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are in violation of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, might try that
question out in the Supreme Court of the United States. I think
this would have satisfied those who oppose the view which Congress
evidently entertains of the treaty and might avoid the necessity
for either diplomatic negotiation or further decision by an arbitral
tribunal. Congress, however, has not thought it wise to accept
the suggestion, and therefore I must proceed in the view which I
have expressed, and am convinced is the correct one, as to the
proper construction of the treaty and the limitations which it
imposes upon the United States. I do not find that the bill here
in question violates those limitations.
On the whole, I believe the bill to be one of the most
beneficial that has passed this or any other Congress, and I find
no reason in the objections made to the bill which should lead
me to delay, until another session of Congress, provisions that
are imperatively needed now in order that due preparation by
the...”
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