02/28/1886
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"If the beneficiary can justly claim a pension dating from her application to the Pension Bureau in 1890, the benefits accruing to her therefrom should not be superseded by this special legislation."
"There is no suggestion that the widow has died or remarried."
"The rights and interests of the Indians are important in every view and should be scrupulously protected."
"It is entirely clear that the interests of florists would be badly served by a corporation confined to the furtherance of garden culture."