Special Message
05/03/1906
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The first of all considerations is the permanent welfare of our people.
Outside of these matters, I believe that the bill is, on the whole, satisfactory and represents an improvement upon prev...
The great basic facts are already well known.
The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.