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Ben Harrison: “If the policies of the administration have not been distinctively and progressively American and Republican policies…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1892
If the policies of the administration have not been distinctively and progressively American and Republican policies, the fault has not been in the purpose, but in the execution.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Letter Accepting the Presidential Nomination

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