to sixty days, any persons who have been in the railway mail service,
who have the requisite knowledge and experience, who may be available.
Every such employment and the reasons therefor shall be at once
reported to the Commission.
Approved, November 1, 1889.
BENJ. HARRISON.
AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.
Special Customs Rule No. 1 is hereby amended by adding to the places
excepted from examination at the port of New York the following:
Office of the General Appraiser: Chief clerk and law clerk.
Approved, November 18, 1889.
BENJ. HARRISON.
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 3, 1889_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
There are few transactions in the administration of the Government
that are even temporarily held in the confidence of those charged
with the conduct of the public business. Every step taken is under the
observation of an intelligent and watchful people. The state of the
Union is known from day to day, and suggestions as to needed legislation
find an earlier voice than that which speaks in these annual
communications of the President to Congress.
Good will and cordiality have characterized our relations and
correspondence with other governments, and the year just closed leaves
few international questions of importance remaining unadjusted. No
obstacle is believed to exist that can long postpone the consideration
and adjustment of the still pending questions upon satisfactory and
honorable terms. The dealings of this Government with other states have
been and should always be marked by frankness and sincerity, our
purposes avowed, and our methods free from intrigue. This course has
borne rich fruit in the past, and it is our duty as a nation to preserve
the heritage of good repute which a century of right dealing with
foreign governments has secured to us.
It is a matter of high significance and no less of congratulation that
the first year of the second century of our constitutional existence
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