Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock
This item includes a letter in which President Roosevelt addresses the recently signed Indian bill, which was endorsed by Secretary Hitchcock until after the bill was signed. Copies of the letter are included.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON.
June 22, 1906.
My dear Mr. Secretary:
Mr. Loeb tells me that this morning you called him up and
asked him if the Indian bill had been signed and stated that
you were sorry, because it ought to have been vetoed in view
of late information you had received. Naturally, this upsets
me a good deal. You and I had spoken at length together about
this bill and about certain bad features in it, you mentioning
two in particular. You then stated to me that a very thorough
investigation was be ing made and that you would lay the results
before me. You did so, stating in your letter that the bill
ought to be signed. I did not sign it at once, however, because
of information that Senator La Follette had given me, which I
sent to you, and asked for a report on these additional matters.
You reported to me that there was nothing in the La Follette
charges which would warrant my refusing to sign the bill, and
after seeing you yesterday I signed it. If it be true that
there are additional matters in the bill which would have war-
ranted its veto, I think that your own Department should have
discovered them before. I need hardly say that it is an utter
impossibility for me to acquaint myself with, and go over all
the details of, a general bill like this, and I must rely upon
your Department.
Exactly what are the facts in the case?
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Hon. E. A. Hitchcock,
Secretary of the Interior.
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