Rutherford Hayes actually said...

I earnestly urge upon your attention the necessity of making immediate appropriations for the maintenance of the service of the marshals and...

Believing that it was not the intention of Congress to require such repayment, the bill is returned without my signature.

The States may employ both civil and military power at the elections, but by this bill even the civil authority to protect Congressional ele...

The fact that these laws are deemed objectionable by a majority of both Houses of Congress is urged as a sufficient warrant for this legisla...