Veto Message
08/03/1886
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I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.
The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensab...
There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.