04/29/1886
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"I am unable to discover how any different determination could have been reached."
"The trouble and expense incurred by the Pension Bureau to ascertain the truth and to deal fairly by this claimant, and the entire absence of any suspicion of bias against the claim in that Bureau, oug..."
"The object of the bill which I have approved is to extend the limit of the cost to $80,000 and to make the additional appropriation to reach that sum."
"To grant a pension in this case would clearly contravene the present policy of the Government."