Inaugural Address
03/03/1901
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We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditur...
To single out for payment a few claims of this large class to the exclusion of all others would, in my judgment, be unju...
I earnestly recommend legislation under which the government of the islands may have authority to assist in their peacef...
Whatever remains unfulfilled is a continuing obligation resting with undiminished force upon the Executive and the Congr...