Veto Message
06/20/1886
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I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized.
No modification of the existing regulations shall be made without the approval of the Civil Service Commission.