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On the recordApril 4, 1905
You will soon be part of one of the great States of the Union (for surely we will see Oklahoma and the Indian Territory admitted to Statehood), and when that takes place you will be at the outset a great State.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Vineta, Indian Territory

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