An American history . spite of his greatinfluence, the treaties wereeventually ratified (1912). 761. New States. An-otherimportant event of 1911was the passage of a joint res-olution of Congress admit-ting to the Union Arizonaand New Mexico. A pre-vious act of Congress admit-ting them had been President had refusedhis consent because New Mexico did not accept the boundarynow existing between herself and Texas; and because Arizonafavored the plan of allowing the voters, at any moment, to re-call an elected judge and compel him to stand for sustained the President
An American history . spite of his greatinfluence, the treaties wereeventually ratified (1912). 761. New States. An-otherimportant event of 1911was the passage of a joint res-olution of Congress admit-ting to the Union Arizonaand New Mexico. A pre-vious act of Congress admit-ting them had been President had refusedhis consent because New Mexico did not accept the boundarynow existing between herself and Texas; and because Arizonafavored the plan of allowing the voters, at any moment, to re-call an elected judge and compel him to stand for sustained the President and required the new states tomake an end of their offending laws before entering t^he The Judiciary under President Taft. Conspicuousamong the later events of the administration of President Following his retirement from office he spent a year abroad; returning, hetook active interest in the state politics of New York. Thereafter, for sometime, he confined his attention to editorial writing in the WOODROW WILSON THE NEW AGE 547 Taft, was the governments prosecution of the Standard OilCompany as a combination in restraint of trade. In 1911 averdict was obtained dissolving that great trust. This wasnearly, if not quite, the last gratifying experience that befellthe President. A man of tact, a behever in graciousness, hehad been called upon to deal with fierce movements and har-monize forces that were incompatible. His administrationwas destined to close in bitterness, as will be seen when weglance at the events of 1912. Before turning to that year ofpolitical revolution it is well to hnger an instant upon Presi-dent Tafts appointments to the federal judiciary. Theywere characterized to an unusual degree by a disregard ofparty lines. This large-minded pohcy of nonpartisanship injudicial appointments culminated in the choice of a formerConfederate, Edward D. White, of Louisiana, to be supremejustice. 763. Election of 1912. During most of President Taftsadminis
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