I have given instructions to the Secretary of the Treasury to examine the subject of the duties and taxes imposed by Spa...
In order that there may be no conflict of authority between the army and the navy in the administration of affairs in th...
For these reasons I am constrained to withhold my approval from this bill.
The Government can only defend itself against claims of this nature through its public officers and with the use of such...
I fail to see any reason in the facts connected with these claims for granting to these parties relief of this extraordi...
To permit such an action to be brought now is simply, without any reason of a special nature, to grant a privilege to th...
I now recommend that, following our national precedents and expressing the fervent gratitude of every patriotic heart, t...
The magnitude of this victory can hardly be measured by the ordinary standard of naval warfare.
Feeling as our people feel, and speaking in their name, I at once sent a message to Commodore Dewey thanking him and his...
Promptly obeying that order, the United States squadron, consisting of the flagship Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Boston,...
by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and the laws, and deeming sufficient occasion to exist, have tho...
I, William McKinley, President of the United States, in order to enforce the said resolution, do hereby declare and proc...
Neutral vessels lying in any of said ports at the time of the establishment of such blockade will be allowed thirty days...
I can not but regard the fifth section of the bill as a step in the direction of the destruction of the national banking...
If successfully accomplished, it will secure a large decrease in the annual interest payment of the nation, and I earnes...
While, in my opinion, it would be unwise to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to offer to the ...
The imperative necessity for prompt action and the pressure of public duties in this closing week of my term of office c...
Believing that a measure for refunding the national debt is not necessarily connected with the national banking law, and...
