There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.
The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against rep...
I believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trustwor...
I suppose to sustain a claim upon the indemnity bond given when the duplicate was issued in 1864 we should be prepared t...
The Government has therefore once paid the amount of this bond to the party apparently entitled to it.
I only discharge a duty to our people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation proposed.
I herewith return without approval House bill No. 900, entitled 'An act to provide for the payment of the claim of Willi...
Economy and the exaction of clear justification for the appropriation of public moneys by the servants of the people are...
It is quite plain that in fairness and justice no appropriation should be made in favor of the claimant.
As a legal proposition, the pensionable status of a soldier's widow, lost by her remarriage, can not be recovered by the...
Legislation of this description is sure to establish a precedent which it will be difficult to disclaim, and which if fo...
I suppose no one would suggest the renewal of such pension during the lifetime of her second husband.
Her pensionable relation to the Government as the widow of her deceased soldier husband, under any reasonable pension th...
I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the Senate dated the 9th instant and addressed to the Secretary of...
It is ordered, That the office of the Interstate Commerce Commission be, and the same is hereby, classified as a part of...
No person in the executive civil service shall use his official authority or official influence for the purpose of inter...
All officers and employees who have heretofore been classified under the civil-service act shall be considered as still ...
The value of pension legislation depends as much upon fairness and justice in its administration as it does upon its lib...
