Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative."

"I herewith return without approval House bill No. 4526, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Jonathan Scott.'"

"I only discharge a duty to our people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation proposed."

"I suppose to sustain a claim upon the indemnity bond given when the duplicate was issued in 1864 we should be prepared to show that the second payment on the original bond was made upon such a state o..."