On the recordJanuary 28, 1890
Reading addresses and physical tests;
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Executive Order—Amendments of Civil Service Rules
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If it meets the approval of the Senate, peace and good order will be secured in the islands under existing laws until such time as Congress can provide by legislation a permanent from of government for the islands.
Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.
It gives me pleasure to consummate here to-day, by the act of lifting this flag, the efforts in support of a principle to which I give my hearty support.
That event is interesting in itself, but its interest to me is in the fact that this ship is the type and precursor of many others.