08/01/1886
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"The dispatch numbered 70 and dated October 8, 1892, above referred to, is still withheld for the reason that such a course still appears to be justifiable and proper."
"To test fitness for the classified departmental service there shall be a clerk-copyist examination and such supplementary and special examinations as the Commission may provide to meet the special req..."
"I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d (21st) of December last, touching affairs in Madagascar."
"I believe that this appropriation of the public funds is not within the constitutional power of the Congress."