Grover Cleveland

I adopt these as the reasons for my action in withholding my approval of this bill.

I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7298, entitled 'An act for the relief of Charles Schuler.'

I should be sorry to be a party to a scheme permitting him to profit by the death of his patriotic son.

I am of the opinion that the matter should be determined by the Bureau to which it has properly been presented before special legislation should be invoked.

He never did a day's service so far as his name appears, and the muster-out roll of his company reports him as having deserted at Camp Cameron, Pa., November 14, 1861.

The doubt in the case appears to relate to the dependence of the father upon his son at the time of his death.

I hereby return without approval House bill 576, entitled 'An act for the relief of Louisa C. Beezeley.'

I return without approval House bill No. 6718, entitled 'An act granting a pension to William H. Starr.'

I concur in the judgment of the Pension Bureau, which rejected the widow's claim for pension on the ground that 'the death of the soldier was not due to his military service.'

I base my action upon the opinion, derived from an examination of the circumstances attending the death of the claimant's husband, that his fatal disease did not have its origin in his military service and was entirely disconnected…

It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the person above named, who was discharged from the military service in December, 1864.

There is no doubt that his disability existed to quite an extent at least before his enlistment.

This man ought not to be pensioned.

I am entirely satisfied that all has been done in this case that the most liberal treatment demands.

I am of the opinion that the investigation there should be fully completed before special legislation is resorted to.

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 6774, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Bruno Schultz.'

I am entirely satisfied with the rejection of this claim by the Pension Bureau.

Although the deceased soldier held a high rank, I have no doubt his widow will receive ample justice through the instrumentality organized for the purpose of dispensing the nation's grateful acknowledgment of military service in its…

I am of the opinion that a correct conclusion was reached when the application for pension in this case was denied by the Pension Bureau.

I return herewith without approval House bill No. 7979, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Jackson Steward.'

I can see no pretext for allowing a pension in this case.

No facts are presented to me which entitle it to charitable consideration.

This claimant's application for pension is now pending in the Pension Bureau, and has been sent to a special examiner for the purpose of taking additional proof.

I am satisfied there is not a particle of merit in this claim.

I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2005, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mary J. Nottage.'