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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Goode Jones

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Goode Jones

President Roosevelt was pleased to receive Judge Jones’s letter and opinion. He asked Judge Jeter Connelly Pritchard if there had been any failure to assist him. Any statement that Edward Terry Sanford suggested the administration would not support Pritchard is false. Roosevelt supports Goode and has prepared Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to speak regarding any obstructions of the federal process.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. M. Dickinson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. M. Dickinson

President Roosevelt tells Judge Dickinson that he considers his letter about Special Assistant to the Attorney General Edward Terry Sanford as “conclusive,” and hopes that newly-appointed Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte will agree. Roosevelt notes that he has given Sanford free reign in the matter, and has forward him letters from Dickinson and University of Cincinnati President Charles William Dabney.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles William Dabney

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles William Dabney

President Roosevelt tells University of Cincinnati President Charles William Dabney that he regards his letter about Special Assistant to the Attorney General Edward Terry Sanford as the definitive take on the matter; he hopes Attorney General of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte agrees. Roosevelt states he has given Sanford free reign over the issue, and has forwarded letters from Dabney and Judge J. M. Dickinson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Billings, F Cash to Charles J. Bonaparte

Telegram from Billings, F Cash to Charles J. Bonaparte

Billings F. Cash informs Attorney General Bonaparte that he is convinced that Calvin Cobb and Governor Frank Robert Gooding were involved in timber fraud. The special agents involved in this case – Gorman, Goodwin, and O’Fallon – connected this timber fraud case to a senator who is serving as the prosecution in the trial of the murder of Governor Frank Steunenberg.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-23

Creator(s)

Cash, Billings F. (Billings Franklin), 1859-1924

Letter from Nathan W. Hale to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Nathan W. Hale to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Hale of Tennessee writes to President Roosevelt with information in the interest of building a respectable Republican party in Tennessee. Hale says that Tennessee has been corrupt for 15 years, but under Roosevelt the state organization has been cleaned up. He hopes this will continue under the administration of Secretary of War William H. Taft, Roosevelt’s likely successor. Hale worries about slanderous claims about his nomination and corruption in the Southern faction of the party. He feels he has given up much for the good of the party, and hopes Roosevelt will not believe the charges against him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-17

Creator(s)

Hale, Nathan W. (Nathan Wesley), 1860-1941

Letter from Richard W. Austin to William Loeb

Letter from Richard W. Austin to William Loeb

Richard W. Austin writes to William Loeb to tell him about some of his activities related to the upcoming election. Austin addressed a large crowd at Jacksboro, Tennessee, launching his personal congressional campaign. He also organized a club in support of Secretary of War William H. Taft’s presidential bid. He has encouraged the formation of further clubs in the state. Other Tennessee politicians have announced that President Theodore Roosevelt would accept re-nomination, or have mentioned a possible candidacy of Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou. Austin advises against listening to Nathan W. Hale, Edward Terry Sanford, and Robert S. Sharp in their attempt to have President Roosevelt influence Assistant Attorney General Sanford to become a candidate for Governor, as it would not be in the interest of the Republican party, and the President should not intervene in a local contest.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-12

Creator(s)

Austin, Richard W. (Richard Wilson), 1857-1919

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on legal matters in several states. In North Carolina, Bonaparte has found that many of the jurisdictional problems in the Southern Railway case are due to political posturing, and that Bonaparte’s investigator, Edward Terry Sanford, has found that the federal judge in the case, Jeter Connelly Pritchard, has acted appropriately. Bonaparte encloses a letter regarding Japanese seal poachers and suggests sending naval reinforcements. Bonaparte has directed Assistant Attorney General Alford Warriner Cooley to look into monopolistic actions of railroad and steamship companies in New England that are in possible violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-29

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte submits a detailed analysis of the case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah to President Roosevelt. Bonaparte believes, ultimately, that a postponement in the case against Borah will be necessary. Bonaparte has received reports of charges against Florida judge William B. Sheppard. In North Carolina, Bonaparte believes the situation between the legislature, the railroad, and the Federal government has been resolved, but in future would prefer to let local authorities do their own negotiating.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-01

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte returns a speech with minor suggestions to President Roosevelt, and discusses his strategy in finding a case in which the government could convict and sentence the head of an industrial trust. In North Carolina, Roosevelt could not have altered the dispute between Federal and State authorities in the railroad rate case. Bonaparte passes along some clippings related to the case against Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho. Bonaparte relates the progress in vetting William B. Sheppard for a judgeship in Florida. In New Mexico, Bonaparte says he has examined the charges against New Mexico District Attorney William H. H. Llewellyn, and believes he must be removed from office. Bonaparte will be in Oyster Bay on Friday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-05

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Jonathan Bourne to William Loeb

Letter from Jonathan Bourne to William Loeb

Senator Bourne agrees with William Loeb’s commendation of Attorney General Edward Terry Sanfrod and apologizes if his request for information was a breach of ethics. Bourne hopes that Loeb will soon be able to further enlighten the American electorate. He hopes that Roosevelt will follow their command to seek a second elective term, if it is given. He expects that within 90 days it will be known whether there is a general desire for Roosevelt to run for president again in 1908.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-25

Creator(s)

Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940

Statement by Charles J. Bonaparte regarding writs of habeas corpus in North Carolina

Statement by Charles J. Bonaparte regarding writs of habeas corpus in North Carolina

Attorney General Bonaparte issues a statement regarding the “North Carolina situation.” On July 18, Bonaparte’s attention was called to certain North Carolina state officials who were said to have disregarded writs of habeas corpus issued by Judge Jeter Connelly Pritchard in the case regarding the Southern Railway Company. Assistant Attorney General Edward Terry Sanford was sent to investigate, but found no basis for the accusations. He did, however, find a conflict of jurisdiction between state and federal courts that could “diminish public respect” for the courts. Although Sanford was unable to mediate the situation, an arrangement between the Southern Railroad Company, state, and federal courts has been reported. President Roosevelt played no part in the case, and no military assistance was ever planned. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-28

Creator(s)

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