05/25/1888
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"I am entirely satisfied that the public building provided for in this bill is not immediately necessary."
"I think little, if any, more infirmity than is usually found in men of the age of the claimant."
"This does not furnish a good reason for disapproving the erection of other buildings where actually necessary."
"It is hardly fair to ask the Government to grant a pension for the freak or gross heedlessness and recklessness of this soldier."