The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland: Twenty-second President of the United States. March 4, L885, to March 4, L889 |
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... seems to me that nothing in the character of the office or the necessities of the case requires more from the candidate accepting such nomination than the suggestion of certain well - known truths so absolutely vital to the safety and ...
... seems to me that nothing in the character of the office or the necessities of the case requires more from the candidate accepting such nomination than the suggestion of certain well - known truths so absolutely vital to the safety and ...
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... seems to be a propriety in transferring that work to the Navy Department . The other duties now in charge of this establishment , if they can not be profitably attached to some existing Department or other bureau , should be prosecuted ...
... seems to be a propriety in transferring that work to the Navy Department . The other duties now in charge of this establishment , if they can not be profitably attached to some existing Department or other bureau , should be prosecuted ...
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... seems that under existing statutes the Government can not inter- vene to prevent such construction when entered upon without its consent , though when such consent is asked and granted upon con- dition , the authority to insist upon ...
... seems that under existing statutes the Government can not inter- vene to prevent such construction when entered upon without its consent , though when such consent is asked and granted upon con- dition , the authority to insist upon ...
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... seems incapable of correction by mere administration . 66 It is not for the " common benefit of the United States " that a large area of the public lands should be acquired , directly or through fraud , in the hands of a single ...
... seems incapable of correction by mere administration . 66 It is not for the " common benefit of the United States " that a large area of the public lands should be acquired , directly or through fraud , in the hands of a single ...
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... seems to be such a transfer and relinquishment of all interests in the land mentioned on the part of the United ... seems that any new questions could be presented to the courts which would do more than raise false hopes and renew ...
... seems to be such a transfer and relinquishment of all interests in the land mentioned on the part of the United ... seems that any new questions could be presented to the courts which would do more than raise false hopes and renew ...
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Page 264 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 75 - Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants or from curiosity, together with their body and household servants, and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their own free will and accord, and shall be accorded all the rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions which are accorded to the citizens and subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 264 - I firmly believe this, and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel ; we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests ; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a...
Page 364 - An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States...
Page 238 - ... benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, the Government should not support the people.
Page 233 - ... a mental or physical disability of a permanent character, not the result of their own vicious habits, which incapacitates them from the performance of manual labor in such a degree as to render them unable to earn a support...
Page 263 - In this situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us. how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings...
Page 65 - ... and to earnestly recommend their total repeal. It could not have been the intention of the framers of the Constitution, when providing that appointments made by the President should receive the consent of the Senate, that the latter should have the power to retain in office persons placed there by Federal appointment against the will of the President. The law is inconsistent with a faithful and efficient administration of the Government. What faith can an Executive put in officials forced upon...
Page 264 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Page 61 - I regard the papers and documents withheld and addressed to me or intended for my use and action purely unofficial and private, not infrequently confidential, and having reference to the performance of a duty exclusively mine. I consider them in no proper sense as upon the files of the Department, but as deposited there for my convenience, remaining still completely under my control. I suppose if I desired to take them into my custody I might do so with entire propriety, and if I saw fit to destroy...