02/19/1895
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"The fact that fourteen years elapsed after he claimed to have been injured by a fall from a wagon before he discovered that enlargement of the lungs and heart was his real difficulty is calculated to ..."
"It seems to me that a stronger case than this should be presented to justify the passage of a special act."
"I neither believe it to be a duty nor a kindness to the worthy citizens for whose benefit our scheme of pensions was provided to permit the diversion of the nation's bounty to objects not within its s..."
"I herewith return without approval Senate bill No. 1290, entitled 'An act granting a pension to David W. Hamilton.'"