Few among our citizens have risen to greater or more deserved eminence in the national councils than he.

In the fullness of years and honors, John Sherman, lately Secretary of State, has passed away.

This order to take effect on the first day of November, 1900.

By virtue of the authority vested in the President of the United States by Section 3141, Revised Statutes of the United States, I hereby order

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, in further reply to the resolution of the Senate of April 10, 1900, having reference to Senate Document No. 336, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, a further report from the…

The new day brings its shining sun to light our duty now.

The past can never be undone.

permission is hereby given that needful advances of money be made

To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relative to the status of Chinese persons in the Philippine Islands.

Your attention is invited to the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture that 20,000 copies of the report be printed for the use of the Department, in addition to such number as may be desired for the use of the Senate and House of…

General Otis was not directed by the Secretary of War to make such an answer as is set forth in the resolution

He was not directed by the Secretary of War to reply, and no answer was made by him or the Secretary of War to an application to cease fighting.

In response to the resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1900, calling for the correspondence touching the request of the Government of the South African Republics for my intervention with a view to the cessation of hostilities, I transmit…

it is hereby ordered that in lieu thereof, lot one (1) section six (6), township twenty-eight (28) north, range fifteen (15) west, Willamette Meridian, Washington, containing, according to the official plat on file in the General Land…

No great pestilence has invaded our shores.

Abundant crops have rewarded the efforts of the husbandmen.

The hurricane which swept over our new possession of Puerto Rico, destroying the homes and property of the inhabitants, called forth the instant sympathy of the people of the United States.

Increased comforts have come to the home.

An honorable peace has been ratified with a foreign nation with which we were at war.

Liberal employment waits upon labor.

Seldom has this nation had greater cause for profound thanksgiving.

The national finances have been strengthened.

We are now on friendly relations with every power of earth.

The insurrection still continues in the island of Luzon.

Public credit has been sustained and made firmer.