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Grover Cleveland: I conclude, therefore, that Congress in passing this bill acted in ignorance of the fact that a law providing for its…

On the recordJuly 29, 1886
I conclude, therefore, that Congress in passing this bill acted in ignorance of the fact that a law providing for its objects and purposes was already on the statute book.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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