Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rowland Miles
Theodore Roosevelt appreciated Rowland Miles’s letter and his clear statement of Roosevelt’s point. Roosevelt is annoyed that the newspapers are bent on misrepresenting his words. His object is to get judges not to assume an arrogant position when faced with the people’s wishes because he wants them to maintain power when “menaced by people of the stamp of ” Eugene V. Debs. Debs and the “so-called Socialist[s]” are trying to bully the courts concerning the trial of James B. McNamara. Citizens should support the court in independent action.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-27