Grover Cleveland: “I never thought of trying getting a pension until my old comrades urged me to do so.”

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1299, entitled 'An act to pension Harriet Woodbury, of Windsor, Vt.'

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…

I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second husband.

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