Fourth Annual Message
12/05/1880
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The most serious obstacle, however, to an improvement of the civil service, and especially to a reform in the method of ...
Competitive examinations in aid of impartial appointments and promotions have been conducted for some years past in seve...
The full appreciation of the opportunities which our front on the Pacific Ocean gives to commerce with Japan, China, and...
The Secretary of the Interior will cause the same to be noted in the General Land Office.