The report and accompanying papers are submitted for the information and early attention of Congress.

The matter is presented for such action as the Congress may deem proper.

I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th of September last, a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying correspondence, in relation to the killing of General J. Martine…

The agreement is submitted for the consideration of Congress, as required by law.

The revenues, amounting to above $450,000,000, have been collected and disbursed without revealing, so far as I can ascertain, a single case of defalcation or embezzlement.

The International Marine Conference, which sat at Washington last winter, reached a very gratifying result.

In the tariff act a wrong was done to the Kingdom of Hawaii.

I speak of these matters with freedom because the credit of this good work is not mine, but is shared by the heads of the several Departments with the great body of faithful officers and employees who serve under them.

The Conference of Brussels, to devise means for suppressing the slave trade in Africa, afforded an opportunity for a new expression of the interest the American people feel in that great work.

The peace of Central America has again been disturbed through a revolutionary change in Salvador.

It being evident that the minister, Mr. Mizner, had exceeded the bounds of his authority in intervening, I was constrained to disavow Mr. Mizner's act and recall him from his post.

It is confidently believed that the good relations of the two countries will be preserved and that the future will witness an increased intimacy of intercourse and an expansion of their mutual commerce.

The killing of General Barrundia on board the Pacific mail steamer Acapulco demanded careful inquiry.

The Nicaragua Canal project, under the control of our citizens, is making most encouraging progress.

The vast and increasing business of the Government has been transacted by the several Departments during the year with faithfulness, energy, and success.

The closest scrutiny of Congress is invited to all the methods of administration and to every item of expenditure.

If he fails so to do, and no reasonable cause for such failure is shown, the collision shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been caused by his wrongful act, neglect, or default.

In every case of collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers (if any), to stay by the…

That every master or person in charge of a United States vessel who fails, without reasonable cause, to render such assistance or give such information as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

To the Senate:In response to the resolution of the Senate of September 17, 1890, I inclose a report from the Secretary of State, transmitting all the correspondence found among the files of his Department relating to the claim of Thomas T…

There can be no reason, as it seems to me, for a retrial of the case in the Court of Claims in the absence of any showing of newly discovered evidence.

I can not give my approval to the proposition applied here, which if allowed here should be given general application, that every contractor with the Government who during the early days of the war failed to realize, by reason of increase…

If this form of gambling is to be prohibited, as I think it should be the penalties should include all persons and all places.

To the Senate:I return without my approval the bill (S. 3830) \to prohibit book-making of any kind and pool selling in the District of Columbia for the purpose of gaming.\

I return to the Senate without my approval the bill (S. 473) 'for the relief of the Portland Company, of Portland, Me.'