*24062*]COPY. OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Port of Eagle Pass, Texas. September 30, 1902 To Customs Employees, Classified Civil Service, Saluria District: It having come to my knowledge that Hon. J. O. Luby, of San Diego, Texas, who is in charge of the campaign for Hon. John C. Scott, Republican nominee for Congress for the Fifteenth District of Texas, has called upon the Customs Officials of this District to contribute to the campaign fund, you are hereby informed that you are under no obligations to the campaign managers of Mr. Scott, or any one else, to pay over to them any money or other valuable thing for this purpose, and if you will adhere to my advice you will not contribute one dollar to said cause. It is not contemplated by the Government that employees of the classified service should be called upon for contributions of this nature, and in fact that Civil Service Laws strictly forbid that Government employees should be compelled to make any such contributions. I take it for granted that Government employees in this District need all their earnings, and I hereby advise you to make no contributions of this kind. Respectfully, Signed, R. W. Dowe. Collector. [*24063*]Enclosure No. 1. Despatch No. 221. AMERICAN LEGATION OFFICE MILITARY ATTACHÉ. Havana. September 30, 1902. Hon. Herbert G. Squiers, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Legation United States of America, Havana. Sir: In compliance with your instructions to visit the City of Santiago de Cuba and report upon the sanitary, social, political and economical conditions of that place, and the attitude of the Cubans toward the detachment of the United States Army stationed at Morro Castle, I left Havana September 15 and reached Santiago September 20, where I remained until September 23, and arrived at Havana September 28. The information given in this brief report was obtained in interviews with the following persons: Mr. Charles Du Bois, Secretary to the Civil Governor and Acting Civil Governor, due to the illness of the Governor, General Sanchez Hecheverría. Mr. Dubois [*24064*]-2- Mr. Du Bois worked under me in the Department of Public Instruction, and hence I attach weight to his information as well as to that of Mr. Francisco Rosado, Postmaster, who was my private secretary when I was Commissioner of Public Schools. Mr. Emilio Bacardí, Mayor of Santiago, Senators Brava Correoso and Federico Rey, who were in Santiago during my visit, Mr. German Michaelson, German vice-consul, and associated with the banking firm of Schumann & Co., Mr. Robert Mason, English Consul, and connected with the banking house of Brooks & Co., the largest sugar planters and dealers in the Province, Mr. Asher Gruver, representing the Cuba Company in Santiago, Mr. Bundy Cole, Manager of the Cuban National Bank, Mr. Holliday, the American Consul, the officers of the United States Army at Morro Castle, and various Americans doing limited business in Santiago. The question most discussed by the Cubans are the payment of the Army, the reorganization of local political parties, and the part to be played therein by the negroes, the "hard times" and the probability of reciprocity. Americans and other foreigners in the city are there for business, and naturally are more interested in the latter two subjects; they are very charitable in their criticism of the Cubans, and the grievances of the latter are few and limited mainly to the Republican faction, which forms but a small minority. Considering that this [*24065*]-3- this Province has been the breeding place of Cuban revolutions and always more or less noted for the erratic tendencies of its inhabitants, I was somewhat surprised at the absence of bitter complaints and rumors of trouble of one sort or another. The Province contains two very troublesome elements --the great bulk of the Army and of the negro population in proportion to the size of the Province as compared with the remainder of the Island-- yet they both seem to be fairly well dominated by the government; the negro by the political chiefs, and the Army by its chiefs, of whom there are many. Juan Gualberto Gomez of Havana attempted to secure the negro vote for the Republican party in the election for Constitutional delegates two years ago and failed. It is reported that he will attempt the same thing again this year, but the Nationalists do not fear the results. The negro evidently does not like his leadership. Either party must have the assistance of the negro to win, yet neither will promise any extensive share of the public offices or patronage to secure it. The whites dread the possibility of being governed by a negro, and they are as capable of avoiding this as the whites of the South of the United States, and with less trouble and complaint. A few minor positions have been given the negro in Santiago, on the police force and elsewhere, but they have been given sparingly and with care. One [*24066*]-4- One man with when whom I talked told me the Army would certainly take to the mountains if it was not paid; but with this single exception the idea was ridiculed. The Army in Santiago, as elsewhere in the Island, is not much nearer disbandonment than it was three years ago, and the feeling is that it will not be so long as it is not paid. If the effort was to be properly made it could be re-assembled inside of a week; not by any sudden uniformity of action on the part of its rank and file, for they are without initiative, but at the call of its chiefs. Among the latter there are a very few discontents, but they are held in check by the great majority that are sincerely working for peace and order. The Mayor of the City well stated that if he felt otherwise, he would not be spending many thousands of dollars in building him a new country home. There is a great desire to secure the payment of the Army and much anxiety for fear the United States may interpose objections to the loan for that purpose, or that it will not be possible to secure the loan. The reasons for wishing to pay the Army are those given so frequently - the payment of a just debt, the actual disbandonment of the Army, its removal from politics, and the impetus that will be given to agriculture and commerce. To the latter of these foreign element does not unanimously agree, but believes that if it is unaccompanied [*24067*]-5- unaccompanied by reciprocity it will be a false prosperity. The Board for revising the Army lists is now working in Santiago most successfully, but its tendency is to re-establish the unity of the organization by bringing the men together again, and to foster a hope for early payment and a certain condition of thriftlessness and indifference to the present hard times which if permitted to last long will have its undesirable effects. Labor conditions have not been as bad at any time since the war. Men are everywhere without work. The Spaniard, the best workman in the Province, who has always had work before, is often idle. The mines at Juraguay, Daiquirí, and Cobre, for the first time since the war, have been able to turn away Spanish laborers. The Cuba Company is working about 800 men, and has recently reduced its force by more than a thousand, due to the advanced state of the work. Public works have stopped and all sugar plantations are working the minimum force. Actual misery and suffering exist to a greater extent than in the past, but the necessities of life are so few in the tropics that this is not alarming. The Province is quiet, however, and reports of bandits and minor disorders are untrue. The sugar crop will probably be as great or greater than last year, due mainly to a good season and not to new cane fields. The crop of the Guantanamo valley and about Santiago is [*24068*]-6- is better than last year's, but Mr. Riguey of Manzanille reports the crop there 30% short. This figure is probably high. He further reports that he is the only planter of that district that has cleaned his fields this year. The banking firm of Schumann & Co., state that they cannot secure money in the United States to advance to the planters next year, unless a reciprocity treaty is signed, and in many ways capital shows itself exceedingly cautious. The same firm stated that the money in circulation was constantly diminishing, and that they were not handling $10,000 today where they handled $100,000 last year at this time. It is scarcely necessary to say that there is the same anxiety here about a reciprocity treaty as elsewhere in the Island. The successful outcome of the Brussels Conference will furnish great assistance to the planter, but it will not help the crop of 1902-1903, which will be the turning point for many planters. The Customs receipts for the part for this period, May to August inclusive, are remarkably near the same as those for a like period last year. As given me by the Collector of Customs they are as follows: 1901 1902. May 92,357.14 83,071.63 June 82,235.56 80,165.56 July 92,582 86,700.99 August 84,249.76 101,515.76 $351,424.73 $ 351,450.94 The [*24069*]-7- The sanitary condition of the City is not being kept up to the standard of the past three or four years. This is apparent in the streets themselves, - many of which are littered with sweepings and garbage. The principal streets of the town are but fairly clean and the side streets and the suburbs show marked lack of care. The cess pools and garbage collections of private houses are still more neglected. The removal of such garbage and the cleaning of cess pools may be made at private expense. Fairly authentic information states that employees of the department exact a fee for such work at the present time. The City authorities cannot be blamed for this neglect of sanitation. The State suddenly threw this burden upon them after they had prepared their yearly tax budget, and when it was too late to make additional assessments for this purpose, At the same time the City was made to assume the expense of the Police force and the maintenance of the water works. Its annual expenses were thus increased about $140,000. To meet this absolutely necessary expense the City Government has had to abandon the public works and reduce the efficiency of the administration in many ways, at the same time reducing by more than one-third the amount formerly expended in sanitation. The following figures were given me by the Mayor: Probable [*24070*]-8- Probable receipts for 1902-'03 ----------------------- $247.922,34 Expenditures (known) Police --------------------$52, 686.67 Sanitation---------------- 52. 324.03 Water works -------------- 9,461.64 Light, employees, medicines, municipal doctors, museum, library, cemetery, etc. ---------- 133.450.00 $247,922.34 $247.922.34 Until May 1901 Sanitation had been a State expenditure and had cost $115,000 per year. This is $60,000 more than the amount allowed in the above estimate. The State is helping the city with $3,000 per month at the present time, but this will last until the end of the year only. The sewer system of the city, the Dady contract mentioned in letter of General Wood to President Palma, published in the Official Gazette of May 21, 1902, is now finished, but it is useless until the water system, mentioned in the same letter, is completed. Nothing has been done on this since May, 20. Mr. Portuondo, the City Engineer, informed me that the funds for this work would be appropriated in the annual budget. It will take some months at least to complete this system, and in the meantime a very valuable sewer plant, combining a pumping station, etc., will be deteriorating. The house connections with these sewers cannot be made until the water is obtained for flushing them. There is every reason why the work on the water system of Santiago should be pushed with all possible speed. There [*24071*]-9- There is great differences of opinion as to the practical value of the American forces at Morro Castle, and as to the attitude of the Cuban Government and Cuban people towards this force: - generally, however, the wish is the father of the thought, in the opinions given. American business men, as well as other foreigners, are exceedingly anxious that they should remain, and fancy that they furnish them some sort of guarantee. On a matter of this sort it was not to be expected that the Cubans in talking to me would express themselves without reserve, yet they said enough that it was quite evident there was a feeling that a cause for discontent and possible trouble would be removed if the soldiers were not at the Morro. Yet, on the other hand, they were just as truthful in their assertions that the force was in a way a warning to disorderly elements in the country. They admit a certain good influence while asserting that their presence does harm. I noticed the same opinion here as at Cienfuegos, that in case the Government wished the assistance of these troops, it would have but to ask for such assistance to receive it. The officers have been exceedingly careful to avoid any friction with the Cubans, and the latter speak in the highest terms of the conduct of the soldiers. The Santiago papers have on numerous occasions objected to the presence of this armed force in the Island, and [*24072*]-10- and the very fact that they can make political capital of the question would seem to indicate that the force is not wanted. Very respectfully, MATHEW E. HANNA, 1st. Lieutenant 2nd. U. S. Cavalry, Military Attache. 24073[Enc. in Squiers 10-3-02]-2- TRANSLATION. Office of the Municipal Mayor, Habana, September 30th, 1902. To the Honorable Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States. Sir: On the motion of several of the Councilman, the City Council of Habana, in a permanent session held on the 24th instant, resolved to inform the President of the United States of the satisfaction with which it observes the campaign made by him in favor of mercantile reciprocity between the two nations, a satisfaction which is but the live reflection of that felt by our industrious and laborious people, as it sees itself encouraged and strengthened by the noble support of the brave soldier who one day endangered his life to set up the flag of our liberty and who today, a just and foreseeing Governor, does not forget in his power the solemn obligations contracted to give life, stability and progress to the young Republic of Cuba. The Corporation hopes that his efforts will be crowned with the most happy success, and wishes for the prompt recovery of his health, broken a short time age by a lamentable accident. This I have the honor to communicate to you, begging that you [*24074*]-3- you please transmit this resolution to the worthy Governor of the great American nation, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. Signed - Juan R. O'Farrill. Mayor. [*24075*][Enc in Squiers 10-10-02]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. [*Ansd*] 4WU SS FD 32 DH 11:16am Beaver PA Sept 30, 1902. The President:- I have wired Andrews to see Garfield. Your friend was here Sunday and the affair is up to you. If the other people agree will see you Friday. How are you to-day? M. S. Quay. 24076COPY. Washington, September 30, 1902. No. Sir: As you are aware, Sir R. Bond, Premier of Newfoundland, has arrived here with the object of endeavoring to conclude a separate commercial convention between that Colony and the United States. The Marquess of Lansdowne, in a letter introducing Sir R. Bond to me, instructs me to obtain for him all proper facilities for discussing the question with the United States authorities and to afford him all the assistance in my power towards bringing the negotiations, with which he and I are jointly charged, to a successful issue. I understand that the United States Government is willing to receive and consider Sir R. Bond's proposals. I therefore have the honor to enclose, at his request, a draft convention which he has drawn up, embodying the views of his Government. I have the honor to be, With the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant Arthur S. Raikes. The Honorable Alvey A. Adee, &c...&c...&c. [*24077*][Enc. in Adee 9-27-02]CHARLES M. SAIN, PRESIDENT. JOHN T. REID, VICE-PRESIDENT. RALPH S. STUBBS, SECRETARY. The Oregon Potash Company. OFFICES: RENO, NEVADA, AND PAISLEY, OREGON. [*Ackd 10-6-1902 CF*] Lovelock, Nevada, SSeptember 30, 1902. Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir:– I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your esteemed favor of the 25th instant, relative to the part Newlands played in irrigation legsilation. I appreciate the delicacy with which you have referred to the subject, and I understand the situation perfectly. Let me assure you that the injunction, "Strictly personal." shall be observed, although it would be a great help to us in this campaign if we could use "that one of the obstacles to be overcome in getting through the measure recommended by the President was the bill originally introduced by that gentleman." I shall see Chairman Mills in Carson, probably tomorrow, and will have him write Senator Warren, Congressman Mondell and Congressman Reeder. The only hope we have of being able to carry Nevada is on the strength of the President's part in passing the irrigation law and his future policy in its enforcement. I have touched upon this in my editorial columns last week which I beg to inclose. We fell down in making a platform, and as I have the only Republican paper in the county I suppressed the platform "adopted' for the one I "offered." The county central committee got together and substituted the platform [*24078*]CHARLES M. SAIN, PRESIDENT. JOHN T. REID, VICE-PRESIDENT. RALPH S. STUBBS, SECRETARY. The Oregon Potash Company. OFFICES: RENO, NEVADA, AND PAISLEY, OREGON. Cortelyou --2--sep-30-1902 "offered" for the one that was formally adopted. It is on this "offered" platform that we expect to carry this county, on the irrigation plank alone, the strongest Democratic county in the state. I am also representing the Salt Lake Tribune in this campaign which is making a great effort to help us carry the state. The Republican papers of San Francisco are all for Newlands, and we have no Republican paper in this sate of any great force. If I have incorrectly interpreted the future policy of the administration in regard to the enforcement of the irrigation law I would be pleased to receive any suggestion bearing on the matter. Very truly yours, C. M. Sain [*24079*][For enc. see 9-27-02]stirring times, & especially while your hand is at the helm, & your faith & courage & high standards of duty were uplifting the Nation - as they are - have been & have missed so much. Due mitigating circumstance was the sympathy in England at the time of the President's assassination. It was universal, pervading all classes & most sincere. The memorial service in Westminster Abbey was most impressive, [*File PPF*] Paris, Sept. 30, 1902 My dear Theodore, My sister & I are sailing for home this week, after an absence in Europe of sixteen months, but oh! how glad we shall be to find ourselves in dear Uncle Sam's land again! We came away just after I saw you & Edith in Buffalo, [*24080*]that happy, pleasant time – only a little rueful to me, because instead of being Governor you were to be shelved as Vice President, with so much leisure on your hands that, I remember, you were proposing to study to be admitted to the bar! How little you or your friends imagined what the year was to bring! And so we parted. In London, in July — this more than a year ago — I was taken suddenly & seriously ill (an attack of spinal neuralgias) and so was obliged to stay on over here all winter, at San Remo. Now I am well again, & most anxious to get home, [again] And, please God, we shall be there by the middle of October. For to have been away through all these [*24081*]How we shall long to hear that you are well, entirely well by the time we land. Well, & entertaining the "negro vote", "Lord turn and turn" and "Mud in the Eye" at luncheon! I should like to be of the party. Give my love to Edith, & with sincere affection & admiration for yourself, believe me to be Faithfully & sincerely Mrs Louisa Lee Schuyler To Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States 2 & everywhere there were expressions of sympathy & tokens of mourning. Even the little flags on the London omnibuses were at half-mast & bits of crepe were tied to the whip handles. It was spontaneous, genuine. Not any of the nations of Europe really love us, really care for us as the English do. Of course our English friends asked much about you – & it was so pleasant to be able to tell them. [*24082*]. I need not tell for that I have followed everything you have said & done with the most intense interest, & with deep admiration. What a magnificent fight you have made for Justice to Cuba! How fine your tributes at the Harvard dinner to Wood, Root & Taft! What a brave stand you are making now in regard to the Trusts! (The "Outlook" has just brought me those addresses). The people are with you &, under your leadership, what may we not hope for - of all that is true & best! Just now I cannot but feel a little anxious about you. That terrible, unnecessary carriage accident, from which you are still suffering. [*24083*][*PPF Pr*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 2Wu. WN. FD. 56 D.H. 9:22 am NewYork, Sept 30th, 1902. The President:- It is done. I believe it wise but time will tell. Am taking sole responsibility and it were better than one man perish than to let the interests of seventy five million people suffer. Could not find Root, not in city. Was not safe to wait will see you tomorrow don't go to Boston till eighth. L.M. Shaw. [*24084*][*[ca 9-30-02]*] DRAFT CONVENTION between GREAT BRITAIN and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA for the improvement of Commercial Relations between the UNITED STATES and HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S COLONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. The Governments of Great Britain and of the United States, desiring to improve the commercial relations between the United States and His Britannic Majesty's Colony of Newfoundland, have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries, and given them full powers to treat of and conclude such convention, that is to say: His Britannic Majesty on his part has appointed ___ and the President of the United States has appointed, on the part of the United States ____. And the said plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles: ARTICLE I. United States fishing vessels entering the waters of Newfoundland shall have the privilege of purchasing herring, caplin, squid and other bait fishes at all times, on the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same penalties, as Newfoundland vessels. They shall also have the privilege of touching and trading, selling fish and oil, and procuring supplies, in Newfoundland, conforming to the Harbor Regulations, but without other charge than the payment of such light, harbour and customs dues as are or may be levied on Newfoundland fishing vessels. [*24085*]2 ARTICLE II. Codfish, cod oil, seal oil, whale oil, unmanufactured whalebone, sealskins, herrings, salmon, trout, and salmon trout, lobsters, cod roes, tongues, and sounds, being the produce of the fisheries carried on by the fishermen of Newfoundland, and ores of metals, the product of Newfoundland mines, and slates from the quarry untrimmed, shall be admitted into the United States free of duty. Also all packages in which the said fish and oils may be exported shall be admitted free of duty. It is understood, however, that unsalted or fresh codfish are not included in the provisions of this Article. ARTICLE III. The officer of customs at the Newfoundland port where the vessel clears shall give to the master of the vessel a sworn certificate that the fish shipped were the produce of the fisheries carried on by the fishermen of Newfoundland, which certificate shall be countersigned by the Consul or Consular Agent of the United States. ARTICLE IV. When this convention shall come into operation, and during the continuance thereof, the following articles imported into the Colony of Newfoundland from the United States shall be admitted free of duty. Agricultural implements and machinery imported by Agricultural Societies for the promotion of agriculture. Cranes, derricks, fire clay, fire brick, rock drills, rolling mills, crushing mills, separators, drill steel, machinery of every description for mining, used within the mine proper or at the surface of the mine, smelting machinery of all kinds when imported directly by persons engaged in mining or to be used in their mining operations and not for sale. [*24086*] Brick3 Brick machines; Dynamite, detonators, blasting powder and fuse; Raw cotton and cotton yarn; Corn for the manufacture of brooms and whisks; Chair cane, unmanufactured; Cotton seed oil, olive oil, boracic acid, acetic acid, preservatine, when imported by manufactures to be used in the preservation of fish or fish glue; Hemp, Hemp yard, coir yarn, sisal, manila, jute, flax and tow; Indian corn; Oil cake, oil cake meal, cotton seed cake, cotton seed meal, pease meal, bran, and other preparations for cattle feed; Manures and fertilizers of all kinds, and sulfuric acid when imported to be used in the manufacture of manures; Lines and twines used in connection with the fisheries, not including sporting tackle; Ores to be used as flux; Ploughs, harrows, reaping, raking, potato-digging and seed-sowing machines when imported by those engaged in agriculture and not for sale; Engraver's plates of steel, polished, for engraving thereon; Photo engraving machinery, viz: Router, bevelling and squaring machines, screen holders, cross line screens and chemicals for use in engraving, wood for blocking, engraving tools and process plates; Printing presses, printing paper, printing types, printer's ink, when imported by bona fide printers for use in their business; Salt, in bulk, when imported for use in the fisheries; and the [*24087*]. 4 the duties to be levied and collected upon the following enumerated merchandise imported into the Colony of Newfoundland from the United States shall not exceed the following amounts, viz: Flour; 25 ¢. per barrel; Pork; 1 dol. 50 ¢ per barrel of 200-lbs.; Bacon and hams, tongues, smoked beef and sausages; 2-1/4 ¢ per lb., or 2 dol. 50 ¢ per 112 lbs.; Beef, pigs' heads, hocks and feet, salted and cured; 1 dollar per barrel of 200-lbs.; Indian meal; 20 cents per barrel; Peas; 30 cents per barrel; Oatmeal; 30 cents per barrel of 200-lbs.; Rice, 1/4 cent per lb.; Kerosene oil; 6 cents per gallon; ARTICLE V. It is understood that if any reduction is made by the Colony of Newfoundland, at any time during the term of this convention, in the rate of duty upon the articles named in Article IV., of this Convention, the said reduction shall apply to the United States. ARTICLE VI. The present Convention shall be duly ratified by His Britannic Majesty and by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington on the ______________________________ or as soon thereafter as practicable. Its provisions shall go into effect thirty days after the exchange of ratifications, and shall continue and remain in full force for the term of five years from the date at which it may [*24088*]5 may come into operation, and further until the expiration of twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall give notice to the other at the end of the said term of five years, or at any time afterwards. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Washington, this __________________day of ___________________in the year of our Lord 1902. 24089[Enc in Adee 9-27-02][9-30-02] STATEMENT OF REVENUE COAL LOADED September 1902 -- September 1901. ---------- Loaded September 1902 20,995 cars Loaded September 1901 15,237 cars Increase 5,758 cars. Increase per cent 37-8/10% Heaviest month prior was January 1902. September 1902 (25 working days) 20,995 cars January 1902 (27 working days) 19,547 cars Increase 1,448 cars. Increase per cent .08% Average cars per day, January 1902 724 cars Average cars per day, September 1902 839 cars. Increase 115 cars. Increase per day 16% 24090[Enclosed in Fish, 10-6-02]The Outlook Company 287 Fourth Avenue New York Ackd 10/6/1902 October 1, 1902. My dear Mr. Roosevelt: I thank you for your cordial letter of September 26th, and had previously read with interest the whole of your Detroit speech. I am going to make the duty of the pulpit in dealing with the ethical and religious aspects of our industrial problems, the theme of an address before a ministerial association of this city next month, and perhaps later on, of two editorials. May I take this occasion to express the very earnest hope that you will not allow your energy to impel you into any activity which will involve the least hazard to yourself or even the least apprehension of hazard to your medical advisors. At the present juncture any apprehension respecting the President of the Nation would be a serious injury to public welfare. Yours sincerely, Lyman Abbott 24091 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.[*File CF*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. October 1, 1902. To the President: Continuing my reports in regard to the mission of Sir Robert Bond, Colonial Secretary of Newfoundland, I have the honor to communicate to you a copy of a note, bearing date of yesterday, which I have received today from Mr. Arthur S. Raikes, Charge d'Affaires of the British Embassy, presenting Sir Robert Bond's proposal. As Mr. Hay is expected to return to Washington Saturday next, I shall, unless otherwise directed by you, retain Mr. Raikes' note and its enclosure for Mr. Hay's consideration, meanwhile acknowledging to Mr. Raikes the receipt of his note. Very respectfully, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary. Enclosure: From Mr. Raikes, September 30, 1902, with Sir Robert Bond's accompanying proposal. [*24092*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 3 NY LX JM 18 D.H. 3:42 p.m. P.C. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 1, 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt:- In compliance with your request, I will be at the White House on the day and hour named. Geo. F. Baer. 24093 TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 2 PO Y JM W.H. Yours to Baer delivered at 2:17 p.m., signed by J. Barrett. Phila., Pa. Per W. Oct. 1, 1902. 3:06 p.m. 24094. LEWIS S. CLARKE, LAGONDA PLANTATION Patterson, La., Oct. 1st, 1902. TELEGRAPH AND POST OFFICE; PATTERSON.PARISH OF ST. MARY, LA. [*Ackd 10-4-1902 CF*] [[5 lines shorthand]] Theodore Roosevelt, President. Washington, D. C. Dear sir, The third Congressional District of this state has nominated W. E. Howell for Congress. Congressional nominations have also been made in each one of the 7 districts in Louisiana, and we shall all endeavor to make a vigorous fight in every part of the state. Mr. Howell's position is somewhat different from that of any other candidate, because he has been appointed by you as Collector of Internal Revenue, and has been in posession of this office for something like two months. He is the very best candidate we have in his District for reasons which i will not now go into. He has accepted the nomination ver reluctantly because of the Federal office which he holds, and, if you deem it necessary that he withdraw from the Congressional race, he will at once do so. I most earnest hope, however, that you will alow him to make the race. The election take place in one month and three days from this date, and it would seriously embarrass us in many ways, if he has to decline. Mr. Howell will not neglect the duties of the office to which you appointed him, and will do no campaign work which will interfere with such duties. The Post Master General instructed me a few days ago that there was no objection to a post master accepting the nomination for Congress, but that he must not neglect the duties of his office. I presume that [*24095*]. LEWIS S. CLARKE, LAGONDA PLANTATION TELEGRAPH AND POST OFFICE; PATTERSON.PARISH OF ST. MARY, LA. Theodore Roosevelt, President ---- #2. the same rule would apply to Mr. Howell's case, but would be glad to have definite instructions from you in the promises. Yours truly, Lewis S Clarke L.S.C./K.S.F. [*24096*][* [For 1. enclosure see ca 10-1-1902] *] 1513 S st. N. W. Oct. 1st, 1902. Dear Mr. President, Here is another story about South America which I sent to Forest and Stream this summer: it is not quite as amusing as "The Heretic and the Caiman" that you read awhile ago but it may interest you just now when you cannot use your own gun. Yours truly Cecil Clay. [*24097*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. Colonel Montgomery: Senator Quay's message delivered to clerk early at Hotel Duquesne, Pittsburg, and taken to Mr. Quays's room by porter, who reports delivery to Mr. Quay, personally at 2:55 p.m. The message went through to Beaver, Pa., and was forwarded to Pittsburg. Collins, W., October 1, 1902. 3:21 p.m. 24099 [*Ackd 10/3/1902*] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 1st- 1902. Mr Cortelyou, Dear Sir: Sometime ago the President asked me to send him an article I had written for Forest and Stream which he read with amusement- I send him another which please give to him with my compliments Yours truly Cecil Clay 24098TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. Colonel Montgomery: Senator Quay's message delivered to clerk early at Hotel Duquesne, Pittsburg, and taken to Mr. Quays's room by porter, who reports delivery to Mr. Quay, personally at 2:55 p.m. The message went through to Beaver, Pa., and was forwarded to Pittsburg. Collins, W., October 1, 1902. 3:21 p.m. 24099 [*Ackd 10/3/1902*] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 1st- 1902. Mr Cortelyou, Dear Sir: Sometime ago the President asked me to send him an article I had written for Forest and Stream which he read with amusement- I send him another which please give to him with my compliments Yours truly Cecil Clay 24098. Miles Menander Dawson. CONSULTING ACTUARY, 11 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. [*Ackd 10-3-1902*] TELEPHONE 2350 BROAD. CABLE "MENANDER" NEW YORK. Oct. 1st. 