Sep 8, 1910
no person will be permitted to purchase more than four quarter sections, or at a less price than two dollars per acre.
William 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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Sep 4, 1910
As President of the United States I have, as it were, inherited this policy, and I rejoice in my heritage.
Sep 4, 1910
I urge that no good can come from meetings of this sort unless we ascribe to those who take part in them, and who are apparently striving worthily in the cause, all proper motives.
Sep 4, 1910
What I can do in the cause I shall do, not as President of a party, but as President of the whole people.
Sep 4, 1910
The problems are of very great difficulty and call for the calmest consideration and clearest foresight.
Jul 6, 1910
It is hereby ordered that Executive order dated August 25, 1877, setting aside certain described land in the State of California for Indian purposes, be, and the same hereby is, revoked in so far as it relates to the south half of section…
Jun 30, 1910
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands in the State of Idaho, viz: All that part of T. 15 S., R. 4 E., Boise meridian, lying and being west of a line formed by extending the east boundary line of the Duck Valley Indian…
Jun 30, 1910
by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Act of Congress approved June seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and ten (Public No. 215), do hereby proclaim and make known that all the lands within what was formerly the…
Jun 24, 1910
The total of the bill, $52,000,000, is not unduly large, but the policy of small appropriations with a great many different enterprises without provision for their completion is unwise.
Jun 24, 1910
The proper policy, it seems to me, is to determine from the many projects proposed and recommended what are the most important, and then to proceed to complete them with due dispatch, and then to take up others and do the same thing with…
Jun 24, 1910
I do not think, therefore, the defects of the bill which I have pointed out will justify the postponement of all this important work.
Jun 20, 1910
I fully indorse the views of the Secretary in this particular, which are set forth in his letter, transmitted herewith, and urge upon the Congress an early consideration of the subject.
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