Ben Harrison: “I commend these suggestions and hope they will receive the prompt consideration of Congress.”

That event is interesting in itself, but its interest to me is in the fact that this ship is the type and precursor of many others.

I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, a communication from the Acting Secretary of State, forwarding certain bulletins of the Bureau of the American Republics.

No provision is made for a continued discharge of the duties of marshal and district attorney by the present incumbents.

But the most serious objection to the legislation is that it creates at once upon the taking effect of the law the offices of district attorney and marshal for each of the three districts, and the effect, it seems to me, must be to abolish…