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Abbott, Lyman, 123–124acceptance speech
by Roosevelt in 1904, 67by Taft in 1908, 94–95by Taft in 1912, 168–170
accidents, industrial and liability, 29–30, 33–34
Adams, Henry, 95Adams, John Quincy, 129Addams, Jane, 128Addyston case, 34–36administration, approaches of Taft and
Roosevelt to, 94–95age, of justices, 96, 121–122, 192aggressiveness of Taft’s 1912 campaign,
158–163Aldrich, Nelson, 104, 107ambitions, of Helen Taft, 23, 62amendment, income tax, 106–107American Railway Union strike, 30–33Anderson, Donald, 104, 105–106Anderson, Judith, 6–7annual message to Congress, by
Roosevelt, 78–79, 86Anthony, Carl, 4, 23anthracite coal strike of 1902, 60antitrust law
Addyston case, 34–36law suit against U.S. Steel,
146–149Roosevelt’s stand on, versus that of
Taft, 196, 197Taft’s campaign for, 143–146
Taft’s comments on, in 1912 acceptance speech, 169
Arthur, Chester, 10, 11Article X, League of Nations Covenant,
186–187, 188assistant county solicitor, Taft as, 15assistant to Cincinnati prosecutor, Taft
as, 10Associate Justices. See justices, Supreme
Courtassumption of risk, 37attorney, Taft as, 15–17
Bailey, Joseph, 106Bailey, Thomas, 103Ballinger, Richard
Taft’s inaugural address, 98Fisher, Walter L., 139–140fishing rights debate, Bering Sea, 26Foraker, Joseph, 12, 17–19, 24foreign policy, Taft’s support of Wilson’s,
179, 182–183, 185–190Forest Service and Ballinger–Pinchot
controversy, 108–117freedom, individual, during Gilded
Age, 16
Garfield, James 1910 congressional elections, 134complaints to Roosevelt about Taft,
113, 114–115conservation, 109removal of Pinchot, 114Roosevelt’s possibilities for
renomination, 150Taft’s choices for cabinet, 92–94Taft’s decision not to retain as
Secretary of Interior, 136Taft’s possibility for
reelection, 152Taft’s replacement of Ballinger with
Fisher, 140Gilded Age, legal thought in, 16–17Glavis, Louis, 109–110, 111, 114goals, of Taft’s administration, 97–101Gompers, Samuel, 79, 101GOP. See Republican Party
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Gould, Lewis 1912 elections, 171antitrust campaign of Taft, 144lack of correspondence between
Roosevelt and Taft, 129–130Southern support for Taft, 127tariff battle of 1909, 103U.S. Steel lawsuit, 147
government difference in approaches of Taft and
Roosevelt to, 94–95, 136–137power of Philippine Commission to
establish, 46–47governorship
of Ohio, 1883 campaign for, 12of Philippines, Taft in, 56
Grant, Robert, 154–156Guam, as destination for exiled
Filipinos, 48
habeas corpus, under Philippine Commission, 44–48
Hammer v. Dagenhart case, 61Hanna, Mark, 31Harding, Warren
1920 election, 189–190Taft’s appointment to Chief Justiceship
by, 190–193Harlan, John Marshall, 34, 56, 125Harmon, Judson, 18Harrison, Benjamin, 24–25, 28health problems, of Taft, 54–55Hearst, William Randolph, 74Hemphill, J. C., 156Herron, Helen, 13–15. See also Taft,
HelenHigginson, Henry Lee, 144–145High Court. See U.S. Supreme CourtHilles, Charles, 125, 150–151Hitchcock, Lawrence, 149Hoadley, George, 12House of Representatives
ouster of Cannon by insurgents, 118–119
tariff bill of 1909, 105Houston Post, 165Hughes, Charles Evans, 72, 80,
122–126, 182Hull, John, 49
inaugural address, Taft’s, 97–101inclusionary racial formation, 50income tax, in tariff battle of 1909, 107independence, of Philippines, 66–67independent judiciary, Taft’s focus
on, 159individual liberty, during Gilded Age, 16industrial accidents and liability, 29–30,
33–34industry
American Railway Union strike, 30–33authority of courts to issue injunctions
in disputes, 100–101blacks in, discussion of, in Taft’s
inaugural address, 99labor violence and, 17Moores case, 21–23Taft’s stand on big business, 96, 97tariff battle of 1909, 102–108
initiative, referendum, and recall. See judicial recall
injunctions, authority of courts to issue in industrial disputes, 100–101
during 1912 campaign, 153–154of Taft, 195–199in Taft’s statement of Republican party
positions, 160Progressive Era, 36Progressive Party
formation of, through split in Republican party, 164
position on tariff, 160Taft’s view of after presidency,
179–180progressive wing of Republican party, 98,
114–115progressivism
in appointment of Pitney to Supreme Court, 127–128
Beard’s comments on Taft’s, 176income tax amendment, 106–107in Lurton’s jurisprudence, 122overview, 195–199of Taft compared with Roosevelt, 150in Taft’s appointment of justices,
120–121in Taft’s inaugural address, 101Taft’s National War Labor Board
work, 184tariff reform efforts by Taft, 140–143women’s right to vote, Taft’s view on,
185–186property rights, Taft’s ideas
concerning, 196prosecutor of Cincinnati, Taft as assistant
to, 10protectionism, 102–108, 140public schools
Bible reading in, 4–5Taft’s education in, 6–7
Pullman, George, 31Pullman strike, 30–33
race, Taft’s viewpoint on in inaugural address, 98–99while in Philippines, 48, 49–53
railroad worker’s strike, 30–33recall, judicial. See judicial recall
reciprocity, tariff, between U.S. and Canada, 147
