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Abbott, Lyman, 123–124 Taft’s comments on, in 1912 acceptance speech acceptance speech, 169 by Roosevelt in 1904, 67 Arthur, Chester, 10 , 11 by Taft in 1908, 94–95 Article X, League of Nations Covenant, by Taft in 1912, 168–170 186–187 , 188 accidents, industrial and liability, 29–30 , assistant county solicitor, Taft as, 15 33–34 assistant to Cincinnati prosecutor, Taft Adams, Henry, 95 as, 10 Adams, John Quincy, 129 Associate Justices. See justices, Supreme Addams, Jane, 128 Court Addyston case, 34–36 assumption of risk, 37 administration, approaches of Taft and attorney, Taft as, 15–17 Roosevelt to, 94–95 age, of justices, 96 , 121–122 , 192 Bailey, Joseph, 106 aggressiveness of Taft’s 1912 campaign, Bailey, Thomas, 103 158–163 Ballinger, Richard Aldrich, Nelson, 104 , 107 Ballinger–Pinchot controversy, ambitions, of Helen Taft, 23 , 62 108–117 amendment, income tax, 106–107 replacement of, 138–140 American Railway Union strike, 30–33 Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Anderson, Donald, 104 , 105–106 Railway Co., v. William Voight Anderson, Judith, 6–7 case, 33–34 annual message to Congress, by Bancroft, George, 197 Roosevelt, 78–79 , 86 Bannard, Otto, 139 Anthony, Carl, 4 , 23 Bar exam, Taft’s, 9 anthracite coal strike of 1902, 60 Beard, Charles, 176–175 antitrust law bells, case involving casting of, 21 Addyston case, 34–36 Bering Sea fi shing-rights debate, 26 law suit against U.S. Steel, Bernstein, Michael, 160 146–149 Beveridge, Albert, 107–108 Roosevelt’s stand on, versus that of Bible reading case, Ohio Superior Taft, 196 , 197 Court, 4–5 Taft’s campaign for, 143–146 big business

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big business (cont.) Taft’s appointment of White as, antitrust campaign, 143–149 123–127 Taft’s stand on, 96 , 97 Cincinnati, Ohio. See also Superior Court Bishop, George, 163 of Cincinnati black persons, discussion of, in Taft’s case concerning Bible reading in inaugural address, 98–99 schools, 4–5 Blaine, James G., 13 overview, 3 The Blood of Government: Race, William Taft as assistant to prosecutor Empire, the United States, and the of, 10 Philippines (Kramer), 41 Cincinnati Bell Foundry Co. v. John B. Blum, John Morton, 37 Dodds et al . case, 21 Boardman, Mabel, 77 , 130–132 Cincinnati Orchestra, establishment Bonaparte, Charles, 167 of, 29 boycotts, secondary, 21–23 , 31–33 , 100 circuit judge, Taft Brandegee, Frank, 179–180 , 190–191 appointment as, 28–29 Brandeis, Louis, 114 , 181–182 , 184 end of career as, 37–38 bricklayers, case involving union of, major decisions as, 29–37 21–23 civil government in Philippines. Bryan, William Jennings, 83 See Philippine Commission Buenker, John, 36 classical legal thought, 16–17 Bull Moose Convention, 168 Cleveland, Grover, 13 Butt, Archie, 144, 158–159 coal strike of 1902, 60 coeducation, 7 cabinet, of Taft, 91–95 , 162 Collector of Internal Revenue, Taft as, calibrated colonialism, 50 10–12 campaigns, presidential. See specifi c colonialism, calibrated, 50 entries beginning with “presidential commissions campaign” Taft’s use of, 196 Campbell, Thomas, 13 , 15–16 tariff, 140–142 , 169 Canada, proposal for tariff reciprocity conference committee, in tariff battle of between U.S. and, 147 1909, 107 Cannon, Joseph Congress ouster of, by House insurgents, 102, 1910 congressional elections, 132–135 105 , 118–119 inquiry regarding Ballinger–Pinchot in Republican party crisis, 83–86 controversy, 113–114 tariff reform, 104 , 141 ouster of Cannon by insurgents, capitalism, 17, 96 , 97 , 184 , 197 118–119 casting bells, case involving, 21 Roosevelt’s message to in 1908, Century Association, nomination of Taft 78–79 , 86 for membership in, 178 Taft’s dealings with during tariff battle Chaffee, Adna, 44–47 of 1909, 103–107 chairman of 1912 Republican tariff commission, 140–142 Convention, 164–165, 166 consecutive presidential terms, limit on, Chief Forester, Pinchot as, 108–117 159 Chief Justice, Supreme Court conservation, 108–117 , 196–197 promotion of justices to, 124–126 conservatism, of Taft, 129 , 150 , 195–199 Roosevelt’s hints about appointing Taft constitutional amendment, income tax, as, 71 106–107 Taft as, 190–193, 199 constitutionalism, Taft’s focus on, 175

