Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, a communication from the Acting Secretary of State, forwarding certain bulletins of the Bureau of the American Republics."

"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."

"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 eff..."

"The law creates two new officers, whose aggregate compensation may be $12,000 per annum, without, it seems to me, a justifying necessity."