Reed, Thomas, 116reform, within Republican party, 83–86relationship between Roosevelt and Taft
first acquaintance with Taft, 26in first half of Taft’s presidency,
129–137immediately before Taft’s presidency,
91–92, 96–97prior to 1904, 53–55rapport at beginning of 1911, 138–139during Wilson’s presidency, 183
religion, in case regarding Bible reading in schools, 4–5
Republican party. See also campaigns, presidential; elections, presidential; specific entries beginning with “nomination”
antitrust campaign, 144, 149authority of courts to issue injunctions
in industrial disputes, 100–101Ballinger–Pinchot controversy, 112conflict between progressive and
conservative wings, 102dissent within, during 1908, 83–86division in, after Taft’s first year in
presidency, 119–120divisions in, due to Taft’s stand on
tariff, 96and growing rift between Roosevelt
and Taft, 132–135labor disputes, 79Taft family involvement in, 4Taft’s alienation of, 114–115Taft’s Southern strategy, 125, 127Taft’s statement on positions of, and
involving, 21Secretary of State, Philander Knox as, 71Secretary of the Interior, Ballinger as,
108–117, 138–140Secretary of War, Taft as, 64–87
acceptance of idea of presidential campaign, 68–78
appointment, 61–63overview, 64–68similarity of views of Taft and
Roosevelt, 78–87self-rule in Philippines, 52–53, 66–67Senate tariff revision of 1909, 105, 107senior oration at Yale, by Taft, 8Sherman, John, 10Sherman Antitrust Act, 34–36, 143–145Shiras, George Jr., 33, 59“The Signs of the Times” lecture, 177Solicitor General, Taft as, 25–29South, discussion of, in Taft’s inaugural
address, 98–99Southern strategy, Taft’s, 125, 127speeches, by Taft
during first cross-country trip, 108inaugural address, 97–101Roosevelt’s suggestions regarding, 67
split, in Republican party, 164Stimson, Henry, 156, 161strikes
authority of courts to issue injunctions in industrial disputes, 100–101
Roosevelt’s settlement of, in 1902, 60Taft court decisions regarding, 30–33
suffrage Taft’s stand on rights of blacks to, 99for women, 7
Superior Court of Cincinnati Alphonso Taft’s career in, 4–5influential judges from, 18William Taft’s career in, 13–19, 20–25
Taft, Alphonso 1884 presidential election, 13Campbell case, 16career of, 3–6death of, 28expectations for William, 9regarding offer of post of Solicitor
General, 25William’s appointment as tax
collector, 10William’s courtship, 14–15
Taft, Charles Phelps, 25Taft, Helen
ambitions of, 23appointment of Taft as Secretary of
War, 62cerebral hemorrhage of, during Taft’s
first year as president, 107description of Alphonso Taft by, 4dislike of Roosevelts, 53, 64establishment of Cincinnati
Orchestra, 29marriage to Taft, 13–15racial integration in Philippines, 50regarding offer of post of Solicitor
battle over, in 1909, 102–108dissent in Republican party over,
83–86proposal for reciprocity between U.S.
and Canada, 147Taft’s stand on, for Philippines, 67Taft’s stand on in 1911, 140–143Taft’s stand on in 1912, 160, 169Taft’s stand on while assuming
presidency, 96, 97–98tariff commission, 140–142, 169tax collector, Taft as, 10–12“Teddy Envoy to Taft Says He Won’t
Refuse to Run” (article), 153Thornton, Amasa, 125trade secrets, case involving, 21travel, by Taft
during 1911, 150–151during first year in office, 108
trusts. See antitrust law
unions American Railway Union strike, 30–33in Moores case, 21–23Pitney’s views regarding, 128
United States v. Addyston Pipe and Steel Co. case, 34–36
United States v. E. C. Knight case, 35university professor, Taft as, 174–177Urofsky, Melvin, 195U.S. circuit judge, Taft as
appointment, 28–29end of career, 37–38major decisions, 29–37
U.S. Steel, antitrust suit against, 146–149U.S. Supreme Court
Addyston case, 35–36age of justices, 96, 121–122, 192Bering Sea fishing-rights debate, 26Day, appointment of, by Roosevelt, 61
first suggestions regarding appointment of Taft to, 24–25
mention of Taft appointment while Secretary of War, 65–66, 71
offers of appointment to Taft while in Philippines, 55–61
promotion of justices to Chief Justice, 124–126
Taft as Chief Justice of, 190–193, 199Taft as Solicitor General before, 26–27Taft’s appointment of justices, 120–129Taft’s suggestions to Roosevelt
regarding appointments to, 73Voight case, 33–34Wilson’s nomination of justices,
178–179, 180–182
Van Devanter, Willis, 127vice presidency, of Roosevelt, 54Villard, Oswald Garrison, 156violent strikes, decisions regarding,
30–33Voight case, 33–34vote. See also elections, presidential
for 1912 Republican candidate, 164Taft’s stand on rights of blacks to, 99for women, Taft’s support of, 185–186
Wall Street Journal, 83Wall Street, Taft’s view of, 143war, Taft’s support of Wilson’s policy on,
179, 182–183War Department, Taft’s insistence
on proper behavior within, 66. See also Secretary of War, Taft as
War Labor Board, 184, 197Washington, Booker T., 99Washington, Taft’s absence from, while in
office, 198wealth, Roosevelt’s position regarding, 78Weeks, Edgar, 49White, Edward D., 125, 191–192White, Henry, 102–103White, William Allen, 76“Why Theodore Roosevelt Charges