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William Dudley Foulke and Lucius B. Swift told President Roosevelt that they have put papers before Attorney General Bonaparte that justify the removal of Assistant Attorney Joseph B. Kealing. Roosevelt wishes to know the facts in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-21
President Roosevelt has received the various newspaper clippings and editorials that William Dudley Foulke has sent him. He is not concerned with the editorial from the Evening Post, as it is not an important paper, and thinks that it is disingenuous in its support of Charles Evans Hughes. Many of people who Hughes appoints are involved in politics, as are many of Roosevelt’s. Several other papers are similarly dishonest in how they frame their criticisms, and Roosevelt is reluctant to address these statements, especially since, to his mind, he has addressed the issue several years ago in his orders to the Civil Service Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-12
President Roosevelt thanks William Dudley Foulke for the letter, but apologizes for feeling some amusement over the absurdity of the issues that Foulke told him about, namely a supposed effort by Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou to rehabilitate the Knickerbocker Trust Company, and of Roosevelt trying to use public office holders to nominate Secretary of War William H. Taft for president. Roosevelt dismisses both of these allegations, and says that Foulke should challenge the paper that printed them to produce proof.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-19
William Dudley Foulke details the conditions which led to a Republican slump in Indiana during the election. Men such as Lucius B. Swift who offered their services to the Republican committee were boycotted. Foulke also believes that editorials and false articles in papers such as the Indianapolis News also contributed to a distrust of President Roosevelt and William H. Taft. He details a telephone conversation he had with editor Delavan Swift about a letter that Roosevelt had written about him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-07
D. Presley Smith was nominated for state senator on the fortieth ballot, and Robert Metzger has received many compliments for standing up to the political machine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-20