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This item includes a letter that refers to faked interviews between the Secretary of the Interior and Mr. Newlands.

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Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock
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Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock
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This item includes a letter that refers to faked interviews between the Secretary of the Interior and Mr. Newlands.
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Papers of Ethan Allen Hitchcock
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WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON July 2, 1902. Personal. My dear Secretary Hit chcock: Interviews that I am sure are fakedhave appeared in which you are represented as stating that Mr . Newlands was entitled to the credit of passing the irrigation measure. Now, as a matter of fact, I never consulted with him or said a thing to him about my message, although Memant I did consult Senators Spooner and Warren and Congressmen Mondell, Long, and Burkett. If the interviews are not true, I should think that a brief statement from you to that effect might be good, as Newlands is evidently try- ing to use your interviews as a campaign document. Sincerely yours, Theodore Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, secretary of the Interior.