I Remember Illinois]]> I Remember Illinois. The special aired on February 18, 1968.]]>
President William H. Taft (1909-1913) called Congress into a special session to discuss tariff reductions in 1909; however, once the bill reached the Senate, powerful Republican Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island (1881-1911) added provisions reversing reductions and increasing other tariffs.]]>
On verso: "This is one of many houses that floated to the middle of the street."]]>