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On the recordDecember 2, 1889
The existence of so large an actual and anticipated surplus should have the immediate attention of Congress, with a view to reducing the receipts of the Treasury to the needs of the Government as closely as may be.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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