08/04/1905
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"IT IS ORDERED, That the Isthmian Canal Commission be classified and the civil-service act and rules applied thereto, and that no person be hereafter appointed, employed, promoted, or transferred in th..."
"I pray that those relations may continue forever, growing always more friendly and more extended."
"I beg you to convey to His Majesty the Emperor my grateful appreciation of his valued expressions of amity and my best wishes for his health and happiness, and the prosperity of the Japanese people."
"I take it for granted that you and Cabot both approved of my making the statement I did about never accepting another nomination."