Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-11

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-30

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Recipient

Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

President Roosevelt asks Judge Day if he will accept Justice Shiras’ place on the Supreme Court. Shiras will be retiring in February.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-23

President Roosevelt requests that Judge Day serve on Carroll D. Wright’s commission investigating the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-11

President Roosevelt informs Judge Day that Day will be released from duty if John Pierpont Morgan’s proposition is accepted by the miners. Roosevelt appreciates Day’s patriotism in accepting the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-14

President Roosevelt invites Justice Day to attend the Conference of Governors. The conference will address the conservation of natural resources, with its purpose defined by the Inland Waterways Commission. In addition to the governors, Roosevelt is inviting representatives of many national associations, United States Representatives and Senators, and other members of the federal government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-20

President Roosevelt encloses a copy of George W. Alger’s “Moral Overstrain.” He hopes Judge Day will pay special attention to the last two chapters. Roosevelt has been struggling with how much to fight for the labor and working classes in light of recent court decisions. He does not know how to balance respect for the law and rights of legislatures with what he believes are basic rights that workers should be afforded, and is concerned with making sure that he does not diminish respect for the courts. He encloses a telegram he sent to Judge Willard Bartlett of New York last fall regarding Bartlett’s request for support.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-11

President Roosevelt thanks Judge Day for writing, and comments that Secretary of War William H. Taft has spoken about Judge Horace H. Lurton the same way that Day did. Roosevelt is inclined to appoint Lurton, but does not wish to definitely commit himself yet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-25

President Roosevelt thanks Supreme Court Justice Day for his telegram of congratulations, which he particularly appreciates.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Judge Day for the letter and accepts the invitation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-28

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923

Charles Freeman Johnson calls Supreme Court Justice William R. Day’s attention to the work of the People’s National Legal Ethics Society. He cites a number of prominent lawyers and judges in arguing for the necessity of such a society to make sure that laws are being enforced fairly by, and against, lawyers and judges.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-04