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On the recordMarch 6, 1911
I do not hesitate to say that you have been the object of one of the most unscrupulous conspiracies for the defamation of character that history can show.
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Robert Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Letter to Richard A. Ballinger Accepting His Resignation as Secretary of the Interior

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Jun 19, 1911

The need is urgent for legislation which will prevent the raising of false hopes of speedy cures of serious ailments by misstatements of fact as to worthless mixtures on which the sick will rely while their diseases progress unchecked.

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Jun 19, 1911

Fraudulent misrepresentations of the curative value of nostrums not only operate to defraud purchasers, but are a distinct menace to the public health.

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Aug 14, 1911

In dealing with the courts, which are the cornerstone of good government, and in which not only the voters, but the nonvoters and nonresidents, have a deep interest as a security for their rights of life, liberty, and property, no matter what the future action of the State may be, it is necessary for the authority which is primarily responsible for its creation to assert in no doubtful tones the necessity for an independent and untrammeled judiciary.

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Jul 25, 1911

The tract above described is hereby restored to the public domain.

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