William Taft actually said...

I hope he will take back in his pocket that $300,000 that is necessary to aid him in the great work he is there carrying on.

Address at a Mass Meeting in Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Methodist Episcopal Missions in Africa at Carnegie Hall...

12/12/1909

More William Taft Quotes

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority.

I return herewith, without my approval, House joint resolution No. 14.

I must therefore withhold my approval from this resolution if in fact I do not approve it as a matter of governmental policy.

In other words, the resolution approves the admission of Arizona with the judicial recall, unless the voters themselves repudiate it.