I am satisfied there is not a particle of merit in this claim.
This claimant's application for pension is now pending in the Pension Bureau, and has been sent to a special examiner fo...
I can see no pretext for allowing a pension in this case.
I am satisfied that this conclusion of the Pension Bureau was correct.
I return without approval Senate bill No. 1288, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Robert Holsey.'
The record of his service contains no mention of any disability.
I am also thoroughly convinced, from examination of the case, that the claimant should not be pensioned.
I deem myself obliged to disapprove this bill on the ground that there is an almost complete failure to state any facts ...
My objection to this bill is that it is of no possible advantage to the beneficiary therein mentioned.
The public money appropriated for pensions is the soldiers' fund, which should be devoted to the indemnification of thos...
There does not appear on the records any evidence of disability.
I find nothing in the facts presented to me which, in my opinion, justifies the reversal of the judgment of the Bureau a...
I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 1584, entitled 'An act for the relief of Cornelia R. Schenck.'
Every relaxation of principle in the granting of pensions invites applications without merit and encourages those who fo...
I return without approval House bill No. 3624, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Fred. J. Leese.'
I return without approval Senate bill No. 2223, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Elizabeth S. De Krafft.'
A better reason is based upon the entire lack of any facts shown to exist which entitle the beneficiary named to a pensi...
I am so thoroughly tired of disapproving gifts of public money to individuals who in my view have no right or claim to t...
