03/01/1889
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"I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by documents and correspondence, in relation to the recent negotiations with Great Britain concerning American fishing interests i..."
"I take pleasure in expressing my concurrence in the suggestion therein referred to."
"I hereby direct that the officers, clerks, and other employees of the United States Civil Service Commission shall be arranged in the following classes."
"I believe that it supplies a satisfactory, practical, and final adjustment, upon a basis honorable and just to both parties, of the difficult and vexed question to which it relates."