Grover Cleveland actually said...

If this bill becomes a law, I am unable to see why, in fairness and justice, the widow of any officer of the grade of General Ward should no...

The husband of this beneficiary served about nine months in the Mexican War.

There seems to be no satisfactory evidence that anything which occurred in his army service was the cause of his fall and consequent injury.

I can find no principle or plausible pretext in this case which would not lead to granting a pension in any case of alleged disability arisi...