07/08/1886
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"The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows."
"I do not think there should be anything done with this valuable property which will in the least embarrass the Government in its sale."
"I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896."
"I regret that I am constrained to disapprove an important appropriation bill so near the close of the present session of Congress."