It does not seem to me that the facts in this case, so far as they have been developed, justify the passage of this act.

he surely was not in the service nor in the performance of any military duty at the time of the injury

I am satisfied that a fair examination of the facts in this case justifies the statement that the bill under consideration can rest only upon the grounds that aid should be furnished to this ex-soldier because he served in the Army and…

This pension should not be allowed.

The results of these examinations should, I think, control as against the statements of neighbors and comrades.

the effort to attribute his death by apoplexy to the existence of hernia ought not to be successful.

The fact that the claim of the beneficiary has never been presented to the pension Bureau influences in some degree my action in withholding my approval of this bill.

It is evident that he obtained a large sum as pension to which he must have known he was not entitled.

It certainly appears from the report of the committee that the beneficiary named in this bill was not in the service of the Government at such a time.

The beneficiary named is the widow of Rowley S. McKay.

His disability from army service should be conceded and his death at some time and in some manner may well be presumed; but the fact that he died from any cause related to his disability or his service in the Army has no presumption and…

None of us are entitled to credit for extreme tenderness and consideration toward those who fought their country's battles.

There is no merit whatever in this case.

I am of the opinion that the evidence against the pension was quite satisfactory, and that it should not be restored, as the bill before me proposes.

There does not appear to be any medical testimony to support the claim thus made by the widow.

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1059, entitled 'An act to grant a pension to Joseph Romiser.'

The question is whether we are prepared to adopt this principle and establish this precedent.

It is hereby ordered that the several Executive Departments, the Department of Agriculture, and the Government Printing Office be closed on Monday the 5th instant.