01/03/1888
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"This I deem sufficient reason why the proposed bill should not now become a law."
"I can see no pretext for allowing a pension in this case."
"I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2005, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mary J. Nottage.'"
"To depart from all rules regulating the granting of pensions by such an enactment as is proposed would establish a precedent which could not fail to cause embarrassment and perplexity."