Veto Message
08/09/1888
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The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, ...
The experiment of substituting civilized methods for brute force as the means of settling international questions of rig...