to give them the exact terms of the proposed
adjustment, in place of the exaggerated and imaginative statements which
will otherwise reach them.

I therefore beg leave respectfully to suggest that said treaty and all
such correspondence, messages, and documents relating to the same as may
be deemed important to accomplish those purposes be at once made public
by the order of your honorable body.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 20, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, relative to an
invitation from the Imperial German Government to the Government of the
United States to become a party to the International Geodetic
Association.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 27, 1888_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith a report furnished by the Secretary of State in
response to a resolution of the Senate of January 12, 1888, making
various inquiries respecting the awards of the late Spanish and American
Claims Commission and the disposition of moneys received in satisfaction
thereof.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 5, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America_:

I transmit herewith, for the information and consideration of Congress,
a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence,
touching the action of the Government of Venezuela in conveying to that
country for interment the remains of the distinguished Venezuelan
soldier and statesman, General Jose Antonio Paez, and take pleasure in
expressing my concurrence in the suggestion therein referred to, that
the employment of a national vessel of war for the transportation of
General Paez's remains from New York to La Guayra be authorized and
provided for by Congress.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 5, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, relative to an
invitation which the Royal Bavarian Government has extended to this
Government to participate in the Third International Exhibition of the
Fine Arts, which is to be held at Munich, Bavaria, during the present
year.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 5, 1888_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by
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