10/09/1909
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"Now, my friends, I do not know what I am going to talk about exactly."
"I think it wise to apply to Congress for relief by urging the passage of an enabling act, which shall permit the Secretary of the Interior to issue bonds in the sum of $10,000,000 or more, to complete..."
"The Executive can recommend but the legislature must enact."
"I am the last man to pardon or mitigate wrongs against the public or against the individual."