I am convinced that such ratification will be of decided benefit to the
Government, and that the agreement is entirely free from any suspicion
of unfairness or injustice toward the Indians.
I desire to call especial attention to the fact that to become effective
the agreement must be ratified by the Congress prior to the its day of
July, 1889.
The draft of an act of ratification is herewith submitted.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1889_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a further report of the Secretary of State, with
accompanying correspondence, relating to Samoa, and the joint protocols
of the conferences held in this city in the summer of 1887, to the
publication of which the Governments of Germany and Great Britain have
consented.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1889_.
_To the Senate_:
In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 23d ultimo, directing
the Secretary of State to transmit to that body copies of all
correspondence on the files of his Department relative to the case of
the ship _Bridgewater_, I transmit herewith, being of the opinion
that it is not incompatible with the public interest to do so, a report
from the Secretary of State, accompanying which is the correspondence
referred to.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 12, 1889_.
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