Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Moody explains that the law does not allow for the naturalization of Japanese immigrants.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-07-19
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Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917
Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding District Attorney Morgan H. Beach’s investigation into the Department of Agriculture. Moody shares a report from Beach in which he writes that Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson is making the investigation difficult by not cooperating with John Hyde, who he appointed to assist in the investigation. Moody trusts Wilson and does not believe that any action should be taken yet, but wanted to inform Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-17
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Letter from William H. Moody to William Loeb
William H. Moody asks William Loeb to convey his thanks to Theodore Roosevelt for the Saint Gaudens Inauguration Medal.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-07-17
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody briefs President Roosevelt on the status of the cotton investigation. There is substantial evidence against Edwin S. Holmes, assistant statistician in the Department of Agriculture, who is accused of communicating advance information from unreleased cotton reports to New York brokers who used the information to speculate on the market. Assistant District Attorney Morgan H. Beach will continue the investigation per Roosevelt’s instructions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-07-17
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
The Beavers case will not be decided until fall since the court adjourned without any agreement being reached on the propositions submitted.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-07-10
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody informs President Roosevelt that Judge William Ball Gilbert has designated a judge for the trials of the Oregon land fraud cases following the death of Judge Charles B. Bellinger. Moody questions whether Gilbert has the authority to do this.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-06-01
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody writes concerning the issue of rebates being granted by the Atchison, Topkea and, Santa Fe Railway Company to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Moody writes that it may be assumed that the transportation of coal at less than the published rate is in contempt of the restraining order of 1902. However, he does not believe any proceedings should be brought against any officers of the railroad company, including E. P. Ripley and Paul Morton, unless there is evidence linking them to guilty conduct.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-31
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter from the special counsel involved in the alleged coal rebates of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Moody would like to see more evidence for every individual prosecuted.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-15
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Moody forwards a completed opinion on the railroad rate question currently being debated in the United States Senate. Moody discusses possible candidates to replace a recently deceased judge.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-05-01
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody comments to President Roosevelt about a letter between two of Roosevelt’s former Rough Rider comrades, Morgan Llewellyn and Sherman M. Bell, about the “somewhat inconsistent loyalty” of a third, James D. Ritchie. Moody tells Roosevelt about a letter he received from William H. Moody, of Memphis, Tennessee, asking for a job because of the similarity of his name to Moody’s and that “blood is thicker than water. No doubt we are from the same stock.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-27
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody tells President Roosevelt that an closed quotation is not by Roosevelt, but is rather from a dispatch by Richard Olney to Thomas F. Bayard related to the Venezuelan question.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-21
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody informs President Roosevelt that he has received the report from Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright about the labor disturbances in Colorado. The report indicates that Roosevelt does not have “any duty or power with reference to the unhappy disturbances.” Moody advises that he will keep the report until the District Attorney’s investigation is complete.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-09-30
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody provides his opinion to President Roosevelt on the question of whether the Secretary of the Treasury has the power to change the design of imported cigar stamps. Moody argues that the statutes give the Secretary the power to make these types of decisions, which are then final and considered acts of the President. Moody advises Roosevelt to ignore the appeal to change Secretary Leslie M. Shaw’s decision.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-28
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Letter from William H. Moody to William Loeb
Attorney General Moody forwards to William Loeb a letter from U.S. District Attorney for Colorado Earl M. Cranston regarding “the Colorado labor troubles.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-09-15
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Letter from William H. Moody to William Loeb
Attorney General Moody asks President Roosevelt’s secretary William Loeb to show Roosevelt the enclosed copy of his letter to U.S. Attorney Earl M. Cranston. George B. Cortelyou approved of what Moody said.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-09-07
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Letter from William H. Moody to Earl M. Cranston
In light of complaints made to President Roosevelt on behalf of Colorado miners and their sympathizers, Attorney General Moody instructs District Attorney Cranston to confer with John H. Murphy, who is counsel for the miners. Moody would like Cranston to determine whether or not the federal government has a duty to intervene.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-09-07
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody writes President Roosevelt to inform him about an anti-trust violation complaint against an Ohio tire company and asks for direction as to how to proceed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-31
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody reports to President Roosevelt what he knows of the investigation into the Western Paper Trust. Moody is waiting for a complete report to be submitted to the Justice Department, after which he will report the findings and his own conclusions to President Roosevelt. Moody also mentions the potential nomination of Elihu Root as the Republican candidate for governor of New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-22
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody does not believe that Secretary of the Navy Morton will be going far. Moody suggested to Morton to only go where there are naval stations. He is sorry to hear about the trouble between Poell and Ritchie.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-17
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Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Moody reports that he had a discussion with Elihu Root concerning the injunction in a suit in the New Jersey District, including the payment of dividends.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-13