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Theodore Roosevelt asks for a statement from Alexander Lambert to testify to Roosevelt’s sobriety to demonstrate to Roosevelt’s lawyer, James H. Pound, what Pound will have to rely on in the libel case against George A. Newett.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt explains that his lawyer, James H. Pound, would like Silas McBee to provide a statement on McBee’s personal knowledge of Roosevelt’s sobriety and character to assess what kind of evidence Pound has to rely on in this libel trial against George A. Newett.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt explains that his lawyer, James H. Pound, would like Chase S. Osborn to provide a statement on Osborn’s personal knowledge of Roosevelt’s sobriety and character to assess what kind of evidence Pound has to rely on in this libel trial against George A. Newett.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt suggests to James H. Pound that they drop the criminal case against George A. Newett, at least until the civil case has been tried to ensure they prioritize the stronger suit.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt asks for a statement from William Emlen Roosevelt to testify to Roosevelt’s sobriety to demonstrate to Roosevelt’s lawyer, James H. Pound, what Pound will have to rely on in the libel case against George A. Newett.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt asks for a statement from Albert Shaw to testify to Roosevelt’s sobriety to demonstrate to Roosevelt’s lawyer, James H. Pound, what Pound will have to rely on in the libel case against George A. Newett.
Theodore Roosevelt asks for a statement from James E. Sloan to testify to Roosevelt’s sobriety to demonstrate to Roosevelt’s lawyer, James H. Pound, what Pound will have to rely on in the libel case against George A. Newett.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes James H. Pound to ask when he and his cousin Emlen Roosevelt need to come up to Michigan to testify for his lawsuit against George A. Newett to avoid wasting their time. Roosevelt asks Pound to come visit him in Chicago, Illinois, if he happened to find himself at the Progressive Convention.
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1912-12-07
Theodore Roosevelt asks Edmund Heller to testify at his libel trial against George A. Newett about Roosevelt’s lack of alcohol usage while on safari.
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1912-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to James H. Pound, his lawyer, to discuss his upcoming libel case against George A. Newett. Roosevelt proposes several character witnesses to establish his sobriety and character and asks Pound if he needs to be in Michigan for the trial at the end of the month.
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1912-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt comments on the interesting anonymous letter that Alexander H. Revell forwarded to him and stated that he would pass the letter on to his lawyer, James H. Pound.
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1912-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt encloses several letters for Mark Sullivan to review. In the postscript, Roosevelt discusses a reactionary court decision in Idaho and asks Sullivan if Collier’s might be able to do an investigative report on the case. Roosevelt ends the letter by asking Sullivan if he could arrange a social event with several other Collier’s associates and their wives.
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1912-12-04
Attorney General Bonaparte’s report from January 27 leads President Roosevelt to conclude that they will have to proceed with the suit against the “Anaconda smelter people.” Roosevelt will withhold his final judgement until he sees the additional reports Bonaparte mentioned.
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1909-02-04
President Roosevelt thanks Judge John C. Anderson for the letter about Roosevelt’s actions related to railroads and the Brownsville Affair. Roosevelt adds that judges on the federal bench, believing they are acting conservatively, really work to minimize federal power over interstate commerce. Ultimately, Roosevelt believes this will lead to revolution-minded trouble with the railroads in many states.
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1908-12-21
President Roosevelt explains to Edward J. Gavegan that he omitted the word “impeachment” recently, as he thought it would appear that he was showing an improper attitude toward the court system. He asks what Gavegan would suggest he do in the matter involving judge Emile Henry Lacombe, and says that the natural way of proceeding would be to have the Department of Justice look into the matter.
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1908-12-09
President Roosevelt appreciates Reuben D. Silliman’s encouraging view on the outlook of the election. He wishes that Silliman’s whole article could have been used, but since it has not been, Roosevelt will use certain ideas in either his message to Congress or at some other time when he talks about the judiciary.
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1908-10-28
President Roosevelt hopes that Frank B. Kellogg is not moved by the clamor surrounding the injunction plank, as it has been stirred up by the Manufacturers’ Association. The plank will try to call the attention of the courts “to a bad habit into which some judges have fallen,” and Roosevelt expects that they will neither satisfy the extreme labor agitator nor the extreme representatives of the Manufacturers’ Association, but will be seek to be fair to all American citizens.
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1908-06-16
President Roosevelt tells Seth Low that he wishes to strengthen the power of the executive branch to handle business matters like those that Low refers to, as he does not wish to allow the “chaos and inefficiency” of using the courts to administer such a law.
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1908-03-28
President Roosevelt is very pleased with what Judge Anderson has said in his letter about federal and state government relations, injunctive relief by the courts, and prevention of national government abuses. He wishes they could discuss these matters in person.
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1907-12-23
President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte if there is any way that the Government can get involved in injunctions or contempt proceedings by courts that are improper, perhaps bringing them before the Court of Appeals. He is referencing Judge Ashley Mulgrave Gould’s decision in Washington, D.C., and Judge Alston Gordon Dayton’s decision in West Virginia.
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1907-12-23