I am not willing to agree to his release from the consequence of his failure to perform his contract.

I do not understand this resolution nor the purposes sought to be accomplished by its passage.

It is not approved because I believe it to be unnecessary and because I am by no means convinced that its mere passage and approval at this time may not endanger and embarrass the successful and useful operations of the Treasury Department.

They ought not to complain if they have received the amount for which they agreed to work.

The fact of this payment and important information bearing upon the validity of some of the other claims mentioned in the bill could have been easily obtained by application to the Third Auditor.

I am still unable to see how the objection to the first bill has been obviated.

I am of the opinion that claims for extra compensation such as these should be firmly discountenanced.

But the most favorable phase of the case does not aid her, since her claim rests upon the allegation that her husband was subject to epileptic fits and died from congestion of the brain while in one of these fits.

the cause of his death, it seems to me, can not possibly upon any reasonable theory be attributable to any incident of his military service.

I return herewith Senate bill No. 2056, entitled 'An act to amend the pension laws by increasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or leg in the service.'

I return without approval House bill No. 5389, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Ann Kinney.'

I think the circumstances here presented, especially the fact of nonresidence by the son with his mother since her second marriage, do not call for a departure from the law governing claims based upon dependence.

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1584, entitled 'An act for the relief of Mrs. Aurelia C. Richardson.'

This is not a pleasant recital, and as against the widow I should be glad to avoid its effect.

certain correspondence and accompanying documents in relation to the arrest and imprisonment at Paso del Norte by Mexican authority of A. K. Cutting, a citizen of the United States.

This legislation has awakened much interest among the people of the country.

I answer in the negative.

If the existence of the commodity taxed and the profits of its manufacture and sale depend upon disposing of it to the people for something else which it deceitfully imitates, the entire enterprise is a fraud and not an industry.