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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 19, 1904

It is hereby ordered that the Executive order of January 25, 1904, is hereby modified and amended so as to permanently reserve from entry and settlement, and to constitute a part of the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 10, 1904

no such vessel which may have been permitted to remain within the waters of the United States for the purpose of repair shall continue ... for a longer period than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall have been completed

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 10, 1904

they cannot carry such articles upon the high seas for the use or service of either belligerent, nor can they transport soldiers and officers of either, or attempt to break any blockade without incurring the risk of hostile capture

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 10, 1904

any citizens of the United States, and all persons residing or being within their territory or jurisdiction... can in no wise obtain any protection from the government of the United States against the consequences of their misconduct

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 10, 1904

it is the duty of a neutral government not to permit or suffer the making of its waters subservient to the purposes of war

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 10, 1904

military forces in aid of either belligerent cannot lawfully be originated or organized within their jurisdiction

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 8, 1904

To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith the response of the Secretary of State to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives on January 25, 1904, calling for information in regard to carriages, horses, etc…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 4, 1904

The attention of the Congress is called to the request of the Secretary of Agriculture that 5,000 copies of the report be printed for the use of the Department of Agriculture, and that provision be made to print such a report annually.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 4, 1904

It is upon your interpretation of the acts done here that we must depend for having these acts received at the proper worth by the people as a whole.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 4, 1904

The special rule of July 3, 1902, rendering certain persons who were in the employ of the United States in the military government of Cuba eligible to retention and employment in positions in the classified service of a grade corresponding…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 2, 1904

It is for that reason deemed incompatible with the public interest to make it public at this time.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jan 27, 1904

These four corners would thus ultimately be occupied by statues of Lafayette, Rochambeau, Von Steuben, and Kosciusko, all of whom in the stormy days which saw the birth of the Republic rendered service which can never be forgotten by our…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jan 26, 1904

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor submitting a preliminary report of the Alaska Salmon Commission, appointed in accordance with the instructions in my letter of November 8, 1902.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jan 26, 1904

For the reasons therein given I deem it incompatible with the public interest to forward the report by the special agent of the Treasury in question.

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