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President Roosevelt agrees with District Attorney Rose that the matter should have been taken up a long time ago. It was not taken up because of the fear that it would cause hostility among African Americans.
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1908-05-30
President Roosevelt does not think that he agrees with the compromise suggested by John Carter Rose, United States Attorney for the district of Maryland. Roosevelt wants executive officers to be given full powers regarding the Sherman Antitrust Act. He does not think the current law is wise, but it would be less wise to leave the matter to the courts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-30
Maryland District Attorney John Carter Rose has given President Roosevelt several good suggestions and Roosevelt has released a statement about the most recent election.
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1907-11-07
President Roosevelt thanks John Carter Rose for his telegram and asks where he learns “such odd bits of information.” He says it is a big triumph for presidents to have majorities in both houses.
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1906-11-06
President Roosevelt thanks United States Attorney John Carter Rose for the letter and for understanding what he is trying to do in “working a revolution in the relations of the government to the big corporate interests.”
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1906-09-28
President Roosevelt tells United States Attorney Rose that it never crossed his mind to do anything but reappoint Rose to his current position.
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1906-06-20
President Roosevelt thanks Maryland District Attorney Rose for his letter. Roosevelt knew Rose would like Charles J. Bonaparte’s selection, and he took “particular pleasure in making the appointment.”
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1905-06-02
President Roosevelt thanks John Carter Rose for his statement. Roosevelt does not believe he can deal with the subject without going into detail, and will therefore transmit Garfield’s report “without comment.” He promises, however, to take up the matter later.
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1904-12-19
President Roosevelt congratulates United States District Attorney John Carter Rose for how he handled the case pertaining to Thomas W. McGregor.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt has sent John C. Rose’s letter to Chairman Cortelyou. Roosevelt was startled by Rose’s claim that the Republican vote had decreased in Maine and Vermont. In New York, there is the “usual fight over the Governorship,” which Roosevelt thinks could be the only thing keeping him from sweeping the state.
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1904-09-16
President Roosevelt thinks the figures provided by John C. Rose are very interesting. If the Post does not publish Rose’s letter, Roosevelt would like to send it to the Republican National Committee.
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1904-09-14
President Roosevelt believes that in dealing with the southern states it is his duty to not put weight on the side of “reactionary forces.”
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1904-06-28
President Roosevelt found the figures to be most interesting and hopes John Rose is a prophet.
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1903-11-11
There is general support for tariff reductions but the problem is deciding what articles should receive reductions and the subsequent political repercussions.
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1902-05-29
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs John Carter Rose that he is already pledged to a man for chaplain. Otherwise, he has little influence and Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long likely will not consult him.
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1897-09-10
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1897-06-18
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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