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On the recordApril 15, 1888
the proposed legislation would, in my opinion, result in a discrimination in favor of this claimant unfair and unjust toward thousands of poor widows who are equally entitled to our sympathy and benevolence.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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