Bill Taft: “Gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you here.”

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

The purpose of this exclusion is to restore the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation in all respects to the status existing prior to the said proclamation of March 2, 1909, as though the inclusion of the lands within the Sitgreaves…

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