"I transmit herewith, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State relative to the steps taken by this Government to promote ..."
"I have given to this report such examination as satisfies me that I ought to lay the proceedings and conclusions of the board before Congress."
"As I am without power, in the absence of legislation, to act upon the recommendations of the report further than by submitting the same to Congress, the proceedings and conclusions of the board are tr..."
"The object of the bill is to destroy any control whatever by the United States over the Congressional elections."
"The constitutional authority to regulate the Congressional elections which belongs to the Government of the United States, ought to be enforced by appropriate legislation."
"The supervision of the elections will be reduced to a mere inspection, without authority on the part of the supervisors to do any act whatever to make the election a fair one."
"The framers of the Constitution regarded the election of members of Congress in every State and in every district as in a very important sense justly a matter of political interest and concern to the ..."
"This money is needed to keep in operation the essential functions of all the great departments of the Government--legislative, executive, and judicial."
"I respectfully refer to that message for a statement of my views on the principle maintained in debate by the advocates of this bill."
"The true meaning and effect of the proposed legislation are plain."
"If the bill contained no other provisions, no objection to its approval would be made."
"The objections to the practice of tacking general legislation to appropriation bills, especially when the object is to deprive a coordinate branch of the Government of its right to the free exercise o..."
"The United States election laws are not necessary, an ample reply is furnished by the history of their origin and of their results."
"It is confidently believed that no sound argument can be made in support of the constitutionality of national regulation of Senatorial elections."
"The great body of the people of all parties want free and fair elections."
"I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Friday, the 30th instant, in remembrance of those who fell in defense of the nation, and to enabl..."
"In response to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior and accompanying papers."
"In response to a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, requesting information in reference to an alleged occupation of a portion of the Indian Territory by white settlers, etc., I transmit here..."
