A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland

A series of presidential messages, addresses, proclamations, and official papers present the administration's views on fiscal prudence, currency stability, and tariff reform, arguing for measures to protect national credit while opposing protective bounties and excessive pensions. They advocate civil-service reform to limit partisan spoils, criticize business combinations that restrict competition, and call for federal restraint against monopolistic practices. Other items discuss the fair treatment and advancement of indigenous peoples as wards of the nation, insist on economy in public expenditures, and outline executive duties in preserving domestic order and managing international relations.