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Address to Congress on the death of Vice President Hobart and fiscal policy
The message opens with mourning Vice President Hobart and praises his character. It surveys prosperity, trade, and federal finances, notes a cash balance of 278 million and a 40 million surplus projected, and discusses sinking funds, gold parity, and potential bond sales. It urges treasury power to sustain gold standard, expand merchant marine, tackle trusts, and examine banking reform. It also covers foreign relations, China, the Paris exposition, and U S German ties.
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Senate
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Hobart
United States
Central Pacific Railroad
Secretary of the Treasury
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Treasury
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National Banking Act
Congress
East
West Indies
Harrison
Transmissouri Freight Association
Joint Traffic Association
Cleveland
United
Argentine
Chile
Buenos Ayres
United States Senate
Argentina
Pennsylvania
Lattimer
Belgium
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Bolivia
Pando
Peru
Brazil
Amazon
Panama Star and Herald
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Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Darien
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Denmark
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Heureaux
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Merry
China
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Pekin
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Talien-Wan
Paris
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