Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It thus appears that even if this bill were approved there could be no rating, and the legislation would be of no advantage to the beneficiary named."

"I do not understand that it has ever been claimed that a parent should be pensioned for the death of a son who had been in the Army unless his death could be traced in some way to his army service."

"There is no intimation that the death of the son sixteen years after the close of the war was caused or in any way related to his military service."

"While this case is probably one where the exercise of generosity would be pleasant and most timely to the recipient, I can not think that such a precedent should be established."