Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emory Speer
President Roosevelt tells Judge Speer he could not find sufficient reason to veto the bill.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-03-06
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Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John James Jenkins
President Roosevelt does not exactly understand what Representative Jenkins is saying in his letter about the charges against the district attorney. Roosevelt intructs Jenkins to have the people making the charges before the House Committee in the Judiciary to make them instead to him personally. Roosevelt will have Attorney General William H. Moody look at the matter.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-23
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard A. Anthony
President Roosevelt outlines the facts concerning a case against the Kodak Company for Richard A. Anthony. Roosevelt brought Anthony’s concerns to Attorney General Philander C. Knox, who wanted to wait to bring the case based on the outcome of ongoing litigation; when Attorney General William H. Moody came into office, Roosevelt brought it to his attention as well, but Moody felt the case was not strong enough to prosecute.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-03-02
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Erskine Scott Wood
President Roosevelt tells Charles Erskine Scott Wood that he is horrified by the developments in the Oregon Land Fraud case. Roosevelt will veto the bill for a new district court unless the need can be clearly shown.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Benson Foraker
President Roosevelt does not recall Senator Foraker speaking to him about the Arizona judgeship. He asks Foraker in the future to send memoranda about appointments, as Roosevelt cannot possibly remember everything discussed with him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Mann Irvine
President Roosevelt thanks William Mann Irvine for the kind letter. He will discuss Blair’s case with Attorney General William H. Moody and the representatives from Washington. Roosevelt has no power to appoint anyone without the Senate confirming them, which will not happen unless one senator from the state approves.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-09
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Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Blakeslee White
President Roosevelt received Governor of West Virginia White’s message and has directed Attorney General William H. Moody to look into the matter. He asks White to provide the names of any federal officeholders involved in lobbying or dealing in the legislature.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-01
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock
President Roosevelt discusses with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock the authority for granting contracts for educating Native Americans in denominational schools as presented in the January 31 letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-03
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte
President Roosevelt requests Charles J. Bonaparte send the brief anyway. The article amused him, and he hopes to see Bonaparte and his wife, Ellen C. Bonaparte, at the Supreme Court dinner.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Metcalfe Bass
President Roosevelt tells United States Attorney Bass he will talk to Attorney General William H. Moody.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John J. McCook
President Roosevelt commends the importance of Colonel McCook’s letter. He did not know of the incidents that McCook said happened under President William McKinley but has been assured that railroad and rebate law has been well-enforced in the 18 months of his own administration. Surprised to hear McCook’s opinion, Roosevelt strongly disagrees that there is no occasion for new legislation on the subject of railroad rates and rebates. Roosevelt says both he and Attorney General William Henry Moody believe that the problem cannot simply be fixed by ensuring existing penalties are enforced. Roosevelt asks for permission to share McCook’s letter with Moody.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
President Roosevelt disagrees with Senator Lodge and does not believe vice president-elect Charles W. Fairbanks’s report should be published, as he does not want the United States to be triumphant about putting the Canadians “in a hole.” Roosevelt asks Lodge to speak with Massachusetts Senator Winthrop Murray Crane about the issue. The president expresses greater concern about the arbitration treaties. He believes the suggested amendments make the treaties a sham, and he does not want to pretend to fulfill campaign promises by passing arbitration treaties that are not what he—or the Republican Party—intended.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-06
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William E. Chandler
President Roosevelt informs Spanish Treaty Claims Commissioner Chandler that Roosevelt will “get the relief [he demands],” and not as a sham, but the real thing. Attorney General William H. Moody has warned Roosevelt about attempts to put a sham through.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene Hale
President Roosevelt explains to Senator Hale the editor in question had an “entirely proper request” to make of Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and Attorney General William H. Moody. Roosevelt knows that Hale knew nothing of the request.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-28
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas H. Hubbard
President Roosevelt explains to Thomas H. Hubbard he tried to get Attorney General William H. Moody to speak, but Moody is unable to do so and maintain his work as attorney general.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-16
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart
President Roosevelt appreciates Philip Battell Stewart’s work to combat corruption in Colorado, but does not feel that he knows enough about the situation to personally write about it. Roosevelt has discussed the matter with Attorney General William H. Moody to see if Roosevelt could write to District Attorney Earl M. Cranston, but has not come up with a way to do so “with advantage.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Gates Dawes
President Roosevelt tells Charles Gates Dawes he included the paragraph in his speech that mentioned railroad lines after two years of “slowly and reluctantly coming to the conclusion that it ought to be said” and discussing the paragraph with several cabinet members. The president also supports increasing the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-02
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
President Roosevelt regrets to inform Senator Lodge that Rear Admiral C. H. Davis cannot be put in command of the battleship squadron above Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, which is the conclusion to which Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, Attorney General William H. Moody, and Admiral George Albert Converse have come. Instead, Davis will be put as second-in-command below Evans.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-16
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William E. Chandler
President Roosevelt tells William E. Chandler, member of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, that he wants the Interstate Commerce Commission to be remodeled before delegating additional power to it. The president promises to look into Chandler’s third point, although he does not think it much of an issue.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-12
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
President Roosevelt discusses several matters with Senator Lodge, including his correspondence with Massachusetts Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner, his amazement at carrying Missouri in the presidential election, the Newfoundland reciprocity treaty, and visits with mutual friends. The president hopes to see Lodge and his wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge, soon.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-12