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On the recordJune 19, 1890
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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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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