Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I return without approval House bill No. 8761, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Butterfield.'"

"It seems to me that if any use of this land is given to the city of Tacoma it should be with the proviso suggested by the Chief of Engineers, instead of the indefinite and restricted one incorporated ..."

"The expediency of granting any right to the occupancy of this land is, in my opinion, very doubtful."

"I judge from an expression in the letter of the Chief of Engineers, made a part of the report of the committee of the House to which this bill was referred, that its original purpose was to absolutely..."