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Grover Cleveland: In the interest of the beneficiary and for her advantage the special bill is therefore disapproved.

On the recordFebruary 20, 1887
In the interest of the beneficiary and for her advantage the special bill is therefore disapproved.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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