Dec 12, 1909
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.
Bill Taft
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William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his trust-busting policies and efforts to promote international trade. After his presidency, Taft continued to serve the nation as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1930, making him the only person to have held both the presidency and the chief justiceship. His tenure as Chief Justice was marked by a commitment to judicial restraint and the rule of law.
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Dec 12, 1909
I am just about as much surprised at being here as you are at seeing me.
Dec 9, 1909
Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to excavate, appropriate, injure or destroy any of the objects hereby reserved, nor to settle upon any of the lands contained within the boundaries of this reservation.
Dec 8, 1909
such influence as I can bring to bear you can count on my bringing to bear in favor of the Ohio River.
Dec 8, 1909
I observe that there are a number of gentlemen who think that I cast a wet blanket over the convention yesterday by what I said there.
Dec 8, 1909
The improvement of the Ohio River is not alone to improve the Ohio River and help the States along its border.
Dec 8, 1909
The presence of gubernatorial timber on that trip sweetens every recollection of the trip.
Dec 8, 1909
All I can hope is that you shall find enough disinterested people in the country to support the Ohio improvement.
Dec 8, 1909
I am only a coordinate branch of this Government and the least important of those branches.
Dec 8, 1909
You have six locks now completed, and where those six locks operate, the success of the system of slack water has been demonstrated.
Dec 7, 1909
You may insist that a policy ought to be adopted, and you have insisted, and I do not doubt that you have—indeed I know you have—made that distinguished member of Congress, the head of the Rivers and Harbors Committee, sit up nights to…
Dec 7, 1909
I venture to say that in your whole experience you have never met men of a higher standard of character, of a higher devotion to public duty, and of greater skill in their profession than those same army engineers.
Dec 7, 1909
They have not come to a definite conclusion as to the policy that ought to be adopted, but they have come to the conclusion that some policy must be adopted.
Dec 7, 1909
You are getting, as the boys and girls used to say in 'finding the button'—you are getting warm.
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