EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, March 16, 1888_.
_To the Senate_:
I have the honor to transmit herewith and recommend for your
constitutional approval a convention signed and concluded in this city
on the 12th instant, under my direction, between the United States and
China, for the exclusion hereafter of Chinese laborers from coming into
this country.
This treaty is accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of State in
recital of its provisions and explanatory of the reasons for its
negotiation, and with it are transmitted sundry documents giving the
history of events connected with the presence and treatment of Chinese
subjects in the United States.
In view of the public interest which has for a long time been manifested
in relation to the question of Chinese immigration, it would seem
advisable that the full text of this treaty should be made public, and I
respectfully recommend that an order to that effect be made by your
honorable body.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 16, 1888_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I herewith transmit, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of
the 16th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by
certain correspondence in regard to the Mexican _zona libre_.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 20, 1888_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 13th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, with accompanying papers, and submitting the
draft of a proposed bill to forfeit lands granted to the State of Oregon
for the construction of certain wagon roads, and for other purposes.
Pages:
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565