See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

HOWARD See also:

• TAFT, LORADO (186o— )
• WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857— )

TAFT (1857— )  , the twenty-seventh See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, on the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1857 . His See also:

• FATHER

father; See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso See also:

• TAFT, LORADO (186o— )
• TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD (1857— )

Taft (1810—1891), born in See also:

• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES (1725-1767)
• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT (1674-1738)
• TOWNSHEND, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, 1ST MARQUESS (1724-1807)

Townshend, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, graduated at Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1833, became a See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor there, studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at the Yale Law School, was admitted to the See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1838, removed to Cincinnati in 1839, and became one of the most influential citizens of Ohio . He served as See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the See also:

• SUPERIOR

Superior See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court (1865—72), as secretary of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war (1876) and as See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the United States (1876—77) in President See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant's See also:

• CABINET

cabinet; and as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria-See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary (1882—84) and to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia (1884—85) . See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard Taft attended the public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of Cincinnati, graduated at the See also:

• WOODWARD, JOHN
• WOODWARD, SAMUEL (179o-1838)

Woodward High School of that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in 1874, and in the autumn entered Yale College, where he took high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as a student and was prominent in athletics and in the social See also:

• LIFE

life of the institution . He graduated second (salutatorian) in his class in 1878, and began to study law in Cincinnati College, where he graduated in 188o, dividing the first See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar-See also:

• SHIP

ship . He was admitted to the Ohio bar in r880 . For a few months he worked as a legal reporter for the Cincinnati Times (owned by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother C . P . Taft), and then for the Cincinnati Commercial . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1881 he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county (in which Cincinnati is situated), but resigned in 1882 on being appointed See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue of the United States for the first See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Ohio . The See also:

• WORK

work was distasteful, however, and in 1883 he resigned to return to the law . From 1885 to 1887 he served as assistant See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor of Hamilton county, and in the latter See also:

• YEAR

year was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Ohio to fill a vacancy .

He was elected by the See also:

• PEOPLE

people in the next year and served until 189o, when he was appointed solicitor-general of the United States by President See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison . His work in connexion with the drafting of the See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-See also:

• TRUST

Trust See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act and with the See also:

• BERING (BEHRING), VITUS (1680-1741)

Bering See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea controversy attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . In 1892 he was appointed a judge of the See also:

• SIXTH

Sixth See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

Circuit, United States Court, and became known as a fearless See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of the law . Several decisions were particularly objectionable to organized labour . The first of these, decided in 189o, upheld the See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict of a See also:

• JURY

jury awarding See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages to the Moores See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

Lime See also:

• COMPANY

Company, which had sustained a secondary See also:

• BOYCOTT

boycott because it had sold material to a contractor who had been boycotted by Bricklayers' See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union No . 1 . The second decision See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew out of the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt of the Brotherhood of See also:

• LOCOMOTIVE

Locomotive See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers to prevent other roads from accepting See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight from the See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo, See also:

• ANN

Ann Arbor & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan railroad, against which a " legal " strike had been declared . Judge Taft granted an See also:

• INJUNCTION (from Lat. injungere, to fasten, or attach to, to lay a burden or charge on, to enjoin)

injunction (7th See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1893) against the See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania railroad, making P . M . See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Brotherhood, a party, and called See also:

• RULE

Rule 12, forbidding engineers to haul the freight, criminal . During the See also:

• GREAT

great railway strikes of 1894 See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene V . Debs, president of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Railway Union, sent one See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank W .

Phelan to tie up See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic in and around Cincinnati . The See also:

• RECEIVER

receiver of the Cincinnati, New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans & See also:

• TEXAS

Texas Pacific railway applied for an injunction against Phelan and others, which was granted . Phelan disobeyed the injunction and on the 13th of See also:

• JULY

July 1894 was sentenced to jail for six months for contempt . The See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine that " the See also:

• STARVATION

starvation of a nation cannot be the lawful purpose of a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination " was announced, and Judge Taft said further that " if there is any See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army cf the United States to run those trains, the trains will be run." In 1896—1900 Judge Taft was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor and See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of the law See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the University of Cincinnati . A See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement to elect Mr Taft president of Yale University gained some strength in 1898—99, but was promptly checked by him, on the ground that the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a great university should be primarily an educationalist . In 190o he was asked by President See also:

• MCKINLEY, WILLIAM (1843—1901)

McKinley to accept the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of the Philippine See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission charged with the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the islands . Though he had been opposed to the acquisition of the Philippines, he did not believe that the inhabitants were capable of self-See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and he foresaw some of the difficulties of the position . Yielding, however, to the urgent See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of the president and his cabinet, he accepted and served from the 13th of March 'goo to the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1904 . On the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• CIVIL

civil government in the islands, on the 4th of July 1901, he became See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, ex officio . The task of constructing a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of government from the bottom, of reconciling the conflicting and often jealously sensitive elements, called for tact, firmness, See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry and deep insight into human nature, all of which Governor Taft displayed in a marked degree . (See PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.) The religious orders had been driven out during the insurrection, but held See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to large tracts of See also:

• LAND

land which many Filipinos and some Americans wished to confiscate . This delicate See also:

• MATTER

matter was arranged by Mr Taft in a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal interview with See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo XIII. in the summer of 1902 .

