No substitute shall hereafter be employed in any Department.

The checks remain in Leatherbury's possession until they were delivered by him to the special agent of the Pension Bureau upon the investigation.

I call attention to the report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers, relating to the convention in question.

I can not spell out any principle upon which the bounty of the Government is bestowed through the instrumentality of the flood of private pension bills that reach me.

I am satisfied that this case was properly disposed of by the Pension Bureau.

I think the action of the Bureau was correct.

I discover no reason of any substance why this pension should be increased.

I am unable to discover why a pension should be granted in this case, unless the Government is to be held as an insurer of the safety of every person in the military service in all circumstances and at all times and places.

I return without approval House bill No. 5522, entitled 'An act for the relief of Elijah Martin.'

I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, a report of the Secretary of State.

If, however, strict rights are to be relinquished and the liberality of the Government invoked, it should not be taxed beyond the limit of sharing the loss with the delinquent.

The Government is obliged in the transaction of its business to make numerous contracts with private parties, and if these contracts are to be of any use or protection they should not be lightly set aside on behalf of citizens who are…

I can see no reason why additional ground should not be purchased for 'the proper accommodation and safety' of a large proportion of the public buildings completed and in process of erection.

This bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the party named therein the sum of $905.

The proofs with which I have been furnished fail to satisfy me that the Government should grant a pension on account of death produced by a self-administered narcotic in the circumstances which surround this case.

I return without approval House bill No. 4580, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Farnaren Ball.'

I believe this claim for pension to be a fraud from beginning to end.

I do not see how the relief proposed can be granted in this case without an unjustifiable departure from the rules under which applications for pension should be determined.