I transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in the claim of the British schooner Lillie.

I approve the recommendations made by the Secretary of State, and strongly recommend the matter to the favorable consideration of Congress.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

In view of the importance of this Bureau, I recommend that the appropriation asked for be granted.

The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to transport over the canal its vessels and its troops and munitions of war in such vessels at all times without paying charges of any kind.

We have cause as a nation to be thankful for the steps that have been so successfully taken to put these principles into effect.

The United States agrees that the ports at either entrance of the canal and the waters thereof and the Republic of Panama agrees that the towns of Panama and Colon shall be free for all time.

I transmit for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification a convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama for the construction of a ship canal, etc., to connect the waters of the Atlantic and…

The integrity of our currency is beyond question.

The establishment of a naval base in the Philippines ought not to be longer postponed.

The grants herein contained shall in no manner invalidate the titles or rights of private land holders or owners of private property in the said zone or in or to any of the lands or waters granted to the United States by the provisions of…

The establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor, with the Bureau of Corporations thereunder, marks a real advance in the direction of doing all that is possible for the solution of the questions vitally affecting capitalists and…

The United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama.

We can not have too much immigration of the right kind, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind.

The consistent policy of the National Government, so far as it has the power, is to hold in check the unscrupulous man, whether employer or employee; but to refuse to weaken individual initiative or to hamper or cramp the industrial…

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it.

I also inclose a report from the Secretary of State submitting the convention for my consideration.

Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation. The only corporation that has cause to dread it is the corporation which shrinks from the light, and about the welfare of such corporations we need not be oversensitive.