Grover Cleveland actually said...

So much of Executive orders heretofore issued under General Rule III, section 2, clause (c), as provides for the appointment of special agents in the Department of Labor by noncompetitive examination is hereby revoked.

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Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

12/01/1895

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