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Representative Littauer offers his assessment of current political conditions in New York. He sees the Republican Party as disorganized with Governor Odell increasingly powerful and Senator Platt losing influence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-17
Representative Littauer will meet with Governor Benjamin B. Odell and attempt to convince him of Judge George Chandler Holt’s suitability for appointment as a district court judge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-19
Representative Littauer is relieved that President Roosevelt’s leg injury is responding to treatment. He compliments Roosevelt’s Cincinnati speech and would like to discuss “unpublished incidents” of the Saratoga Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-27
Representative Littauer summarizes the business relationship between Littauer Brothers and Edmond R. Lyon. Littauer Brothers had several contracts with Lyon to produce leather gauntlets. Lyon was a general contractor with the United States Army and supplied the gauntlets as part of various army contracts. Littauer Brothers only produced gauntlets and was not a party to the larger army contracts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-01
Representative Littauer has felt Senator Platt’s “vindictive attacks” and intends to let the public know the truth. He supports Creed M. Fulton as a candidate for Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-16
A suit against Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the United States, brought by his sister has been refereed against Roberts. It was determined that Roberts appropriated funds from his sister for his own personal use. He was ordered to pay back the money and has yet to do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-30
Representative Littauer encloses a letter from Theodore F. Seward requesting a statement from President Roosevelt regarding Seward’s appeal. Littauer thinks that the reactions of the Southern press to Roosevelt hosting Booker T. Washington at the White House have been outrageous.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-19
Representative Littauer will be pleased to accept Vice President Roosevelt’s invitation to Oyster Bay, New York. Littauer was in Chicago, Illinois, last week and Roosevelt is held in “high esteem” there. Littauer regrets to hear of the Roosevelt children’s illness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-23