Dayton, Alston Gordon, 1857-1920

Restraining order

A restraining order between the plaintiff Hitchman Coal and Coke Company and the defendants John Mitchell and other representatives of the United Mine Workers of America gives the details of the allegations that the defendants are planning a union and violating their contract. The parameters of the order are outlined by District Court Judge Alston G. Dayton, and an injunction in the suit is set to be heard on January 14, 1908.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-24

“Come in, boys, warm up, and have a little Christmas cheer!”

Columbia welcomes a group of ragged politicians, mostly Democrats, some no longer in office, and newspaper editors, to come in from the cold winter night and warm themselves by the fire and enjoy some “Christmas Cheer” from a large punch bowl, with the many recently elected Republican legislators, mayors, and governors. All are identified by name, except William B. Allison: “Morton, Goff, Strong, Harrison, Dayton, McKinley, McIntyre, Marvil, Upham, Coffin, Reed, Depew, C. A. Dana, D. B. Hill, Springer, Wilson, Bland, Smyth, Grant, Bynum, Waite, [and] McPherson.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-12-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Sandford Martin

President Roosevelt tells writer Edward Sandford Martin he is concerned there will be a “stampede” at the Republic National Convention in Chicago to nominate him for President rather than Secretary of War Taft. He is taking every possible step to avoid it and encloses letters he wrote to Senator Lodge, Judge Dayton and Republican Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock about the matter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-06-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank H. Hitchcock

President Roosevelt forwards to Republican Committee Chairman Hitchcock a letter to show to any delegates who may be disposed to nominate Roosevelt instead of Secretary of War William H. Taft for President at the Republican National Convention. The letter is from Roosevelt to Judge Alston Gordon Dayton. It is to be kept secret unless absolutely necessary.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-06-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank H. Hitchcock

President Roosevelt writes to Republican National Committee Chairman Hitchcock about a letter indicating that West Virginia delegates will try to nominate Roosevelt for president instead of Secretary of War Taft. Roosevelt says that if this is true he wants Hitchcock to show them this letter which states that Roosevelt does not want the nomination. This is a typed copy of the original.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-06-01

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt is proud of, and was touched by, Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech. He gives his permission for Lodge to publish a telegram that Roosevelt had sent to him, or a letter that he had sent to Alston Gordon Dayton at any time he thinks it is necessary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Sandford Martin

While President Roosevelt wants to prevent a stampede towards him at the Republican National Convention, he believes that any further public statements will hurt Secretary of State William H. Taft’s candidacy. He is enclosing letters that he sent to Frank H. Hitchcock, Judge Alston Gordon Dayton, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, which they are to use if there are delegates that show doubt. However, Roosevelt believes that Taft will be elected on the first ballot, and if there is a stampede “no human being could prevent it.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank H. Hitchcock

President Roosevelt encloses a letter he wrote to Judge Alston Gordon Dayton and instructs Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock to show it to any delegates who have pledged their support to Secretary of War William H. Taft, but show signs of weakening. Roosevelt believes that Taft will be nominated on the first ballot, but sends the letter in case the necessity of using it arises. He does not want to make another public statement in the matter, and instructs Hitchcock to keep the letter out of the newspapers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mark Sullivan

President Roosevelt describes to Mark Sullivan the considerations that have gone into his selections for federal judgeships. Roosevelt reviews his appointments in detail, noting that some were made at the request of the local organization and some against their wishes. The goal in each case was to appoint someone “of the high character, the good sense, the trained legal ability, and the necessary broad-mindedness of spirit…essential to a good judge.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt hopes George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, will appoint West Virginian Charles F. Teter as an assistant. He attests to Teter’s qualifications but leaves the decision to Cortelyou.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton

President Roosevelt approves the bill as outlined by Secretary of the Navy Morton in his letter. Roosevelt asks if sending the bill to Congress is wise and suggests a Congressman, such as Representative Alston Gordon Dayton, introduce it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-23

Letter from C. D. Elliott to Theodore Roosevelt

C. D. Elliott promised mutual friend Judge Alston Gordon Dayton to visit Theodore Roosevelt if he was in New York City. He was the US Marshal in Dayton’s district and is now an Adjutant General. Elliott is alarmed at the current political conditions and fears the present leadership is lacking. He will be in New York City on Thursday and Friday and would like to visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge has received the letter which President Roosevelt wrote to Judge Alston Gordon Dayton, which he has instructed Lodge and Chairman of the Republican Committee Frank H. Hitchcock to show to delegates if necessary. Lodge does not believe it will be necessary. Lodge discusses the nomination for the Vice-Presidency. Although he believes that the candidate should be from New York, he is obligated to nominate Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild. In a handwritten postscript, Lodge writes that he feels sorry for Guild and will do his best for him. He also read about Roosevelt’s fall in the paper, and is glad that no harm was done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-03

Letter from William Mercer Owens Dawson to William H. Taft

West Virginia Governor Dawson informs Secretary of War Taft that two men from his state, Generals George W. Curtin and Charles F. Teter, will attend the convention intending to follow their orders to renominate President Roosevelt for the presidency. Dawson discusses several people in the state who might have influence with Curtin and Teter who could convince them to do otherwise.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-26

Letter from James E. Watson to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Watson, of Indiana, notifies President Roosevelt that the Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon approves Roosevelt’s plan to help the Republican Party. Watson would like to meet with Representative J. S. Sherman and Roosevelt together, but he is unable to do so due to speaking engagements at congressional conventions in Ohio and West Virginia. Watson hopes for a letter from Roosevelt in which Roosevelt will “vigorously” express his views on the current political controversy, clarifying that there are no vital differences between the president and the congress, as the Democrats persistently claim.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-31

Note on suggested meetings with Representatives

Representative Dayton telephoned to suggest Representatives Smith, Adams, Footer, and Bishop should be met with regarding the battleship matter as soon as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-18

Note on J. S. Sherman

Representative Sherman is organizing other representatives to remove two battleships from an unspecified “Naval Bill.” Representative Dayton feels Sherman should be encouraged to refrain from doing so.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-16

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Moody suggests several legislators that he believes should be invited to a dinner designed to be effective at increasing the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-12