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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Curry

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Curry

President Roosevelt informs Governor Curry of New Mexico of his upcoming discussion with Ormsby McHarg. Roosevelt insists Curry’s subordinates meet standards of honesty. He requests Curry look into former Governor of New Mexico Territory Herbert J. Hagerman’s use of public money and supposes that Willard S. Hopewell and George W. Pritchard have already been removed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the New York Short Ballot Organization

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the New York Short Ballot Organization

Theodore Roosevelt has read the New York Short Ballot Organization’s pamphlet on applying short ballot principles to New York and approves of their proposals. He agrees that the “little offices” should be removed from politics and that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor should be the only elective state officers. Roosevelt believes the short ballot would also lessen the power of political machines and generally benefit the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward A. Eames

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward A. Eames

President Roosevelt discussed the matter that Edward A. Eames wrote about with C. Hart Merriam, and concluded that the men in question are state, and not federal officials. Thus, Roosevelt does not have anything to do with the matter. Roosevelt reminds Eames, who asked about adequate punishment for the game protector, that although Roosevelt believes that the man was guilty of “foul murder,” he was killed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-24

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte attempts to dissuade President Roosevelt from a recommendation he had made that all papers containing charges against United States Attorney for the Territory of New Mexico William H. H. Llewellyn be destroyed. Bonaparte assures Roosevelt that the papers are being kept confidential, and believes that destroying them could potentially be illegal in any case. Bonaparte also disagrees with Roosevelt’s suggestion that Assistant Attorney General Henry Martyn Hoyt go to New Mexico accompanied by a “New Mexico contingent,” as doing so could hurt the image of impartiality the Department of Justice is trying to portray.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-22

Report from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Report from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte reports on the results of an investigation conducted by the Office of the Attorney General into complaints made against U.S. Attorney for the Territory of New Mexico and former Rough Rider William H. H. Llewellyn. Bonaparte has found Llewellyn partially or fully culpable in all of the charges leveled against him, including conspiracy towards the illegal sale of public land, failure to make payment on a bill, and disregarding the wishes of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp and the Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield. Bonaparte concludes that the results of this investigation, coupled with Llewellyn’s generally lackluster performance and failure to gain the trust of either the citizenry or fellow public officials, means that Llewellyn should retire from his post.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-19

Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt

Otto Gresham writes that he saw the noted journalist “Marse” Henry Watterson at the Chicago Club. Watterson predicts that President Roosevelt will be reelected. Gresham also discusses chairmanship of the Indiana committee and mentions the loyalty of Volney T. Malott to Roosevelt. He also writes that Delavan Smith, publisher of The Indianapolis News, believes that James F. Hanly might be elected governor of Indiana.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-08

The Republican Christmas tree

The Republican Christmas tree

A large Christmas tree is decorated with ornaments labeled with political offices and presidential appointments. Thomas Collier Platt and Matthew S. Quay, who is dressed as a woman, are standing in front of the tree. In queues on both sides are diminutive figures anxiously awaiting their presents, including from right to left, Jerry Simpson, Joseph B. Foraker, William E. Chandler, William McKinley, Whitelaw Reid, Thomas B. Reed, Levi P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison, William B. Allison, George F. Hoar, John Sherman, Chauncey M. Depew, and Robert T. Lincoln. Caption: The two big bosses have full charge of it, and the most obedient boys will come in for the best gifts.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-12-25