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Oyster Bay, L. I. Dear President Roosevelt:– The following quotations from a message to the legislature of Wisconsin by Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk, immediately after the strike and the riot in Milwaukee, during which at his command the militia fired upon the rioters, may possibly be of interest to you in connection with your consideration of the present labor difficulties. You will recall, no doubt, that Governor Rusk was commended for his prompt action at that time, but possibly you may not be aware that the message attracted very great attention abroad, but seems to have been sufficiently in advance of the times, so that it did not receive as much notice in this country. The entire message is printed in the "Life of Mr. Rusk", written by Hon. Henry Casson, now Sergeant at Arms of Congress, and a copy of the book probably could be obtained from him. But should you wish to examine the entire message at once, I will send you my copy if requested. These quotations, however, cover the most important declarations on this subject. They are: "The contention is between employes and employers, and both classes combined are but a minority fraction of the whole people, whose peace and interests are interrupted and their rights violated by these unnecessary disturbances. It is the right and duty of the people – that is, of the great majority – to step in and say, not only "let us have peace" but "we will have peace"; and through the law and lawfully constituted authorities to see to it that we do have peace and that disturbers are promptly and properly punished." ---- "If the parties [*24100*]. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oct. 1st. 1902 #2. to these ever-recurring disturbances can not find a way of amicably settling their disputes, they must be made to submit to such legal arbitration as will at least protect the peace and dignity of a civilized commonwealth." Trusting that the same may be useful to you, I am, Yours sincerelyy Miles. M. Dawson [*24101*]MILLER, FINCKE & BRANDEGEE, 30 GENESEE STREET, UTICA, N. Y. first & fervently & lawyers on the side, as incidentally as it were. Their experience & wisdom in things political, far from being helps, would be positive hindrances in a provincial capacity. I mention this that you may know I discriminate when I say that Mr Sherman is in every way eminently fitted for the position of speaker, if he should be elected to that most important office next to the one you fill. I am writing this, as I have written to you always in a purely personal capacity. No one has suggested it or known of it. I thought that you might take some interest in what I thought of a man whom I know so well. If you [*24103*] MILLER, FINCKE & BRANDEGEE 30 GENESEE STREET, UTICA, N. Y. Oct 1st 1902 [*Ackd 10-6-1902 CF*] Dear Theodore I see by the papers that Jas. S. Sherman is spoken of as a possible candidate for speaker of the House. I know only little about political matters just now but it seems to me I know enough to know that no one from the East can succeed Henderson except he is strongly desired by the President. I do not know whether you desire anyone in the place or if you do, whether you would let anyone know the fact, but if you are willing to have it known that you would be pleased to have an Eastern man speaker & that man is Jas. S. Sherman, [*24102*]I do not feel that I am guilty of any impertinence in letting you know that I agree with you most cordially. I have known Sherman ever since he graduated from college Have lived in the same town with him. Have been with him & against him, politically. He is a man of first class ability, without any claim to greatness however. He is clean, upright, honorable. I understand he is a favorite in the house & he deserves to be, anything in the line of political preferment he has a right to expect & get if he can. I did not think he was the man to be appointed U. S. District Judge any more than I thought Jack Davis was. Both have ability enough but neither [have] was a student of the law or a lawyer, at all except in a secondary capacity. Politician or not. no harm is done. I hope most earnestly that you are feeling better & that the injury to your leg is really slight & unimportant or rather would be, if it concerned only Theodore Roosevelt & not the President of the United States. Congratulate you on calling the miners & coal operators together. It was a master move & only good, to you at least, can result [not] no matter what the outcome may be. I remember your old love for the working man & your practical acquaintance with him. May both help you in this most lamentable state of affairs. With kindest regards to Mrs Roosevelt & all my affection for yourself Faithfully yours H. G. Fincke[*Fowler*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 10 WU O GI 21 DH---5:26p New York, October 1. [*[1902?]*] The President, White House, Washington. In obedience to your summons of this date I will appear at the time named. Thomas F. Fowler, President, N. Y. Ontario and Western Ry. Co. 24104. –COPY– Philadelphia, Oct, 1st, 1902. Hon W. A. Stone, Governor of Pennsylvania, Sir:– I fear the people of the State do not realize the horrors of the approaching winter if the strike is suffered to drift on until a veritable coal-famine may repeat the appalling scenes of the English bread riots. I venture to address you, because it seems to me that the steps taken by the State Government have not been sufficiently efficient and decisive. It is true troops have been sent to the scene and posted in camps. I think myself that a State constabulary or police would be more effective. At the time of the Rail Road riots in Philadelphia Mayor Stokley prevented all violence by simply instructing his men to prevent the formation of crowds, and the moment a group of men began to form they were dispersed by a simple order to do so supported by no other weapon than a policeman's baton. It seems to me clear that the stage of the strike has arrived when some mines could be started if it were certain that all intimidation of those who wish to work was prevented. It seems clear that thousands are deterred from working by a display of numbers against them, contemptous epithets [*24105*] -2- and menaces of violence and death. The law, as laid down by Chief Justice Paxson at the time of the Homestead strike distinetly forbids even intimidation; this law, if I understand it, is constantly violated without an effort on the part of the State Government acting through any sufficient power as a police power to prevent it. The men who want to work and whose families are really starving should be entitled to do so just as much as those who want to strike should be allowed to strike. What I wish to plead for an order to increase the supply of coal, and limit the horrors of the strike is, that co-operation between the State Administration and the Coal Operators which will give to the latter the fullest support of the former in starting certain of the mines with an impossibility of interference: and thus a fair test will be made of the possibility of mining con- siderable coal at least, under the protection of the law. With this in view, I would propose a conference of your Excellency with the representatives of the Operators in order to select one mine or a group of m ines where the experiment may be tried without the least danger of collision. I would then, if you will allow me, suggest a proclamation by the Governor reciting the situation, in- forming the people of the disturbed districts of the point of law to which I have referred above in the case of the Homestead riots, and then proclaiming that hereafter no such interference, whether by [hysical violence, abuse or intimidation will be allowed, and it will be prevented and punished with all the power of the State. I 24106-3- need not perhaps say that I would then see that in the selected region, at least, it shall be prevented by whatever power is acting as a police, the sheriffs and their deputys, or the military acting, it is hoped, without any sacrifice of life, as at Homestead. It has seemed to me, Governor, that if such means as these had been adopted earlier, in earnest, and decisively, there might have been an important number of mines in full operation at this time by non-union miners and new men, without interfering in the least with the right of the union men to continue in strike as long as they please, who on their part have no more right to interfere with the liberty of any to work who please. Very respectfully yours, ( signed ) Philip C. Garrett. 24107[Enclosed in Garrett, 10-3-02][*Ackd 10/3/1902*] [[shorthand]] CITY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE OF THE CITY CHAMBERLAIN. October, first, 1902. ELGIN R. L. GOULD, [XXXX XXXX] CHAMBERLAIN. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President, United States. My dear Mr. President: I have read with a great deal of interest and satisfaction in this evening's papers that you have decided to try and bring the opposing interests in the coal strike together. Such action, in my judgment, does credit to your wisdom and purpose to make your actions on all occasions contribute as far as possible to the public welfare. I have always been very deeply interested in questions relating to labor and capital, and was asked to give the opening address at the Conference on Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration, which was held in Chicago in November 1894. From this meeting eventuated the Civic Federation. I mention this fact in order that I may have some "standing in court". I do not pretend to have any special knowledge in relation to the merits of the present unfortunate dispute between the coal miners and operators, except such as has been vouchsaved through the public press, and through consultations from time to time with members of the Civic Federation. It has seemed to me, however, that the best basis for opening negotiations would be [*24108*]. CITY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE OF THE CITY CHAMBERLAIN. ELGIN R. L. GOULD, –2– [PATRICK KEENAN,] CHAMBERLAIN. the suggestions of a long time contract, say for five years. If the operators would be willing to enter into such a contract it would seem not too much to expect from a general knowledge of human nature that the miners might possibly be willing to have such a contract signed between mine owners and local unions, provided such local unions had some status as an affiliated organization to the United Mine Workers of America. I think, of course, such a solution would mean a very considerable concession on the part of President Mitchell and his adherents, but possibly the sacrifice might not be deemed too great if the miners were assured of stable wages, and, if possible, somewhat increased wages for a period of time. The question of number of days of work guaranteed during a year should also form a part of the wages contract. I have followed your course in your high office with sympathetic and friendly interest, and I trust you will therefore regard these suggestions as coming from one who desires to see the things undertaken by you carried to a successful conclusion. I am, Most respectfully yours, E. R. L. Gould [*24109*][[shorthand notation]] [[/shorthand notation]]with Nature's task of recuperation, & violate the conditions under which she alone can ensure the fulfillment of her task. Humanity has need of you & consequently I put in my respectful claim with the rest of mankind that you "easy oars" until you are fit to give the stroke once more to the rulers of the Earth. UNION - CASTLE LINE R·M·S "BRAEMAR CASTLE" Oct 1. 02 [*Ackd 11-22-1902 PPF Pr*] Off Teneriffe My dear President, The news that reached me just as I was leaving England that you had undergone an operation & notwithstanding high temperature had been receiving Deputations in bed! [*24110*]has filled me with the profoundest concern & anxiety. & I shall await with impatience the cabled news about you at my Ports of call. In common with many Englishmen & countless Americans, my best hopes for the future are centered in you, & any peril which touches so much as a hair of your head fills me with shivers of alarm. I hope you will forgive me for expressing the hope that you will not allow your Duty to the Nation to interfere [*24111*]perspiration. I hope your sister told you how I summed up your philosophy, for the edification of one of England's Princesses, in you own motto "Sweat & be saved."! [* [Grey] *] UNION - CASTLE LINE R·M·S "BRAEMAR CASTLE" I have 2 volumes of your Strenuous Life on board. They are going the round of some young men who are sucking down with relish the manhood from its pages, finding therein as much refreshment as they did, when babes, from their [*24112*]mother's hearts or if the truth be spoken from the bottle, for in our smoky towns the taps are too often dry — ! Believe me, with every good wish Ever Yours Grey Please don't dream of acknowledging this by so [little] much as a word. I w'. not add a feather to your day's work on any account On the contrary, if much sweating on my part c'd. reduce your burden by one straw. I sh'd. be in a state of continual [*24113*][*File PPF*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 5 PO JO GI 64 DH---7:30p Boston, Mass. ,Oct. 1. [*1902*] The President: Am delighted at news which has just come that you have summoned operators and miners to meet you in Washington. No wiser thing was ever done. If you handle them as I know you can and will, firmly and gently, they are bound to yield and it will be a great work for the country and a great triumph for you. My best wishes, H. C. Lodge [*24114*]he will be he will be of value to you, to the party & to Congress. Constance improves a little but it is very slow. I have a continual anxiety about you not to be relieved until you are again out & about. I know you are taking every precaution. Best love to Edith, Ever yrs H. C. Lodge [*P.P.F*] Private [Se] Oct. 1st 1902 United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Dear Theodore, I received your letter of the 27th day before yesterday but an all day trip to Alice Hay's wedding yesterday has delayed my answer. I agree of course with all you say. I look at the situation just as you do. I know only too well that you have no power by law to do anything. But then [*24115*]Everything here is in fine shape. The party is thoroughly united & in good form. Mr Hoar's resolution about you in our platform is eloquent & beautiful very different from most convention resolutions. It will please you I know. The rest of the platform- (largely written by the undersigned) you will approve. It is straightforward & not timid. The recounts make no change in Gus's district. He has 76 out of 130 delegates & will be nominated on Thursday. If elected as I think appearance of trying to do something will help wonderfully. It will prevent people's saying that the government takes no interest in the matter. The newspaper reports that you have been conferring with Root & Knox & Moody & rave about it have already done good. The popular feeling is becoming so intense that I cannot help hoping that we may be able to make a break. – The tariff per se I do not fear but the coal strike is a hopeless antagonist. Apart from that [*24116*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 6 WU O GI 19 Paid---5:20p FX-New York, Oct. 1. [*[1902?]*] Mr. Theodore Roosevelt: I have received your message and will take pleasure in being present at the conference requested on Friday next. John Markle. 24117 TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. [*Ackd 10/1/1902*] 1 PO Y JN 28 Paid 3:03 p.m. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 1, 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States:- Telegram received. Gladly respond to your invitation; shall be at White House Friday, eleven a.m. With your permission I shall invite our three district presidents to accompany me. John Mitchell. 24118. 2 here safely, on the 30th August. And found my family in good health, for which I am very thankful. I am only sorry to say that I lost my mother a year ago, in Bloemfontein Camp. Our dear old Country is in a dreadful state, thousands of families, homeless and have no living thing, Yes! and scarcely food to eat. [*File PPF*] Junction Spruit 1st October 1902. My dear President Allow me to thank you heartily, for the nice book, as also for your two letters, which I received in due time. I like the book immensely, and am very pleased with it. I am thankful to say that I arrived [*24119*]We lost all our stock, and must work hard to make a living again. Hoping you'll receive this note Believe me Your's faithfully J. M. [Shaw?] Roagen Junction Spruit Winburg. Theodore Rooseveld President. America [*24120*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 8 WU O GI 19 DH---5:22p New York, October 1. [*[1902?]*] Theodore Roosevelt, President, Washington. Complying with your request of today I shall be very glad to meet you Friday at eleven A.M. E. B. Thomas. [*24121*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 9 WU O GI 23 DH---5:23p New York, October 1. [*[1902?]