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Grover Cleveland: “It thus appears that even if this bill were approved there could be no rating, and the legislation would be of no…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1888
It thus appears that even if this bill were approved there could be no rating, and the legislation would be of no advantage to the beneficiary named.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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