Political Quotes

It is hereby ordered that the Executive order of May 17, 1884, by President Chester A. Arthur, be, and the same hereby is, modified so that all the lands described in said order which lie west of the 110th degree of west longitude and within the Territory of Utah be, and the same hereby are, restored to the public domain, freed from the reservation made by said order.

I am quite sure that if we should now act upon this subject independently of other nations we would greatly promote their interests and injure our own.

The position taken by this Government, as expressed in my previous communication to the Senate, that the canal tolls and regulations of which complaint has been made are in violation of our treaty with Great Britain, is not shaken, but rather confirmed.

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate passed in executive session on the 21st instant and addressed to the Secretary of State, a report of that officer, with accompanying documents, in further relation to the nonacceptance of the Hon. Henry W. Blair as minister of the United States to the Government of China, which question was the occasion of my recent message to the Senate of the 4th of April last.