I call attention to the report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers, relating to the convention in question.

I transmit, with a view to its ratification, a convention between the United States and Mexico.

To the Senate and House of Representatives..I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanying the annual reports of the consuls of the United States on the trade and industries of foreign countries.

To grant a pension in such a case would establish a precedent in the appropriation of money from the public Treasury which I can hardly think we should be justified in following.

I will take no part in putting a name upon our pension roll which represents a Union soldier found fighting against the cause he swore he would uphold.

the overwhelming weight of proof seems to establish that whatever disabilities exist are the result of disease contracted by vicious habits

The name of the beneficiary is already upon the pension roll, and she is now entitled to receive precisely the sum as a pensioner which is allowed her under this bill.

I return without approval House bill No. 9520, entitled 'An act for the relief of Mary Fitzmorris.'

It is proposed by this bill to pension the beneficiary named therein, as the widow of Edmund Fitzmorris, under the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws.

As her application to the Pension Bureau was quite lately favorably acted upon, it is supposed this special bill for her relief was passed by the Congress in ignorance of that fact.

I am unable to see how his death can be in any way attributed to his military service or his widow be justly pensioned therefor.

I return without approval Senate bill No. 470, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Amanda F. Deck.'

I can not believe that an injury was sustained such as was specified by the applicant in 1880 and that nothing was said of it either in the claim made in 1864 or in 1870.

The rejection of the widow's claim by the Pension Bureau on the ground that the cause of death was mainly intemperance was correct.

A pension should not be allowed, for the reason, among others, that three careful medical examinations failed to disclose any pensionable disability.

This course of special legislation operates very unfairly.

I insist that the true soldier is a good citizen, and that he will be satisfied with generous, fair, and equal consideration for those who are worthily entitled to help.

I can not see how the cause of death can be connected with his service or with the incapacity for which he was placed upon the retired list.