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Grover Cleveland: I do not suppose that 'the public offices of the United States' are regulated or controlled in their relations to either…

On the recordFebruary 28, 1886
I do not suppose that 'the public offices of the United States' are regulated or controlled in their relations to either House of Congress by the fact that they were 'created by laws enacted by themselves.'
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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