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consultation, by Taft before making of 1916, 176–177 decisions, 62 of 1916, 182 contract, liberty of, 33–34 , 35–36 of 1920, 189–190 contributory negligence, 37 Emery, Henry C., 141 , 169 Convention, Republican, of 1912, England, dispute with regarding Bering 164–166 Sea fi shing rights, 26 corporate law, 143–149. executive governance See also antitrust law difference in approaches of Taft and corporate lawyers, in Taft’s cabinet, 95 Roosevelt to, 136–137 corruption Taft’s ideas concerning, 98 , in Philippines, 51–52 103–107 , 196 Taft’s views on as young man, 11–12 expertise in government, 140–143 , county solicitor, Taft as assistant, 15 160 courts. See also specifi c courts by name authority to issue injunctions in fellow servant rule, 29–30 industrial disputes, 100–101 feminine rights, 7 civil, under Philippine Commission, fi esta politics, 50 44–48 Fifteenth Amendment, discussion of, in criticism of by Roosevelt in 1910, Taft’s inaugural address, 98 133–134 Fisher, Walter L., 139–140 in progressive view, 128 fi shing rights debate, Bering Sea, 26 Taft’s appreciation of, 16–17 Foraker, Joseph, 12 , 17–19 , 24 Taft’s reaction to comments on by foreign policy, Taft’s support of Wilson’s, Roosevelt, 86 179 , 182–183 , 185–190 courtship, Taft’s, 14–15 Forest Service and Ballinger–Pinchot cross-country trips controversy, 108–117 by Taft during 1911, 150–151 freedom, individual, during Gilded by Taft during fi rst year in offi ce, 108 Age, 16 Crunden, Robert, 36 Garfi eld, James Daugherty, Harry M., 191 1910 congressional elections, 134 Day, William, 43 , 61 , 191 , 192 complaints to Roosevelt about Taft, decisiveness of Taft, 40 , 62 113 , 114–115 Democratic Party conservation, 109 in 1884 presidential elections, 13 removal of Pinchot, 114 tariff issue in 1911, 141–142 Roosevelt’s possibilities for discrimination, racial, 49–53 renomination, 150 Taft’s choices for cabinet, 92–94 early career, Taft’s, 10–13 Taft’s decision not to retain as E.C. Knight case, 35 Secretary of Interior, 136 education, Taft’s, 6–9 Taft’s possibility for elected offi ce, former presidents in, 129 reelection, 152 elections, congressional, of 1910, Taft’s replacement of Ballinger with 132–135 Fisher, 140 elections, presidential Gilded Age, legal thought in, 16–17 of 1884, 13 Glavis, Louis, 109–110 , 111 , 114 of 1904, 64–65 goals, of Taft’s administration, 97–101 of 1908, 83 Gompers, Samuel, 79 , 101 of 1912, 170–173 GOP. See Republican Party

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Gould, Lewis inaugural address, Taft’s, 97–101 1912 elections, 171 inclusionary racial formation, 50 antitrust campaign of Taft, 144 income tax, in tariff battle of 1909, 107 lack of correspondence between independence, of Philippines, 66–67 Roosevelt and Taft, 129–130 independent judiciary, Taft’s focus Southern support for Taft, 127 on, 159 tariff battle of 1909, 103 individual liberty, during Gilded Age, 16 U.S. Steel lawsuit, 147 industrial accidents and liability, 29–30, government 33–34 difference in approaches of Taft and industry Roosevelt to, 94–95, 136–137 American Railway Union strike, 30–33 power of Philippine Commission to authority of courts to issue injunctions establish, 46–47 in disputes, 100–101 governorship blacks in, discussion of, in Taft’s of Ohio, 1883 campaign for, 12 inaugural address, 99 of Philippines, Taft in, 56 labor violence and, 17 Grant, Robert, 154–156 Moores case, 21–23 Guam, as destination for exiled Taft’s stand on big business, 96 , 97 Filipinos, 48 tariff battle of 1909, 102–108 initiative, referendum, and recall. habeas