Grover Cleveland: “I return without approval Senate bill No. 1772, entitled 'An act for the relief of John H. Marion.'”

I transmit herewith, in response to the Senate resolution of December 21, 1896, addressed to the Secretary of State, a report of that officer covering a list of persons claiming to be citizens of the United States who have been arrested on…

Our pension laws should deal with soldiers' widows.

The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.

I am constrained to withhold my approval of the bill under consideration.