Wherever this reform has gained a foothold it has steadily advanced in the esteem of those charged with public administrative duties.

This scheme for a reform in the methods of administering the Government is no longer an experiment.

To the House of Representatives: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th of February last, calling upon the Secretary of State for copies of all the correspondence relating to the claims of certain…

to authorize the purchase of a tract of land near Salem, Oreg., for the use of the Indian training school.

The subject is recommended to the favorable consideration and action of Congress.

To the Senate of the United States: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate in executive session of the 27th of January, I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State and the papers accompanying it, relating to the…

If a law of Congress could, in the manner contemplated by the bill, change, under the Constitution, the existing rights of any of the parties claiming interests in these lands, it hardly seems that any new questions could be presented to…

If it be true that these are public lands, the declaration that they are so by enactment is entirely unnecessary;

It certainly seems to be such a transfer and relinquishment of all interests in the land mentioned on the part of the United States as to relieve the Government from any further concern therein.

Every possible question that can be raised, or at least that ought to be raised, in any suit relating to these lands has been determined by the highest judicial authority in the land.

Safety lies in noninterference by Congress with matters which should be left to judicial cognizance;

I return herewith without approval, and with a statement of my objections thereto, Senate bill No. 150.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, the report of the National Board of Health for the year 1885.

I am constrained to interpose an objection to a measure which proposes to suspend general and wholesome laws for the purpose of granting what appears to me to be an undeserved gratuity.

I transmit herewith a communication of the 5th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill, prepared in the Office of Indian Affairs, 'for the relief of the Omaha tribe of Indians in…

I transmit herewith a communication of the 27th ultimo from the Secretary of the Interior.

I do not suppose that 'the public offices of the United States' are regulated or controlled in their relations to either House of Congress by the fact that they were 'created by laws enacted by themselves.'

This outrage upon law and treaty engagements was committed by a lawless mob.