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On the recordJanuary 25, 1891
Stripped, then, of this claim the proposition is nakedly one to authorize Oklahoma City to donate $40,000 to the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval an Act to Authorize Oklahoma City, in Oklahoma Territory...

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