corpus, under Philippine See judicial recall Commission, 44–48 injunctions, authority of courts to issue Hammer v. Dagenhart case, 61 in industrial disputes, 100–101 Hanna, Mark, 31 inquiry, Congressional, regarding Harding, Warren Ballinger–Pinchot controversy, 1920 election, 189–190 113–114 Taft’s appointment to Chief Justiceship insurgents by, 190–193 Roosevelt’s view of, 132–133 Harlan, John Marshall, 34 , 56 , 125 Taft’s reaction to ouster of Cannon by, Harmon, Judson, 18 118–119 Harrison, Benjamin, 24–25 , 28 Taft’s view of, 105 , 107–108 , 142–143 health problems, of Taft, 54–55 integrated political and social framework Hearst, William Randolph, 74 in Philippines, 50 Hemphill, J. C., 156 IRS, William Taft’s career in, 10–12 Herron, Helen, 13–15 . See also Taft, Helen Johnson, Andrew, 129 Higginson, Henry Lee, 144–145 judges. See also circuit judge, Taft as ; High Court. See U.S. Supreme Court Superior Court of Cincinnati Hilles, Charles, 125 , 150–151 length of time in offi ce, Taft’s position Hitchcock, Lawrence, 149 on, 96 Hoadley, George, 12 in progressive view, 128 House of Representatives Roosevelt and Taft’s positions on abuse ouster of Cannon by insurgents, by, 79 118–119 Taft’s reaction to comments on by tariff bill of 1909, 105 Roosevelt, 86 Houston Post , 165 judicial recall Hughes, Charles Evans, 72 , 80 , Roosevelt’s endorsement of, 156 122–126 , 182 Root’s comments regarding, 166 Hull, John, 49 Taft’s opinion of, 172 , 177

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judiciary. See also judges ; U.S. Supreme against U.S. Steel, 146–149 Court Lawler, Oscar, 110 criticism of by Roosevelt in 1910, lawyers 133–134 Taft as, 15–17 Taft’s focus on independence, 159 in Taft’s cabinet, 95 Taft’s involvement with while League of Nations Treaty attempt, president, 120–129 185–190 justices, Supreme Court. See also specifi c lecturer justices by name Taft’s side occupation as, 177–178 age of, 96 , 121–122 , 192 at Yale University, 174–177 nomination of Taft by Wilson, legal thought, in Gilded Age, 16–17 178–179 , 180–182 legalistic approach to executive promotion of Taft to Chief Justice, leadership, 95–91 124–126 legislative power in Philippines. Taft’s appointment of, 120–129 See Philippine Commission legislature, Taft’s dealings with during Karger, Gus tariff battle of 1909, 103–107 appointment of Taft to Superior Court, liability, in industrial accidents, 29–30 , 178 , 191 , 192–193 33–34 League of Nations Treaty, 188 liberty overview, 176 of contract, 33–34, 35–36 keynote address, by Root at 1912 individual, during Gilded Age, 16 Republican Convention, 166 Lincoln Memorial Commission, 178–179 Knight case, 35 Lochner v. New York case, 36 , 133–134 Knox, Philander, 71 , 91 Lodge, Henry Cabot Kramer, Paul, 41 , 50 , 53 friendship with Roosevelt, 80 , 116 inability to support Taft in 1912 La Follette, Robert, 80 campaign, 161 labor League of Nations Treaty, 187 , American Railway Union strike, 30–33 188 , 189 authority of courts to issue injunctions nomination of Brandeis as justice, 181 in industrial disputes, 100–101 tariff reform, 105 and capital, strife between, 17 Lurton, Horace, 73 , 121–122 discussion of, in Taft’s inaugural address, 100 MacArthur, Arthur, 41–44 industrial accidents and liability, MacArthur, Douglas, 42 29–30 , 33–34 Manners, William, 107 , 113 Moores case, 21–23 manufacturing process, case involving National War Labor Board, 184 , 197 secret, 21 Pitney’s views regarding, 128 marriage, Taft’s, 13–15 Roosevelt and Taft’s positions on rights martial law, in Philippines, 43 of, 79–80 McAdoo, William, 189–190 Lamar, Joseph Rucker, 127 McClure, S. S., 125 law McGerr, Michael, 49 in progressive view, 128 McGovern, Francis, 166 study of, by Taft, 8–9 McKinley, William law practice, of Taft, 15–17 1896 presidential campaign of, 37–38 law suits, antitrust appointment of Taft to Philippine overview, 143–146 Commission, 39–40

