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On the recordFebruary 19, 1888
The treaty now submitted to you has been framed in a spirit of liberal equity and reciprocal benefits.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Mar 1, 1897

I have not thought it compatible with the public interest that the correspondence referred to in the resolution should be communicated pending the public and exhaustive investigation about to be instituted.

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Feb 28, 1897

I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second husband.

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Feb 28, 1897

No feature of our pension laws is so satisfactory and just as a fair allowance to the widows of our soldiers who have died from causes attributable to their army service.

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Feb 21, 1897

I am not willing, even by inaction, to be charged with acquiescence in what appears to be such an entire departure from the principle, as well as sentiment, connected with reasonable pension legislation.

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