Political Quotes

Orestes Cleveland

The Public Record

Apr 23, 1886

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, viz, all those portions of townships 29 north, ranges 14, 15, and 16 west of the New Mexico principal meridian, south of the San Juan River, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the Navajo Indian Reservation.

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Apr 21, 1886

I am satisfied, however, that something may be done under Federal authority to prevent the disturbances which so often arise from disputes between employers and the employed.

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Apr 21, 1886

If such a commission were fairly organized, the risk of a loss of popular support and sympathy resulting from a refusal to submit to so peaceful an instrumentality would constrain both parties to such disputes to invoke its interference and abide by its decisions.

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Apr 21, 1886

The establishment by Federal authority of such a bureau would be a just and sensible recognition of the value of labor and of its right to be represented in the departments of the Government.

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Apr 21, 1886

I am constrained to recommend to Congress legislation upon this serious and pressing subject.

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Apr 21, 1886

The present condition of the relations between labor and capital is far from satisfactory.

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Apr 21, 1886

The laboring man may well insist, with manly courage and as a right, upon the same recognition from those who make our laws as is accorded to any other citizen.

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Apr 21, 1886

Under our form of government the value of labor as an element of national prosperity should be distinctly recognized.

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Apr 21, 1886

A commission thus organized would have the advantage of being a stable body.

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Apr 19, 1886

To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State on the manufacture of milk sugar in Switzerland.

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Apr 13, 1886

I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State on the subject.

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