"The shocking features of the situation had been mitigated."
"The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensable that there should be an entire change in the relations of these Indians to th..."
"This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity."
"We can not view the pending conflict without considering...our inevitably close relations to it."
"It would seem that if Spain should offer to Cuba genuine autonomy...there should be no just reason why the pacification of the island might not be effected on that basis."
"Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behalf."
"I do hereby revoke my said proclamation of January 26, 1888."
"I do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known that the Executive order of June 22, 1890, making said reservations of lands in the Territory of Alaska, therein particularly described, is hereby modifie..."
"The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows."
"No modification of the existing regulations shall be made without the approval of the Civil Service Commission."
"I do not think there should be anything done with this valuable property which will in the least embarrass the Government in its sale."