07/05/1886
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"I withhold my assent from this bill because, if the facts before me... are true, the allowance of this claim would, in my opinion, be a travesty upon our whole scheme of pensions and an insult to ever..."
"I fully approve this action of the Bureau, and as this is much more favorable to a deserving soldier than his remedy under this bill, I am not willing that the action so lately and so justly taken in ..."
"I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7540, entitled 'An act to increase the pension of Franklin Sweet.'"
"There is no doubt that justice will be done the claimant under the general law."