Inaugural Address
03/03/1901
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Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an e...
I earnestly recommend legislation under which the government of the islands may have authority to assist in their peacef...
It is not deemed compatible with the public interest to transmit the report to the Senate at this time.
It is the constitutional method of ascertaining the public will.