Grover Cleveland actually said...

To grant a pension in this case would clearly contravene the present policy of the Government.

I return without approval House bill No. 9106, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Rachel Barnes.'

I find no medical testimony referred to which with any distinctness charges death to the wound.

The trouble and expense incurred by the Pension Bureau to ascertain the truth and to deal fairly by this claimant, and the entire absence of...