Note from President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary Hitchcock

Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the for following message delays in transmission can or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing Errors Company be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison. and the Company will not hold itself liable within errors sixty or daym 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. ROBECT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager. RECEIVED Oyster Bay N.Y. June 30/03 4 NY UZ PC 57 D.H. Omaha Neb 30 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the U.S. Oyster Bay NY. Land speculators in vincinity of Winnebago Reservation have rounded up Indians and induced Indian Council to recommend Mathewsons re-appointment. Retention of Mathewson will perpetuate graft of land grabbers and demoralization on reservation, speculators combine have secured endorsement for Mathewson from Senator Millard and Congressman McCarthy, butt law abiding citizens of all parties and classes praying for change. E.Rosewater. 12.46 pm