William Taft actually said...

The results of the opium commission, held at Shanghai last spring at the invitation of the United States, have been laid before the Government.

Message to the Congress Recommending Legislative Action for the Suppression of the Opium Evil

01/10/1911

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There may be a change of persons, but the government of the United States is in the people of the United States and there are a good many of...

Well, the government of the United States is here all the time.

So it is I am here, after having traversed I don't know how many states and visited I do not know how many cities.

The executive proposes and congress disposes.