[ Autograph ] William H. Taft T.L.S. as President-Elect on his letterhead, lp. 8vo., Hot Springs, Va., Nov. 21, 1908 to Rep. W. A. Rodenberg. Good content: " '..thank you for writing me and telling methe result of the campaign in East St. Louis. I never made a speech which I took more pleasure in than that one where I had to meet so many laborers and talked to them from the shoulder; and I believe that is the best way...'