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Bill Taft: “It will strain the digestion not only of myself and those who accompany me, but also of the many who extend hospitality…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1909
It will strain the digestion not only of myself and those who accompany me, but also of the many who extend hospitality along the way; and it will very considerably reduce the appropriation of $25,000 made by Congress for the traveling expenses of the President.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks at the Banquet of the Boston Chamber of Commerce in Boston, Massachusetts

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