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On the recordAugust 14, 1911
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval a Joint Resolution for the Admission of the Territories...

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Oct 22, 1911

Executive Order of June 14, 1879, temporarily withdrawing from sale and settlement for Indian uses all of townships 1 and 2 north, ranges 5 and 6 east, in Arizona, lying south of the Salt River, is hereby amended so as to withdraw…

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Aug 21, 1911

I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way.

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Aug 20, 1911

I earnestly hope that Congress will take immediate action in this regard, as recommended by the Secretary of War.

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Aug 16, 1911

Nothing, however, halts business and interferes with the course of prosperity so much as the threatened revision of the tariff.

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