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Otero, Miguel Antonio, 1859-1944

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ormsby McHarg

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ormsby McHarg

President Roosevelt has met with New Mexico Territory Governor George Curry and shares his findings with Assistant Attorney General McHarg. Roosevelt says Curry can be trusted absolutely, and that he will aid McHarg in any possible way in his investigation of political and judicial corruption in New Mexico. Roosevelt warns McHarg that Curry’s predecessor, Herbert J. Hagerman, and his associates will do everything possible to turn him against Curry. In a postscript, Roosevelt sends a report from Bernard Shandon Rodey regarding Hagerman’s father, James John Hagerman, and his alleged corrupt practices. Roosevelt asks McHarg to visit him after his preliminary investigation of the situation but before he “probes…to the bottom.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley reports to President Roosevelt of his visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although the conspiracy was formed in New Mexico, Cooley observes that the main case can be brought in the District of Columbia because the overt act was committed there. Cooley details his conversation with George Curry, who expects to see the president in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 1. After Albert B. Fall and William H. H. Llewellyn leave, Cooley does not expect to have any difficulties in New Mexico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Creator(s)

Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt instructs Attorney General Bonaparte to initiate lawsuits to remedy the actions of former New Mexico Governors Miguel Antonio Otero and Herbert J. Hagerman. He asks Bonaparte to consider having a speech made to explain what is wrong with the proposed Oklahoma constitution. In the postscript, Roosevelt asks Bonaparte if they could visit about how to approach anti-trust cases involving railroad companies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Curry

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Curry

President Roosevelt tells George Curry that when he takes office as governor of New Mexico Territory, he will find the situation “much confused.” Although former Governor Hagerman did some good things for the territory, some of the things he did were “reprehensible,” thanks to bad advisers. Roosevelt requests that Curry conduct himself with a sense of duty, just as he did during his service as a captain in the Rough Riders.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Penitentiary report creates a row

Penitentiary report creates a row

A report on the financial affairs of the New Mexico territory penitentiary under Holm Olaf Bursum’s administration was promised. Instead of a carefully prepared statement to the reform paper, it was poorly promulgated through one newspaper and caused divide in the press and confusion among the people. To resolve the matter and provide “actual information and reliable conclusions,” the Advertiser reviewed the case and published their findings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from George U. Young to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George U. Young to Theodore Roosevelt

George U. Young shares a conversation he had with a group of prominent men in 1901, including Major William H. H. Llewellyn and then-Governor Miguel Antonio Otero, on the train following the burial of President William McKinley. He also includes a personal manuscript that Theodore Roosevelt might draw on for speech ideas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-14

Creator(s)

Young, George U. (George Ulysses), 1867-1926

Letter from William H. H. Llewellyn to William Loeb

Letter from William H. H. Llewellyn to William Loeb

Luther R. Smith, private secretary to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, and William Spencer Sturgess met with ex-Governor Miguel Antonio Otero, ex-Attorney General George W. Prichard, and Republican Chairman of New Mexico Holm Olaf Bursum in El Paso, Texas. Smith and Sturgess tried to convince Bursum to go against joint statehood in New Mexico. Bursum declined, stating that he had told William H. Andrews and President Roosevelt that he and Solomon Luna would vote in favor of joint statehood. Smith and Sturgess then said that they are “getting up a job” on Andrews to get him arrested on some charges connected with the Enterprise National Bank. William H. H. Llewellyn is confident that joint statehood will get through unless the cause is hampered by “such fellows as Smith.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-05

Creator(s)

Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927

Excerpt from United States of America v. Territory of New Mexico, et al.

Excerpt from United States of America v. Territory of New Mexico, et al.

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus sends Attorney General Bonaparte an excerpt from the arguments of New Mexico Attorney General Albert B. Fall in the land fraud case there. Fall describes the disparaging attitude taken towards the officials overseeing land sales. In the current case, the Territory of New Mexico will finally be able to show the facts to the public and be vindicated in court. The specific details of the sale of the lands and whether the contracts will be voided are questions for the Territory of New Mexico alone to determine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Creator(s)

Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926