Rutherford B. Hayes: “I respectfully refer to that message for a statement of my views on the principle maintained in debate by the advocates…”

I can not but regard the fifth section of the bill as a step in the direction of the destruction of the national banking system.

Provided, That this withdrawal shall not affect any existing valid adverse rights of any party.

I have the honor to inform the Senate that Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Senator elect from the State of Indiana, has resigned his office as a member of the Commission for the Improvement of the Mississippi River, and the same has been accepted…

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in California, viz: Sections 26 and 35 in township 10 south, of range 1 west, and sections 2 and 3, in township 11 south, of range 1 west of the San Bernardino meridian be, and the…