Veto Message
08/16/1886
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I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.
It is nevertheless confidently believed that the treaty can not fail to be everywhere recognized as making a long step i...
The Government has therefore once paid the amount of this bond to the party apparently entitled to it.