Bill Taft: “They recalled that the Pretorian Guard of Rome was an instrument in furthering the ambition of those who would suppress…”

There is no difference between the reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lands still retained by the Government in the United States proper and those which exist in Alaska.

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.

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.

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…