Grover Cleveland: “It is entirely certain that the special act now presented to me would give the claimant no new rights or additional…”

I indorse the recommendation of the Secretary of State that Congress authorize the printing of a special edition of 10,000 copies.

To the Senate:I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1897, a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the claim of M. A. Cheek against the Siamese Government, with accompanying papers.

I anticipate that better and more uninterrupted commerce, through the plan suggested, between the great West and foreign ports, with the increase of national prosperity which must follow in its train, will not long escape American…

A radical departure from our national policy relating to immigration is here presented.