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Grover Cleveland: It is quite obvious that an experienced force of employees at the ports where goods for Springfield are entered would be…

On the recordMay 16, 1886
It is quite obvious that an experienced force of employees at the ports where goods for Springfield are entered would be much better qualified to adjust the duties upon the same than the person thus proposed to be added to the vast army of Federal officials.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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