Letter from Cecil Andrew Lyon to Theodore Roosevelt
Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee for Texas, sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Dallas News that contains the Attorney General’s opinion of E. H. R. Green. Lyon is concerned about the “dearth of republican lawyers” and leaving judicial nominations blank in some districts. Lyon refers to Roosevelt’s letter about the interstate commerce commissioner in the area and asks Roosevelt to speak with William Hawley Atwell, Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, before appointing Mr. Cowan. Lyon plans to write Secretary of State William H. Taft, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and “some of the more prominent senators” about visiting Texas and giving speeches to rally votes.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-30
