These bills I have approved on the assumption that the claims were meritorious and that by the passage of the bills the Government has waive...
The policy of frequently reversing by special enactment the decisions of the Bureau invested by law with the examination of pension claims i...
A sufficient reason for the return of the particular bill now under consideration is found in the fact that it provides that the name of And...
I am convinced that the interposition by special enactment in the granting of pensions should be rare and exceptional.
This proposed legislation does injustice to a very worthy pensioner who was on the pension roll at the time of the passage of the law.
It must be admitted that in some cases justice and equity can not be done nor the charitable tendencies of the Government in favor of worthy...
She would thus lose for nearly two months the increase of pension already secured to her.
It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in the Territory of Idaho be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and settl...
I can not see that anything is gained by this legislation.
In the absence of such officers the proposed legislation would be nugatory and inoperative.
If the design of this bill is to restore to the city named the privileges permitted by the law of 1880, it seems to be entirely unnecessary.
The laws by which it is permitted should, in deference to a decent and universal sentiment, carefully guard against abuse and needless offen...
But instead of exacting the bond from the medical colleges, such bond is required of 'every physician or surgeon before receiving such dead ...
The measure under consideration does not with sufficient care specify and limit the officers and the parties who it is proposed to invest wi...
I herewith return Senate bill No. 349, entitled 'An act for the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves,' w...
It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, viz, all those portions of townships 29 n...
The present condition of the relations between labor and capital is far from satisfactory.
The establishment by Federal authority of such a bureau would be a just and sensible recognition of the value of labor and of its right to b...
