It is most gratifying to note the satisfactory results that have followed the inauguration of the new system provided for...certain Federal officials are compensated by salaries instead of fees.
Fourth Annual Message (second term)
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I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of June 5, 1896.
Her pensionable relation to the Government terminated with her remarriage.
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.
To the Senate of the United States: In response to the resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1897, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State.
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