04/21/1886
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"I return without approval House bill No. 823, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Hannah C. De Wilt.'"
"The temptation is very strong to yield assent to the proposition for the relief of a citizen from liability to the Government arising from conduct not absolutely criminal."
"I transmit a report from that officer, together with the correspondence called for by the resolution."
"I am thoroughly convinced that the interests of the public would be better protected if fewer private bills were passed relieving officials, upon slight and sentimental grounds, from their pecuniary r..."