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President Roosevelt thanks Otto Gresham for his two letters regarding the situation in Indiana. He will see if he can do anything in connection with them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-07
President Roosevelt asks Otto Gresham if he can show his letter to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and Justice William H. Moody. He is confident that the allegation of George B. Cortelyou taking campaign contributions from the meat packers is false. However, he would like to look into the allegation that Assistant Attorney General Charles Henry Robb immediately went to Mr. Miller when beginning his investigation into Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-26
President Roosevelt suggests that Otto Gresham should write to president-elect William H. Taft regarding Hogan. Roosevelt has less than four months of his term left, and it is unlikely that he will be able to offer Hogan a position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-11
President Roosevelt does not believe that William H. Taft will allow “a single dollar” to be spent illegitimately in the campaign. Taft is currently leading the effort to carry Indiana in the election, and Roosevelt believes they will be successful. Roosevelt is interested to hear what Otto Gresham says that James Hogan found out about Samuel Gompers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-24
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Otto Gresham supports William H. Taft’s nomination as Republican candidate for President. Roosevelt thinks that Otto’s observations about the labor man are important, and has forwarded them to Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-22
President Roosevelt tells Otto Gresham that he believes the recent decision in the beef trust court case to be bad law, and that “from the moral and social standpoint it was a blow to righteousness in the community.” Roosevelt believes Commissioner of Corporations James Rudolph Garfield and Attorney General William H. Moody acted well throughout the trial.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-29
President Roosevelt comments on a “striking portion” of Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address, which he says puts the case “on the point that it touches exactly right.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-28
President Roosevelt found Otto Gresham’s letter interesting. Railroad interests are attempting to stop the Panama Canal but Roosevelt is confident they will fail.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-18
President Roosevelt is glad that Otto Gresham liked his message and was unaware of the Alphonse de Lamartine quotation and thanks Gresham for it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-11
President Roosevelt rejects the argument that Panama declaring independence from Colombia is a similar situation to the secession of Southern states before the American Civil War. Roosevelt believes that Colombia acted in bad faith during the treaty negotiations and ratification. As such, the United States owes nothing to Colombia “in law or in morals.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-30
D. Presley Smith was nominated for state senator on the fortieth ballot, and Robert Metzger has received many compliments for standing up to the political machine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-20
Robert Metzger would like Otto Gresham to visit and help with composing a letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-09