Veto Message
03/01/1889
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Whatever may be said of the incurrence of sunstroke in the Army, I find no proof that at the time he fell he was afflicted with vertigo.
I return without approval House bill No. 8574, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Sallie T. Ward, widow of the late W. T. Ward.'
Age and poverty do not themselves justify gifts of public money.
It does not seem to me that this case in its present condition should receive favorable consideration.