Special Message
06/18/1886
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I hereby return without my approval House bill No. 8293.
Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behal...
The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
I only discharge a duty to our people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation proposed.