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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Amasa Pierce Thornton that Roosevelt is not able to comment upon the article and that he should consider all communication with Roosevelt to be confidential and not for publication. Roosevelt agrees with Thornton in his high opinion of Father Tierney.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt informs Amasa Pierce Thornton that he is avoiding seeing people about politics. Roosevelt tells Thornton that his current sentiments align with Charles Willis Thompson’s article that appeared in the New York Times on May 23.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-01
Theodore Roosevelt refutes Amasa Pierce Thornton’s statement that Roosevelt’s platform is “abandoning civilization” by explaining that all of his proposals for judicial review were made in favor of obtaining justice for the “plain people” of the United States. He writes that he would have gladly supported someone else who made a similar, practical proposal that would allow the people to review the decisions of the New York Court of Appeals regarding the Workman’s Compensation Act, the Bake Shop Case, the prevention of child labor or over-working of women, and the elimination of the sweatshop. Roosevelt ends his argument by stating that the U.S. is the only civilized country in the world where courts are able to review acts passed by the legislature and that Thornton should call Canada and countries in Europe and the Pacific uncivilized if he really believes Roosevelt is in the wrong.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-10