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Grover Cleveland: Safety lies in noninterference by Congress with matters which should be left to judicial cognizance;

On the recordMarch 10, 1886
Safety lies in noninterference by Congress with matters which should be left to judicial cognizance;
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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