Grover Cleveland

His claim to a pension lacks merit.

I transmit a report from that officer, together with the correspondence called for by the resolution.

The negligence made apparent in this case should be overlooked.

The temptation is very strong to yield assent to the proposition for the relief of a citizen from liability to the Government arising from conduct not absolutely criminal.

I am thoroughly convinced that the interests of the public would be better protected if fewer private bills were passed relieving officials, upon slight and sentimental grounds, from their pecuniary responsibilities.

I am constrained to disapprove the bill under consideration.

I am entirely satisfied that this determination was correct.

I do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date of this my proclamation shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the tonnage duty

the proposed legislation would, in my opinion, result in a discrimination in favor of this claimant unfair and unjust toward thousands of poor widows who are equally entitled to our sympathy and benevolence.

I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 809, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Betsey Mannsfield.'

there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed the vessels of any foreign country

The claimant certainly was not dependent in the least degree upon the soldier at the time of his death.

it is thus far our settled and avowed policy to grant pensions only to widows whose husbands have died from causes related to military service.

But it seems to me the case presented here can not be reached by any theory of pensions which has yet been suggested.

I believe that in proper cases a relaxation of rules and a charitable liberality should be shown to parents old and in absolute need through default of the help which, it may be presumed, a son would have furnished if his life had not been…

I recommend the passage of a law prohibiting such importation, with proper regulations as to the continuance of such prohibition.

The national flag be displayed at half-mast on the public buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral.

The painful duty devolves upon the President to announce the death, at an early hour this morning, at his residence in this city, of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States.

In testimony of respect to the memory of the honored dead it is ordered that the executive offices in Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for thirty days.

The sole purpose of the provision is to benefit the public service.

to preserve the public domain for settlers and to frustrate unlawful attempts to appropriate the same may not be neglected

the roads have not been built, and yet an attempt is made to claim the lands

the most unblushing frauds upon the Government

I herewith transmit, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by certain correspondence in regard to the Mexican zona libre.

It would seem advisable that the full text of this treaty should be made public.