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On the recordMarch 1, 1891
The expenditure that such a policy would entail is incalculable, and the policy itself is, in my judgment, indefensible.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill for the Relief of the Administratrix of the Estate of George W....

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