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Marshal Johnson asks whether he should decline chairmanship of the Georgia State Republican Committee. The committee will not be called together until after the National Convention finishes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-26
Benjamin F. Tracy suggests that the attorney general examine a recent Pension Order and set forth the grounds for it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-22
Henry Martyn Hoyt responds to a request from President Roosevelt for legal advice concerning Japan’s request to lay a cable from Yokohama, Japan, to Guam. Because of Japan’s conflict with Russia, its telegraphic communications with other nations have been suspended. Hoyt discusses whether it would be seen as “hostility” toward Russia if the United States, as a neutral nation, grants Japan’s request. From a legal standpoint, he sees no reason why the U.S. should not grant the request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
Solomon F. Stahl, a U.S. Marshal in Arkansas, offers his services to Eugene F. Ware and to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
The names of the additional delegates to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists have been added to the list.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-13
President Roosevelt has done everything he can for Lord & Hewlett in their suit against the Department of Agriculture, and he does not believe the case can be furthered.
1903-08
President Roosevelt would like the Department of Justice to investigate the labor unrest in Colorado.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-25
James N. Tyner’s letter to President Roosevelt has been received and forwarded to the Department of Justice. A report by the Department of Justice confirms that the action taken in removing Tyner from office and the statements made by Roosevelt to Congress were warranted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-24
An over-sized man labeled “The Individual” casts a shadow labeled “Incorporation” which is caused by a light, on the left, held by a “Corporation Lawyer” and a “Corporation Legislator.” On the right, a female figure labeled “Dept. of Justice,” carrying a shield and a fasces, assails the shadow. Caption: “Whatever of wrong there is, is not the fault of the Corporation, but of the officials in charge of it. And for the individual committing the offense there should be punishment.”–Alton B. Parker.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-11-02
Uncle Sam stands next to a cannon labeled “Dept. of Justice” that is shooting at a floating target labeled, from the outer rim to bull’s-eye, “Scapegoats and Dummies, Appraisers, Inspectors, and Weighers, Trust Supt. and Managers, Corrupt Civil Service Officials, Sugar Trust Directors, [and] High Govt. Officers.” The target has two holes on the bottom. Uncle Sam is telling the shooter to “aim higher.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-12-08
Notary commission appointing Nelson D. Adams a notary public for the District of Columbia.
1903-02-09
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921
Notary commission appointing David W. Gall a notary public for the District of Columbia.
1906-03-24
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917
President Roosevelt denounces the “representatives of predatory wealth” and congratulates Attorney General Bonaparte and the Department of Justice for enforcing the law against the wealthiest corporations and the most powerful individuals “as resolutely and fearlessly as against the humblest citizen.”
1908-01-02
President Roosevelt denies using his office to influence the nomination of any presidential candidate. He provides a detailed list of the appointments he has made in the last eleven months to show that all of these appointments would have been made even if there were not an upcoming election.
1908-02-01
Henry Martyn Hoyt encloses a copy of his reply to the request of Postmaster General Payne for an opinion concerning the liability of Baltimore Postmaster S. Davies Warfield. Hoyt will advise Attorney General Knox to discuss the matter with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30
Edgar S. Wilson relays plans to meet with Mr. Baldwin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-31
Philander C. Knox confirms that he wrote to attorney John G. Milburn on October 7 regarding the case of New York Congressman, Lucius Nathan Littauer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-23
Attorney General Knox recommends Daniel Thew Wright of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, District of Columbia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-19
William Alonzo Day informs President Roosevelt that Mr. Taylor and Henry Martyn Hoyt will forward a report about Colorado officers. Day also writes that the charges by Samuel M. Brosius are being investigated. Marshal Colbert will send an explanation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-05
James McReynolds writes to President Roosevelt to report information from the Department of Justice, including an investigation of officers residing in Indian Territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-21