"I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way."
"The important thing is to get our tariff legislation out of the slough of guesswork and logrolling and ex parte statements of interested persons, and to establish that legislation on the basis of test..."
"Pledged to support a policy of moderate protection, I can not approve a measure which violates its principle."
"The empirical and haphazard character of this bill is shown more clearly perhaps in the amendment to Schedule A than in any other."
"I earnestly hope that Congress will take immediate action in this regard, as recommended by the Secretary of War."
"I concur fully in the conclusions which the Secretary of War has reached and in the recommendations which he makes."
"Of course if it shall turn out that the most thorough excavation will not disclose the cause we must be content, but as long as there remains unexcavated any portion of the mud and debris within the w..."
"The Navy Department has no objection to the proposed salvage operations, but the Department of State holds the view that these wrecks are public property of the United States, which may be alienated o..."
"It appears that a Norwegian company has applied to the Cuban Government for permission to raise these wrecks and that before considering the proposition the Cuban Government desires to receive the vie..."
"The matter is therefore submitted to the Congress in accordance with the recommendation of the Acting Secretary of State, with a view to its considering whether the President shall be authorized to re..."
"The issue is not now whether we ought originally to have begun this investigation, but it is whether, having expended a very large part of the necessary amount to do the full work, we ought to break i..."