On the recordJuly 16, 1888
To grant a pension in such a case would establish a precedent in the appropriation of money from the public Treasury which I can hardly think we should be justified in following.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGrover Cleveland: “To grant a pension in such a case would establish a precedent in the appropriation of money from the public Treasury…”
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