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Grover Cleveland: The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against…

On the recordMay 28, 1896
The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against repayment of the bond in the future, whereas the payment we should suffer from has already been made.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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