Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It seems to me that the language of the bill under consideration...is equivalent to a new grant to that company."

"The objection to piers in the river for the purpose of supporting bridges is in any event so serious that...should not in such an indirect manner as is done by this bill be applied to a like structure..."

"I fully concur in the objections made to this bill by the officers having charge of the public lands."

"I am convinced that such a relaxation of our existing land laws as is contemplated by the bill under consideration would not be in the interest of good administration."