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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Apr 14, 1892

the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require;

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Apr 14, 1892

The United States Government engages in return that the President of the United States shall, in pursuance of section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, issue the proclamation therein provided for in regard to the extension of the…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Apr 14, 1892

Citizens of the United States of America shall enjoy in the German Empire the protection of copyright as regards works of literature and art, as well as photographs, against illegal reproduction, on the same basis on which such protection…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Apr 10, 1892

The cession, sale, relinquishment, and conveyance of the lands described in Article 1 of this agreement shall not take effect and be in force until the sum of $342,778.37, together with the sum of $18,400, shall have been paid to said…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Apr 10, 1892

All persons save said Indians are forbidden to enter upon and occupy the same or any part thereof.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Apr 3, 1892

To the Senate: I transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate passed in executive session on March 14, 1892, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Mar 31, 1892

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Mar 23, 1892

The event is one of very high and, as I believe, of national interest, and the attendance of the surviving Union soldiers will, I do not doubt, be larger than at any annual encampment that has ever been held.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Mar 8, 1892

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication of the 5th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting the agreement concluded by and between the commissioners for the United States and the Cherokee…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Feb 16, 1892

I am of the opinion that if this appropriation is to stand provision should be made for protecting these tribes against extortionate claims for compensation in procuring action by Congress.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Feb 16, 1892

I do not believe that the lands for which this money is to be paid were, to quote the language of section 15 of the Indian appropriation bill, already set out, 'ceded in trust by article 3 of the treaty between the United States and said…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 27, 1892

The treatment of the incident of the assault upon the sailors of the Baltimore is so conciliatory and friendly that I am of the opinion that there is a good prospect that the differences growing out of that serious affair can now be…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 24, 1892

This Government is now awaiting the result of an investigation which has been conducted by the criminal court at Valparaiso.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 24, 1892

To the Senate of the United States:Referring to a communication of June 11, 1890, concerning the adoption by the Committee on Foreign Relations of a resolution respecting the claim of William Webster against the Government of Great…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 24, 1892

It may be well at the outset to say that whatever may have been said in this country or in Chile in criticism of Mr. Egan, our minister at Santiago, the true history of this exciting period in Chilean affairs from the outbreak of the…

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 24, 1892

He has, I think, on the whole borne himself in very trying circumstances with dignity, discretion, and courage, and has conducted the correspondence with ability, courtesy, and fairness.

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Ben Harrison
@benharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 19, 1892

Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph 10 the following: \and elevator conductors;\" so that as amended the paragraph will read: In all the Departments: Bookbinders and elevator conductors.

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