I cannot impress upon you too strongly my wish that your investigation shall be so thorough and complete that your report, when made, shall fix the responsibility for any failure or fault, by reason of neglect, incompetency, or maladministration, upon the officers and bureaus responsible therefor—if it be found that the evils complained of have existed.
Remarks to the Commission Appointed to Investigate the Administration of the War Department in the Spanish-American War
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Now I have the satisfaction to announce that the Congress just closed has reduced taxation in the sum of $41,000,000.
We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditures.
We are now at peace with the world, and it is my fervent prayer that if differences arise between us and other powers they may be settled by peaceful arbitration and that hereafter we may be spared the horrors of war.
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