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President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich a copy of Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright’s report on the anthracite coal strike. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody are in agreement that the report should be published, and Roosevelt asks Aldrich to look over the report and respond with his views.
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1902-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Senator Wainwright for the copies of the Albany investigation’s report.
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1912-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt discusses his recollection of the Bureau of Corporation’s investigation into the Harvester matter, and tells Oscar K. Davis that it is comparable to Charles J. Bonaparte’s remembrance. Roosevelt writes that he will not appear in a moving picture with Boy Scouts or anyone else as he feels it would be a cheap thing to do.
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1912-05-11
Theodore Roosevelt informs Robert Hay that no one made such a statement to him, and it is a pure lie. His public statement contains everything regarding the request and combination of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, along with his actions in the matter.
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1911-11-23
Frank C. Saughlin’s letter helped Theodore Roosevelt settle his mind on the trust question. He shares that President William H. Taft approved what was done regarding the United States Steel Corporation when he was Secretary of War.
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1911-11-21
Theodore Roosevelt vaguely recalls the matter John W. Dunkle writes about. However, he does not remember if Alexander Pollock Moore was part of the committee. He does, however, remember that he directed the Department of Justice to investigate the committee’s charges.
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1911-11-22
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Everett P. Wheeler’s letter and knows he will agree that Roosevelt’s only course of action is silence. As he told the Congressional Committee, Roosevelt would follow the same course of action (regarding the acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company). When Roosevelt reviewed the matter with his cabinet, William H. Taft, then Secretary of War, empathically commended Roosevelt’s actions. While Roosevelt supposes Taft was unaware of Attonery General George W. Wickersham’s action, he believes the president is responsible for every important action of his subordinates.
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1911-10-30
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Governor Johnson for the letter. He agrees with Johnson that the people are entitled to an open primary to express their views for the presidential nomination. Roosevelt discusses his thoughts about President William H. Taft in absolute confidence. Despite his misgivings, Roosevelt will support Taft if nominated since he sees no ground for permanent hope in the Democratic Party. He comments on the other presidential candidates and considers himself a weak candidate. Roosevelt examines how the New York judges’ decisions strengthen the Socialist Party. He reviews why he disagrees with Johnson’s estimate of the public’s opinion of himself and why he does not want to be nominated.
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1911-10-27
Theodore Roosevelt does not recall the land fraud case involving Dr. Perrin. He will not answer Perrin’s letter but gives Gifford Pinchot permission to inform Perrin that he never “set people” on Perrin’s trail or persecuted him.
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1911-09-07
Theodore Roosevelt is glad to hear from John Callan O’Laughlin. He believes the William Lorimer people will damage themselves if they insist on O’Laughlin’s subpoena. Roosevelt wanted Representative Augustus Owsley Stanley to know he had not been misled by the Steel Trust.
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1911-08-10
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Samuel H. Barker for the note. Roosevelt compares Barker’s conviction of Roosevelt’s blunder (regarding the acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company) to that of the White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass, who “believed three impossible things before breakfast.”
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1911-08-11
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Representative Madison regarding the undesirability of the precedent established and was the only person to protest against it. While an ex-president is a private citizen and should appear before a Senate committee if asked, it should only be under exceptional circumstances. Roosevelt read the testimony before Madison’s committee. He thanks Hines for his treatment of George H. Earle and discusses the latter’s poor conduct.
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1911-08-11
Theodore Roosevelt is glad Hamilton Wright Mabie liked his testimony before the investigating committee. Presently, he feels it is damaging to him because people “get a little crazy and they are hostile” to anyone standing up for capital, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. Hopefully, people will soon embrace his and Mabie’s view.
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1911-08-15
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Albert H. Walker for his kind note. He previously addressed the question of deception regarding the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company in his response to Representative Young. Roosevelt admires Walker’s concluding paragraph and wishes he could have incorporated it into his statement to the committee.
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1911-08-08
Theodore Roosevelt liked the editorial and hopes to see James R. Garfield soon. He does not care if any part of his administration is investigated because there was no wrongdoing, but “they are such dishonest jacks that they do not realize this.”
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1911-08-09
In a strictly confidential letter, Theodore Roosevelt discusses the investigation of Judge James Wickersham and other Alaskan officials throughout his presidency.
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1911-08-09
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter and asks William Loeb if anything can be done regarding the writer and her “poor devil of a husband.” Roosevelt has been told that Congress wants to investigate his actions on “the Tennessee Coal and Iron matter, the Sugar Trust matter, and the Panama affair.” He asks Loeb if he knows where he may obtain the letter he wrote to Charles J. Bonaparte about Tennessee Coal and Iron.
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1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt tells John Callan O’Laughlin that he has nothing to fear about Congress investigating the “Steel Corporation matter,” the Sugar Trust, or the Panama Canal because every action was made public knowledge from the beginning. Roosevelt expected some public uproar about the Steel Corporation once the danger was past.
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1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt is looking forward to seeing Mrs. Bonaparte, the Roses, and the Harrises. He asks Charles Bonaparte to send him a copy of the letter Roosevelt sent Bonaparte about the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., as Congress is debating whether or not to investigate Roosevelt about it.
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1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Senator Beveridge on his minority report invalidating the election of William Lorimer to the Senate on the grounds of political bribery.
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1911-01-17