08/21/1888
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"I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 809, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Betsey Mannsfield.'"
"I recommend the passage of a law prohibiting such importation, with proper regulations as to the continuance of such prohibition."
"The painful duty devolves upon the President to announce the death, at an early hour this morning, at his residence in this city, of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States."
"In testimony of respect to the memory of the honored dead it is ordered that the executive offices in Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for thirty days."