Ben Harrison: “I have felt great interest and enthusiasm in the rebuilding of the American Navy.”

The first and second and the third and fourth of these provisions are reciprocal in their nature

It has been the policy of the Administration not only to respect but to encourage the continuance of an independent government in the Hawaiian Islands so long as it afforded suitable guaranties for the protection of life and property and…

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

Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.