Clark, Clarence D. (Clarence Don), 1851-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Clark, Clarence D. (Clarence Don), 1851-1930

Language

English

In a cancelled letter, President Roosevelt would like Senator Clark to discuss with J. A. Holmes, from the Geological Survey, certain details of the pending coal lands legislation. Roosevelt would like some definitive legislation on the matter enacted before Congress adjourns.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes Senator Clark strongly recommending Alford Warriner Cooley for the position of Assistant Attorney General, and he encourages Clark to share this letter with the rest of the Judiciary Committee. Roosevelt writes that Cooley was suggested by Attorney General William H. Moody, and he is also favored by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt outlines Cooley’s education and career, which includes time as judge for various courts in New York and Washington DC; positions at the Department of Justice; and a member of New York City’s Corporation Counsel. Roosevelt concludes that he doesn’t believe it “would be possible to obtain a better man for the place.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends an enclosure from Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to Senator Clark, which arrived before their conversation. He asks Clark to consider what is said about Milton Dwight Purdy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter he sent to Representative De Alva Standwood Alexander. He asks Senator Clark if the amendments could be added to the bill, as it is useless as it currently stands.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends Senator Clark a letter related to the rejection of Grosvenor A. Porter as United States Marshal for Oklahoma, which Roosevelt thinks expresses the sentiment of the public. He has heard that under the lead of Senators Joseph Benson Foraker and James A. Hemenway there is talk about similarly rejecting Samuel G. Victor, and Roosevelt asks what charges have been made against him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has received the telegrams about Grosvenor A. Porter. He tells Clarence D. Clark that the charges against Porter are the same as the ones which were raised before his name was submitted, and were found to have no substance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Senator Clark what the objections are to appointing Grosvenor A. Porter as Marshal of the Eastern District of Oklahoma, as he is sure they cannot be justified. Roosevelt knows Porter personally.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends Senator Clark an excerpt of a letter from Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks if action could be taken along the lines that Taft outlines. In the excerpted portion from Taft, he suggests that for the Court of last resort on the Panamanian Isthmus, cases can be appealed directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, rather than first passing through the Court of Appeals. Taft also suggests limitations for the types of cases able to be appealed this way.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt could not appoint Senator Clark’s recommendation for the role of United States Attorney, as he is unfit for the role. After discussing M. B. Camplin’s qualifications with Judge Willis Van Devanter and the Attorney General, it has been made very clear to him that Camplin is unfit for the position, and he will reappoint Timothy F. Burke to the role.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Senator Clark if enactment of legislation regarding the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma could be postponed until the new Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield takes office. The request, Roosevelt says, is in best interest of the Native Americans of Oklahoma and Clark’s own Senate committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Senator Clark, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, that he has resubmitted the name of William C. Bristol for the position of District Attorney of Oregon. Roosevelt additionally sends Clark a number of affidavits and telegrams which explain the situation surrounding Roosevelt’s prior withdrawal of Bristol’s name, and show that it was due to a misunderstanding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt provides Senator Clark with text from telegrams and letters attesting to the character of Arizona United States marshal Ben Daniels. Any accusations against him appear to have been made in bad faith.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a telegram for Senator Clark that explains the allegations against U.S. Marshal Ben Daniels. If Clark thinks it is wise, Roosevelt will make it public, and gives Clark permission to make this letter public. Roosevelt notes that “there is no man in Arizona more justly dreaded by the entire criminal element than Ben Daniels.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses telegrams about United States Marshal Ben Daniels from Arizona Territorial Chief Justice Edward Kent and Louis C. Hughes, the editor of the Tucson Star. He believes that bad actors in Arizona want to discredit Daniels.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from District Attorney Joseph L. B. Alexander regarding United States Marshal Ben Daniels, which he would like Senator Clark to put before his committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes Senator Clark regarding the reappointment of Edgar S. Wilson as U.S. Marshal. A better man than Wilson does not exist, and Roosevelt points out that the instigator of the charges against him is a man whom Roosevelt turned out of office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Senator Clark that if there is opposition to the confirmation of Marshal Reid of Oregon, he would like to provide evidence that shows why he deemed it necessary to disregard the Oregon Senator’s wishes on this matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Theodore Roosevelt expresses to Senator Clarence D. Clark his confidence in the judgement of Alice Robertson. Her recommendation of Inspector J. George Wright carries great weight with Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919