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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte to tell him the facts of a grand jury investigation concerning Charles F. Brooker. Roosevelt is concerned for his friend and Assistant United State Attorney, Alford Warriner Cooley, and asks Bonaparte if he can be given sixty days pay before ending his service. Roosevelt also asks for Bonaparte’s opinion on a letter from Emory Speer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-14

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on various matters before the Department of Justice, specifically pertaining to the cases of William Edgar Borah and N. M. Ruick. Bonaparte also goes into great detail about the case of the People of Puerto Rico vs. the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in Puerto Rico. He encourages Roosevelt not to get involved but instead to let the courts work it out. In a postscript, Bonaparte discusses the political considerations of federal appointees who run for elective office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-15

Speer agrees with president

Speer agrees with president

Judge Emory Speer of Georgia seems to be of the opinion that President Roosevelt “did not proceed without authority and certainly not without precedent” when he discharged without honor the African American troops involved in the “shooting up” of Brownsville, Texas, comparing the situation to an incident involving George Washington and the “Connecticut Light Horse” militia. Speer notes that the language of Article 5 of the Federal Constitution suggests that a “different method of punishment” can be inflicted by the President when crimes are committed by members of land and naval forces.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

President Roosevelt informs Douglas Robinson that he will be called as a witness in the upcoming grand jury trial against the New York World and the Indianapolis News in Washington, D.C., and invites him to stay at the White House during the trial. Roosevelt believes Robinson will not have much to testify about, but finds his testimony important regardless.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-12

Letter from Henry L. Stimson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry L. Stimson to Theodore Roosevelt

Referring to the libel case against the New York World, District Attorney Stimson agrees with President Roosevelt’s view that it is important to prosecute the “man at the top.” However, Stimson feels that even though Joseph Pulitzer can be suspected as knowing about the libel, there is not enough evidence to actually indict him. If the federal government’s case against Pulitzer is thrown out by the courts, it would cause any future successful prosecutions against the company or the actually responsible individual to lose its significance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-11

Letter from Richard H. Taylor to William Loeb

Letter from Richard H. Taylor to William Loeb

Richard H. Taylor provides details to William Loeb about the investigation and court case about Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell. Haskell has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the government concerning town lots sold in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1902. Taylor has several character witnesses lined up to testify against Haskell. In association with this case, William T. Hutchings has confessed to forging the names of relatives and friends to thirty-one deeds. Haskell issued a statement to defend himself to the Associated Press. Taylor is concerned with President Roosevelt’s decision to align with William Randolph Hearst to “defame” Haskell while Roosevelt is enmeshed in a libel suit. Taylor believes that unless there is a “great miscarriage of justice,” Haskell will be sent to a Federal prison.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-24

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Robinson accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to stay at the White House while he is in Washington, D.C., for his upcoming grand jury trial. Robinson, a receiver of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, is on trial for ignoring the orders of the New York State Public Commission. He is not optimistic about the trial because of the strong legal team the commission has assembled and expects to be in jail “in a short time.” Robinson discusses his plans for traveling down to the White House and congratulates Roosevelt on his handling of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-13