12/06/1909
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"Every one must admit the wisdom of providing for the payment of the canal expenditure by bonds."
"That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make practical and exhaustive investigation of the character, extent, and value of the coal deposits in and under the segregated..."
"I earnestly urge upon the Congress the passage of suitable personnel legislation."
"The effect of the proposed measure would be to promote our officers to the grade of rear-admiral at an average age of 54 to 55, and to make the average of all the rear-admirals about 58."