Veto Message
05/17/1888
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of May 8, 1896, requesting informatio...
I have not approved the bill.
The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
I only discharge a duty to our people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation proposed.