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McKinley, William (cont.) Norton, Charles, 125 confl ict between military and civil government, 46 Ohio, 1883 campaign for governorship Roosevelt as assistant Secretary of the of, 12 Navy, 53 Ohio Superior Court support for Taft by, 58 Alphonso Taft’s career in, 4–5 Taft’s 1912 campaign, 164 infl uential judges from, 18 McReynolds, James, 178–179 William Taft’s career in, 13–19 , 20–25 Mencken, H. L., 189–190 organized labor, 128 , 184 . message to Congress, by Roosevelt in See also unions 1908, 78–79 , 86 ouster of Cannon by House insurgents, military, confl ict with, in Philippines, 118–119 41–49 Outlook journal, 130–131 Moody, William, 73 , 126–127 Moores & Co. v. Bricklayers’ Union pacifi cation of Philippines. See Philippine No. 1 case, 21–23 Commission Morgan, J. P., 145 Panama Canal, 130 Morris, Edmund, 52 , 122 Parks, William, 166 Murdock, Victor, 131–132 party affi liation, in nineteenth century, 4 patronage Narramore case, 37 in politics, 10 , 11 National Committee, Republican, Taft’s denial of to insurgents, 118–119 164–165 Payne–Aldrich tariff, 107–108 , 140 , 142 National War Labor Board, 184 , 197 Peckham, Rufus, 36 , 121 negligence, cases involving, 30 , 37 personality neutrality, Taft’s support of Wilson’s of Helen Taft, 15 policy on, 179 of Roosevelt versus that of Taft, 86 new nationalism, 133 of Taft, 6–8 , 12 , 82–83 New York Sun , 171 Phelan, F. W., 31–33 New York Times , 143 , 153 , 163 , Philippine Assembly, 68 165 , 171 Philippine Commission, 39–63 New York World , 171–172 confl ict with American military, 41–49 Nobel Prize, won by Elihu Root, 178 overview, 39–41 Nomination, presidential, of 1908, 80 race, Taft’s viewpoint on, 49–53 nomination, presidential, of 1911, Taft’s commitment to, 56 Roosevelt and Taft’s struggle for, Taft’s relationship with Roosevelt prior 149–152 to 1904, 53–55 nomination, presidential, of 1912 Taft’s removal of president of while aggressiveness of Taft’s campaign after Secretary of War, 68 April, 158–163 Philippine tariff provisions of 1909, choice of Taft for, 164 105–106 Roosevelt and Taft’s campaigns before Philippines, Taft’s interest in while April, 153–158 Secretary of War, 66–67 , 68 Roosevelt’s decision to try for, Pinchot, Gifford, 87 , 108–117 , 134 , 149–152 136 , 148 nomination, presidential, of 1916 Pitney, Mahlon, 127–128 Roosevelt’s attempt to gain, 176–177 plutocracy, Roosevelt’s position Taft’s support for Hughes, 182 regarding, 78 Norris, George, 118–119 politics

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Alphonso Taft’s involvement in, 5–6 ouster of Cannon by House insurgents, appointment of blacks to offi ce, 98–99 118–119 in appointment of Pitney to Supreme policies of Taft when assuming Court, 127–128 presidency, 91–101 of Taft, as seen in appointment of relationship with Roosevelt in fi rst half justices, 120–121 of term, 129–137 Taft’s lack of insight into, 119–120 replacement of Ballinger, 138–140 Taft’s views on, 10–13 , 37–38 , Roosevelt and Taft’s campaigns before 179–180 April 1912, 153–158 presidency, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to try for after McKinley’s death, 54–55 renomination in 1912, 149–152 ambivalence regarding nomination of tariff battle of 1909, 102–108 Taft for presidency, 75–77 tariff reform, 140–143 campaign for reelection in 1904, 64–67 views regarding, immediately before difference in approaches of Taft to assuming offi ce, 96 government, 94–95 waking interest in while Secretary of disinclination to endorse Taft as War, 68 presidential candidate, 69–73 presidency of Philippine Commission, offers to Taft of Supreme Court 40–41 , 68 appointment, 56 President-elect, Taft as, 83–87, 91–101 opinion of Taft as Secretary of War, presidential campaign of 1884, 13 67–68 presidential campaign of 1904, by political/policy positions before 1908 Roosevelt, 64 elections, 78–87 presidential campaign of 1908, by Taft, relationship with Taft immediately 