Employees--Dismissal of--Decision making

President Roosevelt encloses copies of correspondence to explain his actions in removing Colonel William F. Stewart from the Coastal Artillery Corps and not renominating William C. Bristol for Attorney General in Oregon. Colonel Steward was a “singularly bad officer” who should not be promoted to Brigadier General. Bristol became “intolerable,” and Roosevelt had serious doubts he was even going to try the land fraud cases at all.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has met with Senator Edward Oliver Wolcott, who had negative things to say about Archibald McNichol Stevenson. Wolcott is “all right” about the new appointments but is unsure about whether charges should be laid or Stevenson should be removed from his position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Attorney General Bonaparte reports on the results of an investigation conducted by the Office of the Attorney General into complaints made against U.S. Attorney for the Territory of New Mexico and former Rough Rider William H. H. Llewellyn. Bonaparte has found Llewellyn partially or fully culpable in all of the charges leveled against him, including conspiracy towards the illegal sale of public land, failure to make payment on a bill, and disregarding the wishes of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp and the Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield. Bonaparte concludes that the results of this investigation, coupled with Llewellyn’s generally lackluster performance and failure to gain the trust of either the citizenry or fellow public officials, means that Llewellyn should retire from his post.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-19

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921