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 respecting the historical archives deposited in the Department State.

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.

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

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.

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.

I do not see how the same relief as is contained in this bill can be denied to the many thousand widows who in a similar situation are now on the pension rolls under general laws.

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

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 restrain from abuse.

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