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On the recordSeptember 2, 1890
The ratification of the treaties contemplated by these reports will constitute one of the happiest and most hopeful incidents in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Transmitting a Report Relating to International Arbitration

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