*] Mr. Theodore Roosevelt: Your message this date received. I gladly comply with your request to meet you on Friday next. W. H. Truesdale, President, D. L. and W. R.R. Co. [*24122*][*12 Noon Monday 20th*] [[shorthand]] [*File PPF Pr*] Embassy of the United States of America. Berlin. October 1, 1902. Theodore Roosevelt, Esq., President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: Allow me to present my friend and colleague at this Court, Count Inouye, the Minister of Japan, who, with the Countess Inouye is about to pass through the United States on his way home. You will find them delightful people, interesting in very many ways, genuine, hearty, and both of them speaking English, not only fluently, but idiomatically. I feel sure that both Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt will be delighted with the Countess. [*24123*]Allow me to add that I have received your exceedingly kind letter with the inclosure, to be opened on my seventieth birthday. Whatever it shall contain, I know that my children and children's children will always prize it, as coming, not only from the President of the United States, but from the man who at present holds that exalted position. I remain, my dear Mr. President, ever, Yours faithfully, And. D. White [*24124*]. Office of the Postmaster General, Washington, D. C., [*POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*] OCTOBER 1, 1902. To the Officers and Employees of the Post Office Department, and others concerned: Attention is directed to Sections 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, and 221 of the Postal Laws and Regulations, edition of 1902, which are reprinted below, in the circular of the United States Civil Service Commission, and are here promulgated for the information and guidance of all officers, clerks, and employees in and under the jurisdiction of the Post Office Department. As to political activity, a sharp line is drawn between those in the classified and those in the unclassified service. Postmasters or others holding unclassified positions are merely prohibited from using their offices to control political movements, from neglecting their duties, or from causing public scandal by political activity. A person in the classified service has an entire right to vote as he pleases, and to express privately his opinions on all political subjects, but he should take no active part in political management or in political campaigns. H C Payne Postmaster General. —————————— Circular of the United States Civil Service Commission. WARNING AGAINST POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS AND PARTISAN ACTIVITY OF OFFICEHOLDERS. POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS. The civil-service act of January 16, 1883, makes political assessments of Federal officers and employees a misdemeanor. The following are the provisions of the law on the subject: Sec. 2, Par. 2, Clause 5. That no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so. * * * * * * * * * Sec. 11. That no Senator, or Representative, or Territorial Delegate of the Congress,, or Senator, Representative, or Delegate elect, or any officer or employee of either of said Houses, and no executive, judicial, military or naval officer of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial or military, or naval service of the United States, ,shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States, or any department, branch, or bureau thereof, or from any person receiving any salary or compensation from moneys derived from the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 12. That no person shall, in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any officer or employee of the United States mentioned in this act, or in any navy yard, fort or arsenal, solicit in any manner whatever, or receive any contribution of money or any other thing of value for any political purpose whatever. Sec. 13. No officer or employee of the United States mentioned in this act shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose. 5-636[[shorthand]]SEC. 14. That no officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk or person in the service of the United States, or to any Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, or Territorial Delegate, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any political object whatever. SEC. 15. That any person who shall be guilty of violating any provision of the four foregoing sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or by such fine and imprisonment both, in the discretion of the court. Approved, January 16, 1883. It is the duty of the Commission to see that the provisions of this law are strictly enforced, and it will employ every legitimate and available means to secure the prosecution and punishment of whoever may violate them. The Commission requests any person having knowledge of any violation of this law to lay the facts before it that it may at once take action thereupon. In addition to the statutory penalties above prescribed, the President has ordered, in Civil-Service Rule II, clause 1, that— 1. Any person in the executive civil service of the United States who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of the civil-service act or of these rules shall be dismissed from office. PARTISAN ACTIVITY. Attention is invited to the following extracts from the Executive instructions of July 14, 1886, which were issued as orders by each of the Departments at the time, in accordance with the directions of the President: Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. Not only is their time and labor due to the Government, but they should scrupulously avoid, in their political action as well as in the discharge of their official duty, offending, by display of obtrusive partisanship, their neighbors who have relations with them as public officials. They should also constantly remember that their party friends, from whom they have received preferment, have not invested them with the power of arbitrarily managing their political affairs. They have no right as officeholders to dictate the political action of their party associates, or to throttle freedom of action within party lines by methods and practices which pervert every useful and justifiable purpose of party organization. The influence of Federal officeholders should not be felt in the manipulation of political primary meetings and nominating conventions. The use by these officials of their position to compass their selection as delegates to political conventions is indecent and unfair; and proper regard for the proprieties and requirements of official place will also prevent their assuming the active conduct of political campaigns. Individual interest and activity in political affairs are by no means condemned. Officeholders are neither disfranchised nor forbidden the exercise of political privileges; but their privileges are not enlarged nor is their duty to party increased to pernicious activity by officeholding. A just discrimination in this regard between the things a citizen may properly do and the purposes for which a public office should not be used is easy in the light of a correct appreciation of the relation between the people and those intrusted with official place, and a consideration of the necessity, under our form of government, of political action free from official coercion. Those who enter the classified civil service upon the ground of ascertained merit as established by the civil-service rules, and are protected therein, should be quick to recognize the reciprocal obligations thereby imposed and avoid any action which now or at any future time could reasonably be subject to adverse political criticism. Section 2 of the Civil-Service Act of January 16, 1883, provides that no person in the public service "has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body." By direction of the Commission: JOHN R. PROCTER, President U. S. Civil Service Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 8, 1900. The above is posted by direction of the Postmaster General for the information and guidance of employees of this office. Postmaster. 5-636 [*24126*][Postal Regulations] [10-1-02] [attached to Payne 9-8-03]. On a South American River. THE revolutionary movement now going on in the United States of Colombia began in November, 1899. In February of that year, with a companion, Col. Dunstan, I visited Colombia and spent more than two months in the interior, returning in May. It is a ten days' voyage from New York to Savinilla. Just after starting, we were caught by the great blizzard of that year, as we ran southward along the coast, and had to lie to for many hours; after that we had fine weather for the rest of the trip. We stopped at Fortune Island for perhaps half an hour, to take on some cargo handlers, who would be dropped off again on the return voyage, and then made for Kingston, Jamaica, where we lay twenty-four hours. After rounding the east end of Jamaica, the run along the southern coast to Kingston is famous for its magnificent mountain views. From Kingston we ran a straight course for Savanilla, which, being right across the Caribbean Sea, was out of the track of ordinary travel, and we saw no sail on the way, but as the weather was fine, contented ourselves with the sight of flying fish and dolphins and grand sunsets. The Magdalena River is to Colombia what the Mississippi is to this country, a great commercial highway. Unfortunately, its mouth is too shallow for steamers or any large craft to enter, so that, while the custom house is at Barranquilla, not far above the mouth, vessels discharge and take on cargo at Savanilla on the coast, eighteen miles west of the town and connected with it by railroad. Savanilla is merely a railroad station and a collection of a dozen or so thatch-roofed houses, but there is a fine steel pier 4,000 feet long at the outer end of which vessels tie up and discharge their cargo into cars, which are then sealed and run to the custom house at Barranquilla. Travelers get their baggage after it is inspected at the latter place. We reached Barranquilla at 11:15 A. M., when of course everyone had gone to breakfast and its following siesta, so we had to wait a couple of hours for the officials to return, which time we utilized by driving to the English hotel ahead of our fellow travelers and engaging the only vacant room, a corner one looking out on the plaza and flanked by a church. It being against the law to take rifles into the country, I was doubtful as to what would be done with my little .44-40 Winchester, but after I had been introduced by a friend, Don Luis Pochet—an American citizen, by the way, who served in our Navy in the Spanish war—and had shown how a one-armed man handled the gun, and had, in pantomime, disposed of a half dozen imaginary assailants, leaving them dead upon the custom house floor, a proceeding which brought a chorus of "Bueno!" from the crowd of officials and spectators, I had no trouble, and carried my gun off in peace. Late in the afternoon we found that a boat for our river was to leave next morning at 7 o'clock, and decided at once to go by it, as another might not leave for weeks. This left little time in which to see the town, but Dunstan had been there often and knew where to go, so I saw enough then and on my return to give me an idea of it. It is a town of say 20,000 people, built on sandy soil, sloping gently to the Magdalena, on the west bank of which it lies. As a rule, the streets are narrow and the buildings low, one or two stories high, but with high ceilings and all brick, stuccoed and whatnot, either brilliant white or pale yellow. There are the usual courts, balconies and barred windows. A well planted, well-kept plaza is faced on opposite sides by a church and club house, business houses occupying the rest of the space. There are electric lights, street cars drawn by mules and an ice plant. There is a garrison with the cuartel near enough to the hotel for the guests to hear the calls [*24127*] and good workers. On the Nechi and around Zaragoza and Remedios they are nearly all miners. The next day we traveled better, as the water had fallen some 2 feet. We saw but two or three caimanes and not more people except the family at a house near which we stopped for lunch at noon. At 7 o'clock in the evening we reached Matanzas, where a trail leaves the river for a mine forty-five miles back through the forest. There is a house for shelter of men or goods, and a pasture field for pack animals. In Colombia every locality is given a name, whether there be anything there or not, a method which has the merit of avoiding long descriptions when arranging a meeting point or stating a destination. When I left Matanzas six weeks later, I had a larger canoe, with a crew of three and two other passengers, Harry Dunstan and a storekeeper from Llana, a hamlet four miles from the river by the trail. After two hours' travel, one of the men broke a prong off his push pole, so we stopped while he went ashore to cut a hardwood crotch with which to mend it. A gang of red monkeys was making a great row not far off, and from where I sat I caught an occasional glimpse of one moving in the treetops a hundred yards back. Presently I saw one clearly squatting on a limb away up in an enormous tree, so far off that it looked like a little chipmunk. I put up my Winchester, but found when I sighted that a slender horizontal branch of a sapling on the bank completely shut out the monkey. I explained this to my companion by word and pantomime, then sighted again, when just as I said, "Now, as I sight, that little branch completely covers," my finger touched the trigger and the branch fell. I threw in another cartridge, fired again, and down came the monkey. The crotch and the monkey both in the boat, everybody had to smoke while we awaited the mending of the push pole. Gathering from chance words and gestures of the crew that the death of the monkey was being discussed, I asked what they were talking about. "Oh," said Dunstan, "they are saying, 'Wonderful! wonderful! The general says there is a limb, I cannot see the monkey. He fires and cuts away the limb. He fires again, the monkey is dead. Santa Maria, what shooting!' Your having but one arm makes it more extraordinary to them. I doubt whether one of them could hit it at 20 yards." The monkey measured, body, 21 inches; tail, 23 inches, standing, 30 inches. We saw no caimanes until afternoon. Just after lunch I killed one 16 feet long, a difficult shot at 150 yards, and toward the sun. I missed another huge one by underestimating the distance and the motion of the canoe. An American trader in caiman skins who buys them from the natives and ships them to the States said recently, in answer to a question, that the largest skin he had shipped was 21 feet long by 5½ feet wide. This of course was the belly skin only; that of the back would be one-fifth wider, so that the creature was 22 feet long and 12 feet around the body. Several miles below Zaragoza the river cuts through a range of hills, where for several miles the stream is narrow, deep and swift. The densely wooded hills come to the water's edge, sometimes with cliffs and everywhere rocky. We went through these narrows by moonlight, a delightful experience. Just above, the river is spread out over constantly shifting sandbars and is very shallow. We made a number of attempts before we succeeded in rounding a rocky point, where we emerged from the narrows and struck the converging currents. About 9 o'clock we reached Zaragoza, our journey's end. When the insurrection began in Colombia the Government seized all the steamboats on the river, so that for two years there has been no internal commerce. Only a few dozen people are left in Zaragoza, and a good part of the place was burned as being a nest of the Liberals. The country round about and up and down the Nechi is denuded of men who are in one army or the other or hiding in the woods to avoid service. Supplies are exhausted, no crops are being raised, and that section of country is in bad condition. All the mines, English, French and American, are idle. Officials of some of them have been in Barranquilla more than a year, unable to get permission to go to them, either by Government boat or canoe. In whatever way the civil war may end, it will take the country a good while to recover from its effects. CECIL CLAY. [*24128*]TELEGRAM White House, Received over Pennsylvania R.R. Washington. private line. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 2,1902 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President:- I have your telegram of yesterday. This company is largely engaged in carrying bituminous coal. Its interests in the anthracite field are comparatively small. It has never taken any part in converences between representatives of the anthracite coal roads. I trust, therefore, that you will excuse me from attending the meeting to-morrow. To do so would be to depart from a well-considered and long-settled policy. I am, however, sufficiently familiar with the conditions of the anthracite coal situation, before the strike to say that it was entirely unwarranted and without any justification whatever. In my opinion, it can only be ended by the men returning to work at the old wages A.J.Cassatt. 24219 CHARLES M. JESUP, PRESIDENT. HENRY A. WARE, VICE PRESIDENT. CAPITAL $1,000,000. SURPLUS $1,000,000. GEO B. SEELEY, SECRETARY. J. WESLEY ALLISON, TREASURER. WILLIAM R. CORWINE, TRUST OFFICER. EASTERN TRUST COMPANY. 