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Federal referees in Alabama are protesting the nomination of Leander J. Bryan for U.S. Marshal, in part to damage the prestige of Judge Thomas Goode Jones, who currently has the favor of the national administration.
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1905-11-16
Oswald Garrison Villard discusses President Roosevelt’s recent Lincoln Day speech in which he “pleaded vigorously and earnestly for that fair play for the colored man which is so essential to the welfare of both whites and blacks.”
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1905-02-14
In this article, Thomas G. Bush of Alabama discusses his thoughts on President Roosevelt, economic progress in the South, and race relations. Bush notes Roosevelt has appointed Republicans and Democrats for postmaster positions in the South and that the president is not in favor of social equality to African Americans. Additionally, Bush mentions Roosevelt’s hope that business development will grow in the South by the end of his term so that it will be an “equal sharer in the prosperity of the whole country.” Finally, Roosevelt believes the Panama Canal will help open up trading between the South and Asian countries.
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1904-12-23
The Democrats in the South face a “quandary, because they are still upset at President Roosevelt’s allowing Booker T. Washington, an African American, to have dinner at the White House, but want and need to solicit Roosevelt for political appointments and official favors.
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1903-10-21
A newspaper article describing the investigation of a lynch mob in Alabama, who murdered Horace Maples.
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1904-10-25
Lawrence F. Abbott shares that President Roosevelt’s “letter of friendship and sympathy was a source of real comfort” to his father, Lyman Abbott. Roosevelt’s letters to newspaper editor Edgar Williams and David Scull of Bryn Mawr College arrived. Abbott, and therefore The Outlook, do not share Scull’s and Williams’s anxieties, as evidenced by the articles he attaches. Finally, he thanks Roosevelt for suggesting Judge Thomas Goode Jones’s letters regarding the railway issue.
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1907-08-28
President Roosevelt made an excellent decision in appointing Thomas Goode Jones as federal judge for Alabama. Before his death, William McKinley spoke in favor of reciprocity and his successor, Roosevelt, is now put into the difficult position of honoring McKinley and seeking to carry out this policy.
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1901-10-08
This newspaper article supports President Roosevelt’s recent appointments and his use of “fitness” as the primary criteria for candidates.
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1901-10-08
Thomas Goode Jones argues that race conflicts have not increased since President Roosevelt took office and will continue no matter who is president. Politicians simply took advantage of Roosevelt’s support for African Americans and his interactions with William Demos Crum and Booker T. Washington. Jones would like to quote from Roosevelt’s letter regarding the peonage cases.
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1903-08-03
The unknown author compliments the Montgomery Times for realizing that President Roosevelt has made good judicial appointments in the South.
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1903-12-15
An unknown author discusses the animosity towards President Roosevelt over his appointments of Negroes in civil service positions. There is also mention of The Montgomery Evening Times support of Roosevelt and his appointments.
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1903-12-15
Attorney General Knox encloses a confidential letter from Judge Thomas Goode Jones concerning a vacancy for marshal in Alabama.
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1903-12-12
Ernest Hamlin Abbott responds to President Roosevelt’s inquiry concerning The Outlook’s editorial on Roosevelt’s resolution of the threatened bookbinders’ strike and encloses documents Roosevelt had sent to Abbott’s father, Lyman Abbott.
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1903-08-04
Collection of newspaper articles criticizing Alabama Secretary of State Heflin for his attacks on Judge Jones. Heflin found fault with Judge Jones’s instructions to the jury in the Turner peonage case.
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1903-07-26
The federal jury trying the peonage case found Robert N. Franklin guilty. Afterwards, Judge Jones spoke eloquently on the public controversy regarding his attitude in the peonage cases.
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1903-07-26
Samuel Phillips Verner praises Theodore Roosevelt for his selection of Thomas Goode Jones as a Federal Judge in Alabama. He approves of Jones’ decisions in the peonage cases in Montgomery.
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1903-07-14
James Sullivan Clarkson supports the removal of United States District Attorney Vaughan and believes that Judge Jones’s support for Vaughan is partisan.
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1902-09-16
Ambassador Meyer has been an opponent of John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks and approves of President Roosevelt’s refusal to recognize the Addicks faction in Delaware. He also approves of Thomas G. Jones’s appointment as judge. Meyer was very surprised at the South’s reaction and criticism of Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington.
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1901-11-15
John Clay Davies encloses the opinions from the Court of Appeals in the American Ice Company case. He believes the case affirms President Roosevelt’s stance on the trust issue. Davies lauds Roosevelt’s efforts to establish the Republican Party in the South.
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1901-11-01
Adelbert Moot congratulates President Roosevelt for inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House. Moot believes Roosevelt’s conduct will have a great impact on the country.
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1901-10-25