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Frank T. Campbell congratulates Chairman Bacon on the progress he is making before Congress on the issue of railroad rates. Campbell believes it is important that corporate interests do not win out. He writes that the people strongly favor giving the Interstate Commerce Commission more regulatory power.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Senator Cummns that he is unaware of the editorial and is not concerned about the Wharton Barker matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt tells his son-in-law, Representative Nicholas Longworth, that he is not sure how to answer the question Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner put to him regarding testifying in front of the Steel Corporation Investigating Committee. While President William H. Taft has urged Roosevelt to decline to be interviewed, Roosevelt thinks that though he will not volunteer to go, if asked he would comply. If he volunteered to testify before any committee, he would be asked why he did not volunteer to speak before others as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-19
President Roosevelt requests a hearing before the Senate Committee on Public Lands for Mr. Holmes of the Geological Survey regarding aspects of the pending coal land legislation. He would like definite legislation before Congress adjourns and is willing to discuss the matter with Senator Hansbrough or other committee members.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-29
Theodore Roosevelt urges Senator Dick to look at the Zurhorst matter immediately, most likely referring to charges against Edmund H. Zurhorst, collector of customs for the Sandusky, Ohio, district.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-30
Senator Cummins assures Theodore Roosevelt that Wharton Barker’s diatribe before the Interstate Commerce Committee made no impression on the committee members.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-01
William Loeb writes to Theodore Roosevelt to advise Roosevelt to exercise caution if he voluntarily appears before a Congressional Committee and gives his advice concerning the Sugar Trust matters. Loeb also includes information about an inspector of customs who was dismissed from his position after becoming intoxicated on the job.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-03
Clarence D. Clark, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informs President Roosevelt that the Alford Warriner Cooley’s appointment as Assistant Attorney General will go before the committee at its Monday meeting. It and other nominations were delayed because of attendance. There is some question as to Cooley’s practical experience but this should not prevent his appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-07
Edgar E. Clark writes to President Roosevelt regarding his request for a favor about the situation in House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon’s district. Clark is happy to help and will write to those whom he thinks can exert influence. Clark also expresses some concern about Charles E. Littlefield’s majority and his position on the questions of prohibition and labor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock responds to President Roosevelt’s request for information regarding an account of the correspondence featured in a New York Sun editorial from August 16, 1906. Hitchcock tells Roosevelt that he was not responsible for the editorial except to the extent that correspondence referenced was issued by his authority. The correspondence, which he summarizes, pertains to the hearings before Hitchcock on the leasing of oil lands and natural gas wells in Indian Territory and the Territory of Oklahoma.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-22
Kermit Roosevelt thanks William Loeb for sending pamphlets and congressional records to help with a school debate in which he participated. Roosevelt also comments on the weather, and remarks about a boil on his leg which is making it difficult for him to walk.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park James B. Thompson acknowledges a letter from Clifton R. Merritt regarding the wilderness proposal and assures him it will be delivered for inclusion in the public hearing record.
1971-01-12
Richard Croker is pictured as a large dog standing over a smaller dog labeled “New York Police.” They are looking at a cat with its back, labeled “Investigation,” arched and tail raised, and wearing a ribbon labeled “New York Senate.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-03-28
President Roosevelt tells journalist Lincoln Steffens he learned that Francis J. Heney was responsible for statements about Attorney General William H. Moody and that upsets Roosevelt. Roosevelt encloses a letter from William C. Bristol and says it seems to be “literally inexplicable” and makes him “profoundly uncomfortable.” He says he never received a sufficient explanation about Bristol’s supposed misconduct and it makes him uncomfortable to think this letter is before the Senate committee voting on Bristol’s confirmation as district attorney.
1907-11-04