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

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

I return without approval Senate bill No. 1288, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Robert Holsey.'

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.

The public money appropriated for pensions is the soldiers' fund, which should be devoted to the indemnification of those who in the defense of the Union have worthily suffered.

I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 1584, entitled 'An act for the relief of Cornelia R. Schenck.'

I find nothing in the facts presented to me which, in my opinion, justifies the reversal of the judgment of the Bureau and the Secretary of the Interior.

A better reason is based upon the entire lack of any facts shown to exist which entitle the beneficiary named to a pension.

I deem myself obliged to disapprove this bill on the ground that there is an almost complete failure to state any facts that should entitle the claimant to a pension.

I am so thoroughly tired of disapproving gifts of public money to individuals who in my view have no right or claim to the same.

Every relaxation of principle in the granting of pensions invites applications without merit and encourages those who for gain urge honest men to become dishonest.

There does not appear on the records any evidence of disability.