Executive Order
08/05/1898
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It is the constitutional method of ascertaining the public will.
I recommend that, following our national precedents, especially that in the case of Admiral Dewey and the Asiatic Squadr...
Whatever remains unfulfilled is a continuing obligation resting with undiminished force upon the Executive and the Congr...
I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.