Address at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska
10/11/1898
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To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State in response to the resolution ...
I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3141, Revised St...
I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.
Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.