Excerpt from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 78: December, 1888, to May, 1889
United states - Bills passed: The Chinese Exclusion Bill, 323; General Deficiency Bill. 323; Direct Tax Bill, 493; Nicaragua Canal Bill, 663, 825; Bill to admit North and South Dakota, Washington, and Montana as States, excluding New Mexico, 825; The Senate Tariff Bill, 825; Naval Appropriation Bill, 825; A Bill to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, 825; The Legislative Ap propriation Bill, 825; The Pension Appropriation Bill, 825; The Fortifications Appropriation Bill, 825; Army Appropriation Bill, 825; Agricultural Appropriation, Army appropriation, post-ofiice Appropriation, and Ind ian Appropriation Bills, 988; Direct Tax Bill, 988. Ad journment of Congress for the holiday Recess, 663; Election of United States Senators, 663, 825; Message from President Cleveland to Congress relative to Sa moan Afiairs, 663; Election of N. G. Bulkeley as Gov cruor by Connecticut Legislature, 663; Meeting of the Electoral Colleges, 663 The Popular Vote cast for Presi dent, 663; Senate Tariff Bill referred by the House to the Ways and Means Committee, 825; Senate Inquiry into Samoan Affairs, 825; Rejection of British Extradi tion Treaty, 825; Appropriation to provide for the secu rity of American Citizens at Panama, 825; Creation of the new Executive Department, known as the Agricul tural Department, and Nomination of Norman J. Col man as Secretary, 825: Report of the Mills Tariff Bill, 323 Confirmation of Lambert Tree as Minister to Rus sia, john G. Parkhurst to Belgium, and John H. Oberly as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 323 Official Rejection of the Chinese Treaty, 323; Summary of the first Session of the Fiftieth Congress, 323 Decision of the Supreme Court on the Iowa Prohibitory Law, 323; Result of Presidential Election, 323; Status of Fifty-first Con gress, 323; Election of Governors, 323; Dismissal of Lord Sackville, British Minister, 323; Opening of second Ses sion of the Fiftieth Congress, 493; Senator In galls, presi dent pro tempore, 493; Fourth Annual Message of Presi dent Cleveland, 493; Appointment of Perry Belmont as Minister to Spain, 493; Resolution of Mr. Buttei'worth touching the Annexation of Canada, 493; Departure of United States Men-of - war for Hayti, 493; Counting Of Electoral Vote by Congress, 825 Election of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton ofiicially announced, 825. Bills signed by the President: Nicaraguan Canal Bill,988; Bill to admit four new States signed. 988; Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, and Diplo matic and Consular Bill signed, 988. Veto of Direct Tax Bill, 988. Inauguration of President Harrison and vice-president Morton, 988 Inaugural Address of Pres ident Harrison, 988; Members of President Harrison's Cabinet, 988 Nominations of Ministers to Spain, Japan, Switzerland, and Italy, 988; New Governor of Dakota, 988; Commissioners to Samoan Conference, 988.
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