May 20, 1892
I will give the matter you have suggested the most serious consideration.
Ben Harrison
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Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he was born on August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio, and later moved to Indiana, where he established his political career. Before his presidency, Harrison served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1881 to 1887. He was known for his advocacy of protective tariffs and for being the first sitting president to attend a football game, reflecting his interest in American sports and culture.
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May 20, 1892
I have felt the reproach which lawlessness has brought upon some of our communities.
May 20, 1892
I have endeavored to hold up the law as the one single admissible rule of conduct for good citizens.
May 20, 1892
They brutalize the participants and shame our Christian civilization.
May 20, 1892
Lynchings are a reproach to any community; they impeach the adequacy of our institutions for the punishment of crime.
May 10, 1892
It also comprehends the wages and the cost of living of persons employed in the textile and glass industries.
May 10, 1892
To the Senate and House of Representatives:I transmit herewith the seventh annual report of the Commissioner of Labor, which report relates to the cost of producing textiles and glass in the United States and in Europe.
May 6, 1892
Executive orders heretofore issued declaring the places subject to noncompetitive examination under clause (d) of section 2 of General Rule III are hereby amended so as to include among said places the following:In the Commission of Fish…
May 4, 1892
no person shall be admitted to any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service rules in any of the classes above designated until he or she shall have passed an appropriate examination under the United States Civil Service…
May 4, 1892
no person who may be appointed to an office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that no person who may be employed merely as a messenger, laborer, workman, or watchman, shall be considered as within this classification
May 4, 1892
It is ordered,That the office of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries be, and the same is hereby, classified as a part of the classified departmental service
Apr 26, 1892
Shall it rise with stately progress, without check or tardiness, until the capstone is set amid the plaudits of the liberal and patriotic citizens of this great city?
Apr 26, 1892
This stone which has now been laid, accompanied by this magnificent expression of popular interest, is only the top stone of a foundation, but it speaks to us of a structure, imposing and graceful in its completeness, which shall rise from…
Apr 26, 1892
I am glad to see here what seems to me to be adequate assurance that this work, so nobly started upon, will be speedily consummated.
Apr 25, 1892
I have not and will not let any favorable opportunity pass for the promotion of that most desirable result
Apr 25, 1892
believing that the full use of silver as a coined metal upon an agreed ratio by the great commercial nations of the world would very highly promote the prosperity of all their people
Apr 14, 1892
the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require;
Apr 14, 1892
Citizens of the United States of America shall enjoy in the German Empire the protection of copyright as regards works of literature and art, as well as photographs, against illegal reproduction, on the same basis on which such protection…
Apr 14, 1892
The United States Government engages in return that the President of the United States shall, in pursuance of section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, issue the proclamation therein provided for in regard to the extension of the…
Apr 10, 1892
The cession, sale, relinquishment, and conveyance of the lands described in Article 1 of this agreement shall not take effect and be in force until the sum of $342,778.37, together with the sum of $18,400, shall have been paid to said…
Apr 10, 1892
All persons save said Indians are forbidden to enter upon and occupy the same or any part thereof.
Apr 3, 1892
To the Senate: I transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate passed in executive session on March 14, 1892, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.
Mar 31, 1892
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
Mar 23, 1892
The event is one of very high and, as I believe, of national interest, and the attendance of the surviving Union soldiers will, I do not doubt, be larger than at any annual encampment that has ever been held.
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