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Grover Cleveland: I think, when the application of Mr. Worden for an increase in his allowances was twice declined for any cause during…

On the recordMay 17, 1888
I think, when the application of Mr. Worden for an increase in his allowances was twice declined for any cause during the year covering his present demand, that if he made personal expenditures for clerk hire, and especially if he did so without the encouragement of the Department, they were made at his own risk.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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