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President Roosevelt discusses literature and a visit from his friends from North Dakota, the Sewall family and Mrs. Dow and her son. He lists all the attractions they saw in Washington, D.C., and who they met. Roosevelt relates that he has a cold but is very busy, and met the new French ambassador.
1903-02-08
Various newspaper clippings from the Boston Transcript, Boston Evening Post, and Bulletin showing reactions in the press to the announcement that William H. Moody would remain in the cabinet.
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1904-11-21
Secretary of War Taft discusses appointments for four different offices, including the Secretary of Agriculture. He gives President Roosevelt his assessment of nominees.
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1904-11-17
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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1908-08-29
President Roosevelt is amused at some of the political attacks against him. He agrees to Senator Lodge’s suggestions for personnel changes in the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, but is unsure how to handle the “whisky business” regarding the Pure Food and Drug Act. Roosevelt is facing a number of requests that he run for reelection, but is not concerned with what most people think.
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1907-09-21
President Roosevelt requests Attorney General Bonaparte review the matter of the investigation of the International Harvester Company with company official George W. Perkins and Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith.
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1907-08-22
President Roosevelt asks Otto Gresham if he can show his letter to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and Justice William H. Moody. He is confident that the allegation of George B. Cortelyou taking campaign contributions from the meat packers is false. However, he would like to look into the allegation that Assistant Attorney General Charles Henry Robb immediately went to Mr. Miller when beginning his investigation into Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat.
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1906-12-26
President Roosevelt appreciates James D. Andrews’s letter and gift of ornithologist Alexander Wilson’s works. He agrees with Andrews that the Supreme Court needs to create a clear boundary between the power of the states and the federal government.
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1906-12-26
President Roosevelt tells Governor Sparks that due to distance, he had a difficult time determining who should be appointed as Nevada District Court Judge. However, after consulting with outgoing Attorney General William H. Moody, incoming Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and incoming Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, he felt that Nevada attorney Edward S. Farrington was the right man for the appointment.
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1906-12-21
President Roosevelt tells Chief Justice Fuller that it will be his pleasure to attend the scheduled dinner reception for Justice William Henry Moody on January 9, 1907.
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1906-12-18
President Roosevelt requests Secretary Root send back his letter related to the recalling of Minister Bellamy Storer. Roosevelt thinks that they should support Thomas I. Chatfield for a judge position in Brooklyn largely based on support from members of his cabinet and congress. The president tells Root that he will appoint Chatfield unless the secretary feels “there are very strong reasons to the contrary.”
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1906-12-08
President Roosevelt forwards several letters from Attorney General William H. Moody to Secretary Hitchcock. The president asks Hitchcock to put the charges in question down in writing if he agrees that “the several subordinates of the Department of Justice” have “failed in their duty.”
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1906-12-08
President Roosevelt writes Senator Clark strongly recommending Alford Warriner Cooley for the position of Assistant Attorney General, and he encourages Clark to share this letter with the rest of the Judiciary Committee. Roosevelt writes that Cooley was suggested by Attorney General William H. Moody, and he is also favored by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt outlines Cooley’s education and career, which includes time as judge for various courts in New York and Washington DC; positions at the Department of Justice; and a member of New York City’s Corporation Counsel. Roosevelt concludes that he doesn’t believe it “would be possible to obtain a better man for the place.”
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1906-12-07
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of Commerce & Labor Straus for his letter. Roosevelt is attempting to organize a meeting that includes Straus, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, and Secretary of Commerce & Labor Victor Howard Metcalf for “about the new year.”
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1906-12-06
Frank B. Kellogg gives a description of his work with the Standard Oil case after being suggested for the position by Theodore Roosevelt. The Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the government against the Standard Oil Company, just as Kellogg suggested it would back in 1906.
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1911-10-04
Attorney General Bonaparte sent President Roosevelt a draft of the telegram to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick. Bonaparte shares his thoughts about the intentions of the press in attacking him and gives an update on the International Harvester Company trust prosecution. Additionally, Bonaparte comments on Special Assistant Attorney General Ormsby McHarg and the conference of attorneys general.
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1907-08-26
Attorney General Bonaparte reviewed the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company case. He sends President Roosevelt a copy of his letter to United States District Attorney Edwin Walter Sims and asks him to look it over.
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1907-08-21
The writer relays a written note from President Roosevelt on the issue of clemency for Phillip Scott.
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1905-06-21
An article in The Press lists President Roosevelt’s Cabinet as violators of the law and how they should be dismissed from their positions. This dismissal is based on the Conrad-Bonaparte report which states it is a violation of the law for “laborers” to do clerical work. The article states every department in Washington employs laborers to do clerical work, so the Cabinet should be dismissed. The writer also discusses how the attorneys Conrad and Bonaparte are breaking the law about office rental and should also be dismissed.
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1904-03-14
Captain Cowles will not face a court-martial for the Missouri–Illinois collision even though the court of inquiry criticized Cowles. The decision goes against recent precedent that an officer should face a court-martial even if the court of inquiry recommends no further action. There is growing dissatisfaction among naval officers regarding the decision.
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1904-04-02