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Representative Jenkins is concerned that the railroad industry wants to remove President Roosevelt from office. He does not believe they understand the legal process involving congress. Jenkins is monitoring the situation and believes that organizing interstate commerce under federal regulation will help the situation.
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1907-04-05
Judge Jones writes to President Roosevelt concerning a piece of legislation before the House Judicial Committee that would reapportion judicial districts in Alabama, causing Jones to lose some of the territory over which he currently has jurisdiction. Jones is unable to speak before the Committee in person and has learned of a plot to shorten the time he would have to respond to the bill in writing. Jones asks Roosevelt to ensure there will be enough time to make a reply.
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1905-02-04
John James Jenkins, following his memo from earlier in the day, sends President Roosevelt another resolution.
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1905-01-05
President Roosevelt informs Representative Littlefield that the official notice of the specific names and cases he calls for would require the named parties to be heard. This would commit Roosevelt to prosecuting “certain judges” before the House Judiciary Committee, which would be unwise.
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1908-05-02
President Roosevelt sends Representative Jenkins, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, a report he received from Secretary of State Elihu Root regarding the charges made by Lorrin A. Andrews against Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfley, as well as a copy of his response.
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1908-03-02
President Roosevelt tells Representative Jenkins that he is expecting a written opinion from Secretary of State Elihu Root regarding the charges against Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfley. Once Roosevelt receives the opinion, he will send it to the Committee on the Judiciary, along with the information that the executive department has that is relevant to the inquiry the committee is conducting.
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1908-02-25
President Roosevelt is convinced that there is abuse relating to life insurance in Washington D.C. He asks Representative Babcock of the Committee of the District of Columbia to meet with Superintendent of Insurance Thomas F. Drake and “secure a bill” that will solve the problem.
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1907-02-16
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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1905-02-23
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon advises President Roosevelt that it may be wise to notify John James Jenkins, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, that Roosevelt expects an opinion from Secretary of State Elihu Root regarding the charges against Judge Lebbus R. Wilfley, and that he will provide it to the committee once he has it.
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1908-02-25
Representative Jenkins, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, informs President Roosevelt that the committee has been directed to investigate Lebbus R. Wilfley, judge of the United States Court for China. Jenkins understands that Roosevelt has independently started an investigation, and mentions that the committee would be pleased to have the information that this other investigation has produced, if such a thing is agreeable to Roosevelt.
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1908-02-24
Representative Jenkins writes to William Loeb that he is confident there will be no legislation this session covering the subject Loeb wrote about in his last letter. If the Alabama delegation asks for it, the Judiciary Committee may grant them a hearing.
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1905-02-08