William McKinley: “Sectional lines no longer mar the map of the United States.”

It is hereby ordered that the unsurveyed portion of Eliza Island and Billingham Bay in section five (5), township thirty-six (36) north, range two (2) East Willamette meridian, Washington be, and it is hereby reserved for light-house…

Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.

We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditures.

I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3141, Revised Statutes of the United States, hereby order that the States of North Dakota and South Dakota, now part of the Internal…