Special Message
01/31/1887
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A departure from this rule, even in aid of cases of hardship, can not fail to establish precedents inviting the abandonm...
It is also ordered,That no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service ru...
I indorse the recommendation of the Secretary of State that Congress authorize the printing of a special edition of 10,0...
I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, ...