I am inclined to think that, using the aids which the protocol and the nearly contemporaneous legislation by Congress in the act of 1873 furnish in construing the treaty, the better opinion is that Article XXIX of the treaty is no longer operative
Message to Congress Regarding Railway Transportation Through Canada
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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.
I thank you, sir, and these generous donors, for this testimonial of an incident which I am sure will be regarded as valuable in our history.
The statutes relating to the transportation of merchandise between the United States and the British possessions should be the subject of revision
The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government have consented to leave to the future and to the just and benevolent purposes of the United States the adjustment of all such questions.
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