Veto Message
07/04/1886
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The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
To the Senate of the United States: In response to the resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1897, I transmit a report...
I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, ...
This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.