The pope sent a See also:

• SPECIAL

special delegate to appraise the lands, and the sum of $7,239,000 was paid in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1903 . Mr Taft gained great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence among the more conservative Filipinos, and their entreaties to him to remain influenced him to decline the offer of a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place upon the Supreme See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench offered by President See also:

• ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858— )

Roosevelt in 1902 . Finally, feeling that his work was accomplished, Mr . Taft returned to the United States to become secretary of war from the 1st of February 1904 . With a party of congressmen he visited the Philippines on a tour of inspection July-September Igo5, and in September 1906, on the downfall of the Cuban See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic and the intervention of See also:

• AMERICA

America, he took temporary See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of affairs in that See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island (September—See also:

• OCTOBER

October) . In the next year (March—See also:

• APRIL

April) he inspected the See also:

• PANAMA

Panama See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal and also visited See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba and See also:

• PORTO

Porto Rico . He again visited the Philippines to open the first legislative See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly (16th October 1907), and returned by way of the Trans-Siberian railway . On this tour he visited See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, and on the 2nd of October, at See also:

• TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo, made a speech which had an important effect in quieting the apprehensions of the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese on the See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of the treatment of their oeople on the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . With the approach of the presidential See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1908, President Roosevelt reiterated his See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge not to accept another nomination, and threw his immense influence in favour of Mr Taft . At the Republican See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention held in See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, in See also:

• JUNE

June, Mr Taft was nominated on the first See also:

• BALLOT (from Ital. ballotta, dim. of balla, a ball)

ballot, receiving 702 out of 980 votes See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast . See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James S . Sherman of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York was nominated for See also:

• VICE

Vice-President .

During the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign many prominent labour leaders opposed the election of Mr Taft, on the ground that his decisions while on the bench had been unfriendly to organized labour . In the campaign Mr Taft boldly defendedhis course from the See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, and apparently lost few votes on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of this opposition . At the ensuing election in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, Taft and Sherman received 321 electoral votes against 162 cast for William Jennings Bryan_and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John W . See also:

• KERN, JAN HENDRIK (1833– )

Kern, the Democratic candidates . In his inaugural address (4th March 1909) President Taft' announced himself as favouring the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance and enforcement of the reforms initiated by President Roosevelt (including a strict enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, an effective measure for railway See also:

• RATE

rate regulation, and the policy of conservation of natural resources); the revision of the See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff on the basis of affording See also:

• PROTECTION

protection to American manufactures equal to the difference between See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home and See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign cost of See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production; a graduated See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance tax; a strong See also:

• NAVY

navy as the best See also:

• GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace; postal savings See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks; See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade with the Philippine Islands; and See also:

• MAIL

mail subsidies for American See also:

• SHIPS

ships . He also announced his See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope to bring about a better understanding between the North and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South, and to aid in the See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of the See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro problem . In accordance with his pre-election pledge, See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress was called to meet in extra session on the 15th of March to revise the tariff . Hearings had been previously held by the Ways and Means See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives, and a measure was promptly reported . After passing the House it was sent to the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, where it was much changed . The final See also:

• PAYNE, PETER (c. 138o-1455)

Payne-See also:

• ALDRICH, HENRY (1647-1710)
• ALDRICH, NELSON WILMARTH (1841- )
• ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY (1836-1907)

Aldrich Act was approved by the President on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1909, though in many respects it was not the measure he desired . The wish to meet people of the different sections of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and to explain his position upon the questions of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day led the President to begin (14th September 1909), a tour which included the Pacific coast, the South-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Valley and the South See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic states, and during which he travelled 13,000 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles and made 266 speeches . Mr Taft delivered the See also:

• DODGE, THEODORE AYRAULT (1842–1909)

Dodge lectures at Yale University in 1906 on the Responsibilities of Citizenship,) published as' Four Aspects of Civic See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

Duty (1906) .

Some of his See also:

• POLITICAL

political speeches have been published under the titles See also:

• PRESENT

Present Day Problems (1908), and Polticial Issues and Outlooks (1909) .