William McKinley: “let us pray with earnest fervor that He, the Dispenser of All Good, may speedily remove from us the untold afflictions…”

We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditures.

We are now at peace with the world, and it is my fervent prayer that if differences arise between us and other powers they may be settled by peaceful arbitration and that hereafter we may be spared the horrors of war.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, I hereby order and direct that during the maintenance of Military Government by the United States in the Island of Cuba there is…

That the President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such…