Political Quotes

To the Senate of the United States:In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith the bill (S. 2625) entitled \An act to provide for the punishment of offenses on the high seas.\

It is my painful duty to announce to the people of the United States the death of James Gillespie Blaine, which occurred in this city to-day at 11 o'clock.

The question whether Article XXIX is still in force depends, so far as the construction of the treaty goes, upon the meaning of the words 'the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII'

The influence and interest of the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.