Grover Cleveland

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 4526, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Jonathan Scott.'

There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.

The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against repayment of the bond in the future, whereas the payment we should suffer from has already been made.

Economy and the exaction of clear justification for the appropriation of public moneys by the servants of the people are not only virtues, but solemn obligations.

I only discharge a duty to our people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation proposed.

I believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trustworthy love and affection for our Government as the embodiment of the highest and best aspirations of humanity.

The Government has therefore once paid the amount of this bond to the party apparently entitled to it.

I herewith return without approval House bill No. 900, entitled 'An act to provide for the payment of the claim of William H. Mahoney.'

I suppose to sustain a claim upon the indemnity bond given when the duplicate was issued in 1864 we should be prepared to show that the second payment on the original bond was made upon such a state of facts as compelled or at least…

It is quite plain that in fairness and justice no appropriation should be made in favor of the claimant.

As a legal proposition, the pensionable status of a soldier's widow, lost by her remarriage, can not be recovered by the dissolution of the second marriage.

Legislation of this description is sure to establish a precedent which it will be difficult to disclaim, and which if followed can not fail to lead to abuse.

Her pensionable relation to the Government as the widow of her deceased soldier husband, under any reasonable pension theory, absolutely terminated with her remarriage.

I suppose no one would suggest the renewal of such pension during the lifetime of her second husband.

I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the Senate dated the 9th instant and addressed to the Secretary of State, a report of that officer, accompanied by copies of printed documents containing the information desired…

It is ordered, That the office of the Interstate Commerce Commission be, and the same is hereby, classified as a part of the classified departmental service.

All officers and employees who have heretofore been classified under the civil-service act shall be considered as still classified and subject to the provisions of these rules.

No person in the executive civil service shall use his official authority or official influence for the purpose of interfering with an election.

The value of pension legislation depends as much upon fairness and justice in its administration as it does upon its liberality and generosity.

It is not now claimed that he was in the least disabled as an incident of his military service.

This bill provides for the payment of a pension of $30 a month to the beneficiary named as the widow of Peter H. Allabach.

I return herewith without my approval Senate bill No. 249, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Charles E. Jones.'

Aside from the question as to whether his present sad condition is attributable to the injury mentioned, it seems to me the extension of pension relief to such cases would open the door to legislation hard to justify and impossible to…

I herewith return without my approval Senate bill No. 894.

He was not enlisted, and was in no manner in the military service of the United States.