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President Roosevelt invites Robert Grant and Amy Gordon Galt Grant to spend the night at the White House on February 2. Roosevelt would love to have lunch with them that day or the following day as well.
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1904-12-09
President Roosevelt would like to introduce Judge McMahon to Colonel Alexander O. Brodie, whom he has appointed as Governor of Arizona.
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1904-06-09
William Loeb asks William J. Youngs to hand the enclosed to Judge Thomas.
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1904-05-09
President Roosevelt writes to Judge Thomas that his request is easy to grant.
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1904-05-09
President Roosevelt will consult Senators John Kean and John F. Dryden about the judgeship. He sends enclosures relating to the pension order and Senator John C. Spooner’s speech.
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1904-05-05
President Roosevelt has sent Charles Custis Harrison’s letter to Attorney General Knox. He trusts Knox to have good judgement.
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1904-04-09
President Roosevelt is appreciative of Thomas Goode Jones’s service as a district judge and will write to Lyman Abbott regarding the action Jones suggested.
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1903-06-22
President Roosevelt regretfully accepts Judge Bingham’s resignation as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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1903-03-28
President Roosevelt requests the information about the judge at once. Attorney General Knox would like action taken as soon as possible.
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1903-02-18
President Roosevelt appreciates General Duke’s friendship and will attempt to place the judgeship in Ohio.
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1903-02-17
President Roosevelt will look up the case, but in his experience some work must be done by younger men even if the average department head favors veterans.
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1902-12-15
Governor Hadley offers a quotation on Charles II from Macauley’s History of England as a commentary on the situation of the Republican Party.
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1912-02-17
Sandford acknowledges receipt of Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and says that he will reply after looking into the matter. Sandford tells Roosevelt he has read his article “Judges and Progress” in The Outlook. Sandford states that President William H. Taft is the worst president since James Buchanan, pointing out that Taft has appointed three Democrats to the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, and asks why Roosevelt put Taft in the White House.
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1912-01-06
In response to Theodore Roosevelt’s article in The Outlook on judicial recall, Isaac W. Heysinger introduces him to a related case that occurred in Oregon in 1852, which he thinks will be of interest to Roosevelt.
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1912-01-06
William E. Burke, on behalf of the Third Panel Sheriff’s Jury, invites Theodore Roosevelt to their Annual Dinner, of which judges from the First Department Supreme Court and judges from the Court of Record will be attending, along with other prominent businessmen.
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1911-12-28
Jacob Trieber agrees with Theodore Roosevelt’s statement in his recent article in The Outlook regarding antitrust laws and the need for a federal administrative body, similar to the Interstate Commerce Commission, to oversee interstate industrial business. Trieber has served as a federal judge for twelve years and knows firsthand that judges do not have the time to thoroughly review the large industrial concerns. Trieber suggests a commission devoted to considering these matters with the Court of Commerce to review the commission’s decisions, and asks why it couldn’t be done.
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1911-11-28
W. P. Dewey is interested in Theodore Roosevelt’s position on the conduct of courts and judges. He recently became aware of the issue concerning receiverships and reorganizing corporations through receiverships resulting from court actions. Dewey believes in the need for an investigation into the matter and proposes Roosevelt carry it out.
Herbert Parsons assures Theodore Roosevelt that they will re-nominate Scott. Parsons believes that Pendleton and Fowler might decline the nomination and gives reasons for why each should not be nominated.
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1911-10-10
Otto Christensen sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of Twentieth Century Magazine, containing his article on “Judicial Usurpation.” Christensen thinks Roosevelt will be interested in the article, because it deals with the threat of the judiciary encroaching on the powers of congress. Christensen is concerned that the country is becoming a “personal government,” rather than a “government of law.”
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1911-09-23
William Davenport Hulbert thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter containing new, interesting, and valuable information on the Alaska situation. He is troubled that his findings have differed from The Outlook’s and has talked to many well-informed men from various perspectives. Hulbert discusses these findings and his opinions of various Alaskan government officials, including Judge James Wickersham and Territorial Governor Wilford B. Hoggatt. He asks Roosevelt’s permission to quote from his letter, especially concerning David Henry Jarvis.
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1911-08-25