William Taft actually said...

"I am glad to be here at the meeting of the Republican Club on Lincoln's birthday."

"I recommend that favorable action be taken by the Congress."

"At present there is manhood suffrage in the island, and, as a very large percentage of the voters are unable to read or write, the electorate is not one which should be intrusted with the government."

"It is much better in the interests of the people of the island that the suffrage should be limited by an educational and property qualification."