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 ...
Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.
None exists now.
That the lands hereby restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from date hereof, but shall not be subje...