To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a communication of 24th ultimo from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill to accept and ratify an agreement made by the Pi-Ute…

I transmit herewith a communication of 23d ultimo from the Secretary of the Interior.

The matter is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.

I do hereby admonish and warn all persons,... against selling or disposing of, or attempting to sell or dispose of, any of said lands.

I also warn and admonish all persons against purchasing any part of said territory from any person or persons whomsoever.

To ascertain the feasibility of establishing by international arrangement a fixity of rates between the two precious metals.

I commend its suggestions to the favorable attention of Congress.

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the invitation from Her Britannic Majesty to this Government to participate in the international exhibition which is to be held at Melbourne in 1888 to celebrate the…

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a final protocol, signed at Paris on the 7th day of July, 1887, by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the other powers parties to the…

It is plain that the exaction of more than this is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice.

It will not do to neglect this situation because its dangers are not now palpably imminent and apparent.

The necessity of combination to maintain the price of any commodity to the tariff point furnishes proof that someone is willing to accept lower prices for such commodity and that such prices are remunerative.

The public Treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure, becomes a hoarding place for money needlessly withdrawn from trade and the people's use.

The simple and plain duty which we owe the people is to reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the Government.

The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the Government.

This wrong inflicted upon those who bear the burden of national taxation multiplies a brood of evil consequences.

No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a single official, upon his judgment of its necessity, to withhold from or release to the business of the people money held in the Treasury.

I do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 24th day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.