10/16/1888
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"The objection to piers in the river for the purpose of supporting bridges is in any event so serious that...should not in such an indirect manner as is done by this bill be applied to a like structure..."
"I transmit herewith dispatches received yesterday from our minister at Hawaii."
"I fully concur in the objections made to this bill by the officers having charge of the public lands."
"I return without my approval House bill No. 71."