Grover Cleveland: “I can not put out of mind the soldiers in this condition who were privates in the ranks.”

I return herewith without my approval House bill No. 9469.

A departure from this rule, even in aid of cases of hardship, can not fail to establish precedents inviting the abandonment of reasonable and justifiable pension theories.

Our pension laws should deal with soldiers' widows.

To the Senate:I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1897, a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the claim of M. A. Cheek against the Siamese Government, with accompanying papers.