Veto Message
07/30/1886
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I discover no reason of any substance why this pension should be increased.
I can not forget the thousands of poor widows with claims superior to this beneficiary.
It would only be a manifestation of unjust favoritism.
I am unable to discover why a pension should be granted in this case, unless the Government is to be held as an insurer of the safety of eve...