_June 2, 1890_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

The International American Conference, recently in session at this
capital, recommended for adoption by the several American Republics--

1. A uniform system of customs regulations for the classification and
valuation of imported merchandise;

2. A uniform nomenclature for the description of articles of merchandise
imported and exported; and

3. The establishment at Washington of an international bureau of
information.

The conference also at its final session decided to establish
in the city of Washington, as a fitting memorial of its meeting, a
Latin-American library, to be formed by contributions from the several
nations, of historical, geographical, and literary works, maps,
manuscripts, and official documents relating to the history and
civilization of America, and expressed a desire that the Government of
the United States should provide a suitable building for the shelter
of such a library, to be solemnly dedicated upon the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America.

The importance of these suggestions is fully set forth in the letter
of the Secretary of State and the accompanying documents, herewith
transmitted, to which I invite your attention.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 6, 1890_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 26th of May,
requesting me to "communicate to the Senate such information as may
be in possession of the executive department relating to the alleged
landing of an armed force from the United States revenue cutter _McLane_
at Cedar Keys, Fla., and the alleged entry of houses of citizens by
force, and their alleged pursuit of citizens of the United States in
the surrounding country, and the authority under which the commanding
officer of the cutter acted in any such matter," I submit for the
information of the Senate the accompanying correspondence, which
contains all the information possessed by the executive department
relating to the matters inquired about.

It will be observed that the United States collector of customs at
Cedar Keys had been driven from his office and from the town and the
administration of the customs laws of the United States at that port
suspended by the violent demonstrations and threats of one Cottrell, the
mayor of the place, assisted by his town marshal, Mitchell. If it had
been necessary, as I do not thin