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William McKinley: “If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong doers must not escape conviction and punishment.”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1898
If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong doers must not escape conviction and punishment.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks to the Commission Appointed to Investigate the Administration of the War Department in the Spanish-American War

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