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President Roosevelt is “unfavorably impressed” with the way that Amzi L. Barber and his associates have behaved in “the Venezuela business.” He asks Secretary of State Root to tell Minister to Venezuela William Worthington Russell to ensure that Barber and his associates do not get any further concessions and are not helped at all.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-04
President Roosevelt forwards Secretary of the Treasury Shaw a letter from Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt regarding Borgfeldt and Company, whom Roosevelt feels are guilty. He comments on the appointment of an assistant secretary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-01
Nicholas Murray Butler answers President Roosevelt’s response to Butler’s criticism of his recent special message to Congress. Butler assures Roosevelt that he still supports his policies, and that his criticism comes from a desire to see them fulfilled. He approves of Roosevelt’s fight against corruption in politics and believes that his current methods will not achieve the ends he wants. Rather, Roosevelt should return to the “dignified and effective attitude” befitting his position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-07
President Roosevelt denounces the “representatives of predatory wealth” and congratulates Attorney General Bonaparte and the Department of Justice for enforcing the law against the wealthiest corporations and the most powerful individuals “as resolutely and fearlessly as against the humblest citizen.”
1908-01-02