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.
the overwhelming weight of proof seems to establish that whatever disabilities exist are the result of disease contracte...
I will take no part in putting a name upon our pension roll which represents a Union soldier found fighting against the ...
To grant a pension in such a case would establish a precedent in the appropriation of money from the public Treasury whi...
I return without approval Senate bill No. 470, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Amanda F. Deck.'
As her application to the Pension Bureau was quite lately favorably acted upon, it is supposed this special bill for her...
The name of the beneficiary is already upon the pension roll, and she is now entitled to receive precisely the sum as a ...
It is proposed by this bill to pension the beneficiary named therein, as the widow of Edmund Fitzmorris, under the provi...
I return without approval House bill No. 9520, entitled 'An act for the relief of Mary Fitzmorris.'
I am unable to see how his death can be in any way attributed to his military service or his widow be justly pensioned t...
I can not believe that an injury was sustained such as was specified by the applicant in 1880 and that nothing was said ...
A pension should not be allowed, for the reason, among others, that three careful medical examinations failed to disclos...
The rejection of the widow's claim by the Pension Bureau on the ground that the cause of death was mainly intemperance w...
I am satisfied that this case was properly disposed of by the Pension Bureau.
I can not see how the cause of death can be connected with his service or with the incapacity for which he was placed up...
I think the action of the Bureau was correct.
I can not spell out any principle upon which the bounty of the Government is bestowed through the instrumentality of the...