115 BROADWAY. NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 1902 [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 10/3/1902*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President:– I hope you will not take it amiss if I venture to suggest that the conference called for tomorrow in the important coal matter be made public as is consistent with the exigencies of the case. When the Officers of the Merchants Association, speaking through Mr. King and Mr. Mead, expressed the belief that it would be unwise for you to attempt to take any part in the settlement of the coal strike, I fully agreed with their opinion. During the last few days, however, I have changed my mind. I believe you are doing the right thing. Knowing you, and believing in you as I do, I feel sure you are animated by the highest patriotism. This belief, however, may not be shared by all, even by those who ought to be warmly friendly. The slightest misunderstanding of what takes place may produce harm. If what is actually said and done be fully reported, no misapprehension can then arise as to what actually took place. You know, as well as I, how easy it is for the point of view to cause an interested person so to state what may have been said as to allow wrong conclusions to be drawn, even though the intent of the one making the statement is not apparent to that person. I will not burden you with an expression of personal views on the subject. I know that you have given the matter deep thought; that you feel deeply the gravity of the situation, and that every reasonable effort must be made to have coal mined, with the least delay possible, and that it may be marketed at [*24130*]CHARLES M. JESUP, PRESIDENT. HENRY A. WARE, VICE PRESIDENT. CAPITAL $1,000,000. SURPLUS $1,000,000. GEO B. SEELEY, SECRETARY. J. WESLEY ALLISON, TREASURER. WILLIAM R. CORWINE, TRUST OFFICER. EASTERN TRUST COMPANY. 115 BROADWAY. NEW YORK, 2 a price which will bring it once more within reach of the wage-earner. I hope indeed that you will be successful in bringing both sides to see this matter in its proper light, and that out of the conference there may grow a settlement. With best wishes and kindest regards, I am, as always, Sincerely yours, Wm. R. Corwine [*24131*][*File Gresham*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 8 WU WN JM 19 Paid 2:44 p.m. Chicago, Ills., Oct. 2, 1902. The President: Public sentiment here seems to be with you in endeavoring to settle coal strike. I hope you may succeed. Otto Gresham. 24132[*File PPF Pr*] United State Senate, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2, 1902. The President, Washington, D.C. My Dear Mr. President: I thank you very much for the gratifying information given me in your note of the 29th ultimo. I shall treat it in strict confidence as you request. I have all along felt convinced of this outcome and am certainly highly pleased. Truly yours, M A Hanna [*24133*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 9 WU.HG.KQ. 27 dh., answer -- 3:43 p.m. F.B., Cleveland, Ohio, October 2, 1902. The President: The settlement of the coal strike following Secretary Shaw's splendid policy will clear the situation and guarantee the continuation of our unparalleled prosperity. May you be successful. M.A. Hanna. [shorthand note] 24134. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. October 2nd, 1902. [*Ansd 10-3-1902*] Dear Mr. Cortelyou: Apropos of that very important conference which the President is to have to-morrow morning about the coal strike, I am requested to tell you in absolute confidence that a very representative committee of New York citizens, representing however no one except the public, and wholly apart from both the operators and the miners, is now in process of formation, and that a very important meeting under the chairmanship of Reverend Dr. Thomas R. Slicer, is called for to-morrow afternoon, Friday, at the University Settlement. At the initial meeting of this movement President Butler took a prominent part and Dr. Albert Shaw is a member of the committee on the memorial to be prepared. I have been acting as confidential counselor to many of the leading men in the movement, without however identifying myself publicly, for obvious reasons. Of course, nothing more will be done if the conference to-morrow is a complete success, but everything is to be done which may be required to strengthen the hands of the President in bringing about a cessation of the coal famine. Under these circumstances you can immediately see how very important it is that the movement should have the earliest possible news from you regarding the conference, and that if you have any suggestions to make they should be known before furthercsteps are taken. Under these circumstances, and at the urgent suggestion of President Butler and Dr. Slicer, I write to ask you to do the following things: 1. Reply to this note by telegraph immediately on receipt, stating whether you will: 2. Call me up by long distance telephone at my office, (Telephone No. 6415 Cortlandt, N. Y.), between one and two P. M. tomorrow afternoon, so that Dr. Slicer, who will certainly be here, and Dr. Shaw, who will probably be also present, may receive from you whatever suggestions you see fit to give, with reference to any further steps in this city, for the purpose of upholding the hands of the President and averting a great public calamity and very dangerous and threatening conditions in this city. [*24135*]. LAW OFFICES OF HOLLS, WAGNER & BURGHARD. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FREDERICK WM HOLLS. LOUIS A. WAGNER. EDWARD M. BURGHARD. 2. The gravity of the situation can hardly be overestimated. The enclosed memorandum may perhaps be used at to-morrow's meeting. I enclose it to you confidentially for the use of the President. He certainly ought to read it prior to the conference. It is, of course, strictly confidential and I am not at liberty to disclose its authorship. I may say, however, that it represents the general views of a number of the President's best friends in this city and that it has been drawn after careful consideration and with a full knowledge of the mind of the operators. I hasten to catch the mail. The grave importance of all this and the necessity for prompt action will be sufficiently apparent to you. With kindest regards, Very faithfully yours, Fredrick W. Holls Honorable George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. (Dictated). [*24136*][For 1. enclosure see ca. 10-2-02]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 10/3/1902*] 5 PO.ON.KQ. 63 Paid, 6 extra – 4:07 p.m. Toledo, Ohio, October 2, 1902 Theodore Rooesvelt: President, Washington, D.C. Your attitude of the coal question is splendid and heroical. It will stand in history as one of the high-water marks indicating our sure progress toward realization of the equality of the declaration, the development of a pure Democracy and the establishment of the Government of the Golden Rule. May all good be with you always, Samuel M. Jones, Mayor, and Man Without a Party. [*24137*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 7 PO.P.KQ. 30 DH., stamp – 4:45 p.m. Chicago, Ill., October 2, 1902. President Roosevelt: Suggest you send for Wellman. He has much valuable information and stands very close to Mitchell. He will explain my interest in the matter. You are working on right lines. H.H. Kohlsaat. [*24138*]. [*PPF*] CITY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. [*Ackd 10-6-1902 Wrote Secy State 10-6-1902*] Oct. 2, 1902.p [[7 lines shorthand]] Personal. My dear Theodore: You know how seldom I allow myself to speak in regard to any appointment that you may have under consideration. I break through my rule, because I think it in the public interest that I should do so, in order to say to you that, when you are thinking of making appointments for the Isthmian Canal Commission, I believe you can find no better man than Professor William H. Burr. He is, as you know, a member of the present Commission, and I have no doubt you can learn from other sources what is thought of his work there. My object in writing is to say to you that I have found him, through a long series of years, one of the most sensible and efficient men with whom I have come in contact; and I am of the opinion that his professional standing is the [peer] equal of that of any man in the country. You will understand, I am sure, that this is not written to embarrass you; but only with the thought that it is information you may be glad to have. Always, with kind regards, Yours, faithfully, Seth Low. The President, Washington, D. C. [*24139*]. CITY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. [*No Encl. Ackd 10-3-1902*] Confidential. Oct. 2, 1902.p Dear Mr. President: I have sent you a telegram this morning, copy of which is enclosed, in the hope that it may strengthen your hands in your conference of tomorrow. I have not give it to the press; so that you are at liberty to disregard it or use it, as you please. My feeling is that the time has gone by when the disputants are justified in standing upon abstract principles. Their business is to find some way of supplying, without delay, what is really a necessity of life. If they will not do it themselves, some way will have to be found to make them. I appreciate, of course, the limitations upon official action on your part; but I am very glad that you are proposing to use the influence attaching to your position as far as you possibly can. I hand you, herewith, copy of a pamphlet that has interested me. It may contain some suggestions, if you have not seen it, that will be helpful. With best wishes for the success of your efforts tomorrow, I am, Yours, faithfully, Seth Low. The President, Washington, D. C. Enc. [*24140*][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 10-2-1902*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 4 NY WU LK JM 140 Paid 1:23 p.m. New York, Oct. 2,1902. The President:- I cannot emphasize too strongly the immense injustice of the existing coal situation to the millions of innocent people who are injuriously affected by it now, and who will endure real suffering if present conditions continue. There cannot be anything involved in the present controversy between the coal operators and the miners, so sacred as to make emergency action on their part, in case of need, either unwise or unjustifiable, in view of existing conditions. The welfare of a large section of the country imperatively demands the immediate resumption of anthracite coal mining. In the name of the city of New York, I desire to protest through you against the continuance of the existing situation, which, if prolonged involves, at the very least, the certainty of great suffering and heavy loss to the inhabitants of this city, in common with many others. Seth Low, Mayor. [*24141*] [[shorthand]] [*Ansd 10-3-1902*] TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 11 WU U GI 68 Paid--7p The President: Convention called here for Thursday, October ninth, to consider coal supply. Responses from all over the country indicates that the convention will be large and representative in character. We all hope your good offices in conference tomorrow may solve difficulties and render all other efforts unnecessary. If we cold have earliest advices of result of your conference it would control our further action. W. C. Maybury, Mayor, Fred W. Smith, President Council. [*24142*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 3 NY WU LK JM 95 D.H. New York, Oct. 2, 1902. 1:17 p.m. President Roosevelt:- I regret that physical inablility will prevent my meeting with you and my associates in the coal industry on Friday, as requested in your telegram now received. It would give me pleasure to be one of the party and I would be especially glad to renew, in Washington, what I might call an inherited feeling of friendship for you. I have asked my friend, Mr. David Willcox, the president of the Delaware and Hudson company, to go to the meeting in my place and represent our company and he has kindly consented to do so. R. M. Olyphant, President. [*24143*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. Received over Pennsylvania R. R. private line. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 2, 1902. MEMO. FOR SECRETARY CORTELYOU, Mr. Patten send you the following, not in any sense official however, but merely for your information:- Mr. Cassatt has been in New York all day in consequence of a meeting with reference to our tunnel enterprise, hence the delay in getting an early reply to the President's message, which was received during last night. Mr. Cassatt has sen the following telegram, which I will ask you to kindly deliver to the President, with the request that it be not made public. Mr. Cassatt has explained to me, and it is hardly necessary for me to assure you of the fact, that he does not wish to appear to disregard the Presidents invitation to come down to attend the meeting to-morrow; but he naturally feels, as the representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, that it would hardly be fair to our interests for him to inject himself into the contention between the operators and miners at this late date, and I think you will appreciate the wisdom of this when it is understood that at no time during the entire controversy over the strike has the Pennsylvania Railroad Company taken any part in any of these negotiations for the reason that our interest is so small in the anthracite region that our custom has been merely to follow the general policy adopted by the other coal companies. Mr. Cassatt's view all along, however, I may say, has been that the strike was entirely unwarranted and that if the operators were now to yield in any particular, they would do a serious and lasting injury to the business interests, not only of our own State but of the entire country. It is his judgment that if the operators should surrender the principles for which they have been contending, it would only be a 24144 TELEGRAM White House, Washington. -2- very short time before similar demands would be made by the miners in the bituminous regions, which would naturally be followed by demands from other classes of labor in the manufacturing districts of our State, and the result would be that untold trouble would follow. Mr. Cassatt is very emphatic in his views that there is only one way to meet this question and that is, in the event of the conference to-morrow failing to bring about a settlement, that the proper influences should be exerted to induce the men to go back to work, relying upon the pledges which have already publicly been given by the operators to take up and adjust any minor differences, which may exist after they have resumed their labors. 24145 [Patton]Telegram. White House, Washington 5 NY WU LX JM 84 Paid 2:15 p. m. Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1902 The President:- My convention to-day adopted unanimously the following resolution: "RESOLVED, That we, the Republican delegates from the 12th Massachusetts congressional district, in convention assembled, cordially commend the efforts now being made by the President to effect a settlement of the controversy between the coal operators and the miners, hereby expressing our confidence that by his zealous and most timely action, the strike will be settled in a manner satisfactory to the contending parties and that immediate relief will be brought to the people." Saul. L. Powers. 24146 Telegram. White House, Washington. [*Ackn 10-2-1902*} [*M*] 5 WU SS JM 55 Paid lex 1:02 p.m. Columbus, Ohios, Oct. 2, 1902. President Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Preparatory to conference of tomorrow, I send you by to-day's special delivery mail, testimony of our coal operator, Mr. R. G. Breeks and others, before the Industrial Commission, and invite your special attention to it. Your action in bringing the contestants together is more than approved by the people. May success attend your efforts. M. D. Ratchford, Commissioner Labor Statistics. 24147Telegram. White House, Washington 5 NY WU LX JM 84 Paid 2:15 p. m. Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1902 The President:- My convention to-day adopted unanimously the following resolution: "RESOLVED, That we, the Republican delegates from the 12th Massachusetts congressional district, in convention assembled, cordially commend the efforts now being made by the President to effect a settlement of the controversy between the coal operators and the miners, hereby expressing our confidence that by his zealous and most timely action, the strike will be settled in a manner satisfactory to the contending parties and that immediate relief will be brought to the people." Saul. L. Powers. 24146 Telegram. White House, Washington. [*Ackn 10-2-1902*} [*M*] 5 WU SS JM 55 Paid lex 1:02 p.m. Columbus, Ohios, Oct. 2, 1902. President Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Preparatory to conference of tomorrow, I send you by to-day's special delivery mail, testimony of our coal operator, Mr. R. G. Breeks and others, before the Industrial Commission, and invite your special attention to it. Your action in bringing the contestants together is more than approved by the people. May success attend your efforts. M. D. Ratchford, Commissioner Labor Statistics. 24147In reply please refer to WDW and date of this letter. Subject: Documents. Address all communications to "Director, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C." DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY C. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 2, 1902. Hon. