Grover Cleveland: “I return without approval Senate bill No. 2370, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Sarah C. Anderson and children…”

I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second husband.

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.

The ability to read and write, as required in this bill, in and of itself affords, in my opinion, a misleading test of contented industry and supplies unsatisfactory evidence of desirable citizenship or a proper apprehension of the…

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