12/06/1896
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"I return without approval Senate bill No. 1397."
"I recommend that provision be made by law for a preliminary survey of the boundary line in question by officers of the United States."
"There are many cities in the different States having larger populations than Springfield, and fully as much entitled, upon every ground presented, to the advantages sought by this bill."
"Therefore I recommend the appropriation of such sum of money as in the judgment of Congress shall be deemed adequate and proper to defray the cost of the inauguration of this statue."