80–83 before Taft’s presidency, 91–92 , presidential campaign of 1912 96–97 aggressiveness of Taft’s campaign after presidency, service in elected offi ce April, 158–163 after, 129 . See also specifi c entries elections, 170–173 beginning with “presidency;” specifi c nomination of Taft by GOP, 164 presidents by name Roosevelt’s and Taft’s campaigns presidency, Taft, 91–117 , 118–137 , before April, 153–158 138–152 , 153–173 Roosevelt’s decision to try for, acceptance of idea of being nominated 149–152 in 1908, 68–78 presidential campaign of 1916, 182 aggressiveness of Taft’s campaign after presidential elections. See elections, April 1912, 158–163 presidential antitrust campaign, 143–146 primaries, 1912, 157–158 , 161 , appointment of justices, 120–129 163 Ballinger–Pinchot controversy, Pringle, Henry 108–117 antitrust law, 34 campaign for, in 1908, 73–78 , Bar exam, 9 80–83 corporate law, 143 elections of 1912, 170–173 diffi culties with Taft as attorney, 16 lack of interest in presidency, 54 , on Foraker’s appointment of Taft to 64–65 Superior Court, 18 lawsuit against U.S. Steel, 146–149 on IRS of 1882, 11 nomination in 1908, 80 Taft’s choices for Supreme Court nomination in 1912, 164 appointments, 128

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professor of law at Yale University, Taft reciprocity, tariff, between U.S. and as, 174–177 Canada, 147 progressive conservatism Reed, Thomas, 116 Roosevelt’s statements regarding, reform, within Republican party, 83–86 during 1912 campaign, 153–154 relationship between Roosevelt and Taft of Taft, 195–199 fi rst acquaintance with Taft, 26 in Taft’s statement of Republican party in fi rst half of Taft’s presidency, positions, 160 129–137 Progressive Era, 36 immediately before Taft’s presidency, Progressive Party 91–92 , 96–97 formation of, through split in prior to 1904, 53–55 Republican party, 164 rapport at beginning of 1911, 138–139 position on tariff, 160 during Wilson’s presidency, 183 Taft’s view of after presidency, religion, in case regarding Bible reading 179–180 in schools, 4–5 progressive wing of Republican party, 98, Republican party. See also campaigns, 114–115 presidential ; elections, presidential ; progressivism specifi c entries beginning with in appointment of Pitney to Supreme “nomination” Court, 127–128 antitrust campaign, 144 , 149 Beard’s comments on Taft’s, 176 authority of courts to issue injunctions income tax amendment, 106–107 in industrial disputes, 100–101 in Lurton’s jurisprudence, 122 Ballinger–Pinchot controversy, 112 overview, 195–199 confl ict between progressive and of Taft compared with Roosevelt, 150 conservative wings, 102 in Taft’s appointment of justices, dissent within, during 1908, 83–86 120–121 division in, after Taft’s fi rst year in in Taft’s inaugural address, 101 presidency, 119–120 Taft’s National War Labor Board divisions in, due to Taft’s stand on work, 184 tariff, 96 tariff reform efforts by Taft, 140–143 and growing rift between Roosevelt women’s right to vote, Taft’s view on, and Taft, 132–135 185–186 labor disputes, 79 property rights, Taft’s ideas Taft family involvement in, 4 concerning, 196 Taft’s alienation of, 114–115 prosecutor of Cincinnati, Taft as assistant Taft’s Southern strategy, 125 , 127 to, 10 Taft’s statement on positions of, and protectionism, 102–108 , 140 progressive conservatism, 160 public schools tariff reform, 102–108 , 140 Bible reading in, 4–5 reservations, in League of Nations Treaty, Taft’s education in, 6–7 186 , 187–189 Pullman, George, 31 revenue collector, Taft as, 10–12 Pullman strike, 30–33 risk, assumption of, 37 Roosevelt, Theodore. See also race, Taft’s viewpoint on presidential campaign of 1912; in inaugural address, 98–99 relationship between Roosevelt and while in Philippines, 48 , 49–53 Taft railroad worker’s strike, 30–33 1916 nomination, attempt to gain, recall, judicial. See judicial recall 176–177

