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Following the death of a worker on Washington, D.C. infrastructure, President Roosevelt charges Commissioner of Labor Neill with beginning an investigation into the building inspection department. Roosevelt describes his authority for charging a federally appointed employee with this investigation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-10
President Roosevelt sends Senator Hale reports from the various governmental departments on the use of special attorneys, special agents, and investigators, as Hale requested. Roosevelt believes it is Congress’s right and duty to investigate these things, but also says that the system of using these special investigators is necessary to safeguard the popular interest. To prove his point, Roosevelt highlights several instances where these agents have been used, and says that even when adhering strictly to their duty, they can discover facts that expose other elements that deserve investigation. Roosevelt uses the recent case involving the sale of Oregon lands in which Senator Benjamin R. Tillman was involved as an example of this.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-05
The report from the Attorney General’s office is not yet ready and President Roosevelt needs definitive information to remove public officials. The inspector reported on Bailey and Frank W. Howbert and Roosevelt has written to Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow about Joseph J. VickRoy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-16
Francis B. Loomis writes to President Roosevelt regarding public opinion of the President and the investigation surrounding Loomis and Mr. Bowen. Loomis mentions a quote from Judge Calhoun and suggests incorporating such a short statement in Calhoun’s formal report to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-26
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the National Republican Committee, asks William Loeb to find out whether Henry Gassaway Davis is still drawing a salary for being a member of a commission regarding a proposed railroad through Panama into South America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-12
Commissioner of Labor Wright will give President Roosevelt the results of their investigations in Colorado, particularly focusing on how the results bear upon a document from “the attorney for deported miners and general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners.” Wright is most likely referring to investigations concerning a strike at Cripple Creek.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-20
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield advises Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou about the proper use of Edward Rosewater’s memorandum relative to an investigation into the manufacture of paper. The Bureau of Corporations does not have the mandate or personnel to be used as an agency for the discovery of violations of the antitrust laws. Information acquired by the department is to be used to structure legislation rather than for the prosecution of violations of federal statutes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-22
Three cooks stand in front of a large hearth. One holds a large spoon labeled “Assembly Committee” and gestures to the others to stop. The second holds a bowl labeled “Special Grand Jury” from which he drops a handful into a large pot. The third holds a box labeled “State Senate Committee” from which he is about to add more ingredients to the large pot labeled “Investigation of the Department of Public Works, New York” heating over a fire labeled “Public Pressure.” A man thumbing his nose, who may be Hubert O. Thompson, appears in the steam.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-01-23
T. D. Sullivan encourages President Roosevelt to investigate Mr. Croft of New York customs. Croft has been using shake downs to “support his robber camp in Harlem.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-27