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There is no way around it, or over or under or out of it; and no way of aimlessly and helplessly shuffling it off on the future, for it presses in the legislation of Congress to-day.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid stresses the urgency of addressing pressing legislative issues without delay.
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