Grover Cleveland actually said...

Whatever may be said of the incurrence of sunstroke in the Army, I find no proof that at the time he fell he was afflicted with vertigo.

Veto Message

08/09/1888

More Grover Cleveland Quotes

I return without approval House bill No. 7162, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Martha McIlwain.'

It is also impossible to connect the death with any incident of the soldier's military service.

I adopt these as the reasons for my action in withholding my approval of this bill.

It is very clear to me that the Pension Bureau properly rejected the widow's claim for pension.