Telegram-herald., 1886-05-09
GROWERS LATEST
He Sends Two Veto MeSsag ages
10 Congress.
THE PIEll0A BUREAU iNlsl BtSI.
fhe House Passes Another Pension
5sll---The Military Aesds my
Appropriation bHi Passed
---Noi Sil.sr Nor Tar.ff
Dut sbor.

Congress today by the President yetoing
tao private pension eills- fhe hrss message
Is a. foll0as.
10 fAs House of RepresSaaAisres 4 return
without my approval House bill No li7,
entitled All at iacrsssiD. tie pension OF
Andres J Hill This ball doubles the pen
sion winch the person named therein has
been receivin. tor a nuniber OF years. 1t
appears from the report 81 the committee 10
which the bill was referred that the claim
made by him for Increased pension has been
lately rejected by the pension bureau on the
ground that the claimant Is now receiving
pension CON ulasurate With the degree oi DIS
ability found to exist. fne policy of frequent
ly reversing by special enactment the decis-
ions IT the bureau invested by iaN with lac
examination Of pesslon claims, fully equip
Jed for such examination and ought not to
:, suspected ~ any lack ot hberality 10 our
Sierau soldiers il exceedingly questionable.
! may we'll be doubted If cOtumitte OF
Congress has better opportunity than
such agency tO Judge Of tie merits OF this
claim. H. however. there Is any lack OF
power IN lhe pension bureau Tor full in
yestisaiion 1t should be- Supplied. II the
:, stem adopted = inadequate 90 dO luil JUS
tice 70 claimants il should oe corrected, and
III there is a want of sympathy and consid-
Grafton tor tie defenders OF our
gOvrrnment the bureau should
be feorganized. The disposition
% cunce,ic che most generous treatment 10
the disabled, aged and needy among our
We eraus should not be restrained. and il
must be admitted that in some eases justice
and equity cannot .be attained without the
charitable tendencies Ot the government IN
favor Of WORTHY objects of It's care. These
conditions and sentiments justify resort 10
special legislation. but am convinced that
the iuterposiiion by special enactment in
the granting oi pensions should he rare and
exceptional IN the nature of things Ii this
l. lightly done and upon slight occasion
temptation l. Offered To the passage of
claims by Congress which. upon their
merits. could not survive the test of an
examination by the pension bureau. and
whose only hope of success depends
upon sympathy Oftener nlisdirected than
founded upon right and justice. The in
strumeptali,y devised " law for the deter
minatiOn of pension claims Is thus over
ruled and discredited and there Is danger
that IN the end popular prejudice Will be
created against those who are worthy and
entitled to the bounty of the government.
There has lately been presented 10 me, on
the same day. Tor approval. nearly two
hundred and forty special bills, granting
and increasing pensions and restoring TO
10 the pension list The names of parties
which for some cause have been dropped.
To aid executive duty they were referred 10
the pension bureau for examination and
report After delay, absolutely necessary.
they have been returned to me within few
hours at the limit, cOnstitutiOnally prOvid-
ed for the executive to act. Thirty-twO of
the bills are thus classified: Eighty one cover
cases in which favorable action by the PEN
sion bureau WAS denied by reason of the
insuificiency of the testimony ale1 to prove
the facts alleged. These bills | have ap-
proved on the assumption that the claims
were meritOus and that on the passage of
the bills the government has waived full
proof of the facts twenty-siX the bills were
tO cover claims rejected by the pension
bureau because the evidence produced tend
ed 10 prove that the alleged disability ex-
isted before claimants enlistment; twenty
one cover claims which have been denied
by such bureau because the evidence tended
to show that the disability. though con
tracted in the service. was not incurred IN
the line 81 duty. thirty three cover claims
which have been denlei because the cvI-
dence tends 20 show that the disability
originated after the soldier discharge
from the army; fOrty-seveu cover claims
which have been denied becau-e
the general pension laws con am 10 piovis-
ion under which they could be allowed aad
twenty four cinms have never been pre-
seuted to the pension bureau estimate
the expenditures involved in these bills AT
more than So WD annually Though ms
conception of punlic duty leads me 90 The
conclusion. upon the slight examination
which have been able 60 give 10 such Of
these bills AS arr not embraced IN the first
class above mentioned. that many of them
should b" diaapproSd am utterly unable
to submit within the time silpwed ME for
thar purpose any ohiec'iors 90 The saue.
sufficient reason for the return of
the mI now under consideration.
IS found in the fact that IL
prov ied. that fhc name of Andrew : Hill
- placed on fhe pension roll while the
re ord 81 the pension bureau as weli as the
medical certifics'e msde psrf Of the reyort.
di~cla-.s The fact that the name % the bene-
dcisry is Alfred Hill
Groves CLEvELANp.
Executive Mansion Msy e.
The second message Is as follow.
u fte hatse ~ kfprese f1fltsr J herewith
return wirhouf approval n'li numbered
10lo enufIed An aft t0 inereise fhe gen
siou af Shisai Smith. which biI oriunaied
in be House of Bepresen'auves THIS pro-
p,sei legislation dots iuiU-fice fo
e very worthy peusioner who wa.
on the pension roll ~ Pee time ~ The
pss-sse of the lsw which tlUk efrcf nn
rhe i4Ih iav ~ March asf. and nv vlrtue of
shIch 7Ii pensions of her ca-srs sfre lu-
creased frnm 81 fn flE per month. Inoer
fhis law sI.a ier8uae entitIe 90 aer inc esseI
pension frcu fhe dafe af if- passage lhe
bfil fov reis~s-i s'irTs ter tie same
smoeuf hur fif hecao.e lax 7 suuTo~r S.
enu.d <unerreae ber claim anieF ale pre-
giaus stareff SID r1sipouf fhe reeeipf to
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