"To the Senate:I transmit herewith the response of the Secretary of Agriculture to the resolution of the Senate of February 8, 1899, calling for information in his possession regarding the practical usefulness of reservoirs to agriculture in the irrigated region of the United States, especially as af..."
"I transmit herewith the response of the Secretary of State to the resolution of the House of Representatives of February 4, 1899, calling for information in his possession concerning certain alleged o..."
"Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the tracts of land reserved by this proclamation."
"By virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as ..."
"the commissioners are hereby authorized to confer authoritatively with any persons resident in the islands"
"the commissioners will endeavor, without interference with the military authorities of the United States"
"to establish industrial and commercial prosperity"
"while the military government already proclaimed is to be maintained and continued so long as necessity may require"
"efforts will be made to alleviate the burdens of taxation"
"it is also my wish and expectation that the commissioners may be received in a manner due to the honored and authorized representatives of the American Republic"
"emphasizing upon all occasions the just and beneficent intentions of the Government of the United States"