Grover Cleveland: “Provided, That appointments to positions at pension agencies shall not be charged to the apportionment.”

To the Senate: In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State.

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 a communication from the Secretary of State, covering the report of the joint commission on behalf of the United States and Great Britain, dated December 31, 1896, relative to the preservation of the fisheries in waters…

When we consider these provisions of the bill in connection with our long northern frontier and the boundaries of our States and Territories, often but an imaginary line separating them from the British dominions, and recall the friendly…