Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"I transmit herewith the correspondence called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, relating to the conduct of Commander Reiter in connection with the arrest and killing of General B..."

"Hasty action by the Senate is also necessarily involved, and geographical limitations are practically imposed by the necessity of selecting someone who can reach the capital and take the necessary oat..."

"This limitation is, I am sure, unwise, and necessarily involves in such a case as that now presented undue haste and even indelicacy."

"I recommend such a modification of the existing law as will permit the first or sole assistant, or, in the case of the Treasury Department, where the assistants are not graded, that one who may be des..."