Political Quotes

I do hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the act of August 19, 1890, and by section 2 of the act of June 10, 1896, proclaim the 1st day of July, 1897, as the day on which the said act approved August 19, 1890, as amended by the act approved May 28, 1894, by the act approved August 13, 1894, and by the act approved June 10, 1896, shall take effect.

The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensable that there should be an entire change in the relations of these Indians to the General Government.

I am constrained to withhold my approval of the bill under consideration.

The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.