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Letter from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Now that he has retired as Secretary of the Navy, Paul Morton makes a statement concerning the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company rebate case. Morton outlines the agreement between the parties and his own involvement in securing injunctions against the companies. Morton stresses his long history as a railroad man and his commitment to transparency and fairness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-05

Creator(s)

Morton, Paul, 1857-1911

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles S. Robinson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles S. Robinson

President Roosevelt invites Charles S. Robinson to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials. Roosevelt also encloses a list of the other people he has invited to join the board.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Moody that individual proceedings should not be brought up against officers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway unless there is evidence linking them to guilty conduct. Roosevelt compares the Atchison case with the case of the western railroads and the International Harvester Company. Unlawful practices were abandoned in both cases, and no individual proceedings were brought against the officers of the western railroads. The president believes the Atchison railroad officers should be treated the same way. Roosevelt details why there is not “one shadow of testimony” against former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and believes how the government handled the Northern Securities case in not prosecuting the principal directors is how the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway case should be handled.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Report from Max Pracht

Report from Max Pracht

Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Creator(s)

Pracht, Max, 1846-1918

Report from Judson C. Clements to Theodore Roosevelt

Report from Judson C. Clements to Theodore Roosevelt

Judson C. Clements, acting chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, reports to President Roosevelt the principal facts established in its investigation of the Union Pacific Railroad. Upon interviewing competitors of the Union Pacific Coal Company, “every dollar of whose stock is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company,” the Commission finds that a monopoly on coal production and transport has been established in the area. Further, the Commission recommends remedial legislation as a result of its investigation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-13

Creator(s)

Clements, Judson C. (Judson Claudius), 1846-1917

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Moody writes concerning the issue of rebates being granted by the Atchison, Topkea and, Santa Fe Railway Company to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Moody writes that it may be assumed that the transportation of coal at less than the published rate is in contempt of the restraining order of 1902. However, he does not believe any proceedings should be brought against any officers of the railroad company, including E. P. Ripley and Paul Morton, unless there is evidence linking them to guilty conduct.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-31

Creator(s)

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917

Letter from Judson Harmon and Frederick N. Judson to William H. Moody

Letter from Judson Harmon and Frederick N. Judson to William H. Moody

Judson Harmon and Frederick N. Judson want to formally state their position to Attorney General Moody regarding their recommendations on taking testimony under the Interstate Commerce Commission at Kansas City. They want to take testimony to procure detailed proof of unlawful shipments for a proper basis to proceed under the criminal provisions of the Elkins Act against the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and its officers. They discuss how this would impact the case’s procedure and possible outcome.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-11

Creator(s)

Harmon, Judson, 1846-1927; Judson, Frederick N. (Frederick Newton), 1845-1919