Bill Taft: “I thank you, my friends, from the bottom of my heart for this cordial reception.”

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

I think it to be greatly in the interest of fair dealing, which ought always to be encouraged by law.

I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.

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.