Benjamin Harrison actually said...

I do not think it is competent for Congress to designate the person who shall fill an office created by law.

Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill to Establish the Record and Pension Office of the War Department,...

02/25/1891

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To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate passed in executive session on the 21st instant and...

To the Senate and House of Representatives:I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of State...

I am advised by the Attorney-General that under the Indian-depredations act 8,000 cases, involving an aggregate of damages claimed of about ...

The effect of this provision will be to bring to the Supreme Court many cases that in my opinion should be finally determined in the interme...