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, Sir: Anticipating the President's requirement for information relating to the production of anthracite coal I have the honor to send herewith several papers bearing thereon:- The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Fields. Production of Coal in 1900. Production of Coal in 1901. Occurring on pages 159 to 162 of the 1900 report on Production of Coal is a succinct narrative of the principal points embodied in the anthracite strike of 1900 as also the agreement compact executed by parties concerned therein. Very respectfully, H. C. Rizer Acting Director. [*24148*][*File*] CABLE ADDRESS "RYRAPORT NEW YORK." DOUGLAS ROBINSON 160 BROADWAY TELEPHONE CONNECTION NEW YORK, October 2nd, 1902 Dear Theodore:-- I am on my way to Virginia tomorrow to be absent a few days. I arrive in Washington at 6:30 tomorrow night Friday on the Congressional, and leave by 10 P.M. for Abingdon, Virginia. I have arranged it that way hoping I might get a glimpse of yourself, Edith and the children on my way through. I am not going to ask you for any food as I shall take dinner on the train, but I should like so much to see you and Edith for a little while so that I can tell Corinne in a letter I will send from Washington, just how you all are, - she will get it before she sails. I had a Cable from her today, and she is to sail on the 14th. Yours D R [*[obinson]*] [*24149*]P. O. Box 1222 CABLE ADDRESS, ROOSEVELT. Roosevelt & Son, 33 Wall Street, NeW YORK, October 2nd, 1902 Dear Sir:-- A regular meeting of the Directors of The Broadway Improvement Company will be held at the office of the Company No., 33 Wall Street, Wednesday, October 8th, at 11 o'clock A. M. Please be present. Yours truly, John E Roosevelt Secretary. [*24150*]It looks quite complicated on its folded condition, but your man will easily unravel the mystery, and as the arms can be placed at any angle, your easy transportation with two steady pairs of hands is assured. Please accept it with my kind regards and best wishes. Sincerely Yours Newton M Shaffer. [*Ackd 10-3-1902*] [[shorthand]] No 28 E 38th NY Oct 2d 1902 My dear Mr. President - The time is coming, - I hope it may be soon, - when Dr. Rixey will permit you to go out. When that time comes, the stairs must be considered, and I have sent you a special chair, made by Sargeant of New York, which will permit your easy transportation up or down stairs [*24151*][shorthand] [*Ack'd 10/3/1902*] 100 Broadway, New York City Oct 2nd, 1902 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, The President, Washington, D.C. My Dear Mr. President:- I have an instinctive feeling that you will be able to settle the coal strike in Pennsylvania. If you do, it will be one of the grandest accomplishments of your administration, and will materially benefit the Republican party. It is my belief that if you can induce the operators to offer some slight concessions to the miners, they can be forced to accept them; if it is tacitly understood that if they do not accept the proposed terms of adjustment, you will place at the disposal of the Governor of Pennsylvania all the military force necessary in order to re-open the mines and protect those who may be engaged for that purpose. I feel convinced that a firm attitude assumed by you at this juncture will be sufficiently potential to remove the difficulties, and force and compel a settlement. Very truly yours, David B Sickels [*24153*][*Ackd 10-7-1902*] THE EMPORIA GAZETTE DAILY AND WEEKLY W. A. WHITE, Editor EMPORIA, KANSAS October 2nd 1902 My Dear Colonel Roosevelt: I've got back from the mountains feeling like a fighting "cock. It was a bully trip 150 miles from a rail road, 100 miles from a wagon road. Just before I left I wrote a piece for the Saturday Evening Post [of Philadephia] about you. It is out today. I hope you will see it. There are two or three paragraphs in the piece which I think are [*24154*] THE EMPORIA GAZETTE DAILY AND WEEKLY W. A. WHITE, Editor EMPORIA, KANSAS 1902 pretty good - and I ought to know as I wrote them! Did you see my Cuban reciprocity business. The head wasnt mine - but [it] the article seems to have made some stir in the world as it was copied entirely by half a dozen big newspapers. When you first went into the presidential office I used to grieve [*24155*]THE EMPORIA GAZETTE DAILY AND WEEKLY W. A. WHITE, EDITOR EMPORIA, KANSAS a little because I couldn't help you, because I am not a senator or a congressman or something where I could really lend a hand; but now I've got a note on that I can do some good as a private citizen. The good I can really do is my greatest joy. Truly W A. White To Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States 24156TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 6 WU SS JM 131 Paid 1 ex 1:14 p.m. He....Boston,Mass.,Oct.2,1902. The President, Washington,D.C. I heartily endorse your action n calling a meeting of representatives of miners and operators and hope for good results from your great influence. The coal condition in New England is far more aggravated than appears from the newspapers. Winter is at hand and I dread less to our industry and extreme suffering among our people with its attending evils. If miners and operators will not come to terms, please demand reference to arbitration. In such case, if operators persist in refusing to arbitrate, they will not only lose public sympathy but will strengthen socialists in efforts to secure Government control of the mines. The coal strike should end at once, in the interests of a suffering people. There is no reason why the people should be deprived of coal. William Whitman, President Arlington Mills. [*24157*][*[ca 10-2-02]*] MEMORANDUM: The central fact in the coal strike situation to-day, from the ethical as well as from the National point of view, is, that a vast number of innocent persons are suffering acutely for want of coal or for want of money which has been taken from them through the necessity of purchasing coal at the present extortionists prices; and that this situation can be remedied by concessions on the part of the opposing parties, involving perhaps some inconveniences and some damage to property interests, but no ethical principle whatever. Under the circumstances, the one unpardonable sin against public welfare is the demand for unconditional surrender by one side upon the part of the other. To be more explicit; the miners may for the moment be eliminated, for it is understood that they have been ready from the first, and are now ready to make concessions, or to co-operate with impartial outsiders towards an ending of the strike, involving concessions on both sides. It therefore follows that the operators can end the strike by making concessions, which, as above stated, may perhaps temporarily impair their sense of personal satisfaction and possibly the property rights of the companies which they represent, but which it must be repeated, do not necessarily involve any ethical principle whatever. It may be a matter of great importance in many respects whether labor unions shall be recognised in the manner demanded by the miners in the present instance, and it always is a matter of grave importance that the right of each individual [*24158*]2. man to work according to his qualifications and his willingness, without regard to membership in any association shall be guaranteed by the local authorities, and that peace and order should prevail all over the land. But it is unsound ethics and dangerously unpatriotic reasoning to claim that in the present case the operators have a right to ignore the widespread popular suffering of the innocent public while attempting to settle these or any other mooted questions of expediency with their workingmen. So long as the public were not suffering the debate or the trial of strength could go on but the operators, having staked everything on their ability to win in a short time, must suffer the consequences of their miscalculations. It is no answer to this reasoning to say that it would open the door to future unjust demands by one side or the other placing its reliance upon the consequences of public discomfort produced by its own set. The door is open to misconduct on the part of employers as well as employees, of which each instance must be judged by itself. But while theoretical questions are being thrashed out in debate thousands may starve or, what is more to the point, hundreds of unbalanced minds, far away from the coal regions, may be goaded into crimes and outrages with incalculable consequences. The claim of the operators that they are simply managing their own business in their own way is criminally impertinent, and their attitude to the effect that they will accept nothing short of unconditional surrender on the part of the strikers will, if persisted is, one in branding them as enemies of the human race. If they were managing their own business in their own way, they would have [*24159*]no right to do so in the face of a stupendous public calamity, which is impending and which has in fact already begun. A man has no right to continue minding his own business, or attending to his own quarrels while his neighbor is drowning, or while his neighbors house is on fire. The great trouble hitherto has been that the issue has been continually confused by the operators and their muddle-headed apologists in the press. The one issue now presented and the first duty of each man, woman and child in this country according to his or her opportunity, is to put an end to the coal famine. A little reflection will show that with reference to any other immediate necessity of life this duty would be immediately recognized. If a shopkeeper owning the only food supply of a village were to close his business until he adjusted troubles with his employees, while the rest of the village were starving, the remedy would be swift and summary. the same is true of the railroad on which some community might be dependent for the milk supply for its children. Within a month coal will be as much of a necessity of all the inhabitants of the states north of the Mason and Dixon line as food or milk or water, and the persons who stand in the way of its supply at reasonable rates will be the enemies of all the people, with a criminality nothing short of murder. So long as the miners are ready for arbitration or for concessions, while the operators are not, it would be absurd, as well as unjust, to even divide the blame for the present condition, whatever may be true of the facts leading up to the present situation. Now that the operators have deliberately taken up their uncompromising attitude [*24160*]4. in the face of obvious public suffering, and apparently with entire indifferences to the cruel wrongs thus inflicted upon an innocent poor, it would be a moral injury to the country with probably extremely dangerous consequences in the future, if they should succeed. It would leave a bitterness for which unfortunately not the criminals themselves but probably many innocent persons would have to suffer hereafter. There should therefore be no divided attack. The operators, and they alone, hold the key to an easy and immediate solution of the difficulty. Any argument based upon alleged lawlessness at the mines is without pertinence. The vindication of law and order is an important local question for the state of Pennsylvania, now as well as hereafter, and while it may be possible that a complete restoration of law and order at the mines would result in the mining of much more coal, perhaps even sufficient to break the famine, this is disputed, and indeed the assertion seems singularly devoid of any corroboration, especially when the attitude of the operators towards the whole question is considered. It is however true that a willingness on the part of the operators to make reasonable concessions or to accept mediation and conciliation of impartial outsiders would undoubtedly and the strike and break the famine in very short order, and that they refuse to do this, in the face of great public distress, for no good ethical reasons but solely because they choose to consider that their own private interests are better subserved by a course of action which has resulted in widespread cruel wrong and suffering. They should not be permitted to escape from this point by sophistry, recrimination or by confusing [*24161*]5 the issue. They will fail, and they must fall, and the time will come when they will acknowledge, should they have surrendered honorably and gracefully, that they have in reality served their own property interests much better by this course, than by their heartless and undoubtedly criminal stubbornness. 24162[*[Enclosed in Hollis, 10-2-02]*][*Yesterdays NY. E. Post*] This dear readers are keenly interested In the latest phase of the coal strike, the letters printed elsewhere eloquently testify. About the President's proffer of good offices, we believe that there will he only one opinion. From the terms of the President's invitation to Mr. Mitchell and the presidents of the anthracite companies it is clear that he has no intention of arbitrating the controversy, but rather hopes that an appeal in behalf of a people actually in distress for want of coal will bring about a compromise. The President will hardly suggest the terms of this compromise. Neither official propriety nor his personal dignity would permit him to go so far as that. He merely gives Mr. Mitchell and the coal operators an opportunity of meeting under conditions which should reduce the question of punctilio and recognition to its proper insignificance, and counts upon them to sink their personal quarrel before the graver issue of the comfort and health of the whole community. In this action the President has been happily inspired. His appeal to reason is as correct in form as it is admirable in spirit. If the parties to this deplorable controversy should prefer their own imagined dignity to the common weal, the fault will be only theirs. In bringing the contestants face to face under circumstances which call for kindly discussion and mutual concessions, Mr. Roosevelt will have exhausted the last resources of conciliation. By the mere causing of the conference he has done what probably no other man living could have done. It remains for the conferees to show something of his spirit when they shall become his guests. [*24163*] ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, 214 BROADWAY, [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 10-4-1902*] [*Fish*] New York, October 3, 1902. To The President, Sir:- I had the honor last evening of telegraphing you, from my home at Garrison, in Putnam County, N.Y., as follows, the message being filed at about 7 P.M.:- Garrison, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1902. His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. I neither own nor represent any interesting in anthracite coal, either as an operator or as a miner. Nor have I consulted with, or been consulted by, any representatives of the operators, or of the miners. I do, however, represent the Illinois Central Railroad Company, which carries annually more tons of bituminous coal from mines in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky and Alabama than any one railroad company, excepting only the Reading, carries of anthracite. Bituminous is produced in many States, including some bordered by the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Anthracite is produced in an extremely limited part of the one State of Pennsylvania. I believe the area of the anthracite field is less than five hundred square miles. There is produced in the United States many times as much bituminous as of anthracite. Mr. John Mitchell, in a recently published letter, stated that the miners of bituminous are much better paid than those of anthracite. It is notorious that bituminous is carried by the railroads at lower rates than anthracite. Bituminous is and anthracite is not the fuel of the people. The system of absolute free trade between the several States, under which the people have thus far prospered, has resulted, through competition between operators and miners of bituminous and of anthracite alike, in giving to one kind of coal or the other certain markets. Those who in Pennsylvania itself and in so many other states are interested in bituminous have suffered from strikes as protracted and as widespread as that now going on, and are entitled to reap what advantage they can from the present situation, precisely as those interested in anthracite reaped what advantage they could from strikes in the bituminous fields. It is submitted with respect for the humanitarian motives which have induced you to call the representatives of the warring factions in the anthracite field before you, but with confidence in the justice of the claim, that the Federal Government should not intervene in this matter. Are not we of the West and the South, miners, operators and carriers alike, entitled to a fair chance to further extend the use of bituminous coal? (Signed) STUYVESANT FISH. Permit me to now confirm this despatch, which was necessarily sent, [*24164*]-2- ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, 214 BROADWAY, New York, without my being able to consult any books or papers. There is now before me the Report of the Geological Survey on The Mineral Resources of the United States for the Calendar Year 1900, at page 300 of which there is a table from which I copy in part as follows: Rank of coal-producing States in 1900. Production. Rank. State or Territory Amount Per Cent of Short tons. Total Product. 