12/02/1896
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"There is no suggestion that the widow has died or remarried."
"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pension dating from her application to the Pension Bureau in 1890, the benefits accruing to her therefrom should not be superseded by this special legislation."
"If such proof is supplied, she would be entitled to a pension dating from July 14, 1890, which would be much more advantageous than the relief afforded by the bill herewith returned."
"I do not suppose it was intended that a double pension should be allowed."