William McKinley actually said...

To permit such an action to be brought now is simply, without any reason of a special nature, to grant a privilege to these claimants which ...

The Government can only defend itself against claims of this nature through its public officers and with the use of such public records as t...

For these reasons I am constrained to withhold my approval from this bill.

Promptly obeying that order, the United States squadron, consisting of the flagship Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Boston, Concord, and Petrel...