1 { Pennsylvania: { Anthracite 57,367,915 21.3 { Bituminous 79,842,326 29.6 2 Illinois 25,767,981 9.5 3 West Virginia 22,647,207 8.4 4 Ohio 16,988,150 7.0 5 Alabama 8,394,275 3.1 6 Indiana 6.484,086 2.4 7 Kentucky 5,328,964 2.0 8 Colorado 5,244,364 1.9 9 Iowa 5,202.939 1.9 235,268,207 87.10 California, North Dakota, Oregon, Idaho 34,613,620 12.9 19 Other States, viz: Kansas, Maryland, Wyoming, Tennessee, Missouri, Washington, Virginia, Indian Territory, Montana, Arkansas, New Mexico Utah, Texas, Michigan, Georgia, California, North Dakota, Oregon, Idaho 34,613,620 12.9 TOTAL 269,881,827 100.0 The following statement, although not official, is, I believe, correct as to the amount of anthracite coal handled by various railroad companies during the calendar year 1901, including the anthracite taken by them for their own use: Memorandum Statement showing Total Amount of Anthracite Coal Handled by Railroads during the calendar year 1901. Forward 37,980,744 Phila. & Reading 10,971,007 Pennsylvania R.R. 5,647,125 Lehigh Valley 8,310,343 Erie 5,941,593 C.R.R. of N.J. 6,160,037 N.Y.O. & W. Ry. 2,508,277 D.L. & W.R.R.Co. 7,531,735 D.S. & S.R.R. 1,590,862 D & H. Co. 5,007,622 37,980,744 TOTAL 53,568,601 [*24165*]-3- ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, 214 BROADWAY, New York, During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, there were carried by the Illinois Central R.R.Co., and by The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R.R.Co., of each of which corporations I am President, 8,737,358 tons of bituminous coal. I am this morning reminded that bituminous coal is reckoned in short tons of 2,000 pounds, and anthracite in long tons of 2,240 pounds. I was, therefore, somewhat at fault in telegraphing you yesterday that I represented an interest which carries annually more tons of bituminous coal than any one railroad company, excepting the Reading carries of anthracite. In respect to that particular year I should have said excepting the Reading and the Lehigh Valley. However, if the comparison had been made for the year preceding, my statement would have been literally true, as of course, it will be much more than true for the current year, owing to the strike now going on in the anthracite region. Again commending to your thoughtful consideration, as the Chief Magistrate of the whole Country, the propositions set forth in my telegram of yesterday believe me, With great respect, Stuyvesant Fish — [*24166*]Very respectfully, Augustus P. Gardner [*File*] Hamilton, Mass. October 3. 1902. Dear Mr. President Thank you very much for your letter of congratulation, which, I assure you, was much appreciated. I am thankful to say that Constance has so much improved that she is going to take a short drive this afternoon. With regards to Mrs. Roosevelt, I am, [*24167*][*[For 1 enclosure see 10-1-02 " " attachment see ca 10-3-02]*] [*Ackd 10-6-1902*] Board of Indian Commissioners, Washington, D. C. Philad. Oct. 3, 1902 Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, My dear President Roosevelt, I was about to address a letter to you on the subject of the coal strike, when I read of your proposed conference with Mr. Mitchell, and the Coal Presidents. I will therefore content myself with sending to you a copy of a letter which I have just sent to Governor Stone. My idea is, that the whole trouble is an inefficient enforcemnt of the law against intimidation of workers. The mines would have been long since in operation had the striking miners been compelled to desist from attacking and terrorizing those who wanted to work. Instead of this, the military, in aiding the sheriffs & police, and in so far acting in a police capacity, offer no help until there is a [*24169*]state of war, and all the mischief to the willing princes is done. If Military Independence had been in the saddle instead of Political Fear, the intimidation would have been prevented, and the mines would have been at work with such men as the operators could get. A man like Gen. McCook would have brought this about. The Miners' Union is the worst kind of a tyranny. It appears to be that what is needed is to aid the Coal Operators to start the mines by resolute enforcement of the law and severe punishment of those who intimidate men who seek honest labor in the mines. If the Governor can be induced to see this, & General Gobin, both of whom are strong partisans, & possibly afraid of the votes of the Miners' Union, & to see that the interest of their party lies in the speediest possible cessation of the strike, it may be brought about shortly. While I am writing, permit me to thank you for your excellent appointments of Mr Bonaparte & President Draper on the Board of Indian Commissioners. That Board might be very useful if the Department gave it cordial recognition, as was the case formerly. With great respect, I am Always yours truly Philip C. Garrett [*24170*]DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE QUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D. C. Personal. October 3rd, 1902. Dear Mr. President:- I hazard this additional suggestion. I think your statement should show upon its face that you are not inviting a discussion, so that it might clearly appear that if a general discussion ensues it was not a prt of, but a deviation from your plan. How would something like this do for a conclusion; I do not invite a discussion of your respective claims and positions. I appeal to your patriotism, to the spirit that sinks personal considerations and makes individual sacrifices for the general good. Yours Respectfully, P. C. Knox The President. [*Note enclosed*] [*24171*][For 2 enclosures see 10-5-02 and co 10-1902][[shorthand]] [*wrote Gen. Clarkson 10-4-1902 Ackd to A.G. Hold*] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE QUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D. C. October 3rd., 1902. Dear Mr. Cortelyou:- Answering your note of the 3rd, instant, requesting a commission to be prepared for Thomas N. Roulhac as District Attorney for Alabama, vice Vaughan removed, I think I should inform the President through you that J. A. W. Smith, Republican Nominee for Governor of Alabama, J. W. Dimmick, Republican Committeeman for Alabama and W. I. Wellman, now Chairman State Executive Committee, have requested that this appointment be held up until after the election November 5th., stating that in their opinion it would be to the best interests of the party to do so. If this makes any difference in the President's wishes in the matter, please notify me. Yours Very Truly, P. C. Knox Attorney General. Honorable George B. Courtelyou, Secretary to the President. [*24172*]Answer at the afternoon conferences by John Markle to the remarks of President Roosevelt at opening conference on October 3, 1902. Mr. President: I have listened with deep interest to the remarks that you made before us a few minutes after eleven o'clock this morning and do thoroughly appreciate the seriousness of the situation in the Anthracite coal field of Pennsylvania. As you disclaim any right or duty in this way to intervene in your official capacity but are using your personal influence, and you admit this matter is beyond the merits of the issue between the coal presidents and operators on one side and the miners on the other, and you express the fact that the "situation has become literally intolerable", and as you further state "the evil possibilities are so far reaching, so appalling, that it seems to me that you are not only justified in sinking but required to sink for the time being any tenacity as your respective claims as to the matter at issue between you. In my judgment the situation apparently requires that you meet upon the common claim of the necessities of the public. With all the earnestness in me I ask that there be an immediate resumption of operations in the coal mines in some such way as will, without day's unnecessary delay, meet the crying needs of the public". I fully endorse these remarks from you and as an American citizen and a citizen of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania I now ask you to perform the duties vested in you as the President of [*24173*] #2. these United States; to at once squelch the anarchistic condition of affairs existing in the anthracite coal regions by the strong arm of the military at your command. A record of twenty-one murders, a long list of brutal assaults, houses and bridges dynamited, [and] daily acts of violence now taking place, and several washeries burned down, are actual evidences of this condition of lawlessness existing there. Are you asking us to deal with a set of outlaws? I can hardly conceive of such a thought. The respectable citizens of these United States will insist upon the officers in power giving to the citizens of Pennsylvania law and order, and the right to work if they so desire. Mr. President, I represent the individual coal operators and in addition thereto I represent far better than Mr. Mitchell does a majority of the anthracite coal workers, including some seventeen thousand men who are now working, endeavoring against great odds to relieve the public of the possibilities of a coal famine, in making this appeal to you. Mr. Mitchell's organization is a small minority of the total number of workers in the anthracite coal field and he is holding a large majority by intimidation, co-ertion, and attempts at bodily harm. If you desire anthracite coal to be placed in the market quickly, take the necessary steps at once and put the Federal troops in the [*24174*]#5. field, and give to those desiring to work proper protection. By proper protection is meant that the men desiring to work shall not only be allowed to do so but shall be protected while doing so; at their homes, while going to and from their work, and at the operations where they are employed; and in addition to this, while the men are absent from their homes at work their families in their homes must also be protected. You do this (the citizens of the United States whom I represent seem to feel that they have right to ask this of you) and I will assure you that anthracite coal will be rapidly placed in the market to relieve the seriousness of the situation. Please remember, Mr. President, that there is a large idle class of men now in the anthracite coal fields, taking every kind of unlawful act to prevent those who desire to work [xxxx] to relieve the situation in the anthracite coal market. Please remember that in the field now are only three thousand National Guard; please remember that the total National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania is only about ten thousand. Mr. President, a condition exists, not a theory, [xxxx] in the anthracite coal fields, between a set of professional agitators and their co-workers on the one side (anarchists in their acts), and the operators and a majority of the working men on the other, who are endeavoring to relieve the seriousness [*24175*]#4. of the anthracite coal situation. You, Mr. President, I believe, can relieve the situation at once. Will you do it? [*24176*] [*[John Markle]*]Washington, D.C., October 3, 1902. Mr. President: At the conference this morning, we the accredited representatices of the Anthracite Coal Mine Workers, were much impressed with the views you expressed and the dangers to the welfare of our country from a prolongation of the coak strike which you so clearly pointed out. Conscious of the responsibility resting upon us, conscious of our duty to society, conscious of our obligations to the one hundred and fifty thousand mine workers whom we have the honor to represent, we have after most careful consideration, and with the hope of relieving the situation and averting the sufferings and hardship, which would inevitably follow in the wake of a coal famine, decided to propose a resumption of coal mining upon the lines hereinafter suggested. Before doing so, Mr. President, we desire to say that we are not prompted to suggest this course because of any doubts of the justice of our claims. In deferring to your wishes, we are prompted by no fear on our part of our ability to continue the contest to a successful issue, thanks to the generous assistance rendered us by our fellow workers in this and other lands; thanks to a justice-loving American public, whose sympathies are always on the side of right, we are able to continue the struggle indefinitely. But, confident of our ability to demonstrate to any impartial tribunal, the equity of our demands for higher wages and improved environment, we propose that the issues culminating in this strike, shall be referred to you and a tribunal of your own selection and agree to accept your award upon all or any of the questions involved. [*24177*]If you will accept this responsibility, and the representatives of the coal operators will signify their willingness to have your decision incorporated in an agreement for not less than one year or more than five years, as may be mutually determined, between themselves and the Anthracite Coal Mine Workers, and will pay the scale of wages which you and the tribunal appointed by you, shall award, we will immediately call a convention and recommend a resumption of work, upon the understanding that the wages which shall be paid, are to go into effect from the day upon which work is resumed. Very respectfully yours, John Mitchell President of UMW of A T. L. Nicholls Pres. District No 1 Thomas Duffy Pres. Dist. No. 7 John Farley Pres. Dist No. 9 for the Anthracite Coal Miners. [*24178*][SA on 1 attacment see a. 10-3-02][*File*] WILLIAM H. MOODY, SECRETARY. NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 1902. SIR: I beg to acknowledge your letter commenting upon the size of the report of the Bureau of Naval Intelligence. I am gratified to receive it because I had made the same criticism myself and asked that it be cut down hereafter. I will see that your criticism reaches the Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Very respectfully, W. H. Moody Secretary. The President. [*24179*]EXCELSIOR STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY October 3, 1902. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My Dear President:-- I have your kind letter of September 25th. I am much more interested in your recovery than I am in the coming election and I am glad to hear that you are getting along so well. You must take care of yourself. After the election I shall run over to Washington and see you. With kindest regards from Mrs. Odell and myself to Mrs. Roosevelt and yourself, I am Yours sincerely, B. B. Odell [*[Odell]*] [*24180*]TELEGRAM. WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON. 31 WU O GI 6 DH---- 7:25P RUSH. RO----Philadelphia, Oct 3. The President, White House, Washington. Kindly advise of results. M.S. Quay, Hotel Walton. 24181(.c.) No. 221. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Habana, Cuba, October 3, 1902. The Honorable John Hay, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a very interesting report made at my request by Lieutenant Hanna, Military Attaché, upon the sanitary, social, political, and economical conditions of Santiago. So much of this report as refers to sanitary conditions I shall take occasion to read to the President. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, H. G. SQUIERS. Enclosure: Report of Lieutenant Hanna. [*24182*] [*State Dept Cuba see also Hanna.*][*[For 1 enc see 9-30-02 Hanna]*]TELEGRAM. White House, Washington. 21 WU HG JM 118 Paid 6 ox 12:56 p.m. