Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It is proposed by this bill to pension the beneficiary therein named as the widow of Newton E. Drake."

"A soldier with such a record should not be pensioned."

"It seemed to me at that time that the soldier's death could not be held to be the result of his wound or any other cause chargeable to his military service."

"I can not believe that such a departure as is proposed should be made from the just principles upon which pension legislation ought to be predicated."