Ben Harrison: “It is my painful duty to announce to the people of the United States the death of James Gillespie Blaine, which occurred…”

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 question whether Article XXIX is still in force depends, so far as the construction of the treaty goes, upon the meaning of the words 'the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII'

No provision is made for a continued discharge of the duties of marshal and district attorney by the present incumbents.