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President Roosevelt is concerned by Attorney General Moody’s letter of January 24. He instructs Moody to prepare a message for him to submit to Congress that details the issues of the corporation laws and advocates for their repeal and the institution of a franchise tax.
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1905-01-25
President Roosevelt suggests Attorney General Moody hedge his bets while writing to Mr. Hepburn about approving the bill by saying that the law may require further modifications beyond the limits of the bill, but that bill itself is a good one. Roosevelt wants to make sure that they are able to address the worst abuses of the railroads before they consider themselves to be “entirely satisfied with anything that we are doing.” He asks Moody to look over the enclosed letter from Governor Benjamin B. Odell.
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1905-01-18
On President Roosevelt’s behalf, William Loeb asks Attorney General Moody to forward the enclosed letter to Frank B. Kellogg.
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1905-01-18
President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Moody if it would be proper to make Assistant District Attorney Edward E. Cushman a Special Assistant to the Attorney General for the Court of Appeals work in San Francisco.
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1905-01-19
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that he would like Colonel Mosby to take an enclosed letter from Mr. Stratton and investigate the conditions in Alabama. Roosevelt does not think Mosby would need to meet Stratton, but he wishes for Mosby to meet with Judge Jones. He also says that Mosby should talk to Postmaster General Wynne before he goes, as the matter is related to the post office.
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1905-01-10
President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Moody if Judge Jackson of West Virginia could be called in and told to resign, as Roosevelt has heard things suggesting that he is no longer fit to remain on the bench.
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1905-01-10
President Roosevelt sends Attorney General Moody a memorandum he received from Collector of Customs in Alaska David Henry Jarvis regarding a chapter of Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe’s book, Big Game Shooting in Alaska. He asks Moody to have Marshal George G. Perry make a full report of the matter. Roosevelt believes the deputy marshal in question should be removed.
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1905-01-05
President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Moody he is fine with including the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan in the Anthracite Coal case, but does not believe it is necessary to use more than one name.
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1904-12-31
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that he believes it would be a wise idea to appoint Henry K. Love as a United States Marshal because he is a “first-class man.” In a handwritten addition, Roosevelt says, “He is a rough rider, alas—but then he is also a distant cousin of John Hay!”
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1904-12-17
President Roosevelt sends Attorney General Moody a list of names that he wishes to consider for appointments to the Court of Claims and the Appellate Court of the District of Columbia.
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1904-12-20
President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Moody that Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox believes “the Anthony vs. the Kodak people” case is clear. If this is correct, Roosevelt asks Moody to act at the earliest opportunity.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt explains the situation between Colorado Adjutant General Bell and William Henry Harrison Llewellyn about James D. Ritchie, and reproduces part of a letter from Llewellyn to Bell. Ritchie, described as “quite an anarchist,” was deported from Colorado to New Mexico, but Llewellyn wishes for Bell to go easy on him “under the circumstances.” Ritchie is a strong supporter of Roosevelt’s campaign.
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1904-10-22
Theodore Roosevelt instructs Attorney General Moody to attack Parker and to not take any defensive position.
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1904-09-29
President Roosevelt sends Attorney General Moody a report written by Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright on the labor disturbance in Colorado. The report is not complete but Roosevelt believes it contains enough information to make a determination on whether the federal government should intervene. Roosevelt asks that Moody consider the report along with another being prepared by Colorado District Attorney Earl M. Cranston and report back to him.
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1904-09-28
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Navy Moody information about torpedo boats. He would like the information, which was written by Commander Winslow, referred to Captain Converse. He wants the two of them to report back to him about what should be done in regards to torpedo boat construction.
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1904-09-15
President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Moody to send a representative from the Department of Justice to Colorado to investigate the labor unrest.
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1904-08-25
President Roosevelt thinks Attorney General Moody’s position is a sound one. After Moody has spoken in Vermont and Maine, Roosevelt would like to see him.
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1904-08-29
President Roosevelt has been informed by Medill McCormick that the pressure from the International Paper Company is intolerable and relief should be made at once.
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1904-08-18
President Roosevelt spoke to Charles Henry Robb regarding the paper trust. Nothing can be done until all the facts are before the Department of Justice.
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1904-08-19
President Roosevelt writes that Governor James Hamilton Peabody has “sanctioned the criminal usurpation of state sovereignty by an irresponsible mob” and asks Attorney General Moody what the best course of action is. Roosevelt asks Moody to write to Secretary of the Navy Morton about the situation with C. H. Davis.
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1904-08-24