I have not approved the bill.
Grover Cleveland: “I have not approved the bill.”
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Pocket Veto Message - An Act to Increase the Pension of Caroline A. Hough, Widow of Brigadier-General John Hough
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I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second husband.
I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of correspondence concerning the arrest, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to perpetual…
I am constrained to withhold my approval of the bill under consideration.
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.





