I return without approval House bill No. 3579, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Ellen Shea.'

The proofs with which I have been furnished fail to satisfy me that the Government should grant a pension on account of death produced by a self-administered narcotic in the circumstances which surround this case.

I return without approval House bill No. 5234, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Cyrenius G. Stryker.'

An attorney having the mother's application for pension in charge withdrew from the case in October, 1884, for the reason that...his death was caused by a snow slide.

If we are to adhere to the rule that in order to entitle the widow of a soldier to a pension the death of her husband must be in some way related to his military service, there can be no doubt that upon its merits this case was properly…

When a park is established there, the island is no longer a defense in time of need.

Any other course leads to the expenditure of money by postmasters for work which they should do themselves.

The verdict returned upon the coroner's inquest...leads me to the conclusion that if a pension is granted in this case no soldier's widow's application based upon suicide can be consistently rejected.

I should be glad to respond to these sentiments to the extent of approving this bill, but it is one of the misfortunes of public life and official responsibility that a sense of duty frequently stands between a conception of right and a…

I return without approval Senate bill No. 1064, entitled 'An act for the relief of L.J. Worden.'

I deem the opinions of these officers abundant justification for my disapproval of the resolution without further statement of objections.

It is quite plain that the occupancy of this island as a place of pleasure and recreation would be entirely inconsistent with military or defensive uses.

I do not regard the control reserved in the resolution to the Secretary of War over such excavations, fillings, and structures upon the island as may be proposed as of much importance.

It is the rule to make only such allowances in any year as can be paid from the appropriation made for that period.

I am now advised by the Secretary of War, the Chief of Engineers, and the Lieutenant-General of the Army, in quite positive terms, that the resolution under consideration should not, for reasons fully stated by them, become operative.

I return without approval a joint resolution.

The allowances to the Lawrence post-office for the year ending June 30, 1883, was $3,100.

I return without approval House bill No. 2282, entitled 'An act to pension Mrs. Theodora M. Piatt.'