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On the recordMarch 2, 1881
If successfully accomplished, it will secure a large decrease in the annual interest payment of the nation, and I earnestly recommend, if the bill before me shall fail, that another measure for this purpose be adopted before the present Congress adjourns.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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