I do not regard the control reserved in the resolution to the Secretary of War over such excavations, fillings, and structures upon the island as may be proposed as of much importa...
It is the rule to make only such allowances in any year as can be paid from the appropriation made for that period.
Any other course leads to the expenditure of money by postmasters for work which they should do themselves.
I should be glad to respond to these sentiments to the extent of approving this bill, but it is one of the misfortunes of public life and of...
I return without approval a joint resolution.
I am now advised by the Secretary of War, the Chief of Engineers, and the Lieutenant-General of the Army, in quite positive terms, that the ...
I return without approval Senate bill No. 1064, entitled 'An act for the relief of L.J. Worden.'
Surely no one will seriously propose that a claim for pension should rest upon a conjecture as to what would have caused death if it had not...
I retransmit herewith a convention for the surrender of criminals between the United States and the Republic of Guatemala.
I transmit herewith a report in relation thereto from the Secretary of State.
As long as there is the least pretense of limiting the bestowal of pensions to disability or death in some way related to the incidents of m...