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Judge Lurton advises President Roosevelt that it would be unwise to appoint a successor to Judge Charles D. Clark until after the convention in Chicago.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-18
Judge Lurton supports Judge Jones and his opinions on a series of rate cases he had recently handled. While Jones’s decisions have been controversial, Lurton assures Jones that his decision was necessary to preserve the balance between federal and state powers, as he also believes the cases in question clearly fell under federal and not state jurisdiction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-18
Judge Lurton admires the address of Mr. Fleming, which discusses preserving the gap between whites and African Americans by lifting whites up, not holding African Americans down. Fleming also spoke in reference to grandfather clauses. Public opinion has not brought up criticism against the grandfather clauses. Lurton is sending a typewritten copy of a rare document, an address to the people of Tennessee by the delegates to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1834 explaining why the proposed constitution did not provide for emancipation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-23
Judge Lurton writes to Secretary of War Taft about H. Campbell, a former candidate for governor in Tennessee, who is reportedly lazy and not taken seriously by the Republican Party, but needs to be accommodated. Lurton also invites Taft to visit Nashville if he will be canvassing as part of President Roosevelt’s campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-13