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Theodore Roosevelt asks Charles J. Bonaparte if Bonaparte was Attorney General when they began the suit against the Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
President Roosevelt calls Attorney General Bonaparte’s attention to the case involving the Kaw Valley Drainage Commission’s efforts to improve the Kansas River and asks if a suit can begin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-15
President Roosevelt informs the Department of Justice that he has directed the Postmaster General George von L. Meyer to exclude the anarchist newspaper La Questione Sociale from the mail, and that it will not be admitted to the mail until a court or the Department of Justice advises that it must be admitted. Roosevelt asks if it is possible to prosecute the people who created the publication under federal law, calling them “enemies of mankind.” Roosevelt will also inform the Governor John Franklin Fort of New Jersey so that prosecution may be attempted under state law. Roosevelt says that the paper had been advocating for murder and arson, and that if such things are not illegal, then they should be.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-20
President Roosevelt explains to Oregon Governor Chamberlain why William C. Bristol will not be renominated as Attorney General in Oregon, and he encloses copies of communications about the matter. Bristol has not pursued the land fraud suits that he was specifically hired to handle, and he has stopped answering communications from the Department of Justice. Roosevelt has informed United States Attorney Francis J. Heney to appoint whomever he like as his assistant in prosecuting the suits.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-14
Theodore Brentano writes to President Roosevelt concerning a matter with the Church press and litigation pertaining to the Evangelical Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-05