Moyer, Charles H.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Wilbur, Charles E.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

F. Deelfaut, a socialist, assures President Roosevelt of his sincere regard for Roosevelt’s honesty, especially regarding the Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood affair. He wants Roosevelt to know that not all socialists are “subjects of” Eugene V. Debs.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Deelfaut, F.

N. P. Andresen agrees with President Roosevelt that Charles H. Moyer, “Big Bill” Haywood, and Eugene V. Debs are “undesirable citizens” from the perspective of capitalists. By the same token, the Roosevelts, Rockefellers, and Hearsts are undesirable from the perspective of the working class. Given that there are overwhelmingly more people in the working class than there are capitalists, Andresen says, “it ought not to be difficult for you to form a correct impression as to who really are, and who are not, desirable citizens.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Andresen, N. P.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Decker, A. C.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Easley, Ralph M. (Ralph Montgomery), 1858-

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Language

English

John W. Edmonds sends President Roosevelt a clipping of a letter to the editor expressing his opinion on Roosevelt’s letter regarding Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood. He assures Roosevelt of the “support of the real American people.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Edmonds, John W.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Foley, W. F.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Clifford Howard argues that attitude of labor organizations in regard to the the Charles H. Moyer, Big Bill Haywood, and George A. Pettibone murder trial is due to the Supreme Court’s practice of issuing divided opinions. Justice J. MicKenna’s dissenting opinion provides the basis for the claims labor agitators and anarchists make for interference.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Howard, Clifford, 1868-1942

John A. Lewis does not regret voting for President Roosevelt. Lewis congratulates Roosevelt on his handling of labor affairs and the Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood murder investigation. He is interested in Roosevelt’s stance on the over-capitalization of railroads and hopes that Roosevelt will extend those actions to telegraph companies, especially the Western Union. Lewis hopes that Roosevelt will remain in office and thinks that Roosevelt would receive many votes from Southerners.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Lewis, John A., 1833-1920

William J. A. Meyer commends President Roosevelt on his letter regarding Big Bill Haywood and Charles H. Moyer. Roosevelt is likely to hear mostly criticism for the letter, but the common people outside of anarchists are grateful. Meyer urges Roosevelt to accept another term as president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Meyer, William J. A., 1861-1924

The committee of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly protest against President Roosevelt’s declaration of Charles H. Moyer and Haywood as “undesirable citizens.” These men’s only “crime” is “standing for the principles they represent.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-21

Creator(s)

McMullin, John; Wilson, Frederick; Sweney, Frank; Foyard, George; Rascow, W. R.; Checks, S. D. F.

Attorney General Bonaparte expresses his concern to President Roosevelt about how the Department of Justice gave the prosecution orders in the Moyer and Haywood case without his knowledge. He is trying to bring about order to the department, be he has been out with bronchitis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-23

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Abiel Abbot thanks President Roosevelt for his letter to the editor. In the letter, Roosevelt defended himself against William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) and claimed impartiality in the 1907 Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood murder trial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Abbot, Abiel, -1918

William A. Aiken sends his support to President Roosevelt for his letter to the editor in the New York Tribune. In the letter, Roosevelt defended himself against William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) and claimed impartiality in the 1907 Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood murder trial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Aiken, William A. (William Appleton), 1833-1929

Frank M. Annis communicates to William Loeb that he wants President Roosevelt to stand his ground. The president claimed impartiality in the New York Tribune in the Charles Moyer and Big Bill Haywood murder trial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Annis, Frank M. (Frank Morrill), 1839-1920

William A. Baker thanks President Roosevelt for his letter to the editor of the New York Tribune, in which Roosevelt claimed impartiality in the Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood murder trial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Baker, William A., 1863-1920

Attorney General Bonaparte expresses his doubts to President Roosevelt about the effectiveness of District Attorney N. M. Ruick in the Moyer and Haywood case. He does not want the government to be involved in another scandal such as what took place in Brownsville or with the Santa Fe Railroad. Bonaparte also congratulates the president on his letter to the editor to the New York Tribune, aimed at the apologists of Moyer and Haywood.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Senator Borah expresses concern about his role in the prosecution of Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood, in light of the indictment that has been brought against him in Idaho regarding land fraud. Borah protests his innocence of the latter, but suggests that if the evidence of the case is sufficient to warrant indictment, he will withdraw from the Moyer-Haywood case and face action against him as early as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

Robert S. Cooper expresses his support for President Roosevelt’s handling of the Moyer-Haywood affair. Cooper has experience with labor organizations and criticizes their methods of maintaining membership. He believes that having the radical labor faction in control nationally would be a disaster.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Cooper, Robert S. (Robert Simpson), 1858-1932

Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt of the political situation in Idaho where he was sent to campaign for the reelection of Governor Gooding. Gooding is confident that he will win the gubernatorial race, but he faces significant opposition in response to the arrest of Charles Moyer and William Dudley Haywood and the efforts of the Western Federation of Miners to defeat him. Senator Dubois has been trying to make Mormonism another central issue in the campaign and to portray Taft in a negative light by associating him with the religious group. Taft concludes by stating his admiration for Secretary of State Root’s speech on William Randolph Hearst.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-04

Creator(s)

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