Executive Order
05/18/1898
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We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditur...
The prophets of evil were not the builders of the Republic.
That the lands hereby restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from date hereof, but shall not be subje...
Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress in extraordinary session to devise revenues to pay the ordinary expenses...