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I think, then, and I submit it to the good, cool sense and judgment of my friend from Kentucky, that the better way is as early as possible to organize a commission; let it be constituted, as I have no doubt the President will take care to constitute it, of fair and impartial men.
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John Sherman
Ohio

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Sherman advocates for the early organization of a commission to address tariff issues.

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