William Taft actually said...

"I hope and pray that success may attend you in your profession and that real happiness will come to you and yours when you return to that community where you live, and whose members know your worth as..."

"by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both Houses of the Congress of the United States"

"to the end that they may consider and determine whether the Congress shall, by the necessary legislation, make operative the agreement"

"I recommend the approval of the same by the Congress."