Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock

This item includes a letter whereby President Roosevelt asks the Secretary of Interior's advice about his signing an Indian Bill, which is opposed by Senator La Follette.

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took a month off and spent it in the office of Mur- ray, Mansfield and Cornish briefing their claims, which later his office pasesd upon. If this is so, not only should the assistant be procseded against, but it seems to me that Bixby should be required to show cause why action should not be takon against hime Would it not be well for you to have a thor= oughly good man investigate this commiss ion? Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevels Hon. E. As Hitchcock, Secrotary of the Interior. Enclosure