Grover Cleveland: “The facts here presented come so far short of furnishing a satisfactory excuse for his delay.”

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

I transmit herewith, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of January 23, 1897, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of the correspondence therein requested, relating to the Nicaraguan Canal or the Maritime Canal…

A departure from this rule, even in aid of cases of hardship, can not fail to establish precedents inviting the abandonment of reasonable and justifiable pension theories.

A careful examination of this bill has convinced me that for the reasons given and others not specifically stated its provisions are unnecessarily harsh and oppressive.