Bill Taft: “I should be glad to regard what has happened only as a personal reflection, so that I could pass it over and take no…”

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

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