rrency system of said countries, and
that I transmit to the Senate any correspondence between the United
States and other governments upon the subject, and in response thereto
beg respectfully to inform the Senate that in my opinion it would not
be compatible with the public interest to lay before the Senate at this
time the information requested, but that at the earliest moment after
definite information can properly be given all the facts and any
correspondence that may take place will be submitted to Congress.

It may not be inappropriate, however, to say here that, believing that
the full use of silver as a coined metal upon an agreed ratio by the
great commercial nations of the world would very highly promote the
prosperity of all their people, I have not and will not let any
favorable opportunity pass for the promotion of that most desirable
result, or, if free international silver coinage is not presently
attainable, then to secure the largest practicable use of that metal.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 11, 1892_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring, I return herewith the bill (H.R. 3927) entitled
"An act to amend 'An act to provide for the performance of the duties
of the office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation,
or inability both of the President and Vice-President,' approved
January 19, 1886."

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 11, 1892_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith the seventh annual report of the Commissioner of
Labor, which report relates to the cost of producing textiles and glass
in the United States and in Europe. It also comprehends the wages and
the cost of living of persons employed in the textile and glass
industries.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 25, 1892_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication of the Secretary of War, dated May
24, from which and from the accompanying papers it appears that the late
General George W. Cullum, of the United States Army, has by will devised
$250,000 to the Government of the United States for the erection of a
memorial hall upon the grounds of the Military Academy at West Point, to
be used as a "receptacle of statues, busts, mural tablets, and portraits
of distinguished deceased officers and graduates of the Militar