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 3, 1902. Theodore Roosevelt, President. The right of employers who buy labor for profit, as well as the right of employees who sell labor for a living, to combine for mutual advancement is conceded by all fair-minded people, their right to disagree and inflict suffering upon the public the source from which wages and profits are derived is denied by all fair-minded people. The President of the great Canadian Pacific Railway submitted the settlement of differences between himself and his humble trackmen to arbitration. His example should be followed by the mine operators. You will be sustained by the American people in requiring the parties to the controversy to settle the coal strike upon a fair basis. John T. Wilson, President Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America. [*24183*] [*[ca. 10-3-02]*] Garrett, Philip C. Washington, D.C. Encloses copy of letter he sent to Governor Stone, containing views and suggestions on the coal strike; thinks the whole trouble is an inefficient enforcement of the law against intimidation of workers; states that if the Governor and General Gobin could be brought to see this it will result in a speedy cessation of the strike. Thanks the President for appointment of Mr. Bonaparte and Mr. Draper as Indian Commissioners. [[shorthand]] [*24184*][*[attached to Garrett, 10-3-02]*]Memorandum submitted by The Delaware and Hudson Company to President Roosevelt, October 3, 1902. The United Mine Workers of America is an association composed of a large number of miners and laborers engaged throughout the country in mining anthracite and bituminous coal and employed by the owners of the mines. It has divided the whole country into various districts, each of which is represented by a so-called president and embrace local unions, and it seeks to compel everyone engaged in the industry to join the organization. The affairs of the association are managed by an executive committee having its headquarters at Indianapolis and by conventions called from time to time representing the entire organization. the object and practice of the association are so far as possible to regulate the supply of labor engaged in the occupation of coal mining throughout the country and the terms of employment thereof. It thus consists of one central organization which restrains and controls the production of fuel everywhere throughout the country and monopolizes the labor engaged therein. These are its purposes and results. Its ultimate object is to control the entire fuel supply of the country. At this hearing it is represented by one person while six persons represent but a part of the production of anthracite coal. It is, therefore, the most extensive combination and monopoly which the country has ever known. It habitually enforces its orders and directions by whatever means may be most effectual, including strikes, boycotts, picketing, besetting and the like, not confined to its own members alone but in which are compelled2 to join as far as possible all other person similarly employed. Its violent methods have already received the condemnation of the Circuit Court of the United States (Reinecke Co. vs. Wood, 112 Fed.Rep.478; United States vs. Weber, 114 Fed.Rep. 950; U.S. vs. Haggerty, 116 Fed.Rep. 510). In accordance with these objects last May the United Mine Workers ordered a strike in the anthracite coal region which extended to all the workings therein. Since that time it has been so far as possible forcing all persons who are willing to work to cease doing so. Within a few days one or more miners who had returned to work having been formerly connected with the Mine Workers Association have been murdered by those acting in sympathy with the strike. These facts show that the Mine Workers Association is not within the rules regarding ordinary local labor organizations. On the contrary, the Association and all of its members constitute a combination or conspiracy not only at common law but also in restraint of trade and commerce among the several states and also an attempt to monopolize the labor necessary in supplying coal found in one state to the markets of other states, and thus to monopolize this part of the commerce among the several states. The action had by said United Mine Workers has greatly injured the 24186interstate business originating in the anthracite coal fields. The courts have already many times held that such a combination is unlawful within the Act of Congress of July 2, 1890, passed for the purpose of preventing restraints of interstate commerce and known as the "Sherman Act" (U.S.vs.Council, 54 Fed.Rep.994; 157 Fed.Rep.85; Thomas Vs.Cincinnati co.62 Fed.Rep.802,803; U.S.vs. Agler, 62 Fed.Rep.824; U.S.vs.Elliot, 62 Fed.Rep.801; 64 Fed.Rep. 27; Arthur vs.Oakes, 63 Fed.Rep.310; In re Debs, 64 Fed. Rep.724; affd. 188 U.S.664,600; U.S.vs.Trans-Missouri Association, 166 U.S.280,365,386). In addition the Circuit court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia upon March 25th last held that this Identical United Mine Workers Association was illegal (U.S vs.Weber, 114 Fed.Rep.950). The case comes clearly within the Debs case. That was an effort to organize a universal associa- tion of railroad employees covering the whole country for the purpose of controlling interstate commerce. The Govern- meant instituted suit by injunction and when the injunction was disobeyed enforced the same by the use of the United States Army. This quickly disposed of the matter and the action of the Government was upheld by the courts (In re Debs. 64 Fed.Red.724, affd. 166 U.S.864,600). The true course for the National Government is, therefore, to proceed 24187in accordance with the precedent in this Debs case. These considerations were called to the attention of the President and the Attorney-General last June. The anthracite coal companies are making every effort to mine coal as rapidly as possible. They are ob- structed by the failure of the state authorities to fully protect those who desire to work for them and by the failure of the National Government to enforce the statute under which the Mine Worker Association has been already hold to be illegal. As soon as action of that sort is effective- ly taken there can be no doubt that the supply of coal will be ample. The question at present is merely whether an unlawful association shall be permitted in this country by means which are illegal to decide who shall be allowed to work; what shall be his hours of work and what he shall be paid. This is contrary to the spirit and the letter of our laws. If they are enforced such an effort will cease at once.5 While the United Mine Workers have been endeavoring ever since the strike began to prevent the production of coal, the operators have been actively seeking to increase the same and are now actually producing about fifteen per cent of the normal output. This company now has about one thousand men engaged in the business. The production is steadily increasing and the rate of increase would have been more rapid, but for the failure of the State and National Governments to protect the lives, liberty, and property of those desiring to work for the operators and to protect the operators from the onslaught of this illegal combination to restrain and monopolise the entire fuel supply of the country. If the functions of government in this regard were efficiently discharged production would be rapid enough to supply all necessities. Grave as are the matters mentioned in the President's memorandum the questions fund[e]amentally involved are even more serious. They are whether freedom of life and property are to continue in this country or are to exist merely in accordance with the will of combinations and conspiracies which are prohibited by the Constitution and the statute in common law, and whether this company's faithful employees are to be delivered to the destruction which surely awaits them in case of the [trial] triumph of the Mine Worker's association. This Company respectfullymand earnestly urges upon the President the use of the lawful powers in the premises, which was made in the Deb[b]'s case by one of his predecessors and which was sustained by all the courts. If the National government would now enforce the law with equal promptness the strike would end next week. The representative of the United Mine Workers has now stated that its members are willing to return to work and he has frequently said that he did not demand official recognition of the union, notwithstanding that the Shamokin convention of March last resolved that the employment of non-union men should be a cause for striking. The condition of returning to work which he makes is that a commission appointed by the President to investigate existing conditions and that the mine workers and the operators [*24189*]6 #6. agree to abide by its recommendations. The personnel of such a commission if uncertain; its action would be without authority of law or precedent; and it would be without knowledge of the varying conditions in the different collieries and regions. This company has no power to [per]commit the welfare and existence of the property to such uncertainties. Moreover, as already pointed out, the Mine Workers is an illegal body and has no [lawful] control over its members. This is shown by the fact that after the settlement of 1900, local strikes were more numerous than ever and that its representative is now constantly counselling against violence while never the less outrages and murders are of constant occurrence. He must, therefore be powerless or insincere and any assurance as to the [frutu] future would be without value. In order, however, that this company may be under no charge of unwillingness to endeavor in good faith to remedy any grievances which may exist upon the part of its employes at its several collieries it is willing that the same shall be ultimately passed upon by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Pennsylvania for the District where such collieries are situated. These are the local officers of the law having knowledge of the facts. It is willing, therefore, in case of a resumption of work to add to its notice already posted a provision to that effect. [*Effect similar to that in Mr. Baer's statement. The Delaware and Haddad Company by David Codieux Vice Prest*] [*24190*][Courted?]. -2- littered with sweepings and garbage. The sewer system is now finished, but it is useless until the water system is completed, and in the meantime valuable machinery is deteriorating. Work on the water system should be pushed with all possible speed. The sentiment among the Cubans seems to be that while the presence of American troops in Morro Castle exerts a check on certain disorderly elements, and is a certain guarantee of protection, it is on the whole objectionable to the sensibilities of the Cubans. [*24192*] [[shorthand]] [*For Report see State Department Oct. 3. 1902 (Cuba)*] HANNA, Mathew E. Military Attache, U. S. Legation, Havana, Cuba. Subject: Sanitary, social, political, and economic condition of Santiago de Cuba. The questions most discussed by the Cubans are the payment of the army, the reorganization of local political parties and the part to be played therein by the negroes, the "hard times", and the probability of reciprocity. States that there is a surprising absence of complaints and discontent in the Province of Santiago, though it contains two troublesome elements – the great bulk of the army, and a large negro population. The army is dominated by its chiefs, who are for the most part in accord with the government; but it still remains practically intact, waiting until arrears of pay shall have been settled. Some anxiety is expressed that the United States may object to the Cuban government raising money for this purpose by means of a loan. The negro, though necessary to the success of either political party, receives but a small share of public patronage. Labor conditions are worse now than at any time since the war. Public and private works have either stopped or are working the minimum force. The Province is quiet, however, and reports of bandits and minor disorders are untrue. The sugar crop will probably be as great or greater than last year, but, according to a banking firm, it will be impossible to secure money in the United States to advance to the planters next year unless a reciprocity treaty is signed. The sanitary condition of the city is not up to the standard of the past three or four years, owing chiefly to lack of funds; many of the streets being [*24191*]. Indianapolis Journal October 3rd, 1902 PRAISE FROM ABROAD ————— SENATOR FAIRBANKS UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED IN EUROPE. ————— Joe Mitchell Chapple Says Diplomatists Consider Him Near the Popular Ideal of McKinley. ————— COMMEND HIS CONSERVATISM ————— IDEA OBTAINS ABROAD THAT THE SENATOR IS A SAFE MAN. ————— Many Republican Call at State Headquarters— Albert W. Wishard Returns from Washington. ————— "Indiana people would have reason for feeling additional pride in their senior senator if they could hear the expressions of commendation of his public career that I heard from Americans abroad," said Joe Mitchell Chapple, of Boston, editor of the National Magazine, who recently returned from attending the coronation of King Edward. "A gentleman connected with the American diplomatic corps, whose name is familiar in two continents, asked me particularly about the senator. 'Over here,' said he to me, "we have a notion that Senator Fairbanks comes more nearly measuring up to the popular ideal of the late President McKinley than most any other man in American public life.' [*24194*] "The same diplomatist said he had been impressed by the universal commendation among Americans abroad of the senator's Labor day speech, which was widely published in Europe and commented upon editorially. He predicted a career for Senator Fairbanks that would be cause for increasing pride to Hoosiers everywhere because of his conservatism, sound judgment and freedom from the arts of political demagogy. Such qualifications, said he—and I agree with him—are getting more and more in demand in this country where the fate of great interests, commercial and industrial as well as political, that affect all classes alike may hang upon the utterances as well as the acts of men charged with great political responsibilities." [*[ca. 10-3-02] [* [attached to Mitchell 10-3-02] *] Originals*] [[3 lines shorthand]] [*24193*] It is in the air at the Tunnell Meeting veiled threats were used of trouble to come if clause was left out The Building Trades section of the Central Federated Union, it was officially announced yesterday, has instructed all delegates of the building trades unions to assemble in front of the City Hall that day, to make known to the Board of Aldermen the demands of organized labor in relation to the tunnel franchise. [*Herald Oct 3.*] FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS. ————— Exactions of Union Employes Cause Purcell & Fay to Decide to Dissolve the Firm. [*24196*] [*Times Oct 3*] Because of trouble with their men, the tile and mantel firm of Purcell & Fay, at 25 Tenth Avenue, is closing its business. The firm had always paid union wages and employed union men. According to a representative of C. J. Purcell, the senior member of the firm, the demands of the men became so frequent and exacting that he could never know whether he would make or lose on a contract, so that it became impossible for him to continue in business. The latest move of the men, it was said, was to insist that they should not do the lathing, but that it be done by members of the Lathers' Union. The same was true in regard to the plastering. Rather than further comply with the demands of the men it was decided to wind up the business. Contracts had to be canceled and many men are thrown out of employment. ————— [*24195*]. Indianapolis Journal October 3rd,1902 PRAISE FROM ABROAD ————— SENATOR FAIRBANKS UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED IN EUROPE. ————— Joe Mitchell Chapple Says Diplomatists Consider Him Near the Popular Ideal of McKinley. ————— COMMEND HIS CONSERVATISM ————— IDEA OBTAINS ABROAD THAT THE SENATOR IS A SAFE MAN. ————— Many Republicans Call at State Headquarters — Albert W. Wishard Returns from Washington. ————— "Indiana people would have reason for feeling additional pride in their senior senator if they could hear the expressions of commendation of his public career that I heard from Americans abroad," said Joe Mitchell Chapple, of Boston, editor of the National Magazine, who recently returned from attending the coronation of King Edward. "A gentleman connected with the American diplomatic corps, whose name is familiar in two continents, asked me particularly about the senator. 'Over here,' said he to me, "we have a notion that Senator Fairbanks comes more nearly measuring up to the popular ideal of the late President McKinley than most any other man in American public life.' [*24194*] "The same diplomatist said he had been impressed by the universal commendation among Americans abroad of the senator's Labor day speech, which was widely published in Europe and commented upon editorially. He predicted a career for Senator Fairbanks that would be cause for increasing pride to Hoosiers everywhere because of his conservatism, sound judgment and freedom from the arts of political demagogy. Such qualifications, said he—and I agree with him—are getting more and more in demand in this country where the fate of great interests, commercial and industrial as well as political, that affect all classes alike may hang upon the utterances as well as the acts of men charged with great political responsibilities." [*[ca. 10-3-02] [* [attached to Mitchell 10-3-02] *] Originals*] [[shorthand]] [*24193*] [*It is in the air at the Tunnell Meeting veiled threats were used of trouble to come if clause was left out*] The Building Trades section of the Central Federated Union, it was officially announced yesterday, has instructed all delegates of the building trades unions to assemble in front of the City Hall that day, to make known to the Board of Aldermen the demands of organized labor in relation to the tunnel franchise. [*Herald Oct 3.*] FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS. ————— Exactions of Union Employes Cause Purcell & Fay to Decide to Dissolve the Firm. [*24196*] [*Times Oct 3*] Because of trouble with their men, the tile and mantel firm of Purcell & Fay, at 25 Tenth Avenue, is closing its business. The firm had always paid union wages and employed union men. According to a representative of C. J. Purcell, the senior member of the firm, the demands of the men became so frequent and exacting that he could never know whether he would make or lose on a contract, so that it became impossible for him to continue in business. The latest move of the men, it was said, was to insist that they should not do the lathing, but that it be done by members of the Lathers' Union. The same was true in regard to the plastering. Rather than further comply with the demands of the men it was decided to wind up the business. Contracts had to be canceled and many men are thrown out of employment. ————— [*24195*]