Bill Taft: “Popular government we have because we believe in the long run that it is the best government.”

Now, I hope that it has taken the railroads out of politics.

It is believed that the following described land, to wit: Lot three of section two, in township twenty-two north, of range twenty-four west, of the Montana Meridian, in the State of Montana, is a natural and prospective center of population

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

I can not close this message without inviting the attention of Congress again to the necessity for the erection of a building to contain the public archives.