Landis, Charles B. (Charles Beary), 1858-1922

President Roosevelt will send William H. Taft a copy of his letter to Representatives Henry C. Loudenslager and William Brown McKinley. He wonders if Taft has seen George W. Alger’s recent article on Taft, which Roosevelt believes should be widely circulated. Roosevelt agrees Taft should give a number of big speeches in several states and earnestly wants Taft’s personality to be more evident. Regarding Governor Charles Evans Hughes, Roosevelt still thinks he should be renominated. He discusses the guaranty of bank deposits but can offer no advice on the subject.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frederick Landis for the speech and the information about his brother, either referring to Charles B. Landis or Judge Landis. Roosevelt finds the information to be characteristic of the administration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Wright to designate James Cooper Waddell of Delphi, Indiana, for the admissions exam for the United States Military Academy at the recommendation of Representative Charles B. Landis. Landis’s previous appointee failed the Christmas examination during his second year.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt calls Public Printer Leech’s attention to a letter from United States Congressman Charles B. Landis and to a resolution of the Joint Committee on Printing. Roosevelt says that the resolution has his approval, and that he is not willing to risk a repetition of the troubles that have occurred during the last several years. He therefore directs Leech to conduct himself as stipulated in the resolution.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Senator Allison that William Sidney Rossiter of the Census Bureau did a full investigation and report on conditions at the Government Printing Office that led to his working “day and night” and spending over $100 of his personal funds. He asks Allison if he could be compensated an extra $1000, and if this could be added to an appropriation bill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt approves William Sidney Rossiter’s proposal relating to the Government Printing Office, and has sent a copy of the previous letter to Representative Charles B. Landis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt confirms receipt of two letters from Acting Public Printer William Sidney Rossiter, and has forwarded copies to Congressman Charles B. Landis. He approves Rossiter’s plan to terminate the contract with the audit system.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses two letters to Charles A. Stillings, and notifies him that, pending the investigation, he is suspended from the duties of Public Printer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Representative Charles B. Landis, and instructs William Sidney Rossiter to act accordingly and assume charge of the Government Printing Office. Roosevelt instructs Rossiter to contact Landis and give him whatever help he needs in his investigations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt describes to Mark Sullivan the considerations that have gone into his selections for federal judgeships. Roosevelt reviews his appointments in detail, noting that some were made at the request of the local organization and some against their wishes. The goal in each case was to appoint someone “of the high character, the good sense, the trained legal ability, and the necessary broad-mindedness of spirit…essential to a good judge.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Postmaster General Meyer acknowledges receipt of Charles B. Landis’ letter forwarded by President Roosevelt. He advises Roosevelt on the financial issues Landis mentions and updates him on the measures he and A. Barton Hepburn of the American Bankers Association are taking regarding guaranteeing deposits and educating bankers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-02

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

William H. Taft is glad to see the rough draft of President Roosevelt’s letter to Representatives Henry C. Loudenslager and William Brown McKinley. He has not seen George W. Alger’s article. The New York situation concerns Taft, and he hopes Roosevelt will secure Governor Charles Evans Hughes’ renomination. He has no intentions of making the guaranty of bank deposits an issue and believes the system is erroneous.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-01

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

John A. Kratz encloses a copy of a letter for President Roosevelt from Representative Landis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-22

Creator(s)

Kratz, John A. (John Andrew), -1959

Frank Swigart believes both Frederick and Charles B. Landis have conspired to oust him as referee because they are sure it would cost the Republicans votes. Swigart wishes to know whether the Landises truly have a letter from President Roosevelt to Judge Albert B. Anderson asking to have him removed from the position. He assures Roosevelt that he is fair and asks that he be kept as referee for the upcoming election. He concludes the letter by noting that he voted for Abraham Lincoln and served in the Army from 1861 to 1864.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

Creator(s)

Swigart, Frank, 1840-1912

Senator Beveridge writes to a friend regarding the potential candidacy of Senator Charles W. Fairbanks as the Republican vice president in 1904. Since Beveridge and Fairbanks were both from Indiana, he also discusses the potential impact on that state’s politicians, their opinions about the possible nomination, and promising candidates for Fairbanks’s Senate seat should it be vacated.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-03

Creator(s)

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

Photograph shows 19 portraits of prominent orators (politicians and businessmen) superimposed over an audience comprised of men. Caption reads, “our prominent political orators in action. The efforts of these men will anchor the floating vote, make converts and win the election.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-08-29

Creator(s)

Clinedinst, Barnett McFee, 1862-1953

Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou sits and reads a “Catalogue of young vice-presidential timber” as Nebraska Representative E. J. Burkett, Minnesota Representative James A. Tawney, Illinois Representative William A. Rodenberg, Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, Iowa Representative Robert G. Cousins, and Indiana Representative Charles B. Landis look over the fence at Cortelyou. President Roosevelt watches from the “White House.” Caption: Chairman (elect) Cortelyou—Don’t all speak at once, gentlemen.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-29

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Nicholas Murray Butler discusses three political issues involving the upcoming Presidential election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-07

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Theodore Roosevelt appears as “Mikado Roosevelt” with a large cast of characters standing behind him: “Pish Tush Root,” “Landis,” “Pooh Bah Taft,” “Burroughs,” “Heney,” “Cortelyou,” “Steffens,” “La Follette,” “Folk,” “Garfield,” “Riis,” “Loeb,” and “Koko Bonaparte,” who is holding a large sword labeled “Department of Justice.” John D. Rockefeller labeled “Flim-Flam Business,” and Edward Henry Harriman labeled “Flim Flam Finance,” are kneeling on the stage awaiting execution. Caption: “My object all sublime / I shall achieve in time — / To let the punishment fit the crime — / The punishment fit the crime. — / And make each prisoner pent / Unwillingly represent / A source of infinite merriment, / Of infinite merriment.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-01-08

As requested by President Roosevelt, Civil Service Commissioner Greene submits a memorandum regarding the conditions at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. Greene describes the recent removal of five employees and attributes their removal to their association with the Democratic Party. As an example, Greene writes of the removal of Francis P. Rodden, his appeal to Superintendent Charles B. Landis, and his immediate replacement by Republican Party worker Stephen Frisby. Greene mentions inspections led by past commissioners William Dudley Foulke, Frank M. Kiggins, and Alford Warriner Cooley, and requests that the United States Treasury Department reinstate the five men illegally removed from their positions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-22

Creator(s)

Greene, Henry F. (Henry Fay), 1859-1915