04/20/1896
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"I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1299, entitled 'An act to pension Harriet Woodbury, of Windsor, Vt.'"
"A departure from this rule, even in aid of cases of hardship, can not fail to establish precedents inviting the abandonment of reasonable and justifiable pension theories."
"Her pensionable relation to the Government terminated with her remarriage."
"I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second husband."