Ben Harrison: “The public needs do not justify the contemplated expenditure of $75,000 for the erection of a public building at Bar…”

But the most serious objection to the legislation is that it creates at once upon the taking effect of the law the offices of district attorney and marshal for each of the three districts, and the effect, it seems to me, must be to abolish…

That event is interesting in itself, but its interest to me is in the fact that this ship is the type and precursor of many others.

The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were appointed and qualified.

I believe we have reached an epoch in our development when we may successfully begin the work of carrying our share of the world's commerce upon the seas.