Grover Cleveland: “If this deserter is to be allowed an honorable discharge, I do not see why every deserter should not be absolved from…”

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1299, entitled 'An act to pension Harriet Woodbury, of Windsor, Vt.'

This requirement proceeds upon the assumption that the foreign relatives coming here are in every case, by reason of poverty, liable to become a public charge unless the immigrant is capable of their support.

It appears that terms of court are now held at four different places within the eastern judicial district of Texas.

A careful examination of this bill has convinced me that for the reasons given and others not specifically stated its provisions are unnecessarily harsh and oppressive.