Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part II

Mr. Uhl to Mr. Butler.

Department of State,
Washington, February 28, 1895.

No. 357.]

Sir: I inclose herewith copy of the concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate on the 21st instant, and agreed to by the House of Representatives on the following day, expressing the gratification of the Congress at the honors paid to the memory of Mr. Isaac P. Gray by the Mexican Government.

The engrossed copy is now being prepared and will be sent to you, when completed, for delivery to the Government of Mexico.

I am, etc.,

Edwin F. Uhl, Acting Secretary.

[Inclosure in No. 357.]

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress of the United States has learned with high gratification of the special honors paid to the memory of the deceased by the Government of Mexico upon the occasion of the death of the Hon. Isaac P. Gray, late minister of the United States, near the Republic of Mexico.

Resolved, That in token of the appreciation of the same, the Secretary of State be requested to forward to the Mexican Government an enrolled copy of this resolution.

Passed the Senate February 21, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives February 22, 1895.