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Grover Cleveland: “I deem it my duty to ask at the hands of the legislative branch of the Government such prompt and effective action as…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 1895
I deem it my duty to ask at the hands of the legislative branch of the Government such prompt and effective action as will restore confidence in our financial soundness and avert business disaster.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to Congress on the Need for Action to Restore Confidence in Financial Soundness

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