Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E. A. Hitchcock

This letter includes correspondence between the President and Secretary of the Interior concerning appointments.

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WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON. Oyster Bay, N. Y. August 29, 1903. Personal. My dear Mr. Secretary: I heartily approve of your letter of the 28th instant in reference to putting that investigation in charge of Judge Ryan. Can you not combine with Mr. Ryan an official from the Department of Justice? Is it not true that the Department of Justice is in some measure concerned in the matter? How would it do to consult Mr. Knox in the matter, and then as soon as you have consulted him act? Judge Ryan is a first-rate man. As for the Brosius matter, if he has made any false charges hold him up to the sharpest condemnation when the final report is made; but the thing to do now, is as speed- ammc ctar Bronius me were inverting aling these malters ily as possible to get at the real facts. can you not also long before Sincerely yours, even knew of their existence. J heodore Roosevelo Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.