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antitrust suit against U.S. Steel, Root, Elihu 146–149 appointment of Taft as Secretary of Ballinger–Pinchot controversy, War, 61 112–113 appointment of, to Supreme Court, campaign for reelection in 1904, 64–67 Taft’s decision regarding, 124 conservation efforts by, 108–109 as chairman of 1912 Republican difference in approach of Taft to Convention, 164–165 , 166 government, 94–95 communication with Taft after end of disinclination to endorse Taft as presidential term, 175 presidential candidate, 69–73 confrontations with MacArthur, 42 dispute between Taft and Chaffee, 45 critique of Roosevelt’s behavior in impact on beginning of Taft’s 1912 campaign, 170–171 presidency, 101–103 dismissal of Pinchot as Chief Forester injunctions in industrial disputes, 101 by Taft, 113 legislature, way of dealing with, lack of participation in Taft’s 1912 103–104 campaign, 160–161 military in Philippines, 44 notifi cation of nomination to Taft in negativism toward, before 1908 1912, 168 elections, 77–78 offers to Taft of appointment to nomination of Taft for presidency, Supreme Court, 56 , 58 ambivalence regarding, 75–77 opinion regarding Roosevelt for 1912 offers to Taft of appointment to nomination, 154 Supreme Court while in Philippines, as possible replacement for Roosevelt 56 , 57–60 in presidency, 72 opinion of Root, 178 reaction to Roosevelt’s criticism of opinion of Taft as Secretary of War, courts, 134 67–68 relationship with Roosevelt, 62–63 opinion of Taft’s fi rst year in relationship with Taft after end of presidency, 114–117 presidency, 178 political/policy positions before 1908 Roosevelt’s approval of, 102 elections, 78–87 Roosevelt’s view of, as presidential progressive conservatism, 196 candidate for 1908, 65 , 76 Secretary of War, appointment of Taft Self-rule in Philippines, 66 as, 60–63 suggestions to Roosevelt regarding Self-rule in Philippines, 52 1910 congressional elections, similarity of views of Taft as Secretary 132–133 of War and, 78–87 support for Taft by, 58 in Taft’s appointment of justices, Taft’s appointment to Philippine 122–125 Commission, 40 , 41 Taft’s expectations for reelection of, in Ross, Ishbel, 11 1908, 73–74 Ross, William G., 128 Taft’s opinion of, after 1912 election, Rules Committee, and ouster of Cannon, 175 119 tariff bill of 1909, 108 trusts, 143–144 Schlesinger, Arthur Jr., 181 World War I, attempt to participate School Board, Ohio, 4–5 in, 183 schools Roosevelt Republican Club of Cincinnati, Bible reading in, 4–5 74–75 Taft’s education, 6–9

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Schurman, Jacob, 39 , 142–143 Day, appointment of, by Roosevelt, 61 Scott, Charles, 163 fi rst suggestions regarding appointment secondary boycotts, 21–23 , 31–33 , 100 of Taft to, 24–25 secret manufacturing process, case mention of Taft appointment while involving, 21 Secretary of War, 65–66 , 71 Secretary of State, Philander Knox as, 71 offers of appointment to Taft while in Secretary of the Interior, Ballinger as, Philippines, 55–61 108–117 , 138–140 promotion of justices to Chief Justice, Secretary of War, Taft as, 64–87 124–126 acceptance of idea of presidential Taft as Chief Justice of, 190–193 , campaign, 68–78 199 appointment, 61–63 Taft as Solicitor General before, 26–27 overview, 64–68 Taft’s appointment of justices, 120–129 similarity of views of Taft and Taft’s suggestions to Roosevelt Roosevelt, 78–87 regarding appointments to, 73 self-rule in Philippines, 52–53, 66–67 Voight case, 33–34 Senate tariff revision of 1909, 105, 107 Wilson’s nomination of justices, senior oration at Yale, by Taft, 8 178–179 , 180–182 Sherman, John, 10 Sutherland, George, 192 Sherman Antitrust Act, 34–36 , 143–145 Swift, Lucius, 114 Shiras, George Jr., 33 , 59 “The Signs of the Times” lecture, 177 Taft, Alphonso Solicitor General, Taft as, 25–29 1884 presidential election, 13 South, discussion of, in Taft’s inaugural Campbell case, 16 address, 98–99 career of, 3–6 Southern