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President Roosevelt details how Attorney General Bonaparte is to respond to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick, using quotations from various correspondences.
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1907-08-24
President Roosevelt sends an editorial for Attorney General Bonaparte to comment on, as well as a rough draft of his speech for the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, which he asks Bonaparte to read and comment upon as soon as possible. Roosevelt discusses the railroad rate case in North Carolina, bemoaning the “yellow press” coverage of the situation. In the matter of the case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah, Roosevelt agrees with Bonaparte and the action that must be taken, but feels obligated to meet with Borah’s representatives.
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1907-08-02
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
Frederick w. Gnichtel apologizes for being unable to come to New York on the day arranged because of the increase in public engagements he must participate in. Gnichtel has followed Theodore Roosevelt’s career since the 1880s and hopes he will be able to meet Roosevelt soon.
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1911-10-04
Theodore Roosevelt suggests several letters that Richard Washburn Child could quote. Roosevelt encloses a letter from October 1908 that might interest Child, and states that C. P. Connolly has another letter of interest. Roosevelt suggests John Sullivan as candidate for Governor of Massachusetts and Charles Sumner Bird or Fesdick for Senator, presumably for the Progressive Party.
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1912-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Cordenio A. Severance that Roosevelt has spoken to C. P. Connolly about the matter. However, the article is already going to print so there is nothing Connolly can do.
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1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he had the pleasure of seeing Frederick W. Gnichtel and looks forward to seeing him when C. P. Connolly returns.
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1911-10-06
William Loeb returns a letter addressed to C. P. Connolly that Representative Dixon left at the White House recently.
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1906-06-26
William Allen White forwards a letter from C. P. Connolly to William Loeb. He underlined some excerpts of the letter he believes “will appeal to the President’s sense of the bizarrie and curious in our America Civilization.” Kansas is doing well despite the financial crisis which White believes is helping, not hurting President Roosevelt.
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1907-11-13
William Allen White informs President Roosevelt he and C. P. Connolly, an attorney, will be in Oyster Bay on August 9 as requested.
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1907-07-31
William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette shares his thoughts on William H. Taft’s candidacy for president in the upcoming election and the trial of Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah. White fears that politicians may ruin Taft’s chances in various states, as they would support Roosevelt for a third term, but will give their support to men like Senator Joseph Gurney Cannon or Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks when Roosevelt declines to run. White says the political organization in Colorado is against Taft. S. S. McClure, who was originally prejudiced against Borah, now supports him and asked White to write an article defending him, which White refused both because he is personal friends with Borah, and because he is busy with his own writing. White hired C. P. Connelly, a lawyer, to look into the matter for him, and Connelly told him that he believes Borah to be innocent. White shares his thoughts regarding the impossible situation Borah is in, where a mistrial will be as bad as a conviction for his career. White asks Roosevelt to meet with Borah. In a postscript, White points out that the trial of Charles H. Moyer, which Borah is prosecuting, will take place in the same month as Borah’s own trial, and how disadvantageous this will be for all involved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25