Executive Order
04/05/1899
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Considering it a matter entirely between that gentleman and his tenants, Messrs. Gardiner and Atkinson, I at that time r...
We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditur...
Under the circumstances of this case I do not feel at liberty to approve the bill.
To single out for payment a few claims of this large class to the exclusion of all others would, in my judgment, be unju...