strategy, Taft’s, 125 , 127 death of, 28 speeches, by Taft expectations for William, 9 during fi rst cross-country trip, 108 regarding offer of post of Solicitor inaugural address, 97–101 General, 25 Roosevelt’s suggestions regarding, 67 William’s appointment as tax split, in Republican party, 164 collector, 10 Stimson, Henry, 156 , 161 William’s courtship, 14–15 strikes Taft, Charles Phelps, 25 authority of courts to issue injunctions Taft, Helen in industrial disputes, 100–101 ambitions of, 23 Roosevelt’s settlement of, in 1902, 60 appointment of Taft as Secretary of Taft court decisions regarding, 30–33 War, 62 suffrage cerebral hemorrhage of, during Taft’s Taft’s stand on rights of blacks to, 99 fi rst year as president, 107 for women, 7 description of Alphonso Taft by, 4 Superior Court of Cincinnati dislike of Roosevelts, 53 , 64 Alphonso Taft’s career in, 4–5 establishment of Cincinnati infl uential judges from, 18 Orchestra, 29 William Taft’s career in, 13–19 , 20–25 marriage to Taft, 13–15 Supreme Court racial integration in Philippines, 50 Addyston case, 35–36 regarding offer of post of Solicitor age of justices, 96 , 121–122 , 192 General, 25 Bering Sea fi shing-rights debate, 26 role of, in selection of cabinet, 91

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Roosevelt’s comments to, about fi rst suggestions regarding appointment supporting Taft for presidency, 72 of Taft to, 24–25 views on appointment as circuit mention of Taft appointment while judge, 28 Secretary of War, 65–66 , 71 Taft, Henry, 57–58 offers of appointment to Taft while in Taft, Horace, 40 Philippines, 55–61 Taft, Louisa, 4 promotion of justices to Chief Justice, tariff 124–126 battle over, in 1909, 102–108 Taft as Chief Justice of, 190–193 , 199 dissent in Republican party over, Taft as Solicitor General before, 26–27 83–86 Taft’s appointment of justices, 120–129 proposal for reciprocity between U.S. Taft’s suggestions to Roosevelt and Canada, 147 regarding appointments to, 73 Taft’s stand on, for Philippines, 67 Voight case, 33–34 Taft’s stand on in 1911, 140–143 Wilson’s nomination of justices, Taft’s stand on in 1912, 160 , 169 178–179 , 180–182 Taft’s stand on while assuming presidency, 96 , 97–98 Van Devanter, Willis, 127 tariff commission, 140–142 , 169 vice presidency, of Roosevelt, 54 tax collector, Taft as, 10–12 Villard, Oswald Garrison, 156 “Teddy Envoy to Taft Says He Won’t violent strikes, decisions regarding, Refuse to Run” (article), 153 30–33 Thornton, Amasa, 125 Voight case, 33–34 trade secrets, case involving, 21 vote. See also elections, presidential travel, by Taft for 1912 Republican candidate, 164 during 1911, 150–151 Taft’s stand on rights of blacks to, 99 during fi rst year in offi ce, 108 for women, Taft’s support of, 185–186 trusts. See antitrust law Wall Street Journal , 83 unions Wall Street, Taft’s view of, 143 American Railway Union strike, 30–33 war, Taft’s support of Wilson’s policy on, in Moores case, 21–23 179, 182–183 Pitney’s views regarding, 128 War Department, Taft’s insistence United States v. Addyston Pipe and Steel on proper behavior within, 66 . Co . case, 34–36 See also Secretary of War, Taft as United States v. E. C. Knight case, 35 War Labor Board, 184 , 197 university professor, Taft as, 174–177 Washington, Booker T., 99 Urofsky, Melvin, 195 Washington, Taft’s absence from, while in U.S. circuit judge, Taft as offi ce, 198 appointment, 28–29 wealth, Roosevelt’s position regarding, 78 end of career, 37–38 Weeks, Edgar, 49 major decisions, 29–37 White, Edward D., 125 , 191–192 U.S. Steel, antitrust suit against, 146–149 White, Henry, 102–103 U.S. Supreme Court White, William Allen, 76 Addyston case, 35–36 “Why Theodore Roosevelt Charges age of justices, 96 , 121–122 , 192 ‘Theft’ and ‘Robbery’ “ (essay), Bering Sea fi shing-rights debate, 26 170–171 Day, appointment of, by Roosevelt, 61 Wickersham, George

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