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Grover Cleveland: At the same time, it is a plain dictate of wisdom and expediency that the commerce of the river be not unnecessarily…

On the recordJanuary 19, 1894
At the same time, it is a plain dictate of wisdom and expediency that the commerce of the river be not unnecessarily interfered with by bridges or in any other manner.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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