03/31/1886
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"The purpose of allotment is in danger of being defeated."
"I am convinced of the growing necessity, in this period of change in our relations with the Indians, of caution and certainty in the grants given to railroads to pass through Indian lands."
"If the beneficiary can justly claim a pension dating from her application to the Pension Bureau in 1890, the benefits accruing to her therefrom should not be superseded by this special legislation."
"I do not suppose it was intended that a double pension should be allowed."