Inaugural Address
03/03/1901
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I return herewith, without approval, House bill No. 321.
Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress in extraordinary session to devise revenues to pay the ordinary expenses...
I recommend that, following our national precedents, especially that in the case of Admiral Dewey and the Asiatic Squadr...
Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.