Ben Harrison: “The differences of opinion have been happily reconciled.”

We lift the flag to-day over one ship, a magnificent specimen of the naval art, one of the best on any sea.

The correspondence which accompanies the treaty will put the Senate in possession of all the facts known to the Executive.

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

If it meets the approval of the Senate, peace and good order will be secured in the islands under existing laws until such time as Congress can provide by legislation a permanent from of government for the islands.