Entertaining this belief, I am constrained to withhold my signature from this bill.
There seems to be an entire absence of proof of this important fact.
It does not seem to me that the facts in this case, so far as they have been developed, justify the passage of this act.
I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1059, entitled 'An act to grant a pension to Joseph Romiser.'
None of us are entitled to credit for extreme tenderness and consideration toward those who fought their country's battl...
His disability from army service should be conceded and his death at some time and in some manner may well be presumed; ...
There is no merit whatever in this case.
It seems that this claim was not definitely passed upon.
The results of these examinations should, I think, control as against the statements of neighbors and comrades.
he surely was not in the service nor in the performance of any military duty at the time of the injury
The question is whether we are prepared to adopt this principle and establish this precedent.