"I return without my approval the bill (H. R. 3934) to authorize the board of supervisors of Maricopa County Ariz. to issue certain bonds in aid of the construction of a certain railroad."
"If there were no other objections to this bill, I should deem this alone sufficient, that no provision is made for submitting to a vote of the people at an election, after due notice and under the san..."
"It has been so often and so persistently stated that our tariff laws offered an insurmountable barrier to a large exchange of products with the Latin-American nations that I deem it proper to call esp..."
"If sugar is placed upon the free list, practically every important article exported from those States will be given untaxed access to our markets, except wool."
"There can be no doubt, I think, that with these facilities well established and with a rebate of duties upon imported raw materials used in the manufacture of goods for export our merchants will be ab..."
"When these examinations are concluded, the papers will, if found to be complete and conformable to law, be submitted to Congress."
"In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, relating to the negotiations by the Cherokee Commission for the purchase of certain lands in the Indian Territory, I respectfully state..."
"It is not important, perhaps, that the United States should in parting with these lands realize their value, but it is essential, I think, that favoritism should have no part in connection with the sa..."
"If proper penalties were imposed by law and a few convictions thereunder secured, I do not doubt that much waste of our forests would be prevented."
"A general proposition to erect public buildings at this scale of expense in cities of the size of Tuscaloosa would not, I am sure, receive the sanction of Congress."
"His was 'the arduous greatness of things done.'"
"That one flag encircles us with its folds to-day, the unrivaled object of our loyal love."
