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Senator Knox concluded that the course Senator John C. Spooner suggested in the William C. Bristol matter was the best course. He did not telegraph Francis J. Heney, except to tell him that it appeared unlikely that Bristol would be confirmed in the session.
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1907-01-24
Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding Moody’s appointment of Assistant District Attorney Cushman to the role of Attorney General special assistant. Moody wishes for news of this appointment to be kept quiet.
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1905-01-26
James R. Sheffield asks President Roosevelt for a meeting to discuss his possible selection as United States District Attorney in New York.
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1905-01-07
Booker T. Washington suggests William H. Lewis for a vacancy in the United States District Attorney’s office in Boston. Washington believes this appointment will counter Southern criticism about appointing African Americans.
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1904-12-06
President Roosevelt crosses out names for the appointment of the U.S. Attorney for Oregon, as a number of men, including Francis J. Heney, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, Oregon Senator Jonathan Bourne, and Senator Charles William Fulton, look on.
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1908-02
President Roosevelt would like to appoint Charlton R. Beattie as District Attorney and believes he would do an admirable job. He hopes Beattie will accept.
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1909-01-29
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Bonaparte that he thinks the prosecution against Standard Oil should go on “as hard as possible,” no matter what happens in the campaign. Roosevelt has told William H. Taft that he should announce that he will not take any campaign contributions from Standard Oil. Roosevelt returns a letter from Assistant District Attorney Charles Albert Boynton and agrees with Bonaparte about Alabama Governor B. B. Comer. Roosevelt is not pleased with the situation surrounding Lycurgus H. Lingenfelder. Roosevelt makes recommendations for appointments to the Department of Justice in the wake of resignations by Milton Dwight Purdy and Alford Warriner Cooley.
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1908-07-31
President Roosevelt encourages Attorney General Bonaparte to select the man of his choice to assist James Scarlet in prosecuting the powder trust case, and suggests Reuben D. Silliman might be a good man for the job. Roosevelt is glad Bonaparte has been in touch with Secretary of State Elihu Root regarding matters concerning the border between Mexico and Texas. Roosevelt encloses copies of the orders he sent to three departments regarding the enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
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1908-07-28
President Roosevelt is pleased to tell Booker T. Washington that he was able to appoint Samuel L. Williams as Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago. Roosevelt wants to talk to Washington or Isaiah B. Scott about some matters connected to Liberia.
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1908-03-27
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Bonaparte that he thinks appointing George Barnes Grigsby is about as good as they can do. He asks what Bonaparte’s opinion on the matter is.
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1908-02-02
President Roosevelt has received Senator Dick’s letter about the reappointment of John J. Sullivan as United States Attorney for the Northern Ohio District. Roosevelt does not wish to reappoint Sullivan, as he has heard bad things about him. However, he will request more definite information about Sullivan from the Justice Department.
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1908-01-13
President Roosevelt informs Senator Kittredge that he appointed Edward Wagner to South Dakota District Attorney. He would like to consult with Kittredge and his colleagues on the remainder of the appointments he needs to make.
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1907-06-03
President Roosevelt has appointed Edward E. Wagner to South Dakota District Attorney. He would like to consult with Gamble and his colleagues on the remainder of the appointments he needs to make. He trusts they can come to an agreement on how they will advise him.
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1907-06-03
President Roosevelt could not appoint Senator Clark’s recommendation for the role of United States Attorney, as he is unfit for the role. After discussing M. B. Camplin’s qualifications with Judge Willis Van Devanter and the Attorney General, it has been made very clear to him that Camplin is unfit for the position, and he will reappoint Timothy F. Burke to the role.
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1907-06-02
President Roosevelt had arranged over a year ago that Senator Robert J. Gamble could choose a district attorney for South Dakota, and the post will go to Edward E. Wagner. Roosevelt tells Senator Kittredge that he and Gamble will have to work together to fill the rest of the positions.
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1907-05-06
President Roosevelt remembers Chester Arthur Legg, and will write United States District Attorney Edwin Walter Sims to see if there is a place for Legg to work under him.
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1907-04-23
President Roosevelt informs Senator Frye that he received his letter with an enclosure from the recently dismissed Attorney for Puerto Rico Noah B. K. Pettingill. Attorney General William H. Moody reported that “Mr. Pettingill gave no satisfactory explanation of the charges against him,” and Roosevelt felt his conduct was “ruinous to the administration of the affairs of Puerto Rico” if allowed to go unpunished.
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1906-12-06
President Roosevelt tells Lyman Metcalfe Bass that, while he believes his testimonials were excellent, he is not yet prepared to say “just what effect the Standard Oil business may produce in connection with the appointment [of U.S. Attorney for the District of Western New York].” Roosevelt explains that he must consider the effects of appointing Bass instead of Mr. Dempsey. Though Roosevelt thinks highly of Bass, he iterates that he must first consider what is best for the administration of the Department of Justice.
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1906-10-30
President Roosevelt informs Lyman Metcalfe Bass of a complication with his employment. U.S. Attorney General William H. Moody has informed Roosevelt that Bass’s law firm has been engaged with the Standard Oil Company and advises against Bass’s appointment. Before coming to any conclusions on the matter, Roosevelt wishes to first hear from Bass. Roosevelt notes that Bass’s district is the one in which they are “bringing Standard Oil south.”
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1906-10-19
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf what he thinks of Richard K. Campbell as a possible replacement for Edwin Walter Sims as solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor, when the time comes to make such an appointment.
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1906-06-29