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Newspaper article quoting Senator Money on his objection to quarantines. Money also takes issue with President Roosevelt for calling Confederate soldiers anarchists, and for the president’s support of African Americans, concluding that Roosevelt, “hates the South and Southern people.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-09
President Roosevelt tells William L. Pryor that Governor James Kimble Vardaman and Senator H. D. Money have willfully been misleading in recounting statements he made about lynching. He encloses for Pryor copies of his speeches and letters to prove his actual statements on the matter. Roosevelt says he always makes a point of denouncing the alleged crime that proceeded a lynching in speeches on the subject.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-13
President Roosevelt corrects and suggests changes to Lyman Abbott’s letter about which senators are holding the treaties up in committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-31
Justice Whitfield reminds Theodore Roosevelt of his letter stating that he would appoint Whitfield to a federal judgeship in Mississippi if it were created. Whitfield discusses the fight to pass a bill creating a judgeship and the announcement of candidates. He asks Roosevelt to write a recommendation to President William H. Taft on his behalf and provides information relevant to his qualifications.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-24
William L. Pryor encloses a newspaper clipping regarding Senator H. D. Money and assures that the people of Mississippi do not share their views. Pryor offers to publish any statement made by President Roosevelt in response.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-11
Mississippi’s legislature has adopted resolutions urging the state’s U.S. Senators, Anselm J. McLaurin and Hernando DeSoto Money, to vote for ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07