Grover Cleveland: “He was discharged for a disability which, to say the least of it, certainly had no relation to his military service.”

There is a further objection to granting this pension.

I am constrained to withhold my approval of the bill under consideration.

I return herewith without my approval House bill No. 9469.

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State, covering the report of the joint commission on behalf of the United States and Great Britain, dated December 31, 1896, relative to the preservation of the fisheries in waters…