Benjamin Harrison actually said...

If there were no other objections to this bill, I should deem this alone sufficient, that no provision is made for submitting to a vote of the people at an election, after due notice and under the sanction of law, the question whether this subscription shall be made.

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval a Bill to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa...

06/19/1890

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