Grover Cleveland: “I herewith return without approval House bill No. 220, entitled 'An…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 1889

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 220, entitled 'An act granting a pension to John J. Lockrey.'

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Democratic · New Jersey

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Veto Message

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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.

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Her pensionable relation to the Government terminated with her remarriage.

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Grover Cleveland: “I herewith return without approval House bill No. 220, entitled 'An act granting a pension to John J. Lockrey.'”