The Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the country in a condition of unusual prosperity, of universal good will among the people at home, and in relations of peace and friendship with every government of the world.
McKinley noted the country's unusual prosperity and goodwill at the start of the Fifty-sixth Congress.
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