Veto Message
06/01/1886
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The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensab...
I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 22d ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, ...
Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behal...