Special Message
07/17/1888
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I regret that I am constrained to disapprove an important appropriation bill so near the close of the present session of...
I do not think there should be anything done with this valuable property which will in the least embarrass the Governmen...
No modification of the existing regulations shall be made without the approval of the Civil Service Commission.
Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behal...