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President Roosevelt rebukes Edgar Williams for the criticisms of his administration, particularly William’s ignorance in blaming the recent economic fluctuations on Roosevelt’s policy of enforcing laws against the wealthy and corporations.
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1907-08-16
President Roosevelt comments on the potential economic panic and other issues. He sends Senator Lodge a copy of his Provincetown speech.
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1907-08-14
President Roosevelt congratulates District Attorney Rasch for his handling of the Carroll Fencing case. Roosevelt appreciates Rasch’s point that a stronger penalty would have hurt the government’s cause “where public sentiment is only beginning to come around to the side of the law.”
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1907-08-03
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Irvine that he intends to appoint William B. Sheppard as Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Roosevelt has sent Irvine’s letter to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, which should make Sheppard and his colleagues proud. Roosevelt says he will do anything he can for Frederick Cubberly.
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1907-08-02
President Roosevelt has met with New Mexico Territory Governor George Curry and shares his findings with Assistant Attorney General McHarg. Roosevelt says Curry can be trusted absolutely, and that he will aid McHarg in any possible way in his investigation of political and judicial corruption in New Mexico. Roosevelt warns McHarg that Curry’s predecessor, Herbert J. Hagerman, and his associates will do everything possible to turn him against Curry. In a postscript, Roosevelt sends a report from Bernard Shandon Rodey regarding Hagerman’s father, James John Hagerman, and his alleged corrupt practices. Roosevelt asks McHarg to visit him after his preliminary investigation of the situation but before he “probes…to the bottom.”
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1907-07-31
President Roosevelt invites William Allen White and a lawyer or lawyers representing Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah to meet him and Attorney Charles J. Bonaparte to Oyster Bay to discuss the senator’s case on August 9.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts regarding the upcoming presidential election and the land fraud case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah with William Allen White. Roosevelt outlines his personal reasons for supporting Secretary of War William H. Taft for president as well as the political considerations necessary to secure his nomination. In the case of Borah, Roosevelt would like White to come to Oyster Bay to discuss the matter with him and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte; Roosevelt thinks it would look bad for Borah to come himself, and asks White to bring Borah’s lawyers on August 9.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt tells Idaho Governor Gooding that William Allen White, of the Emporia Gazette, made a similar suggestion to Gooding’s, for Roosevelt and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to meet with Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah to discuss his case. Roosevelt does not think meeting Borah himself is a good idea, but would like to meet with his lawyers and the attorney general, if possible by August 9.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt asks Idaho Governor Gooding to arrange a meeting between him, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah’s lawyers on August 9.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt thanks Judge Pritchard for the clippings he sent and will forward them to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt assures Pritchard he will do everything possible to uphold the Federal courts.
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1907-07-29
President Roosevelt assures Senator Hopkins that the newspapers must have “concocted his remarks, as he does not have any ill feeling toward Hopkins. Roosevelt comments on Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte’s appointment of a special counsel in the Yates matter.
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1907-07-22
President Roosevelt considers Oscar K. Davis’s reporting on the land fraud case in Idaho to be admirable and gives his word careful consideration. Roosevelt believes that the worst thing he can do is to be seen as shielding Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah from prosecution, but if what Davis says about the grand jury proceedings is true, he will remove District Attorney N. M. Ruick at once. Roosevelt will bring up the matter with Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.
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1907-07-20
President Roosevelt sends reactions to three letters from Secretary of War Taft. Roosevelt approves of an address Taft is preparing concerning the Brownsville Affair. The president is also pleased by what Taft tells him of the proposed Constitution for Oklahoma in preparation for admittance to the union. Roosevelt believes Jackson Smith will have to be let go from his position as Head of the Department of Labor, Quarters, and Subsistence in the Panama Canal. Finally, the president approves of Taft’s letter to Clarence Ransom Edwards regarding opium and believes Lebbeus R. Wilfley has “made good.”
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1907-07-19
President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte that District Attorney of Wyoming Timothy F. Burke cannot be reappointed due to his lack of enthusiasm regarding laws against the illegal enclosure of public lands, and informs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock of the situation. Roosevelt has contacted the senators of Wyoming to let them know that Burke will not be reappointed. Roosevelt feels there has been a breakdown within the Department of the Interior in making a successful case against Senator Francis E. Warren, which Roosevelt feels is a more serious case than Burke’s. Edward B. Linnen’s report can be completely discredited and therefore no action can be taken. Roosevelt suggests that a new examination be undertaken by another group of men.
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1907-01-26
President Roosevelt likes Lieutenant-Commander Key’s suggestion regarding Navy titles.
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1907-01-12
President Roosevelt asks Otto Gresham if he can show his letter to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and Justice William H. Moody. He is confident that the allegation of George B. Cortelyou taking campaign contributions from the meat packers is false. However, he would like to look into the allegation that Assistant Attorney General Charles Henry Robb immediately went to Mr. Miller when beginning his investigation into Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat.
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1906-12-26
President Roosevelt tells Outlook editor Lyman Abbott that he appreciated his recent letter and speech. Roosevelt says that Secretary of State Elihu Root is not willing to write, but that he may be able to get Secretary of War William H. Taft or incoming Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to participate instead.
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1906-12-22
President Roosevelt tells Governor Sparks that due to distance, he had a difficult time determining who should be appointed as Nevada District Court Judge. However, after consulting with outgoing Attorney General William H. Moody, incoming Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and incoming Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, he felt that Nevada attorney Edward S. Farrington was the right man for the appointment.
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1906-12-21
President Roosevelt tells Henry W. Taft that Special Assistant Attorney General Oliver E. Pagan is a fine man, and that he allowing the new Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte free reign in picking his own assistants. Roosevelt is less convinced about Pagan, and believes his skills are less general than desired.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells Senator Knox that he has forwarded his letter regarding Special Assistant to the Attorney General Oliver E. Pagan to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt notes that he and Bonaparte have already spoken about Pagan, and the Attorney General thinks highly of him. Roosevelt is less certain, and believes Pagan is a specialist in only one line of work.
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1906-12-19