Alabama

A number of Alabama politicians and their backgrounds and positions on key issues are summarized.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-25

Addison Wimbs encloses an article about “one of Mr. Bingham’s henchmen” who is opposing President Roosevelt’s nomination, but Wimbs assures Roosevelt that Alabama’s delegates will support him at the Republican National Convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-10

Addison Wimbs, an African American Republican leader in Greensboro, Alabama, suggests that President Roosevelt “hold up on the Smith matter” at the Opelika, Alabama, post office. Wimbs assures Roosevelt that Alabama will send a Roosevelt delegation to the Republican National Convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-19

Attorney General Knox encloses a confidential letter from Judge Thomas Goode Jones concerning a vacancy for marshal in Alabama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-12

William E. Chandler assures President Roosevelt of supportive public opinion in the Southern United States in regard to Roosevelt’s policies on civil rights, fiscal policies, Panama, and Cuba despite Congressional representation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Article discusses the lack of harmony within the Louisiana Republicans over Theodore Roosevelt’s southern policy. It includes an open letter from prominent Louisiana Republican Captain P. H. Segura denouncing the Lily Whites and Roosevelt’s “insincerity” which has destroyed the good feelings between the races.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-07

Editor of the Galveston City Times William H. Noble discusses the need to appoint African Americans as Republican party representatives in Texas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-18

Collector Thompson had a conference with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, regarding the political situation in Alabama. Roosevelt is considering a southern trip to dispel some rumors regarding his attitude towards the South. The author is upset that Roosevelt had given the impression that he would not appoint African Americans to office in the South, but has acted other wise.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-26

James Sullivan Clarkson requests that President Roosevelt meet with Revenue Collector Thompson and Captain Charles H. Scott as they can provide good advice relating to Republican support in Alabama in the upcoming election. Clarkson informs Roosevelt that these men wish to support Roosevelt and not those who tried to set up the “Lily White Republican Party” in Alabama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-17

Newspaper article supporting the guilty verdicts in the Alabama peonage cases.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-26

Collection of newspaper articles criticizing Alabama Secretary of State Heflin for his attacks on Judge Jones. Heflin found fault with Judge Jones’s instructions to the jury in the Turner peonage case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-26

Judge Jones, U.S. District Judge in Alabama, extends thanks to President Roosevelt for permission to use quotes taken from letters from Roosevelt to Jones. Jones’ reputation was under attack due to Alabama politicians’ efforts to publicly discredit him. Jones used quotes in editorials that had “wonderfully good effect” on public opinion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-28

Samuel Phillips Verner praises Theodore Roosevelt for his selection of Thomas Goode Jones as a Federal Judge in Alabama. He approves of Jones’ decisions in the peonage cases in Montgomery.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-14

Acting Attorney General Purdy summarizes recent events in the Alabama peonage cases.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-11

District Attorney Reese explains why Operatives Thomas and Dickey will be unable to continue assisting in the investigation. Reese is in favor of pushing forward with the peonage cases in Alabama and requests an operative be sent to the turpentine camps where a number of cases exist.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-02

Newspaper article denouncing southerners for doing nothing about recently revealed African American peonage in Alabama. The article calls for the whole nation to do its duty and prevent these abuses.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06

James Sullivan Clarkson discusses current political topics, including how Senators Stephen B. Elkins, Henry Gassaway Davis, and Arthur P. Gorman are all related through business interests and family ties. Clarkson believes Elkins’ dream to be president is worthy of consideration. He also mentions how the movement to support Senator Hanna began in Alabama but it now seems to be faltering.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-30

Edgar Gardner Murphy found Dr. Shaw’s editorial in The Review of Reviews so significant that he requested it published in The Adventurer. Murphy informs President Roosevelt that it is prominently featured on the editorial page of the latter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-06

Judge Jones does not want President Roosevelt to feel any obligation towards him in terms of promotion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-15

Thomas Goode Jones discusses what he know about Oscar Richard Hundley and loyalty to President Roosevelt in Alabama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-07