Rutherford Hayes actually said...

The objection to the bill, therefore, to which I respectfully ask your attention is that it gives a marked and deliberate sanction, attended...

Under these circumstances, to attempt in an appropriation bill the modification or repeal of these laws is to annex a condition to the passa...

I respectfully recommend that such action be taken by Congress as may be deemed appropriate with reference to a gift to the nation so precio...

Politics, as well as religion, has its superstitions.