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President Roosevelt is glad his conversation with Senator Hopkins of Illinois enabled Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to offer former Illinois Governor Richard Yates an appointment. He informs Hopkins that Yates refused the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-30
President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Bonaparte in not interfering on behalf of Eugene A. Tucker, but that his lawyer should be punished. He believes that former Illinois Governor Richard Yates could be employed in the powder trust case. In a postscript, Roosevelt discusses how state and local governments use extralegal measures to combat non-governmental entities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-27
President Roosevelt assures Senator Hopkins that the newspapers must have “concocted his remarks, as he does not have any ill feeling toward Hopkins. Roosevelt comments on Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte’s appointment of a special counsel in the Yates matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-22
William Grant Webster writes to William Loeb requesting an audience with President Roosevelt. Webster intends to declare as a candidate for the United States Senate in Illinois for 1908, and he hopes that Roosevelt will endorse the notion that federal office holders in Illinois will allow the people to have a say in the election process.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-12
Vice President Roosevelt and Richard Yates seated on bench. A man can be seen peeking out from the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-08-30
William Loeb states that before action is taken in the case of Lieutenant Commander Carter, President Roosevelt would like to discuss the case with Secretary of the Navy Moody.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-08
President Roosevelt responds to Joseph Gurney Cannon advising him to contact Raymond Patterson for a personal interview concerning the “heavenly twins” (Charles Samuel Deneen and Richard Yates), and the political struggles that are happening within the Illinois Republican party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-27
President Roosevelt states that he has no involvement in offering Governor Yates an ambassadorship in favor of Frank O. Lowden. President Roosevelt tells Frank B. Noyes that no one has approached him and he has “in no way or shape taken any part for or against any man in this contest.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
President Roosevelt denies that a friend of Frank Lowden suggested that he offer Governor Richard Yates a diplomatic position in exchange for Yates’s support of Lowden to fill the governorship. Roosevelt received such a request in favor of Charles S. Deneen. Roosevelt will not take part for or against any candidate for Governor in Illinois or elsewhere.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
President Roosevelt describes a clipping sent by Nicholas Murray Butler and an interview with the editor of the Chicago-Record Herald. The clipping and the editor discussed how federal patronage for ambassador or minister positions could be used for swaying voters in the upcoming governor election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-17
Attorney General Bonaparte gives President Roosevelt details about his encounter with former Illinois Governor Richard Yates. Yates has been offered a job with the Department of Justice and is unsure if he will accept it. Bonaparte is sorry to hear that Solicitor General Henry Martyn Hoyt is having surgery and will be incapacitated for some time. In a postscript, Bonaparte adds that he has spoken with Cardinal James Gibbons. Among other matters, they agree the government should not involve itself in the lawsuit between the Catholic Church and Puerto Rico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-21
William E. Mason explains the political situation in Illinois and asks James Sullivan Clarkson to bring several matters to President Roosevelt’s attention. Mason has traveled extensively and his impression is that most people want Roosevelt to seek another term in 1908. If Mason is nominated for the Senate, he, unlike Representative William Lorimer and Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, will support Roosevelt over Secretary of War Taft. Mason is concerned that the plan to hire former Governor of Illinois Richard Yates for the prosecution of trusts in Illinois is part of an effort to influence the Senatorial election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-22
Pamphlet on Richard Yates’s election as Governor of Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05
A. L. French writes to William Loeb about Governor Yates. French asks Loeb to pass along the contents of his letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-27
Frank S. Witherbee forwards a letter he recently received from Illinois Governor Richard Yates, who asks that President Roosevelt express to Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullom and Representative Joseph Gurney Cannon that Yates is Roosevelt’s friend. Yates believes this will stop them from working to prevent delegates from supporting Yates in the Illinois Republican State Convention. Witherbee mentions he notified Yates that Roosevelt will most likely remain neutral.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-26
Joseph Gurney Cannon writes about political struggles in Illinois involving Charles S. Deneen, Frank O. Lowden, and Richard Yates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-24
William Kent writes about the “Illinois situation.” He predicts that Richard Yates will be defeated if renominated as the Republican nominee for governor of Illinois. Kent also comments on the likely outcome for Illinois politicians Frank O. Lowden, Charles S. Deneen, William Lorimer, and Martin B. Madden.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
In order to put an end to the rumors that Theodore Roosevelt is the instigator behind a movement to prevent the renomination of Richard Yates as Governor of Illinois, Edward Forshee asks Roosevelt to write a letter to the citizens of Illinois stating that he is not opposed to Yates’ renomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
N. B. Travis defends Frank O. Lowden against attacks from the anti-Republican press of Chicago, Illinois. Travis states that railway employees support Lowden’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
With the Illinois Republican State Convention taking a recess, newspaperman Frank B. Noyes writes concerning the support for Illinois politician Frank O. Lowden, whom Noyes describes as “an exceedingly weak candidate.” Noyes asks that President Roosevelt speak with Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullom about shifting his support from Lowden to Charles Samuel Deneen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-21