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Address at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska

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Feb 13, 1901

I recommend that, following our national precedents, especially that in the case of Admiral Dewey and the Asiatic Squadron, the thanks of Congress be given to Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson, United States Navy, and to the officers and men…

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Feb 13, 1901

The result of this battle was the freeing of our Atlantic coast from the possibilities to which it had been exposed from Admiral Cervera's fleet, and the termination of the war upon the seas.

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Mar 1, 1901

Under the circumstances of this case I do not feel at liberty to approve the bill.

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Mar 3, 1901

The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence.

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