Ben Harrison: “I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it…”

I believe we have reached an epoch in our development when we may successfully begin the work of carrying our share of the world's commerce upon the seas.

I transmit herewith the fifth special report of the Commissioner of Labor.

The law creates two new officers, whose aggregate compensation may be $12,000 per annum, without, it seems to me, a justifying necessity.

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.