Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1912 — Roosevelt Didn’t Permit Suit. [ARTICLE]

Roosevelt Didn’t Permit Suit.

Former Attorney-General Bonaparte now explains that he “had forgotten the existence” of the letter from President Roosevelt directing him “not to file the suit (against the Harvester trust) until I hear from you.” And he adds: “I did after receiving it just exactly what I would have done if I hadn’t received it —that is to say, I completed the departmental inquiry and then reported to the president that I thought the suit should be brought.” But the suit against the Harvester trust was not filed- Mr. Roosevelt did not permit it.